Mary Washington Class Notes Fall 2022

Mary Washington

Class Notes Fall 2022

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Dear Mary Washington Alumni, We are excited to introduce you to the new Class Notes. The heart of this publication still focuses on important updates from your classmates, with a fresh design and some upcoming opportunities to connect through events on campus. As with prior Class Notes, submissions may be edited due to space constraints. The unedited version is available online at alumni.umw.edu/classnotes.

Moving forward, we will be printing and mailing this publication only to those who opt-in by completing the online form or contacting our office. This will save considerable resources, as we will only print and mail to those who are interested in a paper copy. The online version will continue to be available to all alumni. Opt-in instructions are on this page.

To receive future editions of Class Notes in print, you must opt-in in one of three ways: • Visit alumni.umw.edu/classnotes and fill out the online form • Email classnotes@umw.edu • Call the Office of Alumni Relations at (540) 654-1011

This past June, we welcomed over 1,300 alumni Thank you for your understanding as we look to and guests to campus for the Mother of All save resources and prioritize sustainability at UMW. Reunions. They participated in over 80 events, including faculty lectures, tours, open houses, class gatherings, and social events. In addition, they had the opportunity to purchase Legacy Wear, a new line of apparel featuring vintage Mary Washington College logos, which is now available in the Mary Washington Bookstore at https://umw.bncollege.com/Regional/c/ts-regional. For those classes ending in 3 and 8, please save the date for Reunion Weekend: June 1-4, 2023.

In addition, I hope you will consider coming back to campus for a visit or to attend a show, performance, athletic event, or lecture. An events calendar is included on the back cover. Campus is as beautiful as ever, and students are enjoying the newly renovated Seacobeck, Willard, and Virginia Halls.

Best regards,

Front cover: Members of the Class of 1970 celebrated their belated 50th reunion at this year's Mother of All Reunions.

Mark Thaden ’02 Executive Director of Alumni Relations

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received the Class of 1942 Scholarship in Business Administration in Memory of James Harvey Dodd.

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Daelyn Gregory ’26 received the Class of 1943 Scholarship in Memory of Levin J. Houston III.

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There are no Class Notes from the 1930s, but three classes have scholarship recipients.

Celia Shively ’22, who is pursuing a master’s degree in secondary education, received the Edward Alvey Jr. Scholarship, endowed by the Class of 1936.

Art history and historic preservation major Gabriella Alexander ’24, communications and digital studies and theater major Hannah Chester ’23, studio art major Elizabeth Merna ’24, and music major Alexander Ohene-Okae ’23 received the Nina G. Bushnell Scholarship, endowed by the Class of 1937.

Historic preservation and classical civilization major Veronica Daszkilewicz ’23 received the Eileen Kramer Dodd Alumni Scholarship, endowed by the Class of 1939.

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No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu History majors Lauryn Bailey ’23, Teresa Felipe ’24, Olivia Foster ’23, and Sophie Weber ’23 received the Oscar H. Darter Scholarship in History, endowed by the Class of 1940.

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Dorothy Shaw dorothyshaw1919@gmail.com Dorothy Shaw sends best wishes from the Class of ’41.

Nelsar Castillo-Monterroso ’25 and Chloe Jones ’26 received the Mildred McMurtry Bolling Memorial Scholarship, endowed by the Class of 1941.

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No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu International business major Emma Rolf ’23

Ellen Alvey Montllor ’48 Scholarship, endowed by the Class of 1948.

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Melissa Cervantes-Angeles ’25 received the Class of 1949 Scholarship.

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Marcy Weatherly Morris classnotes@umw.edu

No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu History major Neonya Garner ’24, psychology major Cassie Howe ’23, Ezra Hanning ’25, and Sabrina Pardo Galarza ’25 received the Class of 1944 Memorial Scholarship.

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No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Samantha Allison ’25 received the Class of 1945 Memorial Scholarship.

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Jean Sprower Hampton passed away on July 13, 2022, her daughters report. She will be dearly missed. Jean considered her years at Mary Washington among the happiest of her life. She majored in English literature and followed in the footsteps of her mother, also a Mary Washington alumna, by becoming an elementary school teacher. Her love of literature, Latin, and philosophy – her favorite courses in college – remained a constant throughout her life. She often quoted poems and Latin phrases, most notably: “Haec olim meminisse iuvabit,” or “One day, this will be pleasing to remember.”

Zoey Young ’25 received the Class of 1950 Arrington Scholarship, an honorary award given from the Arabelle Laws Arrington ’41 Scholarship.

No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Jewell Whitlock passed away the week before Christmas 2021, reports her niece, Joan Whitlock Herrick ’66. Jewell was Joan’s father’s sister and the last of 10 children, and she never married. After graduating from Mary Washington, Jewell earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Virginia. She taught Latin and became head of the language department at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach before retiring in the Richmond area.

Computer science major Tubba Noor ’24 and historic preservation major Nina Sacco ’23 received the Class of 1946 Scholarship.

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Betty Moore Drewry Bamman classnotes@umw.edu

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No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Ruth DeMiller Hill passed away on Feb. 10, 2022, her daughter reports. She was a caring mother and grandmother, and a devoted friend. At Mary Washington, Ruth majored in sociology and served as editor of The Bullet during her junior year. She lived up north for more than 65 years but was a southerner at heart. She was a faithful Christian, proud patriot, and loving neighbor. Ruth was an active member of her church and numerous social, professional, and civic organizations in her community. She leaves behind three children, seven grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

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Rita Morgan Stone rita.stone7@aol.com

No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Computer science major Christina Baker ’23 and Daelyn Gregory ’26 received the

Eleanor Michelet Mulbry sounds upbeat and happy, living in a retirement home in Charleston, South Carolina, near one of

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her four sons. The others are scattered in Texas, New York, and Oregon. Eleanor was married at the end of our junior year and later completed her psychology degree.

Phyllis Webb Pegram is in a rehab facility, recuperating from a broken hip.

Husband “Smokey” sees her frequently from their home in Bassett, Virginia.

Carolyn Arrington Smith moved to an assisted living facility but remains in Charlottesville, Virginia, where her sister also lives.

Claire Sindlinger de Groot is enjoying a lengthy stay at her childhood home in New Jersey, a cooler spot than her home in Arlington, Virginia. Sadly, her husband, Ward, died in March. In a recent call with Charlotte Adams Harrell, who lives at Westminster-Canterbury, Virginia Beach, Claire learned that Charlotte’s husband, Bob, also died in March.

Ann Staylor Johnson continues to live in her home in Suffolk, Virginia, where she has been since 1963. She still teaches Sunday school and mows the lawn, albeit in four-day segments.

Corley Gibson Friesen and husband Ernie are enjoying life at their Denver retirement community and recently celebrated their 70th anniversary.

Selma Friedman Fink has completed two sculptures this year at the Art Students League – one of a stylized grasshopper and another of a dog. In celebration of her special birthday, she rented a beautiful house in Jamaica with her family. Selma loves living in New York, where she enjoys ballet, theater, and the New York City Philharmonic.

She remains in touch with her college roommate, Ann O’Dette Chovitz, who lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

Joyce Long Moore of Williamsburg, Virginia, was planning another annual four-generation gathering with three of her great-grands at Lake Gaston.

Ginny Orkney Philbrick of Bedford, Virginia, says that daughter Betsy and son-in-law Eric have moved to sunny Florida to escape Indiana’s northern winters. Like Ginny, they raised five children who are now scattered around the country.

One of the most upbeat conversations I had was with Mary Lou Finney Boyd, who now lives in a mother-in-law suite at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Arnold, Maryland, where she enjoys a beautiful garden and privacy. She is a proud grandmother of a recent cum laude grad from the University of North

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Carolina, who has a degree in marine biology and will be working at Baltimore’s National Aquarium.

Life is a bit different for Maxine Hazelgrove since she stopped driving, but her daughter lives only 10 minutes away in Ashland, Virginia.

Peggy Sherman Capers remains at her home in Augusta, Georgia, a spiffy condo that was her grade school in her youth.

She no longer drives but has a driver two days a week and a son who lives nearby.

The real plus is her brother, a retired surgeon who provides good medical advice when needed. Perhaps that, plus her daily walk routine, is why Peggy’s claim to fame is that she has never spent a night in a hospital except during childbirth.

Susan Hutcheson Jurgens is receiving therapy for corrective knee surgery at Westminster Rehab in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hopefully her special shoes will arrive soon, and Susan will enjoy more independence. A good friend from Gordonsville often drives down to continue their Scrabble challenge.

Maryanne Heatwole Cox continues to live a very full life in Fredericksburg. Her bridge club and multiple other activities keep her busy.

Suzanne Branner Kessler lives at Westminster-Canterbury in Richmond and often spends time with her 100-yearold sister who also lives there ... some good family genes for the Branners.

Suzanne’s grandson, a senior at James Madison University, is pursuing a career in sports management and has an exciting opportunity to work at the Nürburgring Race in Germany.

Betty Montgomery Handy is anticipating an exciting move into an attached apartment to her family home, which is owned by her daughter. I, Rita Morgan Stone, look forward to many visits in her new home.

Lastly, our class has lost many members over the past year. A message arrived from Jean Amis Hill’s daughter, Susan, noting Jean’s death last December. And my good friend, Gwen Amory Cumming, of Hampton, Virginia, died in January 2022. Gwen was the Student Government president during our senior year and received a Governor’s appointment to Mary Washington’s first Board of Visitors when the college separated from the University of Virginia.

I, Rita Morgan Stone, am happily retired in Richmond, Virginia, and living in the Lakewood retirement community. I enjoy good friendships, cheering on

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the Richmond Spiders basketball team, seeing the Richmond Symphony, and taking occasional trips to my family home, the Country Place.

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Betsy Dickinson Surles surles@infionline.net Barbara Faxon Stout passed away on June 27, 2022, her family reports. After graduating from Mary Washington with a B.A. in English and minors in Spanish and education, Barbara worked for the FBI before marrying 2nd Lieutenant Herald “Hal” Franklin Stout Jr. on June 9, 1954, at West Point, New York. In between military moves, Barbara taught school, wrote columns for the Mary Washington and Army wives’ newsletters, and raised two children, Lida and Herald III. She taught English and Spanish at Stonewall Jackson High School in Mt. Jackson, Virginia, and graduated from California’s Defense Language Institute. Barbara was an avid reader, bridge player, Shakespeare enthusiast, and world traveler. She is survived by her daughter, six grandchildren, and beloved family members and friends.

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Mary Ann Dorsey Judy ack915@gmail.com Nancy Root Skinner nan1367@comcast.net Babs Taliaferro says she’s still riding a tricycle around her Westminster campus.

Her health is good, she says, but not perfect as she and her classmates are “approaching the ripe age of 90.” She’s happy to be in St. Augustine near her family, at World Golf Village just off of I-95. Stop by …

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Roberta Linn Miller toromiller@embarqmail.com

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Ann Chilton Power anncpower1@gmail.com Unfortunately, I only have sad news to report. Mabel “Ginny” Fisher Ward emailed me about the passing of her husband, James. Margie Schauer died on Feb. 20, 2021, a day after her birthday.

Marie-Louise “Red” Rosanelli Metzger died on Nov. 12, 2021, and Carole Petley Toone died on May 21, 2022.

I, Ann Chilton Power, have been your correspondent for more than 40 years and hope to continue if I hear from you, if only to tell me where you are living and what keeps you busy.

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No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Sheila Liebler Brog, who lives in New York City, recently attended the family wedding of Logan and Elena Brog, who are now in Beirut due to jobs with the U.S. State Department. She says that Betty Ann Rhodes O’Donnell, who lives in Seattle, and Elizabeth Field Erwin, who lives in Ohio, are both well and spending time with family.

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Susannah Godlove sgodlove5465@gmail.com Kay Martin Britto, also known as Mary Kathleen, shared the sad news that her husband, Nelson, died in March. They moved in June 2021 from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, to the Ashby Ponds retirement community near Dulles Airport. Kay misses her friends back home and the beach, where she lived for 27 years, but she is glad to be in a community with nine restaurants and a swimming pool in her building. “One thing I won’t miss hearing,” she writes, “is hurricane warning, mandatory evacuation!”

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Beth Shochat Cole beth@beth-cole.com I have truly exciting news! Our classmate and my dear suitemate, Judy Fink Beckmen, and her husband were featured in an article in The New York Times on the new Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles Center.

World-renowned architect Frank Gehry designed the building, which has been a dream of the L.A. Philharmonic’s acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who said it will bring major arts to the community. On the personal side, Judy and Tom have seven grandchildren, with five in college, one in graduate school, and another with an impressive job at the Royal Canadian Bank.

Edie Weber Staib happily reports she made a major life decision, moving from the Hilton Head, South Carolina, home that she and husband Al built 27 years ago to the nearby Cypress Club community. Daughter Kathy and

son-in-law Tim bought the family home and will retire there. Edie lost Al to bone cancer six years ago after 55 years of loving marriage, but she is managing well, thanks to faith, family, and friends.

