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WESLEYAN COLLEGE, WINTER 2017
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
ADMINISTRATION Vivia L. Fowler President Melody Blake Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Andrea G. Williford Vice President for Institutional Advancement Clint Hobbs Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management Dawn P. Nash Vice President for Administration/CFO Matthew R. Martin Dean of Faculty Christy Henry Dean of Students WESLEYAN MAGAZINE STAFF Mary Ann Howard, Editor Director of Communications mhoward@wesleyancollege.edu Brandi Vorhees Art Director Cathy Coxey Snow ’71 Alumnae Director csnow@wesleyancollege.edu Millie P. Hudson ’75 Director of Development Julie Jones Director of Advancement Services Jaime F. McQuilkin ‘06 Class Notes Editor CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Libby Bailey Kathy A. Bradley ’78 Whitney Davis Seychelle Hercules, Class of 2018 Lisa Sloben ’00 Parrish Smotherman Jenkins ’06 Amanda Wiggs Photography by Maryann Bates PRINTING: Panaprint SPECIAL THANKS Alumnae and friends for providing photos. Wesleyan Magazine is published twice a year by the Wesleyan College Office of Communications 4760 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210-4462 phone (478) 757-5137 Contents may not be reprinted without permission from the editor.
HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE EDITOR. This space in WESmag is usually reserved for a message from Wesleyan College’s president, and in future issues you will continue to find her message here.
research skills they learned at Wesleyan on to graduate schools and are now enjoying successful careers conducting various kinds of research.
Because this winter 2017 issue is the first published under Dr. Vivia Fowler’s term, we decided more space was warranted to properly introduce our 25th president and allow her room to elaborate on her vision for the College. You will find her story on page 2.
On page 28 you’ll read about how Wesleyan students are coming together to discuss issues that are important to them, such as building relationships with people different from themselves. Participants say these DIDs (Diversity and Inclusion Discussions) are constructive and rewarding.
You also will meet a group of extraordinary students who have already begun their journeys toward reaching their career goals by serving in internships and conducting research on and off campus. As sophomore Ashley Darby said, “Because I’m always thinking about my future, I decided to go with an internship in hopes of getting my foot in the door.” Her story begins on page 8. We are also pleased to share the stories of several alumnae who took the
We hope you enjoy reading these stories and many others as much as we enjoy bringing them to you twice a year. It is an honor and a privilege to interview and get to know the Wonderful Women of Wesleyan.
Mary Ann Howard Editor, WESmag Director of Communications
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Meet Vivia Fowler The College’s 25th president
Researching our history Students help record the past
Student internships The importance of real-world experiences
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SURFs and SURPs Summer Undergraduate Research
Transforming the world Alumnae who conduct research
Diversity and Inclusion Discussions Students coming together
36 Campus News 40 Alumnae Leadership Weekend 42 Alumnae Connections 46 In Memoriam: Pat Hardeman ’68, Kay Stripling Byer ’66, Fernando La Rosa 49 2017 Annual Report
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Vivia Fowler
WESLEYAN’S 25TH PRESIDENT On July 1, 2017, Wesleyan’s 25th president took the reins of office. A part of the Wesleyan family for ten years, first as academic dean and most recently as provost, Dr. Vivia Lawton Fowler brings to the position more than thirty years of experience in higher education, specifically at women’s colleges. The third female president of this women’s college, she is the first female ordained United Methodist minister to hold the office once traditionally held by Methodist clergy. Following her graduation from another women’s United Methodist-affiliated college, Columbia College, in South Carolina, Fowler earned her master of arts in religion at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary and worked as a minister in two UM churches in Columbia and Orangeburg. She returned to her alma mater as a teacher and there discovered her call to the ministry of education. “My great joy as a higher education administrator is seeing the transformation that our students so often experience as a result of being in the unique environment provided by a small liberal arts college.” She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of South Carolina. The presidential transition comes at a time when Wesleyan is launching a new strategic plan and has new faces on the leadership team: Provost Melody Blake, Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Clint Hobbs, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
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and Ackerman/Hurdle Chaplaincy Chair Tyler Schwaller, and Dean of Students Christy Henry. Dr. Fowler has tapped the new provost to lead the strategic planning committee and notes that the new plan “will define our aspirations for the next three years. In August we launched that planning process, which we aim to complete early in 2018. Already we know that our emphasis will be on student recruitment and retention. We also know that in order to remain ‘first for women,’ we must continue to add the kinds of academic programs that are relevant in today’s marketplace while staying true to our identity as a liberal arts college.” As provost, Fowler was instrumental in initiating Wesleyan’s bachelor of science in nursing program, which graduated its third cohort of students this past spring. The success of that program led to the decision to add a spring cohort beginning in January 2018, a move that will eventually double the number of Wesleyan’s BSN graduates. Fowler is responsible for other additions to the College’s academic offerings that began this fall including programs of study in equineassisted therapy, sport management, forensic science, organizational behavior, and a bachelor of fine arts in studio art. Fowler also had a key role in institutionalizing Wesleyan’s commitment to bringing together students’ liberal arts studies with preparation for life after Wesleyan. The resulting “From Here to Career” initiative means that “our students
will stand head and shoulders above their competitors when they apply for graduate school and employment.” To Dr. Fowler, an emphasis on recruitment and retention means not just attention to strong academic programs but also to College facilities – both academic and residential. “Willet Library is the most popular facility on campus, and we must complete its renovation. Then, we will begin renovating our residence halls.” Being president of one of only 39 remaining women’s colleges in the United States presents challenges, but Dr. Fowler sees a unique opportunity to distinguish our institution as a beacon for women’s leadership and education. “When I talk with prospective students, I urge them to do themselves a favor for four years – to study at a place where we believe in them, where women are the student, athletic, and academic leaders, where they can learn from and work alongside women leaders, where their mentors will be women, where their confidence can grow.” Dr. Fowler seems to be relishing her new role as president, which includes her responsibilities as chief “friendmaker” for the College. Part of her mission for this first year is to meet with as many of Wesleyan’s alumnae as possible. Already she and husband Richard have entertained more than 400 people at Bradley House in groups both large and small.
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ON CAMPUS INTERNSHIP
History major Christina Micola von Furstenrecht, Class of 2018, began researching Wesleyan’s history in 2015 as part of Dr. Karen Huber’s public history class. “The class was given the task of choosing the topic for a semesterlong collaborative research project. We decided to study Wesleyan’s racial history, specifically African Americans who were here before The First Five (the first five black women to graduate from Wesleyan, Class of 1972). It was through this class and experience that I discovered my passion for working in archives.”
After the class presented its findings in a forum at Willet Library, Huber was commissioned by the College to push the research further and to conduct a more in-depth study about the school’s past. “This project is in its early stages and, as such, is incomplete. Many aspects of Wesleyan’s history have not yet been addressed, but that’s not to indicate a lack of interest in those topics. Our community is still trying to come to terms with, study, and, most importantly, document our past. We want to paint a full and complete picture.” Fall semester 2017, Huber had two classes of students helping with an oral history project to record the Wesleyan stories of alumnae, students, faculty, staff, and community members. Having completed oral history interviews in her historiography class and for her professional development experience, Micola von Furstenrecht was chosen as the first hire for the oral history project. “My personal goal is to collect as much history as possible for future researchers of Wesleyan. There is so much that has yet to be recorded. This history, our history, deserves to be remembered. Just as we study our past, future generations will study us. Our history contains gaps and questions that may never find answers. We can prevent further gaps and questions. Everyone’s history is important.” During the summer of 2017, Micola von Furstenrecht, who lives in Warner Robins, volunteered as a research assistant to Huber and also to Wesleyan Archivist Virginia Blake to assist in digitizing Wesleyan’s literary magazines and yearbooks. Micola von Furstenrecht’s work in the archives served as an internship this fall, and she has been successful at finding several pieces of Wesleyan’s history that contribute to the ongoing research.
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“The research is both thrilling and frustrating. This particular type of history, especially during the earlier part of the time frame we are looking at, was almost never documented directly. You can spend days going through sources before you find something relevant to your topic. It is most definitely a process that cannot be rushed. Putting the priority on a time limit instead of on quality research would only multiply the remaining gaps.”
While visiting campus for Fall Convocation in August, WCAA’s Member-at-Large for Nominations Chair Allison McFarland Wilcox ’80 recorded a personal history interview with Dr. Karen Huber. “I’d recently found a box with my Wesleyan memorabilia that I hadn’t opened in nearly 20 years. It contained personal things that I’d saved from my Wesleyan days that related to life on campus and my own experiences as a student. Karen and I spoke for well over an hour about my memories of holiday celebrations, campus activities, professors and staff members, and, yes, the atmosphere on campus among the students, black and white, straight and gay, as we navigated life in America in the late 1970s. After the interview, I donated the things I’d brought with me to the school archives.” Allison was the second alumna to be interviewed for the oral history project and hopes that many alumnae will agree to tell their stories. “Alumnae interviews will add a lot to the limited picture that a historian can get from only looking at yearbooks or reading the school newspaper. It was a great experience and I enjoyed it so much, even though my eyes may have leaked a time or two. Wesleyan was, and still is, a unique and wonderful place. I will always be grateful for the years I spent there.”
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President Vivia Fowler said, “The real work is just starting. We are working on a process of healing and transformation to reconcile our past with our future and to reconcile with one another. We will take the time to do the research properly. Just to get started will take a full year. We will need assistance from a lot of people.” Though not currently conducting independent research, Micola von Furstenrecht used Wesleyan’s archives in 2016 to complete two smallerscale research projects for her African American theatre class. The first was on the practice of blackface and minstrelsy at Wesleyan, and the second focused on Thorton Johnson, a long-time employee of the College. She also used the archives for her professional development experience to study the history of sexuality at Wesleyan. The project focused on the freedom students had to both express and exercise their sexuality between 1950 and 2000. Micola von Furstenrecht’s primary interest is in social history through history from below. “When most people think of history, they think of history from above, which is in relation to and through the perspective of nations, kings, politicians, or other historical leaders. History from below studies history from the perspective of average people. It allows us to see how historical events affected their everyday lives.” Her short-term plans after graduation are to attend graduate school to earn a master’s degree in public history. Long term, she hopes to work as an archivist. “My dream is to work with and build collections that create an emotional connection between the people of today and history.” Like most researchers, Micola von Furstenrecht works to keep her personal feelings from interfering with recording the facts. “Historians are strictly trained to always view history with context. That is why there are two phases to this type of research, the first being
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“LISTENING TO ALUMNAE WAS GREAT. I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THEM TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR TIME AT WESLEYAN. THEY SPOKE OF HAPPY AND SAD TIMES, PERIODS OF GROWTH, AND WHAT WESLEYAN WAS LIKE WHEN THEY WERE STUDENTS. I WAS HONORED TO BE TRUSTED TO HEAR AND RECORD THEIR NARRATIVES.” – Asia Garmon
traditional historical research so you are knowledgeable about your subject and the second being the archival research itself. The emotions are what drive interest in the research. Of course I have feelings about some of the information I come across, but I also understand that letting those feelings impact the research directly will only taint it.” Wesleyan archives are open to all students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and the community and include yearbooks, student newspapers, literary magazines, alumnae magazines,
catalogues, musical score books, photographs, STUNT scripts, performance and convocation programs, interviews with alumnae, personal letters and other correspondence, faculty meeting minutes, and much more. For more information about the archives, visit Wesleyan College Archives & Special Collections or contact Virginia Blake at vblake@wesleyancollege.edu. Anyone interested in recording an oral history is encouraged to contact Dr. Karen Huber at khuber@wesleyancollege.edu to schedule an interview in person or via Skype, WeChat, or Facetime. To date, fourteen alumnae have recorded their stories.
Eager to gain experience in her field of interest, history and international relations double major (minor in Asian studies) Asia Garmon, Class of 2020, joined Dr. Karen Huber’s team of researchers tasked with documenting the history of Wesleyan College. She began her work during fall semester and was invited to interview alumnae for the Oral History Project during Leadership Weekend in September. Garmon says her goal is to record the stories that only Wesleyannes can tell. “I love Wesleyan and want to know more about her history through the eyes of alumnae. I expect that the oral histories will help give future students an understanding of their College’s past.”
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OFF CAMPUS INTERNSHIPS Career preparation starts early at Wesleyan College. When first year students arrive on campus, they automatically become part of From Here to Career (FHTC), a four-year plan for lifelong career success supported by the College’s Center for Career Development. Students work with Director Sarah Schanck and Assistant Director Stephanie Baugh to develop knowledge and skills that can transfer to the workplace and to demonstrate their application through a practical work experience. Among other things, every student will create an e-portfolio and a LinkedIn profile. During the third year, students write a strategic plan, train in mock-interviews, and gain real world experience with an internship or other professional development activity. This year’s sophomore class, the Green Knights of 2020, are the first class to experience all four years of the program.
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y e l h As y b r Da After completing her first year at Wesleyan, Ashley Darby, Class of 2020, wanted to spend her summer doing something productive. “I had a few options: summer classes, work, or get an internship. Because I’m always thinking about my future, I decided to go with an internship in hopes of getting my foot in the door.” Darby went to Sarah Schanck, director of career development, for help in building her resumé and finding an internship that would be fun, allow her to use her skills in real life, and help her think about what kind of career she wanted. A communications major with an interest in the fields of entertainment and journalism, Darby sent writing samples to the editor-in-chief of UNpopular Style, a sophisticated new magazine available in print and online. She was hired as an intern in the Atlanta office and spent the summer pitching stories, interviewing, and writing articles about bold and talented creators and visionaries who are in the spotlight but not yet celebrities.
“UNpopular Style provides up-andcoming artists, fashion designers, musicians, and other trailblazers a platform to show the world their talents. It is a magazine that celebrates the diversity in the fields of fashion and entertainment.” With several bylines to her credit, including published interviews with Ashley Everett, Kristinia DeBarge, and Gabrielle Union, Darby feels confident that she improved her interviewing, public speaking, writing, and time management skills during the summer. “This experience gave me the confidence I needed to know that I can be creative and successful and have fun in my job. I can see myself in a career that requires traveling, meeting new people, and learning cool things every day.” Darby continues to work with UNpopular Style on a part-time basis by conducting interviews and writing blog posts. She has already secured an internship with the magazine for summer 2018.
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Valerie Clower, Class of 2018, is a proponent of internships. “Getting out into the real world and experiencing the daily routines of the career you might want to pursue is a great way to decide if it is really right for you.” Clower speaks from experience. She thought she wanted a career as an orthodontist, but after an internship her sophomore year she decided it wasn’t right for her. Her next internship was shadowing an elementary school teacher and that’s when Clower discovered her calling. Now she plans to teach biology at the high school or college level. Clower worked with Wesleyan’s Center for Career Development and Associate Professor of Education Virginia Bowman Wilcox ’90 to find her current internship shadowing a biology teacher at Northside High School in Warner Robins. Her responsibilities include classroom management, lesson planning, grading assignments, and analyzing what her career might involve. “On my first day in the classroom, I sensed the students weren’t convinced of my knowledge of biology or of my training, maybe because I’m not too much older than them. The teacher asked me to give an impromptu lesson on mitosis. Apparently they were impressed. Now they call me Miss Clower.” After graduation, Clower plans to continue her studies and earn a master’s degree in secondary education and eventually a Ph.D. in biology. Having played softball since she was eight years old, including four years with the Wesleyan Wolves, she also plans to earn a coaching certificate. “My career choice changed in the fall of my junior year. I have been interested in biology since middle school and I’ve always enjoyed helping people. Teaching is a way of doing two things I love on a daily basis.”
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Kristen Dennard
Shortly after Kristen Dennard, Class of 2018, returned from taking summer classes at Queen’s University in Northern Ireland (2016), she began researching her next study abroad trip. On a pre-law track at the time, Dennard was taking Dr. Barbara Donovan’s American foreign policy class. On one occasion, the class participated in a U.S. foreign policy simulation developed by the New York-based Council of Foreign Relations involving Russian incursions into Latvia. Students role-played a variety of different U.S. policy makers, including secretary of state, secretary of defense, and national security advisor, and crafted a response to Russian behavior. Dennard found the simulation stimulating and began to search for an internship in foreign policy. She found her opportunity at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) in Canberra, Australia. Dennard spent last summer helping AIIA facilitate the EU-Australia Leadership Forum (EUALF) in Sydney, Australia. Evey year, this forum brings together key European and Australian leaders from Government and Opposition, business, media, education, and civil society to get input and share ideas to help diversify and intensify the relationship. After being trained at AIIA in business and diplomatic etiquette, Dennard attended meetings with visiting delegates from Jordan, Egypt, and Greece. Additionally, she prepared research for the Australian International Law Conference that AIIA would be attending in Seoul, South Korea. Dennard is earning a double major in international relations and international business. “The internship changed my plans. I am no longer studying law. I have discovered that I am interested in business and economics and the effect of geopolitics.” She hopes to begin her career next year in Australia as an international marketing specialist with a multinational corporation.
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Victoria Clower
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Having grown up along the Saint John’s River in Palatka, Florida, Victoria Clower, Class of 2018, has been fascinated with water most of her life. “I remember visiting the docks and watching in awe as people fished and boated. I loved going to Florida’s beaches and also spending time in my friends’ pools. Floating down the Ichetucknee River was just another weekend for me.” By age eleven Clower knew she wanted to study environmental engineering and learn how to conserve the world’s most precious natural resource. An environmental studies major with a minor in environmental science, Clower turned to Wesleyan’s Center for Career Development for assistance in securing a local internship involving water sustainability and conservation. Clower found the ideal position working with the director of the Macon Water Authority. Clower says the internship has opened her eyes to the complexities of keeping our water systems safe. Her responsibilities include gathering water samples from Macon’s rivers, creeks, and streams, and conducting tests to make sure the city water supply remains safe. In the lab, she tests for clarity, Ph levels, ammonia, and E. coli, and documents the results. Clower has been offered a full-time job with Macon Water Authority when she graduates in May. While still considering her options, she hopes to join the Peace Corps in a year or so and work with environmental education and conservation efforts in Peru’s rural communities. Her long-term goals are to attend graduate school and earn a degree in water sustainability and management and help businesses reduce their water footprints.
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SUMMER RESEARCH
Name: Anjola Uprety Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal Majors: Chemistry and applied mathematics Munroe Scholar Expected graduation date: 2018
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What did you do during the summer?
I had a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) working on a collaborative project with two professors at Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Purdue has one of the most reputable materials science and engineering programs in the U.S., and I knew the project would help me grow as a researcher, develop skills, and build a network. It was a paid internship. I lived in an apartment complex that was sponsored by the program.
What did you research?
I performed fatigue tests on nickel-based superalloys. I prepared samples using cutting, mounting, and polishing processes, and characterized the samples using electron channeling contrast imaging techniques. Some of my other duties included reading articles and journals relating to the project; attending research seminars, weekly meetings and professional development seminars; and completing SURF assignments.
What did you learn about yourself?
As a chemistry and applied mathematics major, I had not taken a single course in materials engineering. I knew that I wanted to apply to a materials engineering graduate program after Wesleyan and feared that I’d have a bit of a disadvantage because of my majors. I had to work hard to learn the research techniques and understand the materials science concept in a short period of time. I was able to adapt and perform well, and I now know that anything is possible if my effort is one hundred percent. By the end of the summer, the doubts I had about not being able to compete with other applicants were gone and I felt more confident and sure about my future in this field.
Did the internship change your goals?
The internship reinforced my goals and helped me prepare for graduate school and for a career in materials engineering. I gained experience in using analytical instruments, learned how to network with professors and professionals, and developed leadership and communication skills.
Was this your first summer research internship?
No. I had internships after my first and sophomore years, both at the University of Minnesota. My first was in the Department of Organic Chemistry and the second was in the Department of Physical Chemistry.
Would you recommend internships to others?
Yes, definitely. Internships help students develop experimental, communication, and leadership skills that are important for success in graduate school and in the workplace.
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SUMMER RESEARCH
Name: Xin Tang (Catherine) Hometown: Guangzhou, China Majors: Economics and applied mathematical science Minors: Finance, business, and mathematics Expected graduation year: 2018
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Why did you pursue an internship?
During my first year at Wesleyan, I began to wonder how I could apply the theories I was studying in my economics and mathematics courses to the real world. My academic advisor, Dr. Phil Taylor, helped me find an on-campus internship in the office of institutional advancement. Julie Jones, director of advancement services, helped me customize an internship that satisfied my interests and also provided important information for the College.
Explain the purpose & process of your research.
My goal was to implement data analysis on the Wesleyan alumnae dataset by using predictive modeling methods to predict annual fund donations. I targeted the five most relevant factors - marital status, nationality, previous donation behavior, type of degree earned, and mailing status. I analyzed the relationship between the targeted factors and annual fund donations, and showed that the targeted factors were strong predictors for future annual fund donations. I finished the majority of the data preparation process but was unable to complete the analysis before the internship ended. However, my advisor and my field supervisor both supported my decision to use this research for my senior honors thesis project. (For her research, Catherine was honored with the prestigious 2017 Jack Mangham Experiential Learning Award from the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers.)
How did you spend summer 2017?
I served as an Overton Research Fellow at California Lutheran University. I analyzed the unit roots and near unit roots from the time series data in econometrics to compare the performances of estimators in the univariate long-run equilibrium relationships.
What did you learn about yourself?
Before the internship I was interested in the data analysis field in business but wasn’t sure it was what I wanted to pursue as a career. During the internship, I worked closely with my program advisor to explore the courses taught in the graduate program. The process effectively reinforced my plan. The more I learn about data analysis, the more I love it! I successfully improved my research, writing, communication, public speaking, and teamwork skills. I have also developed my networking skills, and I am becoming more confident socially. I definitely feel better prepared for my future.
Are you seeking an internship for summer 2018?
I am seeking an internship in the applied data analysis field, particularly with a Chinese company. Instead of digging into the theories, my next internship will have more emphasis in application.
What are your career goals?
Short-term, to earn a Ph.D. in the business/finance/economics field. Long-term, to become a business data analyst.
Would you recommend internships to other students?
Sure! Internships are good approaches to explore the professional field, demonstrate what you have learned in class, and prepare for your future. The Center for Career Development will help facilitate your internship process and maximize your experience.
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SUMMER RESEARCH
Name: Zahna Bigham Hometown: Lizella, GA Major: Biology Mary Knox McNeill Scholar Expected graduation year: May 2018
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You were a SURF at Johns Hopkins this past summer.
Yes, a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF). I was living and working in Baltimore, a city with some of the highest drug, crime, and poverty rates in America. During the program I shadowed physicians and encountered patients who lacked adequate housing or who were addicted to narcotics. These patients received the best care the hospital could provide, but often, poor, inner city residents and immigrants are overlooked because of their inability to pay. I want to make a difference in the lives of patients like these. They deserve respect and care from physicians.
How did you learn about the internship?
My major and pre-medical advisors, Dr. Holly Boettger-Tong and Dr. Wanda Maynard Schroeder ’80, encouraged me to seek summer research experiences to enrich my scientific knowledge. I sought institutions that would allow me to participate in large-scale research and clinical experiences.
What attracted you to this internship?
Johns Hopkins is one the most renowned research hospitals in the world. I wanted to learn from and engage in such a scholastic environment. This was an all-expense-paid stipend-based internship funded by the National Institutes of Health.
What kind of work did you do?
I conducted research under the mentorship of Dr. Karthik Suresh in the lab of Dr. Larissa Shimoda in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. My research focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms that contributed to the development of pulmonary hypertension. Specifically, my experiments utilized a laminar flow chamber and fluorescence microscopy to determine if the application of shear stress induces calcium influx via TRPV4, a calcium permeable transmembrane ion channel, in rat lung microvascular endothelial cells (RLMVEC).
How did the experience change you?
This experience taught me the importance of holistically caring for patients. Physicians must not only be aware of molecular mechanisms that contribute to disease and be knowledgeable of current research practices, but also must be aware that social and cultural practices play an important role in patient care. Interning at Johns Hopkins gave me more confidence in my abilities and empowered me to speak up about injustices I observed within healthcare and society in general. For me, pursuing a career in medicine is not simply a career goal, but a necessity for the impact I intend to make in science and in my community.
Were you able to establish a network?
I was fortunate to receive a letter of recommendation from my principal investigator as well as an invitation to continue my research in her lab next summer. I also made friends that have told me about other opportunities to advance my career.
What are your post-Wesleyan plans?
I hope to enter an M.D./Ph.D. program and pursue a career as a physician scientist.
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ALUMNAE RESEARCHERS
BlendingPast&Present U S I N G F U T U R I ST I C T E C H N O LO G Y Hannah Rawcliffe ’13 is a Ph.D. candidate studying virtual heritage at Indiana University’s (IU) School of Informatics and Computing. She researches ways to use cutting-edge technology to make artifacts more accessible to a wider range of people. With high-resolution digital photography and sophisticated computer programs, Rawcliffe can align images of an object and render them in a 3D environment, creating a digital replica that is as close to the original object as is possible with today’s technology. Rawcliffe enrolled at IU after earning a master’s degree in anthropology with a focus on cultural anthropology and archeology from East Carolina University. She became interested in the virtual heritage aspect of archeology during an internship in France in which she helped create a virtual reproduction of how the city of Nantes looked in 1900. During her first semester at IU, Rawcliffe completed a semester-long project studying how augmented reality (AR) is used in museums, the educational outcomes, and how AR could be used in classrooms. At the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in Bloomington, Rawcliffe digitized 12 artifacts from early nineteenth century Indiana settlers. One of her most challenging digitizations involved a full-size Ticonderoga wagon. “You walk around an object taking pictures as you go. How many pictures you need depends on how big and how detailed the item is. Then you feed the images into computer programs which will align the photos and build a point cloud.” The result is a 3D model that can be manipulated 360 degrees on-screen and is as close to lifelike as possible. The items are perfectly preserved and the files are easily accessed from around the world. Depending on their size, the digital reproductions can be 3D printed. Rawcliffe hopes the project will shed new light on these artifacts, help educate the public, and fire the imaginations of children. “When kids have something to interact with, they’re more
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likely to pay attention. Interactivity creates neural connections in the brain which results in higher retention.” IU Professor of Informatics Bernie Frischer, one of the leading virtual archeologists in the field, is impressed with the fact that Rawcliffe has stepped out of the norm when it comes to the objects she is studying. “By recording the archeology and culture of the enormous territory of North and South America, Hannah really is the pioneer in virtual heritage,” Frischer said. “Everybody is interested in the elite monuments of ancient Rome and Periclean Athens. But smaller, forgotten objects of people who barely left a trace of their history behind is something that seems to attract her. I find that very admirable.” Rawcliffe spent the summer of 2016 in Italy with a group conducting a digitization process at the Uffizi Gallery, which houses priceless Greek and Roman sculptures. The key aspect of the project was to preserve the artifacts for protection against the ravages of time and nature. Rawcliffe credits Wesleyan History Professor Dr. Karen Huber with fostering her love of preserving history. “I knew there would be opportunities to conduct research and work with professors at Wesleyan, but I did not know to what extent. I was pleasantly surprised that professors encourage students to work on their own research, not just participate in a professor’s research. Dr. Huber is great in guiding students without being overbearing. She is always there to help but requires her students to do the work. I loved the independence she allowed me.” Rawcliffe, who will graduate from IU this May, works at ARtGlass, a company that designs augmented reality tours for cultural sites. She helps create a tour, then builds it using software. The tour is downloaded into smartglasses which visitors can wear around the site to get more information. “If visitors are looking at a painting through the glasses, they see the painting and also the content we told the glasses to display, such as details about the painting or a video about the artist.” ARtGlass launched in the U.S. just this year and is already working with Highland, Mount Vernon, Monticello, and the National Building Museum to develop tours. The company’s European branch has more than 25 sites in Italy and Switzerland.
Putting a personal touch on history As a park ranger at Andersonville National Historic Site in southwest Georgia, Jennifer Eadie Hopkins ’14 works in the Department of Interpretation and Education where, among many other tasks, she assists researchers in the park’s on-site library and maintains the prisoner database for genealogy research. Hopkins conducts research every day. Some days she helps families find information about their ancestors who were held at Andersonville; other days she might complete a research assignment for the park. Most projects, she says, take a few hours or a few days to complete, but recently she finished a project she started in June 2015. “I love putting a personal touch on history and bringing back to life stories that involve real people.” Hopkins says her decision to attend Wesleyan was based on educational opportunities such as undergraduate research. History majors have several research requirements for graduation, including the Senior Research Seminar (SRS). For that class, each student completes a significant research project on a topic chosen in conjunction with the instructor and presents her research at the end of the semester. During Summer Leadership Institute’s 2013 trip to national parks in South Dakota, a ranger at Badlands National Park put Hopkins in touch with the chief of interpretation at Andersonville, where she later served as an intern. Hopkins decided to use the historical site as the topic for her SRS project and to produce a documentary instead of writing a traditional paper. The research required travel, interviews, and long nights in several libraries. She presented her documentary, “Andersonville Prison During the Atlanta and Savannah Campaigns,” at the Florida Conference of Historians. “Recording history, whether it is cultural history, material history, or oral history, allows us to reflect on what has changed over time, and, likewise, what has not changed over time. We can learn from our mistakes, calculate when something might happen, and compare similar events to help us solve current struggles. It also gives us a better understanding of our world and current events.” This Pierce Scholar says conducting research at Wesleyan prepared her for the position at Andersonville in multiple ways. “For starters, it made me confident in my skills as a researcher. Wesleyan helped me explore different avenues of research like conducting interviews and looking beyond the books in the library. I use the skills I learned at Wesleyan in my everyday life. Learning about research also has made me a more informed citizen.” Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
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When Asha Smith Dektor ’03 enrolled at Wesleyan she intended to be a business major like her sister Jywanya Smith Dillinger ’01. However, during Dr. Jim Ferrari’s first-year seminar, “Call of the Wild,” Dektor realized her interests were more aligned with the business of human nature than with the business of economics. She changed her major to psychology, joined Dr. James Rowan’s cognitive psychology research team that was studying serial pattern learning in rats, and never looked back. In addition to conducting independent research and presenting their findings at conferences, Rowan’s students are encouraged to explore Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at other universities. Dektor participated in two REUs while at Wesleyan. At Kent State (Rowan’s alma mater), she studied word learning and the effect of creating false memories in children. At the University of Minnesota, Dektor studied 24
the surface structure of sentences in adult long-term memory. This research became the topic for her honors thesis at Wesleyan. Through Wesleyan’s internship program, she also conducted research at Mercer University School of Medicine studying the neural correlates of depression. After graduating from Wesleyan, Dektor earned her Ph.D. in psychology at Stanford University and today works as a human factors engineer at Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISI). ISI developed the da Vinci® Surgical System, which aids surgeons in completing minimally invasive procedures with increased precision and more ergonomic comfort than traditional laparoscopy. The device translates the surgeon’s hand movements into smaller, more precise movements controlled by robotics. Rather than standing over a patient for hours at a time, which can cause muscle strain and fatigue, a
surgeon can choose to sit at a nearby console anywhere in the operating room. Robotic surgery has been linked to decreased hospital stays and fewer complications compared to laparoscopy and open surgery. Dektor and her team observe interactions between surgeons and surgical robots from a psychological viewpoint. “We do as much early design research as we can, from bringing surgeons in for interviews to going into operating rooms to watch surgeons and surgical teams interact with the robot. We present ideas about our prototypes and collect feedback, looking for any inkling of confusion. The product has to be intuitive to the people using it. The design must be such that the surgeon doesn’t get confused or frustrated. The ultimate goal is to understand how users interact with the system and incorporate the information to design a system that promotes patient safety.”
