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FALL/WINTER 2010

Vol. 34- No. 3

An American Master

Susan Wagner Lacy 70 created highly acclaimed PBS series

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CONTENTS

Features

Trio of New Deans Sets Pace
for Restructured University

Collaborations are key as leaders conceptual

An American Master

Susan Wagner Lacy's passion sparked stellar PBS

Stamp of Justice

Crusade seeks U.S. Postal Service recognition of J

Alumni College on the Road

Ecuador offers an exciting and educational dm

Departments

4 On Campus
14 UMWArts
16 Sports

38 Q&A

39 Book Report

40 Get the Picture?

41 Notable & Quotable

44 Alumni Board

45 Class Notes

74 Closing Column

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On the cover: Susan Wagner Lacy "70 was photographed
by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, whose portraits are in the
collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan
Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the National Portrait
Gallery, among others. In 2004, 700 of the New York City
photographer's art world portraits were accepted into the
permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Greenfield-Sanders is a contributing photographer at Vanity
Fair magazine.

On this rJ| RKfdents were fired up during Spirit
Week pJBreding Homecoming, Oct. 23. At a Thursday
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UNIVERSITY OF MARY

ON CAMPUS

UMW Says Good-bye to
Longtime Friend

The University of Mary Washington lost one of its dearest friends Nov. 2, 2010, with
the passing of Arabelle Laws Arrington '41 . She and her husband of 57 years, the

late Walter N. Arrington, worked
side by side building their successful
Arrington Motor Sales and Alwington
Farm in Warrenton, Va.

Arrington fell in love with Mary
Washington when she and her
mother, Blanche Laws, first visited
campus in 1937. In turn, Arrington
made it possible for others to
attend the University, and she gave
tirelessly to ensure that "her school"
maintained and honed its excellence.

Throughout most of her 89
years, Arrington gave generously
to Mary Washington, including
substantial gifts to the Fund for Mary
Washington, the Jepson Alumni
Executive Center, and Friends
of the Philharmonic Orchestra.
She established challenge grants
for nearly $500,000 in part for
Arrington Scholarships for children
of UMW faculty and staff. She was
the honorary chair of the 1998 Centennial Campaign, which raised more than $75
million.

In recent years, Arrington turned her support toward scholarships, endowments,
and University projects about which she cared passionately. "I would like for
young people not to have to struggle to pay for school," she told University of Mary
Washington Magazine in 2006. "If I can alleviate some of those fears about how to pay
for college, I will be happy."

What the energetic alumna gave in dollars she more than matched in service
to her alma mater. She served on the Mary Washington Board of Visitors and the
Alumni Association Board of Directors, and she was president of the Foundation
Board of Directors. Her enthusiasm for Mary Washington inspired countless students
to attend the school.

UMW recognized Arrington with an honorary degree, the Doctor of Humane
Letters, in 1998 and named Arrington Hall in her honor.

Arrington was an active, civic-minded resident of Warrenton and Fauquier
County, and she was a devoted member of the Warrenton Baptist Church.

Contributions in her memory may be made to University of Mary Washington,
1119 Hanover St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401.

Arabelle Laws Arrington

Mary Washington

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Executive Editor: Anna Barron Billingsley
Managing Editor: Neva S. Trenis '00
Editorial Board: Jack Bales, William B. Crawley Jr.,
George Farrar, Torre Meringolo, Marty Morrison,
Cynthia L. Snyder '75, and Martin A. Wilder Jr.
Designer: AJ Newell
Graphic Artist: June Padgett

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UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Great Lives Returns

The spring 2011 semester marks the eighth annual
offering of the Chappell Lecture Series, Great Lives:
Biographical Approaches to History. From Martin Luther
to Mickey Mantle, from Abigail Adams to Oprah Winfrey,
the popular series lineup includes some of history's most
fascinating figures, discussed by some of today's foremost
biographers.

The 2011 program features recently published works
by acclaimed authors. These include the biography of
George Washington by Ron Chernow, whose previous
studies of Alexander Hamilton and John D. Rockefeller
won widespread praise. Other featured works are
biographies of Cornelius Vanderbilt by JT. Stiles, winner of
the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in biography, and Abigail Adams by
Woody Holton, winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize in
2010.

The upcoming series also includes a number of
nationally renowned biographers as speakers. Among
them are religious scholar Martin Marty, who will speak
on Martin Luther; British historian Jeremy Black on James
Bond; Newsweek's Evan Thomas on John Paul Jones; and
jazz critic Gary Giddins on Louis Armstrong.

Noted humor historian Thomas Inge of Randolph-
Macon College will analyze the life and work of Peanuts
creator Charles Schulz. Discussing Amelia Earhart will
be Susan Butler, whose biography of the famed aviator
served as a basis for the popular 2009 movie starring
Hilary Swank.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1961
Freedom Rides, bus rides organized by James Farmer
to desegregate public transportation in the South,
University of South Florida professor Raymond Arsenault
will talk about the Freedom Riders. His lecture will be in
conjunction with a special showing on campus of a new
documentary on that important aspect of the civil rights
movement. Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley will
discuss another iconic figure of the movement, Rosa Parks.

Also timed to highlight a milestone is Charles J. Shields'
presentation on Harper Lee, whose enduring To Kill a
Mockingbird was published 50 years ago.

Former UMW political science professor Stephen
Farnsworth, who is now at George Mason University, will
speak on Lyndon Johnson. UMW Associate Professor of
English Mara Scanlon will discuss Walt Whitman.

The series will conclude with a lecture on Oprah
Winfrey by America's best-known - and frequently
controversial - celebrity biographer, Kitty Kelley.

Books are available for purchase and for signing by the
author following each lecture. For more information, call
the UMW Special Events Office at 540/654-1065.

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Jennifer Burns, assistant professor of history,
University of Virginia

Thursday, Jan. 20 - Martin Luther

Martin E. Marty, professor emeritus,
University of Chicago

Tuesday, Jan. 25 - Charles Schulz

M. Thomas Inge, professor of humanities,
Randolph-Macon College

Thursday, Jan. 27 - Abigail Adams

Woody Holton, associate professor of history
and American studies, University of Richmond

Tuesday, Feb 1 - Custer/ Sitting Bull

Nathaniel Philbrick

Thursday, Feb. 3 - Louis Armstrong

Gary Giddins

Tuesday, Feb. 8 - Joseph Pulitzer

James McGrath Morris

Tuesday, Feb. 1 5 - Walt Whitman

Mara Scanlon, associate professor of English, UMW

Thursday, Feb. 17 - Harper Lee

Charles J. Shields

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Thursday, Feb. 24 - George Washington

Ron Chernow

Thursday, March 10 - John Paul Jones

Evan Thomas

Thursday, March 24 - Lyndon B. Johnson

Stephen Farnsworth, assistant professor of
communication, George Mason University

Tuesday, March 29- Amelia Earhart

Susan Butler

Thursday, March 31 - The Freedom Riders

Raymond Arsenault, professor of Southern
history, University of South Florida

Thursday, April 7 - Mickey Mantle

Jane Leavy

Tuesday, April 12 - James Bond

Jeremy Black, professor of history,
University of Exeter

Thursday, April 14 - Cornelius Vanderbilt

T.J. Stiles

Tuesday, April 19 - Rosa Parks

Douglas Brinkley, professor of history,
Rice University

Thursday, April 21 - Oprah Winfrey

Kitty Kelley

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UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

ON CAMPUS

Diverse Class
Greeted by Hurley

and Host of Activities

In August, President Richard V. Hurley offered a hands-
on welcome to a freshman class of 966 students. In the
sweltering temperatures of move-in day, Hurley circulated
around campus, greeting new students and their parents.
He even got down on his knees and helped assemble one
new student's bunk bed.

After pitching in to help with the bed, Hurley extended
his hand to the student, Emma Eggers "14. "I'm the
president. I just wanted to welcome you," he said.

Eggers is among a diverse class of students. Of the 966

entering students, 171 are from 25 states outside of Virginia,
including New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania,
Maine, New Hampshire, Texas, and Colorado. The class
includes international students from Ethiopia, Romania,
France, and Spain. Twenty percent of the students identified
themselves as Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska native,
Asian, Black or African American, or Native Hawaiian or
other Pacific Islander.

Members of this year's freshman class scored high on
SAT tests, with the middle 50 percent scoring between 540
and 630 in critical reading, 530 and 600 in math, and 530
and 610 in writing. The middle 50 percent scored between
24 and 26 on the ACT, formerly the American College
Testing program. The middle 50 percent of UMW freshmen
graduated from high school with a grade-point average
between 3.29 and 3.85.

President Hurley, in the left photo directly above, welcomed new students to the grounds of Brompton for an ice cream social of
amazing proportions, as shown in the adjacent photograph. Hurley spent the previous day helping students move in.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Orientation 101: Upperclassmen became familiar with new living space in Eagle Landing, top left, especially enjoying the rotunda.
The Eagle provided a friendly welcome to all incoming students as they participated in recreational and service activities.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE ■ FALL/WINTER 2010

Service is a Way
of Life at UMW

UMW made the President's Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll for exemplary, innovative, and effective
community service programs. The honor was presented to
COAR, UMW's Community Outreach and Resources program,
whose 500 students volunteered nearly 6,600 hours in the
community during the 2009-10 academic year. COAR also was
recognized this year by the American Red Cross and Stafford
County, Va.

The annual Higher Education Community Service Honor
Roll award, which is administered by the Corporation for
National and Community Service, recognizes more than 700
colleges and universities for their impact on issues ranging
from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice.

COAR members assisted more than 22 Fredericksburg-

area schools and agencies last year, including Habitat for
Humanity, the Thurman Brisben Center, the Fredericksburg
Area Food Bank, Friends of the Rappahannock, the American
Red Cross, and Mary Washington Hospital. Over the past two
years, COAR has more than doubled its number of service
hours to the community.

The Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Red Cross
recognized COAR for the second consecutive year with
the College Campus Award for its outstanding blood drive
program. During the last academic year, the UMW students
collected 594 pints of blood for the Red Cross. COAR also was
honored as a Community Partner for its tutoring program
at Stafford Junction, a partnership in Stafford County's Olde
Forge neighborhood.

The student group also made an impressive showing as
host of the University's inaugural Relay for Life, a volunteer-
driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer
Society. Last spring, COAR raised awareness and more than
$35,000 to help save lives from cancer.

Keltzy Bahena, 6, plays checkers
with UMW freshman Heather
Marshall (top right) at the
Bragg Hill Family Life Center
in Fredericksburg in October.
At left, as part of freshman
orientation, students work
together to clean up the banks
of the Rappahannock River,
less than a mile from the
Fredericksburg campus.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Fundraiser Makes

Indelible Mark

on UMW Play Lab

Who would have had any inkling that UMW's new Play Lab,
which offers play-based learning for children with autism,
would get a financial boost from a tattoo parlor?
The weekend of Sept. 11 and 12, 100 percent of the

proceeds from tattoos
purchased at Jack Brown's
Tattoo Revival in Fredericksburg
were donated to the Play Lab,
which is run by UMW students
and assists children with autism
spectrum disorders.

It was the shop's fourth
annual charity event for a
Fredericksburg-area grass-roots
group. The turnout on the first
Niccle Myers

day of the event was the largest the shop has ever had for a
charity fundraiser.

"It was unbelievable. We were packed. We had probably
20 people waiting from 10:30 on in the morning," Brown
told the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Stor. When he opened on
Saturday morning, a $20 donation had already been slipped
under the door.

Nearly $10,000 was raised during the weekend. Several
customers requested a tattoo of a puzzle piece, a symbol that
has become associated with autism.

Nicole Myers, UMW associate professor of education,
oversees the Play Lab. Proceeds from the fundraiser will
provide scholarships for families
who are unable to afford the
Play Lab or who are already
overwhelmed by expenses from
other autism-related therapies.

Myers said she hopes the
Play Lab will provide therapy in
the Fredericksburg area for local
children whose parents have had
to drive to Northern Virginia or
Richmond for assistance.

UMW

PLAY LAB

Mary Washington
Gets Rave
Reviews

National independent evaluations give
UMW high marks for both quality and
value. The Princeton Review called UMW
a public bastion of the liberal arts in
Virginia, saying it is "not too big and not
too small" and that Mary Washington
offers "a private school education at half
the cost."

The highly selective Fiske Guide to
Colleges 2011 named UMW one of the
top 21 "Best Buys" in public education in
America - the only institution of higher
education in Virginia, Maryland, or
Washington, D.C., to make the list.

The guide praised the school's
fine education, reasonable price, and
lovely campus. "Strolling among the
university's elegant buildings of red
brick with white columns has led more
than one pleased parent to declare,
'Now this is what a college should look

like.' The University of Mary Washington
offers a first-rate liberal arts education.
It has the feel of a private school with a
public school price tag, and is an option
that should be explored."

Here's a sampling of more of the
national buzz about UMW:

- U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Best
Colleges, the most widely read annual
college guide, ranked UMW 13th in

the South among master's-granting
institutions and fifth among public
institutions.

- Forbes.com 2010 listing of
America's Best Values ranked UMW
the 13th best public college and 58th
among all universities in America. Of
the 600 undergraduate institutions that
the magazine considers the nation's
best, UMW placed in the top 20 percent,
ranking No. 121.

- The Peace Corps' 2010 list of Top
Producing Colleges and Universities
ranked UMW No. 2 among small
colleges and universities. As of February
2010, 23 alumni were Peace Corps
volunteers.

- Kiplinger's Personal Finance
magazine's 100 Best Values in Public
Colleges named UMW to the 2010 list.
The magazine ranked UMW the 38th
best value for in-state tuition costs and
42nd when comparing out-of-state
tuition.

- Princeton Review included UMW in
its list of the 700 Best Value Colleges for
2010, which featured the top 50 public
and the top 50 private U.S. colleges and
universities. It also featured UMW in its
2010 edition of The Best 371 Colleges.

- Shine, an online Reader's Digest
magazine, called Mary Washington A
Top Financial Find.

-The American Enterprise Institute's
national Diplomas and Dropouts
survey found that UMW had the third-
highest graduation rate among "very
competitive" Southern schools.

- Parade magazine's College A-List
for the 201 0-2011 academic year

said UMW "combines the very best
personalized community qualities of a
liberal arts college with the diversity and
curricular breadth of a university."

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

ON CAMPUS

College of Business

Marks its Official Launch

Students in Creativity in Management class participated in
a historic moment July LThey became official members
of the UMW College of Business.

Professor of Management and Marketing Margaret
Mi halted her lecture, and Acting Dean of the College
Larry Penwell entered the Chandler Hall classroom along
with several other business faculty members. Penwell
presented a proclamation declaring that day the official
start of the College of Business.

Daniel Steen

Changing Faces

on the BOV

In July, Virginia Gov. Robert F.

McDonnell appointed two new

members to the UMW Board of

Visitors: Holly Tace Cuellar '89

of Virginia Beach and Joseph

R. Wilson of Fredericksburg.

The governor also reappointed

Xavier R. Richardson, who will

serve a second term. Cuellar and

Wilson, who succeed C. Maureen

Stinger '94 and J. William Poole,

each will serve a four-year term that expires June 30, 2014.

The 12-person Board named Daniel K. Steen '84 of

Arlington as rector and Pamela J. White '74 of Baltimore as

vice rector. Steen, who succeeds Nanalou West Sauder '56,

and White will serve two years in these positions. Patricia

Branstetter Revere '63 of Midlothian, Va., will serve her

second term as secretary.

Richardson is executive

vice president of corporate

development and community

affairs for Mary Washington

Healthcare. In this capacity,

he also serves as president of

Mary Washington Hospital and

Stafford Hospital foundations.

Cuellar was the Hampton

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Holly Cuellar '

coordinator in the Office of the Attorney General in Norfolk,
where she maintained and supported an educational
program for Virginia schoolchildren. She also served on the
City of Virginia Beach Gang Task Force and was a regional
manager for the Keeping Virginia Safe and Strong programs.

In addition, Cuellar served as family coordinator on Gov.
McDonnell's inaugural committee, a political director during
McDonnell's campaign for governor, and a deputy scheduler
in the Office of the Attorney General. She also served as
legislative aide to McDonnell when he was a representative
to the Virginia House of Delegates.

Wilson is owner and chief executive officer of PermaTreat
Pest Control in Fredericksburg. The one-time Fredericksburg
City Councilman is vice chairman of the board of the
Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce and a
member of both the Commonwealth Pesticide Control Board
and the Virginia Fire Services Board. Wilson serves on the

Fredericksburg Alliance Board of
Directors, the Mary Washington
Hospital Foundation Board of
Trustees, and the finance and
community benefits committees
with the Mary Washington
Healthcare Board of Trustees.
Among his honors, Wilson
has been named Virginia's
Small Business Person of
the Year by the U.S. Small
Business Administration, was
the recipient of the Prince B. Woodard Citizenship Award
by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce,
and was named Distinguished Citizen of the Year by the
Fredericksburg Chapter of the Jaycees.

Joseph Wilson

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Small Business
Development
Center Reaps
Big Rewards

Brian J. Baker '84, executive director of
the University of Mary Washington Small
Business Development Center (SBDC),
received the 2010 Virginia Small Business
Development Centers State Star Award.

In addition, the UMW SBDC has
received full reaccreditation by
the Association of Small Business
Development Centers, the national
accrediting body for SBDCs under
contract with the U.S. Small Business
Administration.

"The Small Business Development
Center is a tremendous asset for this
region," said UMW President Richard V.

Hurley. "The center helps entrepreneurs
start and grow businesses by offering
management training, one-on-one
counseling, research, and other support.
Brian's award-winning operation is key
to the University's renewed efforts to
promote economic development, serve
as a business and professional resource,
and work with partners to solve local
problems."

Baker, director of the UMW center
for eight years, was selected for the
State Star Award from a statewide field
of nominees who are Virginia SBDC
employees. He received the award
for his leadership as chairman of the
VSBDC Customer Strategies committee,
his creation of the web-based VSBDC
Resource Small Business Toolbox, and
his work as host of the live monthly
VSBDC program NetTalk.

"This is a shared success," Baker
said. "We have a very talented and
committed team and a supportive home

Brian J. Baker, executive director of the
UMW Small Business Development Center,
received a statewide award.

at the University of Mary Washington."
During the past five years, clients of the
SBDC, based at UMW's Stafford campus,
have experienced more than $44 million
in sales growth, created and retained
2,500-plus jobs, and invested more than
$46 million in business projects.

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Chemistry Professor
Receives UMW
Service Award

Kelli Miller Slunt '91, UMW professor of chemistry, was
recognized for her contributions to the University and her
involvement and leadership in the community. She received
the J. Christopher Bill Outstanding Faculty Service Award.

Slunt joined the Mary Washington faculty in 1995, served
as chair of the UMW Department of Chemistry for six years,
and led the chemistry program's successful accreditation
by the American Chemical Society. Slunt, who received a
doctorate in chemistry from the University of Virginia, has
served on numerous departmental and academic committees
and is equally devoted to service outside the institution.

With the UMW American Chemistry Society student
affiliate, Slunt developed Make Chemistry Your Possibility, a
promotional video for elementary students. (Watch it on
YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3RIRv2Tx7Y)
She created after-school science enrichment programs for
elementary and middle school students, and she volunteers
as an exhibits interpreter at the Science Museum of Virginia in
Richmond.

Slunt developed the Science Inquiry in the Environment

Chemistry Professor Kelli Slunt, right, works with Jennifer
Sustar '13. Slunt was recognized for her devotion not only to
students, but also to the community.

program through a $200,000 grant from the Virginia
Department of Education Mathematics and Science
Partnership. The program provides inquiry-based science
content and support for more than 70 elementary school
teachers in four school districts.

The Outstanding Faculty Service Award is named for
"Topher" Bill, a member of the UMW teaching faculty from
1972 until his unexpected death in 2001.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

ON CAMPUS

Celebrity Chef Doesn't
Spare the Salt at

Fredericksburg Forum

Fredericksburg Forum went culinary in September with
Anthony Bourdain, chef, TV personality, and outspoken
best-selling author. The always engaging and often
profane Bourdain, wearing his signature slim jeans, jacket,
and white button-down shirt, packed a sold-out Dodd
Auditorium with die-hard fans, chefs, and mystified
Bourdain-neophytes.

The one-time work-a-day cook is grateful for his
celebrity and pop culture's new-found obsession with chefs.
Recently celebrating the 100th episode of his Emmy Award-
winning TV travel show, No Reservations, the man who stood
"behind a deep fryer for 28 years" knows how good he's got
it. "Suddenly it's a glamour profession," he said. "But who
deserves to score better than chefs?"

Borrowing heavily from his recently published food-world
expose, Medium Raw, he mused on his food philosophy, his
loves, and his hates - and gave a window into his acerbic-to-
sweet changeable personality.

If he weren't a chef, Bourdain said, his dream job would
be bass player for Parliament Funkadelic. Reading Hunter S.
Thompson's gonzo journalism at age 13 changed his life. So
did having his first child, Ariane, now 3, at age 50.

Bourdain had the Mary Washington audience in rapt
attention for two hours, using a comic's perfect timing to

Moderator Joe Yonan, food and travel editor of the Washington Post,
shares a laugh with Anthony Bourdain, right, at the Fredericksburg
Forum.

bring them to laughter, only to turn serious - especially about
food. Be a respectful tourist, he admonished, and a gracious
guest. Accept the gift of hospitality even if it means eating
something - or with someone - you don't necessarily approve
of or like. "Food is telling you a story. It's a primal expression,"
Bourdain said. "I don't know if the meal is the answer to world
peace, but it helps."

Fredericksburg Forum, Spring 2011

Scott Turow

Best-selling author of mystery and suspense novels,

including Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof

March 17, 2011,8 p.m.

Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall

Call 540/654-1065 to buy tickets.

www.umw.edu/forum

Dahlgren Campus
Groundbreaking

Heralds New Era for UMW

UMW broke ground Sept. 17 on its third campus. In King
George County, the Dahlgren Center for Education and
Research will supplement UMW's Fredericksburg and
Stafford County campuses in meeting the needs of not only
the region, but also the state and the country.

The groundbreaking ceremony included UMW President
Richard V. Hurley, members of the University Board of
Visitors, and state and local officials.

"The Dahlgren campus will provide a new, technology-
rich venue for graduate-level science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics programs," Hurley said.

"The center will serve the needs of the military and the
region's many defense-related contractors."

The $20.4 million, 40,000-squa re-foot facility, situated
on 27 acres along U.S. 301 adjacent to Naval Support Facility

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Biden Recognizes
Student Efforts
Against Violence

When Joe Biden paid tribute to the 16th anniversary of the
Violence Against Women Act, he invited two UMW students
who are passionate about the cause. Shelley Hillberry '11
and James Sennett '12 were the guests of the Vice President
and his wife, Jill Biden, at a reception at the Biden home
on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in
September.

Hillberry and Sennett are members of UMW Student
Anti-Violence Educators (SAVE), a student group that raises
awareness and provides education about sexual assault and
relationship violence.

Vice President Biden stressed the importance of the
Violence Against Women Act, which he drafted while he
was a Delaware senator, and the efforts made by student
organizations like SAVE. Jill Biden, who teaches English at
Northern Virginia Community College, also spoke. Others who
attended included founder of the Rape, Abuse, and Incest
National Network Scott Berkowitz, White House advisor on
Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal, and founder of the
Joyful Heart Foundation Mariska Hargitay, who is an actor on
TV's Law and Order: SVU.

Earlier that day, Hillberry and Sennett were among student
representatives who met with Rosenthal and a panel of
representatives from other interested federal departments.
The students talked about their efforts to end dating violence

and exchanged ideas on ways the government might help
with prevention and education.

A high-profile assault on the UMW campus in 2008
inspired both Sennett and Hillberry to combat sexual assault
and relationship violence. Sennett helped found SAVE in 2009,
and Hillberry serves as SAVE president.

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James Sennett, top, and Shelley Hillberry, bottom, members of
UMW Student Anti-Violence Educators (SAVE), were the guests of
Vice President Joe Biden to honor the anniversary of the Violence
Against Women Act.

University officials and dignitaries donned hard hats and performed traditional groundbreaking duties, left, for the
innovative 40,000-square-foot building that will house the UMW Dahlgren Center for Education and Research, which
is depicted in a rendering below.

On this project, UMW is partnering with five other state
schools - the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia
Commonwealth University, George Mason University, and Old
Dominion University - plus the Naval Postgraduate School
and Germanna and Rappahannock community colleges.

The King George site can accommodate at least one more
facility in the future, Hurley said. He also said the presence of
an academic facility helps protects the Dahlgren naval base
from future closings related to the Base Realignment and
Closure process.

UMW Rector Daniel Steen said the Dahlgren campus'
offerings would provide programs to "promote economic
development and to bolster our national defense efforts."

Dahlgren, is scheduled to open in January 2012.

The two-story building will feature a green roof with
vegetation and a 3,300-square-foot conference room with a
catering kitchen.

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ON CAMPUS

STUDENT SCHOLARS

Student Helps Peers
Watch the Water Flow

Geography major Zac Wehrmann '11 thought students
needed a tangible way to better understand processes such
as river erosion and deposition. Inspired by several of his
classes and an individual study of bank erosion at a local
stream, he designed and built a stream table. It will be used
in landform processes courses to supplement class lectures,
textbooks, and field work.

Senior Zac Wehrmann, right, demonstrated his model of water
and stream dynamics at Family Weekend.

"Zac is a highly motivated student," said Jacqueline
Gallagher, associate professor of geography. "The stream
table will help students better understand fluvial and coastal
dynamics."

The model, which measures 6.5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and
8 inches deep, combines water with a custom "river mix" of
colorful particles that have half the density of sand to allow
a realistic view of how water interacts in different situations.
Factors that affect stream behavior include velocity, slope,
drainage density, and climate.

"Since it is a model, most of these variables can be
manipulated to study the reaction within the system, and
variables can be changed accordingly," Wehrmann said.

Funded through the UMW geography department
and alumni donations, the stream table was unveiled in
September for Fredericksburg Academy sixth-graders
who took a field trip to the Fredericksburg campus.
Wehrmann, who plans to pursue a master's degree in fluvial
geomorphology, also demonstrated his project during Family
Weekend.

In addition, Wehrmann has shared his geography
knowledge outside of UMW. Last year, he was one of six
members of the Virginia team - all but one from UMW - that
earned first-place honors at the Southeast Division of the
Association of American Geographers World Geography
Bowl competition. He was scheduled to compete again in
November at the Birmingham, Ala., conference, as well as
present his research on land use, water quality, and stream
behavior.

Student Rewarded for Research on Crude Oil Spills

Jonathan Williams '11 placed second at the Second Annual Undergraduate Research
Competition at Florida State University in October. He was among 12 students chosen
from a national pool of applicants for the selective event, sponsored by FSU's chemistry
and biochemistry department.

Finalists were judged for originality, creativity, and execution. Williams' scientific
research focused on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), environmental
contaminants found in sources such as cigarette smoke and crude oil. Under the guidance
of Charles Sharpless, associate professor of chemistry at UMW, Williams concentrated on
the behavior of PAHs in crude oil spills.

Williams said the project helped him "learn the ropes of the research process"
and improved his ability to communicate the findings. Last summer, he held a 10-
week internship in Charleston, S.C., through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • l-ALL/WINTER 2010

UMW Political Science Department
Continues String of Victories

Nicholas Jacobs '11 has won a prominent national essay
competition, bringing to eight the number of times since
1995 that UMW undergraduates have claimed the top spot
in the political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha's annual
contest.

"This record of academic achievement is unmatched, as no
other school in the nation has won more than twice," said Jack
Kramer, chair of the UMW Department of Political Science and
International Relations.

Jacobs recently won first place in Pi Sigma Alpha's 2010
competition for the best undergraduate class paper. His
paper, Professional Reputation: Why the First Year of the
American Presidency is Overstated, makes the case that the
outcomes of a president's first year cannot be used as a simple
predictor of future success or failure because there is no
connection between the two.

A political science and education major, Jacobs is treasurer
of the UMW chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha and has been named to
the Dean's List. His essay also was a winner in the natural and
social sciences category of Mary Washington's 19th Annual
Student Writing Contest. In addition, he presented the paper
at the annual Virginia Social Science Association Conference
in 2009 and received a UMW grant to conduct research on
segregation in District of Columbia charter schools. He is
writing an honors thesis on democratic education in public
schools.

Pi Sigma Alpha, which has nearly 700 chapters on college
and university campuses across the United States and in
Guam, is the only honor society for college students of
political science and government.

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Nicholas Jacobs, a senior political science and education
major, won the top award in a national political science essay
competition.

Lucky Students
Win Lottery:
Dinner at
Brompton

One night a month, several students get
to forgo Seacobeck fare and head to a fine
dining establishment: Brompton. President
Richard V. Hurley and his wife, Rose, host a
dinner gathering each month for students
who are randomly selected to attend. At
right, students enjoy a laugh with the Hurleys
before dinner in October.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

UMW Home to
Women of Distinction"

Anna B. Billingsley

Two members of the UMW community were recognized as "Women of Distinction"
in September by the Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia. Anna B.
Billingsley, director of publications and design, and Grace Anne Braxton, Eagle's Nest
dining room attendant, joined nine other Fredericksburg-area women honored
at the 10th annual Women of Distinction awards banquet at the Jepson Alumni
Executive Center.

Billingsley was recognized in the communications
category. The longtime journalist edits UMW
Magazine and oversees the University's editorial and
design staff. Before coming to UMW in 2004, she
was editor of the University of Richmond alumni
magazine and taught journalism at UR and UMW.
A graduate of the College of William and Mary,
Billingsley holds a master's degree in journalism
and public affairs from American University. She
was a reporter and editor at Norfolk's Ledger-Star,
Richmond's News Leader, the Richmond Times-
Dispatch, Fredericksburg's Free Lance-Star, and The
Associated Press. She is chair of Hope House, which
provides safe transitional housing for homeless
mothers and their children; a board member of the Society of Professional Journalists
Foundation; an active member of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church; and a

former Girl Scout troop leader.

Grace Anne Braxton was given an exceptional
award for exemplifying courage. A Special
Olympian since 1985, Braxton has worked for
\ Sodexho at UMW for 15 years. A swimmer and

bowler, Braxton has a passion for golf. She was born
with an intellectual disability, something she said
has been a struggle, but she has excelled at sports.
Braxton was named Special Olympics Virginia
athlete of the year in 1992 and won the 2005 Special
Olympics national golf championship.

The 1990 James Monroe High School graduate
was featured on the cover of Virginia Golfer
Magazine in 2006, and in 2007 she traveled to
Shanghai, China, for the Special Olympics World
Summer Games. She returned to her hometown of
Fredericksburg with the gold medal in golf. This year
she won a second gold medal in golf at the Special
Olympics USA National Games in Lincoln, Neb., and
she got a hole-in-one at the Fredericksburg Country Club.

Next summer, Braxton will jet off to Athens, Greece, to compete for Team Virginia
in the World Summer Games.

Grace Anne Braxton

Creating a
Cultural
Umbrella

For more than a century, the creative
pursuits of Mary Washington students
and faculty have enriched the campus
and surrounding communities. There
are art exhibitions, plays, musical
performances, and museum offerings.

Venues have been improved and
expanded, including the Gari Melchers
Home and Studio at Belmont and the
James Monroe Museum and Memorial
Library. And now, this year, the fine
and performing arts have joined forces
under a single umbrella dubbed UMW
Arts for the Community to solidify their
image both on and off campus.

This move is important as UMW
carries out a key component of its
vision: positioning itself as a highly
visible, valuable resource for a growing
regional population in search of quality
cultural and fine arts experiences. This
commitment is clearly stated among
the goals of the UMW Strategic Plan - to
enhance, strengthen, and promote the
fine and performing arts, museums,
libraries, and other rich cultural
resources. UMW Arts for the Community
further advances the University's
standing as a premier provider of
cultural arts to the campus community
and beyond.

Please visit www.umw.edu/
arts4community online for an updated
list of cultural events and to learn more
about the benefits of supporting the
arts at Mary Washington.

- MaryR. " Ran ny" Nichols Corbin 77

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • F A I. L/ W I NT E R 2010

UMW Artists Take It
to the Streets

University of Mary Washington students with a penchant for the
arts helped transform a downtown city street into a temporary
art gallery at the first Fredericksburg Via Colori Festival. They
were among about 75 artists who registered for the community
event organized by the Fredericksburg Arts Commission.

Pastels in hand, students worked in two-hour shifts on
Saturday, Sept. 25, to transform a 10-by-10-foot square of
Charlotte Street from black pavement to a colorful creation
that incorporated multiple masterpieces.

Under the direction of Distinguished Professor of Art Joe
Di Bella, 25 students signed on to decorate the pavement
with excerpts from works by notable artists such as Johannes
Vermeer, Vincent Van Gogh, and Andy Warhol.

Ashleigh Buyers '12 was one of the first students to sign
up for Via Colori. Her research on international street painter
Kurt Wenner inspired her to participate.

"It's a really good experience for a budding artist," said
Buyers. "What's really nice about our work is how we're
commemorating the artists we hold in high esteem."

Surrounded by computer-generated drafts and pencil
sketches of images, students spread themselves throughout a
grid and paid careful attention to line, shape, and form as they
transferred their creations from one canvas to another.

"I was very impressed with the cooperative and
community spirit of the students who participated in Via
Colori," Di Bella said.

Via Colori was co-sponsored by the UMW Philharmonic
Orchestra. Each square was sponsored by a business,
organization, or other entity, and proceeds from the
sponsorships will be used to support arts-based education in
the community.

Getting Real
at Belmont

The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century is on

exhibit at Gari Melchers Home and Studio through

Feb. 27, 201 1 . Organized by the International Guild of Realism,

this exhibition of 65 paintings

not only showcases the latest

developments in Realist

painting around the world,

but it also compares those

artworks with their historical

predecessors. Among the

featured works is Debra Teare's

Mondrian's Self Portrait, 2006,

pictured right.

Each artist was asked to
identify one historical painting
to compare and contrast to his
or her modern-day work. The
images are produced in a wide
variety of media - including oil, acrylic, egg tempura, graphite,
and colored pencil. Beside each featured painting is displayed
a small image of the comparative art work chosen by the
painter.

To encourage visitors to engage in the work and
collaborate in the exhibition, the Gari Melchers Home and
Studio is hosting Add Your Voice on Saturday, Jan. 15, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to share their written
or videotaped thoughts on this unique collection of modern
realistic paintings, which were inspired by the Old Masters.

To learn more about the exhibit or about Gari Melchers
Home and Studio, which is administered by the University of
Mary Washington, visit garimelchers.org or call 540/654-1015.

Students worked throughout the day to transfer art from paper to pavement.

Ed Hegmann Inducted into Women's
Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame

UMW Athletic Director Ed Hegmann
joined the elite of women's tennis
in November. That's when the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
inducted the longtime UMW women's
tennis coach into its Tennis Hall of Fame.
With that national honor, he joins such
luminaries as International Tennis Hall of
Famer Billie Jean King and Olympic gold
medalist Helen Wills Moody.

Hegmann coached his Mary
Washington Eagles to three national
collegiate titles and nine consecutive
conference championships. He was
named Division III National Coach of the
Year in 1988 and 1999.

Hegmann called the ITA honor
"humbling." He reminded a colleague
that the credit goes to the student-
athletes who played all the matches
and won the championships. "Without
their dedication, determination, and
commitment to excellence - both on
and off the court - there is no Hall of
Fame award," he said.

One of those players, Beth Todd

Amlung '95, traveled from Louisville,
Ky., to Virginia for the induction
ceremony, leaving her husband and
3-year-old behind, to see the man she
calls simply "Coach" honored. Amlung
played for Hegmann from 1991 to
1995, the year she was named Capital
Athletic Conference (CAC) Player of the
Year and Hegmann was named CAC
Coach of the Year.

Amlung has had her own 17-year
coaching career, including a year
as assistant tennis coach at Colgate
University and head women's tennis
coach at DePauw University from 1998-
2000. She calls Hegmann one of her
"great mentors."

To Amlung, Hegmann was a
consistent and superior teacher of not
only tennis but also the discipline it
takes to succeed. He knew his players
- knew when one wasn't studying
or which "guy" another thought was
cute just by observing, she said. When
Amlung was a high school player
and first met the coach, he assured

Hegmann, left, is overseeing every step of construction of the Anderson Center, from
choosing tile to inspecting construction with President Rick Hurley, right.

her he'd be like a parent. When they
butted heads one time, she reminded
him of that.

"He clarified that he never
promised to be like MY parents," she
said. "That was Coach, and I thank
God I played for him."

Hegmann came to Mary Washington
in 1976 after earning a doctorate in
education at Temple University. A
three-sport high school athlete in
his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., he
considered a career in baseball but
instead headed to Bucknell University
for an undergraduate degree, the
military, and then his first job coaching
women's tennis when he was a master's
student at Springfield College.

In his 23 years as UMW tennis
coach, Hegmann led the Eagles to the
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics
for Women national title in 1982 and
National College Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division III titles in 1988 and
1991. In all, he gained eight CAC Coach
of the Year awards and captured nine
straight CAC championships between
the league's inception in 1990 and 1999,
his last year of coaching.

Consistent wins and great stats don't
come easy. Hegmann was fortunate to
have players who were tough enough
to do the work to achieve the type of
successful collegiate tennis careers
most athletes merely dream of, he said.
The players' families deserve their share
of the credit, too. "I was blessed with
many players whose parents stressed
strong work ethics and supported
great competitive attitudes when other
parents around them did not believe
that 'daughters' should be so aggressive
and competitive."

