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Columns
Fa l l 2 0 0 9
Heart
Soul
The
and
of Columbia
College
CONTENTS
P R es i d ent ’ s m ess a g e
Fall 2009
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Heart and Soul
O f C o lu m b ia C o l l e g e
A l u m n a e Sp o t L i g h t
C o r n e l ia
Rickenbacker
F r e e m a n ’3 3
C o lu m n s C at c h e s
Up W i t h R e t i r e d
Fa c u lt y
Class News
Sc h o l a r s h i p s
Donors
On the Cover:
From left to right: Stephen Nevitt,
Dr. Michael Broome, Dr. Sandra O’Neal,
Sara Nalley ’63, Dr. Elaine Kirby Ferraro ’70
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ove In Day 2009!
hh eart and soul…we can’t
hsay the words without
thinking of the old song,
but what do the words
really mean? The heart is both the
metaphorical center of love and the
literal organ that keeps the life’s blood
flowing. The soul is the eternal part of
us and metaphorically the source of deep
feeling. All of those connotations reverberate with those of us who
love Columbia College when we see the smiling faces between the
covers of this issue. For years students’ lives and minds have been
touched by these wonderful professors, and two of them were even
students with many of you once. They share a deep understanding
of the heart and soul of Columbia College because they know her
history and traditions and they believe in her future.
In this issue, in which we recognize and thank those of you who
provided the life’s blood of the College as donors, it is appropriate
that we celebrate these professors and people like Cornelia
Rickenbacker Freeman ’33, who know that the proud history of
Columbia College can only be protected by a strong present and an
even stronger future. Your gifts are what make that possible.
As we move into Phase II of our Re-visioning, we are exploring
new program and partnership ideas that will prepare today’s students
to take their places as tomorrow’s leaders and to exemplify the
traditional strength of Columbia College women. Just as Cornelia
Freeman has been the heart and soul of the arts community for many
years, we expect tomorrow’s students to provide the spirit to energize
the world of the future. Whether they share art learned with Steve
Nevitt, language and literature studied with Mike Broome and Sandra
O’Neal, drama experienced through the teaching of Sara Nalley
’63, or human relations explored with Elaine Kirby Ferraro ’70 as
a guide, we expect them to leave their marks on their world. These
professors, who have given many years to the College they love, have
been joined by newer professors in many disciplines who are equally
committed to challenging and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.
Your endorsement of the commitment of these wonderful people
through your gifts honors our past and secures our future. We thank
you with all our hearts and souls.
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Dr. Michael Broome
Stackhouse Associate
Professor of English,
Head, Division of Languages
and Literatures
eart and Soul of
Columbia College
What are the heart and soul of Columbia College? Few people have a better long-term perspective than the
current five longest-serving faculty members: Dr. Michael Broome, Dr. Elaine Kirby Ferraro ’70, Ms. Sara Nalley ’63,
Mr. Stephen Nevitt, and Dr. Sandra O’Neal. The question is certainly complex and subjective, but the stories of how each of these
individuals came to Columbia College and what keeps them here provide unique insight. Thousands of students have spent time in their
classrooms, relied on their support and constructive criticism, and shared both worries and accomplishments across three decades. The
stories of these five are this part of the history and enduring legacy of Columbia College.
C o l u mb i a C o l l e g e
These days, a person stays in a
job an average of seven years,
so Mike Broome feels like a bit of
an anachronism. With 33 years of
Columbia College service, he says
it doesn’t seem possible that he’s
bearing down on his retirement.
As an undergraduate, Broome
recalls that he changed his major from
accounting to English as a sophomore at the
University of Chattanooga: “I had a couple of professors there
who are among the best teachers I had ever seen.” Their traits
included a mastery of subject matter and obvious focus on
preparation--far before the internet age, he points out--and
they were excellent lecturers. In addition, they showed a true
concern for students.
Broome continues, “When I was a sophomore, I
wrote an explication of a poem for the man who became my
most significant mentor in my professional life. The explication
was for a John Crowe Ransom poem called ‘Janet Waking,’
and I submitted what I thought was just simply wonderful.
When I received my paper back, my professor had written more
in red ink on it than I had typed, and there was a note at the
bottom that said, ‘Mr. Broome, please make an appointment
with my secretary to see me.’ Well, I was scared. I went to see
Professor Connor, and he systematically and very effectively
raked me and my paper over the coals. And then he said,
‘Broome, when are you going to come to your senses and
major in English!’” Broome took his advice, and over the next
two years realized that he wanted to be like Professor Connor
and his colleagues: “I wasn’t sure I was smart enough, but
I admired them enough to try.” He chose to announce his
decision to change his major from accounting to English at a
family cookout and remembers, “My Uncle Jake pulled my dad
aside and said ‘Red, what’s he gonna do to make a living?’
That’s probably a common reaction to similar pronouncements
by liberal arts majors. I have no doubt that had I stuck with
accounting, I would have made more money,” he laughs, “but
rather than choosing a strictly vocational path, I developed and
share an appreciation for values and principles that have been
important as civilizing agents since the beginning of recorded
history. That’s the value of a liberal arts education.”
Dr. Jerry Savory, Dr. Bill Mishoe, Dr. Sara Mott, Dr.
Harris Parker and Dr. William Butler are among the faculty
whom Broome remembers as important figures in his early
teaching career. “Bob Barham [the former vice president of
finance] means a lot to me, too. He was a mentor, and we had
Army Reserve service in common--at one point he was signing
both my paychecks,” he laughs. He adds, “I remember leaving
my Columbia College job interview thinking, ‘If I could work for
that person, it might be a little bit like heaven….I had just met
Reverend R. Wright Spears.’
“When I came to Columbia College, the English
department was housed in the only remaining part of the Old
Main building that had survived the fire of ’64. It stood where
the Spears Music/Art Center is now. I talk about being a
‘bridge person’ because when I came here, Dr. James Milton
“Doc” Ariail, long retired, still tottered across Colonial Drive
to check his mail each day. We stood on the creaking boards
near his desk under a stairwell and would chat a little bit as he
methodically opened his mail with a cigarette dangling from his
lips, ashes dripping down his tie. He was just great, an icon
of a golden age. So I knew him the last couple years of his
life. Bridging eras, I’ve transitioned with the department, now
division, with a group of wonderful, professional scholars and
teachers. I know Doc Ariail and Jerry Savory would be proud of
where this department has come.”
“Columbia College has meant to me my life and my
livelihood, and it has also given me my wife,” says Broome.
Charlotte Stackhouse Broome ’75 majored in music education
and she and Broome met when she later worked for the
College: “Charlotte and I share our love of art and letters, and
it’s part of our daily conversation, or evening debriefing, whether
we’re chatting about books we’re reading, music, or a film we’ve
seen. It may sound trite, but our liberal arts backgrounds have
enriched our lives in ways we can’t fully measure.”
Broome remains in touch with a number of his former
students and readily names several who teach at all levels,
who are business executives, lawyers, ministers, children’s
book authors and novelists. And he’s proud to have taught
the daughters of former students. “I was the faculty advisor
for the Class of 1990, and that class is particularly memorable
for me,” he adds. Many of today’s students, he says, “are so
technologically savvy by the time they get here. It’s probably
good that I’m on this end of my career because keeping up with
their abilities is increasingly a challenge.”
For Mike Broome, the heart and soul of Columbia
College come down to two things: “First, we’ve always had
a sense of community at Columbia College. I was taken
under many wings when I arrived here, not just in the English
department. It’s special to wake up in the morning and look
forward to coming to work because you know that what you
do matters. We care for our faculty colleagues, our staff
colleagues, and our students.”
“Secondly, there is historical perspective. There are
a lot of us who know about and deeply appreciate the history
and traditions of this College. I’ve never been anything but
proud to tell people I work for Columbia College. The gratifying
thing about it is that when I make that comment, it is always
received with respect.” He continues, “I was in the archives this
summer and came across a photo of Doc Ariail standing with
a WIS-TV reporter. They were standing on the front campus
with the glowing embers of Old Main behind them. At that
point, I believe that the 1964 fire had been the largest fire on
any college campus in the United States with no loss of life.
It’s quite a poignant picture. During the interview, the reporter
asked Ariail what kind of long-term damage this loss would do
to Columbia College. Old Doc Ariail looked at the reporter and
said, “Columbia College, sir…why, she is indestructible.”
w w w. c o l u m b i a s c . e d u
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Sara Nalley ’63
Professor of Communication
and Theatre, Program
Coordinator for Theatre
Sara Nalley earned her graduate
degree at University of Florida
before returning to Columbia
where she taught at Dreher High
School for twelve years. In 1975,
she left Dreher on a temporary
leave of absence to fill a lastminute faculty opening at Columbia
College. “When I came here 34 years
ago, it was only to be for one year,” she
says, but at the end of the year she decided
to stay. Nalley had loved teaching high school and, in fact, had just
been named district teacher of the year. “It seemed that twelve
years had been a long time, though, so I took the opportunity to do
something a little bit different.”
At the time, the department was called Speech and
Drama. She taught speech courses, which are now called
communication courses, but her field was always primarily theatre.
In addition to teaching, Nalley directed plays, promoted the play
performances and even ran the box office. The director of the
department was Gene Eaker, and Nalley studied under Gene and
Catherine Eaker while an undergraduate at Columbia College.
It was both appealing and “a bit scary” to come and work for her
former mentors, she remembers. “It took me a long time to call
them by their first names.”
Changes came to the program as an opportunity arose
to invigorate the communication side of the curriculum. A new
minor evolved into the hugely popular communication major now
offered. “It was sad to lose the theatre major, but we do still have
the theatre program, and good things came out of the changes
too.” Nalley says that because of the time-intensive nature of
theatre, part of her challenge has been to find ways to meet the
needs of students who perhaps enjoyed theatre in high school
but want to major in another discipline in college. The Shorts
productions began as an experiment to try short-format plays that
required less rehearsal time and still provided a valuable stage
production experience. “Shorts works so well because it provides
an outlet for students who also have an interest in trying theatre
for the first time too, with opportunities to participate in larger or
smaller ways. You can find five short plays with roles for fifteen
women, whereas it’s awfully hard to find one long play with so
many women’s roles.”
To balance the theatre offerings, Nalley has worked in
recent years to bring in guest performers to present full-length
plays, which can create opportunities for students to participate in
backstage support and learn how a travelling production operates.
She emphasizes that “Theatre is very much a part of the core
liberal arts experience at Columbia College, where many students
are introduced to theatre for the very first time and come to love it.”
Many of Nalley’s students develop an appreciation that emboldens
them to audition for community theatre or simply cultivates a
desire to support the performing arts. “I often hear from former
students who want advice on what play to see on a trip to New
York,” she laughs.
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She recalls, “When I came to Columbia College as a
student, I don’t think I’d ever seen a play. I did a play my freshman
year and just fell in love with it. I thought I was going to be a clinical
psychologist. Then, theatre changed my life and influenced my career
choice. Lots of my students have gone on to do exciting things: one
is running a children’s theatre touring company for instance. In June
I had dinner with five former students in New York who work in arts
education and performing arts.”
Nalley says she became a theatre major because of Anne
Frierson Griffin ’24, for whom Griffin Theatre is named. “Mrs. Griffin
was a Columbia College alumna, too, and she was so wonderful as an
instructor and also a writer. Dr. Henry Rollins was another remarkable
teacher.” Nalley double-majored in English and recalls, “I once had a
paper returned from him and he’d written on the top ‘Your papers are a
pleasure to read.’” I know now that teachers have stock phrases they
use, but I’ve always remembered how much it meant to me that Dr.
Rollins wrote a compliment on my work. Now when I grade papers, I
always pick one that is particularly outstanding and I write that phrase
on it, in memory of Dr. Rollins. I keep it as a reminder to myself that
faculty must be so careful in what we say to students, both positive
and negative. Something that seems so casual to us might change
their lives.”
Since she also provides communication training for
businesses and state government, she often hears, “send us people
who can read and write and think critically. We can teach them the
technical skills, but we can’t teach them to be well-rounded educated
people.” She believes that is what liberal arts education achieves.
“Liberal arts add texture to people’s lives, a depth that you don’t
have if your only experience with ideas comes from television and
the internet.” Nalley recalls a student who wanted to go to graduate
school in broadcast journalism and applied to the very prestigious
program at New York University. She had an undergraduate minor
in communication, not a journalism or media arts degree. “I was
surprised, quite frankly, that she got in,” says Nalley. “Once she got
there, one of her professors told her that she was one of the first
liberal arts graduates they had ever accepted, but he said they were
going to look for more. ‘Because,’ he said, ‘we can teach people to run
a camera, but we can’t teach them to write and think.’”
Nalley believes that the women’s college experience
is still a very powerful and unique education. “It’s still only at a
women’s college that women can experience the kinds of leadership
opportunities that we give our students. In my classes, every class
discussion is led by a woman; there’s no sitting back and waiting
for the man to be quiet so that I get a chance to talk. In our extracurricular activities, every important role is being played by a woman.
And that’s not to say that it’s more important than having a man do the
job, but that at this formative stage in young women’s lives, they get
lots of opportunities and sometimes a little extra push that they might
not get at a coeducational college.”
As to the heart and soul of Columbia College, she says,
“You can’t ignore the fact that Columbia College is a community led
by women.” “I went to a session at a conference not long ago where
faculty were discussing how women can have a more important and
active role in the lives of their campuses. I just sat there and listened,
and finally somebody turned to me and asked ‘what’s it like on your
campus?’ I said, ‘I bring you greetings from Utopia!’”
Stephen Nevitt
Professor of Art,
Program Coordinator for Art
Steve Nevitt joined the Columbia College
faculty in 1976, became chair of the
program in 1985, and continues
to serve in a leadership role. He
completed his undergraduate work
at the University of South Carolina,
studying with renowned printmaker
Boyd Saunders. “It didn’t take long,
once I got into his printmaking studio
as a sophomore, to know what I wanted
to do with my life. Based upon Boyd’s
example, I knew I would make art and
teach.” He completed his graduate study in the
State University of New York system. Nevitt feels incredibly lucky
to have found a path that allowed him to pursue his passion. He
remembers his parents had doubts about art as a viable career
choice. “My dad felt obligated to try to talk me out of it, but he was
ultimately understanding and supportive.” Reminiscing about his
early days at Columbia College, Nevitt says, “There used to be a
congregation of older faculty who would get together at 10 a.m. every
morning in the old dining hall and get free donuts and coffee from
Cliff and Marie Hill, the couple who ran the campus food service.
Bill Tidwell, then art chair, told me I needed to come over and get to
know everyone. I was a little intimidated at first, but I’d go over and
be cordial. And now here I am, one of those old guys,” he laughs.
Under Nevitt’s leadership, the Columbia College art program earned
national accreditation in 1996. Columbia College was the second
school in South Carolina to be accredited by the National Association
of Schools of Art and Design.
“Years ago I remember receiving a long letter from a
former student who had moved to North Carolina. She was updating
me on her life and actually apologizing for going to graduate school
in social work instead of pursuing art,” recalls Nevitt. “My response
was that it actually made a lot of sense because she’d had a liberal
arts education that prepares one to explore and segue into other
areas. I’d known through her artwork and our discussions that she
had always been concerned with social justice and related issues.
I assured her it’s the most natural thing in the world to follow one’s
heart, and our passions certainly evolve with time and experience.
Her art had been part of a process to visualize those concerns, and
she was taking a next step. I have no doubt she is doing wonderful
and important work.” Nevitt talks about former students that have
become leaders in the classroom and a variety of fields. “Jackie
Keane Adams ‘98 is a prime example. I first met Jackie when I
taught for the Governor’s School for the Arts summer program at
Furman University and recruited her for Columbia College. After
graduation, she taught public school through the PACE program,
worked with prominent South Carolina artists like Clark Ellefson and
Guy Lipscomb, and then returned to Columbia College where her
management of Goodall Gallery has been outstanding.”
In addition to teaching at Columbia College, Nevitt has
worked for the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and
Humanities for over 15 years. Summers at Furman became a
tradition for his family. After 10 years of teaching exclusively women
in the Columbia College studios, he found the Governor’s School a
seasonal change of pace with a coed environment. “The great thing
about it was not only the opportunity to work with incredibly talented
high school students, but the relationships I cultivated with art
educators statewide and still maintain. We actively recruited through
the Governor’s School.” He recalls, “High school students learn that
there are three distinct ways to pursue an art degree: professional
arts schools, large universities, and small liberal arts colleges. Of
course, the small liberal arts college environment correlates closely
to the Governor’s School experience, so it’s a very attractive option
to them.” Nevitt is an active member of the art education community,
volunteering for many years to assist with the Tri-District Arts
Consortium, the Archibald Rutledge Scholarship program sponsored
by the State Department of Education, and other organizations. He
also serves frequently as an exhibit juror and guest lecturer.
“Through the years I’ve often told students that the
most important year of their artistic education is the year after
they graduate. They need to continue producing art and make it a
priority. I’ve had to follow that rule too, to stay current with my own
craft, keep my skills at appropriate levels, and consistently create
new work. I came here when I was 26 years old, and I get a lot of
energy from the students to this day. Developing your own voice
and message is very important, and their journey is part of my
own.” Nevitt’s work has been featured in over 200 exhibitions and is
represented in public, private and corporate collections throughout
the United States.
“The most important part of my Columbia College
experience by far for over thirty years has been our students,” says
Nevitt. “Graduates of our program share a significant bond. We
have a steady stream of visits by art alumnae, many with impressive
careers or personal accomplishments to share, and some who
are still finding their way. It means a great deal to me to hear from
each of them. Few things bring me greater joy than to see a former
student drop by my office or to receive an e-mail, a note, or a phone
call from one of them.”
Dr. Sandra O’Neal
Professor of English
Sandra O’Neal remembers that the job
market was very tight in 1976 and
college teaching jobs were scarce.
She had decided her senior year of
college that she wanted to pursue
graduate work and a teaching career.
She adds, “Back then, lots of women
stayed home, and I’d married and
had two babies while I was in college.
I waited to begin work on my master’s
degree at Wake Forest until my youngest
child was in first grade and the older one
was in third grade.” From there, she proceeded
to Duke University to complete her Ph.D. in English literature and
soon heard about an opening at Columbia College.
Dr. Jerry Savory was head of the English department for
the College, and O’Neal recalls cornering him at a conference to
ask for an interview. “Luckily, he was too much of gentleman to turn
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me down, even though he had already completed interviews,” she
noted. Her persistence paid off. O’Neal got the job and moved with
her family from Durham, N.C., to Columbia, where she began her
first full-time teaching position.