Making a difference in human rights research Recha Reid ’05 is using all the resources she has to make her mark on the world. This isn’t a recent development. Leaving her home in Jamaica in 2001, Reid came to Wesleyan to study international relations and earned a double major that included Spanish. Beyond the research required for her majors, this human rights activist chose to conduct additional independent research. One project focused on international law and child labor in India and how forcing children to work impacts the country’s national trade. Concerns about the plight of children around the world continue to fuel her research today. After graduating from Wesleyan, Reid moved to Colombia to teach English as a second language and to hone her own Spanish-speaking skills. “I knew enough Spanish to have a basic conversation and to read, but I wanted to be able to have fluent, in-depth conversations. I chose Colombia because they speak the purest form of Spanish.” After ten months in Colombia, Reid moved to England to earn her master’s degree in international studies with a concentration in diplomacy from the University of Birmingham. After working with the National Institutes of Health, United Kingdom, for several years, she accepted a position at Savannah State University (Georgia) as program manager for a NIH-NIMHD Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) grant. There she ensured that an infrastructure within the university was created where students in four different programs could work alongside STEMfield researchers in a lab environment or in the community. “Our research found that students who are involved in STEM research tend to graduate in STEM fields. The professors make the subject come alive in ways that are fun and exciting. Students were interviewed to determine who would
take the program seriously and who were likely to be successful. Interestingly, on average per year, the groups included six females and only one male.” Today, Reid works at a Georgia Institute of Technology research center inspecting reports to make sure the required mandates for grant funding are met. She is also pursuing her Ph.D. in international relations and comparative politics at Georgia State University. Recently, she studied the relationship between sanitation facilities on high school campuses in Africa and the drop-out rate of female students. “Research conducted by the United Nations indicated that African girls drop out of high school because there are no single-sex toilets. There are mandates that schools must have separate toilets for girls and boys, but because having two toilets is very expensive, some institutions opt to have no toilets at all.
My research found that as long as there are toilets within the institution, it doesn’t matter to students if they are single-sex or not. There is a substantial difference in the drop out rate between schools with toilets and those without. I found this to be equally true among boys and girls.” Always a crusader for human rights, Reid has decided the topic for her dissertation will be human trafficking. “The available data on human trafficking is inadequate and cannot be trusted. Currently selfreporting is relied upon for data about human trafficking and no country wants to report a high rate. Such information affects contracts and agreements and a country’s overall image. I will research and report data that can be trusted. I strongly suspect the volume of human trafficking is substantially more than is being reported.”
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we were ready to sample their shells to measure lead concentration.” The research reinforced Rajbhandary’s interest in studying the impact of anthropogenic activities on wildlife and helped prepare her
for the future. “Having a research background definitely boosted my application to graduate school and also gave me a jump on my career. I learned how to integrate my interests with current environmental issues to create research questions.”
While earning her master’s degree in sustainable development and conservation biology at the University of Maryland, Rajbhandary interned at the Breeding Bird Survey, a program within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). She joined USGS colleagues on numerous birding trips and volunteered at the Bird Banding Lab. She worked with expert ornithologists who catch birds in mist nets, put bands on their legs, take various measurements, and then let the birds go free. This internship, she says, changed her life. Today, Rajbhandary serves as collections manager at the Center for Tropical Research at UCLA. The lab at UCLA holds the nation’s largest collection of bird samples (other than museums). Researchers at UCLA recently launched The Bird Genoscape Project. The project uses the power of genomics to map the population-specific flyways of the migratory birds of North America. The results help to identify areas and populations of steepest decline and to develop effective conservation strategies. It’s a large-scale, multi-species, multi-year, highly-collaborative project. “We work with numerous governmental and nongovernmental agencies and hundreds of volunteers who run bird banding stations. One of my responsibilities is to identify the sampling gaps for our target species and coordinate with our collaborators and volunteers to help fill in those gaps. I also lead and/or assist with our own field trips to collect samples. Once the samples are in the lab, I do extractions and quantifications to get the samples ready for the next steps of the genetic analyses required to build a genoscape (map of genetic variation) for each species.” Rajbhandary says she would eventually like to work with a United States-based international organization that does bird conservation in her native Nepal. She has already started a Birds of Nepal Facebook group that is geared toward promoting bird photography, awareness, and conservation. The group has almost 15,000 members and has been a great platform for amateur and professional photographers and birders to share their pictures and to learn about and appreciate the birds of Nepal.
Shuaitong “Ciara” Chen
In October, Dr. Jim Ferrari and four members of his field biology class traveled to Jekyll Island, Georgia, to attend a meeting of the Georgia Ornithological Society. Over the course of the weekend, the group observed 77 bird species during field trips to Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area, Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, and Jekyll Island Banding Station (JIBS). Saturday evening, the birders attended a keynote address by Noah Strycker, who recently set a world record for spotting 6,000 bird species during one year of travel around the world. Biology major (chemistry and environmental science minors) Shuaitong “Ciara” Chen, Class of 2019, particularly enjoyed the bird banding section at JIBS where birds are captured in mist nets by licensed banders, fitted with aluminum leg bands that have identifying numbers, then released back into the wild. “We got a lot of practice in recognizing bird species by observing their field marks and listening to their songs. Dr. Ferrari’s example motivates me to study not only birds, but also the field of ecology.”
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STUDENTS. Wesleyan students are a small, close-knit community of richly diverse women. About one third of our undergraduate students are African American and about one quarter are international. Our small population provides an ideal setting for all students to interact with each other on a personal level and the opportunity to build relationships with people different from themselves. This unique campus environment is a welcoming place to create constructive conversations about diversity and inclusion on campus and around the world.
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In the fall of 2016, with guidance from Tonya Parker ’01, assistant dean of students for diversity and inclusion and Dr. Melanie Doherty, associate professor of English, and with the support of the Interactivity Foundation (IF), a team of six Wesleyan student facilitators kicked off a pilot series of Diversity and Inclusion Discussions (DID). Student facilitators were chosen based on their proven campus leadership and to represent a broad cross-section of student groups. Beginning with a six-hour “boot camp” in September 2016, student facilitators quickly and enthusiastically embraced their new leadership roles. Over the course of the fall semester, four two-hour DID sessions helped students to articulate their own experiences and ideas, as well as envision changes in Wesleyan’s diversity and inclusion programming. Using the IF method, which encourages students to create a sense of sanctuary, think creatively, and explore divergent possibilities, students provided unfiltered and honest feedback about the current campus climate. At the end of the semester, the student facilitation leaders modeled their discussion process and presented
student feedback to faculty, staff, and administrators. At the beginning of fall semester 2017, six new student facilitators were selected for academic year 2017 – 2018 and they held three discussions in October. At press time, the facilitators were modeling information gathered during the discussions and will present their findings at a later date. NyAnna Miller, Class of 2018, a neuroscience major and psychology minor, was a DID participant last year, and this year was chosen to be a facilitator. Having the perspective of a student who has been on both sides of the discussions, she said, “The discussions encourage students to express their diversity and inclusion concerns in a safe and reverential environment. DID has helped me grow as a leader, first as a participant and now as a facilitator. I continued with DID for a second year because I enjoyed being part of the discussions with my peers. Learning how to have a constructive conversation with someone who has very different views than your own is an important skill to learn, and DID teaches us how to do that.”
“The discussions encourage students to express their diversity and inclusion concerns in a safe and reverential environment. DID has helped me grow as a leader-- first as a participant and now as a facilitator. I continued with DID for a second year because I enjoyed being part of the discussions with my peers. Learning how to have a constructive conversation with someone who has very different views than your own is an important skill to learn and DID teaches us how to do that.” Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
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Walton’s hope is that the children she’s mentored know she truly cares about them and always will.
“No matter what, they will always have a friend.”
Changing LIVES
Editor’s Note: Since 2002 Wesleyan’s Lane Center for Service and Leadership has been serving the children of Anthony Homes, Macon’s largest public housing community, through Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table (AMKT). Lane Center servant leaders have touched the lives of hundreds of children by providing after school tutoring and activities, field trips, and holiday celebrations. Along the way, many Lane Center servant leaders have reported that working with the children has changed their lives in ways they never expected. WESmag asked sophomore Amber Walton to describe her experience with the children of AMKT.
Amber Walton, Class of 2020, is a native of Macon. Having “driven by that beautiful campus too many times to count,” she knew from her early days in high school that she wanted to attend Wesleyan College. What Walton didn’t know is that the college that made her feel at home would ignite in her a desire to empower the next generation of children. Her first semester on campus, Walton began volunteering at Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table (AMKT). “The joy I’ve found serving these children has forever changed me. They have shared their lives, their interests, their goals and aspirations, and their stories inspiring me in ways I could have never imagined. They have so much to offer and so much to give to their communities. It’s beyond amazing.” Walton feels fortunate to be working with AMKT. “I try to inspire and encourage the children to see the light that lives within their hearts and to activate that light so it may illuminate a pathway of faith and hope. It is such an honor to witness their unique personalities.” Walton wants each child she encounters to feel selfconfident and that they can accomplish anything. She says her most rewarding moments are the times when she feels she is making a connection. “A child’s smile or laugh or hug is the most wonderful thing and working with AMKT provides a welcomed abundance of smiles and laughter and hugs.” This fall, thirty-eight children ranging in age from six to fifteen are registered for AMKT. Lane Center servant leaders tutor students at Hartley Elementary on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and have hosted a myriad of educational activities including a nature walk in the arboretum, a trip to the Museum of Arts and Sciences, and studying STEM careers at Stratford Academy. More than 100 Wesleyan students currently volunteer at the Lane Center, serving 40 local nonprofit agencies.
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Encouraging the next generation of STEM majors Anna Cornelious ’04 came to Wesleyan to study chemistry and to prepare for a career as a scientist. She recalls spending countless hours studying for her Calculus II course and says the hard work benefited her in more ways than one. “The good grade I earned really wasn’t the victory; the victory was that I learned the difference between being a student and being a scholar. The moment I understood that, I considered myself a scholar.” Knowing that women are drastically underrepresented in STEM fields, Cornelius wanted to share her enthusiasm and encourage girls to become the next generation of women scientists, so she volunteered as a counselor at Spectacles, Wesleyan’s acclaimed residential science and mathematics camp for middle school girls. Spectacles is part of the prestigious Duke University Talent Identification Program. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up 47 percent of the total U.S. workforce but are represented at a much lower rate in science and engineering occupations. Thirty-nine percent of chemists and material scientists, twenty-eight percent of environmental scientists and geoscientists, sixteen percent of chemical engineers, and just twelve percent of civil engineers are women. “As an African American female raised in a single-parent household, I remember thinking that no one saw the world like I did. I felt that there were more hurdles and limitations for me. What I have always loved about Spectacles is that it brings young girls from different walks of life together and they learn that everyone faces hurdles. These young ladies learn about science and math, but they also learn about themselves and how to communicate their ideas.”
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After graduating from Wesleyan, Cornelious earned a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Clemson University and began working as a project manager with a consulting firm that contracted with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Departments of Interior, Defense, and Energy (DOI, DOD, DOE). “My job was to serve as the ‘eyes and ears’ for the EPA while supporting the cleanup of toxic sites across the country. I established contacts and gained interesting and relevant experience so that after six years of consulting, I got a job with the EPA in the Water Protection Division.” In her position, Cornelious oversees the cleaning of soil and groundwater contamination at hazardous waste sites
such as a military base or the site of a former gas station or dry cleaning business. “I collaborate with state and local government officials, partner with the DOE and DOD, specifically the Navy, the Marines, and the Air Force, and engage the communities that are affected by the hazardous wastes.” Cornelious continues to volunteer at Spectacles as a guest speaker. She believes that STEM camps and programs are critical for the academic and personal development of young girls interested in STEM careers. Her service to Spectacles is just one way she remains connected with her beloved alma mater. “Those of us who benefited from the Wesleyan experience are obligated to serve with sisters who came before us and with sisters who journeyed with us, so sisters who come after us will benefit.”
A DESIGNER OF EXPERIENCES Wesleyan’s Artist-in-Residence Jeni Hansen Gard has immersed herself into the Wesleyan community this year. She is living on campus, eating in the dining hall, and interacting with students to ensure her work is collaborative and authentic. As a socially-engaged craft artist, Gard uses functional, everyday ceramic vessels to explore the ecological relationship between humans and plants as food through growing, cooking, eating, and sharing meals. Her work draws on a critical understanding of human relationships and the merger between art and life. “It doesn’t matter what gender, race, ethnicity, etc. you are, you have to eat. Food provides nourishment and the act of nourishing one’s body is required to live. This universal need for food led me to think more about how we as humans can come together regardless of our differences and partake in the simple yet extraordinary act of eating together.” Gard will be working on three projects at Wesleyan this year. Her first project, Cups of Conversation: Speed Friending, took place at Anderson Cabin during this year’s “Wolves in the Woods,” led by Dr. Patrick Pritchard, alumnae chair of education and director of Wesleyan’s Center for Educational Renewal. Early in the semester students in Pritchard’s EDS 114 class each made a set of two ceramic cups under Gard’s guidance. Together, the group developed prompts based on the theme of class, community, and nature. The prompts were used during the event that is structured similarly to speed dating but focuses on friending. Ten students sat at one side of a table and offered their cups of tea or coffee to guests that included fellow students, faculty, and staff sitting on the opposite side of the table. Participants got to know each other by having three-minute conversations with ten different people in 30 minutes.
In January, a collaborative project called Weaving Dialogues will take place in McCrary Gallery. The project, developed last year with artist Lauren Karle, involves five tablecloths and corresponding mugs that have traveled across the United States weaving together conversations. Before their journey began the tablecloths were embroidered with the words “Describe an experience that changed you.” Following their conversation, participants are asked to develop a question to leave behind for the next people who sit down. During an event, participants who do not already know each other well are matched in pairs to share a drink and conversation that starts with the last question on the bottom of the tablecloth. “The most demanding project so far was The Common Table, which brought together a diverse group of 22 women who share physical space on the Wesleyan College campus. The aim was to build community through a series of events and a shared meal. The walls of the buildings, differences in majors, age, and other factors can create barriers that prevent students, faculty, and staff from ever encountering each other.” The project was designed to encourage each participant and observers to reconsider shared spaces, her relationship to that space, and her relationship with others. The project resulted in a shared meal and exhibition in Porter Gallery on Friday, November 10, and was audio recorded to replay within the gallery for the duration of the exhibition. A portrait of each participant hangs on the gallery wall and is accompanied by a personal statement. Special thanks to Seychelle Hercules, Class of 2018, for contributing to this story.
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Wesleyan’s new Dean of Students Having served Wesleyan College for more than fifteen years, Christy Henry accepted the position of dean of students in July. Henry most recently served as assistant dean of academic resources, earning national recognition as Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Prior to working in academic resources, Henry served as the director of residence life and assistant dean of students. As dean of students, Henry oversees the Division of Student Affairs consisting of the Health and Counseling Centers, residence life, diversity and inclusion, student involvement and orientation, Center for Career Development, and international student programs. She looks forward to building this team to provide students with meaningful opportunities to learn and develop outside the classroom. A student affairs professional at heart, Henry says she is thankful to return to her roots.
SISTERS SHARING SISTERHOOD
Seychelle and Rawlanda Hercules
Brooke and Chelsea Tussinger
Wesleyan traditions we hold dear have been passed down from class to class and generation to generation for 181 years. Daughters, granddaughters, and nieces have followed their mothers, grandmothers, and aunts to Wesleyan to share in a sisterhood that reaches far beyond the boundaries of family relationships. Throughout the years, younger sisters have followed older sisters, and other sisters have come to campus together. Perhaps the most famous sisters to attend Wesleyan were the Soongs - Ai-ling (Madame H. H. Kung), Class of 1909, Ching-ling (Madame Sun Yat-sen), Class of 1913, and Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek). This fall, Wesleyan is proud to have at least eighteen sisters on campus: Zahna Bigham ’18 and NyAnna Miller ’18, Valerie ’18 and Victoria ’18 Clower, Mary Peyton ’18 and Chloe ’19 Fowler, Ajah ‘18 and Anysia ‘20 Jackson, Seychelle ’18 and Rawlanda ’21 Hercules, Brooke ’18 and Chelsea ’21 Tussinger, Tara ’19 and Brooke ’21 Reigel, Grace ’19 and Caroline ’21 Stiles Williams, and Benita ‘21 and Benedicta ‘21 Dadson. 36
Wesleyan Welcomes THREE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS Tyler M. Schwaller, Th.D., assistant professor of religious studies and Ackerman/Hurdle Chaplaincy Chair
Schwaller earned his degree in religion with minors in music and in women and gender studies from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and his master of divinity and doctor of theology degrees from Harvard Divinity School. He is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church with membership in the Iowa Annual Conference. “I am committed to helping students recognize the varieties of ways people make meaning of life, both the biggest questions of existence and everyday matters of survival.”
Deonna Tanner, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing
Tanner has been a registered nurse in Georgia for 21 years. Her area of expertise is emergency nursing and adult health. She earned her Ph.D. in nursing in 2012 from Georgia State University and has been teaching nursing full-time for 13 years. “I chose Wesleyan because of the small class sizes and the individual attention I am able to give my nursing students. Wesleyan has an excellent reputation in the community and I want to be a part of a school that values its campus community.”
Holly Cole, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of psychology Cole earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Oklahoma and her master’s and doctoral degrees in experimental psychology from the University of Arkansas. Cole’s research combines cognitive and social psychology. She is particularly interested in how social interactions and social pressures may influence a person’s memory. “I have always wanted to teach at a small college that has a sense of community on campus. Wesleyan far exceeds my expectations on both accounts.”
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The gift of equine sponsorship Larry Wu and Paula Wang are dedicated to rearing their children,
Tecson and Acoya Wu (ages 11 and 7), to understand at an early age the importance of giving back by doing things they enjoy. During the summer, the family visited campus and toured the Nancy Ellis Knox Equestrian Center. Being animal lovers, the children decided it would be a good idea to make a donation in honor of Wesleyan’s horses. After spending time getting to know the horses, Tecson chose to sponsor Leo and Acoya chose to sponsor Sunny. For their annual sponsorship, each child received a certificate of appreciation. Anyone interested in an equine sponsorship should contact Susan Allen in Wesleyan’s Office of Advancement: sallen@wesleyancollege.edu or (478) 757-5133.
WESLEYAN HONORS JAMES HYDE PORTER ON BENEFACTORS’ DAY IN OCTOBER Benefactors’ Day is an annual celebration that honors those who have shared their resources so generously with Wesleyan College. This year’s honoree, the late James Hyde Porter, was recognized on October 19 at the opening of the Porter Exhibit in the newly restored Porter House, originally the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Porter and now part of Wesleyan’s campus. A dedicated Methodist, Porter was deeply interested in Wesleyan and the role it played in the education of women. From the time he joined the board of trustees in 1927 until his death in 1949, Porter maintained a personal interest in the health of the College and was heralded as Wesleyan’s financial savior. In her remarks, Dr. Vivia Fowler noted, “It is no exaggeration to say that, in Wesleyan’s darkest hours, Mr. Porter’s extraordinary gifts to the College saved this institution.” In 1938, when Wesleyan was sold on the courthouse steps to a group of bondholders, Porter was one of the leaders of the movement
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than $1.2 million dollars from the Trust to maintain the Porter collection and to make improvements to the buildings on campus that bear his name – the Olive Swann Porter Building, Porter Gymnasium, the Porter Family Memorial Fine Arts Building and Auditorium, and the Porter House.
to buy back the College. His initial gift of $100,000 inspired an avalanche of contributions from donors who were reassured by Mr. Porter’s confidence in the future of the College. Later he increased his gift to $150,000 and ended the campaign. At the time, his contribution was the largest single gift in Wesleyan’s history. Today, the James Hyde Porter Charitable Trust continues the philanthropic legacy of Mr. Porter and his wife Olive Swann Porter. Wesleyan has received more
The new exhibit highlights pieces from Wesleyan’s Porter Collection and includes an eighteenth century Italian painting titled “The Caravan,” a pair of 18th century wig stands holding rare Chinese porcelain bowls, and a pair of seventeenth century Dutch paintings by Jan Wyck. Wesleyan’s Curator of Collections Lisa Sloben ’00 and Wesleyan senior Sidney Johnson, an art history major, spent many hours researching, designing, and preparing the Porter House exhibit. “Each piece in the Porter Collection is a special memory of the friendship established between James Hyde Porter and the students of Wesleyan College,” Sloben said.
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Wesleyan faculty and staff prove there is Strength in Numbers Each October, Wesleyan’s faculty and staff participate in the Campus Campaign by making gifts to the Annual Fund. This year’s theme was “Strength in Numbers,” and in just two weeks 98% of faculty and staff either committed to a financial pledge or made a gift, raising $35,853 to support initiatives like scholarships, student activities, new programming, and study abroad trips. During the Campaign, students were invited to write T-A-Gs (Thankful And Grateful messages) of appreciation to thank faculty and staff for their hard work and dedication to making a difference in the lives of students. The TAGS were displayed during the end-of-campaign luncheon held on Mt. Vernon Porch. “The Wesleyan community’s generosity is so inspiring each year, and joining together for the Campus Campaign Luncheon is always a highlight of fall semester,” said Whitney Davis, director of Wesleyan’s annual fund.
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Wesleyan Wolves Soccer Enjoying their most successful season in several years, Wesleyan’s soccer team earned the College’s first (in any sport) USA South Conference Tournament bid. First-year head coach Ian Doherty remarked, “We’re proud to have qualified for the USA South Conference tournament. Although we fell short in clinching the win, our team is young and ready to compete for the bid again next season.” Of this year’s fifteen players, the team looks to return eleven and graduate four. First-year student Fettlework Blitch was voted Second Team All-Conference by conference coaches, and senior Jessica Austell was named to the Conference AllSportsmanship team. Austell said, “This season has been one for the books and such a great end to my collegiate soccer career. I can hardly wait to come back next season as a fan and cheer on the Wolves as they continue to get better and better.”
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2017 Alumnae Leadership Weekend FROM THE WCAA ALUMNAE PRESIDENT MELANIE FILSON LEWIS ’93 Thank you to all the alumnae, faculty, staff, and students who made our second Alumnae Leadership Weekend a resounding success. With 71 alumnae registered and attendees from seven decades (Classes of 1957 through 2014) and from nine states, the weekend delivered on our mission of: Engaging with current students... during a networking luncheon and panel discussion facilitated by the Center for Career Development; Interacting with new Wesleyan leaders... meeting with our new president, new provost, new dean of students, new vice president for strategic enrollment management, new chaplain, and new assistant dean of students for diversity and inclusion to learn about their vision of things to come; Networking with Wesleyan women... at lunch, at a mixer, at the bookstore, the atmosphere was alive with the Wesleyan spirit; Planning for Wesleyan’s future... open Q&A sessions and breakout discussions on the College’s oral history project, diversity and inclusion efforts, and future plans for Alumnae Weekend led to ideas and action items that have energized your Alumnae Association Board of Managers. If you were not able to attend Alumnae Leadership Weekend, I encourage you to watch the keynote address by President Fowler and the Wesleyan Oral History Project details delivered by Dr. Karen Huber: www.wesleyancollege.edu/leadershipweekend. Be sure to check out the photo recap of the weekend, too!
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STAY CONNECTED To share your Wesleyan stories and experiences contact Dr. Karen Huber khuber@wesleyancollege.edu to set up an appointment. To share your thoughts on the College’s diversity and inclusion efforts contact Tonya Parker ’01 tparker@wesleyancollege.edu or Faith Sumpter ’08 WesleyanBOM@gmail.com. To join a WCAA committee or to sign up for the Alumnae Speakers Bureau contact WesleyanBOM@gmail.com.
Alumnae/Student Networking Luncheon and Panel Discussion
Alumnae panelists share career advice with students in the Manget Room
New Assistant Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion Tonya Parker ’01 updates alumnae on her plans for the year
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SHARE YOUR STORY! To participate in the College’s Oral History Project and to preserve your story in the Wesleyan archives contact Dr. Karen Huber at khuber@wesleyancollege.edu to set up an appointment. Alumnae enjoy a Networking Luncheon in Oval Hall Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
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Making NEW Connections. Since July, alumnae from the Atlantic to the Pacific have welcomed Wesleyan’s new president Dr. Vivia L. Fowler, networked with Wesleyan students, discussed Wesleyan’s history, future, and new diversity and inclusion initiatives via social media and during Alumnae Leadership Weekend, shared personal stories for Wesleyan’s new Oral History Project, inducted new dual-degree sisters from Guangzhou University into the Wesleyan College Alumnae Association, and enjoyed the social side of sisterhood at alumnae events. A new year, a new president, a re newed faith in an even stronger sisterhood. What new connection will you make?
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Alliance Française of Atlanta was the venue for an afternoon of Coffee & Conversation and constructive dialogue about recent Wesleyan events. Club president Nita Douglas Miller ’06 invited area alumnae to join Tonya Parker ’01, assistant dean of students for diversity and inclusion at Wesleyan, and Faith Sumpter ’08, WCAA Board of Managers member-at-large for diversity and inclusion, who led a conversation about this past summer’s AJC article, class names, and the current student experience.
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In August, Golden Isles area alumnae enjoyed a Wine and Cheese Reception for the President held at the home of Trustee Gayle Attaway Findlay ’55 on Sea Island, GA. Thirty alumnae were on hand to welcome and meet with President Vivia Fowler. Carol Burt ’64, Jan Shelnutt Carriker ’71, Lynn Moses ’77, and Jane Price Claxton ’68 served as hostesses. Wesleyan staff members Cathy Coxey Snow ’71, alumnae director, Andrea Williford, vice-president for advancement, and Susan Allen ’17, advancement officer, also greeted guests.
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Macon area Pioneer Book Club meetings and discussions have been held at the homes of Joan Finney Hatcher ’88 and Mary Jo Fincher Plowden ’68. Local alumnae also attended a Supper Club in Manget Dining Room for an evening of conversation with students, faculty, and staff sponsored by the President’s Office and the Center for Career Development.
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President Vivia Fowler met with Savannah area alumnae at the Chatham Club in November where she updated alumnae on her vision for the College and enjoyed up close and personal conversations with members of the group. Wesleyan staff members Cathy Snow and Whitney Davis, director of annual giving, also shared news from the College. Many thanks to Rose Crockett McRae ’48, Katherine Champion Smelley ’65, Susan Wyllys Wallace ’72, Monica Harper Dekle ’04, and Marisa Arnold Pierce ’13 who served as hostesses.
Alumnae in the Statesboro area were invited to attend a luncheon with President Vivia Fowler in August at Forest Heights Country Club. Guests enjoyed meeting Wesleyan’s 25th president, learning more about her background, and hearing accounts of the first two months of her presidency. Wesleyan staff members Andrea Williford and Susan Allen also attended. Our thanks to Abbie Smoak Lacienski ’01 and to Kathy A. Bradley ’78 who served as hostesses.
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Area alumnae welcomed President Vivia Fowler, Wesleyan students, and trustees to an Alumnae-Student Mixer at the Elliott Bay Room in Pike Place Market during the College’s 2017 Summer Leadership Institute held in July. Kathryn Nichols Roberts ’05, Peggy Likes Miller ’65, and Amanda Jacobs ’84 served as hostesses. The annual Institute is sponsored by Trustees Alexis Xides Bighley ’67, Judy Woodward Gregory ’63, and Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer ’63.
Alumnae/Student Events & Programs Guangzhou Candlelighting
In July, 43 Wesleyan College of Guangzhou University Dual Degree Students (Cohort 2) and 43 alumnae Candlelighters participated in an Honors and Awards Day and Candlelighting Ceremony in Pierce Chapel. In addition, 27 new students from Guangzhou University (Cohort 3) were in attendance. Wesleyan faculty recognized students with awards in the areas of scholarship, leadership, and service. More than 135 people enjoyed a WCAA-sponsored reception following the ceremony.
Pirate Move-In Day
In August, alumnae volunteered to help new Pirates (Class of 2021) “move in” to residence halls at Wesleyan. The event introduced first-year students and their families to the Wesleyan sisterhood and to the WCAA.
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Members of the Purple Knight Class of 2018 met in the Manget Room for the annual Senior Breakfast in August. Mary Kathryn Borland ’04, WCAA member-at-large for student relations, welcomed PKs back to campus to celebrate the beginning of their senior year and to learn more about their future responsibilities as alumnae. Director of Annual Giving Whitney Davis also discussed the Annual Fund and why it is important for alumnae to give back to the College.
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3. Island Guests. Douglas Ponder Suto ’75, Mary Graham Ponder Foster ’73 and Sue Lott Clark ’46 attend the Wine & Cheese Welcome to the President held on Sea Island, GA. 4. Chatting at the Chatham Club. Savannah area alumnae welcome President Vivia Fowler to the City. 5. Luncheon with the President. President Vivia Fowler and Alumnae Director Cathy Coxey Snow ’71 with Savannah area hostesses at the Chatham Club. 6. A Presidential Welcome. Alumnae in Statesboro, GA, visit with President Vivia Fowler at Forest Heights Country Club. 7. Seattle Sisters. Pacific Northwest alumnae and 2017 Summer Leadership Institute students network at the Alumnae-Student Mixer in Seattle, WA. 8. Sisters in Action. New students move into dorms on Move-In Day in August. 9. Welcome to the Sisterhood. Wesleyan College of Guangzhou University Dual Degree Students were inducted into the Wesleyan Alumnae Association during a Candlelighting Ceremony in July. 10. Senior Breakfast. 2018 PKs enjoy breakfast in the Manget Room. 11. Coastal Casual. Members of the WCAA Board of Managers meet for their 2017 Retreat on Sea Island, GA.