She plays golf and bridge, swims, and goes to yoga and fitness classes. Edie is thankful for good health and happy memories, including four wonderful years at Mary Washington and the friends she made there.

Barbara “Babs” White Ellis lives near Fredericksburg. She still cares for horses – her lifelong passion and career – having worked at veterinary offices, farms, and boarding facilities for 40 years. She met husband Allen during her sophomore year, directing campus traffic when she was a member of the Mary Washington Calvary, which raised the flag in uniform each morning at Monroe Hall with a bugler. “How times have changed!” she says. Babs retired from riding last year but remains involved in a local dressage chapter and boards her last horse, Stirling, at a great care farm nearby. She is thankful for the wonderful growth and development she experienced at MWC. Mary Massey writes that she’s doing well and fit for her age. She lives in a vibrant retirement community where she enjoys the company of delightful people and activities. Mary credits her happy life to late husband Jack Meiners, whom she married at age 50, as well as the friendships she made at Mary Washington. Mary loved traveling abroad and living in Paris for a few years, as well as weekly hiking for 45 years, which is how she met Jack, who died in 2016.

These days, her little dog, Gigi, brings her joy, as does spending time with friends.

Kay Rowe Hayes and I have shared a few notes, and I’m betting many of our classmates will relate to her message: “The pandemic shut down my usually active community involvement,” she says. “Hunkering down in my cozy country home has been a pleasant change in my daily routine.” Her Rottweiler, Breena, died two years ago, but Kay now has four rescue cats left to her by her “compassionate children who are living elsewhere.” She has been keeping busy by gardening, a virtual book club, hosting weekly bridge games, and sifting through family memoirs, photos, and records. Kay also continues to be a passionate advocate on land use and preservation issues in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Vici Rogers Dumont touched base, noting she lives just a few miles up

the highway from me. She found The Battlefield yearbook to place my name with a young face. “I recall you now,” she wrote back. “Small world.” Vici and her husband moved to Tempe, Arizona, in 1984 to purchase a business and lived there for 29 years. Her husband died in 2000 and her sons, who both attended Arizona universities, now run the business. She has five grandchildren in their teens and 20s. Vici sold her home in 2013 and now lives in a senior community in Gilbert, Arizona.

Vici’s college roommate, Joan Query Rash, passed away two years ago. She and her husband died exactly a month apart in separate care facilities. They lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, throughout their entire marriage.

Nikki Forchas Alexiou decided not to move to Virginia after all but recently visited Norfolk to celebrate her younger brother’s 80th birthday. She has a darling house in Coral Gables, Florida. She says, “Where else can you find those Miami winters?”

Sandy Quarles Cockrell attended grandson Quinn’s master’s degree graduation from New York University.

She posted wonderful Facebook photos from New York City. It’s true that you can’t keep a theater major away from Broadway!

I, Beth Shochat Cole, am just fine as I contemplate what I want the next few years of my life to look like. I’m still teaching a weekly yoga class, walking my senior adoptee pooch (who was abandoned in the desert for 13 years but keeps on going), and staying in touch with friends.

For more than 63 years, we have all kept in touch, first by writing and then using typewriters, computers, and now mobile devices. I hope there is more to come.

Please send me your notes and include your maiden name.

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Karen Larsen Nelson karenlarsennelson60@gmail.com The Class of ’60 is happy to have been given their lives back after the pandemic and are getting back to normal outside activities.

Syd Collson Chichester, who lives in Fredericksburg, has written about the restorations of Heslep Amphitheatre, Seacobeck Hall, Willard Hall, and other sites at Mary Washington. Syd’s daughter is part of UMW’s landscape management team, and Syd says the campus is as

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beautiful as we all remember. Syd has also begun horseback riding again.

Janet Garriss Lewis and her husband celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in July with an expedition cruise of coastal Alaska with their family.

Sadly, Jane Denslow McCrohan and Anne Butler Hyde both lost their husbands this year.

Jody Campbell Close has recovered from most of her medical and house problems. She is staying busy and getting exercise by cleaning and organizing her home.

Sue Smith Goodrick is settling into her new home in Florida near her son.

Penny Engle Burkhardt made a trip to Texas to visit her daughter, grandchildren, and other family.

Gaye Roberts Olsen is still happily tooling around her assisted living facility in her power chair and loves hearing about her classmates.

Darrell and I, Karen Larsen Nelson, lost our marbles in July, going tent camping and visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota and the Black Hills of South Dakota. We stayed mostly in national forest campgrounds with no hookups and away from other people as much as possible, proving that 80-plusyear-olds can still do it! We are still helping with three church services in assisted living and memory care facilities.

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Renee Levinson Laurents (A – H) arjle@aol.com Lynne Williams Neave (I – P) lyneave@aol.com Lloyd Tilton Backstrom (Q – Z) ltbackstrom@verizon.net From Lynne: Sadly, Renee’s computer has been misbehaving, so she did not participate in this issue. The good news is that Lloyd Tilton Backstrom has agreed to join us as a class agent!

I have an idea regarding reunions. We were disappointed that only 10 of us were able to attend in June. Since the 1908 Society is invited every year, we should all try to get together next time. Alumnae from classes 1950 to 1969 came this year.

Everything is planned for this group, so we just need to show up. Let’s do it!

Sylvia McJilton Woodcock noted that the following ’61 classmates attended the Mother of All Reunions:

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From left: Class of 1961 members Sylvia McJilton Woodcock, Marcy Trembath Pitkin, Carolyn Crum Pannu, Renee Levinson Laurents, and Lynne Williams Neave.

Lloyd Tilton Backstrom, Polly Updegraff Champ, Cherry Sarff Everett, Lynne Williams Neave, Vesta Smith Newhouse, Carolyn Crum Pannu, Susan Wilson Sproul, Eleanore Saunders Sunderland, Marcy Trembath Pitkin, and Sylvia McJilton Woodcock. “We all really seemed to enjoy ourselves,” Sylvia says. “Our special Class of ’61 dinner was held in the newly renovated Dome Room of Seacobeck Hall, now the home of UMW’s College of Education, which is a spectacular change. Lynne arranged a Zoom session for those who could not attend. We got to chat with Connie Booth Logothetis, Janie Riles, Jerri Barden Perkins, Patti Cairns Hourin, and Graham Walker Burns.”

Lloyd Tilton Backstrom says she and Art escape to Hertford, North Carolina, regularly with their two pups. Life is full of reading, walking pups, cooking, and TV. The computer has been a joy because it allows instant connection with friends.

Lloyd and Art have been replaying past trips in their minds and plan to work on their travel Bucket List after COVID abates. Once a month, they meet (masked) with friends under a giant oak tree at the Virginia Museum. They bring their own libations and share appetizers distantly. That’s been the extent of their social life. Lloyd hopes her classmates are healthy, safe, and content.

Janie Riles is back in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and meeting with friends for a weeklong vacation in Telluride, Colorado.

She hopes to return to Florida this winter.

Peggy Howard Hodgkins has spent two years downsizing from her big red house in Wilton, Maine, where she has lived for 62 years, to a condo near her sons and

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their families in Scarborough, a lovely suburb of Portland. “Aging out of our familiar surroundings is tough,” she says. “Knowing that so many of you had accomplished it was encouraging.” The addition of three great-grandchildren warms her heart. Peggy was also thrilled to enjoy another Maine summer at the lake. “Nature’s surroundings are such a joy,” she says, “but a chipmunk making noises in the house after midnight recently was alarming! Happy sunsets!”

Eleanore Saunders Sunderland says, “What a terrific reunion we had!” She and Polly Updegraff Champ went together. Despite their small number, Eleanore says the class was treated royally for their 60-plus years since MWC. She just returned from a delightful weeklong holiday with her son and family to Quebec. Unfortunately, Eleanore’s daughter in Milan suffered from 100-plus heat this summer, while everyone else did relatively well.

Matte McCeney Campbell enjoyed a fabulous nine-day trip to England and Scotland with her four grandchildren, ages 15 to 27. They met in Charlotte, flew to London, took the train to York, and then went to Edinburgh. Campbell, the oldest, peeled off one night to watch the British Open and walk the Old Course.

They saw cities and the surrounding countryside, including the Yorkshire Dales and the Trossachs region over to Inveraray Castle. Matte says taking her grandchildren on this trip was one of the most satisfying things she has ever done.

The two younger boys are from Phoenix, and one will be a college freshman this fall. Granddaughter Libby lives and works

in Boone, North Carolina. Her brother lives and works in Atlanta.

Graham Walker Burns says, “Not much news because my children have kept me on ‘old lady’ lockdown.” Sadly, her sister, Ann Walker Abney ’58, died of COVID last September so that has made Graham very scared and careful. Son Jim, who lives in London, visited Lookout Mountain with his wife and three children in March and stayed for four months. Daughter May, who lived in New York City with her husband and three children, has moved there, which thrills Graham, who now has five of seven children living nearby.

She continues to work as a real estate agent but showing houses has been a challenge. To jumpstart the Christmas season, she began lighting her dawn redwood tree in her front yard, which is 100 feet tall and has 1,200 lights on it.

“Just call me Clark Griswold!”

Debbie Phinney Stoke writes: “Who would have ever thought that we would be living in these interesting times! The old Roman curse has come to fruition!” She continues to follow COVID guidelines by masking and social distancing. Debbie volunteers twice a week with the local food pantry, packing up boxes and answering the phone, but she misses interaction with clients. All her other activities are on hold, including tennis. Two grandchildren graduated virtually from college last spring and two more will graduate this year, in person, she hopes! “Here’s hoping for a healthy, politically resolved 2023.”

Jerri Barden Perkins recently had an interview with UMW about the John C. and Jerri Barden Perkins ’61 College of Arts and Sciences Student Research Endowment. She funded the scholarship, which had two winners this year. Two things came up in the conversation that Jerri asked that I share with you for fun.

“During my four years, what historical event do I remember? My answer was making a bet that we would have a man on the moon in 10 years. I also mentioned that an upper classmate became pregnant and was forced to leave school.

How times have changed, right?”

Dee Doran Cairns and Doug moved into an independent living apartment in The Crossings at Eastchase in Montgomery, Alabama. All of the services and the excellent dining room have reduced their stress levels. They sound very happy.

Marcy Trembath Pitkin still lives on the 17th floor of an apartment building in Philadelphia. She has a new cat named Butterscotch who keeps her entertained.

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Kathleen Sprenkle Lisagor klisagor@yahoo.com Cybersecurity major Abdullah Abdallatif ’23 received the Class of 1962 Scholarship.

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Linkey Booth Green linkeyg@embarqmail.com

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Susan Rowe Bunting susan.bunting@gmail.com Brenda Eanes Wall passed away on June 12, 2022, according to Kathryn Austin Keck, her roommate for three years.

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No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Louise Stevens Robbins took a Caribbean cruise before COVID hit with Diane Copty Fadely and Felicity Hallanan. Louise has been busy with her two adopted senior dogs. Rosie, a chihuahua mix, died of congestive heart failure within six months, as sadly expected, but her buddy, Benji, keeps going. Louise was invited to speak about her book, The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2000) in August 2020. “Too bad it remains hotly relevant,” she says. She continues to assist, even from a distance, the library of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Her family is all well and getting older.

Barbara Wohlfeil Weatherall recently enjoyed lunch with Beverly Boudreau Raphael in Bryson City, North Carolina.

Barbara was looking forward to a trip to see her son and daughter-in-law in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where they love living.

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Katharine Rogers Lavery hlavery1@cox.net Barbara Bishop Mann represented our class at UMW’s dedication ceremony for the opening of Seacobeck as the new College of Education. Bobbi’s meniscus surgery conflicted with our reunion, but she participated vicariously via photos and posts on our MWC 1966 Facebook page.

Kathy Fowler Bahnson summarized reunion this way: “The Mother of All Reunions was spectacular on all

accounts. The campus is beyond beautiful and lush. Friendships restarted upon seeing each other again. Stories were shared and many were relived. I came away falling back in love with UMW. It is so special to all of us.”

Gerry Sargent Habas, Anne Meade Clagett, Eileen Goddard Albrigo, and Patricia Bergin Bergman shared a photo of their Ristorante Renato luncheon downtown. They later joined Kathy Fowler Bahnson, Mary Parsons Black, Annette Maddra Horner, Mary Grace Wright Day, and Kay Dawson Meyers at The Link for a formal reunion dinner.

At one point, they all joined in singing the alma mater and our class song but desperately missed Mary Kathryn Rowell Horner’s choral leadership!

Eileen Goddard Albrigo was sorry to miss many special friends at reunion but thoroughly enjoyed the closeness of the small group of classmates. Their quiet, uninterrupted conversations allowed for sharing joys, sorrows, and complaints that would not have been possible in a larger party. Eileen now has a larger group of special alums.