The opportunity to work at a women’s college was an
incentive for O’Neal: “It was very appealing because I knew what
a good education I’d received at two women’s colleges.” As an
undergraduate, she attended Randolph Macon College for one year
and then transferred to Agnes Scott. “When I was trying to get Jerry
Savory to interview me, I said ‘You know, I’ve attended two excellent
women’s colleges in the South, and you need somebody with my
background!’”
“I didn’t think of becoming a teacher when I was growing
up, but I love the school environment,” says O’Neal. “I still joke about
getting paid to read books, since reading is one of my favorite things
to do. And I love helping students learn. Seeing the change from first
year to senior year is always remarkable in our young women. I’ve
never thought of leaving, never. I love teaching.”
She notes that Jerry Savory had the strongest impact
on her early years of teaching and has fond memories of other
“welcomers” such as Dr. Harris Parker, Dr. Pat Chandler, Dr. Sara
Mott, Dr. William Butler, and Ms. Barbara Johnson. “The quality
of teaching at Columbia College has always been impressive. I
remember being amazed when I first arrived--the focus here is firmly
on classroom instruction and student success.”
“I think a liberal arts education is THE best preparation
because it prepares students for a better life as well as for careers,”
says O’Neal. “In liberal arts, students are exposed to a variety of
viewpoints and pushed to explore and analyze ideas. Typically,
English majors have to struggle to land their first job. But they tend
to do exceptionally well over the long term because they can think
analytically and articulate effectively. In addition, they’ve already
been challenged to develop their leadership skills.” O’Neal enjoys
hearing from her former students and added, “I’d love to know what
more of them are doing!”
Her favorite class to teach is the Shakespeare course.
“Rather than do one play by an author and move on to something
else, students read eight or nine plays.” She says most students wait
to take this course their junior or senior year. “The ability to analyze
literature is not a skill that many students arrive with. Helping them
understand that it takes time to develop critical reading skills is part
of the process,” she says.
O’Neal’s teaching experience has also extended beyond
the classroom. During the ’70s and early ’80s, she traveled to
England with groups of students, and she has taken three trips to
Greece with students and art professor Mary Gilkerson, and Dr.
Belinda Gergel ’72, who retired from Columbia College in 2001.
“Belinda was notorious for convincing students on those trips to
change their major to history,” O’Neal laughs. “Yep, she’s amazing,
and I’ve watched her in action!”
“One of the things that I’ve really enjoyed is the way that
faculty and students interact, and not just in the classroom. I’ve
been involved with the Academic Skills Center, and it has become
a real home base for me, a place where I can get to know students
a little better. Back when I started teaching, most students were
truly full-time students and they didn’t often have jobs. They had
more time to participate in campus activities. Now, they have jobs
off-campus, they have a great deal going on, and they even have
more complicated family lives. For instance, one of our very talented
majors was commuting and caring for a chronically ill parent last
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year,” says O’Neal. “I do like the ability to get to know students beyond
learning about them exclusively through their assignment papers. It seems
harder to do so now, especially when many have to work and can barely fit
in all their classes and study time.”
“The English department is certainly the best place to work on
campus,” she says with a big smile regarding her campus colleagues.
“These are my best friends, and when I think about retiring and not seeing
them every day, I say whoa…let’s not rush into this! Unfortunately we are
so busy that we don’t always have time to visit with each other as often
as we’d like. I really appreciate the willingness everyone has to work
together and support each other. It’s a great place to be and we have
complementary talents. I’m constantly in awe of what my colleagues can
and will do. Dr. Charles Israel was kind enough to teach my early British
literature class last spring when I needed to take some time off. That’s just
one example of how colleagues here support each other. Columbia College
faculty and staff across the campus are amazing!”
O’Neal says, “The students are the heart and soul of Columbia
College, no question, and my colleagues are the icing on the cake.”
Dr. Elaine Kirby Ferraro ’70
Professor of Sociology,
Division Head for
Behavioral Studies and Human Inquiry
Elaine Ferraro is currently the longest serving
faculty member for the College with 37 years
of service. Add to that her four years as
a Columbia College student, and Ferraro
says, “I grew up at Columbia College. My
wish is for everyone to have the kind of
experience I’ve had at Columbia College.
Sometimes it feels like it couldn’t possibly be
that long. I joined the faculty very young, and
for the most part time has gone by pretty quickly.”
“I think of all the wonderful friendships that have
happened in that time. I got married. My daughter, Emily, was born.
Columbia College has been a huge part of my life.” She doesn’t have any
idea how she came to select the College for her undergraduate education.
Ferraro grew up in White Stone, a rural community in Spartanburg County,
and had no particular connection to the College other than her United
Methodist affiliation.
In contrast, Ferraro had a clear vision of her academic track
when she arrived as a first year student. “I wanted to change the world,
and I was pretty sure I could do that by majoring in sociology. I knew
what I wanted to do and was fortunate to have faculty who were exciting
and inspiring. The College was a great fit for me in that sense, with its
commitment to service and social justice. And R. Wright Spears was such
a leader in the 1960s with civil rights; he was incredible.”
“When I went to college, my passionate idea was that I wanted
to be an inner city social worker. It was a time when there was a lot of
racial unrest and poverty, particularly in inner cities. It was easy to see
the inequities by looking at our surroundings and by watching the national
news. The images were vivid.”
Dr. William “Bill” Butler, former dean of academics, called
Ferraro as she was finishing her graduate work at Virginia Commonwealth
University and asked if she would be interested in coming back to teach.
“I had never considered teaching before then. I didn’t want to do it full
time, so I started in a half-time position and soon realized I could help
change the world in a classroom too. It’s a profound privilege and
responsibility to be a faculty member at Columbia College. I will
forever be grateful to Bill Butler for extending an invitation that
changed my life.”
“Teaching at a women’s college makes one develop
certain ways of looking at things that we may take for granted,”
says Ferraro. Someone teaching at a coed institution may not be
as sensitive about certain things, she says. “For instance, we are
careful to say ‘women’ instead of ‘girls’ and we make it a habit to
try to balance illustrations in regard to gender and diversity. Each
entering class reflects the social experiences of its time,” says
Ferraro. “That makes this current class very different from my class
of ’70. But rather than centering on how they have changed I like
to focus on the bonds they share…we share. They are COLUMBIA
COLLEGE students and will become Columbia College alumnae.
That makes them special. I see myself in many of them when my
parents moved me into Fleming Hall the summer of 1966: a little
overwhelmed, a bit intimidated, but welcomed from the very first
day. I see in them a desire to learn, to contribute in meaningful
ways, and to change the world to make it a better place for all.”
“Columbia College’s heart is the students, faculty,
staff, alumnae and community. All who nourish and support her,
borrowing a phrase from the Methodist Church, ‘through their
prayers, presence, gifts, and service’. But her soul is much
more difficult to define. The soul of Columbia College is rooted
in her heritage. A courageous group of men and women in
1854 gathered at Washington Street United Methodist Church
and founded an institution committed to a life of education and
service. For 155 years the College has transformed lives. The
soul of the College is enduring. It exists in the tenets of learning,
service for the greater good, and community. The people guard
and protect her soul for the generations of students to come.”
Many Columbia College alumnae speak of the
encouragement or inspiration they received from a faculty
member during their college years. Perhaps it was an “aha”
moment in the classroom, praise for an assignment welldone, or a recommendation for graduate school. We invite
you to honor the faculty member who is foremost in your
mind with a gift to the Heart and Soul Faculty Fund. For
your convenience, there is a reply envelope enclosed in this
issue.
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Meet
Dr. Rebecca Johnston
Dr. Rebecca Johnston joins the Columbia College music faculty as music
program coordinator. In addition to conducting the Columbia College Choir,
Columbia College Chorus and the Hi C’s, she will maintain a vocal studio
and teach aural skills and conducting courses.
A native of Mississippi, Johnston has directed choral ensembles in the public school systems
of Georgia and South Carolina, and has instructed voice, piano, music theory and aural
skills in the private studio. Her ensembles have consistently earned superior ratings at the
state and national levels, and have performed upon invitation at multiple venues, including
performances for guests of the Governor of the state of Georgia. Prior to her appointment
at Columbia, Johnston held a position at the University of South Carolina. She is passionate
about the comprehensive development of young musicians, and has served as adjudicator
and clinician for choral festivals in the state of South Carolina. Her research interests include
music psychology, specifically musical attitudes, and vocal function and pathology. Johnston
has a personal interest in folk and contemporary music, as well as music theatre. She has
toured the United States, Poland and South America with contemporary ensembles, and has
performed in numerous stage productions in Mississippi, Minnesota and Georgia. In addition, she
is an avid competitive cyclist.
Johnston holds the bachelor of music degree from Georgia State University and the master
of music education and doctor of philosophy of music degrees from the University of
South Carolina, where she graduated with distinction. She is a member of MENC: the
National Association for Music Education, SRME: The Society for Research in Music
Education, SCMEA: South Carolina Music Educator’s Association, NATS: National
Association of Teachers of Singing, GIML: Gordon Institute of Music Learning, and
ACDA: American Choral Directors Association.
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Cornelia
Alumnae Spotlight: Rickenbacker
Freeman ’33
in Columbia when the national season was over, usually in April.
I volunteered, solicited funds, sold tickets and worked with many
others to help make that happen. It became the Southern Symphony,
which was active until the very end of the war, then it sort of faded
away,” she recalls.
“Another effort was made to organize an orchestra in the 1950s
but it never quite took off. In 1963, there were a lot of musicians
who wanted try again so they got Mr. Harry Jacobs from Augusta
to have a trial concert---Columbia College’s Guthrie Darr helped
with that, too---and it went extremely well. So we put together a
very successful season for 1964. In 1965 we formed a Women’s
Symphony Association, which later became the Symphony League,
and I was on the board for that. In Columbia there were groups like
the Afternoon Music Club which had been active since 1905, the
Eaue Clair Music Club since 1940, and others that all belonged to
the National Federation of Music Clubs and attended the national
conventions. They were all active organizations with purposes,
aims and goals.” Cornelia doesn’t dwell on her leadership and
accomplishments and sums it up this way, “Anyway, one thing after
another happened, and I was elevated to positions on the national
scene with the Federation.” She served one term as president of
the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs and became a board
member of the National Federation of Music Clubs from 1971 until
1991. She is a life member of both organizations.
An afternoon visit with Cornelia Rickenbacker Freeman
provides a delightful glimpse of a diminutive lady who
modestly acknowledges she has been a champion for
music in South Carolina. Now at age 97, she enjoys
life in a retirement community where
a focal point in her apartment is an
upright piano, the top lined with family
photos. “Oh, these hands really can’t
play anymore,” she says with a smile of
blithe acceptance at the toll of arthritis.
Quickly on to other subjects, Cornelia
is scarcely able to keep her seat as a
fresh anecdote compels her to find a
photograph or an event program in her
well-organized collection of memorabilia.
“I can lay my hands on it, just a
second…” as she rises and dashes into
her study to reappear with a Columbia
College 1933 yearbook.
Cornelia graduated from her rural school
in Cameron as valedictorian of a class of
twelve and decided to follow her mother’s
footsteps to Columbia College, “I thought
I might study to teach.” Asked if she was
already an accomplished musician when
she entered college she says, “Not really,
I did what you call ‘took’ music,” she laughs, “in other words, I had music
lessons as a girl. My mother went with me to Orangeburg for me to study
piano with a teacher named Angie McMichael.”
During her first year at Columbia College, Cornelia auditioned for the
Glee Club. “We toured South Carolina and I have some good stories
about that,” she smiles and shares a favorite. “We wore long dresses
and in one particular town the venue stage had curtains that rolled up.
Fortunately I was not on the front row, because when the curtain rose, it
caught one singer’s dress and rolled it right up, too!” She recalls living her
first year in the East Wing residence hall with another young woman from
Cameron. Later she roomed in West Wing with a younger cousin, “and
she stood up with me for my wedding a few years later.” The only campus
building that remains standing from her college years is the Vera Young
Library, which is now “The Parlor” of Alumnae Hall. Cornelia’s sparkle
and quick smile make it easy to imagine her as a popular young woman
who was active in campus life and elected president of the student body.
She graduated at the top of her class, valedictorian once again, with a
bachelor of arts degree and a certificate in piano.
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“After college, I taught in public school and arranged for
private piano lessons for pupils in the afternoon. When Bob
Freeman and I were married we lived in a house in Columbia
and had three children before he was drafted for army
service in World War II. While he was away, the children
and I moved to Cameron where we lived in a house near
my parents. When Bob was discharged in 1945, we planned
for a new house to be built for us in Columbia, returning as
soon as it was completed. There I was able to continue my
involvement with music in the community.”
Contrary to those who may think that Columbia’s music
scene is relatively new, Cornelia holds the view that there
has always been a vibrant music community here. As far
back as her mother’s time at Columbia College in the 1890s,
“there were important music performances held at the College and uptown.
With the Depression things went
downhill, but there was a lot
going on in music. Even before
I was married in 1935, my future
sister-in-law was a violin player,
and she organized an impressive
orchestra of townspeople---not
just students---who practiced and
performed at Columbia College.“
During the war, she recalls, many
musicians fled Europe and then
found work in the big orchestras,
like New York and Philadelphia.”
Cornelia and others saw
opportunity in this influx of talent,
“The arts community worked
to draw those musicians here
by organizing a music festival
Cornelia with the table her son made of stairway
spindles retrieved from Old Main after it burned
in the 70s.
Her connection with Columbia College has remained strong through
the Alumnae Association, and she fondly remembers serving as
alumnae chair for the grand opening and dedication of the Spears
Music/Art Center when it was built in 1977. “The College was in a
rebuilding phase over the decade following the devastating fire of
1964 and it was an exciting time to be involved.” Over the years, her
love of music and her husband’s business success inspired them
to contribute over $100,000 to Columbia College. She describes
receiving an honorary doctorate from Columbia College in 1997 as
one the “greatest surprises of my life.” In fall 2001, one year after
Bob’s death, Cornelia decided to make a special gift in honor of Bob
and her mother, Louisa Salley Rickenbacker, Class of 1895. Louisa
was known for many years as the College’s oldest living alumna,
until her death in 1984 at the age of 107. With the encouragement
of her family, Cornelia donated her mother’s family property in
Orangeburg, South Carolina, to the College.
Cornelia’s decades of energetic leadership and influence, local and
national, now bring courtesy calls from people such as Morihiko
Nakahara, music director and conductor for the South Carolina
Philharmonic. “Until last year I hadn’t missed a single Philharmonic
performance. I was indisposed…a ‘dizzy day,’” she says with good
humor toward the occasional inconveniences of age.
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Where Are They Now?
Columns Catches Up With Retired Faculty
D
Dr. Dave Day
Since retiring from the College in 2004 after 19 years
as professor of management in the department of
business and economics, Dr. Day has been working
as a management coach for corporate clients in
Columbia and Florence, focusing mainly on two key
services. One is a ‘360’ evaluation process designed
to help managers identify strengths and weaknesses
that will help them become more effective. The
second is a concept called talent management in
which Day works with small groups of employees
who have been targeted as high potentials, and are
being groomed for future managerial opportunities.
His present work allows him to draw on his own
managerial experience, classroom teaching from
his days at Columbia College, together with his
counseling degree. Day likens his role to that
of a favorite Biblical figure, Barnabas the great
encourager. As a management coach, Day’s goal
is to serve as an encourager to those interested
in reaching their full potential as managers and
business leaders. When asked about his hobbies,
Day cheerfully says his work remains his primary
hobby. But, he also enjoys singing in the church
choir, to include being part of a male quartet, at
Northeast United Methodist Church where his wife
Barbara is the choir director. He also works out at the
gym regularly and enjoys reading, although much of
his reading is work related. He and Barbara are avid
travelers and have visited Norway, Sweden and
Denmark. They also enjoy visiting New England to see
the fall leaves, have taken an Alaskan cruise and most
recently took a trip to Sedona, Ariz.
“Ole Doc D” is beloved by his former students, who
remember him as an inspiring mentor who brought
out the best in his students. His charisma and ability
to engage and relate to students created a reciprocal
classroom environment. Day says his mantra for
Columbia College students and alumnae has not
changed, that is, “Even after you graduate, you must
remain a lifelong learner, especially in today’s work
environment.” Alumnae often recall that he made their
classroom experiences energized and relevant with
assignments that were related to the real business
world, with lessons that influenced their career choices
and helped them to recognize their potential as
leaders in the workplace and community.
Dr. Day would enjoy hearing from former students
(his “Troops”) and colleagues. You can e-mail him
at ddavidday@earthlink.net or write to him at 212
Wiltshire Way, Columbia, SC 29229.
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C l a ss N e w s
C l a ss N e w s
Who doesn’t flip to Class News first when her new issue of Columns arrives? It’s the next best
thing to calling your classmates personally for an update! Who got married…finished graduate
school…landed a new job…retired…new grandbaby? Your classmates want to know! It’s easy
to submit your news online here: www.columbiasc.edu/alumnae/submit_news.asp. Or send
via snail mail to Alumnae Relations, 1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29203. This
issue of Class News reflects news submitted between April 13, 2009, and July 23, 2009.
1933 Ruth Page Anderson lives at The Place at
Conway. She celebrated her 98th birthday on May
29. Ruth’s daughter, Margaret Anderson Ellison
’72, and her granddaughter, Cheri Anderson Beeler
’89, attended the party. Just a few weeks after Ruth’s
birthday, Margaret passed away after a courageous
battle with cancer.
1946 Lois Redford Parrott attended the S.C.
Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
that was held in June in Florence. She worked with
the Conference 63 years ago and there were many
new faces, but several with whom she could share
some memories.
1949 Mary Frances Ellis Newman has three sons
who are in education and they are all married to
teachers.
1951 Nell Jumper Cooke and her husband Red
live in Mooresville, N.C. They do not travel anymore
because of health problems, but are still active in
church and have a Bible study group that meets
weekly in their home. They are enjoying their 5
children, 4 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.
1959 Beverly “Becky” Riley Ulmer received a
special recognition award at the 2009 South Carolina
Federation of Museum’s annual conference held in
Rock Hill for her work as one of three founders of the
Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Center.
1960 Betty Ann Turner Schroeder and her
husband, Carl Martin Schroeder Jr., celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary on August 30.
1962 Becky Lineberger Buie has a grandson,
Malcolm Hale Buie, born on February 27, 2008, in
Boston, Mass.
1963 After living in Charleston where her husband
Gene served as district superintendent for the
Charleston District of the S.C. United Methodist
Church, Caroline (Carol) Donnan Curry and
Gene retired in 2008 to their new home in Laurens.
Their three children and two grandchildren live in
Greenville and Atlanta.
