Honor Helen Miller Rosenthal ’50 died on April 19. She graduated from law school in 1953 and taught Unitarian Sunday School for 38 years. She was kind, cheerful, smart, funny, generous, self-effacing, intellectually engaged—and loving and beloved, particularly by Alan (her husband of 60 years), her four children (including Susan Miller-Havens ’78), and her five grandchildren. She was justifiably proud of them all. Her circle of devoted friends was large; I gratefully include myself in that group. Our college friendship has deepened over the years. Memories of her life comfort all who knew and loved her. Harriet Sturtevant Shapiro ’50 Ann Farnham Dubin ’54 died on April 17. Ann earned her Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1959, then taught and did research in virology at Harvard and Robert Wood Johnson medical schools. She authored 15 papers. Outgoing and concerned about the less fortunate, she volunteered at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic and tutored English for many years. Had I met her when she was at Wellesley and I at Harvard, I’d have biked to Wellesley every weekend. She imbued our three daughters with social consciousness and filled our home with the love of music. Donald Dubin Susan Gilmore Steiner ’61 died on April 9. Ebullient, adventurous, and dramatic, Susan had strong opinions, strong relationships, and a deep streak of spontaneous fun and generosity. She was a risk taker, brilliant at thinking outside the box as an educator, and a fund-raiser at several universities. Her unstinting commitment to local arts, artists, and small-scale theater productions was extraordinary. She loved her sons, Shakespeare, the Sacred Music Festival at Fez, and the beautiful house and garden that she created from a decrepit old colonial in Patzcuaro, Mexico, in the last few years, turning Casa Ariel into the home of her heart. Carol Hart Field ’61 Lou Ellen Wilson Loving ’65 died of cancer on June 30, 2011. Lou’s energy, endless smile, sparkly blue eyes, and quick wit always said to others let’s have fun, and so she did with her many friends from Austin to Boston. She never had an idle moment, from water skiing with her two children and gardening, to volunteering for the oldest girls’ home in Austin and operating a commercial real-estate company. Her spirit for intellectual conversations continued throughout her lifetime. It was the mini-reunion where she enjoyed the insightful balance these gettogethers provided to the liberal-minded Wellesley girl from red, red Texas. I am so proud of her! Heather Attridge Ellen Sachs Rodin ’65
Judith Kirkham Walker ’66 died on Dec. 16, 2011. Judith was full of life and joy, a friend always ready to laugh and share whatever was happening in our worlds, a mom and grandmother who took great pleasure in her family, a wife who delighted in husband Chris’ endeavors. We met in Miss Taylor’s Latin class during our first year at Wellesley. Judith completed graduate studies at Harvard and was married in the Wellesley Chapel before moving to Canada. A lover of literature and young people, she thrived in her teaching career, as well as in sharing the wonders of nature and travel with her family. Ann Thomas Wilkins ’66 Alice Stewart ’75 died on April 15. Attorney by profession, philosopher by spirit, our sister Alice was known as a defender of the poor in her 25 years of private practice in Atlanta, where she stayed after Emory Law School and studies at Dartmouth and University of Edinburgh. Alice delighted in small joys and deep friendships. She cherished fragments—pebbles, postcards, ribbons, leaves—finding beauty around her just as she found humor and hope in a troubled world. Relentlessly curious, she found joy in books, lectures, films, poetry, and pun-full word play. In her last days, she began a study of Greek. Mary Stewart Jane Stewart Rachel Stewart Catherine Ann Latham ’77 died on Jan. 26. She was a gifted and devoted psychologist, a talented collage artist, and a loving friend. She credited Wellesley with giving her the courage to get a Ph.D., which she used each day to transform lives in her Ithaca, N.Y., private practice. She had a vibrant sense of humor, delighted in quirkiness, and thought playtime is undervalued in adult schedules. We carry on her legacy every time we choose compassion, forgiveness, and kindness for ourselves and others—and by occasionally switching out our laptops and ballpoint pens for paper, glue, and maybe even a few crayons. Betsy Bogard
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Susan Freeman (Susan Swartzman Freeman ’79)— Step Up Now: 21 Powerful Principles for People Who Influence Others, Love Your Life Publishing, St. Peters, Mo. Vicki Goldberg (Vicki Liebson Goldberg ’58)— The White House: The President’s Home in Photographs and History, Little, Brown and Company, New York City Christianne Klein ’00—Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul, Truth Fairy TV Media Group, Fair Oaks, Calif.
HOW TO SUBMIT A MEMORIAL Wellesley welcomes memorials to alumnae written by friends or family members. Please contact the appropriate class secretary and/or the magazine staff (magazine2@alum.wellesley.edu or 781-283-2344) before writing or submitting a memorial. Memorials in Wellesley magazine are limited to 100 words. Wellesley does not accept eulogies or previously published obituaries for adaptation. All submissions may be edited.
Joanna Macy (Joanna Rogers Macy ’50) and Chris Johnstone—Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy, New World Library, Novato, Calif. Tony Martin, faculty emeritus—Caribbean History: From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. Jennifer Wilcox ’98—Carbon Capture, Springer, New York
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