Ann Kales Lindblom had a great time attending reunion for only one day between two grandkids’ graduations.

She remarked that the grounds are as beautiful as ever, and the students and staff were all happy and friendly, renewing her alumni pride. Ann and Steve have three grands in college, with four more following soon.

Joan Cuccias Patton enjoyed Thursday’s reunion events with Lee Enos Kelley.

Joan’s granddaughter’s graduation was the same weekend, then Joan traveled “home” to Coronado, California, for her 60th high school reunion. A highlight was a dinner dance at the Hotel del Coronado.

She also had her kitchen and baths redone and later planned a family trip to the Outer Banks. Joan, a retired career math teacher, is proud that her daughter is now an elementary school principal.

After her reunion appearance, Lee Enos Kelley took a Columbia River cruise in Oregon and Washington, visiting many Lewis and Clark sites. Last year Lee established a Class of 1966 UMW scholarship for at-risk students and welcomes contributions.

Gerry Sargent Habas arrived early and attended many reunion activities and events, also sharing photos. Gerry keeps in touch with Sally Souder, who was unable to travel, and promised to visit and relay our good wishes to Sally at their next lunch meeting.

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was followed by total replacement of both hips.

Dee Nottingham Ward was sorry to miss reunion but travel from the West Coast was difficult.

Dianne Twiggs Woodworth also checked in to say all is well.

Jana Privette Usry spent most of the summer in rehab after suffering broken bones and surgeries. She missed our reunion and her high school reunion with about 60 classmates from across the U.S. Jana sold From left: Sheri Gates Brindle ’67, Gail Balderson Dise ’67, and her river house last year and has plans to sell her Mary Turner Boyd ’67 celebrated their 55th reunion in June. home in Richmond, Virginia, and move into a nearby Genie McClellan Hobson attended continuing care facility. She is back to reunion with college roommate working in person on arbitration and Sheri Gates Brindle ’67. Genie took mediation cases after two years of virtual classes, visited favorite “old places,” and sessions. Her One Voice choir resumed had dinner with Hollis Cobb ’23, a UMW singing and performing in August after student who happened to be living in auditioning a new director. Jana is eager the same Mason room she and Sheri to add her alto to the group. once shared! Genie traveled to Ecuador with her sister in January, touring Quito, the rainforest, and the Galapagos Islands. She and husband Don also took a seven-week motorhome trip through Florida to visit family, state parks, and the Everglades.

Annette Maddra Horner had a wonderful time with our small reunion group, reconnecting and learning more about friends’ current and past lives. She and husband John later drove to North Carolina for their eldest grandson’s promotion to high school. They spent the rest of the summer finishing their first-floor master suite project, which they began before COVID, and were eager to move into their new space.

Carolyn Eldred, our trusted representative during reunion preparations and planning, suffered a fall and was unable to attend. She remarked that it’s a milestone that our alumni news now mentions grandkids’ graduations, weddings, babies, and graduate degrees.

Kathy Goddard Moss missed seeing dear friends and her twin sister at reunion. COVID and Tom’s mobility issues kept them at home in Oakland, but they are both comfortable and content with good food, good friends, good weather, and family nearby.

Mary Morris Bishop “attended in spirit” and appreciated seeing reunion photos and chatting with classmates while recovering from spinal surgery, which

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Pat Lewars Pace reports that her shoulder replacement surgery was a complete success. She and Linda Glynn Hutchinson have renewed their plans to go to Europe this fall, mainly to see The Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. Pat is loving life in her continuing care facility, enjoying the many activities and lack of housework and yardwork.

Peggy Beeler Burns Fry shared her great news. Five years ago, while attending a 50th anniversary party for David and Rebecca Smith Taylor ’67, Peggy met Buck Fry. Though Rebecca transferred from Mary Washington to the University of Virginia’s nursing program, she and Peggy remained close friends. Peggy and Buck danced the evening away. She moved to Sarasota in 2018 and has been Peggy Beeler Fry for three years.

Sandra Hutchinson Schanné continued her neighborhood bridge group throughout COVID and resumed visiting her children this spring. She spent Easter in Denver with daughter Amy and family, where they experienced a major snowfall. She continued on to Houston to visit son Brandon and family, where she enjoyed her granddaughter’s ballet recital. Grandson Riley continues his aeronautical engineering studies, and his sister just graduated from high school.

Sandra keeps busy with her local family and friends.

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Betsy Chappelear Tryon has adjusted to her new hip and is planning an October trip to the Citadel for granddaughter Maddie’s senior ring ceremony. Maddie, a star volleyball player, competed in Croatia this summer.

Katie Winn Green writes from Sydney, Australia, where she is finally visiting her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter after 2.5 years. Her luggage had not yet arrived, but she was hopeful.

Susanne Landerghini Boehm deeply regretted missing reunion. She praised the organizers for their valiant effort after the hiatus. Susanne and Ralph still conduct their music contracting agency despite COVID restrictions, and Ralph continues to teach violin, viola, and cello students from home. Son Maurice has returned to IT government defense contracts after a break for some travel.

Son Karl has purchased a condo in Arlington, Virginia, becoming a first-time homeowner.

Judy Wells Clark continues working as interim music director at South Roanoke United Methodist Church, teaches piano privately, and collaborates with artists as opportunities arise. She is thankful for fingers that still work!

Midge Meredith Poyck still enjoys hiking in her Arizona desert backyard but sticks to the treadmill in the hottest weather.

Her Arizona and South Carolina families are well. Her grandkids are all college students, with the eldest working on a master’s degree at Clemson University.

Pam Kearney Patrick displayed eight watercolor paintings at Cape May’s SOMA gallery last summer. She and husband TaB have finally decided to sell their beach house during the seller’s market and are considering moving to North Carolina to be near son Ken. Meanwhile, they traveled to California and the Cape, missing both our reunion and Pam’s 60th high school reunion.

Carolyn Bingley Wiley continues to be a very productive watercolor artist, displaying her work online and in her favorite Maine gallery during its busy summer art season.

Caroline Hogeland Ruppar writes from Avalon, New Jersey, while vacationing with her kids and grandkids, an annual family event that began when Caroline was 4 years old! She and Allan spent winter in their home in Jacksonville, Florida, returned to Virginia in April, and then went back to Miami for a granddaughter’s graduation the same weekend as our reunion. They plan an October trip to Athens with a cruise to

Alexandria, through the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean. They’ll also stop in Jerusalem, Petra, Luxor, and Valley of the Gods, ending up in Dubai.

Anne Powell Young also missed reunion due to her granddaughter’s graduation.

After retiring Anne and Virgil moved to a woodsy area of Fredericksburg to be near family but now lament that the area is being developed and is no longer very woodsy.

Terry Caruthers has resumed painting after many years, completing pieces she began but never finished. She has also taken up decoupage, making decorative table settings for church, gifts, and just for fun. Terry still creates artistic luncheon centerpieces for the Golden Girls Club and has added more interesting family stories to her creative writing collection.

Terry and Don joined family members on a European trip to celebrate their grandsons’ graduations.

Marty Spigel Sedoff wrote as she was leaving for a weeklong vacation at Pawley’s Island with husband Bob’s family and taking a break from painting their house. Bob retired last year and became the high school robotics mentor, guiding the team to first place in the state competition. Although officially retired, Marty still serves as an election judge for primary and national elections.

Her tap dance group is active again, performing at senior centers and nursing homes. Son Jim served as a National Science Bowl judge in Washington, D.C. Son John’s hobby is playing in a Minneapolis rock band, which was about to tour Denver. Marty and Bob also met up with Judy Blum Wasserman in St. Louis for a day of sightseeing.

Robbie James East and husband Dennis are living a quiet life in coastal North Carolina after giving up their flower farm in Loudoun County, Virginia. Robbie recovered from a broken kneecap after lots of therapy and can once again enjoy gardening. She converted her lawn into a “monarch waystation” for butterflies and pollinators. Their kids visit often from Virginia, and one plans to retire and move there next year. Robbie reminisced fondly about the luncheons she shared with Katharine Rogers Lavery, Lois Rucker Scott, and Clara Middleton Leigh ’63.

Elaine Gerlach McKelly hasn’t traveled anywhere for a couple of years. She and Tim finally went to Ocean City, New Jersey, for a family vacation and are taking a Hudson River cruise in October.

Four grandkids are college graduates, with two working and two going to grad school. Three more grandkids will

graduate college next year. Time to celebrate!

Marilyn Wood Hunter had an exciting summer. One granddaughter married in June, keeping the family busy with preparations and parties, and another granddaughter was expecting Marilyn’s first great-grandchild in August. Exciting!

Marilyn’s grandson moved back to Richmond, Virginia, to work for the governor as a policy analyst.

Sheila Denny Young keeps busy playing bridge two or three times a week. Her daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren traveled to France this July. Sheila and her husband visited Paris for a few days before joining them in Lyon for a river cruise south. Sheila was really excited to make her first trip to France!

Barbi Barriga Rowe works from her 1827 Temperance Inn home as director of admissions at West Chester Friends School in Pennsylvania’s “gorgeous Wyeth country.” Prior to that, she had a long teaching career in exotic places that her Air Force pilot husband was stationed. The daughter of a Colombian Naval officer, Barbi keeps in touch with family in Colombia and Europe. Although divorced, she and her “wasband” live close and enjoy spending time together with their sons and four grandchildren.

Last summer Barbi and Gordon were excited to visit their daughter’s family near Zurich, Switzerland, to see their youngest grandchildren.

Diana Hamilton Cowell delivered a talk in Normandy, France, at Port-Bail-sur-Mer for the dedication of a memorial park named after her father, Lt. Col. Edward S. Hamilton, who was the commander of the battalion that liberated the town in July 1944. The French town and Diane’s home of Bethany, Delaware, have been sister cities for many years. Husband Dan and son Dana also attended, and Dana was the translator for Diana’s speech.

Afterwards they flew to Greece to board a cruise from Athens to Venice.

I, Katharine Rogers Lavery wish that Judy Wells Clark and I could have played for you at reunion. Perhaps Jana Privette Usry, Cathe Cantwell Luria, and Genie McClellan Hobson could have joined in as we were all music students at MWC. I still perform regularly at the tiny historical St. John’s Episcopal Church in Northern Virginia and will soon reach my 50th anniversary of playing there! Hank and I keep busy with a senior bowling league where we are both officers, a senior fitness class twice weekly, plus Hank’s unofficial job as manager of an old office building nearby. One of our

grandsons is marrying in October, and a granddaughter started her residency in a hospital in Abingdon, Virginia. Another granddaughter lived with them all summer until her student housing was ready in Fairfax, and another great-grandchild is due in December. Meanwhile, our family’s Outer Banks vacation took place in July with over 30 family members staying in three rental houses. I also visited Muriel Haley Montgomery, an Outer Banks resident since 2000. Although widowed, she plans to remain there as long as possible.

The MWC Lunch Bunch finally met up in Northern Virginia with participants Mary Kathryn Rowell Horner, Eileen Goddard Albrigo, Anne Meade Clagett, Joan Cuccias Patton, Lee Enos Kelley, Ann Kales Lindblom, Caroline Hogeland Ruppar, Susanne Landerghini Boehm, and myself, partly to bid farewell to Mary Kathryn before she moved back to Florida. Also, condolences to her on the loss of her husband, Charlie, in April 2022.

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Mary Beth Bush Dore mbeth1945@gmail.com Judy Cox Gentry says granddaughter Rileigh Gray Weaver ’26 began her college journey at Mary Washington in August and is playing basketball for the UMW Eagles.

Judy Cox Gentry ’67 and her granddaughter, Rileigh Gray Weaver ’26.

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For the last few years, Virginia Blackwell Rigsby and husband John have traveled to different regions of Africa, including Namibia with its deserts, sand dunes, and mountains. This year they went to Botswana to see the Kalahari Desert.

During their trips, John takes a lot of pictures so they can later enjoy seeing a tawny leopard in a tree, a baobab, or a crocodile sunning itself on the riverbank.

They’re now looking forward to a barge trip in the Bordeaux region of France in October.

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Meg Livingston Asensio meglala46@gmail.com Pam Tompkins Huggins and her family have had a full year, figuring out their new normal. Not so great, however, was her random fall in the living room right before Thanksgiving, resulting in a broken clavicle and rib, and a punctured lung. “I learned that 75-year-old bones don’t heal quickly, but I’m all put back together now.” Her eldest granddaughter got married in New York in June, and her youngest granddaughter was born in July, bringing her total grandchildren to six. Despite their vigilance, she and Jim got COVID, but thanks to vaccines, boosters, and an infusion, it was a shortlived scare. She also wants to give a shoutout to Donna Sheehan Gladis, the best alumna communicator ever, for always keeping her in the UMW news loop. “The queens of 1968 still rock!”