1964 Sylvia Slagle Shoemaker continues to travel
with her husband. In 2010, they are planning a trip to
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now cancer free. Terri Stewart Edens retired on
June 6 after her 28th year of teaching at Berkeley
Intermediate School in Moncks Corner, where she
taught music for 3rd through 5th grades. Beth Floyd
Szostak lives in Summerville and teaches special
education at Gregg Middle School in Dorchester
County. John, her husband of 25 years, works for
State Farm Insurance. Their two boys are: Bradley, 22,
and Kevin, 13. Beth enjoys the beach, working in her
yard, and spending time with her family.
New Zealand. She enjoys volunteering for her church
and being with friends and family.
1982 Karen Woods Pouncy welcomed a grandson,
1965 Kathryn McQueen Eichelberger and her
1983 Erin Etheredge Fisher is a National Board
husband John enjoy spending time with their children
and grandchildren. They ride their horses at least
once a week and Kathryn spends a lot of time taking
care of them. John works two days a week.
KaDarion Jaleel Pouncy, born on March 10.
Archie are now the proud grandparents to three
grandchildren. Her son and daughter-in-law, Wells
and Laura Black, have a son, Wells Black III, and a
daughter, Cely Black. Most recently, their daughter
and son-in-law, Catherine and David Koysza, had a
baby girl named Caroline Frances Koysza, who was
born on April 2.
Certified art teacher at Crayton Middle School in
Columbia. She received the State Fair Excellence
in Art Education Award for most student wins in the
S.C. State Fair exhibit. She has been teaching for 27
years in Richland School District One. She has three
children: Miles, 17, Chase, 13, and Blake, 6. Her
husband Mike is the manager of Consolidated Cargo
Carriers in Columbia. Pamela Lowrimore Jenkins
has been named director of life product development
by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.
She is responsible for managing the company’s life
insurance plans, including developing marketing
strategies and designing new life products.
1969 Judy McCain Pennell is enjoying her
1984 Lori Blakeney Bellamy was recently elected
1966 Carol Gault Black and her husband
president of the South Carolina Association of
Community Residential Programs, an association
of licensed long term care administrators. Cindy
Brewer published an article on MENC: The National
Association for Music Education Web site about
her assessment practices and another article in
Teaching Music Magazine about musical theater for
1973 Ellen Holman teaches music at Pelion
young children. She also presented on recording
Elementary School in Lexington County School
student voices at MENC’s Summer Academy. Cathy
District One. She enjoys her two shelter rescue dogs,
Cobb Hanzlik is a preschool teacher at Wilson Hall
Rusty and Lady. She loves living in the tradition of the
School in Sumter. Her daughter graduated from the
small southern town.
University of South Carolina in December 2008 and
her son is a freshman at Sumter High School.Daphne
1974 Esther Montgomery Harrell recently retired Sutton Mahon’s daughter, Alexandria R. Mahon
after 25 years at Williamsburg Academy. She is
’09, graduated with honors from Columbia College
looking forward to spending time with her three
on May 2. Beth Strange Parks is the communication
grandchildren. Carol Stackhouse retired November
director for the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles.
3, 2008, from the Social Security Administration in
Patricia Mize Steen is a counselor at the Living Hope
Florence, after 34 years of service.
Counseling Center in Lancaster. Debra Straw is the
director of human resources for the International
Center for the Disabled in New York, N.Y. She is also
1977 Cynthia Floyd White’s daughter, Whitney
White, is a sophomore at Clemson University. Her son an artist, poet, singer, and song writer with the Marble
Collegiate Community Gospel Choir and TruPraise
completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees
Gospel Ensemble.
in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech and he
works for NASA.
1985 Judy Kayton Lucas completed the Certified
Public Manager Program in May. Sherry Russell
1979 Marcelle Lightfoot welcomed a new
Williams works for the SC Department of Education
grandson, Christopher Austin Miller, born on
and serves as the career specialist liaison on the
August 1, 2008.
Education and Economic Development Act Team. She
1981 Cynthia Smoot Deas had surgery for colon facilitates and coordinates professional development
and resources for guidance counselors and career
cancer on February 4. She is glad to report that
specialists. She and Wendell will celebrate their 24th
the doctors found it in the early stages and she is
retirement and spending time with her four
grandchildren. Sue Williamson Branham retired
from Chester County DSS in 2003 as a protective
service worker. She has two grandchildren: Ava, 6,
and Andrew, 4.
wedding anniversary in October. They have two adult
children: Dustin and Bethany. In her spare time, she
enjoys performing in community theatre and
church activities.
1986 Amanda Johnson Boland received her
master’s of science degree in clinical psychology
and resides in Augusta, Ga. Lori Gosnell Lominack
is the mother to three children: Anne Harrison, 12,
Davis, 5, and Mary Caroline, 3. She is also the
coordinator for Prevention on Wheels, an alcohol,
tobacco, and drug prevention program that works with
REACH Upstate and the coordinator for Spartanburg
County Red Ribbon.
1989 Sallie Terry Dewar was honored at the spring
conference of South Carolina American Association of
University Women held in Aiken. She was one of the
recipients of a $500 gift in her name to the National
Association Educational Foundation, an honor for
creatively continuing her education after completing
her baccalaureate degree. Robin Walsh Gerzema
is the recipient of the Enhancing Education Through
Technology grant for the 2009-2010 school year as a
technology coach for Lexington School District Four
at Sandhills Middle School. Cheryl E. Stevenson
currently runs a private counseling practice and is the
dean of students at South University.
1994 Holly Furr started a new job as the program
officer for Responsive Grants with the J. Marion Sims
Foundation in Lancaster in March. She is enjoying
her new job and her life with her two children: Mary
McInvaille, 10, and Garren, 8.
1997 KelLeigh Benfield Dantzler’s family found a
cedar chest in the ’wash house’ after her grandmother
passed away in October and found Columbia College
annual photos from the 1930s and 1940s. Gail
Edie is an adjunct instructor at Ozarks Technical
Community College in Springfield, Mo. Tanya Briggs
Steele received the Elementary Science Teacher of
the Year award from the Southern Nevada Science
Teachers Association. Octavia Williams-Blake is the
first African American elected to an at-large seat on
Florence City Council on November 4, 2008.
1998 Nichole Jenkins-President is the 2009
Teacher of the Year at Cross Elementary School
located in Berkeley County, where she teaches
special education.
1999 Tonya Griggs-Smith is a speech pathologist
for the hearing impaired in the Darlington County
School District. Melissa Hamer-Bailey received a
women-owned business certification in February
for her business, Enviro-Assist, LLC., a technical
service provider for environmental consulting firms
and attorneys. Jarsolyn Rouse-LeGrant relocated to
New Mexico in 2008.
2000 Caroline M. Earp is the associate
administrative director of the vocal arts department at
The Juilliard School. Beverly Wilson Holmes gave a
poster presentation entitled “Using respondent driven
sampling (RDS) to enhance recruitment of duallydiagnosed adolescent clinical trial participants” at
the 71st annual meeting of the College on Problems
of Drug Dependence held in Reno/Sparks, Nev., on
June 20-25. Brandon “Brandie” Davis Love is the
community relations manager with Barnes and Noble.
2001 Jennifer Coleman was selected as the
2008-2009 Teacher of the Year for Briggs Elementary
School in Florence. She has also completed her
National Board Certification and is working on
obtaining her master’s degree. Hilary Price Morgan
received her National Board Certification for teaching.
Elizabeth Wooten Erwin ’02, I.M.A., art education,
University of South Carolina, May 2008
Shamika L. Wright ’04, M.S.W., social work, University
of South Carolina, May 2005
Nicole Touzien Chellberg ’05, M.F.A., dance, Texas
Woman’s University, May 2009
Meghan Price ’05, M.F.A., dance, Arizona State
University, May 2009
Frances Bowden ’06, M.L.I.S., library and information
science, University of South Carolina, December 2008
Rachel V. Jordan ’07, M.A., communication disorders,
Appalachian State University, May 2009
Angela K. Maselli ’08, M.A., arts administration,
Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, May 2009
2002 Amanda Potts Ruthven is the academic
coordinator for the M.A. program in conflict resolution
at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
2004 Brooks M. Sims is the director of child care
M E M O R IAL S
Dr. James Milton Ariail
Jennie C. Ariail ’63
services at Piedmont Family YMCA in Charlottesville,
Va. Shamika L. Wright is a family reunification social
worker at Community Link located in Charlotte, N.C.
Dr. Billie Hudson Bagby
Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Broome
(Charlotte Stackhouse ’75)
2006 Courtney Adel recently moved to Atlanta
AD V A N C E D D E G R E E S
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Cannon (Judy Jones ’74)
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cannon Jr.
(Kathryn Verdery ’55)
Elizabeth “Tootsie” DuRant ’50
Mr. and Mrs. Flynn T. Harrell (Anne Turner ’57)
Elissa M. Heil
Gabyann K. Hickman
Joye G. Hipp
Dr. Laurie B. Hopkins
John D. Jones
Stephanie McNulty Kelley
Rebecca “Becky” Laffitte ’77
Dr. James “Jim” C. Lane
Amy S. Lanier
Lisa Kennerly Livingston ’91
Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Lybrand and family
Sara L. Nalley ’63
Barbara E. Parks
Dr. and Mrs. Hyman S. Rubin III
Dr. Loren Twitty Ryan ’93
Dr. Linda B. Salane
Dr. Mary L. Steppling
Dr. Helen Tate
Alawee Gibson Tucker ’39
Mildred “Mitzi” Winesett ’70
Patricia Mize Steen ’84, M.A., biblical counseling,
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, May 2006
David E. Baker
Debi Baker Brookshire
Kathryn Burr Gentry ’86, M.Ed., special education,
North Georgia College and State University, May 2009
Roy D. Bates
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Guess Jr.
(Arie Black ’49)
Mr. and Mrs. Flynn T. Harrell
(Anne Turner ’57)
to complete the requirements for her doctorate in
audiology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
2007 Amelia Rollings was awarded a University
Graduate Fellowship, the most prestigious award
given at Pennsylvania State University. This award
is valued at over $40K per year and will be used
to pursue a master’s of music degree in vocal
performance and pedagogy. She also was chosen
as a 2009 Elardo Young Artist with the Intermezzo
Foundation and performed a lead role in the musical
“NINE” in July in Brugge, Belgium.
2008 Ana-Cristina Gadsden is a Montessori
teacher for the 3, 4, and 5-year-old program at
Sandy Run School in Swansea. This is the first year
that Sandy Run has offered this program. Anne
“Caroline” Salter moved to Zhengzhov, China,
in August to teach English to 10th graders for ten
months. Fran L. Guinn was selected Teacher of the
Year at Whitmire Community School in Whitmire.
Cheryl E. Stevenson ’89, M.A., counseling, Webster
University, May 2004
Gail Edie ’97, M.Ed., deaf education, Missouri State
University, summer 2008
Cecil H. Bierley
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Barham
(Helen Jeffords (H))
Cathy Swinnie Bouknight ’75
Allison Cooper Dillard ’63
Aurelia “Pat” Watson Brown ’42
Sarah Lee Vaughan Abercrombie ’40
Martha Nealy Burton ’54
Joyce Hart Mann ’57
Dr. William “Bill” W. Butler
Resel Gosnell Bourne ’69
Sue Williamson Branham ’69
Joyce Thompson Bumgarner ’69
Judith Diane Burgess ’69
Class of 1969
Donna Gregory Dowling ’68
Louise Marshall Easterling ’69
Myra Mullen Eskew ’69
Susan “Sue” Harris Grady ’69
Margaret Platt Jordan ’69
Hilary Wilson Mullins ’69
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pennell
(Judy McCain ’68)
Peggy Hanna Reese ’69
Candy Rogers Reynolds ’69
Carolyn Holliday Sweatt ’69
Anna Bullock Walker ’69
Dr. Mark L. Carlisle
Mary Jordan “Mary Jo”
Newton Ferguson ’60
Mary Gordon Carroll ’42
Loretta Brown Colcolough ’59
June Price Breland ’59
Reverend Delos Corderman
Dr. and Mrs. Selden K. Smith
(Dorothy Gasque ’61)
Ernest King Corley ’37
Mary Capitola King Sutherland ’74
Rowan D. Crews Sr.
Norene Hardwick Davis ’52
Edith Edens Baker ’52
Kay McQuage Dillard ’59
Iris Redfern Emery ’84
Loretta Myers Atkins ’65
Paul Ewing
Deen Fishburne ’59
Winston Boyd Fleischman ’45
Ruth S. Green ’45
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Sue Reeves Givens ’63
The Honorable and
Mrs. Berlin G. Myers Sr.
(Marlena Redfern ’64)
Mary Teal Stackhouse
Ada Newton Stalheim ’31
Mary Jordan “Mary Jo” Newton
Ferguson ’60
May Hill Goodwin ’59
Dr. Syed Hassan
Dr. Caroline B. Whitson
Clelia Derrick Hendrix ’41
Parents I Sunday School Class of
Fairlington United
Methodist Church
Mary Ann Reeves Phillips ’56
Kathy Wheale ’69
Bettye Ackerman Jaffe ’45
Murray Keel
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Guess Jr.
(Arie Black ’49)
Susan Scott Lynch ’72
Carroll Kay Luck ’66
Virginia Derrick McCormack ’39
Coleen C. Derrick
Rebecca “Becky” Bynum
McCutchen ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Cannon
(Judy Jones ’74)
Hazel Myers Melia ’38
Janie Farmer Myers ’37
Gladys Newton ’29
Mary Jordan “Mary Jo” Newton
Ferguson ’60
Margaret Ann Taylor Owen ’60
Mary Capitola King Sutherland ’74
Dr. Jerold J. Savory
Cynthia Floyd White ’77
Mary Blue Spears (H)
Mae Blackwell Thomson ’59
Dorothy Douglas Traylor ’45
Thelma Rast ’45
Elizabeth “Lib” Truluck
Ruth Schumpert Ward ’21
Margaret “Meg” Ward Pace ’62
Nancy Lynn Smith Waters ’47
Joanna Batson Stone ’47
Hannah Campbell Meadors ’59
William “Bill” Phillips
Doris Taylor
Nancy Burch Bunch ’72
Jean Cathcart Thomas ’51
(Anne Turner ’57)
Howard A. Jones
Dr. Linda B. Salane
Martha Susanne Parker
Sara Lewis Strachan (H)
Sara B. Flora
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Livingston Jr.
Sandra S. McLain
The Honorable and Mrs. Berlin G. Myers Sr.
State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations Division of
Motor Vehicles
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Wood
Stanmore “Stan” T. Watson
Ruth S. Green ’45
Iris Redfern Emery ’84
Margie L. Mitchell ’83
Joanna Splawn Fairey ’49
Jill B. Fairey ’82
Virlee Fanning
Marsha E. Fanning ’68
Winston Boyd Fleischman ’45
Columbia College Evening Club
Thelma Rast ’45
Elisa A. Haile
Judy Cheek Ethridge ’71
Dr. Harry Lewis Harvin
Clelia Derrick Hendrix ’41
Betty Lee George Chandler ’58
Janet Alexander Cotter ’56
MaryAnn Smith Crews ’59
Natalie Robelot Gibson ’69
Denise Corley Godowns ’73
Carey Lee Hudson ’85
Joanna Batson Stone ’47
Mary Bradham Van Horne ’65
Mr. Glenn A. Walker and
Mrs. Mary Lorraine Guthrie
Dr. and Mrs. David F. Watson Jr.
(Gail Gulledge ’73)
Janet S. Welch
Sandra Barrett Welch ’70
Jill Fielder Huntley ’76
Ann White ’76
The Honorable Wade Weatherford
Elizabeth “Buffie” Cross Hutto ’70
David S. Cross
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Cross Jr.
Sarah H. Cross ’99
Bobbie Jean Hodge Wilson (H)
Mary Frances Rabon Jamison ’49
Bette Jamison Inglett ’72
M E M O R IAL S
Gail Knight ’55
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Smith II
Jackie Johnson Bozard ’48
Belinda Chandler Todd ’73
Virginia Derrick McCormack ’39
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bundy
Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Springs III
Mary Gordon Carroll ’42
Ruth Suddath Green ’45
Grace Hayden Moody ’57
Claire Palmer
Mary McColl Colyer ’33
Mary Lowe Morris ’58
Margaret Ann Taylor Owen ’60
Anne Dickert and
Mickey Huffmond ’83
Jewell Powell Hill ’60
Tommie Crouch Howey ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kennedy
(Jo Ann Kearse ’50)
Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Owen Jr.
Ann Miller Parler ’61
Reprint from Summer Columns due to error
Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Copeland
Frances Copeland Stanley ’63
Louise Rogers Davis
Jewell Powell Hill ’60
Dolores Russell Ellis ’87
Ariail Chapter Alumnae Club
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C l a ss N e w s
C l a ss N e w s
Marguerite W. Seigler
Ann White ’76
Laura Talbert Padgett ’95
H.C.S. Communication Services
Mary Teal Stackhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson T. Howell
(Carole Dunaway ’75)
Mr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Mitchell Jr.
(Emil Burns ’84)
Dr. Nancy L. Tuten
Sara Rogers Phibbs
Caro Easterling Phillips ’27
Carolyn Wienges Laffitte ’73
William “Bill” Phillips
Martha Wood Pitts ’43
Ruth Suddath Green ’45
Nell Williams Overton ’43
Mary Carole Hammett Reid ’59
Barbara Byrd Hammett ’59
Mary Frances Cotton Rembert ’61
Maidie S. Reynolds ’13
Karen Johnson Williams ’72
Kathryn Ann Rivers ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Rivers
Elizabeth “Betty” Hills Rollins (H)
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Akers
Karen Schultz Anders ’67
Nancy Felder Bull ’66
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bundrick
Jean L. Cann
Jerolyn Long Carroll ’69
Ann Corbett ’67
Earl Fischer and Helen B. Smoak
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gregory
Jean T. Hawkins
Amy Graef Huckaby ’82
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johnson
Mary Eileen Leonard
Ruth P. Lyons
Nancy M. Moody ’67
Dr. Sara L. Mott
Betty C. Nigels
Dr. and Mrs. Harris H. Parker Jr.
(Susan Culclasure ’58)
Reverend and Mrs.
Charles G. Pfeiffer
Riley Pope & Laney LLC
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rodenberg
Anella Andrews Sansbury ’66
Bernadette Scott
Mary B. Williams
R.H. Smith
(Emil Burns ’84)
Sonya Barrineau Monts ’94
Sara Lewis Strachan (H)
Mary Russell Arrington
Mr. Kenneth W. Baldwin Jr.
Sarah Potts Bates ’61
Henry G. Bedinger Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Boland
John M. Cooper Jr.