Hegmann called himself an "old-
school" coach who relentlessly pushed
his athletes to achieve goals they never

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

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Hegmann was named NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year
in 1988, above, seated left, an honor he was given again in his last
year coaching UMW women's tennis, 1999. Pictured left, Hegmann
congratulates Anna Jackson '94, center, and Laura Graham '93 after
they were named 1992 doubles champions for the Intercollegiate
Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA)/Rolex, Division III Women's Tennis
Regional Tournament at Mary Washington.

thought possible - the same goals he
believed they could reach. He hopes
that time has allowed them to not only
take pride in their achievements but
also see the great affection he had for
them. "When I had to deliver tough
messages about poor performances or
old habits that just weren't dying fast
enough, I suspect they were not feeling
my love at the time, but only the sting
of my words," he said.

Christine Copper '91 remembers
the hard lessons and the devotion.
The U.S. Naval Academy professor of
chemistry played for Hegmann from
1987 to 1991. She was on UMW NCAA
National Champion teams in 1989
and 1991. She was an All-American
in doubles once and singles twice.
In 1991, Copper was named the ITA
Division III National Senior Player of
the Year and the UMW female scholar-
athlete of the year.

Copper's life lesson from Hegmann
was character: He made her think about
how she acted, what she said, and
what she did - on and off the court,

academically and socially. The former
Naval Academy women's tennis coach
said that Hegmann taught athletes to
be honest with themselves about how
much effort they gave in a match or
about how hard they really worked.
Take responsibility. No excuses.

"Coach was tough on us because he
wanted us to do well not only at tennis,"
Copper said, "but also in life."

Hegmann is equally committed
to the sport. He directed the ITA
and NCAA southeast regional
tournaments for 20 years and hosted
three NCAA Division III national men's
and women's tournaments at UMW.
Earlier this year, he was honored by
the National Association of Collegiate
Directors of Athletics as a winner of
the Under Armour Athletic Director of
the Year Award.

Hegmann has grown the Mary
Washington athletic program from
six to 23 varsity sports. He was a
major catalyst in the development of
the Battleground Athletic Complex,
one of the finest outdoor facilities

in the nation, and was instrumental
in planning the UMW Indoor Tennis
Center, built in 2005. In addition to the
school's top-notch 12-court lighted
outdoor facility, the six-court indoor
complex has allowed UMW to host five
men's tennis and women's national
tennis championships. Today Hegmann
is deeply involved in the construction
of the William M. Anderson Center, a
basketball and volleyball arena that
will seat nearly 2,000 fans and allow
UMW to host NCAA competitions at the
highest levels in those sports.

The ITA Women's Collegiate Tennis
Hall of Fame began in 1995 and is
housed at the College of William
and Mary. Every two years, it honors
exceptional players, coaches, and
contributors in women's intercollegiate
tennis. Categories include: outstanding
players; players who attended college
and later had a significant impact on
women's tennis; outstanding coaches;
and individuals or corporations that
played a major role in the development
of women's intercollegiate tennis.

UNIVERSITY OF M^RY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Mariah Butler Vogelgesang

SPORTS

Athletic Hall Of Fame

Inducts Five Stars

Five alumni were inducted into the University of Mary
Washington Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming
Weekend in October. The 2010 class - the 15th group of
inductees - includes former swimmers Mariah Butler
Vogelgesang '00 and Kim Myers Corazzini '00, soccer
standouts Johanna Klein '00 and Craig Gillan '98, and

field hockey star Stephanie
Lowe '96.

Mariah Butler
Vogelgesang was the first
four-year Ail-American in
any sport in school history,
gaining eight All-America
awards in her UMW career.
In 1997, she became the
only swimmer in Capital
Athletic Conference
history to gain both CAC
Swimmer of the Year and
Rookie of the Year in the
same season. In four years at UMW, she never lost a CAC
championship race, going unbeaten in 12 individual and
eight relay races. Vogelgesang still ranks in the school's all-
time top 10 in the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard butterfly,

the 200 individual medley,

and the 400 individual
medley. An attorney,
Vogelgesang today serves
as director of institutional
equity supporting equal
opportunity and affirmative
action at Indiana University-
Purdue University Fort
Wayne.

Kim Myers Corazzini
was named CAC Swimmer
oftheYearin 1999 and
2000, and she claimed 10
All-America awards in three years competing at the NCAA
Championships. She finished her career at UMW holding
four individual and five relay school and conference records.
When she graduated in 2000, she held more All-America
awards than any other UMW athlete in any sport. Corazzini
still ranks among the school's all-time top 10 in seven
individual events. Today, she is a vice president of default
operations, reporting, and strategy for SunTrust Mortgage.

Kim Myers Corazzini

Johanna Klein

Johanna Klein, one of the
top soccer players in UMW

(history, steered the team
|| | to unprecedented heights

during her career. She led
the Eagles to top-8 finishes
at the NCAA Tournament in
1997 and 1998, claiming All-
America honors and gaining
first team all-conference
kudos in each of her four
years. She ranks among the
school's all-time leaders in
points, goals, and assists for a season and career. Klein is now
a physical therapist practicing in Reston, Va.

Craig Gillan led the men's

!mm SIS soccer team to the 1997

8 SI * • * NCAA Division III Final Four

m m '"* with a 21-3-1 record, claiming

All-America honors as the
CAC Player of the Year from
the defender position. A
two-year co-captain, Gillan
scored 21 goals and six
assists, a very high total for
a defender, and gained All-
Capital Athletic Conference
honors in 1996 and 1997.
Today, he serves as director
of e-commerce for Charlotte Russe in La Jolla, Calif.

Stephanie Lowe had the greatest career of any goalie in
UMW field hockey history, leading the 1993 team to the Final
Four by recording the lowest goals-against average in NCAA
Division III history. She allowed only seven goals in 24 games,

a 0.39 GAA, and posted 18
solo shutouts, also among
the best in Division III history.
She still holds the UMW
season and career records for
shutouts, save percentage,
and goals-against average.
She now works for the U.S.
government.

Craig Gillan

Stephanie Lowe

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Rowing the Rappahannock

UMW teams close to home on the river

A brand new home on the
Rappahannock River welcomed the
University of Mary Washington men's
and women's rowing programs as the
teams began practicing in September
for the fall regatta season. As the teams
began their 13th season as a varsity
sport, the location by Fredericksburg
City Dock was the launching point
for team practices. In the past, rowers
practiced at the Hope Springs Marina,
in Stafford, Va., and before that at Lake
of the Woods.

The dock's location less than
two miles from campus cuts down
significantly on time commuting to
and from practice, a welcome bonus
to student-athletes looking to add
valuable minutes to their study time.

"It has both reduced our travel
time and increased our exposure,"
said Richard Wilson, head rowing
coach. "Hopefully the greater exposure

leads to greater participation by
student-athletes and increased
fundraising. Also, it's nice to continue
the long tradition of racing boats on
the Rappahannock that dates back
hundreds of years."

The historic site from which the
teams now launch once was part of
a wharf complex that was the center
of commerce and transportation to
and from Fredericksburg. The wharf
complex stretched north along the
Rappahannock River to where a
railroad bridge now stands. In 1855,
travelers could board a vessel at
the wharf complex bound for ports
in cities such as New York, Boston,
and Portland, Maine. Goods and
passengers have flowed from this site
since the founding of Fredericksburg
in 1728, and it has enabled folks to
navigate the Rappahannock River by
canoes, ferries, sailing vessels, and

most anything that could float.

Director of Athletics Ed Hegmann
has dreamed for years of a home for
his rowers on the Rappahannock River,
and student-athletes have needed it
for longer still - it's been four decades
since Mary Washington began its
first women's club team. "When the
program began," he said, "they rowed
on Motts Run Reservoir and kept
equipment in an old wooden shack."

In the future, the University's goal
is to build a boathouse on the Stafford
County side of the Rappahannock,
south of the team's current launch
point, which could serve both UMW
and the Fredericksburg community,
Hegmann said.

The coach of nearly 35 years wants
UMW athletes' fervor to spread to
others along the river.

"As the City of Fredericksburg
seeks to invigorate the Rappahannock
waterfront with parks and walking
trails, I sincerely hope our rowing
program's presence will provide
a positive spark to that effort,"
Hegmann said.

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New University Structure

With three new deans, UMW embarks upon a new era. Standing
left to right are Mary L. Gendernalik-Cooper, dean of the
College of Education; Richard Finkelstein, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences; and Larry W. Penwell, acting dean of the
College of Business.

What happens when you
take a tradition-bound yet
progressive university and
branch it into three colleges?

You get three new deans. And at University of Mary
Washington, they come with top-notch credentials and
a can-do, collaborative attitude.

Richard Finkelstein, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences since July, came to UMW from a 27-
year tenure at the State University of New York
(SUNY) at Geneseo. Most recently, he served as chair
of the English department there. Finkelstein was
instrumental in establishing a new major in creative
writing, creating a new minor in film studies, and helping
to win National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education endorsement for the SUNY Geneseo School
of Education. He promoted courses in Asian-American,
African-American, Native-American, and post-Colonial
literatures while maintaining the department's strength
in British and American literatures.

Larry W. Penwell, acting dean of the College
of Business, has been at UMW for 22 years. An
organizational development and change consultant
with expertise in the areas of group and organizational
dynamics, he has written numerous scholarly articles
with titles ranging from Happiness, Depression, and the
Pollyanna Principle to Leadership and Group Behavior in
Human Space Flight Operations. A specialist in conflict
management, Penwell also has served as director of the
University reaccreditation self-study.

The College of Education chose Mary L. Gendernalik-
Cooper as dean. She came to UMW in August from a
position as dean of the School of Education at Sonoma
State University in California. Throughout her career,

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Gendernalik-Cooper has cultivated collaborations
between educator preparation programs and public
schools, including the creation of sustainable professional
development school networks and teacher leadership
programs. While at Sonoma State, she co-authored a
National Science Foundation grant worth $900,000,
bringing to more than $2 million the total amount
oi academic grant funding tor which she has been
responsible. UMW is the third deanship for Gendernalik-
Cooper, who has held positions at Georgia Southwestern
State University, San Diego State University, Augusta
State University, Mary Baldwin College, Shippensburg
University of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Academy for
the Profession of Teaching, University of North Carolina
at Wilmington, and Wayne State University. A member
of the board of directors of the American Association of
Colleges of Teacher Education, Gendernalik-Cooper has
received awards and authored many academic articles
throughout her career in education, which began as a
history and social studies classroom teacher.

The three deans meet together regularly and share
a pioneering spirit. All report to University Provost
Jay Harper, who, they say, encourages them to be
entrepreneurial. What follows are excerpts from a recent
conversation, during which the three talked about their
visions, as well as shared goals. They emphasized the
importance of interdisciplinary work, a strong liberal
arts foundation, and faculty self-governance.

Penwell: We are not

just creating three
new colleges; we are
institutionalizing the
University. The new
college structure is
something we've been
talking about for a
long time; it seemed
a distant dream that's

now becoming reality. We're actually becoming what we

thought we should become.

For the College of Business, accreditation is a big issue.

We are designing the program toward AACSB (Association

to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation in
2018. And, our Faculty Council is molding our structure.
Arts and Sciences will remain important for the other
two colleges. We do not want to remove ourselves from a
liberal arts grounding.

Finkelstein: There will
be no big changes in
Arts and Sciences. We
will remain the core
of the University; but
with the new structure,
our influence will
reach more widely.
We are exploring
interdisciplinary
ventures and some
additional majors.

I'm working with faculty and students to maintain our
existing strengths and to build on them. The process is very
invigorating.

Gendernalik'Cooper:

We, too, are building
on strong traditions.
Creating a new
College of Education is
inspiring, challenging,
arid compelling. Like
the College of Business,
we are conscientious
about quality and are
exploring the opportunities for national accreditation.

The most important thing is that we make sure our
graduates are going into schools well prepared to help PA 2
students excel.

Both Penwell and Gendernalik-Cooper talked about
the challenges of combining two distinct campuses - and
faculty members on each - into one coherent college.
The two deans have offices in both Fredericksburg and
Stafford. They both are looking toward flexibility for
non-traditional students.

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All of the Jeans look forward to enhancing ties with
alumni. Finkelstein said these connections will help
them maintain the essential character and traditions
of Mary Washington. Because each college will require
additional resources, the deans talked about "friend-

raising" as well as fundraising.

Penwell had the last word when he described the
process of establishing new colleges. He said, "It is sort
of like stepping out of an airplane at 14,000 feet - a leap
of faith and quite a rush." m

Connections with Community are Key

Associate Provost Meta Braymer is making community inroads
with UMW's new Division of Professional Development and
Regional Engagement.

UMW's new Division of Professional Development and
Regional Engagement, created as a result of University
restructuring, is creating a web of connections while fulfilling
one of the institution's strategic initiatives.

President Richard V. Hurley created the division after
the former College of Graduate and Professional Studies
was divided into the College of Business and the College of
Education. Many significant programs, including community
outreach, the Small Business Development Center, and the
Center for Professional Development, didn't fit neatly into
either of the new colleges.

The division has become home to those projects and
others while also carrying out a key component of the
University's strategic plan. Goal No. 6 states that UMW should
serve as a forum through which regional partners can solve

problems, enhance connections, and serve a leadership role
with defense and governmental establishments.

"This is a chance to create partnerships with faculty,
students, the community, and the region - a way to generate
and enhance collaboration," said Associate Provost Meta
Braymer, who heads the division. "Community members want
to engage - they want to be our partners - and that's really
what makes it all so rewarding."

Braymer, who has been with UMW for more than 20 years,
led the development of the Stafford campus and served
as vice president and dean of the College of Graduate and
Professional Studies. She also has worked closely with the
University president on government and external relations,
and strategic initiatives and partnerships. In her new role,
Braymer is responsible for identifying and developing new
academic-business opportunities and for entering UMW
into alliances that support economic development and
community engagement.

Since its creation in July, the division has had its hand in
a number of University projects. Now in the planning stages
is a regional conference scheduled for September 2011 that
will bring together the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber
of Commerce, the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, and
others. The sole purpose of the conference is the creation
of partnerships between the local community and the
University.

The division - which oversees the Dahlgren campus,
ElderStudy, and the Bachelor of Professional Studies
degree completion program - also is teaming with Luck
Development Partners on a possible education and research
center that would promote sustainability and has the
potential for student internships, faculty research, and small
businesses opportunities.

Plans for the future of the division include investigating
creation of an on-site telework center, a faculty consulting
institute, and a center for entrepreneurship.

"I think the division will just keep growing," Braymer said.
"There are more possibilities than I can even imagine."

- Melina Downs

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In the 40 years since she graduated from Mary
Washington, Susan Wagner Lacy has become one of
the country's biggest names in documentary filmmaking.
As the executive producer of American Masters, the
PBS series she created in 1986 to celebrate the greats of
American art and culture, she has produced more than
160 films. Her subjects have included such luminaries
as Ella Fitzgerald, Clint Eastwood, Ernest Hemingway,
and Sidney Poitier. She's gone on tour with Paul Simon,
collaborated with Martin Scorsese, and one of her
films - The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the
Algonquin Round Table - received the 1987 Oscar for Best
Documentary. American Masters has won two Grammy
Awards, nine Peabodys, and 21 Emmys.

The series is now in its 25th season, and Lacy's lineup
for the next year includes movies about Jeff Bridges,
James Taylor, John Muir, and Helen Keller. But it is
LENNONYC - her film on the last nine years of John
Lennon's life, when New York City was his home — that
has garnered the most attention.

I went to see Lacy in the last frenzied days of wrapping
up the movie, just before its debut at the 2010 New York
Film Festival. "We're really at an unbelievably critical
moment," Lacy said, as members of her staff shuttled in
and out of her office to ask advice on edits, brief her on
projected audience numbers, and update her on celebrity
RSVPs for opening night. "We're premiering a week from
tomorrow, and we haven't finished the film."

LENNONYC came together in six months - lightning
speed in the world of documentaries - and it wouldn't
have been possible without the cooperation of Yoko
Ono. "I wrote Yoko a letter, and she took it seriously,"
Lacy said, silver bracelets jangling on her wrists. "1
couldn't believe she said 'yes' to me. And it was almost
immediately." Ono worked extensively with Lacy's team,
sitting for long interviews, providing audio files and video
footage, and helping reach out to Lennon's friends and
fellow musicians from his New York years.

John Lennon was Lacy's favorite Beatle. "I always
thought he was the coolest," she told me. "And the
film reminds you of what a swell guy he was. He was
vulnerable; he was humble. He had kindness in him; he
also had cruelty in him. And he was extremely funny.

Above: Yoko Ono and Susan Lacy at the after party for the 48th
New York Film Festival world premiere of WNET.org's LENNONYC,
which Lacy produced

Previous spread: Lacy in her office at THIRTEEN, WNET public
television station in New York City

This is probably the most intimate film that's ever been
made about him."

Lennon moved to New York with Yoko Ono in
August of 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles. What
he found in the city, in the shops, on the streets, and
in his apartments - first in Greenwich Village and later
in the Dakota, on 72nd Street and Central Park West
- was a place that offered refuge from the madness of
Beatlemania. "He loved this city," Lacy said. "The art
scene was here, and Yoko was very much a part of that.
She brought him into a world he didn't really know. She
was the one with the relationship with the Warhols and
the others. He loved that."

Richard Nixon's re-election in 1972 sent Lennon
spiraling into a period of heavy drinking, which led
to a breakup with Ono and an 18-month stay in Los

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Angeles, a period he later referred to as the "lost
weekend." LENNONYC covers all that ground and more,
culminating in his move hack to New York, where he
reunited with Ono, spent five years raising their son,
Sean, and began making music again hetore he was
gunned down outside the Dakota on Dec. 8, 1980.

"It was this incredihly fruitful period," Lacy said.
"But, sadly, it wasn't long enough. He takes time out
to he a father, then goes back to recording. The film is
about the peace he found as a human being and a father
and a husband. He was coming to terms with himself."
Lacy paused and dabbed her eyes. "I cry when I think
about it. 1 cry every time I see the film, and I've seen it
a thousand times."

Lacy's success at American

Masters has had much to do with her determination
and fierce work ethic. "Everybody laughed at me when I
had the idea for the series, and now I'm getting lifetime
achievement awards," Lacy said. "The truth is that I
refused to accept that the series wouldn't happen. I have

survived because I'm passionate about it. And 1 really
believe that passion and grit and tenacity pay off." From
the outset, Lacy had a clear plan for what she wanted the
series to be - "a library of American cultural history in
the 20th century." That meant profiles of flashy, obvious
names like Charlie Chaplin and Louis Armstrong, hut
it also meant equally thoughtful films on people less
likely to draw high ratings, such as the composer John
Cage and the silent film actress Lillian Gish. "The critics
loved the series from day one," Lacy said.

The people she's worked with through the years have
become some of her biggest fans. Over the course of a
single afternoon in her office, one colleague after another
interrupted our conversation to shower praise on her.

"I love working with Susan," Michael Epstein, the
director of LENNONYC, told me a couple of days later.
"It's the single best place to make films in television.
And I knew that Yoko was never going to say yes to me.
I rode Susan's coattails on this. She's built an amazing
legacy. When Susan Lacy calls and says, 'I want to put
you in American Masters? you don't get noes. It's not just

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Photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, left, directed Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart, Greenfield-Sanders' first film, for which
Lacy, second from left, was executive producer. The 1998 Grammy Award-winning documentary about Reed, second from right, was
produced by Karen Bernstein, right. Greenfield-Sanders shot the cover image of Lacy for this magazine.

power, it's respect. It's an understanding that it's going
to be done right; it's going to have a breadth of research
that nobody else can do, and it's going to have a kind
of signature quality. It doesn't matter if I'm making the
film or it it's somebody else, the common denominator
in all or this is Susan."

While raising
the stature of

American Masters, Lacy also raised
two daughters - women who are
now in their early 30s and have
followed their mother into the
world of film. Jessica Lacy is an
agent at International Creative
Management in Los Angeles,
where she works in the indie
film division, and Gwyn Welles
is an independent documentary
filmmaker in New York.

Growing up in Manhattan,
Lacy's daughters had an upbringing
quite different from her own.

Lacy's parents were immigrants
from Germany. "My father came
to New York to get away from
Hitler in the late 1930s," Lacy said.
During the war, he went back to
Europe as an American soldier in
an intelligence unit of German
speakers. He was a violinist, and
one night during the occupation
he went to a concert and fell in
love with the concert pianist.
The couple was soon married and
moved to New York City. Lacy
was born in 1948 in a hospital in

the Bronx. "But that's only because the cab was there
at the time," she told me. "It was a really sudden birth."

Lacy's family led a nomadic life. "We had no money,"
Lacy said. "My mother was a musician, my father was
a musician, and they thought they could do that for a

The 1969 Battlefield yearbook pictured Lacy,
above, in the Bullet student newspaper office
when she was editor-in-chief, her senior year.
She was managing editor her junior year,
below, when this photo appeared in the
annual.

while. We traveled around, but that didn't work. So my
father decided to start a restaurant in a mining town in
Illinois. But they didn't know anything about that kind
of food. They didn't know about hotcakes, they knew
about crepes suzette. So they went bust."

The family moved to Farmville, Va., where her

father ran the food service at
Longwood College, now Longwood
University. "It was the first time I
ever lived in any place long enough
to get invited to a birthday party,"
Lacy said. "I loved it there. I was
in the second grade, we had a pool
we went to, and I began to have
something of a normal life. But it
turned out that Farmville was the
largest town in the only county in
the country that closed the schools
rather than integrate after Brown
vs. Board of Education. So my father
said we had to move. I was in the
fifth grade, and I had friends and
I didn't want to move. And he
said, 'One day you'll understand
that I didn't leave Nazi Germany
for this.'"

They wound up in Baltimore,

where her father followed the

Orioles and took Lacy to the World

Series in 1966 and 1969. "My father

became a rabid baseball fan," she

said. "It had something to do with

the fact that during the Battle

of the Bulge he'd been arrested

because of his German accent. To

determine whether or not you were

American, they asked you baseball

questions. And my father didn't

know anything about it. So when he came back, he said,

'If you're going to be a real American you have to know

about baseball.' So baseball became his thing."

Lacy arrived at Mary Washington in fall of 1966 for
what would be an exciting and tumultuous four years. She

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Paul Simon chats with directors Susan Steinberg, right, and Lacy, center, for Great Performances Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time.
The 1993 film was selected for the Sundance Film Festival and received a Peabody Award.

lived in Framar for three of those years, rode horses on
the equestrian team, and majored in American studies.
Two of her favorite professors were Art Tracy and Don
Glover. "I got to study all the things I was interested in
and had amazing teachers. It was an incredihle education,"
Lacy said. 'And the most beautiful campus!"

The late '60s were turbulent on many American college
campuses, and Mary Washington was no exception. "It
was the height of everything in those years," Lacy said.
And as editor of The Bullet, she frequently found herself
at the heart of the trouble. "I don't think I was very
popular with the administration. I was a muckraker.
And when I led sit-ins, they wouldn't know what hit
them." She had a hand in shutting down the campus one
spring due to a protest over the Vietnam War, and she
led a march from Fredericksburg to Washington. "We
were very serious about all this, and we had quite a lot
of followers," she said. "When I graduated, [President]
Grellet Simpson took my parents aside and said, 'I cannot

tell you how many times I wanted to take your daughter
over my knee and spank her.'"

Lacy made The Bullet into a theme-oriented paper,
"a mouthpiece for what we believed in," she said. "We
thought we were amazing. And we won a lot of awards."
For one issue she put a WANTED poster of Jesus Christ
on the front page and published essays on "Christian
radicalism." The issue came out near Thanksgiving,
and when she got back to campus she found that all
her advertisers had dropped out. "There was such a
ruckus. People were threatening to lynch me," she said.
"The school had to get a bodyguard for me for a few
weeks." She was interviewed about the scandal by one
of the networks, and the story was sent all over the
world. "The most amazing thing happened," Lacy said.
"I started getting letters from people all over the world
with money. A dollar bill. Five dollars, 10 dollars. All
to support the paper. And we stayed afloat."

In 1968, Lacy was selected to join nine other student

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editors from universities across the country - Harvard,
Yale, UCLA, and others - to publish a daily student
paper covering the Democratic National Convention in
Chicago. She was the only woman on the team. "Me and
nine guys in one room at the Sheraton Blackstone Hotel,
which overlooked everything," Lacy said. "McGovern
gave us his press headquarters to type our stories, and
the Chicago Daily Defender printed us." One day she went
out to watch the police mobilize. "It was the scariest
thing I've ever seen in my life," she said. "They started
beating people over the head. I saw them drag a nun
across the street and throw her into a paddy wagon.
Then they got me."

A fellow journalist pulled Lacy from the mayhem, so
she escaped the truncheons while whetting her appetite
for a future in journalism. "But I don't know that I was
a good enough writer," she said. "I dreaded a lifetime
of having a knot in my stomach about a deadline and
not knowing if I had anything interesting to say. Film
seemed a better option."

Her interest in film got a jolt a few years later in
Washington, D.C., where she was sharing a house
with college friends while earning a master's degree
in American studies and working for the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the National
Endowment for the Arts. At the NEA, she was in the
architecture and design division, where she ran a historic
preservation program that focused on saving old rail
stations. As part of the project, she commissioned a
30-minute him called Stations, and she was hooked. "I
got the bug," Lacy said.

Marion Blakey '70, former FAA administrator who
is now president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries
Association, was one of those Washington roommates
and has remained among Lacy's closest friends. During
those D.C. days, Blakey said, "We did crazy things like
decorating by stapling sheets together. We couldn't sew.
But we thought we were quite sophisticated."

Blakey added, "Susan has an infectious ability to laugh
at things that people tell her and be genuinely interested
in who they are. That is why I think she's become such
a great documentary filmmaker and storyteller."

Lacy moved back to New York City in 1976 and got

married a year later. Her husband became head of the
American Academy in Rome, and they lived in Italy for
much of the next few years. They settled once and for
all in Manhattan in 1979, and Lacy began working for
WNET Channel 13 that September. She's been there
ever since.

Lacy's first job at WNET was in fundraising, but
Jac Venza - who ran the station's arts division and
produced the Great Performances series, among others
- made her a producer. "And after a couple of years in
other people's editing rooms, she began to direct," said
Venza, who retired in 2005. Lacy's reputation for high
standards, he added, is what has made American Masters
"the showcase" for the best documentary films on the
arts being made today.

Early on, Lacy made a dream list, the five names she
"absolutely, desperately" wanted to make a film about -
Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Martha Graham, Walt
Disney, and Frank Sinatra. Disney and Sinatra are
the only ones that haven't yet worked out. "I've spent
12 years trying to get Sinatra to happen," she said. "I
think I'm closer than anybody's ever been to making
that happen... but it's very expensive." She's confident
that with persistence it will work out with Sinatra and
Disney, as well as with others on her ever-growing wish
list - Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and Philip
Roth among them. "There are very few people that I
really want to make a film about that I can't get to the
point of having a pretty serious conversation with them
about it. But that doesn't mean it's going to happen right
away. When making these major films, the artist or the
estate has to be ready for that to happen."

With the popularity of reality television, competition
for viewers' time, and filmmaking costs all on the rise,
Lacy is in no position to rest on her laurels. "Despite
all our awards and all our prestige and reputation, I am
concerned about the future," she told me. "There's a hell
oi a lot of competition out there, so I'm putting more
attention on how to make sure we're on people's radar. If
people know we're there, they'll come. I absolutely know
that." She's also focusing on the archive she's created.
"I want to make sure that the library I fought so hard
to build doesn't just sit on the shelves and die. So my

Director Kyra Thompson, left, and producer Susan Lacy, right,
with the star of the 2007 American Masters documentary Carol
Burnett: A Woman of Character.

In 2000, the BBC's Anthony Wall, left, and Susan Lacy, middle,
produced Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows. Eastwood is
pictured, right.

biggest goal is to try to find some place - a library, a
university - that will make sure that this incomparable
resource is available for classrooms, for research."

Meanwhile, she's got a series to run, one that's got
millions of fans all over the country. "What she's created
is a great gift to the American people," said Maria
Price '70, director of the Modern Art Museum in Fort
Worth, Texas, and a friend of Lacy's from their years
together at Mary Washington. "These documentaries
capture material that would've otherwise been lost. It's
a terrific series."

Eight days after my first

meeting with Lacy, I made my way to the premiere of
LENNONYC at Lincoln Center. It was held on a warm
night in late September, on the first weekend of the New
York Film Festival. After the show, Yoko Ono, sitting in
the balcony, got a standing ovation from the capacity
crowd in Alice Tully Hall. Ono and Lacy had been
preparing a big announcement - a free public screening
of the film to be held in Central Park on Oct. 9, Lennon's
70th birthday. ("I really wanted this film out there as a
centerpiece for his birthday," Lacy had told me earlier.)
But a corporate sponsor had dropped out late in the

game, and Lacy was suddenly frantic to find the money
to make it work. As the premiere approached, it wasn't
clear if the free screening would be possible.

At the after-party, it was hard to find Lacy in the
throng of celebrities - Ono, Dick Cavett, Glenn Close,
Annie Leibovitz, Steven Van Zandt, and others. I finally
spoke to her well after midnight, when the crowd was just
beginning to thin out. "The night couldn't have gone
better!" she beamed. And what of the public screening?
"Mayor Bloomberg gave me five hours to figure it out
on Friday," she said. "And we got it. It's how this always
works - I'm sliding everything into place at the last
second. That's my life!" m

The free screening of LENNONYC took place
on Oct. 9 in Central Park. The documentary aired
nationally on PBS on Nov. 22 at 9 p.m.

Austin Merrill '91 is an editor at Vanity Fair. He lives in
Brooklyn.

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STAMP OF
JUSTICE

Crusade seeks U.S. Postal
Service recognition
of James Farmer

By Anna B. Billingsley

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The University of Mary Washington
has teamed with U-S- Rep.
John Lewis (D-Ga.) to call for a
commemorative postage stamp
to honor the late James Farmer,

Mary Washington distinguished professor of history and
American studies. Farmer, who retired in 1998, taught at
Mary Washington tor 1 3 years. A leader in the civil rights
movement, Farmer was recognized hy President Clinton in
1998 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest
honor afforded to any American citizen.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to raise the visibility
of Dr. Farmer and his many contributions," said UMW
President Richard V. Hurley, who has worked closely with
the Office of Congressman Lewis; Washington lobbyist
Richard "Rich" Cooper '90, who served as a student
aide to Farmer; and a commemorative stamp committee

comprising University and Fredericksburg
community members.

A national online petition is on the web
at http://jamesfarmer.umw.edu.

In a letter that Lewis sent to fellow
members of Congress asking for their support, he said:
Please join me in asking the VS. Citizens Stamp
Advisory Committee to issue a commemorative stamp
honoring the life and work of civil rights pioneer James
Farmer. As one of our country's original architects of
the civil rights movement, Dr. Farmer dedicated his
life to the ideals of equality and justice. As a founder
of the Congress of Racial Equality and an organizer
of the Freedom Rides in 196 J, he led many efforts
exposing the fear and cruelty that were Jim Crow.

To me and to the many who marched with him
in the 1950s and '60s, Dr. Farmer's character and

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Sending a Message about Farmer

Along with the petition, the James Farmer commemorative stamp website asks respondents to share their James
Farmer stories. The following are excerpts from the comments that had been posted at press time.

Stephanie Wallace '91 wrote:

Even as young students we knew how fortunate we
were to be sitting in front of James Farmer. His lectures
were dramatic, as he spoke in the tones of the emotion
he wanted to illustrate to us. I will never forget the lecture
when he sang "We Shall Overcome." Words can't express
the power of his voice on that and every day he spoke. He
brought each of us on his journey through the civil rights
movement.

Amber Chamberlain Reiter '88 wrote:
At 19, 1 was fortunate to have the foresight to register for
Dr. Farmer's class. I owe a debt of thanks to Dr. Farmer and
UMW for adding early foundational heft to what became a
very conscious attempt to be a good citizen.

Jerri Bard '96 wrote:

As a student at MWC, I was told by a friend that I had to
take James Farmer's class because he had been a
major figure during the civil rights movement and
would not be around much longer. Not knowing
really who he was, I signed up for the class and was
instantly mesmerized by this man! Not one student
spoke during his dialogues and not one person took
notes. We just sat entranced by his voice that was
like velvet as it described the horrors and injustices
he had endured. He had a calm, proud, powerful
demeanor.

Arlene Klapproth '88 wrote:

I just watched the trailer for Dr. Farmer's documentary
and heard his voice. ...I can envision myself sitting in the
classroom listening to him. I feel so lucky and proud to have
met him and had that experience! Definitely one of my best
memories of Mary Washington.

Rebecca Jarvis wrote:

There is no other class I took in college that was more
powerful and inspiring than James Farmer's Civil Rights
class. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to sit
in the same room as Dr. Farmer. Some 20 years later, I still
remember the emotion and intrigue I experienced listening
to Dr. Farmer's experiences firsthand. I still have my
autographed copy of lay Bare The Heart and know that
this course was one that impacted me for a lifetime.

fortitude are well known. As a partner to Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, and
many others, he helped bring us from the segregated
water fountains, lunch counters, bus seats, and ballot
boxes to become a nation where opportunity and
equality are more available to all.

I believe the life and accomplishments of James
Farmer far exceed the U.S. Postal Service requirements
governing such an honor. As a friend and student
of his, I bore witness to the difference he made in
America. I know our nation is a better place because
of his life, and 1 hope you will join me in supporting
this commemorative stamp.

Hurley has encouraged all members of the UMW
community to sign the petition. "Countless Mary
Washington students were enlightened and enriched by
his vivid, firsthand accounts of personal sacrifice and
courage within the civil rights struggles of the 1960s,"
Hurley said. "With Dr. Farmer's bust prominently displayed
on campus, our James Farmer Multicultural Center, and
the many events we have planned in the coming year to
commemorate his role in the Freedom Rides, we would
like for everyone to recognize his service to our country
and the vision he promoted while at Mary Washington
and throughout his lifetime."

The time-consuming process of compiling the

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Farmer, organizer of the 1961 Freedom Rides, was one of many participants arrested in Jackson, Miss. In contrast to his mugshot from
that day, left, he posed in 1998 wearing the Presidential Medal of Honor, which he was given by Bill Clinton in the White House.

documentation for a commemorative stamp is being
coordinated hy Cooper, a former director with the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security and NASA and now
a principal with Catalyst Partners, a government relations
and public affairs firm. Cooper said the U.S. Postal Service
receives more than 50,000 stamp requests per year. "To
make this effort successful, we face a noble, uphill fight,"
Cooper said. "Despite the challenge, I fully believe we
can do it."

In the application to the Citizens Stamp Advisory
Committee, Cooper wrote: "From his earliest days as a
child in Marshall, Texas, Farmer's voice and presence
would speak volumes to the injustices he would challenge,
the barriers he would break, and the world he would
change. Known as one of the country's original architects
of the civil rights movement, Farmer was a member of the
movement's so-called 'Big Four.' He helped lead citizens,
students, and activists of all races and backgrounds with

peaceful means of civil disobedience to challenge and
change the hearts and practices of a country segregated by
color. Farmer is the only member of the Big Four [which
also included Martin Luther King Jr., Whitney Young,
and Roy Wilkins] not honored by a U.S. postage stamp.

Leah Cox, director of UMW's James Farmer Scholars
Program and chair of UMW's commemorative stamp
committee, noted that next year marks the 50th
anniversary of the Freedom Rides, which Farmer
organized.

"Through this effort, we finally are honoring someone
who should've been honored some time ago," Cox said of
the Farmer stamp campaign.

In addition to the commemorative stamp project,
UMW has exciting plans in the works as it prepares
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom
Rides next spring. Details will be forthcoming as plans
are finalized, it

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Alumni College on the Road's first venture is to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, June 28-July 8, 2011.

For many people, Ecuador's Galapagos
Islands are the destination of a lifetime*
"If people have a 'bucket list' for travel, the
Galapagos are usually on it," said Andrew
Dolby, who teaches ornithology and evolution

at the University of Mary Washington. Through a new
Alumni College on the Road program, he will lead a small
group of alumni and friends to Ecuador and the Galapagos
Islands in late June 201 1, with optional further travel to Peru.
The Pacific island group is the only place on earth to see
many rare species, including the Galapagos giant tortoise,
marine iguanas, and the Galapagos penguin, said the assistant
professor of biology. "There are very few places on earth where
you can walk on a beach and sea lions are 15 feet away from
you. It continues to be a living laboratory for modern biology
and a model for stewardship of natural resources."

The mainland of Ecuador,
just 600 miles away, holds its own
treasures of diverse life, including
colorful birds, butterflies, and plants,
which Dolby experienced last March
on an exploratory trip to develop a
field trip program for students.
Inspired by Professor of Biology
Steve Fuller's many successful trips with students to Central
America and the Caribbean, Dolby hopes to offer similar
educational travel to Ecuador.

Aware of the popular
Alumni College "Classes
Without Quizzes" held in
advance of Reunion Week-
end, Dolby hatched the idea
of a partnership. Why not

Andrew Dolby will share his
passion for birds and wildlife.

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take passionate lifelong
learners to one of the
world's most famous - and
colorful - laboratories?

The result is the June
28-July 8, 2011, inaugural
trip of Alumni College
on the Road. Dolby and
Alumni College Direc-
tor Nina Thompson will
lead 15 UMW alumni
and friends through
the Galapagos Islands
as they spend five days
and four nights aboard
the 40-passenger yacht
Isabela U, cruising the
United Nations Educa-
tional, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) World
Heritage Site. On the
mainland, the group will
be based in Ecuador's
9,000-foot-high capital,
historic Quito, and will
crisscross the equator
as they explore wonders
including nature reserves,
butterfly habitats, the
135-foot Pacaya waterfall, and the Mindo Cloud Forest.

"The precipitation isn't necessarily heavy there, but the
forest is often enshrouded in clouds that keep everything
moist and lush," Dolby said. The Mindo Cloud Forest is the
perfect place to see tree ferns, hundreds of species of native
orchids, bromeliads, mosses, and lichens, along with an array
of birds, including mountain toucans and tanagers. And
yon won't encounter a mosquito, he added. "The weather is
mild, and we'll do moderate hiking at a bird-watching pace."