Mathematics major Aniya L. Stewart ’24 received the Merrilyn Sawyer Dodson/ Class of 1968 Scholarship.

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know what we’re talking about here!)

Phyllis Newby Thompson’s husband, John, is having L1-L3 surgery, after which they’ll be ready for anything. They recently hosted the Painos at their home in "Cali.” Very fun visit, I’m sure!

Phyllis also shared that Carol Greenwood Trejo is doing well in Arizona, and that Suzanne McCarthy Van Ness is very active in her community. Suzanne’s oldest grand is heading to England to start her college life.

Betty Wade Miles Perry has been traveling to see family and friends, visiting Virginia, Hilton Head, Southern Pines, Duck, and Maine’s Sebago Lake for “lobstah!” In addition to fun time with her grands, BW is also getting involved in the local League of Women Voters.

Linda Gattis Shull and husband Graeme are hard at work, moving from their home of many years to a much smaller place with options to move into AL. (Assisted living, not Alabama, y’all! As if she’d leave Charlotte!) Her advice to us: Start yesterday to clean out and throw away.

Truth!

Anne Hoskot Kreutzer is happily traveling from coast to coast to visit her grands, as am I, Marianne deBlois Zentz.

While most of you are sending your grands off to high school and college, mine are still being born. Number five will be arriving before we “go to press.”

Anne and I are sad to share that our senior year suitemates Barbie Hopta Reid and Martha Wilbourne Cummings each lost their dear husbands this year.

George Reid passed in August 2021 and Mike Cummings in March 2022. We send them our most sincere condolences.

And congratulations to our great Class of ’69 for being third in contributions to our dear alma mater, even though we weren’t a reunion class this year! Way to go!

Political science major Zachary Heske ’25 and Brianna Kenealy ’24 received the Class of 1969 Laura V. Sumner Memorial Scholarship, endowed by the Class of 1969 for the occasion of their 25th reunion.

Prince Andrew ’26 received the Class of 1969 50th Reunion Scholarship

Christie Wineholt Warman is enjoying summer in Angel Fire, New Mexico. It’s high enough elevation to be delightful, as long as there’s no fire smoke.

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Barbara Burton Micou and Patti Boise Kemp enjoy bouncing between family and friends at the river and the beach, while also serving in their communities and at our UMW.

Anne Howell Wood shares exciting news involving daffodils, a new book, MWC friends, and a new baby. The American Daffodil Society (ADS) published her book, Dr. William A. Bender: Daffodil Hybridizer 1914-1997: Yes, Daffodils Do Make Seeds! In her book, which is available on Amazon, Anne acknowledges her MWC friends: Doralece Lipoli Dullaghan,

Betsy Crews Neilson recently had a good enough experience on a cruise that she’s signing up for another one – and I’m looking forward to joining her!

Danube next spring – yay!

Anne Summervold LeDoux ledouxanne@yahoo.com

Marianne deBlois Zentz MdeBZ@verizon.net Anne Hoskot Kreutzer annekreutzer@hotmail.com From Marianne: Our notes certainly reflect how happy we are to be in a sort-of post-COVID time!

Travel, family, friends, visits – oh, the joy!

Nancy Yeager Allard and husband Paul are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, like so many of our classmates. Congratulations to all of you – and the Allards in September!

Speaking of weddings, congratulations to Nancy Gleason on her marriage in May to her partner of 19 years, Gary Andrejco!

Hitting that 50th may be tricky, Nancy!

Some of us are learning new terms, like L1-L3, S3-S5, etc. (Nod your heads if you

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50th Reunion classes reception at Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont. From left: Patti Houston Warnock ’70, Nan Peake Smith ’70, Donna Sheehan Gladis ’68, and Helen Kim ’70.

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Darlene Greenhalgh Hines, Tanya Belt Nickson ’69, Carol Greenwood Trejo ’69, Kirsten MacKey Fleisher, Cheryl Ulmer ’69, Judy Farrell Bechtold ’69, Jan Desmond Melluzzo ’69, Beverley Clare Coates ’68, and Loretta Horgan Nagle ’69. This spring, Anne helped at the National ADS Convention in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where her entry of five stems of American hybrids came in first for the red, white, and blue ribbon. While the daffodil news was wonderful, Anne says that the real excitement came when her second great-granddaughter was born on June 7.

It was wonderful to see so many from our class at reunion. We all had a great time reminiscing over the past 52 years! It is always bittersweet as we reconnect with our classmates and recognize those who have passed before us. Hope to see all of you at the 55th reunion, which is only three years away!

Barbara Forgione Tansey really enjoyed reunion, especially seeing Elaine Wilson Maloney, who introduced Barbara to her now husband, Bruce.

Barbara’s daughter, Lisa, was married during the pandemic on the Eastern Shore in Cape Charles, Virginia. It was challenging planning a wedding during those times! This past April, Barbara and her daughter’s family vacationed in Orlando and visited Sea World, Disney World, and Universal Studios.

Tina Kormanski Krause is enjoying summer on Kiawah Island. Over the July 4 holiday, daughter Lindsay and family visited and enjoyed seeing the fireworks.

Tina’s home overlooks a large pond, so the reflection of the pyrotechnics was amazing! Her whole family will visit in August, and then Tina and Paul will travel to Paris, Normandy, and Brussels. Since Paul is a retired Marine, he is especially looking forward to visiting Normandy.

Tina’s parents were Army World War II vets, so it will be a moving experience for her as well.

Not traveling for two years due to the pandemic, I, Anne Summervold LeDoux, have been making up for lost time. In fall 2021, I traveled to Iceland and saw the Northern Lights. John and I also took an amazing monthlong trip to Morocco in March. I just returned from Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The people and animals were outstanding! It is so wonderful to be able to travel again, even though COVID is still flourishing. Please send me any news for future editions. Space is a big priority, so keep that in mind. Thanks!

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Karen Laino Giannuzzi kapitankL11@yahoo.com Ladies, thank you all for two great reunions: the first on Zoom in 2021 for the 50th and again in June for the Mother of All Reunions. It has been great to reconnect, often with mates we hardly knew 50 years ago.

Leslie Kraus Marsh says she never puts anything in Class Notes but was on our virtual reunion and loved seeing friends from times past like Elaine “Cookie” Brennan Wright and Sharon Burke from Framar. Leslie retired a couple of years ago as a paralegal, and she and husband Charlie live in Lewes, Delaware. They are keeping up with lots of nieces and nephews and their events. She is into kayaking, walking, fishing, visiting national parks, and living a “serene” beach town life. Leslie shared a picture with 2022 UMW cum laude grad Jordan Finn.

The two families are good friends. How wonderful. Thanks for sharing, Leslie.

Virginia Forrest Karnas, another firsttimer to the notes, has had a fascinating journey over the last 50 years, working with her husband at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, in Florida migrant fields, and in an Arizona neighborhood of mostly Latinx families. At age 50, Virginia became an RN, ministering to homeless men receiving medical care at Christ House in Washington, D.C. She and her husband then moved to New Orleans and finally settled in Richmond, Virginia, to care for two granddaughters. Virginia and four other Mary Wash grads recently traveled to see their campus minister, sharing stories and catching up with each other.

I, Karen Laino Giannuzzi, recently spent time with Liz Keith, my roommate and suitemate over our years at Mary Washington. She lives in La Jolla, California, but often visits friends and family back east. Her journey this time was to locate the history of her family.

Surprise of surprises, she has an ancestor who lived in York, Pennsylvania, in the 17th or 18th century before settling in Virginia. We had a chance to have lunch with Barbara Exline Staller, who left Mary Wash to finish her schooling at Pennsylvania’s Ursinus College.

Eve De Zerne Barrett and I have reconnected. Daughter Allison is a bariatric surgeon in Lancaster, so Eve has the chance to visit occasionally from Colorado and see her granddaughter. We had lunch together to catch up and hope to do it again when she is back east in October.

Jordan Finn ’22 and Leslie Kraus Marsh ’71 take a picture with their Mary Washington diplomas.

Lisa Barker, like so many of us, has begun traveling again and was in England and Ireland in May. She said the trip was good but several tested positive for COVID and ended up in quarantine.

That seems to be a recurring theme for so many travelers! She hopefully will be in Sicily and Malta in March 2023.

Diana “Diney” Rupert Livingston has traveled some during the pandemic. She found her niche in Italy and even learned Italian to immerse herself in the culture and life.

Bryn Irving Winn Roth wrote that husband Dick continues to manage well after his stroke two years ago, but he has had to give up golf and yardwork. He’ll celebrate his 90th birthday in October.

I’m sure it will be quite a celebration with two sons, a daughter, three grandsons, a granddaughter, and a great-grandson.

It was great to hear from Kim Warren Noe, who participated in our 50th Zoom reunion. But Kim, Fran Sydnor Cook, Jan Reynolds Cooke, Susan Taylor Frank, Susie Sowers Hill, and Diane Mowrey, who all planned to come to the on-campus reunion, were unable to make it. Hopefully they can come back for their own mini reunion sometime. Let us know when!

Fran and her husband have a farm in North Carolina, while Jan has an apartment at Lambeth House in New Orleans, which provides continuing care for residents. Susan will continue in her job for another year at Presbyterian Community Center in Roanoke, Virginia, helping at-risk kids and families. Since

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our Zoom reunion, Diane has retired as chaplain at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina, but she’s continuing to work there on ad-hoc basis. She just returned from a twoweek trip to France. Susie and her husband recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Congrats!

She started a project during COVID, writing autobiographical letters to her grandchildren. What a wonderful idea.

Kim has also reconnected with her high school friend and sophomore roommate, Karen Clark Jones, who now resides in Marietta, Georgia. Kim and husband Bob are updating their home in Columbia, South Carolina, doing neighborhood volunteer work, and will be in Texas to celebrate her dad’s 100th birthday in October.

Mary T. Bradley MacPherson “Fred” enjoyed visiting with alums from our class and other classes in person. She has been a key figure in the Slovak-American Foundation for over 15 years but will retire after one last trip to Slovakia. I’m sure Mary will continue to visit there, but she has also been busy perfecting her golf game and playing her new sport, pickleball. She has been trying to locate Mary Wash alums in the coastal Carolina region and is working with the alumni office to organize events. If you live near Wilmington, North Carolina, please contact Mary.

I hope to hear from more of you. Our reunion was a great celebration of our fantastic class. I was happy to see Doris Lee Hancock with her sons nearby to assist her. Doris and I did all the class reunion books when everything was in print. She also has a great connection to the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, where I started my Marine Corps career.

You will continue to hear from me, and I hope reunions will encourage you all to reconnect and have mini reunions. Keep the news coming!

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Sherry Rutherford Myers sherryhon2011@gmail.com Hello, fellow classmates! It was wonderful seeing so many of you at the Mother of All Reunions. A good time seemed to be had by all, and the campus is as beautiful as ever. Thanks to all the people who work for such a fine institution and pulled off an awesome weekend.

It was terrific to see Ann Fansler Tinsman and Estelle Cowman Tordillos. Ann

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sent me news earlier in the year about a fabulous trip she took to Seattle to visit Estelle and Judy Tankersley Miranda.

Judy went to the University of Virginia for her senior year to study speech therapy, but these three ladies were very close in school. It’s always a joy to see how friendships have lasted through the years. On their mini reunion, they toured downtown and the Chihuly Glass Museum, went whale watching, and visited Snoqualmie Falls. Ann finally got to see Mt. Rainier, one of the Olympic Mountain parks, and toured the capitol building.

It was quite a pleasant surprise to hear from Ann Krell Petersen, who went by Ann Krell Wilson at MWC. She did her degree in three years but was still part of the Class of 1972. Ann completed her 50th year of teaching English in May. She began as a high school teacher, and after receiving her master’s and doctorate, she moved on to the college level, where she has taught for 40 years. Ann moved to Iowa and remarried, and now has three children and six grandchildren.

Julie Obarski Simpson shared some joyful news. Daughter Cara will marry Andrew Glasheen on September 14 at the Mill at Fine Creek in Powhatan, Virginia.

Julie and John officially began the celebration with a crab feast engagement party in July. The newlyweds will reside in Richmond until their home in Powhatan has been completed.

Cheryl Prietz Childress and I, Sherry Rutherford Myers, continue to spend time together. Cheryl and Dave were happy to be back at the colonial re-enactment in Ft. Frederick, Maryland, this spring after COVID forced a cancellation for the past two seasons.

Dennis and I joined them to celebrate their 50th anniversary belatedly and to tour the market fair. As always, it is such fun to see them and everyone else in colonial garb.

Dennis and I are doing well in the Roanoke area. Substitute teaching is at a halt for the summer, but I will be happy to get back to the kids in August. I had lunch with Jeanne Helmandollar Holzmann a couple of months ago and hope to see her again soon. I’m glad to have a couple of classmates in the area. The rest of the time is spent getting work done on our home and participating in the two clubs I have joined.