Dorothy E. Crowe
Kathryn A. Dearhart
Mary-Beth Fafard
Barbara Fields
Helena E. Flickinger
Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Foster
Mr. and Mrs. E. Gregorie Frampton
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Gerstmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn W. Jones
Lula Mae Jowers
Inez Mitchum ’41
Caroline J. Patterson
Joseph B. Rhodarmer
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rhodarmer
Robert Burns Society of the Midlands
Mr. and Mrs. G. DuPre Sanders Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William Strohecker
Eric Williams and Judith K. Jordan
Scott F. Zimmerman
Daniel E. Turbeville
Robin E. Campbell (H)
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Wilson Jr.
(Paula Brafford ’74 )
Suzanne Ellen Valois ’70
Meredith Valois Hyman ’73
Winifred “Winnie” Lloyd Vosburgh ’81
Nancy L. Vosburgh ’66
Elizabeth Wallace
Rebecca Laffitte ’77
Stanmore “Stan” T. Watson
Celeste George Wienges ’17
Carolyn Wienges Laffitte ’73
Ginny Williamson ’73
Ann White ’76
Anne Jones Wilson ’48
Frank C. Wilson Sr.
Nan W. Wilson
Mary Beth McMillan Asma ’73
Nancy Snyder Gardner ’69
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A L i f et i m e Is N ot T oo
Lon g to L i ve a s Fr i en d s
Below is an e-mail that I received on October 10, 2009, and it is
printed with permission from the author, Missy Cromer ’65. It is with
great admiration, respect and love that I share it with you.
Lisa,
The bags, shirts,
pens, and yard flags were
absolutely the HIT of our
gang’s reunion.
Lynne Hudson Bozard
was hostess this year at
her family lake home on
Lake Santee. We all are
so appreciative of your
generosity and thoughtfulness Left to right: (top) Ann Terry Smith, Linda Craig
sharing these treasures with Smith, Linda Collins Bush, (bottom) Rhetta
Davis Calhoun, Missy Cromer,
us. Lynne, Jan Lewis Ross,
Jan Lewis Ross (Not in picture) Sandy Creel,
Linda Craig Smith, Rhetta
Davis Calhoun, Linda Collins Lynne Hudson Bozard
Bush, Ann Terry Smith, and I
were there celebrating our over forty years of friendship.
Our dear Sandie Creel was in a nursing home in Conway under
hospice care. We all put on our C-square shirts and took one for Sandie,
hopped in Ann “Rooney” Smith’s van, and drove to Conway singing and
practicing our C-square songs all the way. I took my guitar which is a
standard feature on all our adventures. The nurses rolled Sandie out
with her C-square shirt taped to her pajamas and we all sang to her in
the lobby. We visited together for the last time. A mixture of love, laughs,
endearing memories and hard-to-control emotions. She seemed to know
we were there and even gave us a smile. We got back in the van and
headed home to Lynne’s with heavy hearts and the loving unity we found
nearly fifty years ago. Sandie died early the following morning as though
she had been waiting to say goodbye to her Columbia College best
friends before going ahead of us to Heaven.
We are so blessed to have this tight and bright and supportive group
of friends that outshine all others we have made since our time together
so long ago at Columbia College--a place where young women can
bond, and grow, and support each other like no others for our lifetimes.
We indeed “sing the praise of Her we love” through lifetimes of giving
to others and sharing our lives together. As long as there are girls who
turn into women of respect, grace, dignity and character, there will be
Columbia College, a place where girls become women and lives are
entwined with love together, forever. Thank you, Lisa.
Love,
Missy Cromer, Class of 1965
Lisa Kennerly Livingston ‘91
Executive Director of Alumnae Relations
(p) 803.786.3647 (f)
w w w . c o l u m b i a s c803.786.3029
.edu
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New
Graduate Program Option
Coaches Line Up for
Dawn Schulin Linthicum ’68
Rae Bundrick Miles ’59
Ruby E. Nolan ’52
Sandra M. Steele ’71
Betty Sheriff Sutton ’53
Patricia “Trisha” Warne ’71
Carolyn James Weaver ’59
MA R R IAG E S
Robin D. Walsh ’89 to
Kevin Robert Gerzema,
September 13, 2008
The May 2009 coaches cohort
The idea to offer a cohort for coaches interested in the
Columbia College Divergent Learning (DL) masters program
began as a simple question. The graduate admissions team was
brainstorming ways to increase enrollment and focused on teacher
populations that they were less successful recruiting. “What about
coaches?” someone offered. Over the years, many high school
and middle school coaches had expressed interest in the program
but could not enroll because sports schedules often conflict with
Friday and Saturday classes.
Carolyn Emeneker, graduate and evening admissions
director, seized on the idea and soon presented it to the program
faculty. They agreed it was possible to slightly extend the 12-month
program to 15 months, have on-site classes in the summer, and
offer online classes during the academic year. To recruit this
population of teachers, Emeneker says, the program faculty’s
openness to a new strategy was critical , “The DL faculty was
ready and willing to ‘step outside the box’ and embrace this idea.”
Within a few short weeks, the coaches’ cohort was ready to be
promoted and begin enrollment.
When the new option was communicated to coaches across
the state, applications began to pour in. The first cohort enrolled
in May 2009 and the coaches are so pleased with the program
that they volunteered to help recruit their colleagues at the South
Carolina Coaching Convention. Applications are already on file for
the summer 2010 cohort and the DL faculty continues to look for
ways to be more student-friendly and flexible in the way courses
are delivered!
Here are a few comments from coaches about their graduate
courses in the Divergent Learning program.
“The Learning Styles course gave me great tools for assessing
my students’ individual needs.”
“In my classes, we were able to talk about a lot of different
developmental ideas that will help me with ALL students but
especially divergent learners.”
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Pamela Arlene Tucker ’91 to
Stacy Samuel Johnson, April 4, 2009
Lara Maria Jones ’94 to
John McKethan Stephenson Jr.,
November 8, 2008
Elizabeth Michelle Taylor ’97 to
Todd Aaron Clevenger, May 16, 2009
Cheryl Anne Schumpert ’00 to
Michael Wayne Geddings, April 4, 2009
Virginia “Gini” Glenn Startsman ’00 to
Jeremy Kenneth McDonald, May 9, 2009
Kyleigh Elizabeth Chandler ’01 to
Shawn Joseph Trybus, May 2, 2009
Margot Creighton Shaw ’02 to
Gabriel Carroll, March 14, 2009
Millicent Kay Fowler ’04 to
Drew Walker, April 2006
Nicole Alycia Touzien ’05 to
Joshua Adam Chellberg,
August 1, 2009
Kelly Anne Gerth ’05 to
Stewart Blanchard Kennerly Jr.,
May 30, 2009
Erica Falon Greene ’07 to
Dustin Wayne Edwards, May 23, 2009
Sarah Windham Walden ’07 to
William Lee Sutherlin, April 25, 2009
April Lee Evans ’08 to
Andrew Walker Orr, May 30, 2009
Sandra Rebecca Hall ’08 to
John Lewis Slowinski III, April 17, 2009
Richard Glenn Crolley Jr., June 20, 2009
Columbia, S.C., April 26, 2009
B I RT H S /Ad opt i ons
Norma Smith DuRant ’39
San Antonio, Tex., May 18, 2009
Corinne Moore Fantz ’93, a son,
Ethan Andrew, November 27, 2008
Keely Ingram Wells ’94, a daughter,
Sara Belle, June 23, 2009
Missy Underwood Caughman ’95, a
son, Reece Andrew, January 18, 2009
Laura Moody Long ’95, a son, Tyler
Alvin, August 14, 2008, and a son,
Cade Stephen, December 24, 2006
Betty Jo Spivey Holbert ’46
Conway, S.C., April 20, 2009
Elise Franklin Herlong Horne ’31
Ridge Spring, S.C., May 4, 2009
Nichole Jenkins-President ’98, a
daughter, Nadia Elisa, October 30, 2006
Jerry Gressette Matthews ’77
St. Matthews, S.C., May 16, 2009
Melissa Hamer-Bailey ’99, a son,
Samuel Holt, March 13, 2009
Miriam Barr Mitchell ’37
Florence, S.C., June 14, 2009
Tina McElveen Rackley ’99, a
daughter, Mary Calin, May 10, 2008
Paula Woodward Moore ’41
Conway, S.C., May 25, 2009
Georgia Wilkie Anderson ’00, a
daughter, Madelyn Grace, March 3, 2009
Michelle Glover Seabrook ’88
Hinesville, Ga., February 28, 2009
Brandon “Brandie” Davis Love ’00, a
son, Davis Christopher, July 2, 2008
Virginia Elizabeth Varn Slice ’37
Chapin, S.C., April 29, 2009
Sandra Ramsey Turner ’01, a son,
Philip Turner, March 10, 2008
Kathryn Anne Sovey ’75
Cary, N.C., May 2, 2009
Rebecca Platts Williams ’02, a
daughter, Anna Grace Williams,
May 25, 2006
Jean Cathcart Thomas ’51
Columbia, S.C., April 26, 2009
Melissa Lewis Heskett ’04, a daughter,
Madelyn Wei Wei, April 2, 2009
Katrina Friday Aleman ’05, a daughter,
Lily Ann Nicole, August 6, 2008
Dorothy Douglas Traylor ’45
Winnsboro, S.C., May 7, 2009
Nancy Smith Waters ’47
Orangeburg, S.C., July 17, 2009
Amanda G. Burroughs ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Jenny McCulloch ’74
Lauren D. Chastain ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Betty Ulmer McGregor ’51
The Class of 1956
Nancy Vaughn Coombs ’73
Claude R. Vaughn Sr.
Deborah L. Cousar ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Karen Newton Daniels ’59
Elizabeth G. Mellette ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Kathryn Ragin Dungan ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Ryan A. Easterling ’92
Margaret “Meg“ Ward Pace ’62
Margaret McLeod Edwards ’41
Sarah K. Faulds ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Kristi M. Graham ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Tina M. Grimsley ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Jackie Spann Hewitt ’39
Mary Hewitt Marshall ’60
Amanda Kistler Jarrard ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Mary Margaret Judd ’72
R. Wright Spears
Faculty/Staff
D E AT H S
Cecil H. Bierley
Retired Faculty Member
Gastonia, N.C., July 2, 2009
Sue Monk Kidd
Elizabeth Boland ’30
White Rock, S.C., July 9, 2009
Dr. Aracelis G. Shaw
Retired Faculty Member
Miami, Fla., April 28, 2009
Cathy Swinnie Bouknight ’75
Irmo, S.C. April 24, 2009
H O N O RA R I U M S
Beverly Bryan Dozier Baxley ’52
Myrtle Beach, S.C., June 8, 2009
Ernestine Hiers Bradley ’40
Jackson, S.C., May 9, 2009
Sara Elizabeth Bishop ’08 to
Michael Williams, April 4, 2009
Martha Nealy Burton ’54
Hendersonville, N.C.
October 5, 2008
Rachel Elizabeth Fox ’08 to
Darren Allen Schumpert, June 13, 2009
Sarah Garrett Cockrill ’67
Greenville, S.C., June 20, 2009
Karina Vanessa Cometto ’09 to
Norene Hardwick Davis ’52
Courtney M. Ashford
Lynn T. Barnette
April L. Blakeney ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
June Johnson Bradham ’68
Frenchie Bunch
Mary Epps Monroe ’65
Sam E. McGregor Jr.
Dale Newton McLeod ’63
Columbia College Student Activities
“The Characteristics of Divergent Learners course was great!
I learned a lot in general about implementing differentiated
instruction to teach divergent learners. I have really enjoyed this
whole program.“
Sue Reeves Givens ’63
Summerville, S.C., June 21, 2009
Gertrude Gillespie Long ’36
Newport News, Va., June 25, 2009
Autumn Hope Hayden ’08 to
Kevin Ridgely Thomas, May 2, 2009
For more information about the Divergent Learning
graduate program for educators, visit www.columbiasc.edu
or contact Carolyn Emeneker at 803.786.3766 or via e-mail
emeneker@columbiasc.edu.
Margaret Anderson Ellison ’72
Conway, S.C., June 2, 2009
Tara Williams White ’95, a son,
Lane Canady, May 2, 2007
“The Learning Styles course gave me many strategies to get to
know my students and help those who are struggling.”
“The Technology for Today class was very informative and very
helpful in my coaching duties.”
C l a ss N e w s
C l a ss N e w s
Brittany N. Lisek ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Kaitlyn L. Mustard ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Leonard L. Price
Dr. Lark E. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Baker (Edith
Edens ’52)
Dr. and Mrs. Jim C. Chow
Mary L. Dawson
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy M. Dixon Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Fellers
Mr. and Mrs. Vann H. Gunter (Ann
Jackson ’72)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. William Harris
Jack S. Hupp
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Klein
Mr. and Mrs. D. Murray Price
Romie T. Rikard
Walter A. Robertson Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Shealy
Robert J. Sheheen
Mr. and Mrs. T. Henry Suydam
Marguerite Willis
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Yarbrough
Lynn T. Barnette
Amy McLeod Smith ’88
R. Wright Spears
(Judy Jones ’74)
Sylvia E. Stanley ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Ann Kidd Taylor ’98
Alawee Gibson Tucker ’39
(Judy Jones ’74)
Carol S. Vaughn ’71
Bonnie Bethea Weeks ’76
Marjorie H. Bethea
Lindsay B. Welsh ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Karen Johnson Williams ’72
Nellie Cross Stone Williams ’40
Berkeley County Columbia College
Alumnae Club
Joanna Kate Woodham
Lynn T. Barnette
Claire Wilson Yarborough ’67
Paul L. Yarborough
Dr. Lillian A. Quackenbush
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Cannon (Judy
Jones ’74)
Erin Watkins Rader ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Linda K. Lundeen ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Shamela S. Reynolds ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Emily F. Mack ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Joyce Hart Mann ’56
Joyce Eurey Matthews ’49
Joyce Matthews Preacher ’83
Sheryl A. McAlister ’82
The Womans Club of Columbia
Jordan S. Ruppe ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Adrean R. Sanders ’09
Lynn T. Barnette
Helen Duensing Sanders ’36
Deborah M. Shortman ’09
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S cho l a rsh i ps
S cho l a rsh i ps
Thank you to all who supported our 2008-2009 goals to provide financial support and to enable us to improve the academic
Columbia
College
Scholarships
profile of our students. The lists below represent scholarship activity at Columbia College.
Endowed scholarship funds are designed to be permanent and perpetual and can be created with gifts totaling a minimum
amount of $25,000 contributed in full at the outset or with an initial commitment that is added to over five years until the endowment
level of $25,000 is attained. The principal of the fund is invested to produce income which is awarded by financial aid to a student(s).
The principal remains untouched allowing the endowment to last into perpetuity.
Annual scholarships can be established with a minimum gift of $1,000. Unlike an endowed scholarship described above, an
annual scholarship is not a permanent fund and is awarded only as long as you (or others) choose to contribute to the fund.
If you would like more information to set up or contribute to scholarships or have questions, please call the Office of Advancement at 803.786.3650.
New Scholarships
Jean W. Blount Endowed Scholarship
The Jan K. Bonnette Annual Scholarship
Annual Scholarships
and Awards
Edyth B. Best and Margaret W. Hayllar
Memorial Annual Scholarship
Joseph B. Bethea Annual Scholarship
Bernice Rebecca Buchanan Student
Book Fund
Patricia Way Causey Annual Scholarship
Linda H. Collier Annual Scholarship
Nancy Vaughn Coombs
Annual Scholarship
Margaret “Mickey” Rogers dePrater
Annual Scholarship
Saluda Van Metre Dunbar
Annual Scholarship
Evening College Alumnae Club
Annual Scholarship
X.J. Honeycutt Award
Kyra Hoffmeyer Nettles Annual Scholarship
Libby Patenaude Dance Fund
Richland County Sertoma Club
Annual Scholarship
Carol S. Vaughn Annual Scholarship
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
Nan Wilson Memorial Annual Scholarship
Fully Funded
Scholarships
Adair/Crocker Endowed Scholarship
Eloise Hightower Addison Endowed Scholarship
Lynn George Addy Endowed Scholarship
Aiken Endowed Scholarship
Alexander Endowed Scholarship
J. Barnwell and Mary Blair Allison
Music Scholarship
Maymie C. and Mattye Allison
Endowed Scholarship
James Milton Ariail Endowed Scholarship
J.M. Ariail Endowed Scholarship
Joye Lynn Asbill Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Bailey-Collins Endowed Scholarship
Walter Fleetward Baker and the Worthe
Rowland Baker Endowed Scholarship
Rai and Lucille Baillie Endowed Scholarship
Fannie Salisbury Banks Endowed Scholarship
Robert T. Barham Endowed Scholarship
Kathryn Wise Baxley Endowed Scholarship
Anne Beebe Memorial Endowed Scholarship
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Joseph Lay and Della Bellamy Bell
Endowed Scholarship
Anne Lee Bennett Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Bethea-Bostick Endowed Scholarship
Cecil H. Bierley Endowed Scholarship
Blackstone Endowed Scholarship
Blackwell-Gray Endowed Scholarship
Sarah B. Blanton Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
William N. Bobo Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Phyllis O. Bonanno Endowed Scholarship
Edna Lloyd Ott Bonnette
Endowed Scholarship
Sara J. Pendarvis and Edmund T. and
Ruth P. Borders
Endowed Scholarship
Annette Henderson Brewer
Endowed Scholarship
Reverend Donald and Patricia Britt ’65
Endowed Scholarship
Carol Fanning and Calvin H. Brown
Endowed Scholarship
Mary Adams Brown Endowed Scholarship
Patrecia Martin Burnett
Endowed Scholarship
James L. Caldwell Endowed Scholarship
Reverend Julius F. Campbell
Endowed Scholarship
MacLaura Canaday Endowed Scholarship
Thyra Gowdy Castles Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Rhinehart Caughman
Endowed Scholarship
Cauthen Endowed Scholarship
Class of 1922 Endowed Scholarship
Class of 1952/Patricia Hilton Cook
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Close Endowed Scholarship
Collins-Hause-Friesen
Endowed Scholarship
Columbia College Alumnae Association
Endowed Scholarship
Columbia College Endowed Scholarship
Janet Alexander Cotter
Endowed Scholarship
Louise Springs Crews
Endowed Scholarship
Crook-Witt Music Endowed Scholarship
Etolia McDonald Culler
Endowed Scholarship
Cunningham Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Zach C. Daniel Endowed Scholarship
Anne L. Darby and Susan Darby Pearce
Endowed Scholarship
Guthrie Darr Endowed Scholarship
Davis-York Endowed Scholarship
Mary Demosthenes Endowed Scholarship
Cato-John P. Derham Sr. and
Loula McGougan Derham
Endowed Scholarship
Tom and Mary Ann Moorhead Dunaway
Endowed Scholarship
Mark Durlach Endowed Scholarship
Leroy S. Epps Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Lennie Evett Endowed Scholarship
Fair-Wall Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Martin Fishburne
Endowed Scholarship
Edith Gramling Fisher
Endowed Scholarship
Lessie Tiller Fleming Endowed Scholarship
John R. Folsom Business
Endowed Scholarship
Frances Woodle Fowler and
Foster B. Fowler Jr.