Enjoy reading online class notes submitted to the College since our last magazine at: www.wesleyancollege.edu
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Sympathy The Wesleyan College Alumnae Association extends sympathy to: Laurel Dean Gray Craft ’46 of Woodstock, GA, on the death of her husband, Thomas Fisher Craft, Jr., on June 15, 2017.
Lou Ann Taylor Nash ’56 of Clearwater, FL, on the death of her daughter, Lisa Nash Chapman, on August 7, 2017.
Joyce Daniel Mann ’46 of Macon, Christy Mann ’11 of Tallahassee, FL, and Bonny Denton McGarity ’80 of Macon, on the death of Joyce’s son, Christy’s uncle, and Bonny’s cousin, Gary Edward Mann, on July 27, 2017.
Jacquelyn “Jackie” Cobb Temple ’56 of Dahlonega, GA, on the death of her husband, Lt. Col. Harold G. “Doc” Temple, on June 26, 2017.
Wesleyan Trustees Betty Turner Corn ’47 and her daughter, Elizabeth Corn Ogie, of Columbus, GA, on the death of Betty’s brother and Elizabeth’s uncle, William Bradley “Bill” Turner, on July 31, 2017. Aurelia Bond Adams ’48 of Lilburn, GA, on the death of her son, Marshall “Blaise” Adams, on March 15, 2017. Jane Morgan Hogan ’49 of Macon, on the death of her sister-in-law, Jane Hogan Stewart, former instructor of chemistry at Wesleyan (from 1947-1950), on October 20, 2017. Julianne Withers Roland ’53 of West Palm Beach, FL, and Bettye Withers Barnes ’42 of Jacksonville, FL, on the death of Julie’s husband and Bettye’s brother-in-law, Harold E. Roland, Jr., on May 15, 2017. Barbara Norris Brown ’54 of Fort Myers, FL, and Stacy Brown ’82 of Atlanta, on the death of Barbara’s sister and Stacy’s aunt, Margaret Hill Norris Gardner ’58, on July 7, 2017. Jeannice Hammond Clark ’54 of Glen Mills, PA, Betty Sue Hammond ’57, of Lake Worth FL, and Diane Kohlmeyer ’79 of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, on the death of Jeannice’s husband, Betty Sue’s brother-in-law, and Diane’s uncle, James Supplee Clark, on April 12, 2017. Frances Moulthorp Gordon ’55 of Deland, FL, on the death of her husband, James Hugh Gordon, Jr., on July 27, 2017.
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Patricia Cofer Thompson ’56 of St. Simons Island, GA, on the death of her husband, General James Edward Thompson, Jr., United States Army (Retired) on June 8, 2017.
Gladys Hollis Jensen ’67 of Roswell, GA, and Wesleyan Trustee T. Alfred Sams, Jr., and his wife, Sydney, of Macon, on the death of Glady’s aunt, Alfred’s mother-inlaw, and Sydney’s mother, Allee Gardiner Hollis ’51, on June 17, 2017. Kay Hafner Agnew ’68 of Pine Mountain, GA, on the death of her husband, George Michael “Mike” Agnew, on July 11, 2017.
Kay Carroll Barnes ’60 of Woodbury, GA, on the death of her daughter, Kara Barnes Hamlett, on June 24, 2017.
Cheryl Maund Page ’68 of Cleveland, GA, and Debbie Maund ’74 of Auburn, GA, on the death of their mother, Merline Maund, age 100, on June 13, 2017.
Meredith Young Rogers ’60 of Statesboro, GA, and Lloyd Young Flanders ’56 of Darien, GA, on the death of Meredith’s husband, and Lloyd’s brother-in-law, Coke Eugene “Gene” Rogers, on June 30, 2017.
Wesleyan Trustee Susan Woodward Walker ’70 and her husband Otey of Franklin, TN, on the death of their daughter-in-law, Olivia Halle Mitchell Walker, on May 31, 2017.
Juliana “Jukie” Hardeman Caldwell ’61 of Cape Coral, FL, and Ginger Caldwell Musser ’83 of Kennesaw, GA, on the death of Jukie’s sister and Ginger’s aunt, Patricia “Pat” Hardeman ’68, on November 17, 2017. Pat was the associate dean and registrar at Wesleyan.
Muffan Jennings ’71 of Monroe, GA, on the death of her mother, Ruth Wirick Jennings, on April 14, 2017.
Annelle Crotwell McCosh ’61 of Salem, AL, on the death of her daughter, Jane Prince Seckinger, on August 4, 2017.
Susan Mann Kimbrell ’72 of Abingdon, VA, on the death of her husband, Gary McRoy Kimbrell, on November 11, 2017.
Jane Lewis Merrill ’61 of Ellijay, GA, on the death of her husband, Michael Robert “Mike” Merrill, on July 27, 2017.
Rebecca Read Sullivan ’73 of Marietta, GA, on the death of her mother, Nadine Cranmer Read ’49, on July 26, 2017.
Rebecca Bullard Powers ’63 of Shreveport, LA, on the death of her husband, Edward Oliver “Ed” Powers, on May 19, 2017.
Susie Black ’75 of Hamden, CT, on the death of her mother, Diane Morris DeBlock, on July 19, 2017.
Margaret Freeman Patterson ’64 of Atlanta, on the death of her husband, Kincaid “Kin” Patterson, on July 19, 2017.
Dele Dunwody Reichert ’75 of Macon, on the death of her mother, Helen Longino Dunwody ’51 and ’84, on November 11, 2017.
Trudie Parker Sessions ’65 of Macon, Dale Parker Craig ’69 and Rita Parker McGarity ’75 of McDonough, GA, on the death of their father, Bruce Parker, on September 29, 2017.
Karlyn Sturmer ’75 and Nannette Coco ’73 of Sandy Hook, CT, on the death of Karlyn’s mother and Nannette’s mother-in-law, Marjorie Olman Sturmer, on June 5, 2017.
Martha Yates Thomas ’71 of Macon, on the death of her husband, Richard Dale Thomas, on August 4, 2017.
Anita Stern Isaac ’76 of New York, NY, on the death of her father, Lt. Col. Walter Stern, on July 20, 2017. Michelle Gadilhe Sims ’76 of Collegeville, PA, and Nanette Gadilhe Watson ’81 of Davidson, NC, on the death of their mother, Elizabeth Mullaly Gadilhe, on April 20, 2016. Janet L. Keys ’78 of Vestavia, AL, and Mary Beth Taylor Keys ’69 of St. Simons, Island, GA, on the death of Janet’s husband and Mary Beth’s brother-in-law, Mark L. Rowe, on May 14, 2017. Katie Compain ’91 of Troutman, NC, on the death of her mother, Sherrille Grace Julian Compain, on June 10, 2017. Deidra West Smith ’96 of Atlanta and her mother Wesleyan Trustee Kay Bailey West of Byromville, GA, on the death of Deidra’s grandmother and Kay’s mother, Doris McManus Bailey, on September 23, 2017. Brandy Hayes ’98 of Cumming, GA, on the death of her grandmother, Joyce Gilliland Hayes, April 30, 2017. Julie Houston Trieste ’98 of Wellington, FL, on the death of her mother, Jeneil Stevens, on October 17, 2017. Michele McDuffie ’99 of Kings Mountain, NC, on the death of her grandmother, Margaret Ann “Mollie” Ross, on February 21, 2017.
FACULTY DEATHS Patricia R. Hardeman ’68, retired associate dean and registrar and former professor of biology, who died on November 17, 2017. Fernando La Rosa, instructor of art and professor of photography, who died on November 5, 2017. Jane Hogan Stewart, instructor of chemistry (1947-1950), who died on October 20, 2017.
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Marriages Congratulations to: Lauren Elser ’10 and Justin Mathis who were married on April 1, 2017. The couple resides in Greenville, SC.
Aditi Dey ’13 and Kevin Manuje Vaderaj Arputharaj who were married on October 24, 2017. They live in St. Petersburg, FL.
Jasmine Rajbhandary ’10 and Ian McFadden who were married in the spring in Kathmandu, Nepal, for their Nepali wedding and on August 13, 2017, at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, CA, for their American wedding.
Morgan Burgamy ’16 and Jonathan “Jon” Adams who were married on August 26, 2017. They reside in Macon. Jan Shelnutt Whalen ’71 and Martin Carriker III (Marty) who were married on September 7, 2017. The couple lives in St. Simons Island, GA.
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Asha Smith Dektor ’03 and Shandor on the birth of a son, Thomas Glenn Dektor, on November 5, 2017. Older brother Joseph is happy to have a baby brother, too. Kaydian Jones ’04 and Nandini Sen who welcomed into their family Bodhi Kate SenJones, born on May 12, 2017. Heather Hughes Walter ’05 and Tim on the birth of a son, Elliott James Walter, in August 2017. Big sister Nora is delighted.
Amanda Wood Marsh ’04 and Jon on the birth of a son, William Colton Marsh, on November 11, 2017. Big sisters Baylee, Payton, Tucker, and Mary Quinn are excited to welcome a new baby brother. Amy Moore Martin ’06 and Andy on the birth of a son, Benjamin Aaron Martin, on March 20, 2017. Big brother Connor is thrilled. Marisa Arnold Pierce ’13 and Corey on the birth of a son, Xavier Pierce, on October 25, 2017. Older brother CJ welcomes Xavier to the family, too.
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NOMINATIONS FOR ALUMNAE AWARDS For nomination forms contact the Alumnae Office at 478-757-5173 or download forms from our website www.wesleyancollege.edu. Forms are due by January 1, 2018.
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Pat Hardeman October 2, 1941 - November 17, 2017 Class of 1968 Wesleyan Faculty and Staff 1974 - 2014
Pat Hardeman was an inspiration to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff from the moment she began her career at the College just six years after graduating with the Class of 1968. She earned her master’s of science degree from Georgia College and State University in 1974 and returned to Wesleyan that fall as an instructor of biology. As associate dean and registrar for the College from 1988 until her retirement in 2014, Pat chaired and served on dozens of committees and councils including admission, curriculum, strategic planning, accreditation, and many others. Pat’s teaching reflected her belief that biology cannot be taught in the classroom alone. An inquisitive biologist in a field dominated by men, Pat organized and taught field components for biology courses offered as mini-terms at Wesleyan in the 1970s and 1980s. She led students around the globe on scientific expeditions to what she called “living museums” in Kenya, East Africa, the Galapagos Islands, and the Amazon rainforest. She lectured among the giant sequoias of California, in the deserts of Arizona, Utah, and Southern California, and on the rim of the Grand Canyon. The world was the classroom for Pat, who spent her vacations in exotic destinations to experience firsthand various biotic communities from ocean depths of 100 feet in the Caribbean to altitudes of 8,000 feet above sea level in Machu Picchu, the 15th century lost city of the Incas. In 1981, Pat was selected from among a number of national applicants to participate in the Cousteau Society’s Project Ocean Search, a study led by the society’s chief marine biologist, Dr. Richard Murphy of the University of Southern California, and Jean-Michel Cousteau. The focus of the study, conducted in the United States Virgin Islands, was coral reef productivity and nutrient dynamics. Though Pat was a certified international open water SCUBA diver, her duties on this expedition involved water sampling and water chemistry. In 1984 she was a research participant for a longitudinal study of speciation between two species of baboons (Papio anubis and Papio hamadryas) in the hybrid zone of the Awash River Valley in Ethiopia. The team trapped and tranquilized wild baboons 46
and took fingerprints, dental molds, and fecal samples for follow up research at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. For thirteen years Pat served as Wesleyan’s accreditation liaison for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and as a peer evaluator for various SACSCOC review committees. In 2009, the University of the Andes invited Pat and then Provost Vivia Fowler to Bogota, Colombia, as consultants in preparation for their SACSCOC accreditation. Pat also played a role in exploring and developing a Memorandum of Understanding between Wesleyan College and the South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China, and with Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China; establishing the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) for the College; and serving on Governor Nathan Deal’s committee to develop and write a State of Georgia Transfer Articulation Agreement between the technical college system of Georgia and the Georgia Independent Colleges Association. Among the Wesleyan community, Pat is famous for her historical presentations on the history of the College, Tales from the Vault. Her cousin, Ascher Ann Elizabeth Hardeman, was a member of the first graduating class at Wesleyan Female College in 1840. President Vivia Fowler stated, “As a biology professor, Pat Hardeman was devoted to
her students while they were at Wesleyan and for years afterward, maintaining close relationships with many of them. As an administrator, Pat was devoted to helping Wesleyan grow and function optimally for the benefit of our students, faculty, and staff. I knew her as a colleague and friend, and she will be missed.” During commencement ceremonies in May 2014 the College bestowed upon Pat the honor of Professor of Biology and Registrar Emerita. The Wesleyan College Alumnae Association presented her in 2015 with its Alumna Award for Distinguished Service to Wesleyan. For forty-one years, Wesleyan Professor of Biology Wanda Maynard Schroeder ’80 knew Pat as a role model, instructor, fellow traveler, colleague, and friend. “When I was a student at Wesleyan, I took the majority of my biology courses from Pat. She was a great role model for her students. Her influence is one of the reasons I decided to return to Wesleyan as a biology professor. We will miss her wisdom, humor, and attention to all things Wesleyan. Her influence will be felt for many years.” Pat is survived by her daughter, Dana Hardeman Lewis of Los Angeles, CA; her sister, Juliana “Jukie” Hardeman Caldwell ’61 and her husband, Reverend Bill Caldwell, of Cape Coral, FL; and her niece, Ginger Caldwell Musser ’83 of Kennesaw, GA, and many other nieces and nephews.
Remembering Kay Kathryn Stripling Byer Class of 1966 November 25, 1944 – June 5, 2017 North Carolina Poet Laureate 2005 - 2009
Since her graduation from Wesleyan, Kay Stripling Byer ’66 devoted a lifetime of service to her alma mater and remained an active alumna volunteer until her death. Kay wrote many poems for Wesleyan landmark occasions, including “In the Still Here and Now” for the inauguration of President Ruth Knox ’75, “Corragio,” a poem in honor of the Class of 2006 when she served as commencement speaker, and “Fandango,” written in honor of the 50th reunion of her own class. In 2007 she and her family established the Campbell-Stripling Visiting Writer Series that brings renowned writers to campus annually to interact with students. In 2006 the College recognized her with an honorary doctor of literature degree. Kay leaves behind her husband James, her daughter Corinna, and the beautiful mountains in Cullowhee, NC, where she made her home. Kathy Bradley ’78 remembers her friend...
It was the spring of 1977 and Julia Stillwell Ketcham ’58 was teaching “Seminar on Southern Women Writers” to a small group of Wesleyan students. We read Alice Walker and Maya Angelou, Ellen Gilchrist and Kate Chopin, Katharine Anne Porter and Eudora Welty. Julia decided that we could benefit from the experiences of Wesleyan alumnae who had pursued careers in writing, so she wrote to fifteen or twenty of them and they wrote back. One of them was Kay Stripling Byer ’66 who wrote about growing up on a farm in south Georgia, coming to Wesleyan, and ending up in North Carolina. She wrote about falling in love with poetry and using it to tell stories about women.
She shared some of her poems and I was entranced by the one titled, “The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest.” That fall, I became editor of the Wesleyan Magazine of the Creative Arts. I wrote Kay and asked if she would give us permission to publish some of her poems. She graciously consented and from that epistolary beginning, Kay and I became friends. She sent me copies of her books as they came out and I sent back congratulatory and complimentary notes. Later, as I gained a little confidence in my own writing, I sent her some of my poems and I still remember with a mixture of awe and disbelief her response: “These are good!” When Alumnae Weekend or special occasions like the inauguration of President Ruth Knox ’75 put us on campus at the same time, we would sneak off to a couple of chairs somewhere or the corner of a parking lot to talk about women and their stories and writing them down. Kay was as real and natural as the dirt on the farm where she grew up in Camilla, listening to her mother and grandmothers tell the stories that would shape her early writing. By the time she graduated from Wesleyan in 1966, she had decided to make poetry her career and in 1968 she earned an MFA from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. She began teaching English at Western Carolina University and remained there for many years. In 1990 she became the school’s poet-in-residence, a position she held also at various times at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Appalachian State University, and Lenoir Rhyne College.
She published six full-length books of poetry, including Wildwood Flower, which won the Lamont Poetry Prize in 1992, and several chapbooks. Kay also received the Hanes Poetry Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers, and the Roanoke-Chowan Award from the North Carolina History and Literature Society. In 2001 she was awarded the North Carolina Governor’s Award for Literature and served as North Carolina Poet Laureate from 2005 until 2009, the first woman to do so. In 2012 she was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, and in 1993 she received the Wesleyan College Alumnae Association’s Alumnae Award for Distinguished Achievement in a Profession. When Kay agreed to allow us to publish her poems in the Wesleyan Magazine back in 1978, I was a little surprised. I shouldn’t have been because Kay Byer’s poetry was a gift. A gift as in natural talent, ability, aptitude, flair, but also as in something given to another person willingly and without expectation of payment. She found great joy in sharing, in gifting her words – the vivid images and soothing rhythms – to the world. In one of our last email exchanges, Kay, who never really liked email that much, apologized for “taking so long to get back to you.” I assured her that an apology wasn’t necessary. “Life is too short,” I told her. And as it turned out, for Kay Stripling Byer, the gentlest of souls, the fiercest of storytellers, it was. Kathy A. Bradley ’78 Past President, WCAA Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
Fernando La Rosa: A ZEST FOR LIFE and A LOVE OF ART The Wesleyan Community is saddened by the passing of Professor Fernando La Rosa on November 5, 2017. La Rosa taught photography at Wesleyan from 1998 to 2017. He was married to Professor Frances de La Rosa, who teaches painting and drawing. Born in Peru and educated in Peru and the United States, La Rosa earned his MFA from Tulane University. Before coming to Wesleyan, he taught at the Parsons School of Design and at Tulane. He is remembered by his students as being a great teacher who was also funny and “cool.” During his lifetime’s dedication to photography, La Rosa achieved international fame, exhibiting in Peru, Argentina, Mexico, France, Italy, and the United States. He exhibited in the Venice Biennale and was a founder of the Secuencia Gallery, which defined the Peruvian aesthetic in contemporary photography. He was also a reader, writer, and intellectual. La Rosa’s essential work is represented in the catalogue titled, Fernando La Rosa fotografias 1968-2007, published in 2008 in conjunction with his retrospective 48
the world. Recently working with digital photography, he never abandoned the silver gelatin negatives and was regarded as a genius of the darkroom. Friends and students remember his sense of humor and energy and remark that he taught as much about life as about photography. One student stated that he “had a way of communicating wisely and truthfully, both in his craft and his teaching.” All of us who were fortunate enough to have La Rosa as a colleague, friend, and teacher empathize with his wife Frances, who said: “He was and remains an inspiration to me and his life’s work leaves a powerful, expressive legacy of art.”
in Lima, Peru. La Rosa’s photographs express the sublime beauty of deserts, mountains, oceans, and skies with an eye for the subtleties of reflected sunlight, deep shadows, and eloquent textures. The rips and smudges of old walls evoke a sense of humanity and sympathy. He revived the history and spirit of the indigenous inhabitants of ancient sites. La Rosa employed translucent acetate plates to create fragmentary views of
At Wesleyan La Rosa will be remembered with an exhibition of his work in the Cowles Myles Collier East and West Galleries January 25 through February 26, 2018. A memorial garden is planned adjacent to the new entrance to the Arboretum near the Valeria McCullough Murphey Art Building. Those who wish may designate gifts to Wesleyan College for the Fernando La Rosa Memorial Fund.
2017 ANNUAL REPORT
Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
Thanks to you Wesleyan College is extremely fortunate to have the support of alumnae and friends who believe in the College’s mission and give generously every year. Our loyal donors appreciate the difference their donations make to Wesleyan and her students. In an effort to be more concise when recognizing contributors, several of the past giving levels have been reinstated. Further, the new distinctions acknowledge all gifts to the College, including Annual Fund contributions and those for capital projects, scholarships, and other endowment funds. Every donor listed on the following pages has helped Wesleyan College and our students. Thank you for being part of Wesleyan’s success!
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL $25,000 or more William H. Anderson II Anonymous Alexis Xides Bighley ‘67 and John A. Bighley Candy and Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Patricia Stewart Burgess Family Foundation, Inc. The Thomas C. Burke Foundation, U.S. Trust, Bank of America, Trustee John Huland Carmical Foundation, Inc. Betty Turner Corn ‘47 Marjorie Potts Durden ‘40 * Bequest Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Fickling Family Foundation, Inc. Arline Atkins Finch ‘56 and Ronald M. Finch, Jr. Georgia Independent College Association, Inc. Georgia United Methodist Commission on Higher Education and Collegiate Ministry Judy Woodward Gregory ‘63 The Hall-Knox Foundation Mary Ann Pollard Houghland ‘60 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey ‘71 and Lansing Kimmey III Knox Enterprises, LLLP Anne and Andrew H. Knox Dorothy M. and Robert E. Knox, Jr. Ruth A. Knox ‘75 Linda Harriet Lane Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc.
Dorothy V. and N. Logan Lewis Foundation, Inc. Richard H. Lowrance Richard Lowrance Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Margaret T. MacCary Margaret T. MacCary Gift Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill ‘60 Susan C. Monteith ‘64 * Bequest Betty Nunn Mori ‘58 Elizabeth C. and W. Michael Ogie Ermine M. Owenby ‘61 Elizabeth H. and George F. Pickett, Jr. William I. H. and Lula E. Pitts Foundation James Hyde Porter Charitable Trust Susan Woodward Walker ‘70 and Otey Walker III Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
JAMES HYDE PORTER SOCIETY $10,000 - $24,999 Hannah L. Allen ‘80 ARAMARK Corporation Clark and Ruby Baker Foundation, Bank of America, Trustee Julia G. and Cecil A. Baldwin, Jr. Bearings and Drives, Inc. Jane Johnson Butler ‘65 and G. Marshall Butler Caldwell & Gregory LLC Kathleen and J. Cannon Carr, Jr.