Lastly, thank you to Marty Abbott, Deb Stanley Leap, and Julie Obarski Simpson for being part of the reunion planning committee. You three were great to work with. Please stay cool and send me your news.

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Joyce Hines Molina joycemolina1951@gmail.com We said goodbye to two classmates this year. Anne Bevans Cooper passed away in May after a long battle with breast cancer. She had graduated magna cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Mary Washington. She remained a lifelong reader, often reading three books at a time. Anne enjoyed reminiscing about working in Seacobeck and even kept her “slop bucket” as a reminder. She served as a member of our 50th reunion committee.

Ann C. Salter passed away on June 26, after her second stroke in three years.

She was a history major who pursued graduate work at Columbia University.

She was a passionate supporter of local history and preservation in Rochester and western New York during her professional career. Fellow classmates who she kept in touch with include Barbara Reynolds Myerson, Debora Olsen Searfoss, Linda Ann Wray, Susan Regan, Clare Nugent, and Betty Snead DeLesDernier.

Cynthia Howk, who had been friends with Ann since 8th grade, served as her health care proxy. Sadly, a month before Ann’s death, Cynthia also lost her mother, whom she had served as principal caregiver. Cynthia looks forward to our 50th reunion and encourages UMW to relaunch the alumni magazine. She provides more information about Ann as well as her thoughts on the value of a printed publication in the online version of Class Notes.

Since retiring in January, Janet Hedrick has been traveling! She visited Hawaii and Alaska, the latter with Sharon Richmond Janis’ daughter, Catherine. She also went on the Mary Washington Alumni trip to Northern Italy in May, where she spent two weeks exploring with a terrific group of people. She tested positive for COVID before leaving for Venice, so she had to isolate. “In spite of that, it was a fabulous trip,” Janet says. She will head off to Egypt and Jordan on the Mary Washington Alumni trip in October. She’s planning a river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, as well as Prague, next year with Dale Cole Carter, a fellow math major who lives in Colorado. She’ll also spend a couple of weeks in Michigan during the summer and hopes to schedule at least one more international vacation. Janet is looking forward to reunion next June!

Virginia Davey Addison and husband Will are expecting their sixth grandchild.

Class of 1976 members at the Spirit Rock during Reunion Weekend. From left: Mary Johnson Mulligan, Lucy Dee Kinsey, Margaret Spivey, Hannah Patterson Crew, and Cathy Colbert.

Patricia Stewart writes: “Our 50th reunion – what?!” She has lived in Richmond since moving from Tidewater in 2006 and says the city is on the map! “It’s not your grandma’s Richmond,” she says, touting the benefits of living in an urban area without the traffic or headaches.

Her older son is in the U.S. Coast Guard, stationed at Hatteras, North Carolina. He and his lovely wife, whom Patricia calls the daughter she never had, have a 6-yearold son and 10-month-old daughter.

Patricia’s two eldest grandchildren, both boys, are 17 and 19. She keeps busy attending to her 1914 house and is an avid lap swimmer and “wannabe” knitter. She hopes conditions, both personal and with regards to COVID, allow for her to come to reunion next June.

I, Joyce Hines Molina, look forward to Reunion Weekend 2023. Our travel adventures have become more local.

We enjoy small towns and exploring the nearby countryside and specialties of the area.

Plan to return to campus for our 50th class reunion, June 2-4, 2023. When you make a gift, clearly designate it for the Class of 1973 50th Reunion Scholarship Fund.

Ryland Feathers ’26 received the Class of 1973 50th Reunion Scholarship.

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Sidnia “Sid” Baker Etherington sidleexx@yahoo.com Suzy Passarello Quenzer suzyquenzer@gmail.com

meeting protocols, they continued to serve our beloved UMW on the Alumni Board. We appreciate their service!

Also, congrats to Diane, who completed her term on the board in April. If you are not a member of the UMW Facebook Mother of All Book Clubs, which she moderates, then please join. The book choices and conversations are always outstanding.

Bridget Binko finally retired from her last career as an oncology RN in September 2021 and is filling her days with orchids, gardening, and water sports. She recently spent two weeks at Hilton Head Island, Richmond, Roanoke, and Washington, D.C. with Joann Menzer Kevorkian.

They’re planning to incorporate our 50th class reunion into a similar trek in 2024. Before that, they are heading off to Iceland this September.

Bettiann Aylor took a road trip with Nancy Brown Jones, Denise Mattingly Luck, and Anne Reynolds Guest ’76 through upper Michigan, into Canada, down to Toronto, and back to the U.S. to Cleveland. They ended their journey at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. As luck would have it, the special exhibition highlighted The Beatles. The trip was outstanding, and they had wonderful weather. They’re looking forward to another trip next year.

Class of 1974, please stay in touch and plan to attend our 50th reunion in 2024!

Connie Whitmarsh-Tomko is retired and working part-time as a receptionist at the YMCA, which gives her the opportunity to work out regularly. She’s planning house renovations and family vacations and is trying to find a new passion. Husband Al works at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. He talks about retiring, but as Connie’s sister says, “If you want to see where someone is going, watch their feet,” and Connie doesn’t see Al’s feet moving toward retirement yet!

While many of their classmates were becoming grandparents, Connie and Al adopted their two children. Mei is a senior majoring in international relations at American University in D.C., and Jace is a sophomore at Rutgers University in New Jersey, studying pre-veterinary science.

Connie says their kids make them feel young and that she and Al are fortunate parents.

I, Armecia Spivey Medlock, say “Yay!” for having been able to finally attend our two years’ COVID-19-delayed 45th Reunion Weekend! It was wonderful to catch up with our classmates and get reacquainted with members of the classes of 1976 and 1977. Please take time to send news about yourself so I can share it in the next publication. Our 50th reunion is less than three years away, so make a note on your calendars for 2025!

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Janis Biermann (A – M) biermannjanis@gmail.com Debra Smith Reeder (N – Z) dsmithreeder@gmail.com From Janis: The reunion was fun! We missed all of you who couldn’t make it. I hope more of our class will be able to attend our 50th!

As we were walking across campus, Susan Grimes became the 99th U.S. centurion since 1878. That means she walked 100 miles in under 24 hours, a designation only eight other women have achieved! Susan says if her feet hold up, she may try the Great Britain Centurion in 2023. Anyone want to join her?

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Anne Robinson Hallerman arhmwc77@yahoo.com

From Sid:

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Hey, Class of 1974, please join me in a shout out to my dedicated co-class agent, Suzy Passarello Quenzer, and to Diane Smith. Throughout all the COVID

Janet Davis has retired after a 39-year career as a physical therapist and is living in South Carolina.

Armecia Spivey Medlock vagirl805@msn.com

By now you all should have received the reunion committee’s post-event email with photos and commentary. While attendance was down, those of us who returned to Mary Wash enjoyed good

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weather and good times that heralded our 45th reunion. I can’t say enough how much we want all classmates to join us in June 2027 for our golden anniversary celebration and induction into the 1908 Society. If you know of classmates who did not graduate with us but are part of our collective college memories, please let them know that whether they remained at the Wash all four years or only for a semester, they are welcome to attend.

I won’t recap the weekend other than to recognize a few classmates. Thanks as always to Bill and Terrie Young Crawley for their wonderful hospitality. Since our class party was a joint effort with the classes of 1975 and 1976, the Crawleys hosted us for an early morning brunch on Saturday.

I’d like to thank the rest of the reunion committee for their efforts: Beth Craig, Vicky Neilson, Phyllis Quinn, and Julie Mansfield Wilhelm.

I’d also like to recognize Vicki Sprague Ravenel, who began her term as Alumni Association president on July 1, assuming the role vacated by Jenifer Blair ’82.

JB is a tough act to follow, but I have confidence Vicki is up to the task.

Lastly, although I am not always comfortable tooting my own horn, for this honor I shall do so. At the Alumni Awards ceremony on Saturday, I, Anne Robinson Hallerman, received the coveted Frances Liebenow Armstrong ’36 Service Award. According to the Alumni Awards website, the award “is presented to an alumnus/a who has demonstrated a lifetime of service to the University of Mary Washington” and “is intended to recognize longevity and consistency of service and breadth of service over a lifetime of dedication to the University.”

I’ve always thought of it more as fun than service, but I am so grateful and appreciative to the Alumni Association for this honor.

Until next time, stay healthy and send me some news!

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Janet Place Fuller janetpfuller@gmail.com I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer and is preparing for next year’s 45th class reunion. I also hope to hear from all of you for our next Class Notes.

I have some sad news to share. I heard from Lynn Connor Merring last fall when her husband, Bob, passed from COVID complications. Lynn was moving from

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Costa Mesa, California, to Virginia Beach to be closer to her sister, Pat, and her family. I received a sad update from Lynn’s good friend, Pam Brown, that Lynn passed away on June 3, 2022. Lynn was a triple major at MWC, a resident advisor in a freshman dorm, and worked as a law librarian. According to Pam, Lynn had not been in her new home long enough to unpack her boxes when she took a fall down the stairs and died from head injuries. Pam says the family would be interested in hearing from anyone who would care to share memories of Lynn.

Memories can be sent to Pat Evans, 2312 Haversham Close, Virginia Beach, VA, 23454. Lynn’s obituary can be found on legacy.com and in The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk.

On a positive note, Pam Brown shared that she retired after almost 30 years in the IT department at Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami. She spent the first few weeks visiting siblings, followed by the first of three scheduled cruises she has booked for this year.

Cathy Bennett Neff retired from teaching English at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2019 and has not looked back. Cathy’s father was dying, and her husband became more disabled, so when her mother fell in the kitchen and broke her pelvis, Cathy said, “That’s it.” She decided to retire to take care of her family. She also moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, in 2020 to be near her daughter and two grandchildren.

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Barbara Goliash Emerson emers3@msn.com Sue Moore Davis and husband Dan are spending their time on rescheduled events and travel. Last fall, after three years apart, they visited daughter Rachel and her fiancé, Seamus, in Scotland for Rachel’s Ph.D. graduation, held at Edinburgh Castle. They returned in April for their wedding, joined by Sue’s brother, Rob Moore ’84, and family, then spent a week in the Scottish Highlands with daughter Hannah and her husband, Brian. Sue also went on a cruise and tour of Portugal, Spain, and the Baltic countries, except for Russia. This fall, they will travel from Milan to Cappadocia, and will go to Egypt and Jordan next spring.

Sue’s life goal was to visit all 50 states – which she completed in 2009 – and all seven continents. Her last, Antarctica, is on the books for January 2024.

Gayle Weinberger Petro and Jim traveled to Memphis in April, where they took in

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blues, barbeque, and Graceland. She followed that up with a trip to Alabama with Nancy Quaintance Nelles and Sydney Rose, visiting the Civil Rights Museum, 16th Street Baptist Church, Edmund Pettus Bridge, and other important sites.

As for me, Barbara Goliash Emerson, I am enjoying retirement. It was so nice to spend time at the Outer Banks in May with family and no work worries. My talented sister, Patricia Goliash Andril ’80, had a piece of her artwork selected for the 30th Annual Colored Pencil Society of America’s International Exhibition in Florida this summer. She had drawings selected for several previous exhibitions in this highly competitive juried show.

I hope to hear from more of you next time. While it may seem a while off, our 45th reunion in June 2024 will be here before you know it! Pencil it in!

1980

Susan Garter skgarter@gmail.com It was wonderful to see so many of our classmates at our twice postponed 40th reunion! For those of you who couldn’t make it, I, Susan Garter, look forward to seeing you next time!

While on campus, some of our third floor Marshall alumni – including Mary Hudacheck-Buswell, Martha Williams Locke, Maryellen Buczek Mueller, Carin Carr, Susan Garter, and our JC, Jennifer Boyd Ross ’79 – gathered for a photo in front of our former residence hall, which, sadly, is slated for demolition.

During reunion, Jan Stankiewicz McCarthy and I caught up with Alisa Booze over dinner. Newlyweds Barbara Pittman Lawson and Ken Lawson also joined us, sharing happy news of their wedding on May 22, 2022, along the Rivanna River in Charlottesville.

Sandy Slusher Smallwood retired from Northrop Grumman after 37 years and joined Assured Consulting Solutions, a small, woman-owned business, where she continues to support the federal government with IT solutions. She also completed her Loudoun County Master Gardener training and now volunteers with the program. She enjoys seeing husband Tom’s band perform – they met when he was playing with Thunderbay – and keeping up with her 5-year-old granddaughter. Sandy is sorry to have missed reunion but tested positive for COVID. Fortunately, she was asymptomatic.

from the MWC of UVA era. Dana is a three-generation legacy. Her mother, Claire Sindlinger de Groot ’52, attended Mary Washington, as did Dana’s daughter, Alina Kendrick Grobicki ’10.