Endowed Scholarship
Cornelia Rickenbacker Freeman
Endowed Scholarship
Freeman Endowed Scholarship for Seniors
Robert E.L. Freeman Endowed Scholarship
Josephine Harvey Gelzer
Endowed Scholarship
Annie Laurie Kennerly George
Endowed Scholarship
Louella Gibson Endowed Scholarship
Gibson Religious Studies
Endowed Scholarship
Robyn Gibson Endowed Scholarship
Smithie Gibson Endowed Scholarship
Betty Mull Gladden Endowed Scholarship
Ludy Godbold Endowed Scholarship
Leon S. Goodall Endowed Scholarship
Anna Goolsby Endowed Scholarship
Gowdy-Friedlander Endowed Scholarship
Lenora Rhame Granade
Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth Stewart Gravely
Endowed Scholarship
Anne Frierson Griffin Endowed Scholarship
Helen Grooms Endowed Scholarship
Arie Black Guess Endowed Scholarship
Melanie Gulledge Endowed Scholarship
Nellie Layton Gwinn Endowed Scholarship
D.J. Haigler Endowed Scholarship
Laura Verenes Hampton
Endowed Scholarship
Hardee-Hill Endowed Scholarship
Anne Turner Harrell Endowed Scholarship
T.J. and Fay Harrelson
Endowed Scholarship
Harris Endowed Scholarship
Daisy Geiger Hawes Endowed Scholarship
Sadie Stackhouse Hawkins
Endowed Scholarship
Belva & M.S. Haynsworth
Endowed Scholarship
W.M. Haynsworth Endowed Scholarship
Minnie Thompson Greene Hearon
Endowed Scholarship
William Randolph Hearst
Endowed Scholarship
Clelia Derrick Hendrix Endowed Scholarship
Mildred Kennerly Hendrix
Endowed Scholarship
John A. and Jennie Cottingham Henry
Endowed Scholarship
Lillie Edens Herndon Endowed Scholarship
Meta McJunkin Hewell Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Robert Raymond and Jewell Powell Hill
Endowed Scholarship
Holler Endowed Scholarship
Holler-Hobbs Endowed Scholarship
Kay Holley Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Martha Danner Horne Endowed Scholarship
E.O. Hudson Sr. Endowed Scholarship
Charles L. Hunley Endowed Scholarship
Jill Fielder Huntley Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth “Buffie” Cross Hutto
Endowed Scholarship
Hannah Salley Ivey Endowed Scholarship
Barbara Ferry Johnson Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Gussie Kennerly Johnson
Endowed Scholarship
Jones-DuRant-Cannon
Endowed Scholarship
Queen Elizabeth Jones Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth and Milton Kennedy
Endowed Scholarship
Kennedy-Hodges-Hauenstein
Endowed Scholarship
Joan Snowden Kennerty
Endowed Scholarship
Lina Barr Kinard Endowed Scholarship
Kneece Endowed Scholarship
Gail Wright Knight Music
Endowed Scholarship
Betty Jordan Knisley Endowed Scholarship
Charlotte Knox Endowed Scholarship
Juddie Chaplin Knox Endowed Scholarship
Mary Lyles Aiken Knox Endowed Scholarship
Rachel Spivey Knox Endowed Scholarship
Mary Lou Kramer Endowed Scholarship
Leah Johnson Lake Endowed Scholarship
Sarah Linda Lake Endowed Scholarship
Lawton-Hodges Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Sibyl Causey Leggett Endowed Scholarship
Lewis-Strachan Endowed Scholarship
Lisa Kennerly Livingston
Endowed Scholarship
Elsie Hough Lopez Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy McColl Lupold Endowed Scholarship
Susan Scott Lynch Endowed Scholarship
Virginia Gee Maddox Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Marilyn Beth Mahoney Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Lula Crider Matthews Endowed Scholarship
Addie and Van McAlister
Endowed Scholarship
Margy Oppenlander McCall
Endowed Scholarship
Nancy Jane McConnell Endowed Scholarship
McCravy-Willson-Patton Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Brenda Pugh McCutchen
Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Murchison McDonald
Endowed Scholarship
Aileen Gramling McGill Endowed Scholarship
Betty Ulmer McGregor ’51 and
Sam Evans McGregor
Endowed Scholarship
Isabel McCleary McKay
Endowed Scholarship
McNair Scholars Program
Hannah Campbell Meadors
Endowed Scholarship
Jefferson Sullivan Meares Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Harrelson Meares Endowed Scholarship
Medlock Sunday School Class
Endowed Scholarship
Donald and Nathalie Mercer
Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Crary Miller Endowed Scholarship
Milliken Endowed Scholarship
Blanche A. and Ralph T. Mirse
Endowed Scholarship
Emil Burns Mitchell and J. Joseph Mitchell
Endowed Scholarship
Peter T. Mitchell Endowed Scholarship
Rebecca P. Mitchell Endowed Scholarship
Stephanie E. Mitchell Endowed Scholarship
Catherine Causey Moore
Endowed Scholarship
Nancy F. Moore Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Colonel Roy C. and Mildred D. Moore
Endowed Scholarship
Carol Hill Mundy Endowed Scholarship
John T. Mundy Endowed Scholarship
Jennifer Mungo Endowed Scholarship
Marlena Lewis Myers Endowed Scholarship
Birdie Suggs Naugher Endowed Scholarship
Sara Elizabeth Neeley
Endowed Scholarship
Omicron Delta Kappa Endowed Scholarship
Overton Endowed Scholarship in honor of
John Pritchett
Marie Vaughn Owings Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Laura Talbert Padgett Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Mamie Beebe Padgett
Endowed Scholarship
Lanny S. Palmer Endowed Scholarship
Parker Endowed Scholarship
Martha Susanne Parker Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Mary Alice Carter Parker
Endowed Scholarship
Pattie Louise Parker/Richardine Parker
Cushman Endowed Scholarship
Partners of the Americas
Endowed Scholarship
Lennis Brown Pearcy Endowed Scholarship
Peele-Ritter Endowed Scholarship
Peterson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Charles G. Pfeiffer Endowed Scholarship
Edna E. Powers Endowed Scholarship
Powers-Lorick-Abrams
Endowed Scholarship
Purcell Endowed Scholarship
Quattlebaum Endowed Scholarship
Ira C. and Miriam N. Redfern
Endowed Scholarship
Anne Kizer Reeves ’63 and
Ruth Anne Reeves O’Cain ’94
Endowed Scholarship
Myrtle Spaugh Reeves
Endowed Scholarship
Lula Crouch Rhinehart
Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Ann Rhodes Endowed Scholarship
Margarette Richards Endowed Scholarship
Holladay Johnston Richardson
Endowed Scholarship
Rickenbacker-Freeman Music
Endowed Scholarship
Kathryn Ann Rivers Endowed Scholarship
Sabrina Robinson Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Paul F. Rodesiler Endowed Scholarship
Rogers Endowed Scholarship
Henry B. Rollins Endowed Scholarship
Mary Chandler Roper Endowed Scholarship
Rush Endowed Scholarship
Erma Kizer Rushton Endowed Scholarship
Nonie Hiott Rutledge Endowed Scholarship
Sansbury Endowed Scholarship
Jerold J. Savory Scholars Program for
Undergraduate Research
and Learning
Adrian Daniel Schmitt Endowed Scholarship
Debra W. Scott Distinguished Educator
Endowed Scholarship
D.L. Scurry Endowed Scholarship
Mary Mayer Senn Endowed Scholarship
Lynn Nevius Sessions Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Aracelis G. Shaw Endowed Scholarship
Agnes Shuler Shealy Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Bird Shearouse Endowed Scholarship
Hattie Hook Shull and Mabel Shull Gantt
Endowed Scholarship
Felicia Sisk Endowed Scholarship
Hannah Whitall Smith Endowed Scholarship
Miriam King Smith Endowed Scholarship
R.H. Smith and Toni White
Endowed Scholarship
Sarah Fore Smith Endowed Scholarship
Smith Sisters Endowed Scholarship
Thelma Witt Smith Endowed Scholarship
Cary Kincaid Smith Jr.
Endowed Scholarship
Martha Meares Smith Endowed Scholarship
R. Wright Spears Endowed Scholarship
E.C. Spivey Endowed Scholarship
Louise Wilson Springs
Endowed Scholarship
William C. and Mary Teal Stackhouse
Endowed Scholarship
Peter G. Steinhauser Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Charlotte Stevenson Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Isabel Ferguson Stone
Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth White Swenson
Endowed Scholarship
James L. Tapp Memorial Endowment
Thompson-Paysinger Endowed Scholarship
Lorene McGuire Tilton
Endowed Scholarship
Carl M. Tucker Jr. Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Martine Joyner Tuller Endowed Scholarship
J.M. Tull Foundation Honors Program
Endowed Scholarship
Debi Turbeville Endowed Scholarship
Lucile Geddings Walker
Endowed Scholarship
Marion Gravely Wallace
Endowed Scholarship
Ellen Turmo Wall ’66 Endowed Scholarship
Ellen Stanley Watkins Endowed Scholarship
Mary Carolyn Tatum Watson
Endowed Scholarship
Maude Kirkland Watts Endowed Scholarship
Carolyn James Weaver
Endowed Scholarship
Bonnie Bethea Weeks
Endowed Scholarship
Susan Wheeler Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Amy Whitaker Endowed Scholarship
Virginia “Ginny” Williamson/Theodore Gray
Offterdinger Jr. Endowed Scholarship
E. Clyburn and Ruth Riddle Wilson
Endowed Scholarship
Helen Addison Wingard
Endowed Scholarship
Winn Endowed Scholarship
Yager Scholarship
Endowed Scholarship
Youmans-Kaufman Endowed Scholarship
General Support
Ella Morris Coleman General Endowment
Faith and Learning Legacy Fund
Spears-Brockwell-Rowden Endowed Fund
Scholarships
in Progress
Helen Jeffords Barham Scholarship
Brooks Family Endowed Scholarship
Sarah Anne Creech Endowed Scholarship
Thomas E. Cuttino Endowed Scholarship
Beverly Williams Daniel Endowed Scholarship
Barbara B. Darden Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth DuRant Endowed Scholarship
Ann M. Fleshman Endowed Scholarship
Gardner-Adkins Endowed Scholarship
Sylvia Gray Endowed Scholarship for
Transfer Students
Hamm Endowed Scholarship
James M. and Barbara Evans Hayes
Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Allen Herbert Endowed Scholarship
Alice F. Hood Endowed Scholarship
Jackson Endowed Scholarship
Jeffords Endowed Scholarship
Dess M. & J. Roy Jones Endowed Scholarship
Judd Endowed Scholarship
Cherry Harvey Kelly Endowed Scholarship
Ann Cassels Laffitte Endowed Scholarship
Vermelle Brearley Long Endowed Scholarship
Catherine Wyman Maner
Endowed Scholarship
Sara L. Mott Endowed Scholarship
Harris Hartwell Parker Jr.
Endowed Scholarship
Payne-Creech Endowed Scholarship
Virginia Wharton Plyler Endowed Scholarship
Ed Shay Endowed Scholarship
Rebecca Glover Swanson
Endowed Scholarship
Mildred Stansell Vaughn
Endowed Scholarship
Richard Ellis Veale Vocal Endowed Scholarship
Theodore H. and Pegilie Price Walter
Endowed Scholarship
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DONORS
DONORS
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) Gerald C. Paysinger
(Virginia Thompson ’39)
Estate of Clara Street Redmond ’24
Mr. and Mrs. (D) Harold B. Risher
(Margarett McNeill ’39)
Mr. and Mrs. William Vandiver Jr.
(Rita Eldridge ’64)
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin K. Younts
(Dollie Isgett ’51)
Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Phillips
(Kay Price ’65)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Eugene B. Ross Jr.
(Lucy Eaddy ’49)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Sansbury Sr.
(Shelby Davis ’64)
SCANA Corporation*
D.L. Scurry Foundation
Miriam King Smith ’44
John Ben Snow Foundation
Springs Close Foundation
The State-Record Foundation
Estate of Foy Stevenson
Sutton Construction Company Inc.
Estate of Elizabeth White Swenson ’33
Estate of Paula Tabler
Wachovia Bank of South Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Wall
(Ellen Turmo ’66)
Mr. and Mrs. G. Larry Wilson
Helen Addison Wingard ’35 (D)
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Yarborough
(Claire Wilson ’67)
Eva Davis York ’34 (D)
Legacy Society
$100,000-$249,999
Heritage Society
$50,000-$99,999
Lifetime Giving Societies
Columbia
College
Donors
Individuals and organizations recognized in
a Lifetime Giving Society have made gifts of
$50,000 or more over their lifetime. Due to
the loss of gift records during the 1964 fire,
it is possible that we have omitted someone.
If so, please call 1.866.456.2527 or e-mail
advancement@columbiasc.edu.
1854 Society
$1 Million and Above
Estate of J. Barnwell and Mary Blair Allison
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Allen K. (D) and Johnnie Cordell Breed
Mr. and Mrs. N. Everette Kneece
(Martha Smith ’55)
The Kresge Foundation
Robert J. Maxwell Jr. (D)
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Mr. (D) and Mrs. R. Roy Pearce
Leonard L. Price
South Carolina Conference of
the United Methodist Church
South Carolina Independent
Colleges and Universities
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Carl M. Tucker Jr.
(Alawee Gibson ’39)
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc.
Old Main Society
$500,000-$999,999
Joe R. Blanchard
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Estate of Homozel Mickel Daniel
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Robert E. L. Freeman
(Cornelia Rickenbacker ’33)
Annie Laurie Kennerly George ’33
Estate of Sarah Emma Ham
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) Marion A. Knox Sr.
National Science Foundation
Estate of Juanita Neeley ’26
Dr. Cynthia W. Nord
The J. E. Reeves Foundation
Sodexo Management Services
Cornerstone
Society
$250,000-$499,999
AT&T
Bank of America
BellSouth Foundation
Harriet Gray Blackwell ’18 (D)
Mary Adams Brown (D)
Harriott H. Faucette
First Citizens Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Leon S. Goodall Jr.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Marion A. Knox Jr.
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Thomas P. Knox Jr.
Lipscomb Family Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. (D) Guy F. Lipscomb Jr.
John T. Mundy (D)
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Belin Trust Fund
Belk-Hudson Group of Orangeburg
William N. Bobo (D)
Cary C. Boshamer Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Brooks
(Jane Castles ’58)
Barbara Knox Cobb
Coca-Cola Foundation
Colonial Life and Accident
Insurance Company/UNUM
Continental American Insurance Company
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Rowan D. Crews Sr.
(Louise Springs ’42)
Ginger L. Crocker ’73
Katherine Goodall Crosthwaite ’82
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy L. Davis
(Ellen Claussen ’72)
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Fant Jr.
First Citizens Bank
Estate of Catherine M. Fleming (D)
Ford Foundation
Estate of Mabel Shull Gantt ’38
David C. Goodall
W. J. Greer (D)
Dr. Ambrose G. Hampton Jr. (D)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. T. J. Harrelson Jr.
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Inc.
Jennie Cottingham Henry ’28 (D)
Estate of Kay Holley
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) E.O. Hudson Sr.
E.O. Hudson Jr.
Nancy Cummings Humphries ’72
Dr. (D) and Mrs. (D) W. David Johnson
The Knoll Foundation
Charlotte Clack Knox
Sibyl Causey Leggett ’50 (D)
Albert D. McAlister
Caroline McIntyre Meredith ’53
Estate of Ruth Crary Miller ’18
Estate of Ruth Emmala Miller ’72
Milliken and Company*
Janie Farmer Myers ’37 (D)
Mr. and Mrs. (D) William H. Orders
Susan Darby Pearce ’86
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Josephine B. Abney
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Anderson Jr.
Baker and Baker Real Estate Developers
Anne Beebe ’50 (D)
Belk Foundation
Sybil Shaffer Blackstone ’28 (D)
E. T. Bowen (D)
Branch Bank & Trust
Estate of Elizabeth Mixon Brockington ’47
Brooks Brown III
Betty L. Bruner
J. Robert Burnett (D)
Cato Corporation
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated
William B. Cockroft Forum for
Free Enterprise
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colvin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Arlen Cotter
(Janet Alexander ’56)
Estate of Etolia McDonald Culler
Richardine Parker Cushman ’29 (D)
Daniel-Mickel Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Daniels Sr.
(Cameron Greer ’61)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) Thomas W. Dunaway Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dunbar III
(Jane Coker (H))
Fluor Daniel Inc.
Foundation for the Carolinas
Reverend and Mrs. Foster B. Fowler Jr.
(Frances Woodle ’48)
Nancy Hamm Gause ’87
Smithie Gibson ’45
Dr. Wil Lou Gray 1903 (D)
Gregg-Graniteville Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. (D) H. Gardner Hendrix
(Clelia Derrick ’41)
Estate of Betty Weber Holz ’40 (D)
Asbury L. Hudson
Arthur L. Humphries (D)
Institute for Educational Inquiry
Janirve Foundation
Mary Alice Jones ’45
Kaplan School Supply Corporation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Kraft Foods Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Lauchlan McKay
(Dianne Smith ’74)
Mildred Duvall Moore (D)
National Bank of South Carolina
Nord Family Foundation
Orders Distributing Company Inc.
Palmetto Richland Medical Center
Becky Rush Park ’45 (D)
Fred H. Parker (D)
Mary Alice Carter Parker ’45 (D)
Sara J. Pendarvis ’37 (D)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) Keitt Purcell
Mary Chandler Roper ’30 (D)
Dr. Linda B. Salane
Mr. and Mrs. E. Lea Salter
(Ann Buckwalter ’55)
South Carolina Bank and Trust
South Carolina United Methodist
Foundation
Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company
T. B. Stackhouse (D)
Donald G. Stark
Lalla Stevenson ’24 (D)
Ida Crawford Stewart
Mr. (D) and Mrs. E. Randolph Stone
(Joanna Batson ’47)
Kathryn Bruner Stone ’80
Dorothy Derrick Thomas ’35 (D)
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Townsend
(Jane George ’57)
United Methodist Higher Education Foundation
United Way of the Midlands
Voridian/Carolina Eastman Chemical Company
Mr. R.H. Smith (D) and Reverend Toni L. White
Elizabeth Wilson and
Ruth Riddle Wilson ’16 (D)
R. Wright Spears
Heritage Society
The R. Wright Spears Heritage Society
recognizes individuals who support Columbia
College with $25,000 or more through will
provisions, trusts or assignment of assets.