Cornercap Investment Counsel Council of Independent Colleges Robert J. Edenfield Gayle Attaway Findlay ‘55 Joan Shapiro Foster ‘56 Vivia L. and Richard Fowler Georgia Power Company, Atlanta Georgia Power Company, Macon Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Georgia United Methodist Foundation, Inc. Goddard Foundation Kathleen Hill Goddard ‘77 and Robert C. Goddard III E. J. Grassmann Trust Charlotte Jolly Hale ‘62 and Floyd C. Hale Hays Service, LLC Sharon and Cal Hays, Jr. John-Wesley Villas, Inc. Knox Foundation Bob Knox, Jr. Fund of the The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Eleanor Adams Lane ‘58 William A. and Eleanor A. Lane Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Janet M. Lawrence ‘80 Lindsay Lemasters Lewis ‘80 MCT Wholesale Debbie Stevenson Moses ‘89 Andy H. Nations Newbern Foundation Judith Miller Newbern ‘67 Harriett Wadsworth Ragland ‘55 *Bequest
Amy V. and Tyler J. Rauls, Jr. Sydney and T. Alfred Sams, Jr. Ruth and Marvin R. Schuster Glenn Shaw Sheridan Construction Company Ramona and Chris R. Sheridan, Jr. Jean Armstrong Smith ‘52 * Bequest Robert and Jean Smith Charitable Trust Bernice C. Stripling Suelle M. Swartz ‘67 United Methodist Higher Education Foundation Paula Wang and Larry Wu Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Cynthia D. Wright ‘75 Dorothy Smith Yandle ‘55
GEORGE FOSTER PIERCE LEADERSHIP SOCIETY $5,000 - $9,999 Betty Smith Addison ‘51 Elizabeth Mackay Asbury ‘49 Assistance League of Atlanta, Inc. Bank of America Charitable Foundation Patricia T. Barmeyer Patricia Thrower Barmeyer Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Martha Gragg Bates ‘45 Eve L. Birmingham ‘68 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann ‘68 Elizabeth Martin Bunte ‘68 Anne Purvis Church ‘51 * Bequest
GIFTS TO WESLEYAN COLLEGE FY2017
CURRENT FUND CURRENT FUND SOURCE UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED CAPITAL FUND Trustees $118,960.71 $11,800.00 $78,716.65 Alumna Trustees $148,274.24 $51,597.34 $285,541.46 Alumnae $405,775.95 $93,533.50 $343,270.35 Corporation $91,829.23 $43,550.00 $7,668.00 Estates, Trusts, and Bequests $63,195.62 $10,000.00 $0.00 Faculty, Staff, and Students $35,761.85 $17,251.80 $0.00 Foundations $168,069.63 $569,944.43 $1,287,045.00 Parents and Friends $78,443.14 $52,491.67 $31,305.00 Church $112,249.83 $4,101.07 $0.00 Total $1,222,560.20 $854,269.81 $2,033,546.46
Gifts made between July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
* deceased
Anne P. Church Charitable Endowment Fund of the East Tennessee Foundation Burgess Pigment Company Laurel Dean Gray Craft ‘46 and T. Fisher Craft * Margaret M. Decker ‘75 * Margaret M. Decker Foundation, Inc. Mary Ann Ward Dudley ‘68 Annetta Zimmerman Elliott ‘67 Gena Roberts Franklin ‘71 and George W. Franklin General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church GEICO GEICO Philanthropic Foundation Georgia Music Laura Lowe Harmon ‘72 and Barrie H. Harmon III Maria Salter Higgins ‘57 Suzanne Woodham Juday ‘69 Pat Rimmer Knox-Hudson ‘58 Margaret M. Mathews ‘73 Fran F. and William M. Matthews William M. Matthews Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Janice A. Mays ‘73 McNair, McLemore, Middlebrooks & Co., LLC Mary Lisa Boyer Millican ‘83 Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68 Margaret Thompson Monahan ‘67 Harriet Adams Newton ‘51 W. Michael and Elizabeth C. Ogie Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Joyce Paris ‘54 Perkins-Ponder Foundation Stephen A. Reichert Stephen A. Reichert Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Joyce Reddick Schafer ‘55 Deidra West Smith ‘96 and Taylor W. Smith Marjorie Perkins Squires ‘51 and William H. Squires State Bank & Trust Company Marilyn A. Vickers ‘67 Kay B. and Wayne J. West Katherine C. Wilson Katherine Corn Wilson Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
GIFTS BY FUND
CANDLER CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 The Elam Alexander Trust Judith Ragland Armstrong ‘67 and Christopher S. Armstrong Patricia W. Bass Lorinda Lou Beller ‘64 Lois F. and Robert A. Bowen, Jr. R.A. Bowen Trust Kathleen DeBerry Brungard ‘67 Carol Burt ‘64 Christy Law Group Marsha Lynn Christy ‘73 and John D. Christy Jane Price Claxton ‘68 and Joseph E. Claxton Glennda Kingry Elliott ‘65 and A.V. Elliott Patricia Gibbs Betsy K. and Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Beverly J. and Gilbert Held Sally Anderson Hemingway ‘79 and Tim D. Hemingway IBM Corporation Judy Hopkins Jacobs ‘67 Kaydian N. Jones ‘04 and Nandini S. Sen Elizabeth Rogers Kelly ‘72 Melanie Filson Lewis ‘93 Sally Moffett McKenna ‘75 Donald T. McNeill, Jr. D T McNeill Foundation Ruth McNeill Sally Griffie Mehalko ‘67 Middle Georgia Chapter of GSCPAs Peggy Likes Miller ‘65 Tommie Sue Montgomery-Abrahams ‘63 Lynn B. Moses ‘77 Claire Michaels Murray ‘52 Stephanie E. Parker ‘81 Pamela Henry Pate ‘71 and Barry Pate Charlotte Smith Pfeiffer ‘66 Babs Richardson Pirkle ‘68 Carla Ruiz-Ney ‘08 Walter J. Sconyers Plumbing Co. Helen Harwell Smith ‘67 Teresa P. Smotherman Mary Ann Bateman Spell ‘68 Mary Langel Stults ‘81 SunTrust Bank of Middle Georgia SunTrust Foundation Melissa Lane Thomas ‘69 Geovette E. Washington ’89 Gail Thompson Webster-Patterson ‘64
Gifts-in-Kind <1% Unrestricted Annual Fund 27%
Endowment 9%
Capital 45% Restricted Annual Fund 19%
GIFTS BY SOURCE Friends & Parents 9%
Foundations 50%
Church 3% Trustees 5%
Alumna Trustees 11%
Faculty, Staff, & Students 1% Estates, Trusts, & Bequests 2% Corporations 3%
Alumnae 21%
TOTAL WITH ENDOWMENT TOTALS GIFTS-IN-KIND GIFTS-IN-KIND $1,000.00 $210,477.36 $2,875.00 $213,352.36 $23,850.00 $509,263.04 $1,800.00 $511,063.04 $97,908.56 $940,488.36 $5,375.00 $945,863.36 $150.00 $143,197.23 $5,000.00 $148,197.23 $35,000.00 $108,195.62 $0.00 $108,195.62 $0.00 $53,013.65 $465.00 $53,478.65 $242,933.33 $2,267,992.39 $0.00 $2,267,992.39 $16,499.82 $178,739.63 $645.08 $179,384.71 $0.00 $116,350.90 $0.00 $116,350.90 $417,341.71 $4,527,718.18 $16,160.08 $4,543,878.26
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Wesleyan Council on Religious Concerns Susan C. Wheelis ‘95 Allison McFarland Wilcox ‘80 Andrea G. and Lawrence B. Williford
CATHERINE BREWER BENSON SOCIETY $1,000 - $2,499 May Morgan Ackerman ‘94 and Robert K. Ackerman Susan Brown Allen ‘17 and William H. Allen Doris Poe Anderson ‘48 Bailey Family Community Trust Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Carla T. Asbell Dennis ‘87 Susan Cartledge Barker ‘82 Alice Peninger Beasley ‘69 Sally Farren Benoy ‘67 Susie Black ‘75 Betty Jo Watson Bowdre ‘49 Boy Scouts of America Troop 170 Gloria Boyette ‘60 Jane Speir Brook ‘76 and Arthur D. Brook Stanford Brown Sylvia Maxwell Brown ‘63 Barbara A. Bryant ‘67 Margaret and Mark Burgessporter Helen Jackson Burgin ‘68 Pamela Stott Callihan ‘67 Central Georgia EMC Foundation Mark B. Chandler Jo An Johnson Chewning ‘66 Ellen S. Clann Helma Wood Clark ‘90 and Jerry Clark Edgar H. Clayton III CLC Foundation, Inc. Carolyn and F. Bradford Clifton Walter Clifton Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Mary N. Cobb ‘50 Frances Oehmig Collins ‘47 Ann Frost Copeland ‘61 Ann F. and John W. Copeland Charitable Foundation, Inc. Susan Crawford ‘67 Karen Short Cummings ‘67 Dorothy Groh Cutler ‘64 and William J. Cutler, Jr. Linda Haygood Davis ‘77 Emily Hardman Dickey ‘58 Jane Mobley Dickey ‘48 James R. Dillon, Jr. Flo Williams Douglas ‘67 Betty Hall Dunn ‘47 Mildred Fincher Efland ‘42 and Mack P. Efland, Jr. Clarice Pittman Elder ‘58 and Truett L. Elder Charlotte Babcock Ellis ‘67 Charlotte Battle Everbach ‘52 Kel-Ann S. Eyler C. Steve Farr William A. Fickling, Jr. Susie Lovette Fischer Dobbyn ‘75 Amy M. Fletcher ‘06 Evelyn LeRoy Fortson ‘52 and Norman J. Fortson Mary Graham Ponder Foster ‘73 Carol Broome Fraune ‘69 Jean Cain Gaddis ‘61 Carleen Gaulden Gardner ‘50 Martha Kennedy Gay ‘56 Janet Mewbourne Genest ‘65 and Michael R. Genest
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Georgia Center for Nonprofits GFGW, Inc. Sylvia M. Gonsahn-Bollie ‘06 Carol A. Goodloe ‘75 Nancy Greer ‘69 Griffith Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Teresa M. and Benjamin W. Griffith III Jeannie Nabell Grow ‘67 Katherine Arnold Hale ‘70 Ann and J. Ellsworth Hall III Ruth Chapman Ham ‘57 Ellen Futral Hanson ‘83 Elizabeth W. Hardin Laura and David T. Harris Laura Thrower Harris Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Emily Sawyer Hart ‘56 and Howard R. Hart, Jr. Sally and Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr. Georgia W. and Robert F. Hatcher Juliette Adams Hawk ‘57 Christy and Russ Henry Jane Epps Henry ‘47 Helen Moorhead Hermoyian ‘67 Leslie Eberhardt Highsmith ‘81 Dawn Gochnour Hoffman ‘95 and Christopher Hoffman Virginia Ann Daniel Holman ‘75 and Calvin M. Holman Houghland Foundation Millie Parrish Hudson ‘75 and W. Quinn Hudson Ann McDonald Hurt ‘64 Sara Walters Ingram ‘68 Janet Friberg Jarrett ‘78 Toni L. Jennings ‘71 Judy McConnell Jolly ‘64 Catherine Gibbons Jost ‘70 Ann Kinnick Keane ‘69 Andgelia Proctor Kelly ‘68 Julia Stillwell Ketcham ‘58 and Ralph L. Ketcham * Susan Taylor King ‘63 and Robert E. King Nancy C. Kinzer Kari Goellner Kitchens ‘91 Betty Sweet Simmons Ladson Carol Clay LaPides ‘60 Dana Flanders Laster ‘86 and Scott Laster Martha Bell Lewis ‘60 Maria Tsong Lian ‘62 Lucille A. and Joseph W. Little Margaret Strickland Lovein ‘75 Maribeth Wills Lowe ‘67 Diane A. Lumpkin ‘63 MaconPower Nan G. Maddux ‘75 Barbara Beddingfield Magnan ‘81 Linda Chambers Mahan ‘61 Martin Foundation, Inc. Ellen Beard Martin ‘68 Joyce M. and T. Baldwin Martin, Jr. Virginia Mason ‘65 Carolyn Martin McCrea ‘65 Rita Parker McGarity ‘75 Brenda Witham McGinn ‘70 Suzanne Moore McGovern ‘68 Elizabeth O’Donnell Menkhaus ‘76 Marybelle Proctor Menzel ‘62 MetLife Foundation MetroPower, Inc. Susan Rau Middlebrooks ‘67 and Sidney E. Middlebrooks Elizabeth Gibbons Montis ‘66 Barbara Davis Morgan 1939 * Bequest Anne McGee Morganstern ‘58 Susan M. and B. Douglas Morton III Ann and James L. Moses Julia C. Munroe ‘04
Gifts made between July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
Dawn Peyton Nash ‘07 Susan Kirvin Ogburn ‘67 LaTrelle Blackburn Oliver ‘62 P&G Fund Harriett Willcoxon Palmer ‘67 George R. Parkerson, Jr. May Powell Parks ‘70 Lori Reese Patton ‘90 and Macon Patton Carol A. and James A. Payton Perennial Garden Club of Macon Virginia Barber Perkins ‘63 Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer ‘63 Kasey Carneal Phillips ‘67 Babs Richardson Pirkle ‘68 and Walter A. Pirkle Mary Jo Fincher Plowden ‘68 and W. Warren Plowden, Jr. Jo Bogan Prout ‘66 Mary Belle Gardner Quesenberry ‘43 Harriet Laslie Reynolds ‘62 and John D. Reynolds III Jody Bethea Riggs ‘88 and Damon R. Riggs Rivoli Garden Club Kelly Russell ‘80 Judith Kuhn Schlichter ‘64 and Ralph Schlichter Mary T. Schmich Trudie Parker Sessions ‘65 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford ‘61 Nancy Peterson Shaw ‘58 Mary Euyang Shen ‘46 Jane Courtenay Shockley ‘56 Karen Connor Shockley ‘63 Cathy and Charles S. Simmons Bertha and William P. Simmons, Jr. Simmons Charitable Trust Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Cathy Coxey Snow ‘71 South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church Candace W. and Edward D. Springer St. Luke’s United Methodist Church at Windermere, Inc. Starr Electric Company, Inc. Bonnie and Joe Starr Joyce Brandon Starr ‘63 Linda McElroy Steed ‘58 Sally Plowden Stevenson ‘68 Sally Plowden Stevenson Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund Jennifer Stiles Williams ‘93 Eleanor McDonald Still ‘57 Ruth Powell Storts ‘93 Mary Beth Brown Swearingen ‘89 Synovus Trust Company Nina Sheppard Terrell ‘58 and W. Dean Terrell Catherine Cushing Thierry ‘68 Patrenice Guthrie Thomas ‘96 Karen Moore Thomson ‘67 Julie St. John Thornton ‘78 Casey Thurman ‘65 Reba Thurmond ‘57 Verah Dorsey Turner ‘88 Caroline Eagerton Upperco ‘53 Deborah C. van der Lande Geraldine R. Washington Patrenice Guthrie Thomas ‘96 and N. Benjamin West, Jr. Judith L. Whitaker ‘75 Almonese C. and Ralph W. Williams Patricia Jaeger Williams ‘64 Beth Milstead Wilson ‘96 Terry T. and W. J. Wood Hilda A. Wright ‘65 Jean Widney Wynn ‘67 Virginia Sumerford York ‘60
FOUNTAIN CLUB $500 - $999 Alumnae listed in the class giving section
Mr. Paul H. Anderson, Jr. William N. Banks, Jr. William E. Barrow R. Harmon Beauchamp The Benevity Community Impact Fund of the American Endowment Foundation Ann M. Bruce William A. Burns Brad Busbee Lynn Carithers James R. Clark Watson Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc. J. David Deck Lionel Doss Alison E. Evans Dave Evans Connie and Carl Flair GiveWell Community Foundation Gray United Methodist Church Hastings Family TST Linna and Chris Hoppe House and Garden Club of Macon Karen E. Huber and Nicholas Steneck Jackson Automotive Group, Inc. Jane W. and James L. Jackson, Jr. Benjamin Kantor W. Moffett Kendrick Aaron Kirkwood Gracie Knox Kroger Company Foundation Kim M. and Rick Lanford Merck Partnership for Giving Morning Music Club National Management Resources Corporation Network for Good G. Robert Parkerson III Kristina Peavy Quentin R. Pirkle Robert H. Kahn, Jr. Family Foundation Rhonda Roell-Taylor and Philip D. Taylor Deen Day and James R. Sanders, Jr. Catherine Schmitt Whitaker SIMS Macon Stella Tsai Harriet H. and Steve P. Wade H. Mitchell Watson, Jr. Wesleyan College Faculty Wesleyan College Staff Barbara S. Woodson
1836 CLUB $250 - $499
Alumnae listed in the class giving section Albany First United Methodist Church Bobbie C. Appling William E. Baird, Jr. Robert W. Batten Melody Blake Holly L. Boettger-Tong Susan M. Bond Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP Debra J. Brook and Michael F. Kemp Veronica W. and William P. Brooks Brunswick First United Methodist Church
* deceased
John H. Morrison, Jr. and Margaret Knox Morrison Fund of the Cabarrus County Community Foundation Beth S. and George R. Cary, Jr. Robert F. Colwell John D. Comer Nancy C. and Donald J. Cornett Chris Cumsille Whitney A. Davis Jeffrey A. Dick Barbara Donovan Jenkins Merry M. and A. Donald Faulk, Jr. James B. Ferrari Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Roger L. Flora Sirena S. Fritz Harry W. Gilmer Leslie Goodman Mary R. and William C. Hall Wendy Hamm William L. Hammond Eugene T. Harrison III Elizabeth V. and David W. Herlong Dickey Hightower C. Terry Holland Quintress L. Hollis Katherine J. and Richard J. Hutto Teresa Kochera David G. Lawman Danielle Lodge Magnolia Garden Club Magnolia Street Soap Box Derby Kathy L. Malone Joseph G. Martin, Jr. Glenna A. Meyer Peg K. and John H. Morrison, Jr. Mulberry Street United Methodist Church William W. Oliver, Jr. Chris E. Orlie Gene D. Paulsson Paul R. Pizzo Mary E. Plowden Bebe and Albert P. Reichert, Jr. Reynolds American Foundation David L. Richardson Robert G. Robbins Sylvia Shellenberger B. Robert Shipp Bridges W. Smith, Jr. Donald R. Swygert The Potting Shed Kevin L. Ulshafer Carroll A. Walker Donna G. White Lisa L. and G. Mason White Tom B. Wight Lawrence Williams Jane D. and John F. Willingham Mary Jane M. and Pat M. Woodward Charles H. Yates, Jr.
CONTRIBUTORS Up to $250
Alumnae listed in the class giving section Theresa Abercrombie ‘21 Robert H. Ackerman Carla Adams Riya Adhikari ‘18 Grace A. Albright ‘20 Robert G. Aldrich Jane Allen Marie P. and James F. Allen Almand & Co., LLC Alston United Methodist Church
Suzie and Fletcher C. Anderson James E. Anderson Anonymous Dennis L. Applebee, Jr. AT&T Foundation Charles E. Atchley, Jr. Automatic Data Processing, LLC Hailey C. Bagley ‘20 Libby Bailey Herman D. Baker Mary Susan Bardsley Virginia and Tom Barrow Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Thomas A. Barrow, Jr. Sandra B. Baskin Charlene C. and William W. Baxley, Jr. Hana Y. Bekele ‘18 Elizabeth B. Belanger Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund Sarah R. Belflower ‘18 Sylvia Bell Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Najma R. Bennett ‘18 Brooke Bennett-Day Mary Berndt Jack K. Berry Kimberly S. Berry Zahna R. Bigham ‘18 Virginia Blake B. Scott Boatright David A. Bobbitt Frances A. and Thomas T. Bosley Karen Bray Frank J. Breunig, Jr. Catherine I. Brewer Brooks United Methodist Church Rhiannon Bruner Joanna Buffington and Dean Brook Candice Cagle Jack C. Callaway Caroline Carlton Jillian Casebeer Rejeana and David L. Cassady Bettie S. and Hines V. Causey Centennial United Methodist Church of Cairo Central Baptist Church Graham E. Chappell Victoria P. Chatfield Sergey Chernokov Mary Anne and Frank S. Chew Sriharshini Chitluri ‘19 Clinch Chapel United Methodist Church Preston M. Collins, Jr. Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Emily and Charles M. Cook Felicia B. Cothran Mary C. and Vincent J. Coughlin, Jr. Diane Curtis Robert M. Danner, Jr. Ashley B. Darby ‘20 Lona and James R. Davis Gerry B. and James S. Davis Meagon Davis Russell Davis Virginia Davis Delta Air Lines Foundation Jean P. Dennis Jessica M. Denniston Saralyn H. DeSmet Phyllis B. Dietrich Nicole DiMarzio Melanie Doherty Jane A. Dolan Deidra D. Donmoyer Janice H. and Robert S. Donner Nick Dorogy
Laurie B. and James T. Douglas Roger W. Dunaway, Jr. Christopher B. Duncan Betty Jo and Eugene C. Dunwody, Jr. Raycine B. Durham Perdeda A. Dwight Valerie Edmonds Walter D. Edwards M. Paul Efland III John Ellison, Jr. Ugochi C. Emerole ‘19 Epsilon Beta Lambda Foundation, Inc Bette W. Broach * Bequest Mariann C. Evans Glenda K. Ferguson Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Sylvia Bell Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ann M. Fincher Katherine A. Fitts ‘20 Katie Flair James Fleenor Chelsea Flieger Barbara W. Flournoy Vi Ann S. and Paul R. Foster The Fox Joint Trust Louise H. and Richard E. Friberg Friendship United Methodist Church (Cairo Charge) Jordan T. Gainey ‘19 Brianna S. Galloway ‘19 Samuel Gandy Charles F. Gattis, Jr. Tommi Gill Godbold Foundation, Inc. Carrie Gonzalez J. Hugh Gordon, Jr. Brandon Gould Greater Macon Women Business Owners Kay S. Greer Alexis Gregg Carol R. Griffin Tamara H. and George Gruber Susan and John R. Guyton Susan C. Hagemeyer Nancy L. and Edward C. Hall Anne C. Hanse Harper’s Chapel United Methodist Church Toni and Kevin Harrington James W. Hart Kathy R. Hawkins Ann H. and William G. Hays, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hays Sally M. Heard Jessica J. Henslee ‘19 Christopher J. Herman Taylor M. Hoey ‘18 Holly Hollis Kay and Sam Hollis Denise W. Holloway John Hoofnagle Mary Ann Howard James W. Hughes Scott A. Huguley Allison A. Hunt ‘20 Betty S. Hurdle Sarah R. Huscko Jean S. Hyman Emily S. Jarvis Xiaoping Jiang Sallie R. and Marcus K. Jocoy Wendy B. and C. Emory Johnson, Jr. Julie A. Jones Roberta W. and Timothy Jones Katherine M. and David M. Kalish Louise S. and Jerome L. Kaplan Mary Dale and Donald M. Kea
Mark L. Kelley Larry Kemper Emory Kendrick Maddison D. Kight ‘19 Henrietta H. Kilpatrick D’Maya M. Kirkland ‘20 Frances Y. and Thomas F. Knight, Jr. Loy and Gloria Knight Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Robert G. Kopp Kara Kostiuk Anne C. Krabacher Kroger Company Atlanta Division Frances and Fernando La Rosa * Sam P. Lamback, Jr. Lamon Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Elizabeth M. and Peter F. Lauer Edna Lawrence Troy D. Lawson LDM, Inc. Laura K. and Joseph Lease Lee Street United Methodist Church Joseph M. Lee III Legacy Deuce Online Enterprises, Inc. G. Bryan Leskosky Linton United Methodist Church of Sparta Frazer B. Lively Julia and Martin Magda Erynn M. Malone ‘20 Florence and G. Thomas Martin III Larrie Del Martin Michele T. and Matthew R. Martin Monty T. Martin Robert S. Martin F. Dale Mathews Lisa P. Mayfield J. Paul McCord III Emily and Michael McCord Dennie L. McCrary Michael C. McGhee Megan McMahon Meghan E. Meyer von Bremen Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Ashley C. and Daniel Miller Jo Anne F. Miller Ryan Miller Mitchell United Methodist Church John Mitchell Elisa K. and R. Terrell Mitchell Quiana N. Mobley ‘18 Monica Mohanty ‘18 Julie J. Moore Dotty I. Morgan Robert E. Mozley Toma W. and Arnold P. Mulkey, Jr. Laura Murphy Sarah Napoli Anthony M. Nardotti Naylor United Methodist Church Noble Therapeutic Associates LLC Norfolk Southern Foundation Oak Grove United Methodist Church Beverly K. and Edmund E. Olson Regina B. Oost and Joseph A. Iskra, Jr. Edie A. Osuma ‘19 Michael J. Parella Park Avenue United Methodist Church Linda L. and Arnold D. Pernell Carolyn Perry Thomas E. Phillips Yasmin Pineda-Segura Pinky’s Shaved Ice Charles W. Pitts Wallace W. Plowden III Lori L. and William A. Pointer Lauren M. Poston ‘19 Potpourri Garden Club of Macon
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Abbie N. Price ‘19 Patrick C. Pritchard Heidi and Stephen Purvis Joi A. Raushan ‘18 Debbie and Howard Reed Ti’Shani L. Reid ‘20 Lois J. Reitzes Barry Rhoades Sidney M. Riggins ‘20 Marsha W. Roberts Melissa Roberts Bruce R. Robins Billy Robinson Annabel Rodriguez ‘20 Joe K. Rogers Devon Roll Henry M. Rosenbaum Amanda I. Rowan ‘20 Barbara and James D. Rowan Mark L. Rowe * Vickie L. Samples Anne Sanders Fran H. Sanford Sarah Schanck Kim D. and Fred M. Schnell Sidney Schwager Sempra Employee Giving Network Daniel Sexton Zamoria A. Simpson ‘19 Jasmine N. Sims ‘19 Marguerite J. and Elliott H. Sisson, Jr. Mary M. and Labe Sloop Bernard Smith Chuck Smith Laconstance T. and Willy W. Smith Jennifer L. and Dana L. Smoak Kathryn H. Spears Charles Sprayberry St. Marys United Methodist Church St. Peters United Methodist Church of Fitzgerald Marilyn and Robert Stamps Joy L. and Render T. Stanley Mary Ann Steinbach Charles H. Stone Laura Strausberg SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program Leolene and Ben Tate Emma R. Tatum Tori N. Taylor ‘20 The Hollis Company, LLC The Walt Disney Company Foundation James J. Therrell, Jr. Dr. Theo G. and Artemesia D. Thevaos Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund John G. Thompson Carol and Jerome P. Tift Mary Sue and Ron Tolley Ashley Tomlin Melissa S. Traver Carol and Kirk Treible Trinity United Methodist Church of Savannah Elizabeth G. and John N. Tripp LaDonna M. Tucker UBS Foundation Elizabeth A. and David J. Ulfik Madison G. Valentine ‘19 Brandi T. Vorhees Joseph A. Wall Timothy R. Walter
Warner Robins CME Church Gail E. Webster Ann H. Weldon Wesley Oak United Methodist Church Wesleyan Class of 2019 Golden Hearts Wesleyan College Alumnae Association Westtown United Methodist Church Whitefield United Methodist Church Howard Wilcox Woodland United Methodist Church of Cairo Arthur G. Wroble Gloria M. Wynn Yielding Insurance Agency, Inc. Ying Zhen YunFan Zhou ‘19 Jennifer Zimmerman
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
We are grateful for these companies and corporate foundations who matched their employees’ gifts to Wesleyan during this last fiscal year. Bank of America Foundation Dow Chemical Company Foundation, Inc. ExxonMobil Foundation GE Foundation GEICO Philanthropic Foundation Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. IBM Corporation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Merck Partnership for Giving MetLife Foundation Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Norfolk Southern Foundation Oracle Corporation P&G Fund State Farm Companies Foundation SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program The Walt Disney Company Foundation Union Pacific Corporation
GIFTS IN KIND
Many thanks to alumnae and friends who generously donated in-kind gifts or services to Wesleyan in the last fiscal year. William E. Baird, Jr. B. Scott Boatright Estate of Bette W. Broach Mary Nunn Domingos ‘46 Nick Dorogy Georgia Music Beverly J. and Gilbert Held C. Terry Holland Katherine J. and Richard J. Hutto Wendy B. and C. Emory Johnson, Jr. Elizabeth Rogers Kelly ‘72 Ruth A. Knox ‘75 Richard H. Lowrance Estate of Elizabeth Wilson Lowry ‘55 Margaret M. Mathews ‘73 Tommie Sue Montgomery-Abrahams ‘63
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Debbie and Howard Reed Sylvia Shellenberger Cathy Coxey Snow ‘71 Suelle M. Swartz ‘67 Betty A. Thompson ‘47 Kay B. and Wayne J. West Donna G. White Penny Wilson ‘98
RECURRING GIFTS
We are ever so grateful for these recurring gift donors who give biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, biannually, or annually through our website, by credit card, or through a direct debit from a bank account. Carla T. Asbell Dennis ‘87 Lauren Hamblin Beaty ‘06 Cynthia E. Bell-Lee ‘83 Jean Bargeron Bender ‘75 Barbara Summers Blevins ‘93 Shirley Mosher Blunk ‘11 Mary Kathryn Borland ‘04 Sandra Eversole Bowman ‘69 Kathy A. Bradley ‘78 Cynthia Costello Busbee ‘92 Susan Powers Champion ‘74 Jo An Johnson Chewning ‘66 Crystal Rogers Cheyne ‘02 Susan A. Cobleigh ‘68 Anne M. Cordeiro ‘92 Anna L. Cornelious ‘04 Margaret McCready Cornell ‘60 Kathleen Loski Cummings ‘05 Erin McGavin Dalton ‘02 Taylor Bishop Deal ‘12 Pauline Phelps Deck ‘48 Flo Williams Douglas ‘67 Carrie Walker Dumm ‘99 Natalie Puckett Evans ‘02 Morgan L. Felts ‘07 Leesa Akins Flora ‘87 Mary Jo Porch Floyd ‘61 Catherine O’Kelley Fore ‘02 Vi Ann S. and Paul R. Foster Carol Broome Fraune ‘69 Cecelia A. Frecker ‘69 Rachel A. Fullerton ‘10 Jean Cain Gaddis ‘61 Tina D. Gann ‘94 Rachel A. Garcia ‘03 Karen D. Garr ‘69 Meredith Gaither Garrett ‘87 Judith Haisten Gattis ‘69 Leigh Lambert Goff ‘78 Michelle Smith Green ‘94 Flora Phillips Grindstaff ‘67 Pragna Halder ‘08 Mary Pierpont Riley Hall ‘57 Charlotte Poole Harrell ‘56 Joanna Trask Harrison ‘67 Peggy Parrish Hasty ‘71 Janet Burkhalter Haworth ‘69 Beth A. Herndon ‘88 Carrie A. Herndon ‘97 Hannah Callender Highlander ‘01 Kimberly Edgefield Hill ‘15 Dawn Gochnour Hoffman ‘95 Pat Ondo Hurley ‘69 Janet Friberg Jarrett ‘78 Parrish Smotherman Jenkins ‘06
Rhoda Morrison Joyner ‘62 Andgelia Proctor Kelly ‘68 Carol Bacon Kelso ‘73 Katherine F. Kennedy ‘09 Janet L. Keys ‘78 Brandy Morris Kirkwood ‘01 Martha Bell Lewis ‘60 Melanie Filson Lewis ‘93 Maria Tsong Lian ‘62 Helen A. Likins ‘10 Betty Hood Lydick ‘69 Kathleen Amidon MacGregor ‘73 Linda Chambers Mahan ‘61 Anne Hilger Manley ‘67 Sarah E. Mannle ‘00 Karen A. Martin ‘82 Erin Zinko McKenna ‘04 Jaime F. McQuilkin ‘06 Melissa Graham Meeks ‘00 Elizabeth O’Donnell Menkhaus ‘76 Kathryn Lassiter Murphy ‘08 Toyosi Fatunase Onwuemene ‘03 Janet L. Ort ‘78 Lori Reese Patton ‘90 Patricia Deal Perry ‘02 Pamela C. Pinkston ‘08 Barbara Johnston Plaxico ‘63 Angel Feightner Poe ‘08 April L. Prince ‘02 Megan A. Quinn ‘05 Joan Nachbaur Rathbun ‘58 Anne Stewart Raymond ‘58 Alannah Shelby Rivers ‘16 Catherine Bradach Rockoff ‘78 Lindsay Rosenquist Burns ‘06 Kelly Russell ‘80 Jessica D. Salter ‘00 Yehudi B. Self-Medlin ‘96 Felecia Pearson Smith ‘74 Wendy Newingham Stanley ‘90 Georgia Belle Thomas ‘11 Melissa Lane Thomas ‘69 Martha Jane Thompson ‘70 Reba Thurmond ‘57 Laney J. Turner ‘09 Verah Dorsey Turner ‘88 Kathryn Smith Vinson ‘99 Barbara Roe Wallace ‘87 Geovette E. Washington ‘89 Jane Manley Wheeless ‘67 Judith L. Whitaker ‘75 Alexandra Aldica Willis ‘04
BEQUESTS Wesleyan College is grateful for these legacies we received from donors during the past year. Barbara Davis Morgan ‘39 Bette W. Broach Anne Purvis Church ’51 Mabel Elizabeth Wilson Lowry ‘55 Harriett Wadsworth Ragland ‘55 Marjorie Potts Durden ‘40 Susan C. Monteith ‘64 Barbara Davis Morgan ’39 Jean Armstrong Smith ‘52 and Robert H. Smith
* deceased
Society for the 21st Century
Chartered in 1989, the Society for the Twenty-first Century recognizes alumnae and friends who make estate plans or life-income gifts benefiting Wesleyan College. Through their generous commitments, Society members will sustain and strengthen Wesleyan well into the College’s third century. May Morgan Ackerman ‘94 and Robert K. Ackerman Betty Smith Addison ‘51 Hannah L. Allen ‘80 Susan Brown Allen ‘17 Debra McGee Ambrose ‘84 Linda G. Anderson ‘71 William H. Anderson II Ruth Wong Arnow ‘56 William E. Baird, Jr. Kathleen Peeples Ballou ‘55 William N. Banks, Jr. Patricia W. Bass Martha Gragg Bates ‘45 Edwina Hall Beall ‘53 Lorinda Lou Beller ‘64 Alexis Xides Bighley ‘67 Loyd H. Black, Jr. Regina S. Bland ‘76 Georgann Dessau Blum ‘47 Sylvia Fesco Bond ‘81 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann ‘68 Gloria Boyette ‘60 Kathy A. Bradley ‘78 Jean Mouchet Brannon ‘52 * Beulah Laslie Brinson ‘58 Jane Speir Brook ‘76 Barbara A. Bryant ‘67 Patricia Sterling Brzezinski ‘84 Virginia Perry Buckner ‘33 Elizabeth Martin Bunte ‘68 Margaret and Mark S. Burgessporter Rosalind Allison Burns ‘47 * Carol Burt ‘64 Cynthia Costello Busbee ‘92 Carol Hindman Butler ‘78 Jane Johnson Butler ‘65 Helen E. Cannon ‘60 Peggy Carswell ‘49 Willene McGee Castleberry ‘47 Jo An Johnson Chewning ‘66 Susan Lott Clark ‘46 Susan A. Cobleigh ‘68 Nannette Coco ‘73 Frances Oehmig Collins ‘47 Barbara Roland Colwell ‘70 Anne M. Cordeiro ‘92 Betty Turner Corn ‘47 Pamela Davis Corvelli ‘98 Lois Goldman Cowan ‘45 Laurel Dean Gray Craft ‘46 Peggy Chesnutt Daniel ‘91 Mildred Taylor Dennis ‘57 Emily Hardman Dickey Berta Dodd-Marbut ‘58 Mary Nunn Domingos ‘46 Eloise Maxwell Doty ‘68 Jo Duke ‘84 Beth Mason Duncan ‘61 Marjorie Potts Durden ‘40 * Ann Lee Alley Earnshaw ‘59 Robert J. Edenfield Mildred Fincher Efland ‘42 Annetta Zimmerman Elliott ‘67 Glennda Kingry Elliott ‘65 W. Tinsley Ellis * Bee Seckinger Epley ‘58
Amanda Marine Evans ‘99 Charlotte Battle Everbach ‘52 Cheryl Grantham Fee ‘68 Arline Atkins Finch ‘56 and Ronald M. Finch, Jr. Gayle Attaway Findlay ‘55 Eleanor Gravely Fleming ‘57 Joan Shapiro Foster ‘56 Vivia L. Fowler Gena Roberts Franklin ‘71 Tina D. Gann ‘94 Ashley Garrett ‘90 Anne H. and J. Harper Gaston Maria Shackelford Gause ‘90 Jackie Herron Gilmer ‘76 and Harry W. Gilmer Caroline Oliver Goff ‘92 Margaret Shoemaker Gordon ‘65 Lisa DiMuro Gosnell ‘82 Jane Mulkey Green ‘42 * Judy Woodward Gregory ‘63 Eleanor Laslie Griffin ‘60 Mildred Roads Griffith ‘49 Charlotte Jolly Hale ‘62 and Floyd C. Hale Mary Pierpont Riley Hall ‘57 Laura Lowe Harmon ‘72 and Barrie H. Harmon III Robyn Harmon ‘77 Carol Anne Rollins Harrison ‘62 Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn ‘49 Betty Upchurch Hasty ‘55 Beverly J. Held ’85 and Gilbert Held Pamela Lohr Hendrix ‘88 Cynthia L. Hershey ‘91 Carol Inman Heyward ‘60 Nancy Hill-Bates ‘61 C. Terry Holland Cordelia Dessau Holliday ‘48 Virginia Ann Daniel Holman ‘75 and Calvin M. Holman Anne Scarborough Hughes ‘78 Mollie Elizabeth Hughes ‘06 Lucy Cline Huie ‘41 Betty S. Hurdle Susann C. Hutchison Anita Stern Isaac ‘76 Jessica L. Jarman ‘99 Janet Friberg Jarrett ‘78 Parrish Smotherman Jenkins ‘06 Suzanne McNatt Johnson ‘60 Catherine Gibbons Jost ‘70 Carla DuBose Kalec ‘57 Dana Karstensen-Bryan ‘99 Carol Bacon Kelso ‘73 Julia Stillwell Ketcham ‘58 and Ralph L. Ketcham Kari Goellner Kitchens ‘91 Dorothy M. and Robert E. Knox, Jr. Ruth A. Knox ‘75 Nancy L. Lamb ‘95 Eleanor Adams Lane ‘58 Kayron McMinn Laska ‘87 and John Laska Janet M. Lawrence ‘80 Lindsay Lemasters Lewis ‘80 Melanie Filson Lewis ‘93
Betty Kemper Lhotka ‘57 Betty Jordan Lippitt ‘74 Betty I-May Lo ‘95 Richard H. Lowrance John F. Loyd Nancy Middleton Lucia ‘65 Diane A. Lumpkin ‘63 Nancy Dixon Lutz ‘60 Margaret T. MacCary Beverly Hinely MacMahon ‘74 Wendy Coffman MacMahon ‘78 Nan G. Maddux ‘75 Patricia Shriver Mancuso ‘60 Nancy Van Aken Marti ‘64 Jane Silverman Mason ‘66 Virginia Mason ‘65 Jeanon M. Massien ‘84 Lucile Adams Mathews ‘66 Elizabeth N. Mathis ‘96 William M. Matthews Carolyn Martin McCrea ‘65 Michele L. McDuffie ‘99 Rita Parker McGarity ‘75 Sally Moffett McKenna ‘75 Barbara Bird McLendon ‘60 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill ‘60 Sally Griffie Mehalko ‘67 Wende Sanderson Meyer von Bremen ‘80 Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68 Mary Ainsworth Mitchell ‘47 Susan C. Monteith ‘64 * Tommie Sue Montgomery Abrahams ‘63 Elizabeth Gibbons Montis ‘66 Mary Jo Moody ‘64 Caron Griffin Morgan ‘73 Anne McGee Morganstern ‘58 Betty Nunn Mori ‘58 Deborah Stevenson Moses ‘89 Anne Whipple Murphey ‘48 and ‘49 Lee B. Murphey Gail Fulton Murphy ‘68 Claire Michaels Murray ‘52 Sherry V. Neal ‘96 Linda Chance Newiger ‘72 Susan Stankrauff Newman ‘57 Catharine Elizabeth Neylans ‘51 Laura Ruth Norris ‘77 Mary Catherine Collins O’Kelley ‘72 Leah Wallat Odden ‘54 Sara Lee Lane Ogilvie ‘56 Vidal E. Olivares ‘02 Patricia Davis Oliver ‘66 and William W. Oliver, Jr. Cacia Morris Orser ‘70 Ermine M. Owenby ‘61 Joyce Paris ‘54 Stephanie E. Parker ‘81 Carrie Anne Parks-Kirby ‘76 Heather Peebles-Bradley ‘90 Julianne McDaniel Perry ‘49 Linda Vogel Pfleger ‘61 Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope ‘84 Jim Powell Mary Belle Gardner Quesenberry ‘43 Anne Stewart Raymond ‘58
Harriet Laslie Reynolds ‘62 Shirley Wise Richardson ‘63 Gayle Langston Ricklefs ‘61 Bryndis W. Roberts ‘78 Tena N. Roberts ‘60 John F. Rogers, Jr. Meredith Young Rogers ‘60 Joan Maddox Sammons ‘57 Ann Harrell Saunders ‘53 Kenlyn G. Sawyer ‘86 Joyce Reddick Schafer ‘55 Muffy Gordy Schladensky ‘83 Harriet Holland Schmitt ‘62 Trudie Parker Sessions ‘65 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford ‘61 Susan McDonald Sheehan ‘72 Sandra Bell Shipp ‘66 and Robert Shipp Susan Moses Shropshire ‘72 Sally Husted Shuford ‘61 Martha Kinsey Skirven ‘61 Melissa Spradley Slaughter ‘01 Amy-Christine Vinson Smith ‘99 Betsy Palmer Smith ‘60 Joyce Hussey Smith ‘53 Sarah Turnbull Snow ‘74 and Claude H. Snow, Jr. Marjorie Perkins Squires ‘51 and William H. Squires Preston Stevens, Jr. Kathryn Stiles Stribling ‘47 Karlyn Sturmer ‘75 Sylvia Newton Summers ‘64 and Roland S. Summers Mary Jane and Willard E. Summers Martha Bradford Swann ‘47 Ann Scott Terry ‘70 Artemisia Dennis Thevaos ‘52 Bernardine Smith Thomas ‘38 * Martha Clower Thomas ‘64 Betty A. Thompson ‘47 Mary E. Thompson ‘79 Casey Thurman ‘65 Virginia Rushing Trapnell ‘46 Julie Houston Trieste ‘98 Laura Jones Turner ‘46 Kathryn Smith Vinson ‘99 Charlotte Little Walker ‘49 Marianna Patton Walker ‘79 and Carroll A. Walker Susan Woodward Walker ‘70 Patricia Hammock Wall ‘70 Katherine Stickley Watson ‘60 and H. Mitchell Watson, Jr. Gail Thompson Webster-Patterson ‘64 Susan C. Wheelis ‘95 Beth Milstead Wilson ‘96 Janet Eidson Woods ‘75 Sandra Grist Woods ‘66 Martha Jean Laslie Woodward ‘54 Jane L. Wootton ‘51 * Cynthia D. Wright ‘75 Georgiana Hsueh Yang ‘49 Charles H. Yates, Jr.
Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
Giving Levels PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL $25,000 or more JAMES HYDE PORTER SOCIETY $10,000 - $24,999 GEORGE FOSTER PIERCE LEADERSHIP SOCIETY $5,000 - $9,999 CANDLER CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 CATHERINE BREWER BENSON SOCIETY $1,000 - $2,499 THE FOUNTAIN CLUB $500 - $999 1836 CLUB $250 - $499 CONTRIBUTORS Up to $249
Love X 5
For the past 20 years, the Love X 5 program has been recognizing our faithful alumnae who have made a gift to Wesleyan for five or more consecutive years. In recognition of their loyalty to Wesleyan, these faithful donors are honored with a ❤ following their names in the Class Giving section. When attending Alumnae Weekend, Love X 5 faithful are also presented with a special pin honoring their continued support of their alma mater.
Stanback Society
Established in 2001, the Stanback Society recognizes alumnae who have given to the Annual Fund for twenty or more consecutive years. These faithful donors are honored with a following their names in the Class Giving section. The Stanback Society is named in honor of Florence Elizabeth Cawthon Stanback who contributed to the Annual Fund faithfully every year from her graduation in 1925 until her death in 2002.
Class Giving 1938
1946 Fountain Club Participation: 25.00% Participation: 19.23% Mildred Roads Griffith M❤ Total Annual Fund: $175.00 Total Annual Fund: $3,426.79 1836 Club Total All Gifts: $175.00 Total All Gifts: $8,428.58 Emily Hancock Bredeson M❤ 1836 Club Pierce Society Susan Gragg Cash M❤ Bernardine Smith Thomas*M❤ Laurel Dean Gray Craft M❤ Mary Lane Edwards Contributors Benson Society Hartshorn M❤ Dorothy Wink Bolding M❤ Mary Euyang Shen M Francina Brock Kern M❤ Dorothy DuPuis Mackin M❤ Fountain Club Anne Whipple Murphey M Martha Rumble Pirkle M❤ Renee’ Rousseau Tillery M❤ 1836 Club Contributors 1939 Laura Jones Turner M❤ Patricia Johnson Childs M❤ Participation: 25.00% Contributors Jane Morgan Hogan M❤ Total Annual Fund: $1,000.00 Susan Lott Clark M❤ Emmie Carlton Johnson M❤ Total All Gifts: $1,000.00 Mary Louise Davis Gavigan Ruby L. Layson M❤ Benson Society Jane Kollock McCall M❤ Mary Elizabeth Strom Marlow Barbara Davis Morgan * Bequest M❤ Beverly Burgess Meadors M Faith Munford Price Jacqueline Lamm Souder M❤ Betty Daniel Robinson M❤ Virginia Rushing Trapnell M Sara Stewart Rountree M❤ 1940 Clara Hillis Schenke M❤ Participation: 25.00% Jerrye Griffeth Short M❤ Total Annual Fund: $0.00 1947 Libba Cook Smith M❤ Total All Gifts: $35,000.00 Participation: 28.33% Anne Strozier Threadgill M❤ Porter Society Total Annual Fund: $34,521.59 Julia Weathers Wynne M❤ Marjorie Potts Durden * Total All Gifts: $234,686.05 Bequest President’s Council Betty Turner Corn M❤ 1950 Benson Society Participation: 25.93% 1942 Frances Oehmig Collins M ❤ Total Annual Fund: $4,145.00 Participation: 28.57% Betty Hall Dunn M ❤ Total All Gifts: $4,145.00 Total Annual Fund: $525.00 Jane Epps Henry M ❤ Benson Society Total All Gifts: $2,625.00 Fountain Club Mary N. Cobb M❤ Benson Society Margaret Derby Champlin M❤ Carleen Gaulden Gardner M Mildred Fincher Efland M❤ Frances Callaway McCommon M Fountain Club 1836 Club 1836 Club Ann Messink Ross M❤ Margaret Smith Carruth M❤ Jean Anderson Estes M❤ 1836 Club Jane Hutchinson Thornton M❤ Contributors Jeanne Gellerstedt Hicks M Contributors Marilyn Mathews M❤ Contributors Irma King Guest M Mildred Scott McGoldrick Myra Jane Holman Bird M❤ Mary Ainsworth Mitchell M❤ Joyce Andrew Bledsoe M Jane Stapp Nadon M 1943 Josephine Russell CampbellM❤ Gloria Thornton Orr * M❤ Participation: 8.33% Patricia Pope Chilton M❤ Eugenia Corley Simmons M❤ Total Annual Fund: $1,000.00 Charlotte R. Gaines Sara E. Smith M❤ Total All Gifts: $1,000.00 Mary Fordham Greenfield M❤ Toni Smith Suiter M❤ Benson Society Betty Parham McGee M Martha Bradford Swann M❤ Mary Belle Gardner Martha Ann Wood Robertson M❤ Quesenberry M❤ Elizabeth Rosser Wills Dorothy Surrency Rosenbloom M❤ Harriett Middlebrooks Roswurm 1948 Participation: 14.81% 1944 1951 Total Annual Fund: $2,975.00 Participation: 6.25% Participation: 14.10% Total All Gifts: $3,075.00 Total Annual Fund: $200.00 Total Annual Fund: $13,850.00 Benson Society Total All Gifts: $200.00 Total All Gifts: $28,657.00 Doris Poe Anderson M❤ Contributors Pierce Society Jane Mobley Dickey Elsie Carmichael Boyd Betty Smith Addison M❤ Fountain Club Anne Purvis Church * Bequest M Pauline Phelps Deck M❤ Harriet Adams Newton M❤ 1945 Contributors Marjorie Perkins Squires M❤ Participation: 15.63% Jane Clapp Anderson M Fountain Club Total Annual Fund: $6,000.00 Miriam Boland M❤ Peggy Worrell Murphy M❤ Total All Gifts: $6,000.00 Betty Tillman Hodges 1836 Club Pierce Society Cordelia Dessau Holliday Donna Lloyd Gardner M❤ Martha Gragg Bates M❤ Elizabeth Hean Stone M❤ Contributors Fountain Club Marie Wilson Turner Jane Rand Breunig M❤ Bettie Hotaling Bland Nancy Wyatt Ezzard M❤ 1836 Club Robin Chesney Hopkins M❤ Frances Thurman Fitzgerald 1949 Joanna Mauldin Johnson M❤ Contributors Participation: 26.58% Catharine Elizabeth Neylans M Mary Brown Malone Heritage M❤ Total Annual Fund: $9,444.00 Mary Baldwin Woodland M❤ Virginia Martin Lawrence Total All Gifts: $9,444.00 Pierce Society Elizabeth Mackay Asbury M❤ Benson Society Betty Jo Watson Bowdre M❤
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1952
Participation: 24.68% Total Annual Fund: $5,900.00 Total All Gifts: $19,275.71 Porter Society Jean Armstrong Smith * Bequest Candler Circle Claire Michaels Murray M❤ Benson Society Charlotte Battle EverbachM❤ Evelyn LeRoy Fortson M❤ Fountain Club Martha Bielmann Hastings M❤ 1836 Club Ann Pasley Fletcher M Virve Paul Martin M❤ Contributors Esther Deal Baker M❤ Winifred Clements Begin M❤ Marella Mitchell Cassels M❤ Jean Youmans Coleman Margaret Lynch Cordell M❤ Mary Eva Bryan DuBose M Patricia Berry Faust M❤ Elizabeth Lewis Parsons Mary Emma Bailey Rehm M❤ DeRon McCurdy Senna Artemisia Dennis Thevaos M Sarah Roughton Wilson M❤ 1953 Participation: 20.24% Total Annual Fund: $3,850.00 Total All Gifts: $3,875.00 Benson Society Caroline Eagerton Upperco M❤ 1836 Club Albert L. Martin, Jr. M❤ Helen Blackmarr Outler M❤ Ann Harrell Saunders M❤ Contributors Merrilyn Welch Eastham M❤ Virginia Polk Finch M❤ Claire Houser-Dodd M Susan Thigpen McDuffie Joan Jennings Norton M❤ Virginia Eidson Robertson M❤ Julianne Withers Roland M❤ Joan Pritchard Smith Gary Still Suters M❤ Frances Bruce Van Horn M❤ Elaine Wood Whitehurst M❤ Joann Wilkes Williams M❤ Kathryn Parsons Willis M❤ 1954 Participation: 22.89% Total Annual Fund: $8,675.00 Total All Gifts: $8,850.00 Pierce Society Joyce Paris M❤ Fountain Club Marcia Mallet Ades M❤ Elizabeth Gaunt Bryan M❤ Barbara Walker Coburn M❤ Ruth White Fruit M❤ 1836 Club Varese Chambless M❤ Autumn Cook Ireland M❤ Martha Jean Laslie Woodward M❤ Contributors Natalie Brewton Barfield M❤ Harriett Willis Bevil M❤ Sydney Willis Blackmarr M Athelyn Wade Buttrill M❤ Jeannice Hammond Clark Marilyn Bennett Edwards M❤ Joan Clements Holland M Leah Wallat Odden M❤ Ann Parsons Odum M❤ Virginia Whiteman Robinson M❤ Joan Cordova Walker M❤
1955
Participation: 35.09% Total Annual Fund: $43,101.84 Total All Gifts: $43,101.84 Porter Society Gayle Attaway Findlay M❤ Harriett Wadsworth Ragland * Bequest Dorothy Smith Yandle M❤ Pierce Society Joyce Reddick Schafer M❤ Fountain Club Ann Hunter McCandless M❤ 1836 Club Elizabeth Truitt Furlow M❤ Sara Stuart Seaborn M❤ Contributors Joyce Caldwell Bryan M❤ Betty F. Castlen M❤ Phyllis Clough Davis M❤ Juanita Sexton Dowling-BrandonM❤ Gerda Paul Goodrich Frances Moulthrop Gordon M❤ Judith Fuller Johnson M❤ Ada Morris Lamon Mary Webb Lockhart M❤ Thyrza White McClure Patricia Beckler McWhorter M❤ Joyce Ann Loudermilk RichardsM❤ Jane Medlock Taylor M 1956 Participation: 37.88% Total Annual Fund: $20,085.00 Total All Gifts: $115,085.00 President’s Council Arline Atkins Finch M❤ Porter Society Joan Shapiro Foster M❤ Benson Society Martha Kennedy Gay M❤ Emily Sawyer Hart M❤ Jane Courtenay Shockley M❤ Fountain Club Carolyn Sims Brooks M❤ Jean Adams Carswell M Shirley Swain Register M❤ 1836 Club Sarah Ware Arthur M❤ Lloyd Young Flanders M❤ Contributors Lucy Neeley Adams M❤ Ruth Wong Arnow M❤ Kay Johnson Bergh Frances Cassel Berry M❤ Jo Ann Copeland Chapple M❤ Paula Hunt Geiger M❤ Charlotte Poole Harrell M Irene I-Ling Mao Hui M❤ Mary Tappan Mabry M❤ Marion Wade Mixon M❤ Lou Ann Taylor Nash M❤ Cynthia Clark Quillian Isabel Graf Saterbak M❤ Barbara Barnes Sims M❤ Joan Wadsworth West M 1957 Participation: 28.42% Total Annual Fund: $14,130.00 Total All Gifts: $14,130.00 Pierce Society Maria S. Higgins M❤ Benson Society Ruth Chapman Ham M❤ Juliette Adams Hawk M❤ Eleanor McDonald Still M❤ Reba Thurmond M❤ Fountain Club Carla DuBose Kalec M❤ Eleanor Thompson Futch Rosen M❤ 1836 Club
Wesleyan Star Established in 2014, the Wesleyan Star honors alumnae who have given for two, three, or four consecutive years. Recognition of Wesleyan Stars includes a M following their names in the alumnae Class Giving section and special recognition during Alumnae Weekend.
Winner’s Circle A 2014 addition to our recognition of consecutive year donors includes the Winner’s Circle. These faithful alumnae have supported Wesleyan with gifts for ten to nineteen consecutive years. To recognize this loyalty, Winner’s Circle faithful are honored with a following their names in the alumnae Class Giving section, as well as with special recognition during Alumnae Weekend.
Society for the 21st Century Because we are forever grateful for those who remember Wesleyan with a planned gift, these alumnae are now recognized in the Class Giving Section. The names of current Society members will appear in bold typeface and those from whom we have received a legacy gift will appear in italics.
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Nancy McClellan Flowers M❤ Laura Johnson Fowler M❤ Mary Pierpont Riley Hall M❤ Joan Maddox Sammons M❤ Contributors Betty Brender Belanger M❤ Norma Ford Cassens-Axx M❤ Gray Rowland Curlee M❤ Mildred Taylor Dennis M❤ Anita Bruce Etheridge Martha Sisson Gaston M Harriette Wilkes Grimes M Sally Thorp Heath M❤ Betty Kemper Lhotka M Martha Payne Mitchell Jean Middlebrooks Morris M JoAn Bloodworth Nunnelly M❤ Sandra Deisch Ringdahl M❤ Barbara Wittstruck Trombly June Benton Webb M Marguerite Malcolm Yarboro M❤
1958
Participation: 33.63% Total Annual Fund: $41,023.89 Total All Gifts: $61,808.89 President’s Council Betty Nunn Mori M❤ Porter Society Eleanor Adams Lane M❤ Pierce Society Pat Rimmer Knox-Hudson M❤ Benson Society Emily Hardman Dickey M❤ Clarice Pittman Elder M❤ Julia Stillwell Ketcham M❤ Anne McGee Morganstern M❤ Nancy Peterson Shaw M❤ Linda McElroy Steed M Nina Sheppard Terrell M❤ Fountain Club Paula Pritchard Todd 1836 Club Beulah Laslie Brinson M❤ Temple Wilson Ellis M❤ Lorena Campbell Piper M❤ Anne Stewart Raymond M❤ Contributors Mary Rose Ackerman M❤ Luleen Sandefur Anderson M❤ Mary Cooper Braun M❤ Jeraldine Farr Crews M Bee Seckinger Epley Beverly Castle Guild M Nancy Doss Holcombe M❤ Nancy Cook Hollingsworth M❤ Medra Lott Keyser M❤ Sarah Duncan Kinsey M❤ Joy Jenkins Meyers M❤ Martha Carter Middlemas-Bryant M❤ Jensene Godwin Payne M❤ Joan Nachbaur Rathbun M❤ Jane Howard Reinmuth M❤ Delia Bridwell Reynolds M❤ Marian Baum Russell M❤ Stella Girardeau Russell M❤ Nancy McCook Spence M❤ June Mays Turner M❤ Zoe Moore Turner M❤ Louise Sawyer Whipple M❤ Doris Stone Wilder 1959 Participation: 28.24% Total Annual Fund: $4,630.00 Total All Gifts: $4,880.00 Fountain Club Carolyn Wade Barry M❤ Anne Swetnam Barton M Harriett Johnson Bell M❤ Manita Bond Dean M❤ Jane Powers Weldon M❤ 1836 Club Ann Lee Alley Earnshaw M❤ Lee Brenaman Holmes M❤
Contributors Mary Ruth Gleaton Ballard M Margie Hendrix Barden Elizabeth Blalock Butler M❤ Marcia Adams Cashin M❤ Helen Poole Fontsere’ M❤ Charlotte Getz Gerken M❤ Julia Elliott Greer M Janace Fender Griffin M❤ Catherine Murphree Hartley M❤ Carmen Moore Jackson M❤ Carmella Christopher Kelsey M Wilma Gardner Kinslow M❤ Carol King Pope M❤ Sylvia Anderson Powell M❤ Carolyn Bolick Siegrist M❤ Sarah J. Wittstruck Anne Ricketson Zahlan M 1960 Participation: 26.06% Total Annual Fund: $63,285.00 Total All Gifts: $129,791.86 President’s Council Mary Ann Pollard Houghland M❤ Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill M❤ Benson Society Gloria Boyette M❤ Carol Clay LaPides Martha Bell Lewis M❤ Virginia Sumerford York M❤ Fountain Club Dale Odum Barrow M❤ Carol Inman Heyward M❤ Patricia Shriver Mancuso M❤ Doris V. Manning M❤ Barbara Betts Tuck M❤ Kate Stickley Watson M❤ Carol Sibley Wideman M❤ 1836 Club Helen E. Cannon Ann Lavender Faulk M❤ Barbara Bird McLendon M Jacquelyn Davis Richardson M❤ Betsy Palmer Smith M❤ Contributors Kay Carroll Barnes M❤ Juliet Singletary Coleman M❤ Margaret McCready Cornell M❤ Louise Somers Davidson M❤ Mary Moore English M❤ Anne Holderfield Ficken Eleanor Laslie Griffin M❤ Lydia Jordan Hickam M❤ Lynn Lightfoot Hutcheson M Karen Widdowson Johnson Victoria Wilson Logue M❤ Sheila Nichols McNeill M❤ Emily Richardson M Tena N. Roberts M❤ Drayton Shull Rogers M Nan Millwood Solomon M❤ Neva King Thompson M❤ Molly Mallory Wilkes M❤ Mary Amerson Willingham Burt M❤ 1961 Participation: 29.29% Total Annual Fund: $9,471.00 Total All Gifts: $36,689.50 President’s Council Ermine M. Owenby, Jr. M❤ Benson Society Ann Frost Copeland M❤ Jean Cain Gaddis M❤ Linda Chambers Mahan M❤ Jeanette Loflin Shackelford M❤ Fountain Club Jane Baker Chaffin M❤ Suzanne Jones Kahn M❤ 1836 Club Mary Jo Porch Floyd M❤ Ernestine Cole Fulmer M❤ Jo Anne Miller Gaede M❤
58 Gifts made between July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
Janice Boland Smith M❤ Nancy Bowden Wiley M❤ Contributors Priscilla Leedham Blake M❤ Judith Warnock Burns M❤ Betty Claire Manning Clark Janice McCord Doe M❤ Jean Edwards Dukes M❤ Andrea Morris Gruhl M❤ Kay Watkins Hanson M❤ Virginia Poole Lee M❤ Sandra Combs Lewis M❤ Bebe Blalock Littles M❤ Linda Vogel Pfleger M❤ Gayle Langston Ricklefs M❤ Sheila Leto Scott M❤ Martha Kinsey Skirven M❤ Katherine Lee Tankersley M Lynn Cochran Thompson M Linda Lee Belford Turek M❤ 1962 Participation: 40.00% Total Annual Fund: $14,695.00 Total All Gifts: $25,514.42 Porter Society Charlotte Jolly Hale M❤ Benson Society Maria Tsong Lian M❤ Marybelle Proctor Menzel M❤ LaTrelle Blackburn Oliver M❤ Harriet Laslie Reynolds M❤ Fountain Club Rhoda Morrison Joyner M❤ Peggy Smith Pittman 1836 Club Jane Flemister Batten M❤ Ellen Weldon Dukes M❤ Frances Sharon Faris Carol Anne Rollins Harrison M❤ Dorothy Hendrix Hope M❤ Ann Yarbrough Mallard M Jill Jayne Read M Harriet Holland Schmitt M❤ Contributors Jackie Turner Bailey Eleanor Hagins Bradwell M❤ Patricia Bonner Burton M Iris Carroll Edwards M❤ Emma Louise Keaton Franklin M Dorothy Rhoden Hicks Sherry Staples Hubbard M❤ Nancy Glover Kennedy Rachel Eppehimer Livezey M❤ Ellen Cone Lynn M❤ Frances Parker McCrary M❤ Sue Summerhill O’Kelley M❤ Sonya Shipman Otte M❤ Elizabeth Daves Ream M❤ Sarah Calhoun Savage M❤ 1963 Participation: 28.30% Total Annual Fund: $24,839.90 Total All Gifts: $43,914.90 President’s Council Judy Woodward Gregory M❤ Candler Circle Tommie Sue Montgomery Abrahams M❤ Benson Society Sylvia Maxwell Brown M❤ Susan Taylor King M❤ Diane A. Lumpkin M❤ Virginia Barber Perkins M❤ Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer M❤ Karen Connor Shockley M❤ Joyce Brandon Starr M❤ Fountain Club Margaret Craig Bryant M❤ Ann Ewing Shumaker M❤ 1836 Club Elizabeth Wingfield Dick M❤ Barbara Johnston Plaxico M❤ Rebecca Bullard Powers M❤
Fabia Trice Rogers M❤ Renate Butler Ryan M❤ Sally Irwin Williams M❤ Contributors Ann Lyn Lightner Allen M❤ Sylvia Hutchinson Bell M❤ Cecilia McDaniel Brock M❤ Beverley B. Butler Marian Carter Clark M❤ Brenda Hawthorne Heckmann M❤ Linda Quinn Hickman M❤ Charlotte Thomas Marshall M❤ Shirley Wise Richardson M❤ Rhenda Cook Spence Sue Ann Savage Truitt M❤ Rebecca Ward Umphrey M❤ Linda J. Withrow M 1964 Participation: 46.88% Total Annual Fund: $19,012.00 Total All Gifts: $69,281.91 President’s Council Susan C. Monteith * Bequest M❤ Candler Circle Lorinda Lou Beller M❤ Carol Burt M❤ Gail Thompson Webster Patterson M❤ Benson Society Dorothy Groh Cutler M❤ Ann McDonald Hurt M❤ Judy McConnell Jolly M❤ Judith Kuhn Schlichter M❤ Patricia Jaeger Williams M❤ Fountain Club Linda Eaker Hall M❤ Suzanne Gosnell Joye M❤ Nancy Van Aken Marti M❤ Elizabeth S. Sims M❤ Ann Johnson Wild M❤ Martha Simmons Woodall M❤ 1836 Club Glenda Barrett Bull M❤ Madelaine Mackoul Cosgrove M❤ Virginia Bowen Maier M❤ Sandra McElroy Preston M❤ Martha Clower Thomas M❤ Contributors Barbara N. Abercrombie M❤ Agnes D. Albright M❤ Emelyn Arnold M❤ Brenda Lee Barclay M❤ Betty Jane Owens Betts M❤ Brenda Jones Bradford M❤ Gayle Pierce Casale M Mary Helen Pope Daniel M❤ Gena Sewell Davidson M❤ Jane Brockinton Earhart M❤ Elizabeth Hartley Filliat M❤ Crystal Hunter Flathman M❤ Rosalyn Moye Forsyth M❤ Mary Russell George M❤ Elaine Kaloostian Hall M❤ Ann Lichtenwalter Hernandez M Beth Bramblett Hirzel M❤ Susan Lillyman Hyland M❤ Rebecca Johnson Ingram M❤ Emma Jo Jones Ivey M❤ Diana P. Jeffreys M❤ Mary Helen Johnson M❤ Paula McWhorter Judd M❤ Glenda Neill Kipp M❤ Robin Hickman MacCurdy M❤ Frances Strickland Masse M❤ Andrea R. Moody M❤ Mary Jo Moody M❤ Margaret Freeman Patterson M❤ Suzanne Whidden Pennington M❤ Mary Helen Hall Ringe M❤ Lucy Guggenheimer Ross M❤ Margaret Mannheim Sease M❤ Harriette James Simmons M❤ Frances White Skoglund M❤ Eileen Mullings Smith M❤
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Sally Hutchinson Vermillion M❤ Nancy Filer Waite M❤ Linda Maria Willson M❤ Pamela Watkins Young M❤ 1965 Participation: 22.60% Total Annual Fund: $28,100.00 Total All Gifts: $31,255.00 Porter Society Jane Johnson Butler M❤ Candler Circle Glennda Kingry Elliott M❤ Peggy Likes Miller M❤ Benson Society Janet Mewbourne Genest M❤ Virginia Mason M❤ Carolyn Martin McCrea M❤ Casey Thurman M❤ Fountain Club Olivia Lopez Hartenstein Kathryne Meeks Sanders M❤ Trudie Parker Sessions M❤ Jean Webb Tippins 1836 Club Mary Jane McCarren Brantley M❤ Margaret Shoemaker Gordon M❤ Sharon Smith Pizzo M❤ Lynn Ramsey Stowers M❤ Contributors Sharon Harp Campbell M❤ Sally Bone Fay M❤ Elizabeth Harman Godbold Beverly Cross Hall Dottie Kea Johnson M Gloria Dollar Knight M❤ Susan Leonard M Brenda Freeman Manucy M❤ Susan Cobb Middlebrooks M❤ Sally Eisen Miller M❤ Mildred E. Neville M Margaret Parr-Recard M Linda Segler Reynolds M❤ Suzanne Letson Scarbrough M❤ Katherine Champion Smelley M❤ Julia Stancil Stepp M❤ Gail Whittle M❤ Carol Banks Wilburn M❤ 1966 Participation: 15.70% Total Annual Fund: $11,141.00 Total All Gifts: $11,391.00 Candler Circle Charlotte Smith Pfeiffer M❤ Benson Society Jo An Johnson Chewning M❤ Elizabeth Gibbons Montis M❤ Jo Bogan Prout M❤ Fountain Club Marion Spencer Bluestone M Sandra Lumpkin Bryan M Lucile Adams Mathews M❤ 1836 Club Beth Childs Brooks M❤ Patricia Davis Oliver M❤ Sandra Bell Shipp M❤ Betty Westmoreland Shuster M❤ Bonnie Smith Slovis M❤ Contributors Joann Roark Arneson M❤ Elizabeth Girlinghouse Bernard Kathryn Stripling Byer * M❤ Mary Thrift Chambers M❤ Pamela Easmann Holmes M❤ Darlene Hassler Jackson M Suzanne Spence Joyce M Virginia Harshbarger LambackM❤ Virginia Glover Lee M Jane Silverman Mason M Nan N. McWilliams M Becky Gleaton Mynatt M❤ Marcel Dworet Rosenbaum M❤ Barbara Meeko Sanders M Sandra Grist Woods M❤
1967
Participation: 33.13% Total Annual Fund: $57,708.52 Total All Gifts: $145,526.63 President’s Council Alexis Xides Bighley M❤ Porter Society Judith Miller Newbern M❤ Suelle M. Swartz M❤ Pierce Society Annetta Zimmerman Elliott Margaret Thompson Monahan M❤ Marilyn A. Vickers M❤ Candler Circle Judith Ragland Armstrong M❤ Kathleen DeBerry Brungard M❤ Judy Hopkins Jacobs Sally Griffie Mehalko M❤ Helen Harwell Smith M❤ Benson Society Sally Farren Benoy M❤ Barbara A. Bryant Pamela Stott Callihan Susan Crawford Karen Short Cummings Flo Williams Douglas M❤ Charlotte Babcock Ellis Jeannie Nabell Grow Helen Moorhead Hermoyian M Maribeth Wills Lowe M Susan Rau Middlebrooks M❤ Susan Kirvin Ogburn M❤ Harriett Willcoxon Palmer M Kasey Carneal Phillips M❤ Karen Moore Thomson M❤ Jean Widney Wynn M❤ Fountain Club Barbara Smith Clark Anne Hilger Manley M❤ 1836 Club Daphne Murph Chapman M Judy Warren Edwards M Helen Neal Kleiber Jeanclaire Padgett Morris Kay Williams New M❤ Bobbie Dunn Rowe Judith A. Sanderson Jane Manley Wheeless M❤ Nancy Condes Whitsett Janie Hudson Williams M❤ Contributors Sallye Hallberg Anderson * Sandra LaMontagne Binkley M Laura Treadway de Martino Flora Phillips Grindstaff M Carolyn Lansing Gunn Rosanne James Harrell Dale J. Harris Joanna Trask Harrison M Judith Johnson Highsmith M Phyllis Heaton Judge Bonnie Wirschnitzer Masslofsky Anne Telford Parr M❤ Virginia Sowell Popper Marilyn Avra Williams M Jane Inman Young 1968 Participation: 29.41% Total Annual Fund: $14,545.25 Total All Gifts: $59,331.25 Pierce Society Eve L. Birmingham M❤ Priscilla Gautier Bornmann M❤ Elizabeth Martin Bunte M❤ Mary Ann Ward Dudley M❤ Beverly F. Mitchell M❤ Candler Circle Jane Price Claxton M❤ Babs Richardson Pirkle M❤ Mary Ann Bateman Spell M❤ Benson Society Helen Jackson Burgin M❤ Sara Walters Ingram M Andgelia Proctor Kelly M❤ Ellen Beard Martin M❤ Suzanne Moore McGovern M
Mary Jo Fincher Plowden M❤ Sally Plowden Stevenson M Catherine Cushing Thierry M❤ Fountain Club Linda Bowden Bennett Patty Pearce Cardin M❤ Lynn Hays Davis M❤ Katherine Wilson Johnson M❤ Leila K. Kight M❤ Lila Teasley Porterfield M❤ Ruth Anne Gray Randolph M❤ Allyn Ballou Veatch M❤ 1836 Club Susan A. Cobleigh M❤ Cheryl Grantham Fee M❤ Betty Smith Hipps M Vicki Page Jaus M❤ Virginia Crapps Johnson M❤ Geranne Hutchinson Mills M❤ Suzanne Sebring Moncrieff M Virginia Hiers Roebuck M❤ Martha Pafford Schindhelm M❤ Susan Jones Shulman M❤ Jo Slover Smith M❤ Nancy Lowe Taylor M❤ Contributors Anne Adams Atkinson Beth Rogero Bowen M❤ Mary Wheeler Brummitt Marian Pointer Clements M Nancy McMeen Freeman M❤ Robin Hood Geisler M❤ Susan Burr Harris M❤ Beverly Hodges Kitchin Cheryl Maund Page M❤ Joan Foster Park M Judith Davis Powell Carolyn Sayers Russell M Virginia Larson Schneider M❤ Marsha Fernald Sichveland M❤ Miriam Tucker Taylor Mary Abbott Waite M❤ Diane G. Walker M❤ Lash Lawton Woodcock M❤ Judy Weaver Yielding 1969 Participation: 22.99% Total Annual Fund: $8,067.00 Total All Gifts: $117,729.00 President’s Council Anonymous Pierce Society Suzanne Woodham Juday M❤ Candler Circle Melissa Lane Thomas M Benson Society Alice Peninger Beasley M❤ Carol Broome Fraune M Frances Ellen Greer Ann Kinnick Keane M❤ Fountain Club Sandra Eversole Bowman M Ann Reaves Burr M❤ Dale Parker Craig M❤ Karen D. Garr M❤ Linda Smith Gregg M❤ Betty Hood Lydick M❤ Marian Rivers Phalin 1836 Club Ann Brown Austin M❤ Sharon Malone Boyd M❤ Lou Ellen Semler Boyes M❤ Susan Isaacs Dodson M❤ Pat Ondo Hurley M❤ Mary Beth Taylor Keys M❤ Diana Hall Richardson M❤ Gloria Garrett Seymour M❤ Diane Harrison Smith M❤ Nan Pelle Wuller M❤ Contributors Emily Vardaman Adams M Dianne Brannen Adams M Dianne Carstarphen Bowman M Lucinda Samford Cannon M Julie Shingler Dunaway M Tricia Pace Fordham M❤