That goes, too, for the Pasochoa Protected Forest Reserve,
home to more than 127 species of birds - including 10 species
of hummingbirds - and the Pasochoa volcano.

The group will benefit not only from Dolby's expertise,

;n to Peru, too...

Thompson hopes some alumni may be able to
continue on the optional extension of the trip tft
Ecuador's neighbor, Peru. The July 8-15 extension,
also coordinate&by Classic Escapes, includes time in
Lima, the Urubamba Valley - sacred to the Incas - with
its ancient temples and fortresses; Machu Picchu,
another World.Heritage Site, pictured here; Cusco; and
more. UMW now has a special connection to Peru,
too, as Rose ML Likins 81 serves as the United States
Ambassador there. *

but also that of local
naturalists. For Dolby,
that synergy will
make this trip special.
"My North American
scientific point of view
will complement the
knowledge and insight
furnished by our local
guides." Combining
the perspectives and
knowledge of naturalists
from North and South
America promotes both
scientific understanding
and conservation.

While one might see
a red-eyed vireo during
its breeding season in
Fredericksburg, one
also might spot the
same bird in Ecuador,
where it winters, said
Dolby, president-elect
of the Virginia Society
of Ornithology. "Such
migratory birds are
neither 'ours' nor 'theirs.'
Birds are wildlife that
we actually share, and
we need to work together to make sure populations are
maintained. One way to do that is to host trips like this. From
a personal standpoint, I would love to be able to participate
in strengthening ties between North and South America to
promote joint conservation efforts. You gain a more complete
perspective and facilitate partnership when you go down
there and meet the people."

Guides also will lead tours of the UNESCO World Heritage
Site of Quito, Ecuador, founded on the ruins of an Inca city
after the 1533 Spanish conquest. Visitors will explore its
museums, shops, markets, and colonial buildings, the rich
architectural heritage of which fuses Spanish, Italian, Moorish,
Flemish, and indigenous art. Alumni College participants will

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be based in the heart of "Quito Antigo" and will spend six
nights in Hotel Patio Andaluz, a building of such historical
significance Ecuador named it an official national treasure.
Accommodations in the Galapagos will be equally elegant
aboard the 166-foot Isabela II, with its crew of 27, including
three naturalists. After exploring the rocky volcanic islands
spotting vermilion flycatchers, Darwin's finches, fur seals, and
the like, the UMW travelers will return to air-conditioned
cabins, specially prepared gourmet meals, and a sun deck
with an observation area and Jacuzzi. While navigating the

At the suggestion of Vice President for Advancement and
University Relations Torre Meringolo, the UMW Alumni Board
supported the decision to reformulate the existing alumni travel
program and to rebrand it as Alumni College on the Road.

Director of Alumni College Thompson worked with
Classic Escapes travel company to tailor this itinerary to
reflect Dolby's expertise and experience. That means the
small Mary Washington group will have a tour unlike any
other. Meringolo chose to partner with Classic Escapes
because of its reputation for excellence and because of its

The Galapagos Islands are a great place to watch the magnifkant frigatebird, left, and the only place to see the Galapagos tortoise. In
Ecuador, travelers will experience the unique colonial architecture of the capital of Quito in buildings such as La Compahia de Jesus,
right, a UNESCO heritage site begun in 1650.

Galapagos Islands, Isabela IPs passengers may swim and snorkel,
view ocean life through a glass-bottom boat, and kayak.

Each of the 19 volcanic islands has its own atmosphere, and
many have their own endemic species, such as swallow-tailed
and lava gulls, frigate birds with showy red inflatable throat
pouches, red-footed and masked boobies, red-billed tropic
birds, storm petrels, short-eared owls, and Galapagos hawks.

"These animals don't have a fear response," Dolby said.
"They have lived on those islands for thousands of years, but
humans have been introduced there only relatively recently,
so there has been no pressure for them to be afraid of us. The
birds don't fly away, so there will be plenty of opportunities
for close encounters and photography."

In advance of and during the trip, Dolby plans to talk
to the group about the importance of Charles Darwin's
research in the Galapagos, how the species he saw there in
the 1830s inspired his scientific interests, and how Darwin's
Galapagos findings revolutionized the field of biology. Today
the archipelago remains the center of some of the most
important ongoing evolutionary research on the planet.

commitment to travel that respects and preserves diverse
cultures and nature. In addition to Thompson and Dolby, a
Classic Escapes representative will accompany the travelers.
Local naturalists will join them along the way.

The 15 spaces for the Ecuador trip are available on a first-
come, first-served basis, Thompson said. It's the opportunity
to visit a place like no other with a UMW professor along
to offer deep context and insight. And, she said, high-level
accommodations, all services and planning attended to, and
lots of opportunities to socialize and relax add to the charm.
The cost per person, excluding airfare, is $4,995.

UMW is planning future trips for Alumni College on
the Road based on suggestions and ideas from alumni.
Thompson said, "We will look into anything that promotes
lifelong learning and bonds among Mary Washington alumni
and friends." m

For more information on Alumni College on the Road's
inaugural trip, visit www. umw.edu/alumnicollegeroad, or call
540/654-2065.

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Mark Saff erstone

By Christine Neuberger

"What do you do at UMW?

Never surprised when colleagues ask that question, Mark
Safferstone has seen his role change several times during his 13
years at Mary Washington. And Safferstone again has donned
another hat - executive director of UMW's third campus.

Safferstone, 62, now divides his time between the
Dahlgren campus, which is under construction, and the
Stafford campus, where he serves as an executive director at
the new Division of Professional Development and Regional
Engagement. "I've enjoyed the challenge of doing different
things for the University," he said.

A native of upstate New York, Safferstone headed for
sunnier climes. He earned his bachelor's and master's
degrees from the University of Miami and later received a
Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

His first full-time job -teaching in Miami public schools
- launched a career that has hardly strayed from education,
whether he was directing a hospital training department,
teaching college students, or working for a major
management consulting firm.

Safferstone arrived at Mary Washington in 1997 as a
visiting assistant business professor. Named associate dean
for graduate and professional studies a year later, he has
cultivated ties with many outside organizations, which
prepared him for his new role.

"The biggest challenge will be establishing relationships
and becoming an integral part of the Dahlgren community,"
he said. "If we do that and if we truly understand and meet
their educational needs, we will succeed."

Being a part of an
institution of higher education in the community where I live.

We need
to recognize that our three campuses, each with unique
constituents and offerings, comprise one university.

Never too old to learn.
At age 54, after completing my Ph.D. when I was in my late 20s, I
returned to school and earned my MBA from Mary Washington
in 2006. Also, in my heart of hearts I'm quite introverted even
though people would describe me as talkative and outgoing.

A sense of accomplishment - especially
achievements that are collaboratively attained. I'm motivated
by the challenge of doing things differently, and I enjoy learning
for its own sake.

Making a difference and contributing to
the community where my wife and I live.

My wife,
Sharon, and our
three adult children.
Sharon comes from
a large Boston
family with a strong

work ethic, and she has a "people before things" perspective.
She is eternally and inspirationally optimistic, my best friend,
yet my best critic. The kids - Heather, Chad, and Todd - range in
age from 28 to 35. They all graduated from college, they have
a healthy lifestyle, they've got jobs they love, and they're family
oriented.

My dad died when I
was 10 16, and I was raised an only child by a single mom who
owned and ran a family business. I've been fortunate to have
a number of male role models - my Uncle Al, a college advisor,
several bosses and professional colleagues - that had a positive
impact on my life.

Establishing and
maintaining my relationship with God. I was raised in a
conservative, Torah-based Jewish family and in 1992, 1 accepted
Christ.

I love to read - predominantly
books about leadership and business - and I enjoy playing golf
when time permits. I like doing home-improvement projects
and yard work because I get a sense of accomplishment, and
I've finally learned the value of regularly going to the gym.
Sharon and I enjoy the time, we spend together with our golden
retrievers, Preston and Cooper.

Family. Honesty. Integrity. Being
able to laugh. Having a sense of humor, keeping my priorities in
perspective.

Three Cups of Tea:
One Man's Mission to Promote Peace. . .One School at a
Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It's about a
mountaineer who, after failing to summit the world's second-
highest mountain, went on to construct schools in Afghanistan
and Pakistan. I was struck by the author's success in cultivating
relationships with local leaders. I'd like to borrow some of his
ideas as we build ties to the Dahlgren community.

I learned to play the drums when I was 13 years old, and I serve
on our church worship team that plays contemporary Christian
music, ii

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BOOK REPORT

All of the following books are available in the UMW Bookstore.

Books by Faculty

The
Classroom
Facilitator

The Classroom Facilitator:
Special Issue Questions

Edited by Suzanne G. Houff,
UMW professor of education

OOOOOOOCM

Designed for teachers, administrators,
and staff development coordinators,
The Classroom Facilitator: Special Issue Questions incorporates
current information, case studies, and reader exercises to
highlight effective instructional practices. In it, nine UMW
faculty members address diverse educational themes and
highlight special topics, including social and emotional
learning, culturally responsive teaching, instructional
technology, and special education.

Betty Wells Brown, professor of education at the
University of North Carolina Pembroke, wrote, "To meet
21st-century goals, teachers want a how-to book that offers
realistic approaches to teaching; The Classroom Facilitator
presents useful integration of methodology and pedagogy to
meet these needs."

Chapter authors from the UMW College of Education
are professors Norah Hooper and Jane Huffman; associate
professors Laurie Abeel, Teresa Coffman, Nicole Myers,
Kavatus Newell, and Sharon Teabo; and instructor Patricia
Reynolds. John St. Clair, UMW director of distance and
blended learning, also contributed a chapter. The book is
dedicated to Brenda Vogel, professor of education emerita.
- Published by Rowman and Littlefield Education, August 2010

Language in the Real World -
An Introduction to Linguistics

Edited by Judith A. Parker,
UMW professor of English and
linguistics, and Susan J. Behrens,
Marymount Manhattan College
professor of speech-language
pathology and audiology

Language in the Real World, a textbook, addresses several
key areas of linguistics, including language disorders,
animal communication, forensic linguistics, and language
variation. Editors Judith Parker and Susan Behrens
organized the book into five sections that examine up-
to-date issues of language and its applications, and they
include chapters from 26 contributing authors at more
than a dozen institutions. Each chapter features key points,
an author's note, and student exercises. The text offers

LANGUAGE IN THE

REAL WORLD

activities and suggestions for further study and reading.
Professor William F. Katz of the School of Behavioral and
Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas said of
Language in the Real World: "This collection of timely chapters
with interactive exercises will inspire students to think broadly
about the application of linguistics in a variety of fields."

- Published by Routledge, March 2010

The Called

By Warren Rochelle,
UMW professor of English

In Warren Rochelle's earlier novel,
Harvest of Changelings, the title
characters are able to go live in the
magical universe of Faerie after
defeating the Fomorii, the changelings' evil enemies on Earth.
In his most recent novel, The Called, intolerance again grows
on Earth toward the magical and different who oppose evil.
As the Fomorii infiltrate Earth's religions and government, the
changelings must leave Faerie for the parallel universe and
Earth. There they must aid "the different" to gain control of
the portal between the magic worlds before it reopens to the
evil doers and grants them entry to Faerie.
Rochelle is also author of The Wild Boy.
Jim Grimsley, winner of the 2004 Lambda Literary Award
in Science Fiction and Fantasy, described The Called as a
delicious read. "Rochelle's writing is strong and sure, and his
maturity makes for a compelling contribution to his story
of the intersection of the world of Faerie with the Piedmont
South," he wrote.

- Published by Golden Gryphon Press, July 2010

Books by Alumni

Mr. Worthington's Beautiful
Experiments on Splashes

By Genine Lentine '84,
San Francisco Zen Center
Artist-in-Residence, 2009-10

Mark Doty wrote of Genine Lentine's
poetry collection, Mr. Worthington's
Beautiful Experiments on Splashes: "In her short, formally
inventive pieces - and especially in her dazzling long
poem about language's power and limits that anchors
this collection - Lentine sounds like no one else. Her wry,
astonished, aching voice is a fresh presence in American
poetry."

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BOOK REPORT

Richard McCann said, "These poems plunge headlong
into uncertainties of both language and life and, in doing so,
they are so original that I often felt while reading them that I
was in the grip of a brand new and still unnamed emotion."

Lentine collaborated on The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects
on a Century in the Garden with one-time U.S. Poet Laureate
Stanley Kunitz before his death in 2006. Her poems, essays,
and interviews have appeared in American Poetry Review;
American Speech; Diagram; Gulf Coast; Ninth Letter; O, the
Oprah Magazine; and Tricycle. After receiving a bachelor's
degree in English from Mary Washington, Lentine earned a
master of science in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown
University and a master of fine arts in poetry from New York
University.

- Published by Diagram/New Michigan Press, January 2010

By Faculty and Alumna

Washington at Home: An
Illustrated History of the
Neighborhoods in the
Nation's Capital

Edited by Kathryn Schneider
Smith

Two members of the Mary Washington community joined
a team of historians, journalists, museum professionals, and
others to craft Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of the
Neighborhoods in the Nation's Capital. This replaces the 1988
edition of the classic reference book on the social history of
Washington, D.C., used by generations of realtors, journalists,
historians, politicians, and residents.

John Pearce, retired director of the James Monroe
Museum, wrote the chapter, Brookland, about the Northeast
D.C. neighborhood by the same name. Librarian Kathryn
Collison Ray '72 wrote a chapter on Tenleytown in Northwest.

When Pearce taught at George Washington University, he
involved students in an extensive study of Brookland, home to
Catholic and Howard universities and the late professor Ralph
Bunch, the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Ray, who graduated in American studies from Mary
Washington, is manager of the Tenley-Friendship Branch
of the D.C Public Library. She wrote that native Americans
trekked through what is now Tenleytown on the way to
quarries on the Potomac River. In colonial times, a crossroads
grew up around John Tennally's tavern there, and the
neighborhood heights were an important vantage during
the Civil War.

- Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, May 2010

Get the
Picture?

In the last edition,

we asked for help

identifying the two women

on a snow-covered Campus Walk in this photo that

dates from around 1990. While no one was able to

positively identify the students, we still welcome your

input on this photo.

Give It Your Best Shot!

We know this "pillow fight," pictured below,
happened in 1962, but that is all we know about
these Mary Washington student shenanigans.
Can you tell us who these women are?

This image is among the hundreds of historic
photos in the UMW Centennial Digital Image
Archive, an interactive and searchable database
that is available to the public at http://archive.
umw.edu. Some of the images in the archive are
identified only partially or not at all.

If you can shed more light on this photo,
please contact us. Our archives will become more
complete with shared information from UMW
friends and family. Send email to abilling@umw.edu
(please put GET THE PICTURE in the subject line)
or write to the University of Mary Washington
Magazine - Get the Picture, UMW, 1301 College Ave.,
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5300.

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NOTABLE & QUOTABLE

Drive and Determination
Propel Alumnus Across
the English Channel

When you harbor a goal for 21 years, especially if it is
something that fewer than 1,000 people in the history
of the world have accomplished, you do just about
anything to succeed. You arise before dawn on a regular
basis to prepare, you brave the elements and test your
physical limits, and you travel overseas when your wife
is eight months pregnant.

Davis Lee '98 of Newburyport, Mass., has done all
of the above in fulfilling his dream. He has immersed
himself in his quest. Literally. Through chilly, salty water
on Sept. 28, the 35-year-old nuclear physicist swam
across the English Channel.

Overcoming challenges has been part of Lee's life.
Diagnosed with dyslexia, he went on to earn a degree in
math and physics from Mary Washington and a master's
in applied physics from Johns Hopkins before securing
his doctorate in nuclear science and engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Lee and his wife, Kate, have a 2-year-old son, Oliver, and
were expecting a daughter shortly after Lee's swim across
the channel.

This is Lee's approach: Decide on a goal, plot a course,
and follow that plan religiously. Once he decided this was
the year to act on his dream, Lee trained rigorously for 18
months.

Conquering the English Channel is no small task. The
21.6-mile stretch between Dover, England, and Calais,
France, has lured open-water swimmers for more than 135
years. Because of tides and currents, channel swimmers

are typically forced
to take a more
roundabout line.

A map of Lee's
route looked
more like a giant
question mark
than a straight
line. He ended
up swimming a

r /to <f ranee

Davis Lee of Newburyport, Mass., spent months training in the water
near his home to prepare for his swim across the English Channel.
Here, he wrapped up a trial run shortly before heading to the chilly
waters between England and France.

total of 31.6 miles. The trek, which started at 1 a.m., took 12
hours and 41 minutes.

The English Channel is known as the "Everest of open-
water swimming." People who attempt a crossing - and
many more have failed than have succeeded - have to
contend not only with cold and exhaustion, but also with
the stress of dodging sea traffic in one of the world's
busiest shipping corridors. Water temperature in the
channel averages between 55 and 56 degrees Fahrenheit.

English Channel crossing rules do not permit wetsuits,
and they do not allow swimmers to touch their escort
boats.

Among channel swimmers, a tradition has sprung up.
The successful finishers write their name, the date, their
time, and a few words about their crossing on the walls or
ceiling of The White Horse pub in Dover. Lee found a spot
just above the corner of the bar. After his name and daie,
he summed up his odyssey by writing, "IT WAS COLD."

Lee's quest was documented by The Boston Globe and
on Lee's blog, sharkytreat.blogspot.com.

qfa Secretary

By successfully swimming the English
Channel, Davis Lee has joined the ranks
of an elite group.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

UMW Junior Wins

Human Rights Campaign
Scholarship

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation awarded a
Generation Equality Scholarship to Charles Girard '12. The
scholarships are part of the HRC Foundation's Youth and
Campus Outreach Program, which aims to provide tools,
facilitate connections, and empower young people to fight
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality
on campuses.

Girard plans to major in American studies with a
concentration in gender and sexuality. Since 2008, Girard
has held various roles on the executive committee of
UMW's PRISM, People Representing Individuals of Sexual
Minorities, including secretary and webmaster. He is a
co-founder and current president of the Gender-Neutral
Housing Project, formed in 2008 to establish a gender-
neutral housing policy on campus. Also, Girard was
chosen by Equality Virginia to serve on the Generation
Equality board, their LGBT youth outreach program,
and to speak at Equality Virginia's statewide conference
about UMW's gender-neutral housing initiative.

Girard said he plans to continue working with PRISM
to have gender identity and expression added to the
school's non-discrimination policy. After graduation,
he said, "I want to work with transgender youth and
use the tools that I am learning in college to continue
to make a difference in the lives of my transgender
brothers and sisters."

Passionate About Rivers
and Teen Empowerment,
Alumna Nets National
Conservation Award

A Durango, Colo., woman is the recipient of a national
conservation fellowship that will boost the number of
hands-on conservation opportunities available to teenagers.
Christina Nesset '95 is one of 40 individuals nationwide
selected as a 2010TogetherGreen Fellow. Supported
by a conservation alliance of Audubon and Toyota, the
TogetherGreen Fellowship awards each Fellow $10,000
toward a community-focused project to engage local
residents in conserving land, water, and energy, and
contributing to greater environmental health.

Charles Girard, center, attended the Human Rights Campaign
national dinner in October with 2009-2010 PRISM President
Brendon Bottle '10, left, and current PRISM President Melody Ain '11.

Christina Nesset of Colorado will use an award from the
TogetherGreen Fellowship to launch a River Conservation Program.

For her project, Nesset will launch the River Conservation
Program at Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC), where she
serves as executive director for the Four Corners Office. The
pilot program will be geared toward 12- to 15-year-olds.
River Conservation participants will take part in river service
projects, including clean-ups, invasive species removal, and
native plant restoration. They will also receive leadership
training and education on stream ecology and water issues.
The program, which will run in the summer of 2011, will be
made available at no cost to participants.

"I see this as an investment in the future," Nesset said.
"Our young adults are tomorrow's decision makers, stewards,
voters, and leaders of our community."

In her role at SCC, where she has worked for eight years,
Nesset oversees more than 250 seasonal crew leaders. She
has worked with teens on environmental issues in Colorado,

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Montana, New York, Virginia, and Washington. Her career
has been devoted to empowering young people in the field
of conservation.

"Christina is the kind of person who can make a real
difference in the health of our environment and the quality
of our future," said National Audubon Society President
David Yarnold.

Nesset earned a bachelor's degree in environmental
earth science from Mary Washington. Fellowship recipients
were chosen from a large pool of highly qualified individuals.
All were required to have at least six years experience in
conservation, environmental education, policy, or related
issues; a demonstrated passion for conservation; and a
proven track record of reaching previously underserved
audiences.

Other Notables

Alumni

• Shelby Zelonis '08 won an award for a paper she
presented at the Association of American Geographers
(AAG) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., last spring. She
was one of two graduate students in the country recognized
by the AAG Geomorphology Specialty Group. Shelby is
completing a master's degree at the University of South
Carolina.

• Marissa S. Allison '10 spent the summer in Oman studying
Arabic as part of a federal government effort to dramatically
expand the number of Americans mastering critically
needed languages.

Allison was one of 575 students selected for a 2010
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from among 5,300
applicants. The Department of State launched the CLS
program in 2006 to increase opportunities for American
students to study critical-need languages overseas.

Faculty

• At the American Psychological Association Convention in
San Diego, Calif., in August, two faculty members from the
UMW Department of Psychology were recognized:

Professor Chris Kilmartin was named Researcher of
the Year. The award was presented by the Society for the
Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (SPSMM),
Division 51 of the APA. This honor recognizes outstanding
published research concerning males and masculinity.

Chris Kilmartin

A licensed clinical
psychologist, Kilmartin is an
internationally recognized
expert on gender and on
violence prevention. He brought
the White Ribbon Campaign,
a movement begun in Canada
to end men's violence against
women, to the U.S. and to UMW.
The campaign has spread to
college campuses nationwide.

Mindy Erchull

Assistant Professor Mindy J. Erchull received the 2010
Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women
Award. Sponsored by the Society for the Psychology of
Women, the award recognizes a young faculty member who
employs innovative methods to address issues of diversity
in teaching the psychology
of women. Her research
interests include objectification,
feminism, psychological aspects
of reproductive health, social
psychology, health psychology,
psychology of women, women's
health, social influence, and
statistics and research methods.
She has had several articles
published on these topics in
such academic journals as
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Sex Roles, and Health Psychology.

• Instructional Technologist Patrick Murray-John was among
12 digital humanists invited by the National Endowment
for the Humanities to the "One Week | One Tool: A Digital
Humanities Barn Raising" at the Center for History and

New Media. Collaborators were
challenged to conceptualize and
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UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

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UMNI BOARD

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FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

TO: All Alumni

FROM: Derek M. Bottcher '96

I write this as the mid- Atlantic states begin

to experience the welcome taste of autumn.

If vou're like me, your memories of Mary

Washington in the fall are vivid - leaves changing colors, students sporting

sweatshirts, and faculty and students alike looking forward to wmter break.

If you regularly peruse the UMW website or the alumni e-news, you know that
acLy alounds on both the Fredericksburg and Stafford campuses. Studen s
moved into Eagle Landing, the stunning new apartments across U.S. Route 1 from
Trnpus and now make daily treks across the pedestrian bridge over the highway In
September, local officials and business leaders joined the UMW Board of Visitors at
glndbreaking ceremony for the Center for Education and ^search our uture
Dahlgren campus. Randolph and Mason halls are currently under renovation,
a^d Monroe Hall s long-awaited facelift should be complete in time for Reunion
Weekend next June, as should the new Anderson Center.

I'm proud that so many alums have responded to a call for support of a
ommemorative postage stamp honoring the late James Farmer civil rights pioneer
and Distinguished Professor of History at UMW. Hundreds of alumni count
htspellbinding lectures and firsthand accounts of the events of the civil rights
=nt among their most meaningful experiences at W*%%£ **
you've added your name to the online petition in support of this effort. If not, go to
http://jamesfarmer.umw.edu/.

As we abroach the midpoint of another academic year, I encourage you to keep
MaT S Tg c L at Jtop of your priority list. Come back and walk the beau iful
camp- Get in touch with a favorite faculty member, mentor a promising student,
orTommend Mary Washington to prospective students. Watch the alumni
websiteTan event in your area and plan to attend. You'll no doubt leave filled with
excitement and pride for Mary Washington.

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that's GOLD for Graduates Of the Last Decade
-for class participation in gifts to UMW

Above: Two members of the Class of 2010
reconnect: Krystal Jackson, left, and Mary
Wagoner

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Class Notes

Ruby Lee Norris

rnorri.siifiiasisonline.com

1941

LoisLoehr Brown
LoisLbrown@ao1.com

The Modern Greek Program at the
University of Michigan will include
the papers of Eva Catafygiotu
Topping in a compilation dealing
with Greek- American history.
Someday someone will read Eva's
papers and say, "Here is a Greek-
American lady who was born and
grew up in historic Fredericksburg."

Lee Hall Archer

huntenleeyYharter.net

Phyllis Quimby Anderson
pqhndson@myfairpoint.net

Marie Kennedy Robins and her

daughter spent Mother's Day together
on a short trip to Naples, Fla. Marie
has been in a continuing care
retirement community in Southern
Pines, N.C, for 10 happy years.

Anna Roberts Ware wrote in
July and said there had been no rain
since mid-May, so the dying corn
and soybeans were a sad sight in the
fields. She had a visit from Libby
Phillips Rowe and her husband.

Edith Patterson Breeden

is still driving her amazing VW
bug. Her daughter and son-in-law,
Diana and Keith
Dawson of Los

Angeles, visited Edith Patterson Breeden '41 is

this summer.
Diana received
a bachelor of

[

still driving her amazing VW bug.

arts in art history in June, having
interrupted her studies to raise her
family.

A recent Fairfax County
government publication
on the history of its Asian-
American population features Lois
Loehr Brown because of her long
association with the local Korean
community.

It is wonderful to have
frequent contact with Lundy Baker
Updike 76 and Anne Radway '63

who inspire the older generation
to keep alert and active. Lundy's
son, Jim, completed his freshman
year at UMW.

On a recent visit to George
Mason University, I met Nell
Barnes '05. 1 asked her why
she chose University of Mary
Washington and her reply was the
same one I've heard many times
before: "I fell in love with the
campus, it is so beautiful!"

1912

Virginia Bennett Skillman
classnotes@umw.edu

In June, Ruth McDaniel

Potts attended a family reunion
in Fredericksburg. The town
has changed - her sister, Hazel
McDaniel Thompson '48, found
it difficult to figure out where she
was - but Mary Washington was
as beautiful as ever. Her family
thought it was the prettiest campus
with the prettiest buildings they had
ever seen. Ruth vacationed with her
children, grands, and great-grands
- the youngest was 2. She spent a
weekend at Lake Anna with friends,
she plays a lot of bridge, and she
crochets blankets for Project Linus.
A knee replacement nine years ago
keeps her from gardening. Sadly,
one of Ruths sisters died last year.

Isabel Hildrup Klein is

doing well, despite plans for knee
surgery. She and Bob still love
their retirement village in North
Carolina. Isabel's granddaughter,
Robin, has a doctorate from Yale
University and works with a
national health agency. Her brother
is a district attorney. Isabel's family
had a reunion at her old homestead
in Chancellor, Va. For those who
knew of George Washington, who
had been with the Hildrups forever,
he was still there caring for the farm
and living by himself at age 88!

Mary Ellen Gardiner Starkey

is happy in her own home in

Waldorf, which is part of a very

nice retirement village. Elizabeth

Cumby Murray lives in a

retirement facility with a wonderful

activities director who keeps the

residents busy. Her grandson and

his wife, Andrew

and Kirsten, are

the parents of

Elizabeth's tirst

great-grandchild,

Charlotte Elizabeth,

who turned

18 months old in

July. Grandson

Matthieu will

marry in June 2011

in Westhampton,

N.Y. Elizabeth's sad news was the

loss of her son-in-law, who fought

lung cancer for more than two years

and succumbed in May.

My own news is that all nine
of our children decided to have
a family reunion at our home
as we had when we first moved
to Vermont 22 years ago. Our
children are doing everything this
time so Hank and I are supposed
to stay relaxed. We are trying to!
Our plans include going to Hank's
annual Navy reunion in the fall in
Annapolis. One of our grandsons
graduated magna cum laude from
the University of Vermont. He had
three jobs last summer! We still
have no greats. Hank's cancer is
holding its own since he is doing
everything right. He hasn't lost his
wit and ambition, but like most of
us he tires easily. I am doing well
except for lower back pain that
restricts me somewhat.

IOTU

Frances Watts Barker
abtheresin@verizon.net

How wonderful it was to see
Mary Washington classmates at our
65th reunion in June! Five years
ago when we said good-bye at our
60th, I had no idea that I could or
would attend another memorable
weekend with those friends of so
many years. On Saturday, following
lunch under a huge tent between
Virginia and Willard halls, eight
members of our class posed for a
picture and then assembled in the
air-conditioned parlor of Virginia.

Gloria Post Goodsell gave an
introduction emphasizing the
enduring friendships and memories
of our years together. She gets the
credit - Gloria's enthusiasm, love,
and support of Mary Washington
are contagious, and we '45ers are
thankful for that.

Virginia Schier Drury '47 read
Bill Crawley's history of Mary
Washington, and she suggests we
do the same, as well as peruse
Moments in Time, a book of
campus photographs.

Kitty Holman Hovde,
Jean Hudson Inskeep, Betsy
Shamburger Sharp, Ruth Smith
Stanley, Frances Stebbins Shelton,
Helen Martha Vest Larkins,
Gloria, and I each spoke of friends
and remembered the war years
at Mary Washington College.
Families also joined our group:
Kitty Holman's daughter-in-law
and granddaughter, Helen Martha's
two daughters, and Ruth Smith's
daughter and granddaughters
family. Glorias husband, Roger,
made their travel plans from Tyler,
Texas, to Fredericksburg, Va., and
accompanied her. The evening's
reunion social and banquet were
delightful. We felt honored to meet
many staff and faculty members,
including Mary Washington's new
president, Rick Hurley. It was
refreshing to see the enthusiasm,
love, and loyalty of the younger
alumni. Although we were the
oldest class attending, we felt very
fortunate to be with them. Our love
and pride for Mary Washington
have not diminished. The reunion
was delightful and a memorable
milestone for me.

Classmates who were unable
to attend our 65th reunion sent
news. Anne Dawideit Dickinson's
grandson's wedding prevented
her from coming. This may have
been the first reunion Anne and
roommate Bets Johnson Roberts
have missed. Though Bets has
serious eye problems, with the aid
of her husband and a helper, she is
able to enjoy crossword puzzles and
audio books.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

GLASS NOTES

A family wedding, a sons
birthday, and the annual Ashland
Strawberry Faire kept Ann White
Leonard away from Reunion. She
sent a letter her father wrote about
his memorable visit to campus for
May Day 1943. It is a gem, including
all events from
the Richmond-to-
Fredericksburg train
ride to the end ot
May Day festivities.
The letter brought
back so many
memories. Ann
is in close touch
with Betty Sharp
Seelinger, who lives
in New Bern, N.C.

Ann Breismaster Robinson

volunteers at her church gift shop
and planned to attend two family
get-togethers - one with her
daughter and family, the other with
her sister and family. She has two
great-grandchildren.

r Helen Singleton Darfus '48
underwent a year of treatment
for stomach cancer, high blood
pressure, and diabetes. She wrote,
"I want my classmates to know,
even at age 83, 1 am a survivor!"

En route to Fredericksburg,
Gloria and Roger enjoyed lunch
with Grace Bailey Lindner and
Carl at Richmond's Westminster
Canterbury. Chris Brauer Krausse
joined them. She still enjoys her
river home during the summer
months.

Marjorie Storms Reddoch

and Ruskin are doing well in
Tarpon Springs, Fla. Their traveling
is limited, but they enjoy family
get-togethers with their daughters,
13 grandchildren, and eight great-
grandchildren.

Dorothy "Skip" Potts Taylor

and Wally are upbeat and remain
involved in community and church
affairs in spite of health flare-ups.
I enjoy phone conversations with
Skip.

Please continue sending me
updates and happenings in your lives.

Patricia Mathewson Spring
classnotes@umw.edu

Sally Heritage Jordan hopes
to attend our 65th reunion. She
takes bus trips; does volunteer
work; enjoys concerts, dining
out, swimnastics, and tennis;
serves on community boards;
and is very involved in church
activities. She has two children,
four grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren. "Life has
been good to me," she wrote. Sally
called Carolyn Rohr Hueber on
her 86th birthday and learned she
is in an assisted living home in
Alexandria.

Janice Worsley Mayberry

relayed the sad news that Sue
Vick Warren passed away in May.
She will be missed. Our deepest
sympathy to her family.

Elizabeth Stallings Sharpe is

"fair," she said, but manages to get
about. Joe and Tracy Ely, children of
Virginia Fry Ely, sent a lovely letter
with the sad news of their mother's
death in May. She was diagnosed
with Alzheimer's disease in June
1996, just after attending our 50th
reunion. They said Virginia spoke
often and fondly of the three years
she spent at Mary Washington,
1943-1946 - about Mrs. Bushnells
WWII "news flashes," roommate
Josephine Caulk and trips to her
home town of Trappe, Md., good
times with roommates Nancy
Williams and Mary Freeman, and
good memories of Alice Lynch,
who was raised on a farm in
Pennsylvania. "We remember her
talking about Ana Gonzalez from
Puerto Rico talking to the cat on
campus in Spanish," they wrote.

Betty Moore Drewry Bamman
bdbamman@verizon.net

Kay Ryan Ryan of Ocala, Fla., has
two new great-grandsons and two
new great-granddaughters. She
enjoys basketball - especially March
Madness - and planned to vacation
"up North" in July and August. Kay
hears from June Ashton Stypes.

Ruth Myer Butler lives in
a retirement home in Austin,
Texas, where she roots for the
Longhorns. She is fully recovered
from shoulder replacement, is active
in her resident association, goes to
baseball games with her son, and
attends band concerts to hear her
grandson play the oboe and the
trumpet.

Virginia Schier Drury read
Dr. Bill Crawley's history of Mary
Washington, and she suggests we
peruse Moments in Time, a book of
photographs by Lynda Richardson
'81 that also contains a brief

history by Dr. Crawley. Virginia
also revisited her copy of Dean
Alvey's History of'MWC: 1908-1972.
Virginia was in the cavalry and
marching band and attended the
35th and 50th reunions.

My son, Mark, and I are
still updating our home in
Christiansburg, Va. Don't forget to
keep in touch.

classnotes@umw.edu

The Class of 1948 currently has
no class agent. If you would like to
volunteer for this role, please contact
the alumni office at alumni@umw.edu.

In July 2009, Helen Singleton

Darfus was diagnosed with stomach
cancer, high blood pressure, and
diabetes. Treatment for a year at
MD Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, Texas, left her cancer free.
"The whole year was a nightmare,
but I am alive and feel better than I
did before I got sick," she wrote. "I
want my classmates to know, even at
age 83, 1 am a survivor. Thank God
and thank MD Anderson!"

Anna Dulany Lyons

June Davis McCormick
jaymccee@yahoo.com

From June: While the old adage
"no news is good news" may be
reassuring to many, it clearly is
not to Class Agents; therefore, we
continue to be grateful for word
from the faithful few.

An awaited report finally came
from Betty Bond Heller Nichols,

in which she summarized her
journey to Carnegie Hall as "the
trip of a lifetime." As noted earlier,
Betty Bond s granddaughter Sarah
now is a member of the Roanoke
College Children's Choir, chosen as
one of 10 top choirs from all over
the country to perform in concert
at the famed showplace. Sarah's
group was further honored as the
featured choir to perform alone for
their 15 minutes of fame. Betty had
the opportunity to sit in on a few
rehearsals. B.B. said it was a real
treat for those 300 kids and a thrill
for her as a proud grandmother!
Unfortunately, that was the weekend
of a March nor'easter over most of
the East Coast. B.B. said sloshing
around in pouring rains all weekend
dampened everything but their
spirits. They now have pictures

of Sarah in performance for their
memory books, providing proof that
one of the family finally made it to
Carnegie Hall!

Even a proud grandmother
faces a real dilemma when two
dear granddaughters have their
respective college commencements
scheduled for the same day, same
time, and miles apart. Helping
with her difficult decision, Anna
"Andi" Dulany Lyons' eldest son,
Clay Devening, persuaded her
to attend his daughter Chelsea's
ceremony at UMW, where 61
years earlier Andi (with Clay
aboard) had received her Mary
Washington diploma. Arriving in
Fredericksburg on Friday, Andi,
Clay, and wife Martha were happy
to be present when Chelsea, senior
class president, introduced the
featured speaker at baccalaureate.
Saturday was a perfect May day for
the graduation ceremony. Chelsea
delivered a welcoming speech,
and her parents and grandmother
beamed with pride. Chelsea's major
was Arabic studies and she was to
leave for Syria in July to immerse
herself in that culture until
October. Her parents planned to
join her there for her last week and
accompany her home. Well done,
Chelsea Devening '10!

The conflicting ceremony took
place at James Madison University,
where Andi's granddaughter Erin
graduated with a degree in health
science. Her father is Scott, Andi's
youngest son. Because Andi
could not be there, she is looking
forward to 2013 when Erin expects
to graduate with a doctorate in
physical therapy from the Medical
College of Virginia. Her roommate
in Richmond is in the same program
at MCV and, coincidentally, was
a classmate of Chelsea's at UMW.
That's keeping it all in the family,
both Devenings and alumni.

In August, Andi and Marion
"Wendy" Selfe Kelly planned to
get together for lunch with three
Mary Washington alumnae now
living in Lynchburg. Wendy and
Esther Reece McVeigh reside
at Westminster Canterbury and
were our classmates for two years
but did not graduate from MWC.
Two other alumni, Margaret Ruth
Harrell Youngblood '48 and
Elizabeth "Liz" Krebbs '47, live at
The Summit, along with Andi. Betty
Bond was expected to come from
Lexington to join the mini-reunion.