Carla Richardson Barrell attended reunion, rooming with Vicki Haynes Morris. Carla loved Dr. Crawley’s 50 Years at Mary Washington lecture and hearing about the Bushnell Hall fire and Mark Ingrao’s ’81 bravery and hilarious story. Carla and husband Dan are mostly retired and spend their time bicycling, walking and hiking, gardening, birdwatching, traveling, and visiting daughter Kaitlin Barrell ’13 in North Carolina. Kaitlin works as an administrator at Guilford Technical Community College.

Class of 1982 alums pose for a picture with Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Life Emeritus Cedric Rucker during Reunion Weekend.

Debi Caton and husband Cliff are enjoying sunset views from their new home along the lake in Tennessee.

Barbara Gant Kinner and husband Greg moved to Asheville, North Carolina.

They sold their RV and bought a trike motorcycle for cruising the Blue Ridge Parkway. She also continues to hone her photography skills, capturing the flora and fauna at the nearby Biltmore Estate.

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Lori Foster Turley lorifturley@gmail.com Thanks to all who made it for our 40th reunion, a year later! It was fun to celebrate with friends from the classes of ’80 and ’82. Plan to join us for our 45th reunion in June 2026!

Congratulations to Cedric Rucker, who recently retired from a long and illustrious career as an administrator and adjunct faculty member at UMW. The Board of Visitors bestowed upon him the title of Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Life Emeritus at Commencement in May. At a beautiful ceremony during Reunion Weekend, in front of Cedric’s family, friends, and colleagues, the University Center on Ball Circle was renamed the Cedric Rucker University Center. Cedric has left an indelible mark on Mary Washington and on generations of students. The next chapter of his extraordinary journey will be in the Peace Corps.

I, Lori Foster Turley, also have some sad news to share that my sister passed away.

Katherine Dozier came to Fredericksburg this June to partake in the Mother of All Reunions. She enjoyed exploring

campus and treated herself to the new Mary Washington College shirts from the campus bookstore. Sadly, Katherine’s mother passed away that Friday, so she returned early to Minneapolis. She plans to attend the next reunion for the Class of 1981. “So much as changed in 40 years,” she says. “Mary Washington is so big now and absolutely gorgeous!”

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Tara Corrigall corrigallt@gmail.com I, Tara Corrigall, enjoyed seeing so many 1982 classmates at the recent Mother of All Reunions. The 40th reunion is such an interesting time and age. Many are still working with no definitive retirement in sight, teacher classmates have mostly retired, and others have a specific end date in mind. Travel and grandchildren were hot topics. Several of us stayed in Mason Hall, which is always great fun and nostalgic. We loved gathering in the parlor to chat and share libations.

I, of course, roomed with my only Mary Washington roomie, Debbie Snyder Barker. Debbie has retired from teaching and now enjoys spoiling her two granddaughters.

Our suitemates were Annmarie Cozzi and Anna Geisler Hogan. Annmarie is retired and splits her time between Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, and Shallotte, North Carolina. She’d love to connect with anyone in those areas. In fact, she finally connected with an alum she met several reunions ago in line at the Mary Washington bookstore, Dana de Groot Grobicki ’77, who offered Annmarie a set of fancy highball glasses

Vicki Haynes Morris is an enthusiastic pickleball player and loves doting on her two grandsons. Vicki still works in customer service – conversation is her forte – but plans to retire in the next year or so. She also has some great travel plans.

Darcy Driscoll encouraged former roomie Jill Evans Wuonola to join us from Salem, Massachusetts, for reunion.

Ellen Coleman and Rhonda “Cecil” Graves are now retired and plan to spend the summer on short adventures with their camper.

Our class dominated on the reunion dance floor, with several standouts: Rhonda Nash, Jenifer Blair, Heather Archer Mackey, Amie Martin Washburn, Billie Martin Breeden, Sandy Young, Debbie Snyder Barker, and Tom Valente ’81. I also enjoyed catching up with some of our Fredericksburg folks: Diana Burton Utz, M.C. Morris, and Anne Reed Adams.

Nancy Kaiser shared details of her upcoming trip with wife Mary McElhone.

They will travel to Rwanda to see silverback gorillas and golden monkeys, then to Tanzania to see the Great Migration, and ride over Kenya by hot air balloon. They will also go to Giraffe Manor in Nairobi, where the Rothschild’s giraffes stick their heads in the windows while you dine! Their trip will conclude on the island of Zanzibar.

As for me, I continue to work in financial services, trying to make sense of these crazy headlines and helping people achieve their retirement dreams. I have become a fan of hybrid schedules and hope that continues. I remain active in the Tidewater Network. I recently ran into Dan Hudson at a museum event.

He reminded me that he has worked remotely for decades, so while his home base is Columbia, South Carolina, he is able to travel a lot and see his kids.

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I became a great-aunt in April with the birth of my great-nephew Colin. His mother, Jordan Filchock Hennessy ’12, grandmother Mona Corrigall Filchock ’84, and uncle Josh Filchock ’19, all live in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Please send me your news and be well.

1983

Marcia Anne Guida marcia.g.james@gmail.com Katherine Farmer was promoted to Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act supervisor of the newly formed diversion unit within the Department of Juvenile Justice in 2021.

She achieved 36 years with the state this April. Katherine continues to care for her mother, who resides with her. Katherine shared that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, but she is doing well so far. Her twin sons are now 30 years old. Jonathan continues to serve in the U.S. Army, while Martin is a Marine Corps veteran.

Lisa Wright feels fortunate to live near her undergraduate alma mater. She retired as a law enforcement captain and is now “living the dream” selling real estate. She finally visited Greece and Italy and looks forward to more travels abroad and making domestic trips in her new RV named Serendipity. “MWC/UMW remains some of the best highlights of my life,” she says.

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Christine Waller Manca christine.manca@att.net Gregory Chambers is semi-retired, living in Fredericksburg, and spending the winter months in North Myrtle Beach. He keeps in touch with Richard Mason ’87, who retired to Florida, and Greg is looking forward to a visit there and a good game of golf. Greg’s granddaughter, Skye, is attending summer school at Stanford Law School and may attend UMW in the future.

Janice Conway Micka retired from her second career of teaching in June, most recently from Floris Elementary in Fairfax County, where her own children attended school. After spending 60 years in Virginia, Janice and her husband relocated to Ocean Isle, North Carolina, where they are building a home. “Living here is like being on vacation every day,” she says. They have found many people with Northern Virginia connections and would love to know of any other Mary Washington alumni in the area. Janice

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still plans on visiting Virginia, as her 94-year-old father lives in Fairfax. Son Johnny recently settled in a house in Arlington, Virginia, and is working for Clark Construction. Daughter Allie just relocated to New York City and works for Tableau/Salesforce. This family is clearly on the move!

As for me, Christine Waller Manca, I’m an empty nester again after having my two 20-somethings back home in Houston during 2020-2021. My daughter, Camilla, is a pre-K teacher in a local public school, and my son, Marcus, is starting his second year of law school at the University of Texas at Austin. My husband and I have enjoyed a couple of trips to London in the past year; it’s good to be traveling again. I hope to hear from more classmates about their latest adventures for the next edition of Class Notes!

1985

Joanne Bartholomew Lamm jlamm88@verizon.net Stan Smith recently published his book, Guide to Privacy: The Corporate Social Responsibility Series, edited by Alan S. Gutterman, through the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section.

1986

Lisa A. Harvey lisharvey@msn.com

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René Thomas-Rizzo renerizzo@live.com

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Jay Bradshaw jaybradshaw747@aol.com Beverly Newman bevnewmn@yahoo.com From Bev: I, Bev Newman, visited with Kim Jones Isaac ’87 this spring. We had an awesome almost two weeks of catching up while she explored her beloved Richmond, Virginia.

Alice Zavadil Wiggins ’87, Theresa Davis Moore, Susan Perna Nachinson ’87, and Wendy Stone Pistrang ’87 had a great time catching up at the Redwing Roots Music Festival in June. Theresa is thriving in Richmond, Virginia, where she works as an HR and leadership consultant and a yoga instructor. Sue is putting those years in the Combs basement computer lab to good use in healthcare software management. She lives in her hometown of Ramsey, New Jersey, but spends as much time as possible at “the shore.” Wendy, who lives in Cleveland, Tennessee, fills her days with volunteer work and hosting house concerts. Alice lives in Afton, Virginia, where she works for a nonprofit education foundation. She also hosts house concerts and spends a lot of time hiking with Theresa whenever she’s in town.

Kelly Gould Stewart continues in her role as Maine’s outpatient mental health forensic director. She is also in her 16th year as a volunteer firefighter for the Town of Sumner and is the chair of the Sumner Select Board (city council). She recently expanded her business focused on firearms safety and education and

From left: Theresa Davis Moore ’88, Susan Perna Nachinson ’87, Alice Zavadil Wiggins ’87, and Wendy Stone Pistrang ’87 display their love for MWC at the Redwing Roots Music Festival in June.

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became a federal firearms licensed dealer. Her students wanted a more personalized buying experience, so the official shop opened last February, set up like an old-fashioned country store that sells locally made outdoor and Maine-themed merchandise in addition to firearms and ammo. The business is doing so well that they’re already planning to expand further.

And every Saturday, they host the area farmer’s market. On the family front, Kelly celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary with her sweet Bob in August. Daughter Joie, who is my goddaughter, graduated college in 2020. She now lives in Jersey City and is the video production editor for Fan Duel Sportsbook.

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Jim Czarnecki jimczarnecki@yahoo.com Mitzi Kimball was inducted into UMW’s Athletic Hall of Fame as a tennis player in June.

Beth Mazza Robertson proudly reports that son Henry graduated with degrees in Japanese and journalism from the University of Oregon. Daughter Emily is a junior at Oregon State University. Beth’s family moved to Bend, Oregon, in 2018, where she and husband Lance run a small website design and development firm. Beth and her golden retriever, Tilly, are registered to offer pet therapy to local high school and college students during stressful times. Beth also hopes to join a comfort animal group to provide some additional puppy love. She was sad to miss reunion but hopes to make it back to Fredericksburg soon.

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Susan Crytzer Marchant march66358@verizon.net

1991

Shannon Eadie Niemeyer sfniemeyer@comcast.net It was great to see so many of you at reunion! The ’90s class party on Jefferson Lawn was a big hit! We all enjoyed wonderful music provided by Sean Michael Dargan ’90. It was fun to see our own Billy Germelman playing snare drum with Sean on bagpipes.

There were many other wonderful events throughout the weekend: picnics, building tours, beer and wine tastings, the toast at Brompton, and the all-class party. One of the highlights, as always, was the fantastic Rabble Rousers show

Cedric Rucker ’81 (left) with Kalela Williams ’00, Jon Hickman ’98, Angela Naggles Barbero ’00, Hilario Ellis ’97, and Greta Franklin Okomo ’00 following a Black Alumni Affinity Group gathering.

at J. Brian’s in downtown Fredericksburg.

They had a huge turnout! Follow the band on Facebook for info about future shows. It was a great weekend, and I know everyone is already looking forward to the next opportunity to get together!

Billy Germelman began a new position in the project management branch of the U.S. Coast Guard in December 2021. He also got engaged to Genet Loar on New Year’s Day. They got married in July on the beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with immediate family in attendance.

Becky Haymaker Mangan enjoyed reunion with Sally Brannan Hurt ’92, Stephanie Powers Pegues, Rita Plath Monner, Jen Little Hudson, and Lisa Sellers Shepheard, and relived college life by staying in Mason Hall. Becky moved to Winter Haven, Florida, last December after husband Mike accepted a coaching job with Webber International University. Becky started a new job working remotely for the American Gastroenterological Association. Daughter Abby, who is 21, will complete her degree at Webber, and son Joey, who is 13, is enjoying baseball and learning how to barefoot waterski. Becky and her family are having a wonderful time living on the Chain of Lakes.

Kate Bailey Krishnamurthy and husband Vikram live in Wilmington, Delaware, with their 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter. Kate is director of government and community relations for Delaware Technical Community College. She earned a master’s degree in strategic communication from the University of Delaware last summer. She is starting a doctoral program in educational

leadership at UD this fall, while also continuing to work full time.

I, Shannon Eadie Niemeyer, hope to hear from many of you before the spring edition deadline. I know many people stay connected through social media, but it’s still nice to read updates in Class Notes.

1992

Courtney Hall Harjung charjung@hotmail.com My husband Tom and I, Courtney Hall Harjung, moved from Mobile to Daphne, Alabama, in December. We’re happy to be closer to the Gulf Coast beaches we enjoy so much. I continue to serve as vice president of Mobile Arts Council’s Executive Board. We’re looking forward to returning to Sandals Ocho Rios, our first real vacation since COVID, where we’ll celebrate our 23rd anniversary with a scuba diving trip. On a sad note, my father, Dr. Edwin Presley Hall Jr., passed away in February.

Christine Harrison Casey was promoted to vice president of philanthropy for Transitions LifeCare, a large hospice and palliative care agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she has worked for nearly seven years.