Cecelia A. Frecker Judith Haisten Gattis M❤ Janet Burkhalter Haworth Angela Fulton Kirby M❤ Susan Ewing Maddox M❤ Margaret Yarbrough McCranie M Martha Farrar Pickett Emmaline Haddle Pursley M Linda L. Rich M Kristina Stephens Robertson M Sally Cox Spencer M 1970 Participation: 23.53% Total Annual Fund: $25,219.00 Total All Gifts: $39,259.00 President’s Council Susan Woodward Walker M❤ Benson Society Katherine Arnold Hale M❤ Catherine Gibbons Jost M❤ Brenda Witham McGinn M❤ May Powell Parks M❤ Fountain Club Suzanne Harris McAliley M❤ Martha J. Thompson M❤ 1836 Club Jan Bull Burgess M❤ Barbara Roland Colwell M❤ Karen Murphy Freeney M Yvonne Dykes Hartig M Arlyn Mathews Hawley Anne Harden Murphy M❤ B.J. Molpus Posey M❤ Ann Scott Terry M❤ Contributors Carol Balkcom Barton M Mary Ella Gibson Bernard M❤ Patricia Grogan Borders M❤ Susan C. Bradshaw M Kathryn Nettles Clark M❤ Emily Chase Cook M❤ Jan Drury Cox M❤ Nancy Conner Coxwell Ruth Anne Braendle Craft M Ellen Fling Danner Sally Myhand Flannagan Neal M❤ Peggy Persons Fox M❤ Carolyn Wills Garrard Lana Tygart Griner M❤ Wanda Saltmarsh Hopkins M❤ Linda Ennis Johnson M❤ Colleen Smith Katsuki M❤ Shirley L. McFadden M❤ Deborah Giugni McMillan M Diane Dennington Robertson Patricia Hammock Wall M❤ 1971 Participation: 29.89% Total Annual Fund: $29,348.36 Total All Gifts: $58,023.36 President’s Council Susan Pyeatt Kimmey M❤ Pierce Society Gena Roberts Franklin M❤ Candler Circle Pamela Henry Pate M❤ Benson Society Toni L. Jennings Cathy Coxey Snow M❤ Fountain Club Juanita Gullahorn Rothschild * M❤ Helen Ferguson Zachry M❤ 1836 Club Shari Richardson Arrington M❤ Rebecca Curtis Basset M❤ Peggy Parrish Hasty M❤ Derrill Dunn McRae M❤ Kathryn Warren Powell M❤ Contributors Virginia Williamson Almand M Linda G. Anderson M❤ Jan Shelnutt Carriker M❤ Janice Moody Cayton M❤ Marjorie Bowen Graham M❤
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Glenda Harkins Denise Kelly Hart M❤ Deborah Smith Kelly M Carolyn Berger Krutoy M Rebecca Edenfield Lingerfelt M❤ Harriett E. Mayo M❤ Linda F. Patrick M Ellen Traylor Terrell M❤ Ellen Cobleigh Tomter M❤ 1972 Participation: 33.82% Total Annual Fund: $13,750.00 Total All Gifts: $14,450.00 Pierce Society Laura Lowe Harmon M Candler Circle Elizabeth Rogers Kelly M❤ Fountain Club Deborah Wedgworth Altman M❤ Eileen Moffitt Batchelor M❤ Rebecca Jones Brock M❤ Mary Catherine Collins O’Kelley M❤ 1836 Club Kasse Andrews-Weller M Joyce Rice Ellison M❤ Deborah Dye Gigliotti M❤ Rogie Susan Jackson Nancy Jackson Osmundsen M❤ Susan McDonald Sheehan M❤ Eileen Vickery Thurmond M❤ Contributors Dianne Walden Claussen Marianne Graeme Fortuna M❤ Mary Norman Huguley Jane Magrath Linda Chance Newiger M❤ Sherryl Senna Pollard M❤ Lynn Golson Priester M❤ Janie Shirah Stump M❤ Susan Wyllys Wallace M Jane R. White M 1973 Participation: 27.42% Total Annual Fund: $10,755.09 Total All Gifts: $15,834.04 Pierce Society Margaret M. Mathews M❤ Janice A. Mays M❤ Candler Circle Marsha Lynn Christy M❤ Benson Society Mary Graham Ponder Foster M❤ Fountain Club Nannette Coco M❤ Hazel Mims Mathis M Contributors Carroll Ricketson Bolton M❤ Hale Coble Edwards M❤ Debra Henderson Hoobler M❤ Carol Bacon Kelso M❤ Lisa T. Kuhn M❤ Kathleen Amidon MacGregor M❤ Katharine Johns Olson M❤ Anne Thornton Reynolds M❤ Jill Gerber Smith M❤ Rebecca Read Sullivan Linda Brown Walker M❤ 1974 Participation: 24.69% Total Annual Fund: $3,338.78 Total All Gifts: $3,338.78 Fountain Club Martha V. Johnson M❤ Kathleen Russell Leysath M❤ 1836 Club Lisa McKinney M Gail Murphy Oden M❤ Margaret Andrews Willis M❤ Contributors Susan Powers Champion M Peggy Jones Cobb M
Rebecca Watson Dempsey M❤ Laura Hunt Edenfield M❤ Karen Faught Grice M Patricia Stillwagon Kessler Marian Elliott Lewis M❤ Beverly Hinely MacMahon M Gail Dixon Mann M Jessica Hughes Pitts M❤ Felecia Pearson Smith M Debra D. Stockton M❤ Hazel Burns Struby M Jane Williams Tarman M Mary Ellen Sheehan Wroble M❤ 1975 Participation: 30.77% Total Annual Fund: $72,450.12 Total All Gifts: $209,855.12 President’s Council Ruth A. Knox M❤ Porter Society Cynthia D. Wright M❤ Pierce Society Margaret M. Decker * Candler Circle Sally Moffett McKenna M❤ Benson Society Susie Black M❤ Susan Lovette Fischer Dobbyn Carol A. Goodloe M❤ Virginia Ann Daniel Holman M Millie Parrish Hudson M❤ Margaret Strickland Lovein M Nan G. Maddux M❤ Rita Parker McGarity M❤ Judith L. Whitaker M❤ Fountain Club Bonnie Hunter Hunt M❤ Karlyn A. Sturmer M Janet Eidson Woods M❤ 1836 Club Carolyn Bowman Biggs Lisa Sherman Hammond M❤ Catherine L. Hinman M❤ Beth Sullins Hughes M❤ Sandra Davis Townley M❤ Contributors Kay Hickman Beasley M❤ Jean Bargeron Bender M❤ Marina Showalter Chancery Barbara Tjia Huang M❤ Mary Coble Kirkley M❤ Betty Snooks Moses M❤ Deborah Bell Roberds 1976 Participation: 21.51% Total Annual Fund: $5,454.76 Total All Gifts: $6,454.76 Benson Society Jane Speir Brook M❤ Elizabeth O’Donnell Menkhaus M❤ Fountain Club Carrie Anne Parks-Kirby M❤ 1836 Club Virginia Pritchard Ashby M❤ Regina S. Bland M❤ Julie V. Castle M Jackie Herron Gilmer M❤ Patricia A. Henry M❤ Mary Knight Robinson M❤ Nancy Williamson Witek M Contributors Robyn Sullins Bish M❤ Melissa Worley Callahan M❤ Barbee A. Dyer M Melinda Poole Gray M❤ Marsha L. Jackson M❤ Cynthia H. McMullen M❤ Jane Gardner Preston M❤ Henrietta Craddock Schoonover M❤ Jenny Gatliff Smith M Teresa M. Wheeler M
60 Gifts made between July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
Catherine Haye Sauter M Helen LuAlice Waite M Participation: 15.29% Total Annual Fund: $15,300.00 Total All Gifts: $15,300.00 1980 Porter Society Participation: 24.53% Kathleen Hill Goddard M❤ Total Annual Fund: $56,782.00 Candler Circle Total All Gifts: $56,782.00 Lynn B. Moses M❤ Porter Society Benson Society Hannah L. Allen M❤ Linda Haygood Davis M Janet M. Lawrence M❤ Fountain Club Lindsay Lemasters Lewis M❤ Marcia Partin Moore Candler Circle 1836 Club Allison McFarland Wilcox M❤ Beth Holliman Boswell M❤ Benson Society Diana Bowers Triplett Kelly Russell M❤ Contributors Fountain Club Lucia Chapman Carr M Mary Stephens Malone M❤ Victoria Buxton Cork M 1836 Club Cathy Bailey Crumbley M Lynn K. Daley M❤ Lauren Drinnon Leskosky M❤ Paula Flannery Lytle M Beth Parker McConnell Contributors Rose Mary Fanguy McKelvey Anne Armstrong M Nancy Katherine Webb Eileen V. Begin M Marcia Bronson M❤ Aida Bales Chappell M❤ 1978 Deena Harrell Cherry M❤ Participation: 25.23% Valerie E. Cowart Total Annual Fund: $9,087.99 Crystal Bell Davidian M❤ Total All Gifts: $9,087.99 Melinda S. Fraiser M❤ Benson Society Patricia Darwin Fussell Janet Friberg Jarrett M❤ Jeanne Myers Haslam M Julie St. John Thornton M❤ Janet Leininger Fountain Club Wende Sanderson Meyer von Kathy A. Bradley M❤ Bremen M❤ Laura Shippey Gafnea M❤ Linda Carey Nardotti M Leigh Lambert Goff M❤ Helen Anne Richards M❤ Bryndis W. Roberts M❤ Wanda Maynard Schroeder M❤ 1836 Club Susan Snider M❤ Carol Hindman Butler M❤ Janet L. Keys M❤ Barbara Georgia Ward Katherine E. Weekes M❤ Darla Grinstead McKenzie M❤ Laurinda Murphy Norris M❤ Dawn Sapp Taylor M❤ 1981 Contributors Participation: 27.14% Janet Rumler Brooks M❤ Total Annual Fund: $9,535.00 Debra Howington Carraway Total All Gifts: $9,535.00 Jeri L. Ellis M❤ Candler Circle Katherine Harvin Gibbs M❤ Stephanie E. Parker M❤ Anne Scarborough Hughes M❤ Mary Langel Stults M❤ Wendy Coffman MacMahon M❤ Benson Society Mary McMillan Mancin M❤ Leslie Eberhardt Highsmith Janet L. Ort M❤ Barbara Beddingfield Magnan M❤ Laura E. Perdue M❤ 1836 Club Catherine Bradach Rockoff M❤ Cynthia L. Cobb M❤ Candice Muehlbauer Shockley M❤ Caroline Thomas M Janet Williams Sills M❤ Monique Martin Whorton M Rieko Oda Takenaka Contributors Patricia L. Tate M❤ Jo Cheezem Abney Nancy McDonald Terhorst M Patricia Chapman DuBose M Jacquelyn Veatch Walker Lee A. Grimes M Colleen Brown Gupton M Dawn Field Hargrove 1979 Hilda Cook Hilliard Participation:19.78% Trudy Clark Landis M Total Annual Fund: $5,075.48 Nancy Sinnott Parker M Total All Gifts: $5,075.48 Lisa Moorer Stafford Candler Circle Robin Jaquith Ward M Sally Anderson Hemingway M❤ Lynne M. White M Fountain Club Donna L. Woods M❤ Rebecca Tuten McClain M 1836 Club Nadine Cheek M❤ 1982 Teresa D. Morrow M Participation: 23.46% Marianna Patton WalkerM❤ Total Annual Fund: $6,500.00 Contributors Total All Gifts: $6,500.00 Jacqueline Webb Bullard M❤ Benson Society Gail Bacon Ford M❤ Susan Cartledge Barker Margaret Dilbeck Garland Fountain Club Lynne Anthoine Hueglin M❤ Jennifer Houser Chapin M Denise Sarver Jewell M❤ Suzanne L. Colter M❤ Nora Kay Appling King M❤ Rhonda Helton Hambright Anita E. Marchman M❤ Susan L. Holloway M❤ Theresa L. McKenna M❤ Mona M. McLean Cynthia Mercer Riley M Mary Ellen Skowronek Sutphin M❤ Loisanne Tatum Robins 1836 Club Jeanne Norton Rollberg M Susan Dempsey M
1977
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Lisa DiMuro Gosnell M❤ Rebecca Moore Robbins M Contributors Shari Ginster Abney M Abby Jane Walker Eller Linda C. Johnson Karen A. Martin M❤ Pamela Heimsoth Mitarotondo M Jennifer Willis Payne M❤ Claudia Crawford Seyle Lili Huskey Trudeau Jennifer Ramos Zaenglein 1983 Participation: 24.00% Total Annual Fund: $2,976.76 Total All Gifts: $7,976.76 Pierce Society Mary Lisa Boyer Millican M❤ Benson Society Ellen Futral Hanson M❤ Fountain Club Betty Heath Thompson 1836 Club Cynthia E. Bell-Lee M❤ Peggy Jones Hall Contributors Judith Lane Brown M Mary Ann Aiken Fitzgerald M❤ Irene Shovelski Huston Motomi Kawamura M Anne Elizabeth Koon M❤ Wadra Garner McCullough M❤ Catherine Cross McDonald M❤ 1984 Participation:19.15% Total Annual Fund: $1,080.00 Total All Gifts: $1,080.00 1836 Club Jo Duke M❤ Becky L. Nelson M Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope M❤ Contributors Debra McGee Ambrose M Connie J. Averett M Patricia Sterling Brzezinski M❤ Tonya Davis Gray Amanda S. Jacobs M❤ Jeanon M. Massien M❤ 1985 Participation: 21.43% Total Annual Fund: $1,445.00 Total All Gifts: $4,445.00 Candler Circle Beverly J. Held M❤ Fountain Club Rhonda L. Barcus M❤ 1836 Club Teresa Dudek Goodpaster M❤ Contributors Lori Alcorn Campbell M❤ Lisa Ahl Duncan M❤ Holly T. Heath M❤ Julie Bowman Kimbrell M Ellen Hogle McLemore M Sara King Pilger M❤ Stephanie Van Pelt Laura Hefner Wanamaker Ann Raines Williamson 1986 Participation: 14.58% Total Annual Fund: $2,542.92 Total All Gifts: $2,542.92 Benson Society Dana Flanders Laster M❤ 1836 Club Janie Chien Golden M Tamara Mullis Hawkins M Tara Baker Ramsey M❤ Kenlyn G. Sawyer
Contributors Alaine Thomas Bowman Dana Grinstead Tanner M❤ 1987 Participation: 21.05% Total Annual Fund: $3,225.28 Total All Gifts: $4,425.28 Benson Society Carla T. Asbell Dennis M❤ Fountain Club Meredith Gaither Garrett M Barbara Roe Wallace M❤ 1836 Club Jill Amos M Leesa Akins Flora M❤ Katherine Brennan Riner Stacy L. Stinson Contributors Mary Anne Butler Brocato M Lisa Morgan Edwards M Bernice Isaac Elizabeth Gordon Jacobs Lynn Lasseter Prater M Lisa D. Shiveler M❤ Melissa Tolbert Smith Donna Waites Terrill Wyanne Coker Thompson 1988 Participation: 14.52% Total Annual Fund: $5,720.00 Total All Gifts: $5,770.00 Benson Society Joan Finney Hatcher Jody Bethea Riggs Verah Dorsey Turner M❤ Fountain Club Gwen Futral Gallagher-Howard 1836 Club Beth A. Herndon M❤ Contributors Michele Arduengo M Linda Gay Eubanks M❤ Karen Melton Soeltz M❤ Rosalind Evans Weiss M❤ 1989 Participation: 15.38% Total Annual Fund: $19,174.55 Total All Gifts: $19,224.55 Porter Society Debbie Stevenson Moses M❤ Candler Circle Geovette E. Washington M❤ Benson Society Mary Beth Brown Swearingen M❤ Fountain Club Denise Cheek Brown M❤ Contributors Jennifer Kane Chacosky Kristin N. Claus M❤ Lura Harrell Hammock M Tyrene House Neil M Tracy Ward Tilley M❤ Robin Blue Wilcox M 1990 Participation: 20.93% Total Annual Fund: $5,414.05 Total All Gifts: $5,764.05 Benson Society Helma Wood Clark M❤ Lori Reese Patton M❤ 1836 Club Michelle Vitoria Cato M❤ Ashley Garrett M❤ Kym Preuss Lukosky M❤ Pamela R. Sailors M❤ Contributors Melissa Adkins Brown M❤ Jennifer L. Collier M Alice Armitage Fendley M
Sarah Moseley Gardner M Hayley Burch Goldhagen M❤ Tara Joyner Haussler M❤ Theresa Castruccio Hurst M❤ Karene Harron Nebel M❤ Wendy Newingham Stanley M❤ Anne Duffes Weldon Virginia Bowman Wilcox M❤ Angela Kerr Wittmann M❤ 1991 Participation: 34.25% Total Annual Fund: $3,598.00 Total All Gifts: $3,598.00 Benson Society Kari Goellner Kitchens M❤ Fountain Club Hope Hahn Shields M❤ Sheila Taylor Southerland M❤ 1836 Club Lara Blanchett Carlton M❤ Contributors Robin A. Andrews-Tobo Mary Raines Caldwell Elizenda M. Ceballos M❤ Katherine S. Compain M❤ Melissa Malone Constable M Kendall Bowles duToit M Shannon Hurley Ellard Teresa Morris Futral M❤ Anna Anderson Hagler M Trina L. Hammonds M Catherine Lee Harp Cynthia L. Hershey M❤ Beth A. Kargel M❤ Kathy Wagner Marcum Stacey Stanton Walker M Rondi Fulce Wellum Michelle Toole Westbrook M❤ Jeanmarie Desmond White Christine Ruotolo Wynn M Teresa Morgan Wyrick M Kristin Van Brero Yashko M 1992 Participation: 21.74% Total Annual Fund: $2,397.00 Total All Gifts: $2,397.00 Fountain Club Cynthia Costello Busbee M❤ 1836 Club Anne Marie Cordeiro M❤ Karen Harp Cumsille Katie S. Garrett M❤ Kelley R. Southerland M❤ Contributors Candace Dickerson Cannon Rebecca Joslin Croft Jennifer Rogers Fitsemons Mariana dos Santos Furlin M Jennifer A. Johnson M❤ Adra Diane Mayhue Johnson Elizabeth Dillard Kuipers Tammy R. McCallister Sharon Bressoud Mladucky Leslie Avera Noble Kristen Olsen Palmer Elizabeth Carver Reagor M Sylvia L. Ross M Charlotte Gray Vasquez Janet L. Wilson Mary Marcia McMahan Winfrey M❤ 1993 Participation: 13.33% Total Annual Fund: $7,895.62 Total All Gifts: $7,895.62 Candler Circle Melanie Filson Lewis M❤ Benson Society Jennifer Stiles Williams M Ruth Powell Storts M❤ Fountain Club
TOP TEN LISTS FOR CLASS GIVING 2016 - 2017 PARTICIPATION 1964 46.88% 2002 41.67% 1962 40.00% 1956 37.88% 1955 35.09% 1991 34.25% 1972 33.82% 1958 33.63% 1967 33.13% 1975 30.77%
GIFTS TO ALL FUNDS 1947 $234,686.05 1975 $209,855.12 1967 $145,526.63 1960 $129,791.86 1969 $117,729.00 1956 $115,085.00 1964 $69,281.91 1958 $61,808.89 1968 $59,331.25 1971 $58,023.36
GIFTS TO ANNUAL FUND 1975 $72,450.12 1960 $63,285.00 1967 $57,708.52 1980 $56,782.00 1955 $43,101.84 1958 $41,023.89 1947 $34,521.59 1971 $29,348.36 1965 $28,100.00 1970 $25,219.00
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Barbara Summers Blevins M❤ 1836 Club Paige Getty M Alison Charney Hussey M❤ Contributors Jane Arthur Berry Barbara Summers Blevins Lanai C. DeVos Hallie Suber Prince M❤ Lisa Theiling Stamey M 1994 Participation: 12.50% Total Annual Fund: $1,325.00 Total All Gifts: $1,325.00 Benson Society May Morgan Ackerman M❤ Fountain Club Sheila A. Davis 1836 Club Tina D. Gann M❤ Contributors Cara Carroll Baity M❤ Jill Hauver Celeste M Elizabeth Bockmiller Ceranowski M Melissa McKenzie Crowder M❤ Tiffany M. Gordon Michelle Smith Green M Melanie Rahn M❤ 1995 Participation: 16.90% Total Annual Fund: $4,740.00 Total All Gifts: $4,740.00 Candler Circle Susan C. Wheelis M❤ Benson Society Dawn Gochnour Hoffman M❤ 1836 Club Judith M. Durand Contributors Jennifer Aiello M❤ Catherine H. Atchley M❤ Merry Alicia Barton M❤ Rebecca Calhoon Haskey M❤ Erinne Guice Hatchett Beverly D. Howard M Nancy L. Lamb M Kea Hoover Mitchell M❤ Valerie Lines Sands M Tina M. Valdes M❤ 1996 Participation: 27.27% Total Annual Fund: $9,595.00 Total All Gifts: $9,595.00 Pierce Society Deidra West Smith M❤ Benson Society Patrenice Guthrie Thomas M❤ Beth Milstead Wilson M❤ Fountain Club Michelle McCluney Horgan M❤ Kristin Conley Lamble M❤ 1836 Club Chiebonam Ezenwugo Ezekwueche M Sherry V. Neal M❤ Contributors Sharon Brim Chappelle M❤ Lisa Hullender Filkins M Elizabeth Leaman Hague M Katherine Worley Hammes M❤ Brittany Dixon Jones M Heather Preuss Kent M Stephanie Miller Kitelynn M Aimee Morris Lashley M❤ Elizabeth N. Mathis M Elizabeth Hodges McKeever M Jena Frazier Passut M Monica M. Santamaria M Yehudi Ben-j Self-Medlin M❤ Peggy Likins Templeman M❤
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Participation: 29.82% Total Annual Fund: $1,674.00 Total All Gifts: $1,674.00 Fountain Club Teresa A. Lawson M❤ Contributors Sherry L. Boyd M Monica Hilley Crawford M Rachel Viets Fortuna M❤ Evelyn Leatherman Griffin M Wendy Lazzaro Grover Carrie A. Herndon M❤ Kara Bollmeier Jagger-Miller Tessa Williams Kamat Stephanie Pate Lewis M❤ Mary Mitchell McKinnon M❤ Holly Cook O’Reagan M Beth Hitt Rogers Kendra Biggs Therrell M Erin Popple Tice Jena Forehand Tinsley Elisabeth A. Waterman M❤ 1998 Participation: 8.22% Total Annual Fund: $585.00 Total All Gifts: $585.00 1836 Club Brandy M. Hayes M❤ Contributors Amy Armstrong Carmichael M❤ Nartaya Jumpasorn Miller M Mandy L. Satterfield Melinda Caspers Thompson M Bianca Venuto Towler 1999 Participation: 17.33% Total Annual Fund: $1,496.60 Total All Gifts: $1,496.60 Fountain Club Kathryn Smith Vinson M❤ 1836 Club Michele L. McDuffie M Contributors Kristina Anderson Maleia Barry M❤ Carrie Walker Dumm M Shannon McGinley Dunavan Odona S. Ezell-Whiddon M Tiffany L. Grayson Yvonne Wiggins Jones Dana Karstensen-Bryan M Sarah Marshall Neal M Daphne Ristau Stellato M Kawana Printup West M 2000 Participation: 20.45% Total Annual Fund: $1,839.12 Total All Gifts: $1,839.12 1836 Club Sarah E. Mannle M Melissa Graham Meeks M❤ Jessica D. Salter M❤ Lisa A. Sloben M❤ Contributors Lindsay C. Abernethy M❤ Kelly Pharis Baete Julie M. Bailey-Wegner Amanda Driggers Grau M❤ Margaret Guiberteau Robyn A. Harris Catherine R. Hawkins M Patience Clark Keys Tiffany T. Noell M Alin M. Oskanyan Rhonda K. Pierce Amy R. Stone M Shauna L. Stotler-Hardy Joya T. Walker
2001
Hope McMichael Pendergrass M❤
Sherrie N. Randall M❤ Participation: 15.38% Jessica A. Rissmiller Total Annual Fund: $1,592.00 Elaina M. Winter Total All Gifts: $1,602.00 Fountain Club Brandy Morris Kirkwood M❤ 2004 1836 Club Participation: 9.82% Hannah Callender Highlander M Total Annual Fund: $5,890.48 Contributors Total All Gifts: $7,640.48 Melissa Bowen Brown M❤ Candler Circle Stacey L. Burton M Kaydian N. Jones M Yanira Chevere-Ralston M Benson Society Jywanya Smith Dillinger M❤ Julia C. Munroe M❤ Alethia Helmick Guyer M Fountain Club Sophia N. Hall Alexandra Aldica Willis M❤ Julia Tolley Harris Contributors Abbie Smoak Lacienski M❤ Mary Kathryn Borland M Stephanie Dunda Owens M❤ Juliana S. Cabrales M❤ LaTonya S. Parker M Carolyn D. Clarke M Anna L. Cornelious Jodi Miller Hardee M❤ 2002 Kelly L. Jones M Participation: 41.67% Erin Zinko McKenna M❤ Total Annual Fund: $3,341.00 Christine Harness Thompson M Total All Gifts: $3,811.00 Fountain Club Natalie Puckett Evans M❤ 2005 1836 Club Participation: 8.40% Catherine O’Kelley Fore M Total Annual Fund: $1,770.00 April L. Prince M❤ Total All Gifts: $1,770.00 Contributors Fountain Club Elsa George Antony Megan A. Quinn M❤ April Y. Austin 1836 Club Megan Beene Christine Saunders Forsythe M Suzanne Smith Burnett Ashling Thurmond Osborne M❤ Jennifer N. Calhoun Contributors Nisha Patel Chande Carolyn Gregory Colyar Sarah E. Chandler M Kathleen Loski Cummings M Crystal Rogers Cheyne M Zenda D. A. Davis M Andrea L. Clark Karen L. Kitchens M❤ Trista Dudich Clark Diana S. Lee M Megan Temple Cotter Heather Hughes Walter M Erin McGavin Dalton M Christina Aiken Young M❤ Erica Herrmann Fluet M❤ Chenny Q. Gan M❤ Carmen L. Hagin 2006 Elizabeth R. Herbers-Sanger Participation: 14.75% Taylor Johnson-English Total Annual Fund: $5,490.00 Kris Mayrhofer Justice Total All Gifts: $6,310.00 Erin James Justice Benson Society Bria Andrew Kitchens Amy M. Fletcher M❤ Alison Justus Mandell Sylvia M. Gonsahn-Bollie M Christen Bennett McGeathy Fountain Club Jody Swink Miles M❤ Mollie Elizabeth Hughes M❤ Isolo Izula Mpindu M Jaime Foxx McQuilkin M❤ Christina Miner Noble Vidal E. Olivares M❤ Lindsay Rosenquist Burns M Danielle C. Sawtell M Patricia Deal Perry M❤ 1836 Club Tarra Wall Powell Parrish Smotherman Jenkins M❤ Laurie Gibson Priban Jenna Miller Jones M❤ Nicole Reardon-Prince Contributors Calessa Wells Small Lauren Hamblin Beaty M❤ Becki Tanner Smith Allyssa M. Green M Saralyn Stephanie Stewart Amy Moore Martin Ebony Roberts Tate Catherine Zopfi Merschat M Kathryn E. Taylor Shannon L. Rupp M Kathryn Marshall Wilcher Claire Amy Schultz M Beth A. Williford M Amy E. Smith M❤ Anna Katherine Amacker Wherren M Melanie Reed Williams M❤ 2003 Kashae N. Williams Participation: 16.09% Total Annual Fund: $1,518.00 Total All Gifts: $1,518.00 2007 Fountain Club Participation: 21.43% Rachel A. Garcia M❤ Total Annual Fund: $2,490.04 Contributors Total All Gifts: $2,490.04 Danielle Wiggins Becker M Benson Society Bonne Boyd Bedingfield Dawn Peyton Nash M❤ Abbie Brannon Covenah M❤ 1836 Club Virginia E. W. Dicken M❤ Morgan L. Felts M Emily Neal Duke M❤ Jennifer Chafin Mize Tennille Everett-Battle M Contributors Stacey Strickland Heald LaKeisha D. Lowe M❤ Lois Chen Anastasia M. Cooper Oluwatoyosi Fatunase Onwuemene
Cindy M. Fountain M Melinda Fitzgerald Goggans Melissa A. Herndon Tiffany H. Johnson Ashley M. Nelson Jennifer C. Robinson M Mary Beth Barker Tolle M Lacey Lindquist Uhl Katharine Ownbey Whatley Angela O’Neal Wright M❤ 2008 Participation: 19.44% Total Annual Fund: $4,029.12 Total All Gifts: $4,029.12 Candler Circle Carla Ruiz-Ney 1836 Club Pragna Halder M❤ Angel Feightner Poe M Jan Giles Tedders M❤ Contributors Caroline M. Black Shih-Yu Chen M❤ Catherine E. Dermody M❤ Jessica E. Dermody M❤ Kathryn Lassiter Murphy M❤ Pamela C. Pinkston M Chelcey Berryhill Remstad Faith Z. Sumpter M Thuy T. Vo M❤ Stephanie Hood Wittry M❤ 2009 Participation: 4.49% Total Annual Fund: $889.00 Total All Gifts: $889.00 Fountain Club Katherine F. Kennedy M 1836 Club Laney J. Turner M❤ Contributors Kathy Reese McCollum M❤ Kimberly N. Minor 2010 Participation: 9.57% Total Annual Fund: $1,561.84 Total All Gifts: $1,561.84 Fountain Club Rachel A. Fullerton M 1836 Club Helen A. Likins M Contributors Kristen E. Applebee M❤ Freda Gaines M❤ Silvia Gheorghita M Naeemah C. Johnson M Mechelle L. McMullen M Kelly M. Scott Sarah Kaplan Van Buskirk M❤ 2011 Participation: 7.32% Total Annual Fund: $457.02 Total All Gifts: $457.02 Contributors Stacie R. Barrett M❤ Danise L. Bennett M❤ Shirley Mosher Blunk M❤ Sarah A. Hudson M❤ Kelly Page LawrenceM❤ Georgia Belle Thomas M❤ 2012 Participation: 17.57% Total Annual Fund: $1,450.15 Total All Gifts: $1,450.15 1836 Club Debra Carter Williams M Contributors Kelly C. Coquerel M Taylor Bishop Deal M❤
Hannah G. Doan M Mary Katherine Dunn M Cheyenne E. Foster M Suzzanne R. Griffiths M❤ Betsy W. Herlong M Marissa N. Martin Susan Yandle Middleton M Linton M. Mitchell Anna J. Plue M Danielle L. Ross 2013 Participation: 6.41% Total Annual Fund: $317.81 Total All Gifts: $317.81 Contributors Kendal C. Binion M❤ Devyn W. Foti M Francesca K. Landsman Meizi Li Sheila M. Walton 2014 Participation: 7.41% Total Annual Fund: $215.00 Total All Gifts: $215.00 Contributors Ashlee G. Day M Amanda M. Holliday M Brittainee R. Lee M Rebecca D. Navarre M Kelly M. Steele Esirioghene T. Tasker M 2015 Participation: 5.47% Total Annual Fund: $366.04 Total All Gifts: $486.04 Contributors Allison L. Callaway M Ekaterina R. Chernokova Zaynullina M❤ Kimberly Edgefield Hill M Christina R. Mayfield M Lauren E. Mitchell Rebecca A. Parker M Katherine N. Trietsch 2016 Participation: 7.07% Total Annual Fund: $363.25 Total All Gifts: $413.25 Contributors Mallory N. Jones M Katlian Blair Liles Alton Ranard Mattox Chandra T. Norman M Alannah Shelby Rivers M Julie Benge Rogers M❤ Aastha Sharma M 2017 Total Annual Fund: $168.70 Total All Gifts: $168.70 Benson Society Susan Brown Allen M❤ Contributors Auburn A. Davidson Ashley G. Herman M Maddison D. Kight Chia-lin Lin M Keshika N. Marambe DeSira E. Palmer M Annabel Rodriguez
Why I Give by Parrish Smotherman Jenkins ’06
My Wesleyan story is not unique. Like many others, I had the privilege to attend Wesleyan all four years with scholarship assistance, and I graduated with the certainty that I would give back to Wesleyan as thanks for my formative years on campus. The giving recognition pins on the nametags at the registration table for my first Alumnae Weekend reunion were a mark of that commitment to give, and I have relished my pins ever since. The changes on campus since my senior year are yet another reminder of our collective giving, including new academic buildings, serene green spaces, and student programs. Giving is easy when I see the impact of alumnae giving year after year. The Annual Fund was a comfortable place to begin making my gifts, and the Society for the 21st Century was a natural progression. Including Wesleyan in my estate plans was as easy as contacting Susan Allen in Wesleyan’s Advancement Office at (478) 757-5133 or sallen@wesleyancollege.edu to request a simple form to complete and return. As a financial advisor with Edward Jones, I help clients organize, build, protect, and transfer their wealth, not only for retirement income, but for their desired legacies. One strategy I employ is directing required minimum distributions (RMDs) from retirement accounts to charitable organizations and institutions. This qualified charitable distribution transfers an RMD tax free. What better way to help Wesleyan! The Annual Fund and the Society for the 21st Century are simple opportunities to provide a meaningful impact today. Your legacy could be another Wesleyanne’s future. Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