Please let the College know if your future
planning allows for your membership in this
society.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Adkins Jr.
(Katherine “Kit” Gardner ’67)
Dr. M. Donald Alexander Jr.
Anonymous
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Joe B. Asbill
Elizabeth Mixon Brockington ’47 (D)
Mary Ann Spears Brockwell ’59
Reverend and Mrs. DeArmond E. Canaday
Judy Jones Cannon ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Jack V. Caughman
(Dorothy Rhinehart ’46)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Clifford E. Hill
(Marie Locker (H))
Dr. Beverly Williams Daniel ’74
Claire “Doadie” Evans ’68
Dr. Vivia Lawton Fowler ’76
Brenda A. Greene (H)
Arie Black Guess ’49
Mr. and Mrs. J. Luke Hause
(Edith Collins ’56)
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hayes Jr.
(Barbara Evans ’60)
Lu Ann Godbold Haywood ’58
Asbury L. Hudson
Connie Kay Bannister Hughes ’60
Aliene Shields Humphries ’68
Jane Douglass Manning Hyatt ’65
Rose Emily Jackson ’81
Marion A. Knox Sr. (D)
Frances Herbert LaRoche ’62
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Stanley V. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Liles
(Jo Ann Rainey ’61)
The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. David A.
Long III (Vermelle Brearley ’59)
Lina Mae Smith Loomis ’38
Dr. Annette Williams Lynn ’75
Sarah Blackstone Marut ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. McAlhaney
(Ethel Jones ’48)
Albert D. McAlister
Brenda Pugh McCutchen ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. McGregor
(Betty Ulmer ’51)
Dianne Smith McKay ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McNair
(Janice Suber ’59)
Dr. and Mrs. Peter T. Mitchell
Reverend Diane A. Moseley ’67
Marlena Redfern Myers ’64
Dr. Sandra Robertson O’Neal (H)
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Owen
(Sandra Cooper ’66)
Mary Leslie Hudson Parsons ’72
Liz Johnston Patterson ’61
Adelyn Grant Price ’53
Patricia Marut Reagin
(Lucy Eaddy ’49)
Alice Anne Springs Scarborough ’49
Priscilla “Cissie” Scoggin ’85
Drs. Steven J. (D) and
Aracelis G. (D) Shaw
Felicia Sisk ’48
Marilyn Hutto Smith ’61
Reverend R. Wright Spears
Carol Stackhouse ’74
Drs. Donald A. (D) and Rebecca Glover
Swanson (Rebecca Glover ’57)
Mr. Glenn Tucker
Mr. (D) and Mrs. John Van Deusen
(Linda Marie ’83)
Reverend and Mrs. Theodore H. Walter
Caroline N. Watson ’82
Elizabeth Owen Westveer ’87
Kathy Wheale ’69
Founders Society
The Founders Society includes those
individuals who have established a
testamentary gift of any size to benefit the
College in the future.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Ackerman
(May Morgan ’57)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Adkins Jr.
(Katherine “Kit” Gardner ’67)
Dr. M. Donald Alexander Jr.
Dorothy R. Allen ’01
J. Barnwell (D) and Mary Blair Allison (D)
Anonymous
Belva Haynsworth Ariail ’25 (D)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Joe B. Asbill
Annie Laurie Bell Atkinson ’34
Jan Oldham Ayers ’74
Laura Mabry Ballenger ’79
Edna Lloyd Ott Bonnette ’35 (D)
Billie Ann Hardee Booth ’69
S. Wyman Boozer (D)
Edmond T. Borders (D)
Ruth Pendarvis Borders ’36 (D)
Dr. James G. Bouknight
Resel Gosnell Bourne ’69
Annette Henderson Brewer (D)
Joni Miller Brock ’78
Elizabeth Mixon Brockington ’47 (D)
Mary Ann Spears Brockwell ’59
Carol Fanning Brown ’39 (D)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) W. C. Buchanan
Louise Rowland Burns ’69
Julius Campbell (D)
Mary Rollins Cann ’67
Judy Jones Cannon ’74
Reverend George R. Cannon (D)
William J. Castine (D)
Mr. and Mrs. Jack V. Caughman
(Dorothy Rhinehart ’46)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Clifford E. Hill
(Marie Locker (H))
Anne Maner Clardy ’62
Robert D. Coleman Jr. (D)
Elizabeth McLaurin Cooke ’47 (D)
Tumpy Payne Creech ’56
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Rowan D. Crews Sr.
Pamelia Sale Cromer ’52
Etolia McDonald Culler (D)
Richardine Parker Cushman ’29 (D)
Dr. Thomas E. Cuttino
Dr. Beverly Williams Daniel ’74
Homozel Mickel Daniel (D)
Archie S. Dargan
Sarah M. Dawsey
Margaret “Peggy” Zeigler Dodds (H)
JoDee Douda ’93
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D)
Thomas W. Dunaway Jr.
Annie Whetstone Dunivant ’30 (D)
Mr. and Mrs. William DuRant
(Linda Jones ’68)
James Gayley Edens (D)
Dolores Russell Ellis ’87 (D)
Iris Redfern Emery ’84 (D)
Mr. and Mrs. Gene B. Epting
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Estes
(Josie Whigham ’82)
Claire “Doadie” Evans ’68
Ellen C. Fagan ’76
Kathleen Sellers Faulk ’25 (D)
Kathleen Kelley Fish ’64
Reverend Robert E. Fisher (D)
Betty M. Fitts ’45
Catherine M. Fleming (D)
Dresden Smith Floyd ’85
Rebecca Ricks Floyd ’74
Dr. Vivia Lawton Fowler ’76
Cornelia Rickenbacker Freeman ’33
Janice Rauton Gamble ’86
Mabel Shull Gantt ’38 (D)
Dr. and Mrs. Darrell H. Garber
Beverly Williamson Gibbons ’62
Natalie Robelot Gibson ’69
Rosa Ulsh Good ’54
Carol Ann Flowers Green ’54
Arie Black Guess ’49
Sarah Emma Ham (D)
Joe Hardin (D)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. T. J. Harrelson Jr.
Mary “Brucie” Cloaninger Harry ’62
Dr. Jill Hauenstein ’70
Mr. and Mrs. J. Luke Hause
(Edith Collins ’56)
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hayes Jr.
(Barbara Evans ’60)
Lu Ann Godbold Haywood ’58
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Heeseman III
(Elizabeth Tyson ’89)
Jennie Cottingham Henry ’28 (D)
Ann Hatchett Herlong-Bodman ’53
Jane Dawkins Hicklin ’72
Clifford E. Hill (D)
Lula Hardee Hill ’35 (D)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hill Sr.
(Jewell Powell ’60)
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
John E. (D) and Annie Martha Spell Hills ’39
Kay Holley (D)
Betty Weber Holz ’40 (D)
Evelyn Harden Hook ’43 (D)
Sam S. Hook
Sandra Hawk Hook ’90
Asbury L. Hudson
Connie Kay Bannister Hughes ’60
Aliene Shields Humphries ’68
Betsy Shealy Humphries ’55
Jane Douglass Manning Hyatt ’65
Patricia A. Jackson ’83
Rose Emily Jackson ’81
Mary Colclough Jeffords ’34 (D)
Alison Moody Johnson ’87
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Dan S. Judd
Flora Kennedy ’65
Marion A. Knox Sr. (D)
Newell “Mitzi” Smith Langdale ’41 (D)
Frances Herbert LaRoche ’62
Mary Eloise Haigler Leake ’67
Margie Y. Leaman
Wannelle Witt Lefkowitz ’70
Mr. (D) and Mrs. Stanley V. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Liles (Jo Ann Rainey ’61)
Frankie Fennell Limehouse ’62
The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. David A. Long III
(Vermelle Brearley ’59)
Lina Mae Smith Loomis ’38
Dr. Annette Williams Lynn ’75
Sarah Blackstone Marut ’63
Annette Hill Matthews ’55
Lula Crider Matthews ’27 (D)
Robert J. Maxwell Jr. (D)
Reverend (D) and Mrs. Harry R. Mays
(Ethel Jones ’48)
Albert D. McAlister
Brenda Pugh McCutchen ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. McGregor
(Betty Ulmer ’51)
Dianne Smith McKay ’74
Annette Brandenburg Meachum ’65
Hazel Myers Melia ’38 (D)
Anne Nichols Miller ’86
Ruth Crary Miller ’18 (D)
Ruth Emmala Miller ’72 (D)
Elizabeth Clyburn Minus ’62
Dr. (D) and Mrs. Ralph T. Mirse
(Blanche A. Mirse (H))
Emily Stone Mitchell ’44
J. Joseph Mitchell Jr.
Mildred Duvall Moore (D)
Sarah Risher Moore ’39
Dr. and Mrs. Ted R. Morton Jr.
(Henrietta Rosson ’54)
Reverend Diane A. Moseley ’67
Dr. Sara L. Mott
John T. Mundy (D)
Elizabeth Rickenbaker Myers ’38 (D)
Marlena Redfern Myers ’64
Marilynda M. Nease ’76
Juanita Neeley (D)
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Donors
Donors
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Owen
(Sandra Cooper ’66)
Cornelia Whisenhunt Pannell ’60
Mary Leslie Hudson Parsons ’72
Liz Johnston Patterson ’61
Virginia Thompson Paysinger ’39 (D)
Susan Darby Pearce ’86
Rebecca Duffie Penland ’86
Ethel Cayce Pettigrew ’74
Jane Clifton Pfaffenberger ’64
Virginia Wharton Plyler ’35 (D)
Adelyn Grant Price ’53
Gloria Grainger Quick ’69
Patricia Marut Reagin
Clara Street Redmond ’24 (D)
Gayle A. Reynolds ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T. Reynolds
(Doris Rawl ’48)
Frances F. Rhame ’45
Jerry and Mary Ann Rhodes (D)
Mr. and Mrs. (D) Harold B. Risher
(Margarett McNeill ’39)
Dr. and Mrs. C. Ford Rivers
Clara Marshall Rogers ’69
Maro Kouyoumjian Rogers ’56
Annie Roseborough (D)
(Lucy Eaddy ’49)
Mary Cobb Ruff ’70 (D)
Cynthia English Rusher ’63
Dr. Jerold J. Savory (D)
Alice Anne Springs Scarborough ’49
Priscilla “Cissie” Scoggin ’85
Drs. Steven J. (D) and
Aracelis G. (D) Shaw
Agnes Shuler Shealy ’51
Mr. (D) and Mrs. (D) Marshall A. Shearouse
James H. Sikes
Felicia Sisk ’48
Marilyn Hutto Smith ’61
Carol Stackhouse ’74
Foy Stevenson (D)
Lalla Stevenson ’24 (D)
Frances Cole Stokes ’60
Drs. Donald A. (D) and Rebecca Glover
Swanson (Rebecca Glover ’57)
Elizabeth White Swenson ’33 (D)
Paula Tabler (D)
Mitchell Hardee Taylor ’36 (D)
Holcombe H. Thomas (D)
Mr. Glenn Tucker
Nell Turbeville ’36 (D)
Mr. (D) and Mrs. John Van Deusen
(Linda Marie ’83)
Dee Vaughan ’78
Robert G. Waites
Lillian Fair Wall ’28 (D)
Reverend and Mrs. Theodore H. Walter
Virginia N. Wannamaker (D)
Margaret Sowell Waters ’36 (D)
Caroline N. Watson ’82
Carolyn James Weaver ’59
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Ellen Corley Wecker ’73
Helen E. Weed (H)
Joanne T. Wells ’56
Andrea Lee Jerome West ’84
Elizabeth Owen Westveer ’87
Kathy Wheale ’69
Patricia “Patsy” Cave Whitaker ’55
Reverend Toni L. White
Joyce Amick Whitener ’61
Ann Gilchrist Whitmire ’55
Jeanette Dobson Wood ’66
Christine Hamilton Wylie ’86
Eva Davis York ’34 (D)
Dollie Isgett Younts ’51
Corporations
(*Matching Gift Foundation)
Board of Trustees
Quay W. Adams
Jim B. Apple
Lee C. Bines
Joe R. Blanchard
Johnnie Cordell Breed
Mary M. Cantando ’85
Ellen Claussen Davis ’72
Jean Ellen Duke
Susan Henry-Crowe
Nancy Cummings Humphries ’72
Marion “Lex” Knox Jr.
Annette Williams Lynn ’75
James C. Meadors
Leonard L. Price
Jeff H. Selig
Carol Rich Storey ’68
Mary Virginia Taylor
Rita Eldridge Vandiver ’64
Marguerite Willis
Larry Wilson
Patricia “Pat” Stone Wood ’64
Board of Visitors
Robert “Bob“ K. Ackerman
Mollie Bame
Marcia D. Benson
Charlotte L. Berry
Betty L. Bruner
Joe E. Burns
Katherine Goodall Crosthwaite ’82
E. Anne Gillespie ’73
Elizabeth Gressette ’70
Delores D. Gulledge
Becky Hines Hendrix ’68
Jack S. Hupp
Cile Purcell Hursey ’76
Rita M. McKinney
Betty Spires McWhorter ’80
Emily Raby Metzger ’83
Marsha Steele Moore ’70
Lynn Stokes Murray ’83
Kay Price Phillips ‘65
Elizabeth “Libby” Monts Rauch ’62
Clary E. Rawl
Rebecca “Becky” Joyner Shirley ’84
Cary K. Smith
Laurel Moxon Suggs
Reverend Toni L. White
American Concrete
Anchor Lanes
Andrews Auto Service Inc.
AT&T
AT&T Matching Gifts Program*
Bank of America*
BB&T/Boyle-Vaughan Insurance
Blanchard and Calhoun
Insurance Agency Inc.
Blanchard Machinery Company
Blue Marlin
Bonitz Contracting Company Inc.
Robert Burns Society of the Midlands
Capitol Communications Inc.
Carolina Ceramics Brick Company
Alec H. Chaplin Company
Charity Checks
Cici’s Pizza
CMC Steel South Carolina
Comtura Inc.
Contract Construction Inc.
Embryon Inc./Procter and Gamble
Fast Fabricators LLC
First Citizens Bank
Follett Higher Education Group
Fuller, Frost, and Associates
Goodwin Automall
Guy Carpenter & Company*
H.C.S. Communication Services
Harrison Electrical Inc.
Lewis S. Horton Attorney at Law
Robert W. Hughes & Associates P.C.
IBM Corporation*
The Jenzabar Foundation
K.D.’s Treehouse
M.B. Kahn Construction Company Inc.
King Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc.
Kyle and Company P.C.
Maner Builders Supply Co.
Marsh & McLennan-Matching Gift Program*
M.B. Kahn Foundation Inc.
McNair Law Firm PA
Meadors Construction Corporation
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative Inc.
Milliken and Company*
Moore Orthopaedic Clinic PA
Mushi Mushi Hibachi Grill and Sushi Bar
National Bank of South Carolina
Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough
OCCO Skin Studio
The Open Hearth
Palmetto Health
Portable Services Inc.
Progress Energy*
The Rackes Group LLC
Radisson Hotel Columbia &
Conference Center
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Division of Motor Vehicles
Riley, Pope, & Laney LLC
RogersCasey
Sandhills School
SCANA Corporation*
SDM & Associates
Sodexo Management Services
South Carolina Bank and Trust
Southern Mutual Church
Insurance Company
Sox Well & Pump Company Inc.
Spirax Sarco Inc.
State Farm Companies Foundation*
Sumter Board of Realtors
SunTrust Mid-Atlantic*
Sutton Construction Company Inc.
Taylor Agency Insurance
Three Girls Enterprises Inc.
Tipperary Sales Inc.
Transcor Travel
Triad Specialties Inc.
Turner Padget Graham and Laney
Two Monkeys Graphic Design
Voridian/Carolina Eastman
Chemical Company
Walton Press Inc.
Welvista Inc.
The Wild Hare
The Law Office of Michael Witherspoon P.A
Foundations
(*Matching Gift Foundation)
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Mary Elizabeth Avinger
Charitable Foundation
AXA Foundation*
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation*
Brooks Family Foundation
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Community Foundation of
Greater Greenville
The Cotter Family Fund through Central
Carolina Community Foundation
Delta Airlines Foundation*
Duke Energy Foundation*
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
First Citizens Foundation
The Fluor Foundation*
Foundation for the Carolinas
Lipscomb Family Foundation Inc.
Loews Foundation Matching Grants Program*
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
New Morning Foundation
Harold B. Risher Foundation
D.L. Scurry Foundation
Self Family Foundation
Sonoco Foundation*
South Carolina United Methodist Foundation
Travelers Foundation Matching Gift Program*
UnumProvident Corporation Foundation*
Wachovia Foundation*
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc.
The John and Margaret Woods Fund
of the Foundation for the
Tri-State Community Inc.