1993

No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Diane Newcomb Easter became an empty nester after her youngest son graduated from college in May. She says it was the perfect timing to take on a bigger job at work and accepted

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a promotion to clubhouse manager at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond, Virginia. She enjoys spending her free time with her two grandchildren.

1994

Jennifer Dockeray Muniz jennifermuniz1@gmail.com Eric Nolan had poetry published this year in the United States, Britain, Ireland, Romania, and Turkey. His work was also featured on the Dead Letter Radio podcast. His editorial commentary was printed in New York’s Newsday and in several Virginia newspapers, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, and The Free Lance-Star. This summer, he received his third nomination for a Spillwords Press Award and was profiled in the national Poets & Writers Directory. Eric loves his adopted city of Roanoke. He was lucky enough this year to hang out with Russell Painter ’91 and Janet Walbroehl Winston ’91. He also recently had lunch with the famed adventurers Rick Slagle ’93 and Ashley Fenstermacher Slagle. (Cue Indiana Jones theme music.)

Kathleen Slesnick Kauffman moved from her hometown of Miami to Gainesville, Florida, where she serves as the city’s historic preservation officer. In September Governor Ron DeSantis appointed her to the Florida Historical Commission, a board established by the Florida Legislature to enhance public participation and involvement in the preservation and protection of the state’s historic and archaeological sites and properties.

Daughter Olivia is a junior at a boarding school in Virginia, while daughter Julia just began the seventh grade.

1995

Matt and Shandie Covington mattandshandie95@gmail.com Warm greetings to the Class of ’95! Matt and I, Shandie Covington, were not able to attend reunion but enjoyed seeing so many familiar faces on the Reunion Weekend Facebook page and hearing stories from friends who were able to head to Fredericksburg! It looks like an amazing time was had by all.

Dawn Rock Miller earned a master’s degree in educational technology from Wilson College in 2020 and was finally able to walk last summer and celebrate her accomplishments. Congratulations, Dawn!

Aimee Gibson Barton lives in Abingdon, Virginia, with her now retired husband.

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She holds an M.D. and serves as a pediatric hospitalist at the local hospital.

She also teaches at East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, as an assistant professor of pediatrics.

Alexa Ainsworth Oestreicher is senior vice president at Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty in Portland, Maine. She specializes in residential real estate and loves it.

Her two children are in college. Alexa keeps in touch with former roommate Nathalie Khatchmanian Ekhsigian, who lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters. Her dear friend Juhi Mehta Gobalakrishna moved to Hong Kong with her husband, son, and daughter.

Our daughter turned 21 this spring. We planned a fabulous girls’ trip to Vegas with Maureen Thompson Brand and Jennifer Moore Swisher. We had a blast exploring, gambling, and hitting several shows. We’re now gearing up for two senior years with our daughter graduating from college and our son graduating from high school and starting college, both in 2023. Time flies! Keep the updates coming!

1996

Jennifer Rudalf Gates teamgates17@gmail.com Howard Brady was appointed to the role of president and CEO of American Eagle Financial Credit Union. He joined AEFCU in 2014 as a vice president for real estate lending and was later named senior vice president, chief lending officer.

While many of us keep connected on social media, it was a wonderful surprise to hear from Geof Hart. Still an Orioles fan, Geof shared that he is marrying Lauren Rosen on October 1, 2022, in Taneytown, Maryland. How they met was a “trivial encounter” – playing trivia with friends at a local pizza hotspot! They now live in Baltimore, with easy access to see the O’s play at Camden Yards. Best wishes to the happy couple!

1997

Michelle Trombetta michelletrombetta@gmail.com

1998

Erika Giaimo Chapin erikagchapin@gmail.com Lauren Chadwick was appointed senior vice president of marketing for Zype, a

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leading media technology firm. She will be responsible for leading the company’s go-to-market strategy and all marketing operations.

1999

No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu George Bunch was inducted into UMW’s Athletic Hall of Fame as a basketball player in June.

Alan Follett retired earlier this year from his position as senior pastor in the Virginia Methodist Church, where he had served for the past 20 years. Prior to that, he attended Duke Divinity School from 1999 to 2002.

2000

Jennifer Burger Thomas jenntec14@gmail.com Stephanie Zebrowski, a financial advisor with Bank of America Merrill in Washington, D.C., was named to Working Mother Magazine’s list of Top Wealth Advisor Moms for the third consecutive year. She also earned a spot on Forbes’ list of Best-In-State Women Wealth Advisors.

2001

Annie Johnston anniebatesjohnston@gmail.com

2002

Travis Jones tljones8@gmail.com Carolyn Murray Spencer turtlecjm@yahoo.com Cathy Glass Drumheller was selected

by Lynchburg City Schools as the 2022 Teacher of the Year. A biology teacher at Heritage High School, she also received the Science Teaching Award from Randolph, or STAR, from Randolph College in Lynchburg.

Briana Gervat was inducted into UMW’s Athletic Hall of Fame as a lacrosse player in June.

2003

Jessica Brandes jessbrandes@yahoo.com Lindsey Hastings was hired as the director of attorney recruiting at Williams Mullen, based in Richmond, Virginia. She will manage the recruiting strategy, hiring

swimming at our neighborhood lake, eating copious amounts of “New Jersey food” (bagels, an Italian buffet, pizza, and going to the diner), fireworks on the beach, taking on the “tortilla challenge,” and enjoying plenty of adult beverages.

Everyone is already counting down the days until the next “framily” vacation!

I also made a major career change from accountant to becoming a Montessori school owner in Towaco, New Jersey. It brings me great joy to own a business that plays a part in shaping a child’s future.

From left: Erik Schaum, Caitie Eck '06, Shamus Gordon '06, Kimberly Pittman Gordon '05, Laura Rawlett Taylor '05, Brandon Taylor, Ally Lee Marzan '05, and Rob Marzan.

goals, and placement of all attorneys within the firm.

Garett Seeba and wife Tashia moved to Galveston, Texas. He continues to practice oral and maxillofacial surgery with a private group practice. Both are actively involved with Dream Dachshund Rescue. Garett qualified for the Boston Marathon in 2023 and continues to participate in various 100mile ultramarathons with the goal of completing hard rock and western states once selected. Tashia has ventured into the rental property business and still practices as a dental hygienist.

Jamie Test recently joined Compass as a realtor and vice president. He and wife Meghan Twomey Test ’02 live in Annandale, Virginia, and have two children, ages 9 and 11.

2004

Sameer Vaswani sameervaswani@msn.com Daniel José Correa, who first became a member of Psi Upsilon at Mary Washington, received PU’s Social Impact Fellowship. “It will support me in a leadership program to optimize an initiative addressing unmet social needs for patients living with epilepsy, while also teaching future clinicians how to address healthcare disparities in neurology,” says Daniel, a neurologist at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York.

He previously served as chief of the Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Center at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center. After earning a B.A. in biological sciences at UMW, Daniel completed an M.D. at Howard University College of Medicine and a residency at Walter Reed

National Military Medical Center.

2006

Shana Muhammad shana.muhammad@gmail.com Brynn Maguire was inducted into UMW’s Athletic Hall of Fame as a field hockey player in June.

2005

Allyson “Ally” V. Lee Marzan allyvlee@gmail.com Alumni from the Class of 2005 enjoyed a wonderful weekend attending the Mother of All Reunions. Erin Connelly Cockayne, Jeff Cockayne, and children Max and Natalie; Matt McLaren, wife Haley, and daughter Eve; Katie Domitz Mugno, husband Rob, and daughters Lily and Hannah; Elissa Milanowski; and Tyler “Boo” Holtzman ’04 enjoyed activities around Fredericksburg, including the re-creation of their MWC senior portraits, the alumni picnic, a self-guided tour of Mason Hall, coffee at Hyperion, and dinners at Castiglia’s and J. Brian’s. Elissa and Erin participated in the Run for the River on Saturday, while Boo took part in the Great Rappahannock Whitewater Canoe Race. On more than one occasion, Matt enjoyed brunch at Foode. They also reconnected with Brett Druger, Matt Hoover, and Emil Christofakis in the Mason Hall lounge. Although unable to make it to reunion, Bridget Kavanaugh Hagerman and family were thought of fondly and encouraged to relocate to the East Coast.

I, Ally Lee Marzan, played “hostess with the mostess” over July 4 weekend, welcoming Laura Rawlett Taylor, Kimberly Pittman Gordon and Shamus Gordon ’06, Caitie Eck ’06, and their families to our home for a mini reunion!

With nine adults and eight children between the ages of 2 and 6, there was much fun to be had. Highlights included

Jonathon May recently joined Pennsylvania’s Allegheny College as the dean of juniors and seniors. He is excited to have returned to his roots, working for a college committed to a liberal arts education much like Mary Washington.

2007

Jay Sinha jay.sinha@alumni.umw.edu Ellen Ostrow earned partnership at Stoel Rives LLP in Salt Lake City. A graduate of American University’s Washington College of Law, she serves as a trustee and secretary to the Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Utah State Bar's Litigation Section, and Women Lawyers of Utah. Ellen also represents Stoel on the Law Firm AntiRacism Alliance’s Banking Committee.

She was selected for the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 list in 2020, the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts Training Institute's 40 Under 40 list in 2019, and the “Utah Legal Elite, Up and Coming” list in Utah Business Magazine in 2018 and 2021.

Sarah Sherman, an English teacher at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in New Jersey, was named Burlington County Teacher of the Year. Sarah earned a B.A. in English from Mary Washington, as well as a master’s degree in English from the University of Virginia and a M.Ed. of secondary education from The George Washington University.

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2008

Trish Lauck Cerulli trish.cerulli@gmail.com Alyssa Lee alyssa.linda.lee@gmail.com

2009

Elizabeth Jennings elizabethsjennings@gmail.com Alexandra Meier alexandra.m.meier@gmail.com Sean Brown and Kate Parvin Brown ’10 welcomed their first child, daughter Finley, in May. Whitney Packett English and husband Richard welcomed their third son, Wilson, in July. They live in Warsaw, Virginia, and she is a CPA for Hughes & Basye PC. Keith Reeves, who earned a graduate certificate from UMW’s College of Education in 2009, received the “Outstanding Dissertation” award from the American Educational Research Association. His doctoral dissertation, “Predictivity of Standards-Based Report Card Model for Standardized Test Scores: A Taxonomic Mixed Methods Study,” was completed at Lamar University in Texas.

Kirsten Rowell was inducted into UMW’s Athletic Hall of Fame as a softball player in June.

2010

Kelly Caldwell kellyecaldwell@gmail.com Laura Pilati and her husband are expecting their second child, another girl, in late September.

Anne Roberts ’10, M.Ed. ’14 earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology, focusing on gifted, creativity, and talent development, from the University of Connecticut in May 2021. She also earned her master’s degree from there as well as a certificate in program evaluation. She is now an assistant professor of education at Fisk University in Nashville.

2011

Hannah Hopkins hannahlhopkins@me.com Kira Lanewala klanewala@gmail.com Brian DeMott was named a 2021 Top Lawyer in Delaware. He is part of the mass tort and environmental litigation

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From left: Reunion Weekend volunteers Khaila Nelson ’21, Madison Williams ’22, Addan Sharif ’21, and Corbin Poyer ’24.

team at Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC. Most recently, the team obtained a $65 million class action settlement in Millsboro, Delaware, for property damages and personal injuries related to air and groundwater contamination claims. Brian also practices in the areas of employment law, personal injury law contract dispute, and municipal law.

Simran Kaur-Colbert onboarded as director for student engagement and diversity, equity, and inclusion at Earlham College, a private liberal arts college established by the Religious Society of Friends in 1847. She and husband Jarrod celebrated seven years of marriage this spring and live in Richmond, Indiana. They met at the University of Kentucky, where she completed her master’s degree in diplomacy and international commerce at the Patterson School. Simran will graduate in December with a Ph.D. in student affairs in higher education from Miami University’s College of Education, Health, and Society. She is proud to serve as chair of UMW's Multicultural Alumni Affinity Group.

Kira Lanewala has relocated to Los Angeles and now works at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. She spends her free time hiking, surfing, and skateboarding at the iconic Venice Beach skatepark.

Peter “Po” Smeallie lives in Alexandria, Virginia. He works for a nonprofit that accredits community health centers across the nation and some international territories. His current hobbies include spinning, archery, karate, guitar, piano, podcasts, and improv. He previously lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was involved with the UMW regional alumni group.

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2012

Mandi Solomon msolomon211@gmail.com Mallory Somerset and Quin McCarthy ’13 are getting married in October, officiated

by Kimberly Suttle, Mallory’s roommate for all four years at UMW. Mallory and Quin met outside the Eagle’s Nest during Mallory’s senior year. Quin proposed last December at Chatham Manor after they spent the day visiting campus and downtown Fredericksburg.

2013

Amanda Buckner McVicker amanda.l.mcvicker@gmail.com Jen Crystle earned a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in December 2020.