Betty Bond said her good
friend, Jane Yeatman Spangler

in North Carolina, is doing well

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

and had made plans for a trip
to Williamsburg with family
members in June.

A springtime visit with daughter
Sarah and family in Kentucky gave
Frances Houston Layton a welcome
respite from duties revolving around
the recent loss of her husband,
Roland. Fran especially enjoyed
being around her three adorable
great-granddaughters, the oldest
now 6. Back in West Virginia,
Fran continues her involvement
with the local Humane Society,
for which she has been an active
board member since the Laytons
relocated to Lewisburg in 1993.
Heading the spay/neuter program,
she is grateful for its success in
reducing the number of unwanted
puppies/kittens turned in at the
shelter as, sadly, they don't all find
adoptive homes. The daughter
and granddaughter ot Fran's sister
visited over the Fourth ot July
weekend. Katie, the 17-year-old
granddaughter, is an accomplished
violinist; she played chamber
music with her mother and Fran.
During their visit, they also toured
the grounds of The Greenbrier
on opening day of the new casino
there. A classic cellist, Fran joins
other women from her church
in presenting a monthly music
program for the
residents of a local
nursing home.

the mandatory 1812 Overture,
substituting coordinated firework
explosions for the cannons.

As is my usual Independence
Day practice, I watched A Capitol
Fourth and the Boston Pops TV
programs. The familiar Washington
scenes always take me back to my
formative years there when I was
awed by the annual fireworks on
the Monument grounds as the
colorful displays lit up the sky.
Not unlike those pyrotechnics,
tremendous thunderstorms early
in my namesake month this year
produced widespread lightning,
a bolt of which followed the
telephone line and zapped my
telephone, computer, and modem.
For the second time in four months,
my computer was hit, first by a
massive virus and then by the
lightning strike. With all the work
necessitated by both events, I am
now on a first- name basis with
most of the Geek Squad! I am
trying to adapt to a new computer,
which has more bells and whistles
than I need or can use. Now, when
severe thunderstorm warnings are
aired, so prevalent in the Midwest,
I have learned to pull the plug on
electronics. I pass that advice along
to all classmates who have joined
the internet era.

In June,
Anne McCaskill
Libis and Claude
visited Fran for

two nights before driving down
to the North Carolina mountains
for the annual meeting of the
Southern Appalachian Highlands
Conservancy. While the meeting
was their primary purpose, they
took time for a three-hour hike
and to enjoy the spectacular views
of the surrounding area. Anne
passed along news of Margaret
"Peggy" Elliott Sweeney, who was
first Fran's roommate and then
Anne's at MWC. Peggy had recently
undergone gall bladder surgery, was
recovering at home, getting physical
therapy and, by now, should be
back to her normal routine. Anne
and Claude both take an exercise
class; Claude spends time in his
vegetable garden, and Anne is
taking a college course in current
events. With her background and
ongoing involvement, we think
she should be teaching it! The
Libises observed the Fourth by
attending the Baltimore Symphony's
program at Oregon Ridge Park,
where the musical salute included

Carol Bailey Miller y50 will be
inducted into the Virginia Horse
Show Association Hall of Fame.

In April, Katherine "Kate"
Mayo Schmidt spent 10 days at
the Schmidt farm, where she was
joined by son Bill Jr. and his wife,
Terri, who came from New Mexico,
and by Kate's niece who is a student
in Dallas. At the end of May, Kate
began a three-week journey, first
to Huntsville, Ala., where her
sister Martha lives. They both then
traveled to Hampden -Sydney, Va.
where they spent a week with their
brother and his wife. Returning
to Huntsville, the sisters enjoyed
another two weeks together and
more TLC. After a lengthy period
of recovering from last October's
terrible accident and injuries, Kate
said everything went well on her
trip. During her stay in Huntsville,
Kate met her sister's neighbor, who
turned out to be another MWC
alumna, Virginia Garber Wood
'44, who gave a lovely luncheon
for Kate, Martha, and some other
neighbors. Their gracious hostess is
from Hampton, Va.

Kate had another "small world"
experience when she recently
learned that a former resident
of Palestine, Texas, had taught
music for many years at Mary
Washington. Maybe you remember
Marion Chauncey, who taught
voice and directed the Glee Club.
Miss Chauncey left a very nice
endowment to provide an annual
art scholarship for selected students.
Kate thought
it an amazing
coincidence that
someone from an
obscure little East
Texas town had
such an interest in
what (toTexans)
would be an obscure
little liberal arts college many miles
away. Kate had no contact with
Miss Chauncey as a student, but
we're certain many music majors
remember her well and appreciate
her legacy.

When Kate related her discovery
to Corinne "Conni" Conley Stuart,

Connie responded with an amusing
recollection from Norah Pitts
Byrnes in Atlanta. Though Norah
was an English major, she was very
talented musically and studied sight
singing with Miss Chauncey. Norah
recalled that she sat in the second
row and kept a piece of chewing
gum under her tongue throughout
each class. (Conni claims Norah
always was "quite devilish".) Miss
Chauncey had a firm rule that
anyone found chewing gum in
her class would get an automatic
F! Never caught, Norah got an A,
adding that she was very good at
sight singing and Miss Chauncey
really liked her! Can anyone top that
memory of Miss Chauncey?

Conni reported having spent
a lovely spring weekend in New
York with her son, Curtis. They
attended a memorial service for a
dear family friend in the theater
district, then stayed over to see a
couple ot shows and walked and
walked "as you do in New York."
Actually, Conni is a regular walker
in Toronto or wherever she goes.
Not acting much recently, she says
she spends a lot of time in the
theater watching her colleagues.
Conni and Bonar went to Stratford
in May to see Christopher Plummer
in The Tempest, adding that she had
worked with him in a radio soap
opera when the Stuarts first moved
to Canada from Los Angeles. In
June, Toronto has Luminato which
hosts shows from around the world
for about 10 days and gives Conni
much to view. Count Conni among

our proud grandmothers: Curtis
and his wife, Heidi, are award-
winning teachers in the St. Louis
school system, and their daughter,
Elsa, was named valedictorian of
the Class of 2010 at University High
School. Elsa attends the University
ot Missouri, Columbia, where
she is an honors student - and,
Conni noted, greatly enjoying her
freshman year at Mizzou.

Cynthia Medley England '51
has had her children's play, The
Golden Touch, published by a
firm in Australia.

We have just received the sad
news of the passing of another
classmate. Ann Luther Phillippe
of Bedford. Va., died July 12 in
Lynchburg General Hospital.
After graduating from Mary
Washington, she received a master's
degree in education from Old
Dominion University in 1976 and
taught school for several years.
She married Ephraim Henry
"Bud" Phillippe, and they were
proud parents of three daughters:
Virginia, Susan, and Peggy. They
had lived in several places, but
chose as their retirement home
an apple orchard at the foot of the
Peaks of Otter. Ann became very
interested in horticulture, working
to preserve a natural woodland and
learning to be an apple orchardist.
We offer our heartfelt sympathy
to Ann's family and friends and all
whose lives she touched.

In closing, we thank all
the Fabulous Forty Niners who
graciously responded to our quest
tor news, an ongoing need. As ever,
love to all of you from both of us.

Dorothy Held Gawley
dnigawly@juno.com

I wish that more of you could have
joined us for Reunion in June.
Our gathering was small, but we
had a wonderful time. We took
a delightful paddlewheel cruise
on the Vivian Hannah with Rose
Hurley, the very personable wife of
the new president, and members of
the University staff. We feasted on a
delicious buffet and then went port
side for a memorial service for the
77 classmates who have left us. As
each name was read, Billie Mitchell
Hanes tossed a magnolia leaf
into the river - a very impressive
ceremony. Many

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

thanks to Marceline "Marcy"
Weatherly Morris and Elmer R.
"Juney" Morris Jr., who made all
the arrangements tor the cruise.
Saturday's picnic was under tents
near Monroe Hall. Carmen
Zeppenfeldt Catoni's daughter,
Ana, brought her laptop so some of
us were able to chat with Carmen.
We had a nice representation at the
banquet later on in the evening, but
some had to leave after the picnic.

I was sorry to hear from Joyce
Miller Jellifies husband, Roger,
that she has Alzheimer's disease.
They have moved from an assisted
care facility back to their home,
where Joyce is happy to be able
to see the backyard and familiar
surroundings. Roger still works
lull time in his research lab at the
University of California School of
Medicine, and Joyce has excellent
round-the-clock caregivers.

Nancy Lee
Fox Sease and Tec

live in the country

in Spring Grove,

Va. Some of their

ponies, dogs, and

other animals are

gone, but they still

have 18 neutered and spayed cats.

Nancy Lee volunteers as a Friend of

the Williamsburg Library and also

at the Humane Society.

Jane Frazier Snead enjoys
seven grandchildren and still
operates the remnants of the old
Snead Farm in Fredericksburg,
providing horse-riding lessons and
summer camps. Her son, Emmet
III, manages the crops and a small
herd of cows. They are an oasis in
the midst of the industrial park
that grew up around them. Also in
Fredericksburg, Florence Overley
Ridderhof continues to be involved
with Micah Ecumenical Ministries,
the Sacred Dance Ensemble, and
her church's community dinners for
the homeless. She is weaving more
and more; she finished two altar
cloths tor Fredericksburg Methodist
Church and shawls and scarves to
be sold at LibertyTown Arts studio.
Several of her grandchildren are in
college and the younger ones are
involved with soccer and Boy Scouts.

Dudley Brett Wiltshire is in

Richmond, where her two sons
also live. One is a retired lawyer
and the other an orthodontist. She
has six grandchildren; the oldest,
24, is with Google in California.
Dudley's husband passed away
about three years ago. Beverly
Youngs Robinson is happy to be
living in a retirement home as she
enjoys traveling - she just closes the
door and goes on her way. Joanne
Harriss is living in a retirement
community in Naples, Fla., and says
the warmer climate seems to agree
with her. She stays busy with the
garden club and the new botanical
gardens. Alicia De Rivera in Puerto
Rico is having problems with
bronchitis and cardio arrhythmia,
which prevented her from coming
to Reunion.

Sherry Burton '62 lives in a small
town on the northernmost tip of
the North Island of New Zealand,
a most beautiful place.

Nan Taylor Stockman and Chaz
are doing well and are still spending
time in Great Island, Maine, and
Lorton, Va. Mim Sollows Wieland

and Earl "commute" between New
Jersey and Cape Cod. Two of their
children are in Pennsylvania. Son
Jeff is in Georgia. Mim's daughter,
Barbara, and family all work with
Campus Crusade for Christ. Several
of Mim's grandchildren have
graduated from college and one is
entering Auburn University.

Carol Bailey Miller recently
learned that she will be inducted
into the Virginia Horse Show
Association Hall of Fame in
December. She has been on the
VHSA board for a number of years
and is proud to accept this honor.

Patti Head Ferguson's

children are involved in many
different ventures. Son Bruce heads
Edenspace Systems Corp., a crop
biotechnology firm in Kansas.
Younger son Scott is vice president
of the International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center, which
is based an hour east of Mexico City.
Daughter Sherri paints, writes, and
travels with her husband, who is
head of The World Bank.

As for me, I just returned trom
a marvelous tour of the Canadian
Rockies and Glacier National Park.
Since this is being written during
the heat wave of July, I am looking
forward to taking off to Cape Cod
and ocean breezes as soon as this
is sent.

Roselyn "Rosie" Bell Morris
classnotes@umw.edu

Hope you are having a good year.
Can't believe that our 60th reunion
is fast approaching! It is hard to

believe that quite a few of us have or
will be reaching 80 years old. What
a shock!

Cynthia Medley England's

children's play, The Golden Touch,
was published by a firm in Australia.
She receives royalties for her song
End of the Line, which was recorded
by vocalist Nina Simone. Cynthia
wrote the lyrics to the music. She
continues to write occasionally, her
most recent contribution being to
Defenders of Wildlife magazine.

Hannah Lou Southwell
McGowan has lived in Jacksonville,
Fla., most of her life, and her family
lives in the area. She sent the sad
news of the death in February of
her roommate and good friend,
Jean "Tomme" Tomko Chapman,
in Newport News, Va. Tomme is
survived by her husband, Sonny
Chapman, and son Tom. Tomme
and Hannah roomed together for
two years, along with Genie Cheney
and suitemates Marge Southcott
Graham, who died in 2007, and
Anne Ruggles. Hannah also stays
in touch with Anne Taylor Miller,
Jeanne Burchell MacDonald,
Carolyn Bowers Atwell, and Ruth
Carrol Fisk.

Sarah Herring Estes, Ethel
Straw Beall, and I keep in touch via
phone calls and luncheons. Ruth
DeMiller Hill and I have occasional
contact. Remember our 60th
reunion is coming up in 201 1. My
best to you all!

Corley Gibson Friesen
corleyfriesen@comcast.net

Rebecca "Becky" Spitzer Harvill
becbub@earthlink.net

Ruth Gillespie Simpson
regs2000@aol.com

We were sorry to learn from
the spring magazine of Patricia
Johnson Becks death. Our deep
sympathy goes to her family.

Helen Hodges Conte called
with the sad news that Norma
Bourne Bisbee died in June; she had
been very ill since January. Norma
leaves her husband, Bill; three
children, Donna, David, and Danny;
and several grandchildren. We
extend our deep sympathy to her
family.

Helen took two classes last
summer, studying the Civil War,
The War of 1812, and President
James Madison. She planned
to spend a week in Florida in
August, but was not too concerned
about the heat.

Nancy Hoffman Eidman

and her husband have moved to a
retirement home in Audubon, Penn.
They had been working toward that
for awhile. Congratulations to them!

Helen Wilbur Vogel cares
for three grandchildren - ages 4,
6, and 8 - Sunday night through
Wednesday morning and stays with
the older grandchildren at night
when needed. She spent a week at
Capon Springs recently and planned
to go to Chautauqua in August
for her annual lecture week. The
Supreme Court was the theme this
year, and Sandra Day O'Connor was
to be one of the speakers.

Doris Jones Ryan of Tennessee
takes family outings, does
community theater and church
activities, and plays duplicate
bridge. Doctors' appointments
and crossword puzzles fill in the
gaps. She and her daughter recently
spent a week in Quebec.

Marcia Craddock Frank said
the oil spill hadn't affected them
much, but that it was devastating
for the area - even with the flow
stopped. She wanted to help clean
pelicans, but the work was being
done too far away. A few turtles
were coming up to one of her zoo
facilities. She wrote that a baby
orangutan with both parents in
an exhibit was doing well. The
baby had a birthday party in June
with streamers and many wrapped
presents filled with nuts and fruit.
"Of course mom and dad took care
of those!" Marcia said.

I visited my military family in
Germany in the spring. My son,
"Mr. Mom" Bart, drove a van with
his Air Force wife, Doc Teri; four
children; Teri's mom; and me across
France to Barcelona for a Disney
Mediterranean cruise. I'm now
well acquainted with Mickey and
Minnie, but one day, including a
four- hour bus ride, doesn't cover
Rome or much other sightseeing!
I zipped through the Vatican and
the Coliseum. We drove the Amalfi
coast and went to Pompeii. Later,
my daughter, Rachel, traveled
to Germany. The two of us spent
four days in Amsterdam, always my
heart's desire. It was wonderful.

I visited my sister, Mary Ann
Gillespie Corbett '50, and her

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husband, Gordon, in Richmond
recently. We spent the afternoon in
the reopened Virginia Museum and
its beautiful new addition.

Thanks to everyone for
remembering to contribute.

Christine Harper Hovis
chrishovis@aol.com

Surprise to all of you and me, too
- I'm your class agent for the next
five years! I did say "JF you cant find
anyone else, I will continue for the
next five years." At our 60th reunion,
I WILL keep my mouth shut.

I had a long talk with Carol
Cooper about Reunion - our
55th. Following dinner at La Petite
Auberge in Fredericksburg, there
was coffee and dessert at Ann
Strickler Doumas'
home. Saturday,
the big dinner for
all classes preceded
dessert under the
stars. There were
various activities
such as a picnic
and a tour of Eagle
Village. Everyone got to meet the
new president, Rick Hurley, as
he attended the individual class
meetings. The consensus was that
he is an excellent choice to serve as
the University's new leader.

master of ceremonies, the borough
archivist, and the secretary-treasurer
of the Friends of the Library,
which explains why he is such a
good writer! "Some people leave
their homes and head for senior
communities as they get older,"
he said. "Maybe in 20 or so years
we might do so, but with great
neighbors and family, who wants to
go anywhere?"

Charlotte Klapproth had fun

at reunion, and she believes that Mr.
Hurley is the right person for the
job of president. In May, she sent the
sad news that Bernie, husband of
Audie Merritt Bucholz, died on a
cruise they were taking to Bermuda.
Our sympathy goes out to Audie.

At Reunion, Polly Heim and

her little group of five toured Eagle
Landing, the student housing across
Route 1 from the campus.

The following classmates
made it back, and if I have left
anyone out, my apologies: Sally
Hanger Moravitz, Charlotte
Fisher Klapproth, Polly Stoddard
Heim, Ann Hungerford McKinlay,
Mary-Margaret Papstein Carter,
Ann Shumate, Coralyn White
McGeehan, Barbara Smith
Holdeman, Gretchen Hogaboom
Fisher, Minnie Brooks Mayberry,
Ann Grubbs Blitchington, Rhoda
Browning McWilliams, Jane
Johnson Jones, Ann Doumas,
and Martha Lyle Pitman. Special
note: Our class was trying to collect
money for a chair with a plaque in
honor of Mary Washington College
of the University of Virginia. Please
send donations to the alumni fund.

George Carter, husband of
Mary-Margaret, said the Friday
reception included enough gents to
make for nice manly conversation.
Though there were a few canes
here and there, he added, all in
all it was quite a healthy crowd.
He and Mary- Margaret, stay fit by
going to the gym several days a
week, playing with grandchildren,
and gardening. George is the town

Betsy Churchman Geary '64
and husband Ray have traveled
to five continents and more than
50 countries.

Ginny Marco Hancock

wasn't able to attend Reunion but
sent her best wishes to all. What
stands out for her among her
many fond memories of her two
years at Mary Washington is how
friendly everyone was. She and her
husband are in "pretty good shape"
- he especially, after having had
cardiac bypass surgery. They enjoy
their 3-year-old grandson, who
benefits from having his father's
books and trucks. Ginny hopes that
by the time he is a teenager, he will
have better things to occupy his
time than cell phones and social
networking on the computer.

Though she had made
reservations in advance, Barbara
Trites Peterson was unable to
attend Reunion. Sadly, a fall left
her in a wheelchair for more than
a week. She had a brace on her leg
from hip to ankle and was using a
walker. I hope both of us will make
the 60th reunion!

Sally Moravitz was busy
preparing to teach a workshop on
Doris Humphrey technique and
choreography at the Sacred Dance
Guild Festival in New London in
July. She and Fran planned to fly
to Calgary and then head west to
Vancouver in September to spend
two weeks at Elderhostel (now called
"Routes to Learning"). Their oldest
granddaughter toured five weeks

in Europe with the Virginia High
School Choir. Two of their sons
spent time this summer with their
sons at Boy Scout camps. Both boys
are working toward being Eagle
Scouts, while another grandson
discovered lacrosse as his sport. Sally
no longer has any little people, she
said. They are as tall or taller then
she is.

Ann Dunaway Criswell is

still splitting time between homes
in California and Virginia. She
couldn't be at Reunion as they were
committed to attend Floyd's high
school reunion.

Eileen Manze is on oxygen all
the time, which has set back her
social life, made traveling difficult,
and kept her from Reunion. She was
surprised and pleased to get a letter
and pictures from Mary- Margaret
Carter. Eileen especially liked the
photo of everyone wearing their
MWC shirts, and she wore hers the
day of the picnic! She would like to
see pictures of all the new buildings
and the bridge.

I also had a fun conversation
with Phyllis Melillo Shanahan,

though I can't get used to "Phyllis" -

she'll always be "Bee" to me. Though

John was recovering from cancer, he

was cleared for a two-week cruise in

the Mediterranean.

They were to leave

from Barcelona, sail

the French Riviera

to Italy, travel on

to Greece and

Turkey, and return

to Barcelona by way

of Sicily.

Joan Callahan Frankhauser

mahlonandjoan@verizon.net

Susannah Godlove
sgodlove@valleyhealthlink.com

Edna Gooch Trudeau
ednanewkent@verizon.net

Edith Sheppard Ott's February
back surgery was successful, and she
was making a quick recovery, thank
goodness. Kay Rowe Hayes slipped
on ice and sustained a severe shoulder
injury. She was thinking ot retiring
at the end of the school year. Go for it!

Marianne Carrano Raphaely

and Russ planned to attend the
AMA meeting in June in Chicago. In
May, the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia named a new interior
connecting bridge spanning from
the old to the new intensive care
complex in Russ' name. Wow! In
July, they planned a trip to France
with family - the first week in a
village and villa in Southern France,
and the second week in Paris.

For those of
you who got my
email, you know I
complained to the
doctor that I was
rusting and needed a
little WD-40! Instead I got physical
therapy and a chance to sample lots
of our very good wine. I work full
time again because my very favorite
employee had the nerve to get
married and start a wonderful new
life! It's like having your children
leave - you love them, you train
them, and then you have to let them
go in order to keep them.

Until next time, take care, have
fun, speak up, and tell it like it is -
the last being one of the darn few
perks of being a senior.

Ann Chilton Power
acpowerl@earthlink.net

Becky Tebbs Nunn '65 and her
husband of 46 years, Spike, a
retired airline captain, moved back
to her hometown of Kilmarnock,
Va., where she serves on the town
council and writes books. Her most
recent is The Magnolia Ball III:
The Conclusion.

I now have DSL internet service
on my computer, so I can do a
faster job. Lucas, as of this writing,
is 15 months, has four teeth, and
is walking everywhere. He enjoys
eating (Tom syndrome) and is
always in a good mood. His every
move delights me.

Jody Campbell Close

jodycanipbellclose60@alunini.umw.edu

Karen Larsen Nelson
karenlarsen60@alumni.umw.edu

Our 50th reunion is history, but
those of us who attended have many
new memories of our alma mater

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and of old and new friends to keep
us going for a few more years. If
you weren't there, you missed a
wonderful time. The renovated
campus is beautiful. What follows is
a list of attendees - 38 were in our
class picture. If you were at Reunion
and your name isn't here, please let
us know. We want to list everybody!
And, * indicates that our classmate
was accompanied by a wonderful
husband.

Joyce Moore Becker,
Nancy Cleaves Blaydes*, Hilda
Beazley Burcher, Willie Burton

Calhoun*, Joyce Larrick Casey,
Syd Collson Chichester, Jody
Campbell Close, Patty Morgan
Connolly, Debbie Mallett Cressall,
Joan Dunn Diener, Nancy
Moncure Deiss\ Sara Forsyth
Donnelly, Terry Eagles Dow,
Patricia Burke Duke, Pat Garvin
Dyke, Page Shafer Frischkorn*,
Dorothy Simon Gibson, Rose
Bennett Gilbert, Joanne Meehan
Godfrey, Sue Smith Goodrick,
Sherry Farrington Green, Marilla
Maddox Haas, Bonnie Davis
Hall, Liz Hill Heaney, Joyce
Fooks Holland, Nancy Seward

Howard*, Betty Frayser Kipps,
Sandra Johnston Laub, Anne
Angel McMarlin*, Karen Larsen
Nelson*, Joan Scarritt Reynolds,
Rhoda Moyer Ruffner, Betty Bruce
Shepard, Kitty Shiver Strickland,
Mary Jane Stevens Taylor*, Audrey
Maull Tuttle, and Linda Fuller
Watkins. Jane Choate Lorentz had
planned to be at Reunion, but her
husband passed away on the Friday
of that weekend. We sent - and send
- condolences from the whole class.

jodys Reunion memories: What
a wonderful reunion we had. So

many impressions to share. I was
amazed and a little envious of the
youthfulness of our class. We are
beautiful! Among us, we have so
many accomplishments: authors
and artists, entrepreneurs and
physicians, adventurers and athletes,
gracious hostesses and wives, sharp
community leaders with energy and
plenty of savvy, women of wisdom
who have learned a lot of life's lessons
and who have the intelligence to
know there are more lessons awaiting
us, and stunning women aglow with
the love of the most charming of
spouses. Our class members didn't

Nicholson's Recipe for Success - Say "Yes

Susan Orebaugh Nicholson '64 has always been stirring things
up - one way or another. From a disallowed dip in the college
fountain and subsequent visit to the dean to becoming the
first female registered dietitian for a pharmaceutical company,
Nicholson counts her education at Mary Washington among the key
ingredients to her success.

Creator of the syndicated 7-Day Menu Planner newspaper column
and author of the hot-off-the-press 7-Day Menu Planner for Dummies
cookbook, Nicholson followed a career path that was set her
freshman year. "The opportunities for women were not what they are
today," said the licensed dietician. "The main thing that women with
education did in those days was become a nurse or teach school or
find some sort of administrative position."Taking a healthy portion
of advice from her school counselor, Nicholson chose to study
foods and nutrition in the Mary Washington Department of Home
Economics. She has been cooking up success in the field ever since.

After graduation, Nicholson accomplished several milestones in
corporate America. She became the first registered dietitian to work
in sales for Mead Johnson Pharmaceutical Co., and she created its
regional dietitian position and trained all future regional dietitian staff.

In the early 1 980s, Nicholson moved to Atlanta to work for

Marriott's contract food services division.
w She introduced a fee-for-service concept
for dietitians in hospitals and planned
Marriott's first client-dietitian seminar,

which featured an introduction to
^ computers as part of the program.

\ When the company eliminated her
position a few years later, Nicholson and
her husband purchased a microwave
N retail store and cooking school. "I
didn't own a microwave on Tuesday,

Susan Orebaugh Nicholson,
creator of a nationally syndicated
newspaper column, has just writt<
lew book about meal planning.:

and on Wednesday I owned 500,"
Nicholson said. She quickly taught
herself microwave cookinq, and
she incorporated her knowledge
of food and nutrition to lead the
cooking classes at the store.

To maximize her limited
budget for advertising, Nicholson
produced many TV cooking
segments and classes. CNN
featured her Save Your Heart with
Susan, which caught the eye of a
New York agent, who called to ask
if she wanted to write a book. SusanOrebaugh Nicholson,

"Yes, sure. Why not?" Nicholson creator of a nationally syndica
answered, and in 1 991 she
published her first cookbook. This
led to bylines in newspapers and then to a regular column for the
Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Nicholson's syndicated 7-Day Menu
Planner was born.

"My experience has been that women find it hard to say 'yes' if
they don't know how to do something perfectly," Nicholson said. "I
just tried to teach myself to say 'yes' to opportunities. If I don't know
how to do it, I'll figure it out."

Nicholson seasoned her natural determination with values
harvested at Mary Washington. "I have a profound appreciation for
education," she said. "Just because you graduate doesn't mean you
stop learning."

And she hasn't. From sales to retail management and writing to
social networking, Nicholson has approached every opportunity with
one part open mind and two parts hard work. "I am always afraid
when making these decisions," she said, "but I would rather take a risk
than keep doing the same boring thing over and over and over."

- Lorna Webster

nake a lot of noise, but they got
lown to the business ot living up to
heir potential and the promise that
-lary Washington gave us - I was not
lone in having heard Dr. Simpson's
all for the "pursuit ot excellence."
)urs is a most excellent group ot
loval daughters," with energy and
itelligence and grace. Boy, am I
roud to call everyone my classmate.

Thursday evening's reception
/as warm and wonderful, including
aving Betty Bruce Shepard
ign her latest books for us. Our
.irmal Friday night class banquet
lcluded good tood, the most
ongenial company, and gracious
rrangements. Having Rose Bennett
p front at the podium again
eemed the most natural thing. I
ave read the list often, but having
re slide show in memory ot those

0 classmates we've lost made that
oil call sweeter than usual.

Saturday was hot and found
s all over the campus. We've won
ie Eagle trophy twice over, and we
lade certain that our class name
/as engraved on it for posterity. The
icnic was fun, then we gathered

1 the central parlor of Ball Hall for
final birthday party and one last
hance to be together as a class. The
losing banquet Saturday evening
/as a poignant and eye-opening
lose to our sojourn. Many of you
/ill remember Edie Sheppard Ott
59, someone we looked up to and
dmired. Dr. Edie was recognized
/ith the highest of honors for her
ody of work, including her support
f Mary Washington. She paid us

le tribute of remembering us by
ame and brought many of us to
:ars. We wish her return to good
ealth.

Special gratitude to Patty
lorgan Connolly and Syd
Poison Chichester for taking over
ie leadership, sacrificing much
me and effort, and personally
nderwriting major chunks of
;eunion to keep the costs down for
eturnees. We are indebted to them
nd to Nancy Seward Howard,
'age Shafer Frischkorn, Liz Hill
leaney, Sue Smith Goodrick,
^aren Larsen Nelson, and Betty
)itmars Prosser for making
lis gathering memorable. Our
lass brought in nearly $400,000,
nanks to Patty and Syd's efforts in
pearheading the class gift, to all of
ou who donated, and to the cadre
f phone volunteers. Thanks to
'age for her wonderful collection of
ictures from the weekend.

One result of the lovely weekend
/as the groundswell of enthusiasm

tor our 55th. To those ot you who
did not come, we missed you
please, be with us the next time.

Thanks tor all the notes and
compliments on the slide show of
a stream of memories. I hope to
expand the DVD with the addition
of pictures from Reunion and make
it available to all who might like to
have it as a keepsake. Please let me
know if you are interested in a copy
for a very nominal fee to cover costs.
If you have pictures, please send
them to me ASAP. I send special
affection and thanks to my two
Reunion roommates, Liz and Sue, for
holding me together. Thank you to
all the super husbands who joined in
the fun and to Mary Jane Stephens
Taylor's husband, whose lovely
impromptu closing toast to our class
was a touching surprise farewell.

Karen's Reunion memories:
We all had such a great time that
our celebration lasted well into
Thursday evening, and we couldn't
wait to get back together again
Friday morning for our private
trolley ride through historic
Fredericksburg. We were amazed
by the amount of history we never
knew about the city. Dr. William
Crawley was our guest speaker for
the Friday evening banquet and
reminded us of many events of 1956
through 1960 that impacted our
lives.

fody put together a stupendous
PowerPoint slide presentation of
pictures you all had sent; everyone
had fun trying to identify each other
from those old black-and-white
photos. At all the functions, we,
the class of 1960, amused the
other guests and staff by insisting
on singing our Alma Mater with
the original line "we your loyal
daughters" loud and clear enough
for everyone else to hear. The
official line is now "we your sons
and daughters."

After the Sunday morning
brunch, Jody gave a few of us a tour
of the gorgeous new Jepson Alumni
Center. The old Trench Hill is now
an exquisite guest house attached to
the new home of the alumni offices.
We were all reluctant to leave that
afternoon.

Joanne Meehan Godfrey wrote,
"I think attending the 50th allows
for a true recognition of how great/
hard life is. . ..A major reunion like
that provides a true focal point, and
for me is recognition of the vital
link to life that Mary Washington
provided. So thank you for all your
effort."

Page Shafer Frischkorn wrote,
"Everyone looked so good! I'm glad
we won the Eagle Award, and Syd
(the Eagle) was so funny."

Mary Jane Stevens Taylor and

husband Ray, like others, found
the trolley tour enlightening. "Dr.
Crawley's talk at our dinner and
his lecture Saturday morning
were both delightful," she wrote.
"We purchased his book, and it is
fascinating reading."

Anne Angel McMarlin

enjoyed reacquainting herself with

former classmates and learning

Fredericksburg

history on the

trolley tour. "The

service from

the UMW staff

also was most

accommodating

and efficient, and

the events planned

were delightful and

pleasant," she wrote. "I certainly

missed the class members who were

not there."

Like so many, Nancy Cleaves
Blaydes thanked the Reunion
Committee and UMW for a great
job planning and executing the
weekend. "It was fun reuniting with
friends and making new ones. I
even found a classmate who lives on
the same street in Massachusetts as
my daughter," she wrote. "I still can't
believe we are all old enough to have
a 50th reunion."

Rose Bennett Gilbert sent her
thanks, too, and wrote "Wow! And
wow! You all made it worth waiting
a half-century for our Big Five-0
Reunion. . .and wasn't it fun? A bit
surreal, too, but truly a once in a
lifetime event."

Nancy Moncure Deiss sent
a delightful admission that she
was really glad we had nudged
her to come; she had a wonderful
experience. That kind of reply
warms the heart.

Connie Booth Logothetis (A - L)
connielogothetis@gmail.com

Renee Levinson Laurents
(formerly H-Q, note new
distribution)

Lynne Williams Neave (M - Z)
Lyneave@aol.com

(Please send news to the designated
Class Agent according to the first
letter of your maiden name.)

From Connie: Have you
marked your calendars lor our 50th
reunion, lune 3-5, 201 1? Plan to get
more time on campus by attending
Alumni College on June 3, with
interesting classes but no papers or
grades. If each of us contacts at least
one classmate whom we would like
to see after all these years, think of
what fun that would be! The 50th
is a milestone, so let's celebrate by
coming together at our beautiful
alma mater. We want to win those
trophies for reunion giving, one
for dollar amount and, especially,
the one for highest participation of
givers!

Roberta James East '66 runs a
pick-your-own flower farm in
Purcellville, Va., with a separate
wedding floral business.

Sadly, we have lost three
classmates since March. Our
renowned mystery writer and
antiques appraiser, Mary Louise
Joslin Jenkins, a.k.a. Emyl Jenkins,
died of ovarian cancer on April
27 in Richmond, Va. Denby
Singley Gorman passed away from
two brain tumors on May 13 in
Columbia, S.C. And Carol Turner
Daniels died on June 6; please see
Renee's section. We remember and
miss them dearly.

Lloyd Tilton Backstrom wrote
that Nancy Edmunds Morris'

oldest daughter, Sally, lost her battle
with cancer on April 20. Sally lived
with her family in Atlanta and had
fought valiantly for two years. Our
deepest sympathy goes out to you
and Dewey, Nancy.

After spending the winter in
Hawaii, Eleanor Knight Jensen and

hubby Cliff of New Fairfield, Conn.,
went on a National Geographic-
Lindblad trip to Egypt and Jordan
last spring. They followed that by
spending a couple ot weeks in Paris
to relax and enjoy late meals and
museums.

Kelly Cherry is director's visitor
at the Institute for Advanced Study
in Princeton, N.J.,working on a
book-length poem. She and Burke
planned to have a couple of days
in New York City at the end of her
stay. Clara Sue Durden Ashley
and Clarence went to Florida last
winter to visit Dennis and family in
Jacksonville, and Park and family at
Tyndall Air Force Base. The Ashley's
first grandchild, Christopher, is 16.
Dennis and Maria are expecting
their fourth boy in December,

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GLASS NOTES

who will make grandchild No. 14.
"Another quilt to make," she wrote.

In May, Carolyn Crum Pannu

attended West Point's 50th class
reunion. While there, she met
Jean Ryan Farrell and cruised
with her and others around the
New York City harbor. She also
met Lynne Williams Neave
and Sandy in the city for dinner.
Carolyn and daughter Kara went
to the theater twice. She planned
to spend a few days in Los Angeles
with Renee Levinson Laurents
in August. She has her calendar
marked for "our BIG 50th!"

and her family are fine. She travels,
gardens, plays duplicate bridge,
hikes, and reads. She was about to
leave for Paris when she wrote.

Peggy Howard Hodgkins

planned to visit Santa Barbara,
Calif., in October for the wedding
of her nephew, then travel with her
sister to visit tamily in Portland,
Ore. Peggy's sons and their families
spent the week of July 4 with her at
her place on the lake. She is having
some back problems and doing
physical therapy. She plans to attend
Reunion.

Barbie Upson
Welch and her

husband, Chuck,
have been busy with
the Mary Campbell
Center, a home for
handicapped adults,
founded by Chuck's family. Barbie
serves on the board. She and her
family gathered in Dallas for her
nephew's wedding. She and Chuck
toured the area with her brother and
his wife, and they hoped to travel to
Charleston in the fall.

Barbie was on a USTA Senior
tennis team that went to the North
Carolina State Championships
and had lots of fun - even though
they didn't win the trophy! Barbie's
grandson, Leo, 3, is quite the talker,
she said. Barbie and Mary Hatcher,
a master gardener, got together
recently.

Thanks, as always, to all who
wrote.

From Renee: Hi everyone! In
May, Mary Hatcher, of Wilmington,
N.C, and a friend spent 10 days in
Door County, Wis., then headed
to Green Bay, where her friend not
only ran a half marathon but won
third place in his age group. Mary
visited Mount Vernon to meet
Kathy Byorum Whaley's oldest son,
who was with his tamily visiting
from Indiana. Mary stays in touch
with Kathy, who lives with her
husband, Dave, in Copperas Cove,
Texas. She also saw Connie Booth
Logothetis at the farmers' market.
Mary stayed in Virginia with
roommate Betsy Hueston Hansen
and attended a yoga class with her.
Mary also planned to visit Cape
May, N.J., and take a museum cruise
to see nine lighthouses in the area.

Becky Paris Spetz sent the sad
news that her freshman-sophomore
roommate, Carol Turner Daniels,

was diagnosed with kidney cancer
late last year and passed away on
June 6. On a happier note, Becky

Linda Mitchell Spiers '66 loves life
as the rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church in Collinsville, Conn.

Pepper Jacobs Germer and

Hank were in Paris in March and
took a cruise on the Seine River.

As for me, this will be my
last Class Notes submission. I
have been discouraged by how
few responses I have gotten to my
pleas for news, but I extend my
thanks to those of you who HAVE
written and usually do so each time.
I have loved hearing from you,
and I do appreciate the words of
encouragement when you say a nice
thank you to me for writing. It really
does mean a lot.