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Susan Cartledge Barker 1982 Deena Harrell Cherry 1980
Carol Burt 1964 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Virginia Bowen Maier 1964 Frances Strickland Masse 1964 Sally Hutchinson Vermillion 1964
Dorothy Groh Cutler 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Marian Lynn Abney 1988 Gwen Futral Gallagher-Howard 1988
Bettye Withers Barnes 1942 Julianne Withers Roland 1953
Sylvia C. Abney 2009 Josephine Cheezem Abney 1981
Kay Carroll Barnes 1960 Gloria Boyette 1960 Martha Bell Lewis 1960 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960
Patricia Bonner Burton 1962 Carol Burt 1964
Johnnie Mae Davis Tennille L. Everett-Battle 2003
Ashley E. Bush 2019 Ashley B. Darby 2020
Whitney A. Davis Carol Burt 1964
Mary Anne Patton Butler 1947 Mary Anne Butler Brocato 1987
Laura Treadway de Martino 1967 Carol Burt 1964 Kathleen L. DeBerry Baskin Kathleen DeBerry Brungard 1967
Thomas L. Bass * Carol and Jerome P. Tift
Lynn Carithers Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Carol Burt 1964 Carol Bacon Kelso 1973
Lauren Hamblin Beaty 2006 Brandi T. Vorhees
Charles M. Carmichael Amy Armstrong Carmichael 1998
Danalyn and Edwin Akins Leesa Akins Flora 1987
Eileen V. Begin 1980 Winifred Clements Begin 1952
John T. Carmichael Amy Armstrong Carmichael 1998
Agnes D. Albright 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Sarah Berks 2017 Kendal C. Binion 2013
Peggy Pierce Chandler 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Susan Brown Allen 2017 Elizabeth Jane Allen Carol Burt 1964 Lynn Carithers Sally Moffett McKenna 1975 Mary Ainsworth Mitchell 1947 Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989 Mary Catherine Collins O’Kelley 1972 Patrenice Guthrie Thomas 1996
Alexis Xides Bighley 1967 Diane A. Lumpkin 1963 Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989
Nadine Cheek 1979 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961
Richa Adhikari 2015 Riya Adhikari 2018 Riya Adhikari 2018 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Mary Katherine Dunn 2012 Cindy M. Fountain 2007 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 W. Quinn Hudson Meizi Li 2013 Stephanie Dunda Owens 2001 Heather Hughes Walter 2005 Wesleyan College Alumnae Association
Jill Amos 1987 Julie Benge Rogers 2016 Jeanie Denton Anderson 1955 Jerrye Griffeth Short 1949 Eric A. Anderson Luleen Sandefur Anderson 1958 Georgia Milligan Arthur 1951 Jane Arthur Berry 1993 Kelly Pharis Baete 2000 Lindsay C. Abernethy 2000 Dorothy Whittington Bailey 1999 Sherry L. Boyd 1997 Libby Bailey Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Jackie Turner Bailey 1962 Carol Burt 1964 Suravi Bantawa 2019 Michael J. Parella Brenda Lee Barclay 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Louise Barfield Catherine Bradach Rockoff 1978 Natalie Brewton Barfield 1954 Sylvia L. Ross 1992 64
Anna Pyeatt Bartko Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Patricia W. Bass Kel-Ann S. and James W. Eyler B.J. Molpus Posey 1970
Holly L. Boettger-Tong Vivia L. Fowler Mary Kathryn Borland 2004 Julie A. Jones Sherry V. Neal 1996 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann 1968 Carol Burt 1964 Brooke F. V. Bosley 2016 Frances A. and Thomas T. Bosley Betty Jo Watson Bowdre 1949 Mildred Roads Griffith 1949 Beulah Laslie Brinson 1958 Harriet Laslie Reynolds 1962 Rebecca Jones Brock 1972 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Elizabeth Rogers Kelly 1972 Hazel Mims Mathis 1973 Mary Catherine Collins O’Kelley 1972 Lynn Golson Priester 1972 Jane Speir Brook 1976 Debra J. Brook and Family Joanna Buffington and Dean Brook Janet Rumler Brooks 1978 Janet L. Keys 1978 Marianne R. Brotschul 1985 Jill Amos 1987 Denise Cheek Brown 1989 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Jan Bull Burgess 1970 Elizabeth Martin Bunte 1968 Suzanne Harris McAliley 1970
Deena Harrell Cherry 1980 Susan Cartledge Barker 1982
Mary Helen Pope Daniel 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Monica Harper Dekle 2004 and Andrew Dekle Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Flo Williams Douglas 1967 Deborah Wedgworth Altman 1972 Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989 Betty Hall Dunn 1947 Derrill Dunn McRae 1971 Hale Coble Edwards 1973 Linda Brown Walker 1973 Paige Hawkersmith Edwards 1981 Mary Langel Stults 1981
Jo An Johnson Chewning 1966 Suzanne Spence Joyce 1966
Mildred Fincher Efland 1942 Mack Paul Efland III Chris E. Orlie
Bebe Paulette Chrismon 1979 Wendy Hamm
C. Edward Eikner Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961
Andrea L. Clark 2002 Jody Swink Miles 2002 Sherrie N. Randall 2003
Glennda Kingry Elliott 1965 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Kristin N. Claus 1989 Lisa D. Shiveler 1987 Jane Price Claxton 1968 Anne C. Krabacher Hillary Rodham Clinton Ashley Garrett 1990 Jyoti Danes Coffelt 2005 Mary Kathryn Borland 2004 Frances Oehmig Collins 1947 Preston M. Collins, Jr. Anne M. Cordeiro 1992 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Anna L. Cornelious 2004 Mary Kathryn Borland 2004 Rosemary Harrington Courville 2006 Toni and Kevin Harrington Gloria Sandefur Cox Luleen Sandefur Anderson 1958 Laurel Dean Gray Craft 1946 and T. Fisher Craft Susan Brown Allen 2017
Beth and Emile F. Evans Mary Kathryn Borland 2004 James B. Ferrari Holly L. Boettger-Tong Arline Atkins Finch 1956 Lucy Guggenheimer Ross 1964 Gayle Attaway Findlay 1955 Ann H. Weldon Roger L. Flora Leesa Akins Flora 1987 Helen Poole Fontsere’ 1959 Virginia Poole Lee 1961 Rosalyn Moye Forsyth 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Devyn W. Foti 2013 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Vivia L. and Richard Fowler Susan Brown Allen 2017 Nancy S. Bailey Nancy C. Cornett Leesa Akins Flora 1987 Anne C. Hanse Janet L. Keys 1978
Ruth A. Knox 1975 Andrea G. Williford
Patricia R. Hardeman 1968 Patricia Chapman DuBose 1981
Julie A. Jones Carol Burt 1964
Gena Roberts Franklin 1971 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971
Katharyn E. Hart 2003 Jane A. Dolan
Suzanne Spence Joyce 1966 Jo An Johnson Chewning 1966
Sirena S. Fritz Alison E. Evans
Sally Thorp Heath 1957 Holly T. Heath 1985
Rhoda Morrison Joyner 1962 Marybelle Proctor Menzel 1962
Jean Cain Gaddis 1961 Martha Kinsey Skirven 1961
Jane Epps Henry 1947 Pamela Henry Pate 1971
Suzanne Woodham Juday 1969 Susan Brown Allen 2017
Chenny Q. Gan 2002 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961
Betsy W. Herlong 2012 Elizabeth V. and David W. Herlong
Carol Bacon Kelso 1973 Ruth A. Knox 1975
Karen D. Garr 1969 Betty Hood Lydick 1969 Pamela Henry Pate 1971
Brooke N. Hester 2018 Ashley B. Darby 2020
Krissy Kemp Jody Swink Miles 2002
Dorothy Rhoden Hicks 1962 Marybelle Proctor Menzel 1962
Heather Preuss Kent 1996 Kristin Conley Lamble 1996
Clinton G. Hobbs Erinne Guice Hatchett 1995
Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Paul H. Anderson, Jr. Leesa Akins Flora 1987 Ruth A. Knox 1975
Ashley Garrett 1990 Sherry V. Neal 1996 Janet Mewbourne Genest 1965 Margaret Parr-Recard 1965 Casey Thurman 1965 Mary Russell George 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Patricia Gibbs Sarah R. and Andre Huscko Robyn Grimes Gobin 2006 Sylvia M. Gonsahn-Bollie 2006 Marsha McDonald Godsey 1966 Jo An Johnson Chewning 1966 Suzanne Spence Joyce 1966 Leigh Lambert Goff 1978 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Alice Childs Golson 1945 Beth Childs Brooks 1966 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Jane Mulkey Green 1942 * Toma W. and Arnold P. Mulkey, Jr. Linda Smith Gregg 1969 Betty Hood Lydick 1969 Judy Woodward Gregory 1963 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960 Wesleyan College Alumnae Association Eleanor Laslie Griffin 1960 Harriet Laslie Reynolds 1962 Charlotte Jolly Hale 1962 Rhoda Morrison Joyner 1962 Marybelle Proctor Menzel 1962 Linda Eaker Hall 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Rhonda Helton Hambright 1982 Caroline Thomas 1981 Lynette E. Hamilton 2019 Jill Amos 1987 Ellen Futral Hanson 1983 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Kay Watkins Hanson 1961 Ellen Futral Hanson 1983
Jane Morgan Hogan 1949 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Quintress L. Hollis Julie A. Jones Virginia Ann Daniel Holman 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Mary Ann Pollard Houghland 1960 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Mary Ann Howard Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Carol Burt 1964 Lynn Carithers Ruth A. Knox 1975 Anne Scarborough Hughes 1978 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Mollie Elizabeth Hughes 2006 M. Elizabeth Hughes 2006 and Benjamin Kantor Anne Scarborough Hughes 1978 Norma Mullings Hunt 1961 Eileen Mullings Smith 1964 Betty S. Hurdle Kirk Treible Ann McDonald Hurt 1964 Susan McDonald Sheehan 1972 Alison Charney Hussey 1993 Melanie Filson Lewis 1993 Janet Friberg Jarrett 1978 Louise H. and Richard E. Friberg Janet L. Keys 1978 Parrish Smotherman Jenkins 2006 Claire Amy Schultz 2006 Toni L. Jennings 1971 Linda G. Anderson 1971 Katherine Wilson Johnson 1968 Elizabeth Martin Bunte 1968 Victoria Wilson Logue 1960 Mary Helen Johnson 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Gracie Knox Seeley Foti Ruth A. Knox 1975 Barbara N. Abercrombie 1964 May Morgan Ackerman 1994 and Robert K. Ackerman Dianne Brannen Adams 1969 Betty Smith Addison 1951 Hannah L. Allen 1980 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Debra McGee Ambrose 1984 Natalie Brewton Barfield 1954 Sylvia Hutchinson Bell 1963 Kimberly S. Berry Harriett Willis Bevil 1954 Carolyn Bowman Biggs 1975 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann 1968 Gloria Boyette 1960 Kathy A. Bradley 1978 Beulah Laslie Brinson 1958 Rebecca Jones Brock 1972 Denise Cheek Brown 1989 Margaret Craig Bryant 1963 Carol Burt 1964 Bettie S. Causey Elizabeth Bockmiller Ceranowski 1994 Susan Powers Champion 1974 Marina Showalter Chancery 1975 Nadine Cheek 1979 Deena Harrell Cherry 1980 Marsha Lynn Christy 1973 Jane Price Claxton 1968 Barbara Walker Coburn 1954 Anne M. Cordeiro 1992 Nancy C. Cornett Sheila A. Davis 1994 Whitney A. Davis Jane Mobley Dickey 1948 Kendall Bowles duToit 1991 Hale Coble Edwards 1973 Glennda Kingry Elliott 1965 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Alison E. Evans Kel-Ann S. Eyler Merry M. and A. Donald Faulk, Jr. Anne Holderfield Ficken 1960 Arline Atkins Finch 1956 and Ronald M. Finch, Jr. Susie Lovette Fischer Dobbyn 1975 Leesa Akins Flora 1987 Helen Poole Fontsereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1959 Gail Bacon Ford 1979 Christine Saunders Forsythe 2005
Mary Graham Ponder Foster 1973 Cindy M. Fountain 2007 Vivia L. Fowler Ruth White Fruit 1954 Mary Russell George 1964 Charlotte Getz Gerken 1959 Sylvia M. Gonsahn-Bollie 2006 Andrea Morris Gruhl 1961 Lisa Sherman Hammond 1975 Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn 1949 Martha Bielmann Hastings 1952 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hays Sally M. Heard Elizabeth V. and David W. Herlong Catherine L. Hinman 1975 Denise W. Holloway Virginia Ann Daniel Holman 1975 Debra Henderson Hoobler 1973 Barbara Tjia Huang 1975 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Sarah A. Hudson 2011 Anne Scarborough Hughes 1978 Mollie Elizabeth Hughes 2006 Jenna Miller Jones 2006 Emmie Carlton Johnson 1949 Dana Karstensen-Bryan 1999 Elizabeth Rogers Kelly 1972 Carmella Christopher Kelsey 1959 Carol Bacon Kelso 1973 Janet L. Keys 1978 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Mary Coble Kirkley 1975 Kari Goellner Kitchens 1991 Andrew H. Knox Pat Rimmer Knox-Hudson 1958 Virginia Harshbarger Lamback 1966 Janet M. Lawrence 1980 Lindsay Lemasters Lewis 1980 Martha Bell Lewis 1960 Kathleen Russell Leysath 1974 Rebecca Edenfield Lingerfelt 1971 Margaret Strickland Lovein 1975 Diane A. Lumpkin 1963 Nan G. Maddux 1975 Julia H. Magda Ann Yarbrough Mallard 1962 Mary Stephens Malone 1980 Patricia Shriver Mancuso 1960 Charlotte Thomas Marshall 1963 Nancy Van Aken Marti 1964 Joseph G. Martin, Jr. Larrie Del Martin Monty T. Martin Lucile Adams Mathews 1966 Hazel Mims Mathis 1973 Harriett E. Mayo 1971 Janice A. Mays 1973 Frances Callaway McCommon 1947 Carolyn Martin McCrea 1965 Wadra Garner McCullough 1983 Rita Parker McGarity 1975 Sally Moffett McKenna 1975 Darla Grinstead McKenzie 1978 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960 Jody Swink Miles 2002 Beverly F. Mitchell 1968 Andrea R. Moody 1964 Julie J. Moore Anne McGee Morganstern 1958 Susan M. and B. Douglas Morton III Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989 Mulberry Street United Methodist Church Members Laurinda Murphy Norris 1978 Ann Parsons Odum 1954 Elizabeth C. and W. Michael Ogie Mary Catherine Collins Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kelley 1972 LaTrelle Blackburn Oliver 1962 Nancy Jackson Osmundsen 1972 Joyce Paris 1954 Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2017
Pamela Henry Pate 1971 Hope McMichael Pendergrass 2003 Laura E. Perdue 1978 Charlotte Smith Pfeiffer 1966 Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope 1984 Jane Gardner Preston 1976 Lynn Golson Priester 1972 Stephen A. Reichert Helen Anne Richards 1980 Wanda Maynard Schroeder 1980 Sheila Leto Scott 1961 Claudia Crawford Seyle 1982 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Susan McDonald Sheehan 1972 Mary M. Sloop Katherine Champion Smelley 1965 Sara E. Smith 1947 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Debra D. Stockton 1974 Martha Bradford Swann 1947 Artemisia Dennis Thevaos 1952 and Theo Thevaos Julie St. John Thornton 1978 Sandra Davis Townley 1975 Elizabeth G. Tripp Stella Tsai and Ken Deaton Barbara Betts Tuck 1960 Caroline Eagerton Upperco 1953 Tina M. Valdes 1995 Marilyn A. Vickers 1967 Linda Brown Walker 1973 Susan Woodward Walker 1970 and Otey Walker III Jane Powers Weldon 1959 Susan C. Wheelis 1995 Judith L. Whitaker 1975 Lisa L. and G. Mason White Tom B. Wight Allison McFarland Wilcox 1980 Andrea G. Williford Mary Amerson Willingham Burt 1960 Janet Eidson Woods 1975 Abbie Smoak Lacienski 2001 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Jennifer L. and Dana L. Smoak Eleanor Adams Lane 1958 Jill Amos 1987 Luleen Sandefur Anderson 1958 Julia G. Baldwin Nancy C. and Donald J. Cornett Clarice Pittman Elder 1958 Glennda Kingry Elliott 1965 Temple Wilson Ellis 1958 Vivia L. Fowler Beverly Castle Guild 1958 Medra Lott Keyser 1958 Pat Rimmer Knox-Hudson 1958 Martha Carter Middlemas-Bryant 1958 Betty Nunn Mori 1958 William W. Oliver, Jr. Jane Howard Reinmuth 1958 Stella Girardeau Russell 1958 Kim M. and Rick Lanford Mary Dale and Donald M. Kea Pastors of Central District Janet M. Lawrence 1980 Beverly F. Mitchell 1968 Janet M. Lawrence 1980 and Lindsay Lemasters Lewis 1980 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann 1968 Melinda S. Fraiser 1980 Peggy Jones Hall 1983 Kelly Russell 1980 66
Martha Bell Lewis 1960 Anne Holderfield Ficken 1960
Rita Parker McGarity 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975
Jane Lowe Payne 1957 Joan Maddox Sammons 1957
Melanie Filson Lewis 1993 Mary Kathryn Borland 2004
Michael C. McGhee Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961
Susan Glover Logan 1966 Elizabeth Gibbons Montis 1966 Casey Thurman 1965
Michael D. McKinney Frazer B. Lively
Lora Tolley Peppard 1998 Julia Tolley Harris 2001 Mary Sue and Ron Tolley
Margaret Strickland Lovein 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 LaKeisha D. Lowe 2003 Grace A. Albright 2020 Richard H. Lowrance Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Betty Hood Lydick 1969 Pamela Henry Pate 1971 Dorothy DuPuis Mackin 1938 Lawrence Williams Hillary Jarrett Maedel 2008 Louise H. and Richard E. Friberg Barbi Magid Lisa Morgan Edwards 1987 Richard P. Maier Wesleyan College Alumnae Association Virginia Bowen Maier 1964 Marjorie Bowen Graham 1971 Nedra Martin Malone 1965 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Keshika N. Marambe 2017 Emily Neal Duke 2003 Nancy Van Aken Marti 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Cynthia H. McMullen 1976 Marsha L. Jackson 1976 Helen K. McMullen Cynthia H. McMullen 1976 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960 Gloria Boyette 1960 Eleanor Laslie Griffin 1960 Tena N. Roberts 1960 Alex Merritt Jody Swink Miles 2002 Beverly F. Mitchell 1968 Carol Burt 1964 Gail E. Webster
Rose Lockwood Pietrogallo Teresa A. Lawson 1997 Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope 1984 Lauren M. Poston 2019 Mary Jo Fincher Plowden 1968 Carol R. Griffin Kathy R. Hawkins Mary Elizabeth Plowden Wallace W. Plowden III Sydney H. Sams Marilyn Stamps Joy L. Stanley Sherryl Senna Pollard 1972 DeRon McCurdy Senna 1952 Carol King Pope 1959 Gloria Garrett Seymour 1969
Mary Terrell Mitchell 1959 Kea Hoover Mitchell 1995
Stephen A. Reichert Stella Tsai and Ken Deaton
Sharon Bressoud Mladucky 1992 Linda Maria Willson 1964
Barry Rhoades Holly L. Boettger-Tong
Donna Ashley Moore 2005 Jaime F. McQuilkin 2006
Shannon Rico Jody Swink Miles 2002
Nancy Moore Amy Moore Martin 2006
Mary Helen Hall Ringe 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Betty Nunn Mori 1958 and Jean Mori Jean S. Hyman
Tena N. Roberts 1960 Anne Holderfield Ficken 1960 Elizabeth Rogers Kelly 1972 Mary Lisa Boyer Millican 1983 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Betty Nunn Mori 1958 Elizabeth Mori Lauer Mary Smith Morris * Teresa Morris Futral 1991
Sylvia L. Ross 1992 Dianne Brannen Adams 1969 Glenda Barrett Bull 1964
Vorenter Morris Linton M. Mitchell 2012
James D. Rowan Amanda I. Rowan 2020
Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989 Ann and James L. Moses
Evelyn Bernstein Sacks 1949 Libba Cook Smith 1949
Claire Michaels Murray 1952 Susan Brown Allen 2017
Dartha L. Saltmarsh Wanda Saltmarsh Hopkins 1970
Daley L. Nix Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971
Shamila N. Sarwar 2016 Michael J. Parella
Zoe M. Nuhfer 2018 Mary Susan Bardsley
Joyce Reddick Schafer 1955 Jeanon M. Massien 1984
Ann Parsons Odum 1954 Dale Odum Barrow 1960
Harriet Holland Schmitt 1962 Frances Sharon Faris 1962
Rebecca Tuten McClain 1979 Loisanne Tatum Robins 1979
Janet L. Ort 1978 Janet L. Keys 1978
Wanda Maynard Schroeder 1980 Holly L. Boettger-Tong
Frances Callaway McCommon 1947 Charlene C. and William W. Baxley, Jr. Clair McCommon Smith Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Martha Bradford Swann 1947 Gloria M. Wynn
Ermine M. Owenby 1961 Susan Brown Allen 2017
Yehudi B. Self-Medlin 1996 Sherry V. Neal 1996
Jocelyn N. Parks 2017 Ashlee G. Day 2014
DeRon McCurdy Senna 1952 Sherryl Senna Pollard 1972
Pamela Henry Pate 1971 Linda Brown Walker 1973
Delaney Hayes Sheppard 2014 Jill Amos 1987
Ellen Beard Martin 1968 Elizabeth Martin Bunte 1968 Monty T. Martin Carol Burt 1964 Julie A. Jones Christina R. Mayfield 2015 Lisa P. Mayfield Angela McAfee 1976 Jill Amos 1987 Suzanne Harris McAliley 1970 Jan Bull Burgess 1970 Jane Kollock McCall 1946 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Beverly Burgess Meadors 1946
Janet Williams Sills 1978 Janet L. Keys 1978
Reba Thurmond 1957 Joan Maddox Sammons 1957
Harriette James Simmons 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Jena Forehand Tinsley 1997 Stephanie Pate Lewis 1997
Elizabeth S. Sims 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Ashley Tomlin Tara Joyner Haussler 1990
Frances White Skoglund 1964 Carol Burt 1964
Ellen Cobleigh Tomter 1971 Marilyn A. Vickers 1967
Becki Tanner Smith 2002 Jody Swink Miles 2002
Joy B. Trulock 1946 Susan Lott Clark 1946
Wesleyan Class of 1970 Purple Knights Ann Scott Terry 1970
Betsy Palmer Smith 1960 Dale Odum Barrow 1960
Frances Bruce Van Horn 1953 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Wesleyan Class of 1971 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971
Debbie Jones Smith 1976 Judith Lane Brown 1983
Angela Weddington Varisco 2001 Abbie Smoak Lacienski 2001
Jennifer L. and Dana L. Smoak Abbie Smoak Lacienski 2001
Anna E. Varisco Abbie Smoak Lacienski 2001
Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Carol Burt 1964 Leesa Akins Flora 1987 Carol Bacon Kelso 1973 Janet M. Lawrence 1980 Melanie Filson Lewis 1993 Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989 DeSira E. Palmer 2017 Pamela Henry Pate 1971 Tena N. Roberts 1960 Jeanette Loflin Shackelford 1961 Andrea G. Williford
Ansley Varisco Abbie Smoak Lacienski 2001
Wesleyan Class of 1972 Green Knights Rebecca Jones Brock 1972 Mary Catherine Collins Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kelley 1972 Susan McDonald Sheehan 1972
Maria Kristina Stanley 2006 Jaime F. McQuilkin 2006
Susan Woodward Walker 1970 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960 Wesleyan College Alumnae Association
Nancy A. and James E. Staub Elizabeth Hodges McKeever 1996
Sally Hutchinson Vermillion 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Brandi T. Vorhees Julie A. Jones Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Linda Brown Walker 1973 Pamela Henry Pate 1971
Wesleyan Class of 1967 Golden Hearts Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Wesleyan Class of 2002 Purple Knights Elsa George Antony 2002
Wesleyan Class of 1968 Green Knights Ellen Beard Martin 1968 Beverly F. Mitchell 1968 Babs Richardson Pirkle 1968 Jo Slover Smith 1968
Wesleyan Class of 2003 Golden Hearts Elaina M. Winter 2003
Wesleyan Class of 1980 Green Knights Patricia Darwin Fussell 1980 Kelly Russell 1980 Wesleyan Class of 1982 Purple Knights Cynthia E. Bell-Lee 1983 Jennifer Houser Chapin 1982 Rebecca Moore Robbins 1982
Mary Ellen Skowronek Sutphin 1982 Peggy Jones Hall 1983
Gail Thompson WebsterPatterson 1964 Susan Brown Allen 2017
Wesleyan Class of 1990 Purple Knights Karene Harron Nebel 1990
Nina Sheppard Terrell 1958 Sandra Combs Lewis 1961
Wesleyan Class of 1950 Ann Messink Ross 1950
Donna Waites Terrill 1987 Lisa D. Shiveler 1987
Wesleyan Class of 1957 Sandra Deisch Ringdahl 1957
Melissa Lane Thomas 1969 Betty Hood Lydick 1969
Wesleyan Class of 1958 Purple Knights Eleanor Adams Lane 1958 Joan Nachbaur Rathbun 1958
Karen Moore Thomson 1967 Carol Burt 1964 Julie St. John Thornton 1978 Ruth A. Knox 1975
Wesleyan Class of 1959 Golden Hearts Harriett Johnson Bell 1959
Casey Thurman 1965 Judith Johnson Highsmith 1967
Wesleyan Class of 1966 Sandra Grist Woods 1966
Wesleyan Conservatory Betty Tillman Hodges 1948 Judith L. Whitaker 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975
Andrea G. Williford Susan Brown Allen 2017 Carol Burt 1964 Lynn Carithers Janet M. Lawrence 1980
Heather Hughes Walter 2005 Timothy R. Walter
Wesleyan Class of 1949 Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn 1949
Wesleyan College Institutional Advancement and Alumnae Staff Kimberly S. Berry
Melanie Reed Williams 2006 Jaime F. McQuilkin 2006
Faith Z. Sumpter 2008 Sherry V. Neal 1996
Philip D. Taylor Kel-Ann S. Eyler