ALUMNAE DONORS
Class of 1930
Julia Crider Garris
Class of 1933
Cornelia Rickenbacker Freeman
Annie Laurie Kennerly George
Class of 1934
Annie Laurie Bell Atkinson
Maude Smoak Rice
Class of 1935
Lucinda Bethea Bostick
Dorothy Derrick Thomas (D)
Class of 1936
Edith Rhoad Boyd
Augusta McDonald Ellsworth
Class of 1937
Florence Manning Bethea
Class of 1938
Mary Louise Romanstine Grant (D)
Lina Mae Smith Loomis
Eva Davis Stewart
Mary McLeod Tyler
Class of 1939
Jackie Spann Hewitt
Annie Martha Spell Hills
Virginia Derrick McCormack (D)
Mary Lou Reynolds
Alawee Gibson Tucker
Class of 1940
Sarah Lee Vaughan Abercrombie
Beth Smith Gilleland
Ann Ledbetter Green
Nellie Cross Stone Williams
Class of 1941
Marie Still Buist
Betty Kellett Goewey
Meredith Meng Ham
Clelia Derrick Hendrix (D)
Jackie Hodges Johnson
Inez Mitchum
Doris Felder Rogers
Mary McIntyre Rogers
Neila Riley Whitlock
Class of 1942
Evelyn Wall Bettis
Louise Springs Crews
Faye Wolfe Fruit
Emily Cribb Moise
Agnes Burgess Owings
Julia Paysinger Putnam
Carolyn Carns Riley
Lellan Jumper Smith
Class of 1943
Sara Avant Erexson
Sara Gillespie Neeley
Nell Williams Overton
Sara Fridy Purser (D)
Sophie Shuler Varn
Class of 1944
Nancy Shirley Cary
Emily Rush Davis
Dorothy Butler Fuller
Mildred Kennerly Hendrix
Emily Stone Mitchell
Beneva Black Ouzts
Hilda Putnam Stapleton
Edith Parker Vincent
Class of 1945
Rosalie Lucas Brown
Roselle Smith Byorick
Betty M. Fitts
Iris Corbin Gary
Smithie Gibson
Elizabeth Fitch Green
Ruth S. Green
June Kennedy Higgons
Sallie Brailsford Kiser
Elizabeth Wiggins McDonald
Rae Morris McDuffie
Marinelle Fridy Peery
Thelma Rast
Daisy Ritter Rippy
Dorothy McLeod Stucke
Betty Gibson Trotter
Louise Dial Tucker
Ethel Jones McAlhaney
Lieze Connor McDaniel
Mazine Myers Mixon
Ruth White Nettles
Sara Bruner Psillos
Grace Lee Mason Quillian
Doris Rawl Reynolds
Betty Inman Sanders
Alma Easterling Savedge
Ila “Jolly” Scott
Felicia Sisk
JuAnne Kennedy Weeks
Class of 1946
Class of 1949
Ann Murph Barry
Rose Connor Blackstone
Idella Fallaw Bodie
Dorothy Corbin Bonnette
Dorothy Rhinehart Caughman
Mary Allen Cummings
Mary Lou Nelson Evans
Constance Wilson Fowke
Louise Thomason Hodges
Anne McLane Hough
Anne Galloway Hubbard
Sara Cauthen Lever
Lois Redford Parrott
Dot Ott Plummer
Marguerite Crosby Smith
Edna McMillan Todd
Class of 1947
Kathryn Wise Baxley
Rachel Creel Benton
Alma White Braaten
Frances Huggins Bradham
Estate of Elizabeth Mixon Brockington (D)
Margie Crum Dean
Juana Davis Gamble
Jean Ward Haynsworth
Marilyn Fox Hightower
Patricia Steadman Hill
Billie Wannamaker Johnson
Evelyn Guyton Johnson
Ann Cassels Laffitte
Grace Lybrand
Margaret Bishop Murray
Dorothy Coleman Parler
Jenny Inabinet Pierce
Hazel Gardner Puyet
Pauline Jackson Shuler
Martha Meares Smith
Mary Catherine Merritt Smith
Joanna Batson Stone
Devon White Turner
Lillian Williams Watson
Carolyn R. White
Jean Dawsey White
Julia Moorer Williams
Class of 1948
Frances Jenkins Atkinson
Miriam McDonald Childress
Mary Jordan Crouch
Frances Woodle Fowler
Louise Barber Fulmer
Lois Watts-Harper Vaught
Dorothy “Dot” Gilmore Holder
Sarah Harvin Keels
Emily McKenzie King
Estelle Ohlandt Lassiter
Margaret Ariail Lawson
Anna Shuler Bynum
Betty Barnes Clegg-Taylor
Virginia Prince Clemons
Barbara Dennis Corley
Ferrell Gibbons Crowley
Annette Bodie Crumley
Bess Brown Duke
Elizabeth Weaver Gosnell
Arie Black Guess
Eugenia Crosby Hiers
Nelle Rast Inabinet
Roberta Simmons Josey
Joan Snowden Kennerty
Anne Gibson Lavender
Helen Creager Muhlbach
Marjorie “Margie” Faucett Patterson
Elizabeth Koon Timmerman
Frances Wilhelm Weant
Mae Carolyn Bishop Weathers
Martha Jenkins Williamson
Class of 1950
Martha Burnette Ballentine
Nancy Miller Bartlett
Jeanette Edwards Coward
Edwina “Wina” Garrett Crane
Mary Dee Tyler Cribb
Elizabeth “Tootsie” DuRant
Mary Freeman Ferrell
Martha McGee Goodwin
Sara McCall Goza
Janette Furman Hamilton
Willise Still Keel
Jo Ann Kearse Kennedy
Lorraine Burke Marchione
Alice Edens Newman
Mary “Molly” Cooley Raines
Mary Beth Moore Sjoberg
Ethel Ann Laney Streater
Anita Huntley Swygert
Carolyn Moody Thomas
Betty Ann Brown Truesdale
Kathryn Rast Williams
Anita B. Wright
Class of 1951
E. Louise Turner Atherton
Elizabeth Hunley Barrett
Sarah Wise Benbow
Wilma Sompayrac Blackmon
Emaline Kennerly Brown
Nell Jumper Cooke
Annette Derrick
Dorothy Rast Epps
Anne Smith Gattis
Jacquelyn Ginn Holley
Lindy Griffith Hutchison
Carolyn “Sissie” Snow McAlister
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
Betty Ulmer McGregor
Agnes Heriot Montgomery
Jane McIntyre Neely
Anne Reynolds Stewart
Sylvia Best Sykes
Barbara Pearson Varn
Stella Wallace
Betty Kearse Wells
Bernice Goodwin Williamson
Dollie Isgett Younts
Class of 1952
Janet Sloan Albers
Edith Edens Baker
Beverly Bryan Baxley
Mary Polk Bryant
Rose McCutchen Landrum
Jean Black Langston
Suzanne Rhem Mason
Molly Adams McColman
Trudie Hipp Nichols
Ruby E. Nolan
Shirley Wells Teaster
Lucy McDaniel Woodruff
Class of 1953
Elizabeth Ulmer Brandenburg
Elizabeth “Betty” Haigler Keisler
Betty Sue Jones Gibbons
Betty Youmans Greene
Loubie Whitaker Harrington
Anne Barrington Hynds
Mary Huggins James
Mary Anne Easterling Jones
Carolyn Williamson Lemmon
Caroline McIntyre Meredith
Barbara Loadholt Mirmow
Susan Reaves Mitchell
Lanny Sullivan Palmer
Belle Drake Perrow
Adelyn Grant Price
Marilyn Camlin Shokes
Betty Sheriff Sutton
Louise O’Tuel Warren
Mary Carolyn Tatum Watson
Mary Walden Wellons
Class of 1954
Laura Harrison Adams
Betty Frierson Dawkins
Rosa Ulsh Good
Carol Flowers Green
Motte Gresham Grey
Sue Hammond Hance
Charlotte Brashier Knight
Gloria Pearson Lynn
Woodley Shingler McEachern
Henrietta Rosson Morton
Betty Jones Moyer
Charlotte Finklea Munn
Betsy Peavy Murdock
Barbara Best Shelley
Margaret “Meg” Williamson Waugh
Elizabeth Cross Willis
Class of 1955
Eleanor Ligon Mimms Ashmore
Mary Speaks Audet
Louise Collins Ballew
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Donors
Donors
Jane Herlong Blume
Helen Banks Bruner
Anne Spears Caldwell
Kathryn Verdery Cannon
Virginia Ann Poston Chinnes
Drucie Connelly Eaddy
Jerolyn Dennis Fanning
Dixie Burch Godwin
Grace Nolan Henderson
Peggy Hall Hughes
Joan Marsh Jowers
Betty Britt Kidd
Rose Martin King
Jackie Littlefield Kinsey
Elaine Horton Littlejohn
Geraldine Halford Palmer
Betty Fowler Pearson
Hattie Mae Best Polk
Ann Buckwalter Salter
Sarah Blakely Skenes
Sylvia Felder Smith
Gloria Timmons Stover
Patricia “Patsy” Cave Whitaker
Ann Gilchrist Whitmire
Pauline “Polly” Jackson Williams
Class of 1956
Judith Wilder Allen
Joan Ramsey Bailey
Mary Alice Floyd Cox
Sara Breeden
Martha Peterson Coble
Janet Alexander Cotter
Tumpy Payne Creech
Camille Eadon Daniel
Betty Tune Davison
Helen Hall Fridy
Patricia Cooper Gentry
Libby Evans Green
Carolyn Bayne Hamby
Edith Collins Hause
Judith Banks Holford
Mary Lou Patrick Hord
Ann Utsey Howard
Rae McIntyre Hunter
Novyce Carter King
Mary Floyd Lindley
Joyce Hart Mann
Betty “Bet” Jones Martin
Katherine Hicklin McClam
Anne Solomons McFarland
Katherine Alexander Mims
Mary Ann Reeves Phillips
Dixie Jordan Potts
Betsy Ann Rae
Sarah Jett Robinson
Maro Kouyoumjian Rogers
Ann DuRant Sipos
Nell DuBose Sprott
Loretta Darr Stephenson
Janet Byrd Thigpen
Joanne Wells
Helen Millender Whetstone
Hamlin McBee Withington
Joan Byrd Woolard
Pal Crenshaw Wrenn
Joan Vaughan Young
Class of 1957
May Morgan Ackerman
Betty Rose Billings Aiken
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Class of 1959
Norma Silliman Andrews
Aloha Baker Broome
Betty Jane Young Brown
Henrietta Meachum Cannon
Carolyn Eleazer Clamp
Patricia Mozley Evans
Betty A. Floyd
Carroll Bennett Godwin
Mary Ida Chaplin Hall
Anne Turner Harrell
Harriet Lancaster Hutto
Mary Lou Dickey Johnston
Anne Harrelson Kelly
Barbara Brown Lyerly
Ruth Hills Mallard
Minnie Miller McMillan
Dorothy George Mould
Anne Newsome Oswald
Shirley Huckabee Patterson
Carolyn Threatt Plyler
Margaret Eadon Robertson
Winifred Hanna Spears
Barbara Courtney Thomas
Jane George Townsend
Nancy Chastain West
Es’Dorn Harvey Westbrook
Gladys Ruff Wood
Carole Leigh Kafer Zimmerman
Class of 1958
Annette Crouch Beale
Sandra Ezell Bridges
Jane Castles Brooks
Anne Neill Caughman Campbell
Betty Lee George Chandler
Betty Anne Cribbs
Elizabeth Holman Davis
Ann Gasque Depta
Sylvia Anne Turner Derrick
Corinne “Dolly” Durham Friday
Donna Dantzler Fuller
Ruth Nealy Garrison
Louise Cartrette Goodwin
Betty Lane Cherry Gramling
Jo Carolyn Hammond
Lu Ann Godbold Haywood
Varena Fulmer Henry
Marion Orcutt Hubbard
Amy Timbes Jenkins
Norma Richardson Johnson
Dorothy Rivers King
Anne Moore Lee
Jackie Ulmer Martin
Anne Brewer Mattox
Nancy Perrow McDuffie
Amelia Campbell McGaha
Katherine “Kitty” Brasington McIntosh
Mary Lowe Morris
Jo Anne Nichols
Susan Culclasure Parker
Jewel Connelly Pearcy
Ann Morton Pitt
Dorothy Glover Prior
Delores Spell Reeves
Mary Ward Rentz
Patricia White Rouse
Betty Harrop Salmond
Ruth Gordon Steffen
Martha Jo Barnes Wilson
Ann Kay Hilton Wohlgemuth
Anonymous
Julia Gaddy Alsbrooks
Jennifer E. Atkinson
Nancy Franklin Bailey
Virginia Cottingham Baucom
June Price Breland
Nancy Goodwin Breland
Mary Ann Spears Brockwell
Peggy Holland Bryson
Frances Thomas Butt
Ann Thrailkill Cannon
Rene Bradley Cary
Eleanor Ridgeway Chamberlin
MaryAnn Smith Crews
R. June Bailey Davis
Julia Helen Garris
Josephine Weatherford Gault
Sarah Calhoun Gillespie
Ann Kemp Gregg
Betty Davis Griffith
Llewellyn Hiott Hames
Barbara Byrd Hammett
Lucy Boozer Harward
Becky Risher Jenkins
Patricia Spell Johnson
Kay Rogers Jordan
Marlene DeLoach Lamar
Betty Lewis Lathem
Gail Middleton Leaird
Marilyn Hardwick Long
Vermelle Brearley Long
Peggy James McClure
Janice Suber McNair
Rae Bundrick Miles
Maxine Harley Mizell
Marilyn “Elaine” Hucks Moulton
Lucy Lorick Powers
Edith M. Smoak
Shelby Watford Smoak
Beverly “Becky” Riley Ulmer
Unita “Skipper” Mikell Usher
Carolyn James Weaver
Mary Jo Breeland Wilson
Margaret Best Woods
Class of 1960
Harriet Reeves Baughman
Nancy McKinnon Bell
Elizabeth Banks Bird
Carol Ballentine Black
Eddie Boatwright
Angela Vereen Bruce
BettyJo Marsh Carson
Cecilia Anderson Caton
Jennie Thomas Childress
Beverly Murray Cooper
Eve Blackwell Cousar
Lucinda Edwards Daniels
Janet Shuler Delk
Delores Buddin Derrick
Claudia Cooper DuBose
Mary Watson Duffie
Martha Davis Ellerbe
DeAnn Teaster Evans
Mary Jordan “Mary Jo” Newton Ferguson
Jane Livingston Flake
Nancy Sloan Goodman
Belva Finklea Greene
Dian Shaylor Hammett
Barbara Evans Hayes
Jewell Powell Hill
Connie Kay Bannister Hughes
Virginia Shives Johnson
Emily Dinkins Kannon
Susie Floyd King
Jean Andrews Kling
Deborah DuBose Law
Peggy Willis Lyles
Mary Hewitt Marshall
Janice Kay Martin
Margaret Ann Atkinson May
Marie Stroud McAbee
June Tanner McCracken
Millie Key McMillan
Martha Ashley McWhite
Jane Proctor Morris
Cornelia Whisenhunt Pannell
Pauline Gramling Patrick
Betty Ann Turner Schroeder
Sarah Gardner Shaw
Jeanette Matthews Shealy
Arlene Foster Shuler
Frances Cole Stokes
Helen Moss Summer
Carole Rogers Summey
Peggy Ann Chamblee Tapp
Mary Frances Cunningham Thomas
Elinor Page Thompson
Sadie Brunson Thompson
Class of 1961
Sarah Potts Bates
Coby Alexander Bowers
Elizabeth Brannon
Diane Crowder Cavin
Elizabeth Wallace Cone
Elizabeth Ann “Fiffy” Covington Cottingham
Peggy Jones Crosby
Penn Henderson Dean
Esther Houck Dufford
Mary Lutie McLaurin Fletcher
Sydney Glover Friddle
Sarah Spearman Futrell
Lucy Crumpton Gordon
June Duffie Griffeth
Suzy Bruner Holloway
Mac Reta McLeod Kennedy
Ann Taylor Kneece
Jo Ann Rainey Liles
Sara Rast Lineberger
Susan Hiatt Maybin
Nancy Coker McFaddin
Caroline Simmons McLain
Lou Gray Ogden
Ann Miller Parler
Selina Harmon Parsons
Liz Johnston Patterson
Marjorie Hendricks Preiss
Marguerite Harley Sheppard
Sarah Pace Shirley
Diann Hammond Sieling
Dorothy Gasque Smith
Margaret West Smith
Marilyn Hutto Smith
Sandra Boykin Smith
Jacquelyn Boyles Walker
Judy Haselwood Wells
Joyce Amick Whitener
Gailya Knowlton Wilson
Margie Coleman Yarbrough
Class of 1962
Gloria Anderson Askins
Carolyn Holly Beiers
Gayle Keels Bell
Carole Moore Bengard
Mary Stuart Bobo
Becky Lineberger Buie
Anne Maner Clardy
Carole Judy Clardy
Betsy Stockman Cureton
Pollyanna Smith Davis
Barbara Jennings Douglas
Claire Eadon
Faye Hartley Fetzer
Beverly Williamson Gibbons
Catherine Bruce Gleaton
Nancy Hammett
Betty L. Hudgens
Wanda Humphries Hudson
Mary Anne McLean Hughston
Patricia Cantey Johnson
Jean Dusenbury Joyner
Tootsie Dennis Kline
Martha Walsh Lackey
Frances Herbert LaRoche
Judith Schreiner Lee
Nancy Lewis Lee
Emilie Kelley Lesesne
Bess Shuler Long
Frances Holland Lucas
Betsy Ward Lunney
Sara “Sally” Brockwell Mallory
Brenda McMackin McCabe
Elizabeth Clyburn Minus
Evelyn Ann Peters Murphy
Bobby Carsten Osmer
Margaret “Meg” Ward Pace
Kay Martin Payne
Carolyn Carter Powers
Rebecca “Becky” Baker Pugh
Elizabeth “Libby” Monts Rauch
Madeline McMasters Sawyer
Emilyann Bennett Skews
Sally Kennedy Slocum
Ann Ardrey Spencer
Gail Bonnett Thomas
Jean Medlen Timbes
Jean Breeden Usher
Elaine Tidwell Whatley
Emma Inman Williamson
Class of 1963
Frances James Ackerman
Jennie C. Ariail
Sharon Gault Benston
Betsy Patton Boaze
Katherine Greiner Brabham
Elaine Taylor Brantley
Carolyn Ridgeway Brown
Lynn Knobeloch Brown
Elizabeth Taggart Campbell
Rosalyn Amick Carson
Jayne Gault Cowsert
Caroline “Carol” Donnan Curry
Allison Cooper Dillard
Elizabeth Drennan Gordon
Mildred Robinson Gunter
Jean Gasque Hilton
Bonnie Egleston Holstein
Tommie Crouch Howey
Martha Bouchillon Hursey
Etta Mitchell Jenkins
Marian LeGette Josey
Mary Price Beckman Kapp
Nancy Osteen Kay
Rolann Cleveland Lee
Patsy Black Lunsford
Linda Shaw Lupold
Sarah Blackstone Marut
Annette Bishop McAlister
Linda Lockard McCarter
Carolyn King Mendenhall
Betty Shuler Moses
Sara L. Nalley
Edna Zobel Ratcliff
Anne Kizer Reeves
LaRose Reaves Richardson
Katherine Childers Rowland
Catherine Rigby Sanford
Brenda Baker Sechrist
Connie Peagler Shuler
Frances Copeland Stanley
Julie Fishburne Strickland
Miriam “Mimi” Fellers Werntz
Willa Lynn Wrenn
Margaret O’Cain Zeller
Elizabeth Garner O’Neal
Alva Wamer Parker
Jane Clifton Pfaffenberger
Miriam Acosta Phipps
Rachel Dobson Price
Melinda McTeer Rhodes
Wilmer Chandler Richardson
Judy Moseley Rougeau
Harriet Chandler Sample
Shelby Davis Sansbury
Sylvia Slagle Shoemaker
Celeste Cross Singletary
Ann Terry Smith
Linda Sue Neal Smith
Marilyn Worley Smith
Jean Browne Thompson
Fred Turner Jr.