We all experienced a wonderful
four years of intellectual and social
growth at MWC; we forged bonds
that remain to this day. All of that
is simply a collective treasure that
we carry around
inside of ourselves. I
welcome email from
any of you who care
to write, and I very
much wish to stay in
touch! I love you all,
and look forward
to seeing you at
Reunion. I wouldn't
miss it tor the world.

visit Ocracoke. Sue has gotten a
personal trainer and she hopes to
be slimmer by Reunion!

In June, Pat Scott Peck's

daughter, Stacey, married Jeff
Griffin in the oak-shaded garden
of Vizcaya, a historic Italian villa
on the water in Miami. She visited
Washington, DC, for a week, and
then headed to Calais, Maine, via
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. She
planned to be in her cottage on the
Canadian border until mid-October.
With four bedrooms and two
baths, she would love to have Mary
Washington gals visit.

I was so happy to hear from
Judy Saunders Slifer that she is
doing well. She is still on chemo
for multiple myeloma, but it is
at a maintenance level, which is
wonderful. Judy and Eleanore
Saunders Sunderland are planning
a 15-day Viking cruise from
Amsterdam to Budapest in May.
Judy and Polly Updegraff Champ
plan to come to Reunion together,
and she's working on commitments
from Eleanore, Linda Taylor
Drustrup, and Babs Buse Johnson.

Jane Wain Rockhold plans
to attend Reunion. She and Jim
celebrated their 44th anniversary
in June and enjoyed having both
girls, two sons-in-law, and four
grandchildren -ages 13 years
to 5 months - for a fun-filled,
hectic visit! One daughter is in
Germantown, Md., and the other is
in Atlanta. Jim is a retired pilot. Jane
still enjoys painting. She said she
has such fond memories of Julian
Binford and the Mary Washington
Art Department.

Antoinette "Toni" Bonanno
Leonard Matlins '67 is a
professional gemologist and
a member of the Board of
the Accredited Gemologists

Association.

From Lynne:

Frank and Jean Ryan Farrell

are beginning their 28th year
living in Atlanta, and they still
love it. This year, they visited the
Dalmatian Coast and next year's
adventure will be to Turkey. They
saw Carolyn Crum Pannu when
they were at Frank's 50th reunion
at West Point. Sue Wilson Sproul
has been in Virginia a lot, handling
her late brother's estate. She
planned to return in August with
Dave to look after grandchildren
Audrey, 12, and Nathaniel, 7, then

Kay Slaughter planned to
retire in August after 24 years as
an attorney with the Southern
Environmental Law Center. She
will still live in Charlottesville,
but she will miss SELC and the
many interesting projects related
to the environment. Kay saw her
grandson, Ian McNett III, graduate
from Air Force basic training at
Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
Kay's roommate, Cynthia Scott
Cozewith, transferred to Carnegie

Tech in Pittsburgh, where she met
her husband, Charlie. Cynthia and
Charlie are retired in Houston and
Cynthia is an incredible sculptor.

Suzanne Stafford and Kay are

good friends. Suzanne lives in San
Francisco, is retired from Crown
Zellerbach, and is very active in her
church choir. "She is much the same
zany person and a lot of fun to be
around," Kay wrote.

Kay said our classmates who
transferred to U.Va. for nursing
school will also celebrate their 50th
reunion June 2-4, and she wishes
there were some way everyone
could meet up. Among those
transfers is Kay's close friend, Judy
Kennedy Matthews, who lives in
Martinsville, Va., with her husband,
John. They are active with Piedmont
Arts and the Virginia Museum of
Natural History. Other nursing
transfers were Mittie Weeden and
Barbara Kelly, who would love to
see Mary Washington friends. "As
one who attended MWC for only
two years and who has attended the
last two reunions, I encourage the
others to come back," wrote Kay,
who transferred to the University
of North Carolina. "You see some
people you knew and you meet
others - I think these times are a
lot of fun to renew friendships and
make new ones."

Patricia Mackey Taylor
Ptaylor55@cox.net

Greetings to you! Hope this column
finds you well and eagerly awaiting
the holidays. Many, many thanks
to Nancy Powell Sykes for writing
such delightful and informative
class notes while I was traveling last
winter!

Sandra McGregor Craig,
Sydney Truitt Green '63, and
Susan Ramey Robertson '63 had

a terrific tour of Argentina and
Chile in March. Sandys husband,
Kenny, joined her and they stayed
an extra five wonderful days in
South America. They toured a
copper mine in full miner's regalia,
worked the robots breaking rocks,
and visited a zoo to see white
Bengal tiger twins. Sandy and Ken
finished the trip by stopping to see
granddaughter Brighton for her
second grade Grandparent's Day.
Sandy said, "It doesn't get any better
than that!"

Noel Sipple moved to a
different condo in her same
complex. She felt as if she had

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adopted a stray and now is bringing
the "new" condo the TLC it needs.
She said Julia Shumaker Bailess
toured Europe visiting WWII battle
sites, many of which her father
had visited during his time in the
military.

Mary Lott Haglund and

husband David took their boat from
Houston to Newfoundland. Mary,
Dave, and I had a nice get together
on their boat early
one a Saturday
morning during
their stopover in
Hampton, Va. Mary-
gave me updates on
her son, daughter,
and the four
grandchildren. The
Haglunds certainly
seem to be enjoying
their retirement.

by train from Milan through the
Lake Como area, Verona, Bolzano,
and through the Brenner Pass to
Munich, Germany. The wines and
food were fabulous. Near the end of
every summer, we make our annual
trip to Long Beach Island, N.J.,
where we rent a house big enough
to hold all four children and six
granddaughters, largely so that the
cousins can all spend time together.

Joan Akers
Rothgeb, Mary Lott
Haglund, and Sue
Grandy Farrar rented a cottage in
Virginia Beach in June. Joan stopped
in Richmond to babysit son Lee's
2-year-old son. Daughter Shannon
invited Joan and husband Eddie
to attend their granddaughters
kindergarten graduation. Sue is glad
she made the move from Norfolk to
Christiansburg, Va., to be near her
daughter and grandson. She works
at the local museum.

As for me, I had a most
delightful trip to Australia and New
Zealand the end of February and
the beginning of March - summer
"Down Under." We visited the Great
Barrier Reef and the Sydney Opera
House. The Australian people were
so open and friendly, and I got to
practice saying "gday mate." Sherry
Burton lives in a small town in the
very north area of the North Island
of New Zealand, a most beautiful
place. I was so disappointed when
I was not able to reach her while I
was there.

Please let me hear from you.
We would all like to know how and
what you are doing.

A highlight of last summer for
Elizabeth "Beth Anne" Moses
Mathes '67 was UMW Alumni
College preceding Reunion
Weekend. She said the professors
were not only knowledgeable,
but also skilled at engaging their
audiences.

Anne Radway
tiazelda 1 @verizon.net

Once again, I had a great time
talking to members of our class,
many of whom I haven't seen
since we graduated. My husband,
Jonathan, and I had a wonderful
trip to Northern Italy. Based on
a newspaper article on the wines
of the Alto Adige, we traveled

Mary Russell, Alice Eckenrode
Alkire, Cynthia Whittaker
Finnelly, and I planned a mini
reunion in July at Sally Sutherland's

lovely log house with horse barns
just outside of Richmond, Va. Mary,
Alice, and I live in the Washington,
D.C., area; Cynthia lives in Holly
Springs, N.C.

Gloria Moskowitz Fischel said
being a grandmother to five is the
best job ever! She traveled to Costa
Rica and Cancun last winter, and
she still runs a travel agency. She
was putting together a culinary tour
with cooking classes in Tuscany for
women. She golfs and continues to
write freelance magazine articles,
as she has since leaving Mary
Washington. She took a memoir
writing course and hoped to record
some of her family history.

Lucille Kempel Mattern

of Sarasota, Fla., retired as an
environmental biologist from
the Manatee County Planning
Department. She's very happy to
be able to travel, having recently
returned from a trip to Egypt, and is
studying Spanish. Her two sons live
in Sarasota.

Lois Smith McDaniel lives
in Gainesville, Va. She and her
husband traveled to England and
Scotland last year and their next trip
was to be to New England. They're
photographers and planned to track
down lighthouses and covered
bridges in Maine, Vermont, and
Rhode Island. In October, they
planned to go on a cruise along the
California and Mexican coast. All
this traveling should serve them well

as travelers' aides at Dulles Airport
in Virginia, where they started
volunteering last spring.

Betsy Evans Manchester

and her husband have lived in
Mendham, N.J., for the past 20
years and retired 10 years ago. They
take advantage of local sites
such as Longwood Gardens in
Pennsylvania, travel to Alexandria,
Va., to visit their son and his family,
and spend summers in Maine. Betsy
is in touch with Linda Gulnac
Steels, who has retired with her
husband to Nantucket, Mass.; Joan
Hecker Wuerfele of Naples,
Fla.; and Ginger Logee Carr of
Boothbay, Maine.

Stay in touch - I love hearing
from all of you!

Victoria Taylor Allen
Vallenl303@aol.com

There is much news from our
busy Class of '64. After 43 years
in Richmond, in 2006, Betsy
Churchman Geary and husband
Ray retired to Durham, N.C. They
enjoy Durham's new performing
arts center and attend performances
in Raleigh and Chapel Hill. They are
the proud grandparents of two boys
and four girls, ages 15, 13, 11,9, 6,
and 4. Daughter Jill and her four
children live nearby. In June, Betsy
and Ray were on a land and cruise
tour of Alaska; they have been to
five continents and more than 50
countries. They see Peggy Morgan
Tarr, who lives in Columbia, S.C.,
and Monie Argo Plueger and
husband Rod in Greensboro, N.C.
In 2008, Betsy, Linda Rudd Davis,
Betty Gregory Wickersham, and
Dotti McDowell Smith gathered
for a mini-reunion in Durham and
in Pinehurst at Dotti and Leighton
Smith's house.

Patti Jones Schacht and I

enjoyed sharing freshman year
memories of Mrs. Blessing's French
class and funny incidents from
Dr. Griffith's English class. Ruth
Pharr Sayer and I enjoy our shared
connections with the schools of the
Sacred Heart - she in Princeton,
N.J., and I in New York City and
now in Greenwich, Conn. Ruth's
daughter has just gotten through the
ongoing hurdle of getting children
into private schools in New York
City. It is amazing how life's paths
cross, a fact that I appreciate more
and more as the years pass.

Ruth wrote with sad news;
the husband of Margaret Goode

Watkins, Grant, passed away in
April after a long and brave struggle
with cancer. Margaret, our thoughts
are with you and your family.

Leslie Pack Hertzler and

husband Gerry live in the very
center of "Tornado Alley" in
Oklahoma. Shortly before she
wrote, another big one passed near
their town. They have been safe
so far, but Leslie feels safer when
they visit their two daughters
and teenage grandchildren at
Smith Mountain Lake or in
Charlottesville, Va. Leslie is in
touch with two of her former
roommates, who left Mary
Washington before graduation.
Ritchie Donnelly now lives in
Massachusetts, and Lynne Shaw
deVries is in Portland, Ore., but
came east for a visit in 2009.

1 was delighted to touch base
with Helen Clarke - now a great-
grandmother! - on Facebook.
During a visit to her mother in
Poquoson, Va., Helen connected
with Sharon Haythorne Stack
and her husband, Pete. Helen lives
in Tennessee and works at Fort
Campbell.

Anne Phillips Massey sends
her regards. My freshman year
roommate, Sally Crenshaw Witt, is

very involved with Virginia Garden
Week. If you haven't been to a
Virginia Garden Week, it is truly
something to see. Sally keeps in
touch with Joanne Crockett Lewis,
who sends her best regards to all.

Pat Hess Jernigan, also my
roommate freshman year, and
David took a wonderful trip to
the Galapagos Islands and Peru
last winter, so they missed the
three-week round of snow that hit
D.C. Fearless about tackling huge
renovation projects, Pat wrote, "Last
year we did the kitchen, and this
year it's the bathrooms and master
bedroom. If we survive, we'll do the
basement next year."

Betty Jennings Peterson

is enjoying a "second
grandmotherhood," visiting
every Tuesday with TWO sets of
twins. She and Mel enjoy visiting
grandchildren, Kai, 14, and Ana,
12. Kai was confirmed recently,
and the family gathering included
wonderful visits on the porch and
around the campfire.

Congratulations to Nancy
Booth on receiving her doctorate
from Rutgers University and
for being promoted to associate
professor at her college.

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I finished a busy school year in
ate May and almost immediately
ook oft for Ireland with the
larvard Alumni Association. We
•njoyed a marvelous travel seminar
>n Irish literature, which I studied
vhen I got my masters degree more
•ears aso than I would like to admit.
-Ve concentrated on Dublin and
>n the north and west of Ireland,
vith special emphasis on Yeats and
oyce. It's a beautiful country with
nteresting sights, a rich and full
listory, kind people, and good food,
fou can't beat that.

It is a pleasure to hear from so
nany in our class. If you are trying
o get in touch with a classmate,
hop me an email, and I'll see if I
an help out. Or, contact the alumni
iffice. Don't forget to write. Your
lassmates really do enjoy hearing
our news. However mundane you
hink it is, it's new and interesting to
he rest of us.

'hyllis Cavedo Weisser
icweisser@yahoo.com

jfe is still great for me here in
Atlanta. Playing tennis in two
;agues year-round helps keep
ae fit, and playing bridge several
imes a week helps keep the
irain working. I have spent lots
if time traveling this spring and
ummer to be with my children
nd grandchildren. It will be a little
asier next year when my son and
amily move to California, where
ie'll be stationed at Lemoore Naval
dr Station. That is less than 200
niles from where my daughter and
ler husband live.

I correspond regularly with
'enny Partridge Booth, Sue
Vooldridge Rosser, and Lee
ienry Madley. Penny had health
ssues this spring that kept her from
ttending our 45th, but she plans
o get things organized for our
Oth! Sue's husband, Jim, died last
)ecember after a long illness. She
ias done a fair amount a traveling
his year, going to Indianapolis, St.
'homas, and Maui, and spending
week in Hilton Head with her
/hole family. Lee's daughters both
iad baby sons in the last year, and
he enjoys spending time with
hem. She has just finished major
enovations to her townhome and is
eady to relax and enjoy it!

A few of us Georgia grads got
ogether for lunch in April. Cathy
day Tyler Findley, Janice Helvey
tobinson, Betty Massie Cropper,

nd I had a great time reminiscing

about school days and marveling
how none of us had changed at all!
Although Cathy and I have seen
each other periodically over the
last 45 years, I hadn't seen Betty at
all since graduation and Janice no
more than once or twice at Atlanta
alumni functions. We met early and
the waitress didn't seem to mind
how late we stayed! Betty's father
died just prior to his 91st birthday,
and their family had a wonderful
celebration of his life at the funeral
in Virginia.

Stephanie Cadman Coker
Hastings remarried in June of last
year. Husband Jim is an architect
who moved into her neighborhood
in a home he designed. They have
six children between them and 13
grandchildren!

In 2006, Becky Tebbs Nunn

and her husband of 46 years, Spike,
a retired airline captain, moved back
to her hometown of Kilmarnock,
Va., where she serves on the town
council. The last of the "magnolia
trilogy" books, The Magnolia Ball
HI: The Conclusion, was published
in March. She also has published
The Magnolia Ball, The Magnolia
BalTdash-Two: The Continuation,
and Stolen Sons. She directs plays
for community and home-school
theater in the Lancaster County
area. Robin Hood, the Musical, with
42 youngsters aged 4 to 18, was in
rehearsal during Lent, and she called
it her penance! Daughter Ashley is a
marital and family therapist in Marin
County, Calif. She also does equine-
assisted psychotherapy with children.

Lynn Bard Jones lives near
Becky. Her husband, Scotty Jones,
passed away several years ago. Her
daughter lives in Denver. Kacky
Hudson Fox retired from nursing
and has taken up knitting and
sailing. She lives in her hometown of
Acorn, Va. Her daughter, Sarah, just
had her second child.

Mary Alyce Johnson Roberts

and husband Cliff live in San
Francisco and recently became
grandparents. Cliff heads the
Veterinary School of the University
of San Francisco. News from Alice
Funkhouser: Ray Whitehead Kuhn
recently remarried while cruising to
Bora Bora! Her husband's name is
Randy, and the trip and ceremony
sounded fabulous. Margaret
Mahon Whitehead built and moved
into a new home. She enjoys her
grandchildren and is curating her
late husband's papers. She and
her roommate-of-three-years,
Abbie Donald Cutter, spent
a fun, sentimental day touring

Mary Washington last summer.
Both were pleased to see that the
natural and built landscapes are
still very beautiful. Caroline Smith
Parkinson and husband Jim moved
back to Richmond. They had a
wonderful time celebrating and
saying good bye when she retired
after 24 years of parish ministry. On
a sad note, Ellen Jones Tompkins
lost her son, Jay, in November 2009.

Katharine Rogers Lavery
hlaveryl@cox.net

In April, Barbara "Bobbi" Bishop
Mann, Jana Privette Usry, Lee Enos
Kelly, Carolyn Perry Grow, Nancy
Shackelford Jones, our honorary
class member and beloved sponsor,
Dr. George Van Sant, and his wife,
Milena, attended a luncheon to
meet our new president, Rick
Hurley. Later, Bobbi and Jana
attended a euphoric "MW on the
Road" reception in Richmond,
along with Pat Lewars Pace and
Diana Twiggs Woodworth.
Bobbi reported that faculty, staff,
alumni, and the Fredericksburg
community were "over the moon"
with campus developments,
renovations, programs, and the
new Eagle Village. Bobbi and Jana
also worked the Reunion Weekend
registration table. At the Saturday
banquet, Bobbi presented awards
to four outstanding alumni, her
"last hurrah" as
the vice president
for alumni awards
after a second
two-year term on
the Alumni Board.
Bobbis freshman
roommate,
Christine Brooks
Young, and friend Charnell
Williams Blair drove from Suffolk,
Va., to Williamsburg to see Bobbi.
Bobbi traveled to Norfolk, Va.,
to meet Phil and Eileen Perna
Thomason at their sons "posh
five-year-old" restaurant on the
waterfront. Bobbi and Anne Meade
Clagett are already working on
plans for our next class reunion.

is moving from Boca Raton to a
Richmond assisted-living facility.
Jana and Lee Enos Kelly are co-
chairs of reunion fundraising.

Marty Spigel Sedoff and family
spent a week in July at Litchfield
Beach, S.C. Marty went to the
Curves facility at Pawley's Island
and met an employee there who
was originally from Richmond, had
been a childhood friend of Dee
Dee Nottingham Ward, and had
attended Mary Washington!

Marty had lost touch with
Crystal Winston Metcalf but
contacted her via Facebook.
Crystal and husband Tom live in
Port Edwards, Wis., not far from
Marty's Minneapolis home. Crystal
and Tom, married 46 years, have
two sons and eight grandchildren.
Tom retired from the family
lumber business two years ago.
Crystal worked there for years as
a bookkeeper and now helps out
when needed.

Carolyn A. Eldred is already
looking forward to seeing everyone
at our next reunion. She signed
an agreement to endow a Mary
Washington scholarship and
attended the Scholarship Luncheon
at the UMW Alumni Executive
Center in April. Carolyn got
her graduate degree at George
Washington University and also
agreed to endow a graduate
fellowship there.

PatPiermatti '70 of Clifton, N.J.,
retired in 2008 after 37 years as a
pharmaceutical science librarian
for Rutgers University Libraries.

Tyla Matteson works with
climate forums, the Sierra Club, and
local Richmond activities. Husband
Glen is staff director of the Virginia
chapter of the Sierra Club. He and
Tyla traveled to San Francisco last
spring where he received a national
award tor his work. They also
toured Yosemite National Park.

Jana is actively involved with
Richmond's diversity choir, One
Voice Chorus, which performed in
conjunction with a premiere jazz
combo, the Russell Wilson Trio, in
June. She attends Richmond Jazz
Society meetings and still harbors a
desire to learn to play the cello. Jana
works as a mediator and recently
completed training to expand
her expertise to elder mediation.
She cares for her aunt, whom she

Diana Hamilton Cowell and

her husband of 41 years, Dan, enjoy
retirement. She was a medical social
worker at the hospice of Huntington,
WVa. He was the associate dean
for graduate medical education
and a staff psychiatrist at Marshall
University Medical School. They
have relocated to South Bethany,
Del., where Diana continues to work
with three phases of the census and
Dan has a part-time position with
the Sussex Correctional Institution.

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They love boating, beaching,
and hosting friends, relatives,
children, and grandchildren. Diana
has worked to facilitate a sister
city relationship between Bethany
Beach, Del, and Periers, France, in
Normandy. The mayor and several
others residents of Periers traveled to
Bethany in August for a ceremony to
formally recognize the sisterhood of
the two cities.

Linda Mitchell Spiers loves life
as the rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church in Collinsville, Conn. She
recently completed a five-year term
on the standing committee for the
Diocese of Connecticut. She has
finished two years of a doctoral
program at Hartford Seminary
and has three classes and one final
project to complete. In July, after a
weeklong mission camp in Hartford
with 100 teens, Linda traveled to St.
John's, Virgin Islands, for 10 days
with friends.

Pat Lewars Pace celebrated the
birth of her fifth grandchild, Finn,
in May. Finn had a complicated
delivery and his parents had
unrelated medical
problems, making it
a tense period for the
family. Fortunately,
everyone recovered
fully! Pat, her
children, three
granddaughters,
and other grandson
really enjoy having
another baby boy around

Kathleen continues to maintain
a Facebook page for us. Please join
the MWC 1966 Facebook group and
post notes and pictures as often as
possible. In preparation for our June
2011 reunion, Kathleen requests
that you send your email address to
me or Barbara Bishop Mann and
make a donation to UMW prior to
Reunion. Our class would like to
again win the competition for the
largest percentage of donors and
perhaps win the Reunion Eagle
competition, which we narrowly
missed last time. Kathleen and the
MW Lunch Bunch selected Brocks
Riverside Grill for our Friday
reunion dinner party, and she
encourages everyone to attend the
dinner.

Linda Spangler Berkheimer

is planning a super slide show
for Reunion and is already busy
collecting photos taken during our
college years. Email digital MWC
pictures to me, Katharine Rogers
Lavery, or Barbara Bishop Mann.
You also can post them on the
MWC 1966 Facebook page.

Doralece Lipoli Dullaghan '70 is
director of strategic partnerships
for Sur Le Table and manages
their branded cookbooks and
their culinary travel program.

Sad news from Joan Cuccias

Patton - her father passed away in
March. She and her four siblings
spent part of the summer in
Mississippi preparing his home for
sale. Afterward, Joan retreated to
the Outer Banks of North Carolina
to visit a friend and was later joined
in a rental house by her kids and
grandkids. She attended a huge
family reunion and vacationed in
Newport Beach, Calif. Joan did
manage to return home in August
to attend a UMW reunion meeting
in Fredericksburg! Meanwhile, Joan
was preparing for her daughter to be
married at home in October - the
first family home wedding.

Kathleen Goddard Moss and

husband Tom have reduced their
jobs to part-time, continue their
church and community activities,
and spend the largest part of
their time with family. Since their
grandchildren live in California,
Spain, Ohio, and Virginia, they
travel frequently and host summer
visits, including their annual Hilton
Head family vacation.

Barbara "Barbi" Barriga
Rowe has lived near West Chester,
Pa., since 1980. She was head of
Fairville Friends School there for
10 years and is now the director of
admissions at West Chester Friends
School. In 1968, Barbi married U.S.
Air Force officer Gordon Rowe and
accompanied him to Vietnam and
Laos, an experience similar to the
MASH episodes. Barbi managed to
have a teaching job everywhere she
went. Although she and Gordon
have divorced, they are amicable
and continue to co-parent their
son, two daughters, and three
grandchildren. Son Gordon and
daughter Winden live nearby and
both are working on advanced
degrees. Daughter Morgan married
a Swiss-Thai man and lives near
Zurich, Switzerland, where she is
working on a masters degree. Barbi
keeps in touch with Susan Roth.

Susanne Landerghini Boehm

wrote with the sad news of the
passing of Helen "Bunny" Black
Jureidini. Bunny lived in the
French house sophomore year with
Susanne, Susan Roth Nurin, and
Tyla Matteson. A French major,

Bunny also studied dance. She was
a career senior physical therapist
at the CJW Medical Center in
Richmond but had retired with
husband Paul to Annandale, Va.

Kathy Fowler Bahnson had

an aneurysm last spring but after
successful surgery has returned to
normal activities and exercise. She is
really looking forward to Reunion.

Sandra Hutchison Hoybach

is pleased to announce that she
and longtime companion Richard
Schanne married in a private
ceremony on May 10 at the Church
of Our Redeemer in Aldie, Va.
Sandra and Richard honeymooned
with a driving tour through New
England. They will live in Reston,
Va., where Sandra has lived for
many years.

Pam Kearney Patrick

has unearthed the movies she
took at our 25th reunion and is
reformatting them for our 45th.
Come prepared for some good
chuckles! Pam recently reconnected
with Pam Ward Hughes, who lives
in Northern Virginia and works for
the U.S. State Department. Pam is
close friends with Sandy Pearson
D'Acunto.

Clara Middleton Leigh '63,

my lifetime friend and neighbor,
opened up the UMW Heritage
newsletter last spring and
immediately recognized Robert
Strassheim '96 and his family. We
all grew up in the small farming
community of Floris, Va. Clara,
three other retired teacher friends,
and I enjoy a season subscription
to the Arena Stage in Washington,
D.C. The most recent outstanding
performance was Maurice Hines
Sophisticated Ladies, which played
in Duke Ellington's home theater,
the Lincoln Theater, on U Street,
and was a marvelous tribute to the
Duke and all his musical endeavors.
Whenever I go to the theater, I
am reminded of Dr. Kline, Dr.
Woodward, the MWC Players,
and our field trip to The National
Theatre to see Edward Albee's Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Roberta "Robbie" James East

continues to manage her pick-your-
own flower farm in Purcellville,
Va., with a separate wedding floral
business. She has decided to retire
from the wedding business, keep
the flower part of the farm, and sell
off some acreage to reduce costs
and labor demands so she and
husband Dennis can travel more.
Robbie's "chick trip" in September
was to Santa Fe, N.M., where she
and friends rented a beautiful

house as a base for their day trips.
One memorable excursion was to
Georgia OKeefe's property.

Nancy Dean Wolffs husband
passed away after a long battle with
cancer. Our sincere condolences for
your loss, Nancy.

Nancy McDonald Legat
dlegatl@sc.rr.com

Cecilia "Cele" Fazzi van Eeden

retired after 36 years teaching
French and Spanish. She enjoys
time with her mother, daughters,
and granddaughter, and she
volunteers for several community
organizations.

Susan Spencer Collins and

husband Mike, a geriatric specialist,
live in Vestavia Hills, Ala., right
outside of Birmingham. They have
been married 40 years. Daughter
Catherine and her husband, Jason,
live in nearby Hoover, Ala. Daughter
Rebecca and her family - husband
Jon, and daughter Laura, 2 - lost
their house in the 2010 flood in
Nashville. Rebecca and Jon are rock
climbers. Catherine and Jason are
into Iron Man races.

Susan said it was great to see
Nancy Mead Cherweck and Betsy
Gantsoudes Robeson at different
Reunion Weekends. Neither has
aged a day since they graduated,
Susan said. Nancy married a
classmate of my husband and is
retired after many years of working
in his office. Betsy was Susans
roommate for a year after med
tech school and is living in New
Mexico. She is still working with her
husband, a pediatric urologist.

Patsy Monahan Holden

worked in schools for 30 years,
the last seven as a counselor. She
retired in 2005 and returned to
work in 2006 as the therapist
for day patients at a psychiatric
hospital. Her husband of 42 years,
Mike, continues to do well after
a severe closed-head injury he
suffered in an auto accident 25
years ago. Retired since 2004, he is
involved in church activities, water
aerobics, and yard work. Their
triplets live in Austin, Texas, about
a three-hour drive from Patsy and
Mike's home in Houston, where
they have lived for 30 years. They
spend many weekends together,
enjoying lake activities and their two
grandchildren, Lexie, 8, and Ethan,
6. Patsy and Mike have enjoyed
trips to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji,
Ireland, Canada, Mexico, and Egypt.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Patsy stays in touch with Susan
Eike Spaulding, Florence Bishop,
and Jean Johnson Dunn. Several
friends in Patsy's suburb, Kingwood,
graduated from Mary Washington;
among them are Garland Estes
McCarthy '50, Mary Davies
McCartney '54, and Betsy Johnson
Gould '63.

Antoinette "Toni" Bonanno
Leonard Matlins is a professional
gemologist and a member of
the Board of the Accredited
Gemologists Association. She writes
that GemStone Press has recently
released new editions of two of her
books: the seventh edition of Jewelry
& Gems: The Buying Guide and the
fourth edition of Colored Gemstones:
The Antoinette Matlins Buying
Guide. The third edition of
Diamonds: The Antoinette Matlins
Buying Guide was due to roll off the
press this fall.

Elizabeth "Beth Anne" Moses
Vlathes' annual excursion will take
ler to Germany in December for
:he holidays. Last year she went to
Istanbul, saw beautiful sites, and
raveled by boat on the Bosporus
Strait nearly to the Black Sea. She
s in touch with Susan Lee Bales,
,vho has a beautiful home on the
"ape Fear River in Wilmington,
^.C. Susan retired from the federal
government and is now consulting.

Beth Anne said a high point of
ast summer was UMW "Classes
Arithout Quizzes" the lectures
or alumni and friends preceding
Reunion Weekend. The professors
vere knowledgeable, she said,
ind also skilled at engaging
heir audiences. "The campus is
-emarkablel" she wrote. "It was
ovely when we attended MWC
ind, over the years, the school has
:ontinued to create new buildings
ind landscaping that blend
;eamlessly with the old and create a
)lace of unusual beauty."

Gail Osborne Tiska, a seven -
rear breast-cancer survivor, wrote
hat she is grateful to be here even
f we are "Medicare age." Gail has
bur children and five wonderful
;randchildren in California,
vlassachusetts, and New York. She
;olfs with her husband of two years,
i scratch golfer, and they enjoy
•pending November in Southern
3ines, N.C. Gail has fond memories
)f senior roommates Linda
iherman and Judy Dunn.

As for myself, Nancy
VIcDonald Legat, my husband,
3an, and I are enjoying retirement
n South Carolina. We are active
n our church, and our three

daughters, sons-in-law, and seven
grandchildren live nearby. 1 enjoy
mentoring in the local elementary
school and doing a little writing and
calligraphy.

Meg Livingston Asensio

meglala@aol.com

Linda Marett Disosway
ldisosway@gmail.com

Hi all. The last time I wrote Class
Notes, it was bitterly cold. Now, the
country is weathering a major heat
wave. By the time you read this,
however, it should be fall and no
doubt the most beautiful time of all
at Mary Washington.

Sadly, Jeanine Zavrel Fearns

lost her mother in May. Afterward,
Jeanine spent some time in the
mountains of West Virginia, near
Blackwater Falls, and found it
lovely and very restorative. She also
spent a week at the Outer Banks
of North Carolina in June, one of
her favorite places. Jeanine's son,
Sean, director of the D.C. -based
Drug Enforcement Administration
Museum, returned
home safely from
a "fact-finding"
trip to Colombia.
Her daughter,
Erin, grows award-
winning orchids.

retirement papers but will work
one more year for Chesterfield
County. Pat Akers is semi-retired,
doing workshops, and consulting.
She enjoys her Oak Island, N.C,
beach house. She planned to travel
to Virginia in August for her high
school reunion.

Donna Cannon Julian and

husband Gene went to Germany
and Italy in July. They attended the
Oberammergau Passion Play and
visited the Italian Alps and Venice.
Donna's senior suite is trying to
keep up the momentum of last year's
mini reunion: CeCe Smith Riffer
and Ann Simpson Brackett joined
Donna at her Lewes, Del., beach
house in June. Unfortunately, Lyn
Howell Gray wasn't able to attend,
though she was in the U.S. from
Liberia earlier this year, preparing
for a new job there.

Jean Polk Hanky attended the
July ribbon cutting and reception
for Phase I of UMW Eagle Village,
where the Park & Shop shopping
center once was. Parti Boise Kemp,
Jane Jackson Woerner, and Connie
Hinson also attended. Jane lives
in Florida, but was visiting friends
and family in the Northern Neck of
Virginia.

Jeanine, roomie
Anne Witham
Kilpatrick, and

suitemates Carolyn "Suzy" Bender
Winterble and Toni Turner
Bruseth planned to gather in
September at Suzy s home on the
Chesapeake Bay near Yorktown, Va.,
to celebrate Toni's retirement. Toni
has worked for the Texas Historical
Commission in Austin for many
years. Her husband, Jim, is an
archeologist there and a published
author. Together, they wrote the
book From a Watery Grave about
the discovery of a French ship,
LaBelle, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Patti Boise Kemp of

Fredericksburg serves on the
executive committee of the Alumni
Board. She sent the following:
Linda Gattis Shull had reverse
socket shoulder replacement. It
seems Florence Nightingale - a.k.a.
Christie Wineholt - swooped in to
help during Linda's first week home.
Linda said she was a godsend.
Barbara Burton Micou signed her

Cathy Haringer Christiansen '70
went to law school at age 40. She
makes gingerbread houses for
competition and has been ranked
in the top 10 nationally.

Phase I of Eagle Village includes
a new student residence hall, a
parking deck, and a mixed use
retail/office complex; eventually
the whole shopping center will
be revamped. The residence hall,
Eagle Landing, is lovely, Jean
said, with suites of two bedrooms
accommodating two people each, a
kitchen in between with breakfast
bar and living room area, and two
bathrooms. A new pedestrian bridge
across Route 1 connects Eagle
Village to campus and provides a
gorgeous gateway to the University.
The Anderson Convocation Center
should open in 201 1. Randolph and
Mason residence halls and Monroe
Hall are being completely renovated.
We will have a lot to see when we
all return to campus for our 45th
reunion in 2014!

I took my three daughters on a
cruise in May. We started in Istanbul
and ended up in Venice. The

highlights were Santorini, Mykonos,
Olympia, Ephesus, and Dubrovnik.
We had a ball and want to do it
again in a tew years.

That's all for this issue. I hope
everyone had a good summer.

I know I write about many of the
same people; that's because they let
me know what is going on in their
lives. I hope more of you will do the
same. Everything you do is important,
and we want to hear about it!

Carole LaMonica Clark
clarktjcj@skybest.com

Our 40th class reunion was a blast,
if a bit toasty weather-wise. On
behalf of our class, I would like to
thank Kathi O'Neill Argiropoulos
and her band of volunteers for
planning our reunion gathering.
The opening reception at Lee Hall
was very nice with delicious hors
dbeuvres. Our class gathering
followed at Kalnen Inn, part of the
Jepson Alumni Executive Center.
The Inn is the restored Trench Hill
Residence Hall. We enjoyed a lovely
buffet dinner and had quality time
to become reacquainted with our
classmates. Dory Potter Teipel
'71 and Mary Anne Burns '71
attended our gathering because
they have lots of friends in our
class. Mary Anne kindly provided
era-appropriate music.

Saturday was a full day of
activities starting with breakfast
at Seacobeck, lectures, tours, a
wonderful picnic lunch at Palmieri
Plaza in front of Monroe Hall
(currently being renovated) and
ending with a delicious dinner
at Woodard Campus Center and
Dessert Under the Stars back at
Palmieri Plaza. It was wonderful
to see so many husbands in
attendance. My husband, Ted, had
plenty of male companionship.

Marion Moncure has retired
from teaching, but she continues to
be employed as a tutor, substitute
teacher, and restaurant worker. Her
daughter, Torrey, graduated from
Appalachian State University in
2008, married a fellow graduate
in 2009, and now lives in Lenoir,
N.C. Her elder daughter, Kate, 26, is
enjoying life in St. John, U.S. Virgin
Islands; and her son, Thomas, 18,
graduated from high school in June.
Ann Barr Butler is a retired social
worker and lives in Flagler County,
Fla., with her husband of 40 years,
John. Ann enjoys volunteering in her
community and traveling with John.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

ASS NOTES

Donna King Tomb has been
married to her husband, Don, for
25 years and they reside in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y. Both are retired
English teachers and do occasional
freelance writing. Their daughter,
Jennifer Tomb '99, and her husband
live outside of Richmond, Va.,
with their two children, William
and Maddie. Their son, Daniel, 24,
lives in Washington, D.C. Ellen
Smythe Grosskurth lives in North
Wales, Pa., outside of Philadelphia.
A mother of two, Veronica and
Alexander, she teaches ESL in
elementary school and community
college. Janet Moore Ross has
lived in Williamsburg, Va., for 25
years and has two daughters. She
worked at the National Institutes
of Health after graduation and
received her Ph.D. in genetics from
George Washington University.
Janet studied human retroviruses
(like HIV) while at NIH and then
transferred to SUNY Health Science
Center at Syracuse. She has taught
medical school and graduate school.
Terry O'Neil Sanders is a retired
antiques dealer and lives on a tarm
in Powhatan, Va., with her husband
of 26 years, Don. They have three
children. Terry likes to garden,
travel, cook, and do handcrafts.

Pat Piermatti of Clifton, N.J.,
retired in 2008 after 37 years as a
pharmaceutical science librarian
tor Rutgers University Libraries.
She likes to travel and has visited
western Europe,
Greece, Turkey, the
Middle East, Russia,
and Egypt. In 2005
and 2009, Pat hiked
the 8,000-foot
Mount Sinai. Karen
Stifft Carroll retired
in 2008 from her
job as an educator
for the hearing impaired. She has
three sons and one granddaughter.
She lives in Roanoke and keeps busy
renovating her home. Francie Cone
Caldwell is director of development
for the Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia and has two daughters.
She lives in Richmond, and likes to
travel, knit, read, and hang out with
friends.