Wesleyan College Institutional Advancement Staff Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Wesleyan Class of 1985 Julie Bowman Kimbrell 1985 Wesleyan Class of 1987 Golden Hearts Leesa Akins Flora 1987
Leah Marcile Taylor Jeanne Norton Rollberg 1979
Wesleyan College Board of Trustees Leesa Akins Flora 1987
Wesleyan Class of 1984 Cynthia E. Bell-Lee 1983
Patricia Hammock Wall 1970 and Joseph A. Wall Susan Brown Allen 2017
Mary Towers Weese 1966 Jo An Johnson Chewning 1966 Suzanne Spence Joyce 1966
Wesleyan College Alumnae Board of Managers Leesa Akins Flora 1987
Virginia Bowman Wilcox 1990 Kel-Ann S. and James W. Eyler Karen L. Kitchens 2005 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Ruth Powell Storts 1993 Melanie Filson Lewis 1993
Suelle M. Swartz 1967 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Wesleyan College Crystal Hunter Flathman 1964 Paula Hunt Geiger 1956
Wesleyan Class of 1991 Golden Hearts Melissa Malone Constable 1991 Kari Goellner Kitchens 1991 Wesleyan Class of 1995 Golden Hearts Susan C. Wheelis 1995 Wesleyan Class of 1996 Green Knights Monica M. Santamaria 1996 Wesleyan Classes of 1999-2003 Soccer Teams Elaina M. Winter 2003 Wesleyan Class of 1999 Golden Hearts Dana Karstensen-Bryan 1999
Linda Maria Willson 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Charlotte Nicole Wilson 2017 Emily Neal Duke 2003 Stephanie Hood Wittry 2008 Jaime F. McQuilkin 2006 Adrianne E. Woodward 2014 Martha Jean Laslie Woodward 1954 Martha Jean Laslie Woodward 1954 Harriet Laslie Reynolds 1962 Elizabeth Howe Wright 1988 Jill Amos 1987 Hilda A. Wright 1965 Carol Burt 1964
Wesleyan Class of 2000 Green Knights Alin M. Oskanyan 2000 Wesleyan Class of 2001 Red Pirates Yanira Chevere-Ralston 2001
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Gifts in Memory oF Hazel G. Redfearn Adams Juliette Adams Hawk 1957 Amelia A. Alderman 1975 Carolyn Bowman Biggs 1975 Marie P. Allen Bianca Venuto Towler 1998 Betty M. Andrews Margaret Andrews Willis 1974 Sandy Wilton Andrews Margaret Andrews Willis 1974 Katherine Hall Arnold 1937 Katherine Arnold Hale 1970 Betty Gragg Austin 1942 Susan Gragg Cash 1949 Charles E. Averett Connie J. Averett 1984 Sara and Hobart Ballou Allyn Ballou Veatch 1968 Evelyn Wright Banks 1914 William N. Banks, Jr. Donald A. Barkley Elizabeth Martin Bunte 1968 Katherine Wilson Johnson 1968 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Nina Senn Baskin Sandra B. Baskin Thomas L. Bass Robert G. Aldrich Hannah L. Allen 1980 Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Fletcher C. Anderson William H. Anderson II Julia G. and Cecil A. Baldwin, Jr. Alexis Xides Bighley 1967 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann 1968 Kathy A. Bradley 1978 Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP Mary Anne and Frank S. Chew Betty Claire Manning Clark 1961 Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Donald J. Cornett Glennda Kingry Elliott 1965 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Kel-Ann S. and James W. Eyler Barbara W. Flournoy Vivia L. Fowler Gena Roberts Franklin 1971 and George W. Franklin Jackie Herron Gilmer 1976 and Harry W. Gilmer Judy Woodward Gregory 1963 Ann and J. Ellsworth Hall III Betsy K. and Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Kay and Sam Hollis Larry Kemper Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971
Ruth A. Knox 1975 Margaret Strickland Lovein 1975 Margaret T. MacCary Joyce M. and T. Baldwin Martin, Jr. Beverly F. Mitchell 1968 Betty Nunn Mori 1958 and Jean Mori Debbie Stevenson Moses 1989 Mary Catherine Collins Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kelley 1972 William W. Oliver, Jr. Beverly K. and Edmund E. Olson Stephanie E. Parker 1981 Bebe and Albert P. Reichert, Jr. Stephen A. Reichert Lois J. Reitzes Rivoli Garden Club Kim D. and Frederick M. Schnell Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Casey Thurman 1965 Jerome P. Tift Susan Woodward Walker 1970 and Otey Walker III Geovette E. Washington 1989 Wesleyan College Alumnae Association Kay B. West Tom B. Wight Troyanne Battles 1991 Catherine Lee Harp 1991 Kristin Van Brero Yashko 1991 Margaret Dusenberry Beard Ellen Beard Martin 1968 Mary Launius Beauchamp 1949 Richard Harmon Beauchamp Eleanor and Morris Beller Lorinda Lou Beller 1964 Vivian Majors Bird 1930 Barbara Bird McLendon 1960 Elizabeth Gill Blalock 1929 Elizabeth Blalock Butler 1959 Bebe Blalock Littles 1961 Arnold S. Blum Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 John Albert Bornmann, Jr. Eve L. Birmingham 1968 Margaret Wilson Boswell 1964 Victoria Wilson Logue 1960 Pamela Watkins Young 1964 Sallie Touchton Boyette Gloria Boyette 1960
Addison Moore Burt Carol Burt 1964
Caroline Hopkins Brown 1952 Mary Eva Bryan DuBose 1952 Louise Scales Brown Hale Coble Edwards 1973 Mary Graham Ponder Foster 1973 Carol Bacon Kelso 1973
Jo Anne F. Miller Robert E. Mozley Linda L. Pernell LaDonna M. Tucker
Louise Dunaway Burt Carol Burt 1964
Sarah McGee Creech 1955 Phyllis Clough Davis 1955 Thyrza White McClure 1955
Kathryn Stripling Byer 1966 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Kathy A. Bradley 1978 Nadine Cheek 1979 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Bernice C. Stripling
Virginia Butler Daniel Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Nan G. Maddux 1975 Rita Parker McGarity 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Helen Simmons Cary 1854 George R. Cary, Jr. Sara C. and Peyton H. Champion Katherine Champion Smelley 1965 Ella Anderson Clark 1862 Susan Leonard 1965 Gayle Clark 1968 Ruth Anne Gray Randolph 1968 James S. Clark Jeannice Hammond Clark 1954 Elizabeth Stuckey Clarke 1960 Frances Oehmig Collins 1947 Elizabeth Stephenson Clayton 1926 Edgar H. Clayton III Mary Anderson Comer 1943 John D. Comer Sherrille J. Compain Melissa Malone Constable 1991 Jennifer A. Johnson 1992 Hope Hahn Shields 1991 Michelle Toole Westbrook 1991 Jonathan T. Conyers Lindsay C. Abernethy 2000 Kelly Pharis Baete 2000 Emily Helmick Guyer 2001 and Chad H. Guyer Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cook Autumn Cook Ireland 1954 Irene Hand Corrigan 1897 William E. Baird, Jr. Joseph Malcolm Cowart Valerie E. Cowart 1980
Irene Neal Brewer 1935 Catherine I. Brewer
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Anne Thornton Reynolds 1973 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Emma Cox Gail Dixon Mann 1974 Thomas Fisher Craft Susan Brown Allen 2017 Ann M. Fincher Ann H. and William G. Hays, Jr. Ruth A. Knox 1975 Jane Kollock McCall 1946
Colleen Sharp Davis 1924 James S. Davis Katrina Goellner Dean 1993 Kari Goellner Kitchens 1991 Margaret M. Decker 1975 Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Virginia Ann Daniel Holman 1975 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Sally Moffett McKenna 1975 Grace Jackson Dennington Diane Dennington Robertson 1970 Ruth Anderson Dillon 1962 James R. Dillon, Jr. Natalie Jenella Drake-Covington Kay Hickman Beasley 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Jean Wheat Dykes 1947 Yvonne Dykes Hartig 1970 Sarah Cook Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reagan 1997 Margaret King Edenfield Judy Woodward Gregory 1963 Hattie Belle Lewis Elliott 1932 Marian Elliott Lewis 1974 W. Tinsley Ellis Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Mr. and Mrs. William W. Ewing Ann Ewing Shumaker 1963 Christiana I. Ezenwugo Chiebonam Ezenwugo Ezekwueche 1996 Cuyler W. Findlay Marguerite J. and Elliott H. Sisson, Jr. Beth Hankinson Fitch 1960 Kay Carroll Barnes 1960 Tina Edler Flanagan 1991 Elizenda M. Ceballos 1991 Jean Cowart Fleming 1948 Jane Mobley Dickey 1948
* deceased
Cordelia Dessau Holliday 1948 Fran H. Sanford
Mae Eason Hall 1946 Diana Hall Richardson 1969
William J. Hinson Frances Oehmig Collins 1947
Margaret Moffett Jones 1948 Peggy Jones Cobb 1974
Annie Lou Lovett Fletcher Mollie Elizabeth Hughes 2006
Kara Barnes Hamlett Gloria Boyette 1960 Martha Bell Lewis 1960 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960 Tena N. Roberts 1960
Essa Churchwell Holland Harriet Holland Schmitt 1962 Catherine Schmitt Whitaker
Brady Elton Jordan Ellen Futral Hanson 1983 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975
Nancy Williams Holliman 1954 Beth Holliman Boswell 1977
Helen Youngblood Kendrick 1951 W. Moffett Kendrick
Roslyn Atkinson Harden 1949 Francina Brock Kern 1949
Allee Gardiner Hollis 1951 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Ralph L. Ketcham Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Nancy Cook Forehand 1973 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Betty Clower Fowler 1968 Martha Clower Thomas 1964 Cooper Fuller Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Kathy A. Bradley 1978 Jane Johnson Butler 1965 and G. Marshall Butler Gayle Attaway Findlay 1955 Marjorie Bowen Graham 1971 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Tena N. Roberts 1960 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Frances Bruce Van Horn 1953 Bob Fulmer Jean Cain Gaddis 1961 David E. Fulton Autumn Cook Ireland 1954 Courtney Knight Gaines 1951 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Lois Burgay Gaunt Elizabeth Gaunt Bryan 1954 Ruth Dunkin Gellerstedt 1920 Jeanne Gellerstedt Hicks 1950 Kathrine King Gering 1970 Deborah Giugni McMillan 1970 George W. Gignilliat, Jr. Jane Powers Weldon 1959 Lillian Gong 1953 Ann Harrell Saunders 1953 Rosemary Watters Goodloe Carol A. Goodloe 1975 Julie D. Granum Susan Cobb Middlebrooks 1965 Jane Mulkey Green 1942 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Mildred Fincher Efland 1942 and Mack P. Efland, Jr. Henrietta H. Kilpatrick Ruth A. Knox 1975 Sally Moffett McKenna 1975 Mary Catherine Collins Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kelley 1972 Tena N. Roberts 1960 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Frances Bruce Van Horn 1953 Elaine Wood Whitehurst 1953 Mary Laslie Grodner 1955 Harriet Laslie Reynolds 1962 Beth Carstarphen Hagerman 1974 Dianne Carstarphen Bowman 1969
Edward J. Harrell Saralyn H. DeSmet Ellen Futral Hanson 1983 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Christine P. Harshbarger Tena N. Roberts 1960
Dianne Dempsey Holman 1965 Elizabeth Harman Godbold 1965 Carolyn Martin McCrea 1965 Casey Thurman 1965
Mildred Shirah Kight 1936 Leila K. Kight 1968 Anne Morrison Killebrew 1946 Susan Lott Clark 1946 Karen Faught Grice 1974
Lamar E. and C. Monty Hood, Jr. Robin Hood Geisler 1968
Gloria Euyang King 1948 Mary Euyang Shen 1946
Calvin Houghland Mary Ann Pollard Houghland 1960
Marjorie Savage Kirkpatrick 1937 Sue Ann Savage Truitt 1963
Margueryte T. Hughes Kathryn Nettles Clark 1970
Margaret Evans Knox 1937 Peg K. and John H. Morrison, Jr.
Mary Goss Hughes 1963 Susan Brown Allen 2017 Julia G. Baldwin Margaret Craig Bryant 1963 Elizabeth Wingfield Dick 1962 and Jeffrey A. Dick Judy Woodward Gregory 1963 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Susan Taylor King 1963 Ruth A. Knox 1975 William W. Oliver, Jr. Virginia Barber Perkins 1963 Karen Connor Shockley 1963 Ann Ewing Shumaker 1963 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Patricia Hammock Wall 1970 Sally Irwin Williams 1963
Joy Johnson Kopp 1951 Robert G. Kopp
Andrew H. Heyward III Hannah L. Allen 1980 Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Kathy A. Bradley 1978 Jean P. Dennis Judy Woodward Gregory 1963 Carol Inman Heyward 1960 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Betty Nunn Mori 1958 William W. Oliver, Jr. Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Charles Sprayberry Susan Woodward Walker 1970 and Otey Walker III
William H. Hurdle Lauren Hamblin Beaty 2006 Taylor Bishop Deal 2012 Evelyn Leatherman Griffin 1997 Tamara H. Gruber Christy Henry Jenna Miller Jones 2006 Rick Lanford Leolene and Ben Tate Kirk Treible Harriet H. Wade
Sharron Mays Lawn 1971 Janice Moody Cayton 1971
Jack L. Hutcheson 1949 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Martha Echavarria Livingston 1990 Sylvia Shellenberger
Virginia Starnes Hickman 1948 Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971
Henry S. Jennings, Jr. Betty Nunn Mori 1958 and Jean Mori
Frances Cobb Hart 1951 James W. Hart Toni Slocumb Hatcher 2012 Freda Gaines 2010 Angela Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal Wright 2007 William J. Hauver Jill Hauver Celeste 1994 James B. Hawk Sally Moffett McKenna 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Joyce Gilliland Hayes Brandy M. Hayes 1998 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Ronald L. Helton Rhonda Helton Hambright 1982 Lavenia Burt Henderson Carol Burt 1964 Marie Eads Burch Hendrix Dorothy Hendrix Hope 1962
Martha Newsome Hines 1887 Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Florence Hand Hinman 1895 William E. Baird, Jr.
Neil Andrew Jacobs Judy Hopkins Jacobs 1967
Anna L. Kuykendall 1995 Susan C. Wheelis 1995 Sara Griffin Perkins Landry 1980 Hilda Cook Hilliard 1981 Martha Benton Lane 1958 Eleanor Adams Lane 1958 June Benton Webb 1957 Ann Draughon Lary 1953 Joan Jennings Norton 1953 Ava Lowe Lawman 1944 David G. Lawman
Ruby L. Layson 1949 Faith Munford Price 1949 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Elizabeth Yost Lea 1954 Frances Yost Knight Joan Laslie Livingston 1952 Harriet Laslie Reynolds 1962
Deborah Van Horn Long Danielle Lodge Ann Lott Billy Robinson
Jean Roberts Johnson 1923 Laura Johnson Fowler 1957
Marjorie A. Lowrance Frances and Fernando La Rosa
Dee Bray Joiner 1960 Kay Carroll Barnes 1960
Albert Laurence Luce, Jr. Susan Brown Allen 2017
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Charles Edward Maddox Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Brenda Mulvihill O’Quinn 1987 Carla T. Asbell Dennis 1987
Susan Joyce Scenna 1976 Melissa Worley Callahan 1976
Susan Perry Maddox 1975 Susan Ewing Maddox 1969
Pauline Ondo Pat Ondo Hurley 1969
Jacqueline Ward Schontzler 1953 Joann Wilkes Williams 1953
Jack Martin Julie Benge Rogers 2016
Sarah Jones Pafford 1934 Martha Pafford Schindhelm 1968
Ruth Hardeman Schubring 1950 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Suzanne Spradling Martin 1967 Robert S. Martin
Susan Higgins Parry 1955 Thyrza White McClure 1955
Gwendolyn Sorrell Sell 1967 Marilyn A. Vickers 1967
Merline Maund Priscilla Gautier Bornmann 1968
Frank Linton Patterson III Ruth A. Knox 1975
Virginia and James Semler Lou Ellen Semler Boyes 1969
Sarah Thornton and Jefferson Dewitt McGee Anne McGee Morganstern 1958
Jane Chapman Peck 1953 Ruth Chapman Ham 1957
Margaret Duckworth Sewell 1949 Aimee Morris Lashley 1996
Louise Carroll Pharr 1920 Carroll Ricketson Bolton 1973
Jane I. Shirah Susan Brown Allen 2017 Gayle Attaway Findlay 1955 Claire Houser-Dodd 1953 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Margaret T. MacCary Deborah Bell Roberds 1975
Ella Clare McKellar 1907 William E. Baird, Jr. Elva Kensinger McWilliams 1929 Nan N. McWilliams 1966 Stephanie M. Mercer 2005 Christina Aiken Young 2005 Darlene Debault Mettler Matthew R. Martin Peggy Likins Templeman 1996 Janet McPhaul Middlebrooks 1962 Martha Payne Mitchell 1957 Betty Wilkinson Mills 1945 Julia C. Munroe 2004 Purna C. Mohanty Monica Mohanty 2018 Susan C. Monteith 1964 Lorinda Lou Beller 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Andrea R. Moody 1964 Flora Alice Blair Moore Karen Moore Thomson 1967 Barbara Morgan Abbie Smoak Lacienski 2001 Carolyn McCall Morgan 1972 Joyce Rice Ellison 1972 Jane Kollock McCall 1946
Judith Roe Phillips 1961 Thomas E. Phillips Joel Plum Libby Bailey Helen Lydia and William R. Poole Charlotte Poole Harrell 1956 Cary Langford Purvis 1977 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Lynn B. Moses 1977 Frances Smith Ramsey 1949 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Betty Davidson Rice 1950 Josephine Russell Campbell 1950 Elizabeth Futrelle Richardson 1958 Beulah Laslie Brinson 1958 Leila Smith Ricketson Anne Ricketson Zahlan 1959 Mary Sharpe Robinson 1939 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Edna Roach Rogers 1947 Margaret Derby Champlin 1947 Harold E. Roland, Jr. Merrilyn Welch Eastham 1953
Jeanette Harris Morgan 1941 Elizabeth S. Sims 1964
Margaret Ann “Mollie” Ross Michele L. McDuffie 1999
Mary S. Morris Mary Raines Caldwell 1991 Katherine S. Compain 1991 Teresa Morris Futral 1991
Mark L. Rowe Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Morrow, Sr. Teresa D. Morrow 1979 Eunice Ann Christine Munck 1938 Patricia Chapman DuBose 1981 Olivia Lopez Hartenstein 1965 Vera and Paul Nachbaur Joan Nachbaur Rathbun 1958 Gawaine Clayton Neal Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Barclay Stith Rybarczyk 1964 Lorinda Lou Beller 1964 Carol Burt 1964 Nancy Van Aken Marti 1964
Cornelia Shiver 1925 Harriett E. Mayo 1971 Duane Peter Sichveland Babs Richardson Pirkle 1968 Mary and Joseph Silverman Jane Silverman Mason 1966 Mildred Gower Sims 1927 Carolyn Sims Brooks 1956 Mattie and Rembert Sisson Martha Sisson Gaston 1957 Evelyn Hamrick Slaton 1951 Robin Chesney Hopkins 1951 Wayne A. Slaton Central Baptist Church of Spruce Pine, NC Felicia B. Cothran Susan and John R. Guyton Frances Knott Smith 1932 Barbara Smith Woodson May DeLacy Jessup Smith Kathryn Smith Vinson 1999
Joseph R. Stiles Vivia L. Fowler Susan Pyeatt Kimmey 1971 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Lindy R. Stohlberg Vivia L. Fowler Ruth A. Knox 1975 Tracy Van Horn Strickland Davis Tena N. Roberts 1960 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Thelma Fraser Strickland 1977 and Earl Strickland Ellen S. Clann Eva Heath Sullins 1947 Beth Sullins Hughes 1975 William P. Swartz III Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Suelle M. Swartz 1967 Betty Moss Swygert 1954 Donald R. Swygert Suzanne Tante 1992 Katherine S. Compain 1991 Carole Ernest Thompson 1963 Margaret Craig Bryant 1963 Karen Connor Shockley 1963 Ann Ewing Shumaker 1963 Rhenda Cook Spence 1963 James Earl Thornton Susan Brown Allen 2017 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Andrea Louise Tissier 1973 Devon Roll Marianne Nunn Tolleson 1945 Terry Tolleson Wood Trudy Wilson Topolosky 1956 Medra Lott Keyser 1958 Frances S. Towns Patty Pearce Cardin 1968 Urban Von Ulshafer Kevin L. Ulshafer
Jean Cone Snooks 1945 Betty Snooks Moses 1975
Charles B. Upshaw, Jr. Ruth A. Knox 1975 Andrea G. Williford
Edith McPherson Spencer and Jack M. Spencer Marion Spencer Bluestone 1966
Bertha Usher Rebecca Tuten McClain 1979
Mary Smith Starr 1944 Margaret Smith Carruth 1942
Patricia Jones Vanderpool 1971 Glenda Harkins 1971
Sally Fambrough Sanders 1955 James R. Sanders, Jr.
Robert Lee Steed Nancy Peterson Shaw 1958
Emily Whitaker Vickers 1942 and Marion W. Vickers Marilyn A. Vickers 1967
Jeannette Sapp Dawn Sapp Taylor 1978
Kathryn Gibbs Steinbruegge 1945 Anne Holderfield Ficken 1960
Marynell Sampley Waite 1940 Mary Abbott Waite 1968
Valentine Snelling Savoie 1969 Diana Hall Richardson 1969
Ericka S. Stewart 2002 Crystal Rogers Cheyne 2002 Bria Andrew Kitchens 2002 Tarra Wall Powell 2002 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971
Halle Mitchell Walker Susan Brown Allen 2017 and William H. Allen Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Julia C. Munroe 2004
Annie Riley Sawyer 1925 Louise Sawyer Whipple 1958
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* deceased
Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Susan Woodward Walker 1970 and Otey Walker III Phyllis M. Ward Marsha W. Roberts Marion Allison Webb 1949 Emily Hancock Bredeson 1949 Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn 1949 Julia Weathers Wynne 1949 Wesleyan Class of 1958 Purple Knights Deceased Classmates Sarah Duncan Kinsey 1958 Wesleyan Conservatory Renee’ Rousseau Tillery 1949 Nancy Black Wheatley 1950 Josephine Russell Campbell 1950 John Hoofnagle Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wheeler Teresa M. Wheeler 1976 Marion Legg Whitaker Kay Hickman Beasley 1975 Millie Parrish Hudson 1975 Ruth A. Knox 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Sarah Hague White 1975 Barbee A. Dyer 1976 Ida Stephens Williams 1940 Jane Williams Tarman 1974 John D. Williams III Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Beverly J. Blain Winder Jeri L. Ellis 1978 Mary Jenkins Winders 1935 Melissa S. Traver “Parks n Rec” South Georgia S3 Group Betty Stewart Wingfield 1938 Elizabeth Wingfield Dick 1962 Jean Gilbert Witcher 1966 Elizabeth Girlinghouse Bernard 1966 Ruth Dunagan Wood 1962 Rhoda Morrison Joyner 1962 Dickson Sylvester Woodward Ruth A. Knox 1975 Cathy Coxey Snow 1971 Julia Munroe Woodward 1934 Shari Richardson Arrington 1971 Glennda Kingry Elliott 1965 Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill 1960 Corawayne Weller Wright Ann M. and Blakeley Bruce Ruth Kasey Yost 1928 Frances Yost Knight Tsoo Yi Zia 1933 Janie Chien Golden 1986
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hannah L. Allen ‘80 Julia G. Baldwin Alexis Xides Bighley ‘67 Priscilla Gautier Bornmann ‘68 R. Lawson Bryan Candy Burgess Jane Johnson Butler ‘65 J. Cannon Carr, Jr. Robert J. Edenfield Glennda Kingry Elliott ‘65 Chiebonam Ezenwugo Ezekwueche ‘96 William A. Fickling III Gayle Attaway Findlay ‘55 Amy M. Fletcher ‘06 Leesa Akins Flora ‘87 Vivia L. Fowler Gena Roberts Franklin ‘71 Judy Woodward Gregory ‘63 Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. J. Cal Hays, Jr. Susan Pyeatt Kimmey ‘71 Margaret T. MacCary Michael McCord Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68 Debbie Stevenson Moses ‘89 Andy H. Nations Elizabeth C. Ogie Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer ‘63 Elizabeth H. Pickett Amy V. Rauls Bryndis W. Roberts ‘78 T. Alfred Sams, Jr. Ninfa M. Saunders Yehudi B. Self-Medlin ‘96 Jennifer Stiles Williams ‘93 Mary Beth Brown Swearingen ‘89 Susan Woodward Walker ‘70 Geovette E. Washington ‘89 Kay B. West
BOARD OF MANAGERS Jane Price Claxton ‘68 Leesa Akins Flora ‘87 Catherine O’Kelley Fore ‘02 Ashley Garrett ‘90 Carol Bacon Kelso ‘73 Abbie Smoak Lacienski ‘01 Janet M. Lawrence ‘80 Melanie Filson Lewis ‘93 Jaime Foxx McQuilkin ‘06 Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68 Lynn B. Moses ‘77 Sherry V. Neal ‘96 Cathy Coxey Snow ‘71 Allison McFarland Wilcox ‘80
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Susan B. Allen Senior Development Officer Whitney A. Davis Director of Annual Giving Millie Parrish Hudson ‘75 Director of Development Julie A. Jones Director of Advancement Services Monty Martin Advancement Services Specialist Lisa A. Sloben Curator of Collections Cathy Coxey Snow ‘71 Director of Alumnae Affairs Amanda Wiggs Alumnae Engagement Officer Andrea Williford Vice President of Institutional Advancement
EMERITUS TRUSTEES William H. Anderson II Betty Turner Corn ‘47 Cathy Cox Gene A. Hoots L. Bevel Jones III Robert E. Knox, Jr. Ruth A. Knox, President Emerita William M. Matthews Dennie L. McCrary Betty Nunn Mori ‘58 Sam Nunn William W. Oliver, Jr. Marvin R. Schuster
The recognition extended to those listed in this publication is one small way to thank the many contributors to Wesleyan College between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. An asterisk indicates a donor deceased prior to publication. Italicized names in the class giving section indicate the alumna gave to Wesleyan via a planned gift. Although every attempt was made to ensure accuracy, it is possible that errors may have occurred. We apologize for any inconvenience such errors may cause. We encourage you to call any corrections to our attention by notifying Julie Jones, director of advancement services, at jjones@ wesleyancollege.edu or 478-757-5130. Thank you. Please note that publication of the names of contributors is strictly for the purpose of grateful acknowledgement by Wesleyan College; no other use of these lists is authorized. Wesleyan Wesleyan Magazine Magazine Winter Winter 2017 2017
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