She and husband Mike welcomed son Cole in March 2021. They are enjoying spending time as a family in their new home in Pennsylvania.

2014

Elizabeth Storey estorey@mail.usf.edu Since graduating, Conan Smeeth has taught English as a Second Language in Moscow to students of all ages and backgrounds.

Emily Zaylor graduated in May from Virginia Commonwealth University, earning an MBA with a concentration in business analytics. Emily also married Bryson Goolsby in August in Richmond, Virginia. Amy Leap Miller ’12, Sarah Warring ’13, and Elizabeth Storey all served as bridesmaids. Many dear UMW friends also came from around the country to celebrate.

2015

Evan Smallwood esmallwood15@gmail.com Moira McAvoy moira.jo.mcavoy@gmail.com Maggie Lovitt was promoted to lead news editor at Collider.com and was welcomed into the Hollywood Critics Association.

2016

Quinn Doyle quinnmdoyle@gmail.com Katie Fago graduated with a Master of Science degree from Georgetown University’s systems medicine program in May with academic excellence. She’ll continue to do research on prostate cancer using big data to improve patient care.

2017

Samantha Litchford slitchfo@gmail.com Andrew C. Steele is transitioning from male to female and her name is changing to Aleya Jane Steele. She has recently started a new job with Catalent Biologics.

2018

Brittany McBride bmcbride2128@gmail.com Alanna Shapiro received a master’s degree in GIS from Kent State University in May and is beginning her second year of the Ph.D. program in geosciences at Florida Atlantic University.

2019

No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu Hanna Ashby married Jacob Burke ’17 on July 9, 2019. Jasmine Pineda ’19 and Amanda St. Cyr ’19 were bridesmaids.

Ryan Greer ’17, Ahsen Ershad ’17, Mason Latimer ’17, and Curran Smolinsky ’18 served as groomsmen. Hanna now goes by Hanna Burke.

2020

Nathaniel Holic nholic2020@gmail.com Rachel Summers completed an M.D. at Florida International University, just two years after graduating from UMW.

Jean Boyce Carleton ’47

Alec Biles continues to lead the ocean mapping industry. He also helped in the production of the recent box office hit, The Minions: Rise of Gru.

Elizabeth Allen Corcoran ’47

Carsen Mumford and Rachel Voketaitis recently became engaged.

Marian Friddell Mallory ’47

2021

Peggy R. Danahy ’47 Phyllis Horton Kent ’47 Clarine Wilkinson Reekes ’47 Elizabeth “Betty” Bane Tate ’47

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Martha Duval Bolling ’48

Karl Ast has released an early access video game on Steam called Droplet: States of Matter. It’s a retro-style 3D collect-a-thon platformer set in a periodic table-themed universe. The player can change between the four states of matter to solve puzzles and explore the Noble Gas Kingdom.

Glenna Graves Shiflett ’48

Ethel Rector Chrisman ’48

Sarah McCaw is continuing her studies as a graduate student in the migration and refugee studies program at American University in Cairo. She loved her time at UMW and looks forward to representing Mary Wash during her stay in Egypt.

Mildred Perkins Woltz ’48 Elva Tate Hasher ’49 Ninfa Sanchez Kadala ’49 Mary Winifred Noon ’49 Ann Katharyn McElrath Quinn ’49 Frances Elizabeth Hern Tron ’49 Barbara Trimm Wright ’49 Elizabeth Rae Gavett Breeden ’50 Carolyn Jean Sprower Hampton ’50 Joyce Miller Jelliffe ’50 Helen H. Chiles Mason ’50 Helen Hopkins Timberlake ’50

2022

Dudley R. Brett Wiltshire ’50

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Barbara A. Trosper Braithwaite ’51 Jean Gray Fenn ’51 Ruth DeMiller Hill ’51

In Memoriam

Marjorie Erickson Hoffman ’51

Frances Downing Hurst ’37

Shirley Aileen Williams Rees ’51

Lucille Painter Graybill ’38

Ann McClenny Copeland ’52

Alma Harris Fernald ’40

Gaybrooke Garrett Crittenden ‘52

Lavelle Phipps Pool ’41

Dorothy Allene Davis Craig ’52

Helen Maria Pitts Vaughan ’41

Gwen Amory Cumming ’52

Phyllida “Penny” Bien Walker ’42

Virginia Gardner Wallace Dodge ’52

Marcia Williams Barkelew ’43

Carol Oliver Headlee ’52

Anne Mason Eiler Gall ’43

Jean Amis Hill ’52

Helen Gray Miller Wilson ’44

Betty June Henley Lester ’52

Margaret Falls Cutchins ’45

Peggy Burton James Routh ’52

Elizabeth Wire Denaux ’45

Anne Dodson Williams ’52

Urania Kikis Perakos ’45

Barbara McFarland Carper ’53

Elaine “Sally” Heritage Jordan ’46

Harriet P. Dinsfriend Goldberg ’53

Ruth Houston Boyer Rinker ’46

Jean Kimball Gray ’53

Eleanor Walker Smith ’46

Ilena Cruise Hileman ’53

Jewell Whitlock ’46

Anne Hammond Smith Jenkins ’53

Lucy Anderson Bannister ’47

Patricia Harford Kerrick ’53

Barbara “Peggy” Hamilton Browning ’47

Margaret Elizabeth Hall MacNaughton ’53

Ruth Meyer Butler ’47

Carolyn Keck Redic ’53

Edwina Madelyn Doyle Howell ’51 Louise Brannan Davis Hume ’51 Ingeborg Busemann Kistler ’51 Silda Guillan Meyer ’51

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In Memoriam

Dorothy “Nell” McCoy Savopoulos ’53

Helen Edmonds Rissler ’57

Marion Dillon George ’62

Barbara Ester Faxon Stout ’53

Joanne Parker Hearn Foley ’58

Nancy Weston O'Hare ’62

June Vooght Christian Tuttle ’53

Betty Sue Addington Gruehn ’58

Eileen Hildebrand Nielsen Andrews ’63

Jane Bradfield Davison ’54

Patricia Brock Robertson ’58

Susan Rutan Joehnk ’63

Mildred Ives Russell-Jensen ‘54

Charlotte May Walker ’58

O. Jane McKamey ’63

Doris Jones Ryan ’54

Carol Jean Paul Cherubini ’59

Beverly A. Jacobson Shelton ’63

Mary Lou Grenfell Borcherding ’55

Beverly Ann Frick Doty ’59

Margaret Anne Phillips Massey ’64

Pauline "Polly" Hamilton Burn ’55

Elizabeth Ramsey Jones ’59

Jean Carol Kirk Coats ‘55

Irene Piscopo Rodgers ’59

Elizabeth Juliette Arnold Greivell ‘55

Anne Hope Scott ’59

Barbara Smalley Hopkins ’55

Rebekah Putnam Boyd ’60

Doris Jean Sterling Kucera ’55

Dorothy King Myers Payne ’60

Coralyn Leavitt White McGeehan ’55

Tucker Freeman Viccellio ’60

Ralette King Shinneman ‘55

Carol Dixon Yonan ’60

Elizabeth Rountree Duke ’56

Kelly Cherry ’61

Dorcas Hickox Channell ’56

Carlotta Croghan Clark ’61

Shirley Kaufman Kiatta ’56

Ellen Jeanne Grumbly de Gail ’61

Marie-Louise Rosanelli Metzger ’56

Eugenia England Simons ’61

Margaret Mary Schauer ’56

Janet Carol Dougherty MacIver ’61

Carole Petley Toone ’56

Peggy Shufflebarger McGraw ’61

Margaret Anne Patten Bland ’57

Elizabeth J. Knotts Middleton ’61

Josephine Markwood Blue ’57

Joyce LeFevre Morgan ’61

Nancy Jamerson Dangler ’57

Gail Rilling Stockton ’61

Betty Bayly Holland ’57

Judith Kirk Allen ’62

Rachel Ellen Jones ’57

Marcia Kirstein Fitzmaurice ’62

Patricia O’Bryhim Miller ’64 Sandra Gene Eastridge Plummer ’64 Eileen Frances Lutz Scott ’64 Linda Elizabeth Bush Simpson ’64 Elizabeth Frances Stump ’64 Martha Jean Moore Townsend ’64 Brenda Lee Eanes Wall ’64 Marilyn Elizabeth Washburn ’64 Gloria Suzanne Copeland Austin ’65 Priscilla A. Barnes Johnsen ’65 Dorothea Welch McIntosh ’65 Jean Ratliff McMillen ’65 Jeanette Pugh Welton ’65 Elizabeth “Beth” A. VanHouten ’66 Helen Holland Baker ’67 Donna Robertson Thomas ’67 Joan Frederick ’68 Mary Margaret Marston Monroe ’68 Sheila Fix Roberson ’68 Margaret Ann Denny Cross ’69

Obituaries

Linda J. Hanna ’69 Susan Balee Seay Ledbetter ’69 physical chemistry from the University of New Hampshire. He also earned several prestigious fellowships, including from Harvard Medical School, the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.

Bernard L. Mahoney Jr., distinguished professor of chemistry emeritus, died on May 9, 2022, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

At Mary Washington Mahoney served as department chair, was instrumental in creating the Bachelor of Liberal Studies program, and helped design the Jepson Science Center. He became a distinguished professor, earned UMW’s Grellet C. Simpson Award, and was granted emeritus status upon his retirement in 2002. Four years ago Marilyn Shull Black ’69 made a significant gift to establish the endowed Bernard L. Mahoney Student Research Fellowship.

Mahoney came to Mary Washington, then the women’s college of the University of Virginia, in 1965. He held bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston College and a doctorate in

His survivors include wife Kathleen, sons Brian and Brendan Mahoney ’93, daughter Karen, a sister, two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

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Linda J. McNaughton ’69 JonWebster MacDonough Scheid ’69 Linda Louise Burton White ’69 Sharon Doleman Stuart ’70 Penn Bailey ’71 Kathleen Norah Carson ’71 Natalee Spiro Franzyshen ’71 Elizabeth Ellwanger Hancock ’71 Brenda Karen Wirt Duff ’72 Janice Albright Lambert ’72 Elizabeth Nuckols Lee ’73 Deborah Soux Lawrence Parham ’72 Willa S. Powell ’72 Dorothy Gardner Aikin ’73 Anne Elizabeth Bevans Cooper ’73 Norah M. Heckman ’73 Martha Jane Menk ’73 Ann Constance Salter ’73 Glenda Elizabeth White ’73 Kenneth Walker Pitts ’74

Stephen Carter Jackson ’76

Delia Jennings ’92

Elizabeth Shannahan Lewis ’12

Deborah Jackson Young ’76

Cynthia Lenore Pritchett English ’93

Meaghan McIntyre ’20

Lynn Connor Merring ’78

Gareth O'Bannon ’93

Raymond H. Kauffman ’21

Susan C. Foster Peyton ’78

Sandra M. Ericksen Burke ’94

Spencer Mendola ’21

Timothy Bobbitt ’79

Raffaela Uliano Cox ’94

Jeanne A. Johnson Clarke

Margaret Earl Sawyer ’79

Lisa Anne Copley ’95

Margaret Ann Hathaway Hinson

Dianna Roberts Tyler ’82

Frances Marie Davidson Smith ’95

Ann Elizabeth Moran Cummins

Marijo Den Braber ’85

Linda Stoner Timmons ’96

Wanda Smith Allen ’87

Kevin M. Ely ’97

Meredith A. Cox Scales ’87

Joan E. Rawson ’99

J. Michael P. Wood ’87

David Grehling Foster ’01

Franklin Coleman Rice ’88

Jacob C. Rogers ’03

Edith A. Notar ’89

Kelly E. Walsh ’04

Roberta L. Román

Roberta “Bobby” Ann Kerr ’90

Jason Y. Walsh ’09

Richard B. Pasto

Tevin Gordon Chaney ’92

Heather Leigh Jennings Kerns ’12

Rita Theresa D'Arcangelis

Faculty

Bernard L. Mahoney Jr. David R. Munsick Jr.

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UMW Jazz Ensemble Jazz4Justice Nov. 5, 2022

UMW Philharmonic East Meets West Feb. 17, 2023

UMW Chamber Music Festival March 24-26, 2023

Great Lives Announcement Nov. 10, 2022

Multicultural Fair April 1, 2023

UMW Theatre The Rocky Horror Show Nov. 10-20, 2022

Giving Day April 4, 2023

UMW Philharmonic & Choirs Fauré Requiem Nov. 20, 2022 Giving Tuesday Nov. 29, 2022 James Farmer Multicultural Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Tara Murray, human rights lawyer Jan. 18, 2023 UMW Theatre Men on Boats Feb. 9-19, 2023

UMW Theatre Pride and Prejudice April 6-16, 2023 UMW Philharmonic Season Finale April 14, 2023 Commencement May 6, 2023 Reunion Weekend June 1-4, 2023

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