Doralece Lipoli Dullaghan

and her husband, William, have
lived in Virginia Beach for five
years. She has two stepsons, five
granddaughters, and another
grandchild on the way. Doralece is
director of strategic partnerships
for Sur La Table and manages
their branded cookbooks and their
culinary travel program. Kathi
O'Neill Argiropoulos has worked

at Airlines Reporting Corp. for 37
years and enjoys it so much she
has no plans for retirement. She
volunteers at St. Peter's Episcopal
Church. Her son, Jack, graduated
from VCU in June 2010, and her
daughter, Demi, is a junior at
Virginia Tech.

Laurie King Myse and her

husband, Bob - both retired -
divide their time between their
homes in King George, Va., and
Venice, Fla. They have three
daughters and seven grandchildren.
Laurie was an instructional
supervisor for Spotsylvania Schools.
She takes art classes and plays
bridge, and she was planning a trip
to Paris in October with one of her
daughters. Susi Duffey DiMaina
lives in Annandale, Va., and has a
daughter who is a junior at Holy
Cross. Her husband, John, works at
the International Monetary Fund.
Susi helps test coordinators at the
high school near her home. Barbara
Bingley lives in Oakton, Va., and
works for General Dynamics
as a contracts manager. Karen
Anderson Muszynski lives in
Frederick, Md., and works for the
National Cancer Institute. She has
a 27-year-old son and a 25-year-old
daughter. Karen, Susi DiMaina,
Karen Carroll, Francie Caldwell,
Laurie Myse, and Barbara Bingley
held a mini-reunion after Reunion
Weekend at Karen's vacation home
in Montross, Va.

Annapolis, Md., proved to be the
perfect setting for a mini-reunion
in June of several members of
the Class of 1974 who lived on
Jefferson Fourth West.

Susan Wagner Lacy is married
to Halsted Welles, a landscape
architect. They live in Manhattan
and have two daughters. One is
an agent at ICM in Los Angeles
putting together independent
movies and the other daughter is a
documentary maker in NYC. Susan
received a Lifetime Achievement
Award from Cines for her work
on her American Masters series
on PBS, which received the
Outstanding Documentary Series
Prime Time Emmy seven out of
the last 10 years. Marion Blakey
lives in Chevy Chase, Md., and
is the President and CEO of the
Aerospace Industries Association.
Her daughter graduated from
the University of Wisconsin. Her
husband, Bill Dooley, is an ER

physician. In March 2010, Marion
and her husband traveled for
two weeks with Susan Lacy and
her husband through Bhutan,
Cambodia, where they visited
Angkor Wat, and Bangkok.

Cathy Haringer Christiansen

of Gainesville, Va., who has two
children and three grandchildren,
went to law school at age 40. She
makes gingerbread houses for
competition and has been ranked
in the top 10 nationally. In 2007,
her gingerbread house was featured
on Good Morning America. Susan
Johnson Gillette works as a
librarian in a prison for geriatric
inmates. She lives in Capron, Va.,
with her husband, William, and
spends time gardening. William
Gillette works with
Martha Carter
Applewhite's
husband, Allen,
in agribusiness at
the Department of
Corrections. The
Applewhites live in
Cortland, Va.; they
have three sons and
three grandchildren.

Candy Whitmer Collmer of

Ithaca, N.Y., works as a professor
of biology at Wells College. Her
son, Alex, 35, is an entrepreneur in
Manhattan he has two sons, Jack
and Max. Candy's daughter, April,
32, is a social worker in Chapel
Hill, N.C. Candy and her husband,
Alan, have been married for 38
years. Adele Goss Shotwell and
her husband, Alan, have lived in
Rapidan, Va., since her husband
retired from the Navy 19 years ago.
They have four children and three
grandsons. Adele has been with
H&R Block for 22 years. Both of
their sons work for Sony, one in
Wisconsin and the other in Tokyo.

Jane McKenzie Cutchins lives
in Richmond with her husband
of 39 years, Cliff. They have two
daughters and two grandchildren.
Jane is retired from her job in
computer programming. Bettie
Brooks Reuter lives in Sarasota,
Fla., but also spends time at her
home in Williamsburg. She works as
a career counselor and likes to play
golf and go kayaking. Deb White
Orsi lives in Richmond and retired
after 32 years from the medical field.
She worked for three years for a
law firm, where she was known as
the "Director of First Impressions."
Deb has three stepdaughters and
one granddaughter and likes taking
classes at VCU for fun.

Ellen Grace Jaronczyk and her

husband, Bob, recently moved to
Williamsburg, Va., and Ellen has
relocated her parents to the same
area to keep a closer watch over
them. One of their sons and his
family live near Fredericksburg,
and our reunion gave them another
opportunity to visit. Retiree Lee
Howland Hogan of Bedminster,
N.J., is enjoying working as a
part-time travel agent. Lee has
recently made trips to Florida and
Las Vegas. This spring, she took a
riverboat cruise down the Danube
to the Black Sea, visiting Germany,
Austria, the Czech Republic,
Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia,
and Slovakia. She also visited
Los Angeles with her daughter
and her husband. Lee has two
grandchildren.

Jan Hausrath Seddelmeyer '75
works at APCO Worldwide,
traveling the globe for her clients
in the renewable energy and
chemical industries.

Tina Kormanski Krause

works as a K-3 librarian at the
Potomac School in McLean. She
has one granddaughter, courtesy of
her eldest daughter. Her youngest
daughter graduated from Darden,
UVAs business school. Tina and
her husband, Paul, enjoy trips to
Kiawah, S.C., where they hope
to retire. Gabby Pagin lives in
Oakton, Va., where she works in a
community and outreach position
at the National Child Support
Program. Gabby is an avid bicyclist
and did a Century bike ride benefit
for multiple sclerosis.

Dinah McGuire Douglas

retired on July 30. Her daughter,
who is married to an Italian, was
expecting around the time of our
reunion. So, Dinah was in Italy
awaiting the birth of her second
grandchild, a boy to be named
Edoardo. Dinah was planning to
move to Lynchburg. Jean Burgess
Botts retired to Charlottesville and
has a part-time job supervising
Longwood University student
teachers. Jean and her husband,
Steve, are active in environmental
concerns/projects, and they enjoy
kayaking, hiking and traveling.
Their daughter, Molly, was married
in May. Adrienne Whyte lives in
Falls Church where she has owned
a management consulting company
for 20 years. In 2004, she went to
work at Fannie Mae and has now
started a blog about beauty.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

Judy Wiener Winters lives
in a lake in Lynch Station, Va.
vJow retired, she spent two weeks
;arlier this year traveling through
Switzerland and Italy, notably
,'isiting Rome, Florence, Pisa,
Pompeii, Sorrento, Venice and
he Isle of Capri. Lynne Royston
tVine lives in Middleburg, Va.,
ind retired from teaching second
»rade after 34 years. Her family
vas in the funeral home business,
ind Lynne reminisced about taking
iome fake grave grass from the
uneral home to use for the base
if the cherry trees for our Ring
Dance decorations junior year.
n the summer of 2009, Betty
Hughes Balo traveled with Lynne
o Mount Hood, Ore., to visit Linda
VlcNaughton '69, whose home is
surrounded by a pear orchard with
gorgeous views of Mount Hood.
3etty and Lynne then traveled to
Mapa, Calif., and did some wine
asting all along the Silverado trail,
rhey took the ferry over to San
:rancisco, rode the cable cars, had
lot chocolate at Ghirardelli's and
horoughly enjoyed the city. Lynne
oined Betty again on another road
rip after our reunion. They drove
o Matthews, N.C., on an errand for
)ne of Betty's friends, then drove to
<ents Store, Va., to check on some
iroperty that Betty owns. Lynne
ind Betty visited some of Bettys
"amily there, traveled to Natural
Bridge and Lexington, where they
,risited more of Bettys family and
;nded up in Middleburg, Va., where
^ynne lives. Betty then headed to
he suburbs of Chicago to visit her
daughter and her family. There,
she planted some trees, did some
iirniture restoration, and enjoyed
Maying with her granddaughter.
3etty's other daughter and her
"msband have purchased land in
:he mountains of California. Betty
:ontinues to work for H&R Block.

Mimi Webb Stout lives in
Vlason Neck in Fairfax County,
^a., with her husband of 38 years,
red. He is a defense contractor,
ind she works at the Army Civilian
Jniversity. Mimi also teaches
inline in a mentorship program
:o help others learn how to write
dissertations. Peggy Hall Brown
ind her husband, Jerry, have
ived near Fredericksburg since
1980. She has enjoyed attending
many concerts, plays, and lectures
at UMW over the years. Peggy
retired from the Navy as a research
civilian with 35 years in computer
programming and program
management. She and Jerry are
active in their church, the YMCA,
gardening and looking after

Alumna Soars through Air Force Ranks

Teresa "Terry" Hudachek Djuric '83 calls the
world her hometown. A self-described "Army
brat," she found Mary Washington to be a place
she could finally establish roots - strong roots
that still endure.

Motivated by her father, Maj. Gen. John
Hudachek, Djuric decided early on to pursue
a military career. After graduating from Mary
Washington with a degree in computer
science, she joined the United States Air
Force and received her commission as second
lieutenant upon completing officer training
school. "My professors at Mary Washington
supported my interest in a military career,"
Djuric said. "Every professor I had challenged
me to excel in my studies. Every class I took put
me on the path to achievement."

She went on to pursue two master's degrees
- one in curriculum and instruction from the
University of Colorado and the other from the
Army War College in strategic studies. Djuric
has operated space systems at the North
American Aerospace Defense Command, three
space wings, and headquarters of the 14th Air
Force. She has served on staffs at the Air Force
Personnel Command, U.S. Strategic Command,
and Air Force headquarters.

Today, Brig. Gen. Djuric is stationed at
Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, where she
serves as commander of the Jean M. Holm
Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen
Development. In that role, she coordinates
training nationwide for high school cadets in
Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps,
university students in Air Force ROTC, and
cadets enrolled in OfficerTraining School. Key
to her command is her focus on opportunities
to improve the futures of the men and women
who dedicate their careers to service in the Air
Force.

Djuric met her husband, Warren, when
she was stationed in Australia. They have two
children - Hayden, a freshman at the University
of Alabama and an Air Force ROTC cadet, anc'
Hayley, a high school senior at a competiti "
academic magnet program. "My family ha:
made many sacrifices to help me continue in
my Air Force career," Djuric said.

For the Hudacheks, Mary Washington

was a family affair - something that made
Djuric's mother proud. Djuric and her sisters,
Mary Hudachek-Boswell '80 and Susan M.
Hudachek '84, established the Anne Hudachek
Scholarship Fund to assist computer science
students at Mary Washington. Both parents died
this year, Anne Hudachek in February and John
Hudachek in September.

Djuric credits the academic rigor and faculty
leadership at Mary Washington with preparing
her to assume and succeed in such diverse
military commands. "Mary Washington provided
an outstanding environment for learning,
living, and working," she said. "I held myself
accountable to do my best."

Extracurricular activities also helped mold
her, Djuric said. A four-year member of the
varsity track team, she remembered the
inspiring leadership of coach Tom Davies."With
his guidance, my teammates and I achieved All-
American status in the 4-X-800 meter event."

The awards have continued. Among other
recognitions, Brig. Gen. Djuric has received the
Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Air
Force Commendation Medal, and the Air Force
Achievement Medal, all for outstanding and
meritorious military service. "Mary Washington
gave me my leadership skills," she said. And her
career has given her the chance to use them.
"I'm an Airman who has been given tremendous
opportunities to lead and continue to lead."

- Carol Pappas Bartold '75

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her elderly father in Richmond.
They both love to travel around
Virginia and to the Caribbean
and Europe and recentiy returned
from an 18-day trip to the Channel
Islands and northern France.
They especially enjoyed Scotland,
England, and France.

Jeryle Lynn Hammes Rayher
and her husband, Carl, have lived
in the Roanoke area since 1973.
Carl is retired from the Veterans
Department and Lynn has worked
for Allstate Insurance since 1972.
Their oldest son, Ken, was married
last fall and lives in Richmond,
Va., where he and his wife both
graduated from VCU. Their
youngest son, David, is a senior
at Virginia Tech. Pat Houston
Warnock lives in Wyckoff, N.J., and
is a retired computer analyst. She
likes to ski and play golf. Pat was
on the synchronized swimming
team (the Terrapins) with Dinah
McGuire Douglas and Jeryle Lynn
Rayher. Pat, Mimi Stout, Peggy
Brown, Lynne Wine, Judy Winters,
and Betty Balo had a great time
staying together for the reunion at
the Kenmore Inn in Fredericksburg.

Valerie Fletcher Wiggins lives
in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and
retired last year. She has two sisters
and a nephew who
went to UMW.
Linda Bohlander
Dickerson lives in
Waynesboro, Va.,
and teaches the
Bible in school,
directs after-school
programs for an
elementary school,
and substitute
teaches there.

During the summer she directs the
Parks and Recreation Kids Camp,
which has six staff members and
50 campers. Linda has a son who
is a CPA and a daughter who is a
musician and a dogger.

Rochele "Betty" Stansell
Hirsch is contemplating relocation
to Seattle from Atlanta. Joyce
Burcham is back in the U.S. after
spending the last two years in
Europe and Australia. Last July,
she spent two weeks in Martha's
Vineyard playing golf. On Saturday
evening of our Reunion weekend,
Joyce showed off her culinary skills
acquired at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris
in 2006 by cooking a grand gourmet
dinner at Professor Emeritus Bulent
Atalay's house for Dr. Atalay, his
family, Dr. Nikolic, his family, and
some of the other physics majors.
Jan Sullivan served as the bartender,
and Rochele Hirsch assisted Joyce

in the kitchen. Maria Vlattas was to
have been the sous chef, but she was
sick and unable to attend. Mary Pat
O'Donnell Wiegard splits her time
between Oakton, Va., and Roanoke,
Va. She and her husband, Michael,
have been married for 37 years and
have three granddaughters and
another one on the way. Mary Pat
started a Charlotte Mason school in
1999 called Ambleside School. Her
passion is education, and she also
mentors women. Suzanne Ferguson
Buchanan lives in Rocky Mount,
N.C., with her husband of 40 years,
Bill. They have two children and
two grandchildren. Suzanne works
in the wellness department of a
hospital.

Lucia Smithey Bushway and

her husband, Jeff, live in Pensacola,
Fla., where she teaches mathematics
at the University of West Florida
and serves as the department
undergraduate advisor. They have
two daughters: Karen married in
2007 and lives in Panama City,
Fla., and Suzanne married in
2006 and lives in Pensacola. Lucia
and Jeff have one granddaughter,
Natalie, born on New Year's Day
2009. Lucia has been honing her
photography skills and babysitting
her granddaughter.

Vicki Geis Mumford '77
enjoyed returning to campus
this past spring to see her son,
Peter Mumford '13, perform
as one of the leads in UMW's
Romeo and Juliet.

Helen Kim and her husband,
Stephen Barnes, have been
married for 14 years and live in
Homewood, Ala. They are both
employed at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham in the
School of Medicine Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology. This
was the first reunion that Helen
has attended. Her husband and my
husband, Ted, really bonded during
the weekend.

Last March, Ted and I spent
a couple of days at the Biltmore
Estate in Asheville, N.C., to attend
the grand opening of Antler Hill
Village, a new shopping and
restaurant area near the Biltmore
Winery. In April, we traveled to
northern Virginia to visit Ted's
oldest son, Greg, his daughter, and
their families. While there, we also
attended Ted's reunion with folks
he worked with more than 40 years

ago at the National Photographic
Interpretation Center. In July, we
were back in Virginia to attend a
surprise 40th birthday picnic for
Greg. We had a great time visiting
with the family and having some
quality time with our grandchildren.

Karen Laino Giannuzzi
kapitankll l@yahoo.com

Sherry Rutherford Myers
dllmyers@netzero.com

Hello from hot and humid
Baltimore. My hope is that everyone
is staying cool wherever you are.
Dennis and I just returned from an
idyllic week on Lake Champlain
and, understandably, it was difficult
to come back. Our rental was a
few feet from the lake and the
Champlain Islands were enchanting
to explore. There is just no end to
the unspoiled beauty in that part
of the world. We enjoyed the town
of Burlington as well as Stowe,
Waterbury, the Trapp Family Lodge,
and the Shelburne Museum. It was
a wonderful place to celebrate a
milestone wedding anniversary and
we probably overindulged in the
fine cuisine of the region. Needless
to say, we hope to go back soon.

In April, the two of us enjoyed
an interesting and fun -filled
weekend with Dave and Cheryl
Prietz Childress. We had been
intrigued by their stories of Colonial
re-enactments, and one took place
close to Baltimore at Fort Frederick.
The four of us had a fine time,
enjoying meals and catching up on
news. It was not hard to see why
so many are eager to be a part of
American history. Taking a tour
through the camp and the market,
we were transported back in time
to more than 250 years ago. Cheryl
and Dave have a small business
called Blue Cat Buttonworks
through which they sell period-style
buttons and other items used in the
Colonial era. The two looked so
authentic in costume. Cheryl has
become quite accomplished with
her creations. Their plans continued
full tilt for daughter Thea's wedding
in September.

My position with Neuberger,
Quinn, Gielen, Rubin and Gibber
continues to go well; being close to
the Inner Harbor suits me fine. It is
a pleasure learning something new
every day, and the people are great.

I still made time to create a
costume for Baltimore's annual
Honfest. However, this year I chose
not to compete. Upon leaving the
first day, who should I bump into
but Cindy Snyder '75. She had
wanted to see this event and came
with several family members. Who'd
have thought we've have that kind
of a reunion? They all had a good
time and it was great to see another
alumna.

That is about it for this issue.
Please send me your news. Again, it
has been terrific reacquainting with
so many of you.

Debby Reynolds Linder
bdlinder@mac.com

Sid Baker Etherington
sidleexx@yahoo.com

Suzy Passarello Quenzer
sq3878@att.com

Class of 1974, we know you are
out there doing great and exciting
things; we want to hear about them
more often than every five years at
our reunions. Here is a great idea
we received from Patricia "Patti"
Goodall Strawderman and Peg
Hubbard: Annapolis, Md., proved
to be the perfect setting for a mini-
reunion of several Jefferson Fourth
West classmates in June. Jonette
DeButts Hahn's beautiful
waterfront townhome served as
"Reunion Central" for a wonderful
weekend. Jonette hosted Patti, her
first year Willard roommate, and
Carol Flaherty (along with Elvis,
her rescue English bulldog); there
was plenty of room for everyone
in the four- story townhouse
(with an elevator!). Peg, Karen
Sunnarborg, Jeane Baughan
Stone, and Sue Tyler Maguigan
were there for the festivities. Nancy
Pederson Trczinski and Lisa Tyree
Sweeney had planned to come, but
unfortunately couldn't make it this
year.

The weekend began on Friday
evening with cocktails on the deck
overlooking the marina - with the
Naval Academy in full view! That
brings back memories for some
Mary Wash girls! Jonette and her
life partner, George, had prepared
a terrific dinner for us, after
which we headed out to a piano
bar downtown (did we mention
that Annapolis is within walking
distance?) We had a blast, hounding

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the piano player to play our favorite
songs from the '60s and '70s; he was
quite obliging!

Karen and Peg attended an
early morning yoga class that was
good for them" while Patti, Susan,
Carol, and leane enjoyed massages,
and others shopped in downtown
Annapolis. Several in the group
stopped by Leslie Tilghman's
jewelry shop and chatted with her
briefly. Patti did a
'deep relaxation"
exercise with
everyone (complete
uith candles and
eye pillows!) betore
we all headed out to
dinner at Gander's
for some serious
;rab pickiri -
everyone was elbows
deep in crab shells
by dinner's end!

includes a building, gardens, and
outer buildings. Faith says this suits
her very well, she uses her history
major by giving tours. Faith writes
that it is great tun and rewarding
to help a state agency that has
suffered layoffs. Faith also teaches
a community water aerobics class
3 to 4 days a week in the summer.
Faith's exciting news is that she
became a first-time grandmother
this past May when her daughter,

Steven Carroll Whitaker '77
danced with the Connecticut
Ballet in its Nutcracker. He
danced along with principals
from the American Ballet Theatre
and a company of professional
dancers from New York.

Sunday was a whirl of activity,
is some folks had to leave early,
while a small group of us met at the
Marriott Waterside for a farewell
brunch. Among the goodbyes and
tears, we made plans for next year's
get-together. At our 35th Mary
Washington reunion, we talked
about getting together once a year,
instead of every five years. Everyone
was enthusiastic and we settled on
Annapolis as the site of our first
'mini-reunion."

Oh, a side benefit to our
gathering - we got in touch with
Ginny Eisenmann Labusohr

after all these years! Ginny is
working at Southside Hospital in
Bay Shore, N.Y. She is married to
Peter Labushor, living on Long
Island, and busy with the New York
State Nurses Association. We were
thrilled to find her and hope she will
join us next year.

Many thanks to Jonette and
George, who were such lovely and
thoughtful hosts. Jonette wanted
us to add: "The thanks really go to
all who took the time and effort to
travel to Annapolis and spend the
weekend together. It was a fabulous
MWC time for all!"

1975

Armecia Medlock
vagirl805@msn.com

Faith Geibel Moore and her

husband, Robert, live in eastern
North Carolina. After Faith was
laid off from her community
college job, she began to volunteer
atTryon Palace, an 18th-century
state historic site in New Bern that

Lauren, and her husband, Brandon
Robinson '02, had a beautiful girl
named Ella. Faith was able to be
there right after Ella was born, and
she hopes to continue going back to
Alexandria, Va., as often as she can
to see Ella. Faith's son, Jeff, lives in
South Lake Tahoe and loves it. Faith
and Robert celebrated their 25th
anniversary this past July.

Jan Hausrath Seddelmeyer,

her husband, David, and their
daughter, Jinny, spent spring break
in London visiting with Jans niece,
Laura Zobel, while also seeing many
of the city's most fabled sites - from
the Tower of London to the London
Eye! Jinny fell in love with afternoon
tea and the West End production
of Wicked. Jan's sister, Jill Hausrath
Zobel '71, visited with Jan and her
family this past June when Jill and
her husband, Konrad, came from
Vienna, Austria, for a month-long
stateside visit. Jan works at APCO
Worldwide, traveling the globe for
her clients in the renewable energy
and chemical industries, although
she does look forward to retirement
one of these days! While she didn't
attend our class's 35th reunion
weekend this past June, Jan has
been in touch with Karen Lebo
and others via Facebook. Jan sends
good wishes to all her old friends
and acquaintances who attended the
2010 Reunion Weekend.

Joanne Rehm continues to
be very happy with the decision
to move to the Raleigh area where
she has a less stressful life than in
D.C. Although not lucky enough
to retire at this point, Joanne loves
her job, she gets more beach time,
and she has a wonderful circle of

friends. She very much enjoyed
spending the weekend at U.Va. in
mid-May watching her son, Grant,
graduate. Grant was employed at
U.Va. through the summer until
the Glass of 2014 rolled in. At our
25th UMW reunion, Joanne had
post-chemotherapy and spiky gray
hair. At our class's 35th reunion,
Joanne celebrated 10 years being
cancer-free!

Marybeth Moore Goya lost
her husband, Steve, in June 2009
after 29 years of marriage. Marybeth
keeps busy with her work as vice
president of public and government
affairs for the Northern Virginia
Association of Realtors, where she
has worked for more than 23 years.
Marybeth said, "Thanks to everyone
who provided news for this issue.
It's always a lot of fun to hear how
people are doing."

Maureen Argo Marks wrote
that her youngest child, Daniel,
graduated from high school this
past June. Since Daniel's graduation
was at the beginning of our 35th
reunion, Maureen could not attend,
so she's looking forward to the 40th
reunion. This spring, Maureen
and her husband, Bob, visited their
daughter, Ellen, in Malaga, Spain,
where she teaches English. Maureen
said she really enjoyed the festivals
they have there with processions
every hour of the day for a week.
Maureen and Bob went to Prague
for three days as well. Maureen is
still working for Kaiser and working
a lot, but she's able to get away often,
too. Maureen's oldest child, Chris,
teaches at West Point, so Maureen
goes to visit him - and her two
grandchildren - as often as she can,
with at least three visits this past
year. Maureen visited Chris at West
Point last July, and then she and her
family went on an Alaskan cruise
the first week of August. Maureen is
still an avid ocean swimmer.

Jacalyn Ewansky Bryan

enjoyed the first year of her new
career as assistant professor/
reference and instructional services
librarian at Saint Leo University
near Tampa, Fla., where her
husband, Rich, has been a professor
of psychology for 30 years. Jackie
was formerly a dance professor
at Saint Leo, and also taught at
Keuka College, the University of
South Florida, and the University
of Tampa. Her older son, Richie,
graduated from the University of
Central Florida last May with a
BFA in graphic design and a BA in
advertising/public relations. Jackie's
younger son, Eric, has begun his
junior year at the University of

Florida, majoring in biology. Jackie
and her family took a trip to Italy
last summer and visited Rome,
Florence, and Venice. Jackie said it
was a great experience!

Carol Pappas Bartold had a

wonderful time at our class's 35th
reunion. After returning to her
home in Bronxville, N.Y. Carol
worked full time at Sarah Lawrence
College through the end ot the
summer. As of mid-July, Carol had
lined up some writing-tor-hire jobs,
and she was pleasantly surprised
at how well that was going. At a
summer writers' workshop, Carol
got to work with Vivian Gornick,
one of her favorite authors. It was
just the jump-start Carol needed
to begin turning her master's thesis
into a book. She had taken some
time off after graduating this past
spring with a master of fine arts
degree.

As mentioned above by several
of our classmates, we had a mali-
velous 35th reunion this past June.
It was wonderful to see everyone
and to catch up on all the comings
and goings, especially with Lina
Scott Woodall and her husband,
John. I want to give a big "thank
you!" to Lina and Karen Lebo who
chaired our class's gift committee,
and to Diane Hickman MacKnight
who served as our 35th Reunion
Weekend coordinator. Another
big "thank you!" goes to our own
indefatigable Cindy Snyder on
the UMW staff who seemed to
be everywhere at once, making
sure the 2010 Reunion Weekend
went smoothly tor all the reunion
classes, including ours. On a final
2010 Reunion Weekend note, if it's
not already up and running, I'm
working on a central site where
we can post everyone's reunion
pictures to share with the entire
class. Thanks to everyone who
contributed news tor this issue.
Keep it coming!

Helen Salter
Ahsalter2@resnan.net

Mary Byrd
byrdland55@yahoo.com

Kim Contini continues to teach the
kindergarten enrichment program
for Boulder Valley Schools in
Colorado and loves it! Many of her
science topics bring back wonderful
memories of those fun days at Mary
Wash pursuing a biology degree and

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making such great friends. She is
still in contact with fellow classmate
Karen Falk Sawyer and hoped to
see her this fall. Last year, Richard
Arline was elected to a three-year
term on the
Franklin Township
school board in
Somerset, N.J. He
also served as vice
president his first
year on the board.
Richard completed
courses for his

master of divinity degree at New
Brunswick Theological Seminary.
This past January, he was licensed
as a minister in Somerset Baptist
Church in Somerset. In addition, he
is a candidate for the office of sheriff
of Somerset County, the general
election taking place in November.
Best of luck to you, Richard!

Janice Wenning is retired from
the large corporate environmental
world and enjoying lite with
husband Brad Stewart and dog
Guinness in their home in Berkeley,
Calif. An avid traveler, she and
Brad make annual trips to Belize
in the winter, and they were in
Italy and Switzerland this spring.
A scuba diving trip is planned
to Bali, Indonesia, for the fall of
2010. Regular trips to the family
farm in Virginia keep Janice in
touch with friends on the East
Coast. She connected with Carol
Yancey Orlando, who is doing very
well (a proud grandma to two little
girls) and working with Lockheed-
Martin. Janice keeps her fingers
in the environmental consulting
business by doing some part-time
consulting to small businesses and
is also starting up a home-based
luxury linens business.

Karren Mann is running
her own computer consulting
company. She is the assistant field
hockey coach at Randolph Macon
College and has two new new
babies, both West Highland terriers.
Kathye Geary and husband John
enjoy living on Mill Creek near
Annapolis. They often welcome
out-of-town guests and in May
hosted a surprise party in honor of
her mother's 80th birthday. John is
president of Systems Engineering
Group in Columbia, Md., and
Kathye stays busy with volunteer
work, gardening, and photography.
Son Rob is an electrical engineer
with Raytheon in Boston, and
daughter Meredith is a meeting
planner for NDIA, a large
association in the national defense
industry. This past summer, Kathye
hosted a mini-reunion for several

MWC classmates, Dana Grobicki,
Lisa Wu, Jane McGehee, Alison
Wood, Kathy Hartman, and Jody
Amberly.

Gayle Weinberger Petro '79 is
in the process of writing a book
called Men-on-Pause: A Survival
Guide for Dating in your 50s.

Yvette Pentecost Spangler and

husband Delmore live in Salem,
Va. They have two children, Matt
(28) and Sarah (21), both of whom
are full-time students. Sarah is the
UMW Honor Council president
for the upcoming year, and will
graduate from UMW in 201 1!
Yvette really enjoyed visiting Sarah
at school which brought back so
many memories. The campus is
still beautiful with many positive
changes. Yvette has worked at the
Salem Virginia Medical Center for
the last 28-plus years and currently
manages the clinical laboratory.

Enjoying her first summer off
as a teacher, Kathleen Williams
Pyrce learned to relax and smell
the roses and had a nice trip with
daughter Mariah to NYC and
Buffalo. At age 54, she has cultivated
her first successful garden and can
now say she's eaten tomatoes and
squash she grew. Kathleen saw
Jo Ellen McTague Atkinson in
Atlanta in the spring and says she
looks exactly the same as she did 30
years ago (30 years?!) They enjoyed
remembering the MWC drama
days. Kathleen noted that she is
healthy, employed, happy, and has
a wonderful daughter who brings
her joy! It doesn't get any better
than that! Vicki Geis Mumford
had a surreal experience in that her
son, Peter Mumford, was one of the
leads in UMW's Romeo and Juliet
this past spring. Vicki wrote it was
very strange to be in the spectator
section of Klein Theatre! Peter will
graduate from UMW in 2013.

Steven Carroll Whitaker,

father of two lovely girls, Alexandra
and Anne Marie (ages 1 1 and
7), is doing well in New Canaan,
Conn. He returned to the theater
after many years away, all of it
culminating with dancing with the
Connecticut Ballet in their seasonal
Nutcracker. He danced along with
principals from the American
Ballet Theatre and a company of
wonderful professional dancers
from New York - and got paid, too!
Steve has made great connections

via Facebook with lots of "old"
friends from MWC. He had two
wonderful get-togethers in NYC -
with Susan Hansult Jennings in
December and with Vicki Sprague
Church in late May. He also finally
got to meet Vicki's roommate from
MWC, Skippy Strickland. Steve
looks forward to reconnecting with
more MWC pals via Facebook and
to having more mini-reunions in
NYC. Sally Curtis Wimberley '80
also wrote about MWCers (mainly
from the theater department classes
of 1977-82) reconnecting via
Facebook. Sally is always looking
for theater majors who want to be in
touch; she lives in Woodbridge, Va.,
with husband Steve.

As for me, Mary Byrd, I was
in Virginia in May and met up
with Sarah DeWitt, Emily Cole,
and Susan Stribling Burry for

lunch in downtown Fredericksburg
on William Street. It was great
to catch up on our old stomping
grounds! Here on my new home
turf, Rob Hall and I are settling
down in Twisp, Wash. In July, Rob
passed the Washington Police
Academy exam and can now
continue the business of serving
the community as Twisp's Chief
of Police. I have started teaching
yoga at a local studio and will
be working with the Methow
Valley Community Preparedness
Committee in an outreach capacity.
This new group has been formed
to prepare citizens to meet basic
needs in the face of unforeseen
economic, energy, or environmental
disruptions and to re-localize and
strengthen our valley's economy.
It is a brand new life for both of us
and so wonderful to breathe this
wonderful air daily! We are grateful
for each day together and are
both learning all we don't know with
Calvin, our four-year-old boxer mix.

Please continue to send me your
news, and I will make sure it sees
print when the next issue comes
due.

Cindy Clark
cclarkct@optonline.net

Barbara Goliash Emerson
emers3@msn.com

Thanks to those who sent in class
news, especially Gayle Weinberger
Petro, who was a wealth of
information as always. She wrote
that she went to see Rick Graham

on the Fourth of July at his home
in Catharpin, Va., and had a great
time. Rick lives on a beautiful
farm where his wife, Mary, teaches
horseback riding. Gayle noted that
Rick picked her up at his gravel
parking lot in a Jeep and drove her
to his pavilion where the picnic took
place. Rick's daughter is a junior at
Mary Washington.

My former roommate, Lisa
Carle Shields, the dashing redhead
of our three-girl room in Russell
and Framar, has a son, Jonathan,
who graduated from UMW this
past May. Lisa works for SunTrust
Bank. Wild and crazy Gayle Petro
said that she and Lisa went to Bill
Crawley's retirement party in May
and had a wonderful time. Gayle
noted that Judy Kemp Allard, the
live wire who kept our three-girl
room hopping with her great
Motown collection, is busy with
wedding plans for her daughter,
Melanie. Gayle also reported that
Lisa Bratton Soltis continues her
marketing job in Roanoke and
is doing well. She went with her
daughter, Jennifer, and Donna
Anaya to California in May.

Gayle will be on the UMW
Alumni Board for another two
years. Good news for all of us and
thanks to Gayle for continuing to
bring her enthusiasm to that role.
She says that she really enjoys it.
And among all that, including
teaching sixth grade in Fairfax
County, Gayle is in the process
of writing a book called Men-on-
Pause: A Survival Guide for Dating
in your 50s.

Dianne Naoroz Douglass

wrote that she is still living in
Annandale and working in Fairfax
for a career transition organization.
She has been married for 27 years
to Michael. Their oldest is currently
at Georgetown Law, while their
"baby" is at the Naval Academy in
Annapolis.

Carol Middlebrook wrote,
"Not a lot of news for me, but I did
visit with Lisa Jenkins when my
husband John and I went to NYC in
May to celebrate our anniversary. I
also plan to see Carolyn Bess
Pantzer in mid- July, and John and
I are traveling to Norway at the end
of July for a hiking vacation in the
fjords."

As for me, I'm still working
for Fairfax County Government
as manager of organizational
development and training. I get to
work with fellow Class of 1979er
Mary Regan McMahon, whose
oldest son, Sean, just completed

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is first year of college, as did my
>n, Done. I also get together with
atima Allibhai Khaja '80 tor lunch
; she also works for the county, as
oes Carolyn Bess Pantzer.

To the rest of you, please take a
w minutes to send me an e-mail
id update us on what you're up to.
yeryone I talk to says this is the
rst part of the alumni magazine
ley read, so keep that news
Hiring.

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larcia Guida James
larciaGJ@aol.com

anette Stormont Drew lives
i Stafford, Va., where she raises
iinea fowl and has an abundance
reggs! She and husband William
3th work for the EPA, where she is
senior scientist. Their older son is
udying biology at Old Dominion
niversity. Their younger son is a
igh school senior and is college
lopping. They planned to spend
le summer weekends at their
;ach house.

Kathy Walters Along

.*lebrated 25 years with Jazzercise
lis year and enjoys volunteering
ith the Junior League. Husband
m retired from the FBI at the end
r2009 and is in the private sector
orking as a senior investigator in
jalthcare provider fraud. Gina, 16,
)mpetes in speed climbing. Joseph,
5, is a Renaissance man who cooks,
ins track, and plays basketball
id tennis - and he won the school
ubiks cube competition!

Katherine Farmer is as a

ivenile probation officer and
lanned to return in the fall as the
lenrico High School probation
fficer. Her sons, 18, graduated from
igh school. One planned to leave
>r the Marine Corps in August,
ad the other planned to attend J. S.
eynolds Community College.

Elizabeth Sullivan is involved
in fundraising tor the local hospital.
Son Patrick graduated from high

school and planned to attend Wake
Forest University. Her oldest lives
on Cape Cod in a group home for
young adults with special needs, and
her daughter is a sophomore in high
school. Husband John practices
dentistry in Alexandria.

Anne Rivello Darron lives in
Fredericksburg and makes regular
visits to Carls on everyone's behalf.
Her older boys are attending VCU
and share an apartment. The
youngest is in his last year of middle
school. Husband Carl commutes to
Washington, D.C.

Terry Lehman Eliason and

husband Bill live outside Hartford,
Conn. Their oldest child, Katie, is
a ballerina in Nashville, Tenn. Son
Will works and goes to community
college in the culinary arts program.
Their youngest, Sara, is a high
school senior and a year-round
soccer player who would like to play
in college. Bill is a biochemist at Yale
University, where his boss won the
Nobel Prize for chemistry this year,
which was very exciting.

After Cleveland and Reno, Nev,
Susan Jones Hollister has been back
in Richmond for more than 10 years
in the fixed- income department at
a Richmond-based firm. She took
her oldest niece, Eliza, to London
for her college graduation gift.
They had a blast and are already
talking about returning. Susan is the
godmother of Estie Corey Thomas's
son, Clay, and she and Estie are in
touch. Also, Susan said that Scott
Harris works at the VMI Hall of
Valor Museum in New Market,
Va., where he is the boss of Susans
brother-in-law.

Beth Padgett lives in Corpus
Christi, Texas, and loves her
home-based spa business helping
women learn to relax and take care
of their skin. Her children are Macy,
nearly 6, and Wes, almost 4. She is
married to a great man who is an
assistant district attorney, and her
stepson will make her a grandma in
September.

Nelly Angela Garza has been
working for the Census Bureau
since April.

Her younger son, Andrew,
graduated from John Jay Science
& Engineering Academy in San
Antonio, Texas, in June, and
planned to attend the University of
Advancing Technology in Tempe,
Ariz. Older son Matthew is looking
for a job as a physical education and
history teacher.

Heidi Brickell Ullrich is -

and has been for 12 years - the
permanent substitute teacher at her
neighborhood elementary school.
Husband Michael retired from the
Navy and works for SAIC. Daughter
Rachel graduated last year from
University of North Carolina and
lives in Bristol, Conn., where she
covered World Cup soccer tor
ESPN. Son Jacob studies English
and sports management at Old
Dominion University, where he
was about to start his junior year.
The Ullrichs took a family trip to
Jamaica in March for a wedding.

Karrie Nelson Ferguson is

a runner in Southern California,
where she works for Medtronic.
Daughter Delaney will be attending
nursing school in Seattle, and son
Andrew, a high school sophomore,
plays lacrosse. The family vacationed
in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Monica
Cashin married
Bill Howard, a
wonderful chef,
on June 12 on
Pleasant Lake in
New London, N.H.,
where they now
live. Bill's mother
grew up in Great Bridge, Va. In
May, Monica received her master's
degree in special education and was
looking for a high school special
education position. Daughter
Kylene, 17, was looking at colleges;
she wants to study art. Son Shayne,
14, is an avid skier and hockey
player.

Susan Bancroft Leavitt made
the trek north for Monica and Bill's
wedding. She enjoyed a biking
vacation in Quebec in early August.

Danette Stormont Drew '83 raises
guinea fowl and has an abundance
of eggs. She and husband William
both work for the EPA, where she
is a senior scientist.

Kathie Jerow is still between
careers, leaving the world ot travel
for teaching. She has provisional
teacher status until she is certified,
and she is a long-term substitute.
She enjoys teaching French,
including teaching students with
long-term illnesses at home. Last
fall, she traveled throughout
Provence as an "intervenante," or
guest speaker, at various middle and
high schools. She also introduced
a "meet up" group for Francophiles

and Francophones in the Charles
County, Md., area. She continues
to organize French teen exchanges
in the southern Maryland-D.C.
area. Kathie's eldest daughter,
Shelby, graduated in 2009. Daughter
Michelle was a rising junior, and
Christena was to begin fifth grade
in the fall. Tim is a senior security
specialist for Homeland Security
in Washington, D.C, and travels
periodically.

Jayne Feeney is at the Don
Bosco Centre in Dilla, Ethiopia,
working through the Lay Mission
Program with a feeding center and
an informal school tor children.
She saw Marianne Blais Dineen
at her house in St. Thomas last
year. Marianne left after freshman
year but has always kept in touch
with Jayne. It was with Marianne
that Jayne completed the last of
her missionary paperwork before
heading to Ethiopia. Marianne
is doing great, and her daughter,
Lauren, got married last month.

Teresa Childers Peterson

visited Yellowstone and the
Grand Tetons to celebrate her
24th wedding anniversary. Becky
Hobbs Shermer enjoyed a week
with family in Corolla, N.C., and
MWC roommate Cathy Cooke
came to visit. Becky is a part-time
labor and delivery nurse at VCU
Medical Center, where she marked
her 24-year anniversary in June.
Her older daughter, 12, is in middle
school, where she is an excellent
flutist in the concert band and was
named "best all around female
student" in seventh-grade band. The
younger daughter, 9, was entering
fourth grade. She won second
place in her age group at a juried
art show at the Mariner's Museum
in Newport News, Va. Teresa and
her husband enjoy paddling their
kayaks, mostly on the Pamunkey
River.

Cindy Rebein Myers has lived
in Oakton, Va., for more than 20
years and has worked in IT for the
U.S. Geological Survey for more
than 17 years. Her husband, Fred,
works for Department of Defense
in Crystal City. Their son graduated
from Virginia Tech in May and
is working for Accenture. Their
daughter is a junior at Tech. They
have three mechanical engineers in
the family!

Lori Langpaul Beebe and her

family have been in Richmond, Va.,
for more than 20 years. Lori works
from a home office. Son Charlie, 20,
looked forward to returning to West
Virginia University this fall.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE ■ FALL/WINTER 2010

ASS NOTES

Business-Savvy
Alumnus Left
UMW With
Entrepreneurial
Toolkit

Matthew Ernst '94 wasn't exactly sure what
he wanted to do when he graduated from
Mary Washington with a degree in business
administration, but he knew how he wanted
to do it.

"I wanted to build something from scratch,"
he said. "Whatever I did, I wanted to do it my
own way."

By age 27, he had done just that.

First, he worked for Richmond
manufacturing entrepreneur Larry French, who
taught Ernst "everything about how to run a
business."Then he worked for a Boston-based
consulting firm representing the company's
interests in the Southeast.

In 2000, six years after his UMW graduation,
Ernst had the guts and gumption to do what
everyone told him he was crazy to do: strike
out on his own. He founded Amentra Inc., a
firm that helps other companies reach their
full potential by providing a different approach
to business and IT consulting. Rather than
build new software and hand it off to a client,
Amentra collaborates with a client's employees.

It was win-win, according to Ernst.
Customers would get the new systems and
technologies they needed, and their employees
would get the new technical skills and
confidence they required.

As Amentra CEO, Ernst was a finalist in 2007
for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Award in the greater Washington, D.C., region.

Clients, some of them Fortune 500
companies, liked the Amentra approach. In
2005, having grown 733 percent in five years,
Ernst's company made the Deloitte Technology
Fast 500. By 2008, Amentra had more than 140
employees at offices in Richmond, Washington,
Philadelphia, Charlotte, and Tampa.

At that point, ready for a new
challenge, Ernst sold Amentra to Red Hat,
a 2,500-employee worldwide provider of
open-source technology. Even in the current
sputtering economy, Amentra continues to
thrive and grow, and recently announced
international expansion. You can hear the
pride in Ernst's voice when he says his former
company is "doing quite well."

ellingasui

company, Matthew Ernst is contemplating
his next entrepreneurial move.

Still an entrepreneur at heart, Ernst has
shifted gears and has become a venture
capitalist while pondering his next move.
He has focused on four areas - electrical
distribution and efficiency, insurance efficiency,
sustainable energy, and agriculture and
aquaculture.

"You reach a point when you have finished
one thing and you think, 'Oh my goodness,
what's next?' I hope I can find new ways to use
my own ideas, and to help other entrepreneurs
with their ideas," Ernst said. The man who
declared at age 1 2 that he wanted someday to
be a CEO plans to start another company "much
larger in scope and with even greater impact on
the environment and the community."

When he's not working, Ernst enjoys golf and
baclccountry skiing. He collects modern art and
supports cancer-related causes.

Ernst, the eighth of nine children, grew
up near Berryville, a small town west of
Washington, D.C. After a year at close-to-home
Shenandoah University, he transferred to Mary
Washington. He soon knew he had found his
ideal college environment.

"It's a beautiful setting in which to learn," he
said. "I loved the campus and the liberal arts
program."

UMW's small class sizes fostered good
learning relationships with his professors,
Ernst said, recalling two who were particularly
helpful - Steven A. Greenlaw of the economics
department and Larry W. Penwell, a business
professor who is serving as acting dean of the
new UMW College of Business.

Ernst credits Mary Washington with giving
him both the tools and the motivation to create
his own business. "You get a great education
at Mary Washington," he said. "And when you
graduate, youVe equipped."

-Randy Hallman

Whit, 17, was to begin his
senior year at Richmond's Godwin
High School. He hopes to attend
college "somewhere south and
warm."

Lori and a big group of friends
enjoyed a vacation at Loris family
house in Deep Creek Lake in
western Maryland. She gets together
with Julie Niehaus, who recently
moved back to Richmond. Lori
also got together with Mavourneen
Bachrach Wojciechowski, her
husband, and daughter last fall
when they were in D.C, to see
daughter Madison play volleyball
for the University of Pennsylvania at
a tournament in the D.C. area. Mav
and Mike live in Pacific Palisades,
Calif. Son Mason plays tennis for
the University of Hawaii.

Lori met Maureen "Mo"
Delaney in Virginia Beach when
Loris son and his high school soccer
team were playing in the state
tournament there.

Margaret Bell Synan has

been the arts and crafts instructor
at Wilderness Presidential Resort
for four years, planning activities
for children and adults. In the
offseason, she paints decorative
murals for the resort. She is also a
freelance tour guide in the spring
and summer in the Washington,
D.C, area. Daughter Meghan, an
1 1th grader, loves floral design
and running with the high school
track and field team. Their favorite
pastimes are shopping, singing
karaoke, and playing Zynga games
together. Margaret plans to tie the
knot with fiance Mickey in the next
two years.

Andrea Kocolis Hornung

is with the Stafford County
Department of Planning and
Zoning. Hubby Neil is now a senior
counter intelligence officer at the
U.S. Department of Energy. Sixth-
grade son Brandon, 1 1, is in Scouts
and plays lacrosse and soccer. Son
Ryan, an 8-year-old third grader,
also a Scout, plays basketball, soccer,
flag football - any running sport.
They visited Albuquerque in August
for a long vacation.

I, Marcia Guida James, had

a great time in Venice, Rome, and
Sicily with my husband, Tom, and
the kids in summer 2010, showing
them their family origins. I still
love running and biking, and I
completed the Kentucky Derby
mini-marathon this year. Work
keeps me busy with healthcare
reform at the forefront, and it leads
to some business travel to D.C. and
Chicago. My 92-year-old father is

living with us in Kentucky. Middle
son Michael is college shopping.
Oldest son Tom is a college junior
and will most likely get his teaching
certificate. Youngest son Frank is in
his junior year of high school.

luOt

Auby |. Curtis
aubyJ@comcast.net

Tara Kilday I indhart
laralindhart (<?hotmai].com

Deona Houff
Deona.houff@gmail.com

About the only thing outrunning
the heat during Reunion Weekend
in early June was the fun. On Friday
night we gathered at Lee Hall
and received a special visit from
President Rick Hurley. The former
ballroom is now several rooms,
which only sounds like sacrilege - it
and the entire campus look great.

Earle, Kim Slayton White, Lisa
Taylor, Phil Schmidt, Joanne
Brenton, and Denise Zawadzki
Doucette - came solo. Wendy
Van Balen Gatanis and reunion
organizer extraordinaire Renee
Allen Kuntz brought spouses. Janet
Bowers Kuhl was with her husband
and twin toddler boys. Jan Deese
Bryant and Mary Ruth Venditti
Yao's families included teenagers
and young adult children. Lewis
Goldstone and Tim and Karen
Altemus Duffy came with their
dogs. And it was of course good to
see Sigrid Skrivseth Houston and
Kathleen Dwyer Miller.

I'm sure I'm missing some folks
who were there. Kathleen Goeller

Booth brought along daughter
Megan, 8, who looks just like her
mom, only with red hair. Kathleen
has worked for the Department
of Detense for 25 years and been
married to Miles for 20. They live in
Ellicott City, Md., where Kathleen is
a Brownie leader and helps out with
the church children's choir.

Jill Turner Winkowski is

an instructional designer in the
Hampton Roads area. Jessie Jones
Lease of Fairfax, Va., a semi-retired
graphic designer, married "a
fabulous man" in 2005 and is raising
a 4-year-old. She spent 10 years
with Providence Graphics, a small
design firm in the Fairfax-Clifton
area, worked with Freddie Mac
for several years, and then joined
Biblical Education by Extension
World mission organization.

Changes abound at Mary
Washington. A roomy bookstore
dominates the main floor of Lee.
They serve sushi in one room of
Seacobeck and have pizza ovens in
another. Combs Hall now houses
English, modern foreign languages,
and historic preservation. Hamlet
House has morphed into the
"Phonathon Center." The library,
campus center, and science hall are
all fancy and new. And there's a
pedestrian bridge

crossing Route l , ^nne R{veu0 Darron '83 lives in

emblazoned with .

the school name. tredericksburg and makes regular

Most important, I visits to CarVs on everyone's behalf.

though, were the
classmates. I can

still hear Glenn Birch and David After Mai7 Washington,

Minor reviving their 1 982 classic Lisa Bentley Brouelette earned

Being a Man at a Mostly Women's a master's degree in history from

College (video on the class Facebook Em0I7 University in Atlanta and a

page) and still see Cathy "Cuff doctorate in history from University

Gibbons near tears of joy at her first of Washington in Seattle. She stayed

reunion glimpse of Susan Goyette out West and married Jon. Their

and Susan Jurkiewicz Nelson. And children are Adam, a junior at

I will never forget Russell "Rusty" Western Washington University,

Berry finally arriving Saturday as and claire- a senior in high school,

we were eating lunch and roasting Last summer. Lisa wrote that she's

alive on Palmieri Plaza. Later, a Patro1 sergeant with the Kirkland

during a self-guided campus tour, (Washington) Police Department,

Rusty regaled some of us with with Plans t0 take a three-month

stories about what he did back in administrative officers course at

the day at various campus locales. the Southern Police Institute at the

Ask him sometime how he got out University of Louisville in Kentucky,
of his piano final. Marianna Rixey Scott works in

Many of us - Abas Adenan, Charlottesville at Cathcart Group,

Lauren Simmons, Julie Labat builder of luxury apartments and

Hershey, Theron Keller, Richard condos. Husband Mark Scott '84

is with SunTrust Mortgage. The
oldest of their three girls, Maggie,
graduates from the University of
Virginia this spring and is looking at
grad schools. Lauren is a freshman
at Christopher Newport University.
Mary Katherine is a fourth grader.

Sidney Griffith Keith and her

husband, Mark, had an excellent
excuse for missing Reunion. Their
son, Ian, graduated that weekend
from Florida School for the Deaf.
He plans to study at St. Johns River
Community College. Sidney teaches
earth science and American Sign
Language in Jacksonville, Fla.

Sidney and her
family had a mini
25-year reunion
with Anne Hunt
Braun. Anne,
husband Bob, and
son Curtis live in
Poquoson, Va.,
where Anne is an
at-home mom.
That's it for now,
friends. Shoot me an email with
your news or to be added to my
contact list for timely reminders
about Class Notes deadlines.

Lisa A. Harvey
lisharvey@msn.com

Congratulations to Edie Dunn
Dornburg and husband Jed who
recently welcomed their second
daughter, Kimiko.

Shayne Estes received a
master of divinity in May from
the Virginia Union University
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of
Theology in Richmond. He was the
class valedictorian. Shayne works
as a substance abuse counselor
and entered the pastoral ministry
seeking ordination as an elder in the
United Methodist Church. He lives
in Richmond with his wife and son.

Tom Talisman, his wife,
Beth, and daughters Alexa, 6, and
Gaby, 13, live in Minneapolis. Tom
works in business development in
Bloomington, Minn., for Pearson,
a publishing concern out of the
United Kingdom.

Don Appiarius '88 and Dee
Dee Weinstein Becker played in
the second Annual Recycle Yourself
Tennis Tournament in Virginia
Beach, helping to raise $3,000 for
the LifeNet Health Foundation
in support of organ and tissue
donation education. Don is a double
lung transplant recipient. Dee

Dee lives in Virginia Beach with
her husband, Andy, and daughter
Brenna, 13. She is president of
Becker Communications marketing
and public relations consulting firm.

Brenie Matute and husband
Maxime promote investment projects
in Honduras and various countries
in Africa. They also are assisting
companies with reconstruction
in Haiti. Brenie divides her time
between Montreal and Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, where her two daughters
are in school. Brenie reported that the
long-lost Paul Beach, wife Maggie,
and three children are living outside
of Chicago.

Jayne Feeney '83 is at the Don
Bosco Centre in Dilla, Ethiopia,
working through the Lay Mission
Program with a feeding center and
an informal school for children.

Deb Hass McKinney and

college-bound daughter Erin toured
Mary Wash this past spring. The
nephews of Jane Carroll Wilson
and Ginny Farquharson Voyack are
attending UMW. Jane, Ginny, Jackie
St. Martin '85, Ellen Henderson
Briggs '87, Gayle Schmith Kelly,
Becca Bennett Cuddy '85, Janice
"JJ" Rickerich Schifsky, Margaret
Russell Eastman '84, and Liz
Proutt Connelly got together
for the Annual Active Survivors
Network Race in Baltimore, which
they followed with a trip to Gayle's
beach house for a weekend of R&R.

Keep the notes coming!

PS. The 25th Reunion is just
around the corner!

Kim Jones Isaac
mvvc87@infinityok.com

Rene Thomas- Rizzo
Rene.Thomas-Rizzo@navy.mil

From Kim: My husband. Ken,
continues to travel around the
country to radio-control flying
events, and we are busy with our
computer services company. Our
son, Chris, graduated from high
school in May and is a freshman
at Oklahoma State University. In
July, Chris and I went back to my
hometown of Richmond, and we
visited Gettysburg, Washington,
D.C., and Virginia Beach. I had
forgotten how bad Northern
Virginia traffic is. We spent a lot

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

of time with Bev Newman '88
and Dee Sphar Harding, who

attended Mary Wash tor two years
before transferring to West Virginia
University. We went to a baseball
game with Bev and my Mary Wash
roommate Lisa Onucki. We had
dinner at Renato's in Fredericksburg
with Dee, Chris Bradford Cohoon
'86, and Dave McKinney '86. We all
had a great time reminiscing about
the good old college days.

Jennifer Parrish still
works at the same law firm in
Fredericksburg, which often
employs interns from Mary
Washington. She just completed a
six-year term on the Virginia State
Bar Sixth District Disciplinary
Committee and a similar term on
the Litigation Section of the Virginia
State Bar, where she served as
chair. She was recently elected 20 1 1
president of the Fredericksburg Area
Bar Association. Congratulations,
Jennifer! She said that after all
these years, she still loves living in
Fredericksburg.

Jane Ellen Brennan Herrin

is in close touch with Eda Spivey
Price, Angela Goforth Harrow,
Laura Reed Link, Hugh McAloon,
and Mike Tringale; she reports
that all are doing well. Jane Ellen
works with the DAN Talent Group
and does voice-overs, commercials,
videos, and is part of a team that
teaches women public speaking,
modeling, acting, and runway skills.
She continues to do her podcast,
is completing a cookbook, and
makes guest appearances on a local
morning show's cooking segments.
She is very involved in fashion,
travels quite a bit, and loves hosting
events, sometimes wearing couture
outfits designed for her by Nina D.
Husband Jim still loves working
at the Putnam County Election
Commission and also is part-time
news director at Cookeville
Communications. Daughter Anna
Grace began kindergarten in July,
and her sister, Jenna Marie, turned 4
in August.

Toni Moore Milbourne is

a reporter for the Charles Town,
W.Va., newspaper. She serves on
the county's Parks and Recreation
Commission and emergency
services agency. She is a leader for
her daughter's 4-H Club.

I am on Facebook under "Kim
Jones Isaac," so send me a friend
request and let me know what you
have been up to since graduation -
or email me. I hope to hear from a
lot of people soon.

Marsha D. Baker
RStarr66@msn.com

Beverly J. Newman
bevnewmn@yahoo.com

Jay Bradshaw
Javbradshaw747@aol.com

Cheryl Woody Danielson
cheryl.danielson@earthlink.net

classnotes@umw.edu

The Class of 1990 currently has
no class agent. If you would like to
volunteer for this role, please contact
the alumni office at alumni@umw.edu.

Gregory David Haddock has

been promoted from associate
professor of geography to
vice-provost and graduate dean
at Northwest Missouri State
University. After graduating from
Mary Washington with a double
major in geography and music, he
earned a master of science and a
doctorate in geographic information
systems from the University of
Idaho. He is married to Amy
Billhimer Haddock.

Shannon Eadie Niemeyer
sfniemeyer@comcast.net

It was nice to see some of you in
June for the Rabble Rousers reunion
show at the Otter House (in what
used to be the Irish Brigade) in
Fredericksburg. I think everyone
there would agree that it was a
great show. The Rabble Rousers
- Todd Stayin, Jeff Miers, Dave
Smallwood, James Benvenuto, and
Mark Reeves - still sound great
after 20 years! It was fun to catch up
with those of you who were there.

I finally took the plunge and
joined Facebook. It has been really
fun to be back in touch with so
many of you! Please look me up if
I haven't already found you. It's a
great way to send me your news and
information, and I'll post reminders
as deadlines approach.

I'm sure you're already
aware that we are approaching
our 20th reunion. Mark your
calendars for June 3-5, 201 1.
Look for information from the

alumni association about Reunion
Weekend events. Hope to see many
of you then!

Please keep in touch with your
news and updates. I look forward to
hearing from you!

Kate Stanford McCown
kate.mccown@live.com

I want to send a special thank you
to Courtney Hall Harjung for

all her help asking people to send
me updates and for gathering
information for Class Notes.

Courtney lives in Atlanta with
her husband, Tom, where they
had snow last winter. Courtney
celebrated her 40th birthday
at the Georgia Aquarium and
Centennial Olympic Park's Jazz
Fest. The couple hiked and
socialized with other members
of the Atlanta
Outdoor Club
and learned how
to "stand up
paddle surf" at the
group's picnic on
Lake Allatoona.
They hiked on the
Appalachian Trail
in July, traveled to
Lexington, Va., for
a family reunion,
and went to Nassau
for scuba diving
over wrecks and
with sharks. They planned a
waterfall hike and swim and a
vacation on St. Simon's Island.

I have managed to get some
updates via Facebook: Marc Tate
and wite Cemmi live in Centerville,
Va., with their two children, Marcus
and Madelin. Robert Todd and
Paul Pollard attended the wedding
of Todd Schill to Danielle. Todd
Bosch lives in Oyster Bay, N.Y.

Brady Chapman took a drive
through the Mary Washington
campus and said it was "a long way
from three kids to a room with no
AC like we had to deal with." He
opened a second insurance office
location in Lakeland, Fla., last
spring. His children are growing
fast, he said, and he spends lots of
time at baseball and dance. Brady,
Jay McNamara, Mike Smith, Scott
Ross, Bob Lunger, and Drew
White got together for a cookout
at Thomas Brophy's with their
families. They were looking forward
to September for their 16th annual
golf trip in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Christine Harrison Grant

of Raleigh, N.C., is director of
development for the American Red
Cross in Durham. She completed a
life coach certification program and
hopes to start her own life coach
and nonprofit consulting business.
Christine has enjoyed reconnecting
with UMW friends through
Facebook, including her roommates
Courtney Harjung and Linda Kelly
Hadley.

Wendy Scott Stuck and
husband Ken Stuck '90 have lived in
Newport News for nearly 16 years.
Their children are 11 and 8. Ken
helps out the Cub Scout pack,
and Wendy is an assistant Girl
Scout troop leader. Wendy has the
teaching bug again and is looking
for a Spanish teacher position. Ken
continues in his cultural resources
position. He wows local elementary
students on career day when
he explains what he does as an
archaeologist.

Don Appiarius '88 and Dee Dee
Weinstein Becker '86 played
in the second Annual Recycle
Yourself Tennis Tournament in
Virginia Beach, helping to raise
$3,000 for the LifeNet Health
Foundation in support of organ
and tissue donation education.

Tevin Chaney sold his
miniature golf course in
Williamsburg in 2007, spent a
year taking courses at William and
Mary, and then returned to UMW
for a second degree. In 2008, he
got a certificate in GIS, geographic
information science. Last June,
he got a bachelor's degree in
environmental science. He planned
to begin graduate school at the
University of Maryland this fall.

Cheryl L. Roberts
chatatcha@yahoo.com

Bethany Zecher Sutton
Sutton@aacu.org

1894

Nathan Wade
smileynate72@yahoo.com

Kirk Ranzetta's book, I'm Goin
Down County, an architectural
history of St. Mary's County,
Md., was recently released. After

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tudving historic preservation at
\k\rx Washington, he pursued
lrban affairs and public policy from
he University of Delaware, where
le received a master's degree in
996 and a doctorate in 2006. He
s a project architectural historian
vith Cardno-ENTRIX, a natural
esource management firm in
Portland, Ore. He and wife Patricia
)eem have two children, Brogan
nd Finnegan.

ill McDanid
mmcdaniel 1 @fcps.edu

ennifer Rudalf Gates
smartypants@cox.net

:rom Till: I enjoy the summer
ife of a teacher, but I do some
>art-time work, so it is not all
un and games! I spend a week
n Richmond working for the
Virginia Department of Education
s a member of a committee that
eviews third grade social studies
iOL test items. The "SOLs" are
'irginia's standardized tests. I had
he pleasure of working with Mie
barter Devers '97 for the past two
ears and wish her well, but will
niss her, as she moves on to a new
chool and a new experience for the
ipcoming school year!

Susan Payne has a new, busy
ob as deputy director of web
trategy and communications
or the Georgetown University
kledieal Center. She works with the
.ombardi Cancer Treatment Center,
he School of Medicine, the School
>f Nursing, and the Biomedical
lesearch Organization. She and
ler family bought a new house
n Sterling, Va., where she, her
msband, 2 -year old, and 12 -year old
vere settling in.

Anndelynn Tapscott Martin

s the victim services coordinator
or the Jefferson County Sherriff 's
)ffice in Colorado. Her husband,
Villiam "Tug" Martin, works
or Dish Network. They have two
hildren, Ty, 6, and Addie, 3. They
lave been doing a lot of camping
round Colorado in their new trailer
lubbed "MAT" - Martin Adventure
trailer!

Jessica Fulmer Chafin and her

msband, Jason, live in the Atlanta
irea with their daughter, 4, and son,
learly 2. Jessica finished a master's
legree in adolescent education in
uly and continues to work in the
:ducation department at Kennesaw
>tate University. Brendan Kelly
et us know that his wife, Corrie

Henson Kelly, plans to graduate
with honors from U. Va. with a
master's degree in reading education
in December.

After Mary Washington,
Hadrian Mendoza went to
the Corcoran School of Art in
Washington, D.C., where he was
awarded the prestigious Anne
and Arnold Abramson Award
for excellence in ceramics.
Hadrian's Carabao, named after
the Philippines water buffalo,
was featured in an exhibit at the
Philippine Embassy in D.C. in June.

Eileen Heffern Hairel and

her husband, Chris, are certified as

licensed foster/adoptive parents in

Houston, Texas. In October 2009,

they welcomed their first toster

baby, a five-day-old boy. Eileen

and Chris were still

enjoying him as

they prepared for

their own bundle

of joy, due in late

September!

practice from Bond University in
Oueensland, Australia (2006).

Luke Sbarra, wife Jennifer, and
Emilia, 3, welcomed Henry Foley
Sbarra on Oct. 21, 2009. They live
in Charlotte, N.C., and enjoyed
a summer vacation at Holden
Beach. Gretchen Frates Martin
and husband Michael welcomed
their daughter, Charlotte Eileen, on
March 8. Danny, 2, is learning how
to be a good big brother and not
squeeze his little sister too hard!

Tara Scopp Harper, husband
Gavin, and five-month-old
Charlotte live in Brunswick, Ga.
Tara is an attorney and legal
instructor for federal officers at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center for U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.

Brenna Hall
Hessler and her

husband welcomed

Cullen Sterne on

March 17. He joins

brothers Dawson,

8, and Carter, 6,

and sister Evie, 4.

Brenna works as

a part-time labor

and delivery nurse

at Fairfax Hospital. Mike Johnson

and Colette Strawn Johnson '97

welcomed their third son, Nicholas

Tyler, in July

Jen and I enjoy staying in
touch with many of you on
Facebook. Please remember to
let us know what's going on with
you throughout the year, either on
Facebook or through email. Hope to
hear from you soon!

Michelle Trombetta
blondebombchelle@yahoo.com

After having lived in Australia for
five years, Matthew Michaelson
returned to Las Vegas, where he'll
teach math at Palo Verde High
School in nearby Summerlin.
He is pursuing a master's degree
in mathematical sciences at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
He expects to get this third
master's degree 2012. He has a
master's degree in geographic and
cartographic sciences from George
Mason University (2002) and a
master's degree in educational

Hadrian Mendoza '96 went to
the Corcoran School of Art in
Washington, D.C, where he
was awarded the prestigious
Anne and Arnold Abramson
Award for excellence in ceramics.
Hadrian's Carabao, named after
the Philippines water buffalo,
was featured in an exhibit at the
Philippine Embassy in D.C. in June.

Stephanie O'Connor Shockley

and husband Dan live in New York
City. Stephanie was ordained an
Episcopal priest in June and serves
tbe Church of the Holy Trinity on
Manhattan's Upper East Side. She
earned a master of divinity from
The General Theological Seminary
of the Episcopal Church in May
2009. She spent the past year in
intensive training as a hospital
chaplain, focusing on oncology,
HIV/AIDS, and palliative care.
In 2009, Dan received a J.D. from
the Benjamin N. Cardozo School
of Law and passed the New Jersey
and New York bar exams. He works
for the New York Hotel Trades
Council. Stephanie and Dan enjoy
all that NYC has to offer, and they
love spending time with their
three nieces and one nephew. They
were looking forward to summer
camping with Sarah Meyrowitz
Meytin and Rachel Meytin, and
their children, Coby and Ruthie.

Chris Currier is alive and
well in Pittsburgh with his wife
of eight years, Suzanne, and two
daughters, Keira, 5, and Emma,
nearly 3. Chris plays modern "Mad

Man" in his advertising firm, Yellow
Submarine Marketing. He often
travels to see his main client, Cedar
Fair Entertainment Company, and
their amusement and water park
properties across North America.
These include Kings Dominion in
Richmond, Knott's Berry Farm in
L.A., and Cedar Point in Sandusky,
Ohio.

Eric Earling has been managing
media relations for Premera Blue
Cross in Washington State since
March 2009. His wife, Stephani, is
plowing through a master's degree
program and was about to start a
job at a local housing agency. Their
children, Joseph and Sophia, are
in eighth grade and fifth grade,
respectively.

Erika Ehland Benowitz enjoys
her new chosen career as at-home
mom to Sasha, 2, and Lauren, 1. She
and husband Andrew live in the
Philadelphia suburb of Collegeville,
Pa., where they keep up with their
extensive gardens. Aaron Zielinski
continues to build his financial
advisory practice in Norfolk, Va.,
focusing on helping families and
small-to-medium-sized businesses.
He is entering his second year as the
chair of the leadership development
committee of the Downtown 100
in Norfolk and recently hosted an
interactive panel discussion on the
topic of brain drain. He and Lisa
celebrated son Benjamin's second
birthday in February.

This past spring, Vanessa
Valley Wedding organized a mini-
reunion at her new house in King
George, Va. She loves the space it
affords her, husband John, daughter
Jillian, and their two dogs. Many of
her college study buddies attended,
including Jason Terrill, Cheryl
Duckworth, Anne Valentine
Higgins '98 and her husband, Jen
Rees Schultz and her husband, and
Silvia Pavia '98. The partygoers also
celebrated in Dale City, Va., at the
home of Anne Waldron Hoover
and Rob Hoover, as Anne was in
her last month of pregnancy and
could not make the drive down to
Vanessa's. Anne and Rob are now
the proud parents of Kayla Melody
born May 30, their second child.
Anne Higgins also delivered a baby
girl, Riley Macon, on July 10. The
mini-reunion was a send-off for
Cheryl, who is now an assistant
professor of conflict resolution at
Nova Southeastern University in
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cheryl's final
manuscript of her book, Land and
Dignity in Paraguay, was recently
approved. Jason is taking full
advantage of his move

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to Oahu with trips to New Zealand
and Kauai. After the mini-reunion,
he headed to Suffolk to visit his old
roommate, Jon Lewis '98, his wife,
Rachel Robinette Lewis, and their
six children.

I was privileged to attend the
wedding of Allison Enedy and
Tom Cholis in Norfolk in May. I
have never seen a bride and groom
so happy and obviously in love. It
was so much fun eating, drinking,
and dancing the
night away with
Allison, Allyson
Knudson Gallup,
Jacquelyn "Jackie"
Curry Todaro, and
their husbands.
Allison and Tom
honeymooned
in Oahu. This
summer, Allison
left her corporate
job to help the
animals of Virginia
Beach as the events
coordinator for the
SPCA. I randomly
ran into Paul Storer '99 at the
Phoenix airport on a business trip
- always surreal seeing alumni in
strange places like airport terminals!
Colleen Minion Uuereb was in
Minneapolis for a conference in
June, and we were able to spend a
day together, allowing me to show
off the best my new hometown has
to offer. Let me know if you're ever
in Minneapolis and have time to
catch up. II not, just send an email
and let me know how you're doing.

Erika Giaimo Chapin
erikagchapin@gmail.com

Matt LoFiego promises this will
be his last round of baby news: He
and his wife celebrated the birth
of their third child, Amelia, in late
June at Mary Washington Hospital.
Larissa Lipani Peluso-Fleming
and her husband are living it up
in Leesburg, where she is a fifth
grade teacher. Their son, Deacon,
was born in May. Big brother
Anthony was heading to first grade
this fall. Larissa visited with Laura
Letchworlh before she shipped off
lor her first deployment with the
U.S. Navy.

Caitlin Jenkins Losh and her
husband, Jason, celebrated the birth
of their first child, Paul Arthur
Jenkins, on July 3. They expect
to celebrate Paul's birthday with
fireworks every year. The Losh
family is enjoying life in Brooklyn,

where Caitlin is a paper conservator
at the Brooklyn Museum.

Tara McGintee Gibbs and

husband Dave welcomed baby
William Edward on June 7. They
live on Long Island, along with big
brothers Owen, 5, and Colin, 2. After
their two years in Germany, Jeremy
Blain and his wife, Jennifer, live in
San Antonio with Ellen, 5, Jason, 3,
and Collin, 1 . Jeremy continues to
work for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Stephanie O'Connor Shockley '97
was ordained an Episcopal priest
in June and serves the Church of
the Holy Trinity on Manhattan's
Upper East Side. She spent the
past year in intensive training
as a hospital chaplain, focusing
on oncology, HIV/ 'AIDS, and
palliative care.

After a year of writing and
rewriting, Stephen O'Connell

completed in May his dissertation
in geography and his Ph.D. from
Oklahoma State University. He
teaches full time in the geography
department at Mary Washington
after spending the last school year
as a part-time adjunct and part-time
dissertation writer. He planned to
marry Maggie Collins, an attorney
in Fredericksburg, in November
in her hometown of Cincinnati.
Stephen met Maggie through Dave
Danieli, who will be in the wedding.

Heidi Buchanan Keohane's

daughter, Riley, started
kindergarten; as a result, Heidi took
on a new teaching job at Riverbend
High School in Spotsylvania.
Wendy Sulc is assistant professor
of pediatrics at the University of
Miami. Her really big news is that
she, husband Greg, and daughter
Natalie welcomed Aidan Charles
Dehne on June 4. Abby Mitchell
Pearce, husband Ben, and big sister
Emily welcomed Nathaniel Thomas
on July 29. Adrien Snedeker
Dickerson and husband Adam
look forward to introducing Baby
Dickerson to the world in February.

Amanda Goebel
goebel_amanda@hotmail.com

Thanks for all of the wonderful
information! If you haven't seen
UMW's Eagle Village, you need to
check it out online or in person.

I have just started my fourth
year teaching fourth grade at the
Trinity School, in Atlanta, Ga.
Recently, I dusted off my feet and
started playing in two outdoor sand
volleyball leagues - a 6's and a 4's
league. Over the summer, I traveled
to West Palm Beach to visit Kristin
Ruhl Bergstrom and her family,
including my goddaughter, Addison.
Corey Sell and Katy Buchanan
Storer visited me here in Atlanta.

Dennis L. Rudnick married
Joy E. Patzke on July 31, in Seattle,
where Dennis is completing a
doctorate in multicultural education
at the University of Washington.
Daniel Frye and Ted Dangerfield
were among the groomsmen. Ted's
wife, Monica Dangerfield '00,
Walter Parra, and Dan Opiela were
also in attendance.

After college, Brian Frazelle

spent a year working with
immigrants in Texas before
pursuing a master's degree in
English from the University ol
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
After several years as an editor
with UNC Press, he went to
Yale University to pursue a law
degree. He graduated from the law
school in May and works for the
Public Citizen Litigation Group
in Washington, D.C. In April, he
married Sarah Trippensee, his
girlfriend of five years.

Holly Blanton has worked
with the Estee Lauder Companies
since 2003. Recently, she and
husband George Miller moved
from Charlotte, N.C., so Holly, a
specialist in sales management and
corporate training, could take
a project with Estee Lauder
covering New York, New Jersey,
and Philadelphia areas. They went
on a mission trip to Guatemala's
Casa Bernabe orphanage in March,
where they physically worked the
hardest they had worked in ages!
They completed many gardening
and concrete tasks, and they roofed
the new clinic. A trip like that puts
amazing perspective on their lives,
Holly said.

On July 18, Sharon Reavis

married Stacey L. Woodson of
Staunton, Va., in Franklin, Tenn.
She and Stacey, a musician, singer,
and a counselor for Centerstone,
will live in Nashville. Sharon has
been practicing entertainment law
in the music industry for more
than nine years and is in-house
counsel for EMI Christian Music
Group, Inc. She just graduated
Irom the Tennessee Bar Association
Leadership Law program, which

recognizes future leaders in the
Tennessee legal community.

Stephen Charnoff and
Katherine Fry Charnoff '00

bought a house in Vienna and
were expecting their first child in
November. Steve practices law with
a firm in Tysons Corner, and Katie
is a print broker in Fairfax City.

Brian Straight is still at the U.S.
Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. He
plans to travel to Ecuador, Chile,
Argentina, and Peru, as he will
leave around the end of the year.
He will return to Washington, D.C,
to prepare for his next assignment,
probably somewhere in Africa.

In July, Marty Malloy was
named CEO of Greater Philadelphia
Cares, a non-profit in the region
that provides opportunity for civic
engagement tor organizations and
companies that want to create
positive social change.

Lisa Mueller recently returned
from a year teaching fourth grade
in Scotland through the Fulbright
program. She took advantage of the
ease of European travel while she
was abroad and saw many places
like France and Spain. Welcome
home, Lisa!

Susanne Eymer Maurer is a

licensed professional counselor
offering clinical and career
counseling in Washington, D.C.
She married in 2007 and has a son,
Jake, who is nearly 2. Whenever
she can, Susanne hangs out with
Laura Reilly Lewis, Leah Morris,
Claire Wagner, Martha Smith,
and Carol Chace.

Carol received a nursing degree
in May, passed the federal nursing
exam in June, and started a nursing
job at Providence hospital in July.
Between graduation and the exam,
she went on a mission trip to Haiti,
setting up a health center there with
other medical professionals. She
said it was an amazing, humbling,
heartbreaking trip - but one full
of hope.

Daniela Kelley Sicuranza
daniela.sicuranza@gmail.com

It's hard to believe it's been 10 years
since we walked down Campus
Walk together. It was wonderful
to reconvene on campus in early
summer for Reunion Weekend. The
stifling heat brought back memories
of dorm rooms with no air
conditioning and lazy mornings
spent hanging out with friends.

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We owe a big thank you to
Cristin DeGraff and Mariah Butler
'ogelgesang for rallying the troops
.1 head to Fredericksburg to mark
tie occasion. Campus is still as
eautiful as we remember it, so if
ou get a chance to go visit, do so!
bull be SO impressed with the
•novations that have taken place
ince we lett.

Kristin completed her first
larathon in January at Walt Disney
^orld. She was working with Team
i Training for a half marathon in
an Francisco this fall.

Mariah brought her beautiful
imily to Reunion Weekend
'om their home in Fort Wayne,
id. - husband Matt; son Grant,
early 3; and baby Harris Grey,
orn October 2009. Mariah is also
ne of three Class of 2000 members
onored for their
ollegiate athletic
chievements. She
nd fellow swimmer
am Myers and
accer player
)hanna Klein were
) be inducted to the
fniversity of Mary
Washington Athletic
[all of Fame this

Poston and husband A) welcomed
Madelyn in January, little sister
to Elise, 3. Erin, a family practice
physician assistant in Richmond,
cannot believe it's been 10 years

since college

Jerry Podorski moved from
Chesapeake Beach, Md., to
Fredericksburg, where he helps
coach the UMW mens rugby team.
He is a senior forensic chemist
in the Clandestine Laboratory
Safety and Research Center for the
Drug Enforcement Agency. He
wrote from Korea that he trains
DEA agents and state and local
officers about the dangers of
methamphetamine labs and
how to take samples. He speaks
internationally on the importance of
watching chemicals used to process
drugs such and heroin and cocaine.

Jamie Dowdy
rooks is a
hysical therapist
l Richmond. Son
)wen, 4, was ready
)r pre-K this fall,
nd son Gavin
irned 2. Jamie
nd husband Craig
isited Marga
ischel Green to

elebrate the baptism of Marga's
3n, James, who joined big sister
legan. Jen Hunt Clair - who was
icpecting - is James' godmother.

Julie Hallman, a veterinary
.'clinician in Charleston, S.C.
njoys a "wonderful slow Southern
eachy life." She and her boyfriend
ought a house, and she has traveled
) Canada and Mexico.

Stacey Ladd Mulholland of

ihelmsford, Mass., welcomed her
rst son, Jacob Otis, in March,
tacey teaches fifth grade in
Westford, Mass. Olivia Synnott
andry and her husband, Austin,
Iso welcomed their first child,
lolan, in April. They own Jordan
prings Market, a country store with
deli and gas station, in Stephenson,
'a. Joy Barnes and husband Roger
homas are expecting their third
hild in December, to join siblings
mily and Samuel. Erin Shank

After college, Brian Frazelle '99
spent a year working with
immigrants in Texas before
pursuing a master's degree in
English from the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
After several years as an editor
with UNC Press, he went to
Yale University to pursue a law
degree, which he received in May,
and he now works for the Public
Citizen Litigation Group in
Washington, D.C.

The Eugene Symphony in
Oregon is still fortunate to have
Maylian Pak as its development
director. Aside from work, she
performs with a local Jimmy Buffett
band, The Cheeseburgers. She was
one of 48 U.S. non-profit leaders to
participate in the American Express
Nonprofit Leadership Academy
- an intensive, all-expenses-paid
week-long leadership seminar in
New York City. Maylian vacationed
in San Francisco for July 4, where
she visited Beth Geiger Wolly, her
husband, Mark, and their adorable
son, Jake.

Rachel Silbaugh Norman and

husband Sean left Tennessee for
Woodstown, N. J., in June 2009.
Rachel loves being an at-home mom
to Lily, who will turn 2 in December.

Eve Sledjeski teaches
psychology courses at Rowan
University in New Jersey, where

husband Tom is also a professor.
Her children, Lucius, 2, and Alice, 1,
loved playing in Ball Circle during
Reunion Weekend.

As for me, I left Fox News
after 10 years for a much more
challenging job - motherhood!
My husband, Chris Sicuranza '98,
and I welcomed Gabriela Lily on
Jan. 31. We've made our home in
Arlington, Va., and are busy planning
our next adventure with Gabv.

Caroline Jarvis

carolineljarvis@gmail.com

Teresa Joerger Mannix
tmm53@georgetown.edu

As always, the Class of 2001 has
many wonderful updates to keep
everyone entertained. Please
continue to send them to us as we
love hearing from you, and your
classmates love keeping up with
your news.

Adele MacDonald and her
husband, Andrew Neiburg '00,

celebrated daughter Isabelle's first
birthday in July. Adele is a labor
and employment associate with
the law firm of Williams Mullen
in Richmond. Lauren Fisher
recently married and is a clinical
psychologist in northern Virginia;
she planned to open her own
practice this fall.

Michelle Carr Young and

husband Jay, of Stafford, were
expecting their first baby, Emileigh
Marie Young, around the end of
July. Michelle was to begin her 10th
year teaching at Forest Park High
School in Woodbridge, Va., this fall.

Brianne Patchell Friberg

completed a doctorate in human
development and family studies at
the University of Wisconsin, and she
accepted a full-time faculty position
in the psychology department at
Liberty University. Martine St.
Germain Barre and her husband are
excited that they will welcome a new
member to their family in January.
Sara Harney Correll, husband Jim,
and son Noah, 2, welcomed Hannah
Elizabeth in April to their home in
Gainesville, Va.

Rob Eidson of West Chester,
Pa., is a human resources director
with SAP America. He founded
a public charity organization in
2009, which has raised thousands of
dollars in support of various causes
in autism research and education.
Claudia Matamala Lemus, her

husband, and 2-year-old daughter
welcomed little Diego on March 5.
Christina Dominguez and husband
Ashley Clinedinst of Poquoson,
Va., expected their first child in
September.

Jonathan Williams and Erin
Pickens Williams recently received
promotions. Jonathan is now vice
president of Easter Associates
Inc., a government relations and
association management company.
Erin is now policy and planning
coordinator for the Virginia
Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services Division of
Consumer Protection.

Sarah Meharg of Washington,
D.C, is a communications specialist
with Alion Science and Technology.
Paula Snell welcomed a lovely new
granddaughter in January, and she
is three classes away from earning a
master of divinity degree!

Zac Sargent married Aimee
Demora in September 2009 in
Stowe, Vt. Alumni in attendance
were Brendan Eygabroat, Trais
Pearson, Corey Brynes '02, Jamie
Foster, Steve Paturynski, John
Bernhardt, Lara Bernhardt '02,
and Mary Kovaleski Brynes '02.

Alysia McLain and Scott Jones
of Juneau, Alaska, planned to marry
in October. Scott is the assistant
comptroller for the State of Alaska,
and Alysia is curator of public
programs at the Juneau-Douglas
City Museum. She was selected for
a Rotary International Group Study
Exchange to Finland and Estonia.
She spent a month last fall visiting
museums and historic sites, staying
with host families, and learning
about the history and culture of
these two countries.

Judy Goss received her
masters degree from Georgetown
University Department of American
Government in 2008. She lives
in Tabernacle, N.J., and teaches
American government and
international politics at Burlington
County College there. She also
is campaign manager for a local
township council race.

Kim Price Rowan and her

partner expect their first child in
late December. Theresa Furlong
Kennedy and husband Jed
expected their first child in late
July. She is senior project manager
at Capital One.

Stephanie Betancourt Brady

and her husband were fortunate to
get orders to Hawaii, where they will
be for two years. In June, they

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welcomed their third child, Reese
Evangeline. Stephanie plans to take
a year off to care for the family while
her husband is deployed in the
Middle East. When he returns, she
has plans to pursue a Ph.D.

Gina Leonard and her
husband, Mike, welcomed the
beautiful Ariana Grace in April.
They also bought their first house,
in Prince William County, Va.

Virginia Green Bartlett

finished a doctorate in religion and
ethics. She, Shane, and daughter
Sophia, 1, planned to move to Los
Angeles in August, where she will
be the assistant director for the
Center for Healthcare Ethics at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Shane
will work in film. While sad about
leaving Nashville after eight years,
they looked forward to catching up
with Kelly MacNeil, Betsy Burton
'00, and other Mary Washington
Angelinos.

Andrew Ward received a
Critical Language Scholarship
from the U.S. State Department
and spent the summer studying
Urdu in Lucknow, India. He
helped create the nonprofit Voices
for International Business and
Education, which operates the
International High School of New
Orleans, a charter school that
opened last year. It is the only
open-enrollment public high school
in America that offers French and
Spanish language
immersion
programs. And yes,
he still moonlights
as a French Quarter
tour guide!

Alexander Buttner on plans for
our 10-year reunion next summer,
so save the date - June 3-5, 2011!
Caroline larvis lives in London,
where she is a relationship manager
at Kleinwort Benson Private Bank
and works with both private clients
and charities.

Please keep sending in your
updates. If you are not receiving
update request emails, please be sure
to email us your up-to-date contact
information. We look forward to
hearing from you!

Travis Jones
tljones8@hotmail.com

Carolyn Murray Spencer
turtlecjm@yahoo.com

Jessica Brandes
jessbrandes@yahoo.com

Katie Dolph Lewis earned a
docorate from William and Mary
in educational policy, planning, and
leadership. Norfolk's Teacher of the
Year in 2009, she now is teaching
education courses at Texas A&M
International University. In June
she married John Lewis, a border
patrol agent in Laredo, Texas.

Madelyn
Marino ran her
first half marathon
in June in Seattle.
She is now hooked
on running and is
preparing for her
next half marathon
in Detroit, Mich. Maryjane
Wysocki lives in Satellite Beach,
Fla., and is an employment
coordinator for the Agency for
Persons with Disabilities. She is
nearing completions of certification
to be a community work incentive
coordinator. This job promotes
the use of federal and state work
incentives for individuals with
disabilities who would like to work,
maximizing their independence
and earnings.

As for your class agents, Teresa
Joerger Mannix and her husband,
Mark, bought a house in Gainesville,
Va. She will be working with Natalie

Jerry Podorski '00 moved from
Chesapeake Beach, Md., to
Fredericksburg, where he helps
coach the UMW men's rugby team.
He is a senior forensic chemist
in the Clandestine Laboratory
Safety and Research Center for the
federal Drug Enforcement Agency.

Christi Kramer is director
of the Genesee Valley Outdoor
Learning Center in Maryland, a
nonprofit challenge course that
facilitates team building programs
and experiential education.

Meagan Lindsay Butkus lives
in Reston with husband Chris. They
were married in October 2009 in
southern Virginia and honeymooned
in Sicily. Heather Hayden served as
maid of honor, and Jennifer O'Leary
and Becky Foster Murphy were
bridesmaids. Heather married Brett
Seace in May in Vinton, Va., and
Meagan was a bridesmaid. Heather
and Brett live in Leesburg, Va.

In May, Meredith Camp

received a master's degree in
education in business and industry
training. She lives in Lynchburg, Va.,
and plans to marry in May 2011.

Jay and Nina Bruno Parrish

welcomed their first child, Alyssa
Nicole, in May. They own Parrish
Learning Zone, LLC, a tutoring
service in Fredericksburg.

Kendra Steele married in
December 2008 and completed
a doctorate in microbiology and
immunology at East Carolina
University in April.

Sarah Preston volunteered in
small business development with the
Peace Corps for two years in Peru
after Mary Washington. She traveled
through Peru, Ecuador, Argentina,
Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile. After
working for a couple of years in
a training facility for the Foreign
Service, she went to graduate school
in Baltimore for public health. Now
she lives in Washington, D.C., and
is a project director in behavioral
sciences for Danya International in
Silver Spring, Md.

David Lunne of Dayton, Ohio,
married Katie Helldoerfer in
a ceremony there in November
with Caroline Otto Lemire as a

bridesmaid. Katie and David will
live in Dayton. Karen Tinklepaugh

and her husband, Jeff Zielonka,
welcomed their first child,
Charlotte, on June 25. They live in
State College, Pa., and work for the
Pennsylvania State Department of
Meteorology.

Nancy Clark and Steven Cours
plan to marry in spring 201 1, and
they will live and work in northern
Virginia. Kevin
Bradley introduced
them to each other
when they played on
a coed softball team.

June 12. Bridesmaids included
Jill Davis, Diana Daly, and
Jessica Brandes. Caroline Otto
Lemire, Matt Lemire, Catherine
Keane, Tommy Rogers, and Steve
Coughlin also were there. Sarah and
Jason honeymooned in Maui before
heading home to Brooklyn, N.Y.

Rebecca Nelson Findlay and

husband Ryan of Potomac Falls, Va.,
welcomed their first child, Tucker
Nelson, in March. Rebecca and
Ryan both work in finance.

Please send updates by email,
and join the Mary Washington Class
of 2003 Facebook group.

Katharine E. Leesman
katie.leesman@gmail.com

Sarah B. Smith
sarahbsmith@gmail.com

Sameer Vaswani
sameervaswani@msn.com

From Sameer: Emily Eaton has

taught preschool for five years at
Grace Covenant Child Development
Center in Richmond. She has two
cats, is a busy pet sitter, and enjoys
horseback riding. She also enjoys
her church and Richmond Christian
Singles events.

Aaron Layman is the beer
buyer at Wine Gourmet in Roanoke,
and he takes the occasional
freelance writing gig. He likes to
hike and bike. Christy Tilghman
and James Morrow plan to marry
in April 201 1 in Chevy Chase, Md.,
where Christy lives and works as an
accounting manager.

In April, the
West Antarctic
Ice Sheet (WAIS)
Divide Ice Core
Project at Montana
State University in Bozeman invited
Juliana D'Andrilli to join as a
postdoctoral research associate,
and she drove cross-country to
begin the exciting research project
in June. She works with the Center
for Biofilm Engineering and the
Department of Land Resources and
Environmental Science. She hopes
to travel to Antarctica next year to
collect samples.

Sarah Sedaghatfar married
Jason Little in Leesburg, Va., on

Maylian Pak '00 is development
director of the Eugene [Oregon]
Symphony; off hours, she
performs with a local Jimmy
Buffett band, The Cheeseburgers.

Rachel Smith moved to
Massachusetts to pursue a master's
degree in student personnel
administration at Springfield
College. Jason "Tex" Lancaster was
promoted to lieutenant junior grade
in the Navy and plans to marry.

In May 2009, Suzanne
Gallagher Welch completed
a master's degree in liberal
and professional studies at
Armstrong Atlantic State
University, where she works in the

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

university housing department.
Suzanne's husband, Ryan, is
an Army Blackhawk pilot
and has been deployed to
Afghanistan since November
2009. They have lived in Savannah,
Ga., with their two dogs, Sydney
ind Dingo, since late 2006, but they
Expect to relocate to Fort Rucker,
Ala., in early 201 1.

Andrew Blate and Jessie
rhomas-Blate '03 live in Fairfax, Va.,
where he has his company Beautiful
Home Services LLC. They live across
the street from Shawn Gremminger
md Sandi Phillips Gremminger
and their daughter, Emmeline,
1. Ben Kolodziej plans to marry
UNC Tarheel Heather Wildrick in
[une 201 1. Annie Mazes received
i master's degree in library science
from Queens College in New York

City. In August, she was to leave for
Brisbane, Australia, where she wil
live and work tor a year as a librarian

Amber Rector Johnson and
Kevin Johnson welcomed Amelia
Kathleen in August 2009, a happy
girl who loves to bounce to the
music and chase the cat. Her middle
name is for Kathleen Tripodi '03.
Matt Guderian, a tax paralegal at
Baker & McKenzie LLP, just finished
a cross-country train trip.

Since moving back to the
mainland and Fort Benning, Ga.,
a year ago, Jade K. Willard and
her husband have traveled to her
parents' Florida beach house, to the
Virginia wedding of Jessi Waggener
and Jon Higgs, and many times into
the deep backwoods of Georgia to
photograph, hike, and hunt. Jade

worked with the I .S. ( ensus Bureau,
starting as an enumerator and
quickly becoming the crew leader for
the entire Fort Benning installation.

Shalini Henry works in the
Fairfax, Va., area with Homeless
Animals Rescue Team. She fosters
rescued dogs until they find their
"forever" home. Paul Michanczyk
and Ame Bristow Michanczyk are
leaving Fredericksburg tor Virginia
Beach, so Paul can take a job as a
pastor. Ame was due to have a child
in late September.

Lawton Clites has shifted
careers and is teaching biology,
environmental science, and pottery
at Pope John Paul the Great Catholic
High School in Dumfries, Va.
Alyssa Ehret had her second son,
Cowan Bryan Fagen, on

May 10. Eric Home and his wife,
Logan Dalby '06, live and work
in Los Alamos, N.M., with their
two sets of twins. Kristin Simmers

teaches kindergarten in London.

Tricia Piccinino and Matt
Kapuscinski married in April in
Arlington, Va. Bryce Perry, Brian
Reagan, Kelly Kinahan, Becky
Julian Keeley, and Caroline Ellis
all represented Mary Washington
in the bridal party. Tricia earned
a master's degree in education at
George Washington University and
teaches high school ESL in Virginia.
Matt is in his third year at William
& Mary School of Law and was
recently named editor-in-chief of
the Law Review.

Ellen McKenna lives in
Chicago with her husband and is an

Educator Adds Philanthropy to Resume
After Being Honored by the White House

Oat Le '95 was a baby in the mid-1 970s when his parents moved
/vith their five children from Vietnam to the United States. The
/oungster showed an early interest in math and science, and by
middle school had taken first place in a science fair.

"I like to explore things and try to solve puzzles and try to figure
things out," he said. "I like to analyze a lot."

More than two decades later, Le is still winning awards. In June,
ie learned he was one of only two teachers in Virginia to receive
the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching. With that achievement, Le revealed another
Dne of his virtues: philanthropy. He shared half of the $10,000 prize
with H.B. Woodlawn Secondary School in Arlington, Va., where Le
taught middle and highschool students life sciences, biology, and
environmental science for 1 3 years.

"Receiving this award is a testament to the wonderful partnership
oetween parents, teachers, administrators, and community members
to help students learn and enjoy science," said Le, one of 103 teachers
n the nation to receive the White House honor. "This award also
oelongs to my students for their continued love of learning, curiosity,
and inquisitiveness of the natural world."

Le, 36, asked that the money, given by the National Science
Foundation, be given to the Woodlawn college scholarship program.
Le also received the 2006 National Science Teachers Association/
Ohaus Award for Innovations in Science Teaching.

Sharing with students isn't new to Le. He has sought and
won grants to fund hands-on opportunities and inquiry-based
experiences to help'his pupils make connections between science
and the everyday world. Grants for his work include the Dominion
Educational Partnership, National Education Association Foundation,

and Toshiba America Foundation.

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Dat Le is one of only tw
Virginia to receive the Presidential
Award for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching.

Before receiving the
Presidential Award, Le was
promoted to science specialist, i
K-12, for Arlington Public Schools, •» .
where he has worked for 14 years.

Le grew up in Northern
Virginia and graduated from
Robert E. Lee High School in
Springfield, Va. He wanted a good

college close to home, and Mary Dat Le is one of only tw

Washington fit the bill. Virginia to receive the Preside

"It was small. That was definitely Award for Excellence in Mathe
something I looked for, with a and Science Teaching.

good opportunity for interaction

with professors," he said. "At other schools, you are in an auditorium with
200 or 300 other students."

Le's parents moved to the U.S. in part to gain better opportunities
for their children. His sister is a pharmacist; one brother is a physician,
one is a lawyer, and one is a teacher.

After earning a bachelor of science in biology at UMW, Le earned
a master of education in administration and supervision from Virginia
Commonwealth University and a doctorate in educational research
and evaluation from Virginia Tech. He is certified in biology and is a
National Board Certified Teacher.

In addition to serving on the Science Standards Advisory Committee
for the College Board, Le has taught research courses for the Virginia
Tech Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

- David Driver

CLASS NOTES

state's attorney for the Cook County
States Attorneys Office. Ellen
graduated from law school in 2009,
was sworn in to the Illinois State Bar
in November, and was sworn in to
the Indiana State Bar in May.

As for your Class Agent,
Sameer Vaswani, I am in my second
year of study toward an MBA at the
Robert H. Smith School ot Business
at the University of Maryland.

Allyson V. Lee
allyvlee@gmail.com

Lauren DeLesDernier was

named 20 1 0 Teacher of the Year at
Fredericksburg's Lafayette Upper
Elementary School, where she is
in her third year teaching special
education. Stefanie Beierschmitt
lives in Asheville, N.C., with her
best friend/partner/boyfriend and
her two dogs. She has become very
involved in real estate investing,
has several rental properties, and is
pursuing a real estate license. She
and her boyfriend planned to travel
to India this fall.

Carl Frank Puleo
ctpuleo@gmail.com

Shana A. Muhammad
shana.muhammad@gmail.com

From Shana: I had the honor of
being a bridesmaid in the wedding
of my UMW roommate, Jessica
Pritchard Marshall, to Chris
Marshall. Both are graduates of
Edward Via College of Osteopathic
Medicine at Virginia Tech. They
have begun their first year of
medical residency and live in
Bethlehem, Pa.

Ben Beavers and Megh Cudahy

married in July in Leesburg, Va.,
with Chad Chadbourn as best
man. Alex Case and Kate Oswald
married in July in Long Island,
N.Y. Members of the wedding
party included Jenny Duval, Chad
Chadbourn, Matt Coulter, maid of
honor Stephanie Oswald '09, and
best man Ian Case '08. Matt and
his wife, Lindsay Coulter, welcomed
Chase Gregory on March 27.

Nadia Mudder

and her husband,

Jan, were expecting

their first child

in August. They

will continue to

teach history and

English in Almaty,

Kazakhstan, for the

2010-2011 year.

Blake Hathaway has

been a GIS analyst

and staff manager

with Critigen for

four years. She planned to compete

in the lemon chess pie category of a

local pie-baking contest in August

and to run her first half marathon

this fall. Blake enjoys weekend

bartending from time to time.

Deirdre Garahan recently
completed a masters degree in
secondary education at Marymount
University. Autumn Arrowood
Hibberd and husband Steve
welcomed their first child, Easton
Michael, on June 17. Danielle
Somers Zdanowicz and husband
Ryan Zdanowicz '04 welcomed their
first child, Hannah Marie, on May 13.

In July, Laura Rawlett and
Brandon Taylor became engaged
on the island of St. Johns and plan
to marry next year. Lauren Rae
Lorusso welcomed twin boys on
June 28, Kingsley William and
Sawyer Richmond. They join big
brother Hunter, 2.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Divide Ice Core Project at
Montana State University
in Bozeman invited Juliana
D'Andrilli '03 to join as a
postdoctoral research associate.
She hopes to travel to Antarctica
next year to collect samples.

Jenny Duval and Brian
Utterback planned to marry in
Connecticut in October with
Kathryn Astley and Kate Oswald
Case in the bridal party. Jeff Holt
works for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and is engaged to Kymmie
Simmons '08. Caitlyn Eck bought a
home and works in Fort Myers, Fla.
She completed a master's degree in
public health from the University
of West Florida. In September, she
and Marion Bernstein traveled to
Istanbul, Turkey, where they showed
Turks how to party like Mary
Washingtonians!

Rebecca Christ Alwine and

her family in Wiesbaden, Germany,
welcomed Abigail Christina on
March 31. She joins brother Declan,
2. The family is in Europe courtesy
of the U.S. Army and will probably
return to the States in early 201 1 .

Lauren Bayer is a law clerk in
the Mercer Vicinage, Civil Division,

in Trenton, N.J. She earned a J.D.
from Rutgers School of Law-
Newark She and Steve Grillo '07
plan to marry in November 201 1.
Steve is manager for capital projects
with the Staten Island Economic
Development Corp, and he
received a master's degree in urban
planning from Hunter College, City
University of New York.

Callie Talbot Castellani is a

sales executive for Doo.Ri, a ready
to wear fashion designer. Matt
Disbrow of Hollywood, Fla., and
fiancee Tricia Shealy welcomed
Vivian Peyton Disbrow on Aug. 3.

Gerald B. Ndikintum is doing
research in the Graduate School of
Education and Human Research at
George Washington University in
Washington, D.C. He is pursuing
a doctorate in educational
administration and policy, and he
teaches in Spotsylvania County
Schools.

Erik Thorell earned a doctorate
in osteopathic medicine in June
from the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine.

Jay Sinha
Jay.Sinha9@gmail.com

Daniel Clendenin
daniel.clendenin@gmad.com

Trish Lauck
trish.lauck@gmail.com

Alyssa Lee
alyssa.linda.lee@gmail.com

From Trish: In May, Jenny Stout
received a master's degree in library
science from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. She planned
to work at Cumberland University in
Lebanon, Tenn., this summer.

After spending a year as associate
coordinator for the Center for
Teaching and Learning in China in
Shenzhen, China, Megan Vaughan-
Albert will pursue a masters degree
in China development studies at
the University of Hong Kong. She is
excited to spend a year in one of her
favorite cities and come home with a
master's degree.

Andrew Federspiel is a video
game designer with SilverTree
Media in Palo Alto, Calif. Andrew
King received a graduate degree in
urban planning and development
from Virginia Tech last spring.

Let us hear from you!

Kimberly Miller and Jimmy
Kingman plan to marry at the
UMW Alumni Executive Center in
July 201 1. Kimberly teaches second
grade in Stafford, and Jimmy is a
Stafford County Deputy. They live
in Fredericksburg, Va.

Elizabeth Jennings
elizabethsjennings@gmail.com

Alexandra Meier
alexandra.m.meier@gmail.com

Ashley Jacob has just signed a
second-year contract to continue
teaching chemistry in New Jersey.
Chrissy Woolsey got a job teaching
a multi-age kindergarten and first
grade class in Stafford County. She
and Cary Lincoln '08 plan to marry
in July 2011.

Kari VanKommer is moving
to England to volunteer for a
year as an activities instructor at
Northamptonshire Association of
Youth Clubs in Shropshire. Jacqui
Newman and Greg Scanlon, a U.Va.
graduate, married in New York City
in July and honeymooned in Antigua.
She works for the Democratic Party
of Indiana.

Kristin Caufield and Kenny
Barnes plan to marry next May
at St. Benedict Catholic Churcb
in Richmond with a reception to
follow at Lewis Ginter Botanical
Gardens. Kenny works for
Wachovia-Wells Fargo, and Kristin
works for St. Joseph's Villa, a
Richmond nonprofit for children
with special needs.

Andrew Cox spent four
months at the Shark Lab in
Bimini, Bahamas, investigating
the habitat loss of juvenile lemon
sharks. This fall, he planned to
begin a masters degree program
in marine affairs and policy at the
University of Miami.

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2010

Kelly Caldwell

kellyocaldwell@gmail.com

Michelle Bond
michellesbond@gmail.com

We're happy to be your first Class
Notes agents. We know it has
not been long since graduation,
but from here on out, we will be
gathering information about your
lives. Any information you would
like to share can be sent to either of
us at the emails listed above.

Ashley Fariss and Craig
Stewart married on June 12 in
Mathews, Va. Craig started a job
at AECom in Richmond. Tashina
Gorgone married Charles Harris
on June 12 at the Jepson Alumni
Executive Center. Blythe McLean
married Stephen Scott during spring
semester 2010. Sarah Chandler and
Zach Kelly married in May. Christie
Gill married Kyle Smethurst during
the winter of 2009-2010. Melissa
Eads and Daniel Mascher are
engaged to be married.

Jessica Barefoot took a job with
the FBI in July. Adam Schlossman

attends Maryland Law School and
lives in the Baltimore Harbor area.

Andrew Smith was selected
for a research internship at The
Washington Institute for Near East
Policy working for its Iran Security
Initiative and the Project on the
Middle East Peace Process, which
was to end September 2010. In May,
he was selected by the Carnegie
Endowment for Peace-Middle
East Center for a six-month position
to assist Amr Hamzawy in his
research on Lebanese politics in
Beirut, Lebanon. In September,
Andrew planned to head to Amman,
Jordan, for a position at the Universal
School. He was to teach American
history and English literature there
while he continued Arabic studies at
the University of Jordan.

Enjoy, and be sure to submit
your news!

Edna M. Johnston Frost '29
Lois Cornwell Draper '33
Mary Hope Harcum '35
Elizabeth Faulconer Preddy '35
Florence L. Rosen '35
Virginia Estes Vaughan '35
Elizabeth Rice Folger '36
Virginia Daughtrey Gibson '36
Katherine Wallace Silleck '36

Lorene Potter Ashley '37
Dorothea Chenault Covington '37
Dorothy Chittum Delmar '37
Elaine Winner McMillen '37
Frances Packett Wright '37
Elmer Dean Howell Brinkley '38
Ruth Harris Bartlett '39
Caroline McCalley Bray '39
Ada Byron McDaniel Nolan '39
Anne Hazlett Rogers '39
Lelia Boothe Saunders '39
Margaret Ann Overman Britton '40
Katheryn H. Page '40
Arabelle Laws Arrington '41
Jennette Berry Flippo '41
Leona Hobbs Robbins '41
Elizabeth Bain Williams '41
Elizabeth "Peg" Snow Wolf '41
Myrla Talley Biscoe '42
Martha Gibson "Porter" Chewning '42
Jayne Waugh Crigler '42
Jennette Berry Flippo '42
Lillie Ann McGrady Hubbard '42
June Jeffries Massey '42
Jeanne Everhart Swartz '43
Frances W Grenoble '44
Lois W. Jackson '44
Anne Buchanan McCorkle '44
Ann Richardson Nicholson '44
June Reynolds Washburn '44
Betty Blackwell Jackson '45
Miriam Cann Sheehan Lane '45
Peggy Lou Marsh Miller '45
Dorothy Griffin Rice '45
Virginia Miller Hardy '46
Susan Frances Vick Warren '46
Susan Womer Almond '47
Reed Kilduff Simmons '47

Lunette Harris Beale '48

Rosemary Westerman Buttervvorth '48

Beverly Koeller Shea '48

Martha Randall Carson '49

Ann Watson Luther Phillippe '49

Elizabeth Josephine Carruthers

Bruce '51
Doris Ethel "Deci" Harless '51
Shirley Van Epps Waple '52
Norma Bourne Bisbee '54
Virginia Wagner Evans '56
Ann Lou Ford Humphries '56
Patricia Ann Suddith Wagner '56
Anne Marie Hendricks Noble '57
Ann Ahrens Smith '57
Jacqueline Anne Walker '57
Elizabeth Stanton Bryden '58
Diane Sue Murdock Bleakley '59
Carole Chaffin Bracalente '59
Carol Wood Turner Daniels '61
Frances Lambert Hurt '61
Susan A. Archer '62
Lorriane Huffman Firestone '62
Catherine Louise Foy Fox '65
Carol Townsend Wong Wagner '66
Marilyn Smith Greear '73
Lynn Ware Pate '73
Sherry Elizabeth Allen Pickett '73
Daniel "Duke" Price '73
Catherine Beach Barrett '79
Paul S. Tracy III '84
Stacey L. Werling '87
Rosemary Florence Berquist '91
Martha Bushong Brogley '93
Carolyn Rose Luckett '98
Debra Sue Scruggs '00
Mario Colon Rivadeneira, student
Daniel Scott Gerhart, student

Elizabeth Harrison Leitch '46, who
lost her husband

Kay Ryan '47, who lost a son

Barbara Westerman Newlon '49,
who lost her sister

Rita Morgan Stone '52, who lost her
sister

Shirley Gibson Boyd '54, who lost
her husband

Linda LeHardy Sweet '54, who lost
her husband

Catherine Cantwell Luria '66, who
lost her mother

Barbara Hancock Dyer '74, who lost
her son

Karren Mann '77, who lost her
father

Mary Hudachek-Boswell '80, who
lost her father

Vicky Nichols Wilder '80, who lost
her mother

Teresa "Terry" Hudachek Djuric '83,
who lost her father

Susan M. Hudachek '84, who lost
her father

Sara Marple Piehler '87, who lost
her mother

Gayle Schmith Kelly '86, who lost
her father

Sara Marple Piehler '87, who lost
her mother

Former rector of Fredericksburg's Trinity Episcopal Church, at the corner of William Street and College Avenue

Upon learning of the death in September of the Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr., I was flooded with
cherished memories of someone I had met when I was a freshman at Mary Washington in the spring of
1 971 . He remained an inspiration and a friend for 39 years.

Mr. Boyd served as rector of Trinity Episcopal, the closest church to campus, for 24 years. He retired in 1995.

A native of Philadelphia, he grew up in Newark, Del. He graduated from St. Alban's School in
Washington, D.C., Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., and Union Seminary in Richmond, Va. He
received a master of sacred theology degree from the University of the South in Sewanee,Tenn.

Mr. Boyd pursued post-graduate study at Salisbury and Wells Theological College in England. He then
served as chaplain at Trinity Pawling School in Pawling, N.Y., and St. Christopher's School in Richmond,
and as chaplain and assistant headmaster at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Va.

Fredericksburg was blessed to have Mr. Boyd. He really knew how to communicate with teenagers
and young adults. He didn't mind if you wore jeans to church; he just wanted you to come and to feel
comfortable being there. Whether you were a student, a faculty member, or a townsperson, Mr. Boyd
always made time to speak with you. He showed empathy and faith to many people who were in
difficult situations.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Gibson Boyd '54.

Those in the Mary Washington community whose lives he touched from 1971 to 1995 and beyond
will miss him.

- Katherine R. "Jill" Hadden 74, Norcross, Ga.

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2010

CLOSING COLUMN

Excerpted Honor Convocation Keynote Address, Aug. 19, 2010

By The Hon. Pamela J. White '74, member of UMW Board of Visitors

Forty years ago,
I showed up at
Mary Washington
and settled into
my room in the
basement of
Marshall Hall. I
had no intention
of going to law
school, and I could not have imagined that I would become a
successful employment lawyer working for clients all over the
country. And, being female and an average student at best, I
had no clue that I could ever become a judge.

I chose Mary Washington because it was as far from home
in New Jersey as I could get. My non-academic education was
much more important to me than attending classes. By mid-
September 1970, I was more likely to be returning or recovering
from fraternity parties in Ashland or Charlottesville than making
the trek all the way to 8 a.m. French classes in duPont Hall.

Mrs. Prassy was our House Mother, and I apparently failed
to appreciate her authority and the consequences of after-
curfew returns to Marshall after she locked the doors. I ran
out of "grace minutes" for late arrivals, quickly used my three
"overnights," and, by mid-October, I was facing a letter of
probation from the college.

None of this had anything to do with the Honor Code, but
it was the Honor Code that saved me. The Honor Council and
its president, who had just graduated in June, had convinced
the Board that students could be trusted with dorm keys. In
October 1970, under the new "key system," students arriving
late could sign out a key from Security to access locked dorms
- as long as they promised to return the key the next morning.
They were on their honor not to bring in any visitors and not
to compromise the House Mother or fellow students' safety
by losing the key or leaving doors unlocked.

That element of trust quickly began to permeate virtually
everything we students did on and off campus. I trusted that
critical library books would be shared, not stolen. I trusted
that I would not get fired from Pizza Hut for serving beer to
minors, because I trusted my fellow students wouldn't use
fake IDs. And every time I took an exam and signed the honor
oath, I felt trusted by professors and classmates.

There have been several occasions since college when
I have tried to measure the value of the Honor Code in my
career. When I became president of the Maryland State Bar
Association in 2001, I remarked that honorable conduct is
the cornerstone of success in my profession. As a lawyer, I
learned how important it is for clients to trust me, to trust
that I will tell them the truth, to trust my best advice. And,
I learned that judges will trust what you say in court if you
have a good reputation for honorable conduct.

Now, as a judge, I trust lawyers appearing before me never
to lie about the facts or applicable law, to act honorably, and
not to play word games or treat justice like a moving target.
Effective lawyers demonstrate competence, civility, and
unquestioned integrity at all times. They understand that
dishonorable conduct hurts the justice system, shames the
profession, and undermines society's respect for the law.
Good lawyers and judges understand thatthequalityoftheir
reputations depends on their characteristic integrity. The
search for truth in a courtroom may be subjective, but in life,
in law practice, and in the courtroom, honor is unequivocal.

I was reminded of the Honor Code when I was sworn in
as a judge in 2007. An old friend and client attended the
courthouse ceremony; she had been in-house counsel for
AT&T for many years. I was the first woman associate in my
firm, and our clients generally preferred male lawyers. I
handled my first employment discrimination case for AT&T
in 1978 - just one year out of law school - because their in-
house counsel (the woman who would become my friend)
trusted that I would figure out the law and competently
represent her corporation. Mutual trust was the foundation
of our successful client-attorney relationship and, later, our
friendship.

It turned out that my friend was a fellow Mary Washington
graduate. In fact, she was the very Honor Council president
who had secured approval for the key system in 1970. 1 laughed
years later when I thanked her for the Honor Code and the
key system that had saved me from probation, allowed me
to stay in school, and helped me become a 74 graduate.

I trust that the Honor Code will continue to evolve in its
practical applications on campus and in your lives, as it did
for me. m

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proud father, is a member of the Class of 2014. Mary Washington families enjoyed a weekend packed with
tours, athletic events, faculty readings, concerts, a picnic, lectures, a 5K run, and an open house at Brompton.

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