Rita Eldridge Vandiver
Betty Bryant Wallace
Susan Owings Way
Karen Cribb West
Carolyn Moss Wolfe
Louise Speake Wood
Patricia “Pat” Stone Wood
Class of 1964
Class of 1965
Judith Avant Antley
Libby Judy Atwell
Penny Hall Bartlett
Katherine Campbell Battle
Frances Humphrey Betchman
Janice Thompson Bethea
Patricia Meng Bouknight
Sissi Williamson Broaddus
Faye Still Broadway
Bettis Wolfe Bryant
Barbara Ann Mishoe Case
Mary Carole Smith Caughman
Claire Glover Cook
Sara Dickson D’Anna
Jackie Davis
Brenda Smoak Dukes
Sarah Floyd Elliott
Joann Leitch Etu
Roberta Lindler Ferrell
Kathleen Kelley Fish
Barbara Knight Flowers
Brenda Toney Freeman
Miriam Watson Garner
Patricia Dixon Godbold
Pamelia Woods Goldman
Mary Nelle Watford Gore
Linda Morgan Gremillion
Barbara King Guerry
Mary Jim Wilkes Gunter
Mary Coker Ham
Tracy McDill Hamrick
Emily Shuler Hazel
Edna Lewis Hite
Darby Moore Holley
Gail Dooley Howell
Robin Riser Hunsinger
Martha Freeman Hunter
Nell Brasington Huntley
Roberta Carter Jeffords
Sarah Sloan Kreutziger
Elizabeth “Lib” Calhoun Lovvorn
Nancy Herlong McAloney
Pat Jackson McDonald
Marlena Redfern Myers
Mary Ann Best Myers
Anna Wade Hubbard Nolan
Cecilia McInerny Atkins
Loretta Myers Atkins
Phyllis Loadholt Babb
Marie Fabrick Bainbridge
Mary Quin Benton
Jane Evans Best
Margaret Kizer Boineau
Mary Sanders Bowers
Anna Lybrand Boyle
Nancy Jones Bradley
Patricia “Trisha” Shelley Britt
Annette Sigmon Burton
Linda Collins Bush
Evelyn E. Caldwell
Rhetta Davis Calhoun
Janice Hitner Calvert
Mary Helen Henricksen Campbell
Jane McWhirter Canady
Mary Littlefield Ciccarello
Dorothy Pericola Coleman
Lynda Pugh Counts
Missy Cromer
Brenda Graham Crooks
Jacquelyn Johnson Dadin
Allianne Turner Duvall
Julia Breeden Easley
Stephanie Burch Easterling
Fair McLeod Edmunds
Kathryn McQueen Eichelberger
Amy Perras Eisele
Margaret McCaughrin Epting
Joan Walter Goddard
Peggy Huggins Gunnells
Rendy Johnston Howle
Jane Douglass Manning Hyatt
Jane Smith Johnson
Mary Coleman Johnson
Flora Kennedy
Lynn Scanlan Lawton
Jane Mellette Lester
Nan Mauldin Manson
Nancy Ayer Maxwell
Jackie McGee McClain
Lynne Brown McCombs
Jean Guerry McDaniel
Annette Brandenburg Meachum
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
Cathy Long Mixon
Gloria J. Mizzell
Mary Epps Monroe
Linda Maxcey Myers
Mary Elizabeth Epps Newman
Robin Clark Nicholson
Barbara Buddin Parker
Martha Moye Dickinson Peel
Kay Price Phillips
Nancy Brown Pinson
Jeannette Richardson Price
June Agan Prince
Sara Lynn Rainwater Pyatte
Elizabeth McCoy Ridgeway
Jan Lewis Ross
Jane Patterson Satterfield
Ann Lenhardt Schafstedde
Jane Brock Sentelle
Betty S. Shealy
Harriet Smoak
Katharine Munford Snavely
Jane Mabry Spann
Linda Durham Starin
Glenda Goodson Tisdale
Mary Bradham Van Horne
Kathleen Peterson Varn
Margaret McLeod Ward
Patricia Younger Weaver
Patricia McCoy West
Nancy Bishop White
Sandra Rinehart Whitener
Patsy Gray Williamson
Class of 1966
Julie Anne Dantzler Avery
Judith Steedly Bartholomew
Carol Gault Black
Virginia L. Brooker
Joye Still Bull
Nancy Felder Bull
Eugenie G. Comer
Patricia Cook Craine
Dorothy McCarley Crowther
Sylvia Seymour Davis
Sarah McDonald Derrick
Rebecca Motes Dougherty
Susan Wamer Edmonds
Linda Harris Brown
Judith Black Foster
Mary Funderburk Harley
Selina Hopkins Hathaway
Frances Moore Horton
Anne Willis Hudson
Frances McCallum Kritzer
Carroll Kay Luck
Carole Hope Magann
Jane Vehorn Mahon
Gayle Rivers McRoy
Bonita “Bonnie” Brewer Mullis
Evelyn Anne Johnson Neal
Diane Caskey Pearson
Jane McClimon Pittman
Carolyn May Pugh
Jo Carol Padgett Pulliam
Katherine Magness Ramsaur
Peggy McElveen Robinson
Carolyn Tuten Ross
Margaret Waters Rowland
Anella Andrews Sansbury
Patricia Hemby Schroyer
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The CCPD receives
over $63,000 in grants
Joyce Cisson Scott
Marjorie Pregnall Simmons
Ann Riley Stone
Penny Missroon Thompson
Rebecca Wimberly Turberville
Nancy Campbell Vick
Nancy L. Vosburgh
Ellen Turmo Wall
Jeanette Dobson Wood
Anda Bell Woodward
Judith Barton Zeigler
Class of 1967
Andrew Robson, District Assets Protection Team Leader for Target (center),
presents a “Target & Blue” grant award to Chief Howard Cook (left) and Corporal
Ken Meeks (right).
The Columbia College Police Department has received over $63,000
in grants to support campus safety. “During these challenging
economic times we’ve made a special effort to reach out to corporate
and law enforcement partners. We are constantly researching new
grant opportunities to supplement our budget because these funds go
a long way to help provide new technology, equipment upgrades and
training for our officers,” said Chief Howard Cook. “We owe sincere
thanks to those who designate these grants and recognize the need
to support campus safety.”
Awarding Agency: SCDPS/VOCA
Grant Title: Continuing Victim Services
Award Amount: $ 42,061
Purpose: This grant will partially fund the campus victim advocate
position as well as office supplies, a vehicle for the victim advocate,
training and registration fees.
Awarding Agency: Target
Grant Title: Campus Emergency Preparedness
Award Amount $2,000
Purpose: This grant will purchase a “smart board” to be used in the
campus Emergency Management Center.
Awarding Agency: SCDPS/JAG
Grant Title: Taking a Proactive and Reactive Stance on Crime
Award Amount: $11,649
Purpose: This grant will be used to purchase radios with lapel
microphones for patrol officers.
Awarding Agency: United States Municipal Police Association
Grant Title: Bullet Proof Vests
Award Amount: $8,000
Purpose: This grant will supply bullet proof vests to patrol officers.
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Donors
Donors
Katherine “Kit” Gardner Adkins
Karen Schultz Anders
Annie Coleman Bates
Rose Pendarvis Bell
Donna Erben Blackburn
Judy Montgomery Brennan
Judith Baker Brigman
Betsy Broome
Linda Culp Brown
Willa McKee Burdette
Cynthia Livingston Burdick
Johna Williams Cochran
Nancy Richardson Compton
Ann Corbett
Julie Morgan Culbertson
Ann Howle Davis
Eugenia McArver Davis
Margaret Rogers Deprater
Jane Garrick Dyke
Sandy Hudson Fitts
Louisa Rice Goebel
Dale Shuler Goodwin
Sandra Blackwell Goza
Evelyn Paulling Gully
Carole Linder Hall
Pat Rand Hargrett
Bonnie Lawrence Harper
Miriam Lyles Hedgepath
Lillian Waldrep Hoeschen
Christa Hydrick Hunter
Nancy Youngblood Jordan
Jacqueline “Jackie” Tumbleston Kohn
Mary Eloise Haigler Leake
Marsha Lominack Lee
Katherine “Kathy” Graham Leland
Sherry Koll Levy
Barbara Wamer Massey
Hazel Knobeloch Matheny
Mary Green McFaddin
Karen Raines McGehee
Carol Beaty McQueen
Nancy M. Moody
Caro Thompson Murray
Sherrill Siegmund Norton
Sandra Cooper Owen
Martha B. Parker
Nancy Eldridge Rawl
Ginger Sims Risher
Janelle Laney Rivers
Cheryl Wright Russell
Alice J. Sauls
Betty Jennings Searcy
Becky Dean Smith
Judy Murph Smith
Barbara Harris Sorkin
Donna Lawrence Stone
Lynne Morris Sturtz
Jennifer Wright Walken
Mary Wade Haselden Ward
Sarah Parler Watkins
Tallula Causey Williams
Marcia Glass Wolfe
Claire Wilson Yarborough
Judy Young
Class of 1968
Jane Agan
Dixie Lee Beckwith
Kay Seabrook Buckheister
Judy McEachern Bull
Nita Williams Busbee
Kay Fickling Buzby
Nanci Perras Case
Nancy Lockwood Chalmers
Toni Carpenter Childers
Ruth Anne McCarter Collins
Harriet Coleman Cox
Lucy Shuler Cunningham
Carol Cook Duggan
Zilphy Hunsucker DuRant
Missy Plowden Edwards
Helene Rowe Ellis
Diane Smith Ervin
Claire “Doadie” Evans
Marsha E. Fanning
Kay Kirby Fryman
LaLine Smith Gibson
Suzanne Stackhouse Grant
Susan Harrill Greer
Carole Hinnant Gunter
Elizabeth “Betty” Bowers Hanks
Lib Ann Merritt Harrison
Becky Hines Hendrix
Aliene Shields Humphries
Sylvia Herlong Kelly-Stone
Mary Tuck Kennerly
Glenda Knight Keyes
Angela Katsos Kiehling
Kathryn Smith King
Frances Futrelle Lewis
Ann Boykin Ligon
Dawn Schulin Linthicum
Gayle Speight Manos
Patricia Hayes Maroska
Nancy Tucker McDuffie
Jane London McIntyre
Cecile B. McTeer
Cynthia Farr Muldrow
Janice Rhodes Pearce
Patricia “Trish” Munn Plunkett
Sherri Jones Rivers
Judith Ann McCormack Rowell
Irene Baker Seel
Gwendolyn Croom Shealy
Delores Alsbrook Simpson
Ginger Edwards Smith
Margaret Caldwell Smith
Cynthia Lominick Snell
Carol Rich Storey
Dale Folsom Tate
C. Ann Taylor
Leslye Hoffman Terrell
Laney Goldsmith Thompson
Sylvia Weathers Tomberlin
Trudy Porterfield Wohlford
Class of 1969
Clare Moss Allen
Ann Collum Asbell
Beth Dickert Beach
Mary Harvley Berry
Susan Lindsay Bishop
Resel Gosnell Bourne
Anne Vanderford Bowen
Sue Williamson Branham
Sandra Whitesides Brannen
Irene Scarborough Brinkley
Rieppe Clark Brooks
Joyce Thompson Bumgarner
Judith Diane Burgess
Louise Rowland Burns
Jerolyn Long Carroll
Mary Spurrier Carroll
Elizabeth Daniels Chappell
Jeanne Fogle Cook
Louise Hawes DeLoach
Donna Gregory Dowling
Anne Reese Doyle
Louise Marshall Easterling
Bettie Fort Edwards
Myra Mullen Eskew
Mary Ben Clyburn Faust
Nancye G. Formo
Julia Lackey Freeman
Dianne Holland Galloway
Nancy Snyder Gardner
Natalie Robelot Gibson
Mary Ann Donnan Gilbert
Francy Fenzel Goodrich
Susan “Sue” Harris Grady
Patricia Phillips Grunsky
Jeannie Sprouse Jeter
Margaret Platt Jordan
Martha H. Kinard
Patsy Charlotte Lentz
Ann Sheriff Martin
Frankie Chinnis McLean
Jayne Corder Moore
Hilary Wilson Mullins
Judy McCain Pennell
Gloria Grainger Quick
Betty Hudson Reagan
Peggy Hanna Reese
Candy Rogers Reynolds
Kay Kasting Rohde
Elizabeth McConnell Rushing
Eugenia Stuart Sellers
Linda Klugh Senn
Linda Parks Shinn
Linda Horne Sligh
Cynthia Perry Smith
Vonnie Lawrimore Smith
Rebecca Rivers Sullivan
Carolyn Holliday Sweatt
Kathleen Bowman Thompson
June Rodgers Todd
Anna Bullock Walker
Dee Quackenbush Walsh
Karen Kirkegard Wehman
Frances Clayton Welch
Kathy Wheale
Gaye Wright Whitmire
Class of 1970
Clara E. Addis
Janet Horner Brown
Mary Spearman Bryan
Joyce Lee Burns
Patricia Brumbach Clary
Judy Johnson Clifton
Anne Bouknight Collins
Georgianna Foxworth Connell
Pamela Porter Crabtree
Donna Nichols Culclasure
Carolyn Gault Dallara
Juanita M. English
Stephanie Caldwell Fanger
Elaine Kirby Ferraro
Virginia “Ginger” Wilson Flanagin
Anne Newton Folk
Elizabeth “Betsy” Frowein Folks
Louise Brogdon Galloway
Leah Chisolm Gore
Elizabeth Gressette
Janice Mathis Griffin
Ann Dunaway Herbert
Caroline Oliver Hester
Frances Shelley Hill
Emily C. Kearse
Joanna K. Keels
Cynthia Lake Koethe
Wannelle Witt Lefkowitz
Nieves Kohl Lehmann
Rosa Motes Marinak
Nancy Wall Mischker
Marsha Steele Moore
Suzanne Gaskins Muldrow
Margaret “Peggy” Stafford Parker
Bonnie Smith Raney
Susanne Bodie Rhoden
Judith Wiggins Scales
Ann Schoolfield Simpson
Katherine Rhodes Smith
Cheryl Huggins Strickland
Rebecca Bishop Sutusky
Lee Elf Taylor
Rebecca Long Tenny (D)
Claudia Lightsey Ware
Mary Montgomery Wates
Sandra Barrett Welch
Mary Gene Holstein White
Mitzi Winesett
Kathleen Sampson Wise
Class of 1971
Brenda Belangia Barry
Chandler London Boyd
Lynn Moore Brewer
Jean Ingram Brodie
Brenda Stewart Bryant
Gail Ruff Buchanan
Kris Chandler Burns
Cathy Craig Condon
Linda Altman Dennis
Deborah C. Etheredge
Judy Cheek Ethridge
Susan Gardner Farrar
Karen Carns Freshley
Jean Harvin
Shirley Thornal Hebert
Donna Hill Hendrix
Charlene Northcutt Herring
Susan Adams Howard
Ann Limehouse Irvin
Diane Truluck Jordan
Phyllis Land Mays
Lynn Grimsley McElveen
Carol Hunnicutt Millen
Catherine “Cathy” Whitaker Neeley
Karen Neal Owens
Carolyn Howell Poole
Nancy Patrick Pursley
Suzanne Reynolds Pyle
Mary Plyler Riner
Jo Marshall Roper
Jane Coffey Sandel
Carolyn Shuler Sanders
Barbara Woods Schaeffer
Betty Anne Griffin Sloan
Ann Booth Smoak
Sandra M. Steele
Jean Byrd Taylor
Mildred Suber Tyler
Carol S. Vaughn
Kathleen Couch Walsh
Patricia “Trisha” Warne
Martha L. White
Class of 1972
Cookie Baker Adams
Jane Timmerman Ames
Annie Walker Boyce
JoAnn Taylor Brunson
Nancy Burch Bunch
Emily Poole Carpenter
Janice Lineberger Carter
Debbie Shuler Collum
Sandra Yarborough Connors
Ruth Morton Creticos
Deidre Buice Crow
Ellen Claussen Davis
Jane Sheriff Davis
Jennie Cottingham DuBose
Cheryl Harriott Fisher
Charlotte Hall Fowler
Belinda Friedman Gergel
Jo Anne Mines Griggs
Ann Jackson Gunter
Deborah DuRant Hicks
Jodie Huggins Hodge
Nancy Cummings Humphries
Bette Jamison Inglett
Nancy Craig Inman
Mary Margaret Judd
Carolyn Snidow Leonard
Paula Malone
Emma Jeanne Regan McKenzie
Carol Devine Miller
Betsy Baker Nunnery
Anne Wannamaker Pate
Sharon Plaxico Peery
Robin Hoerner Porter
Mary West Rambow
Carol Hydrick Riley
Marilyn Hendrix Shedlock
Joyce Jones Smith
Gayle Spears
Juanita Wilkes Summers
Patricia Foster Thompson
Margaret Herring Todd
Meta Webster Whitlock
Christine Edens Wiggers
Karen Johnson Williams
Class of 1973
Lynn George Addy
Mary Beth McMillan Asma
Karen A. Atkison
Terrie Kilgore Ball
Dianne Nash Barnes
Elizabeth “Beth” Ripley Bryant
Patricia Hodges Clark
Mary Elizabeth Evans Clarkson
Sally Moffat Cooke
Nancy Vaughn Coombs
Tish Charlton Crumpler
Sally Anthony Davis
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
Mary Morris Dunford
Carol Edens Epps
Sarah Ann Finch
Mary Ann Brunson Foy
E. Anne Gillespie
Denise Corley Godowns
Lynn Thomas Gore
Gaye O’Neal Harper
Meg Godwin Herndon
Linda Wood Hoffmeyer
Becky Willingham Hulion
Meredith V. Hyman
Cecilia Copeland Kane
Margaret Kennerly
Claire Mullen Kinney
Cheryl Collier Kizer
Carolyn Wienges Laffitte
Sydnor Rosalie Laffitte
Katherine Adams Lawson
Rachel B. Lever
Melba Stabler Lindler
Rebecca Smith Livingston
Deborah Floyd Lockwood
Elizabeth Wallace MacIntyre
Donna Smythe May
Ellen Easterby Monahan
Cherry Sprott Muldrow
Julianne Browning Myers
Sally Alexander Palmer
Rozanna M. Pfeiffer
Betty Roper Piper
Kathy Aughtry Randall
Edna Staubes Roberds
Denise Elmore Schweizer
Candy Crane Shuler
Kaye Strother
Belinda Chandler Todd
Edyce Brasington Turner
Gail Gulledge Watson
Mary Allen Watson
Susan Cone Wheeler
Anne Springs Wilson
Elizabeth Stuckey Wilson
Harriett Jones Wylie
Rebecca Peeples Young
Class of 1974
Donna Wofford Askins
Ann Smyrl Avant
Jean Fletcher Aylor
Debbie Brady
Ann Rollins Bundrick
Judy Jones Cannon
Peggy Pinson Carver
Mary Rich Collins
Sparkle Donnelly Cooper
Dorothy Traylor Couch
Beverly Williams Daniel
Patricia Kay Deaton
Jeannie Lister Dobson
Julia Arnette Doty
Jean Hendrix Drozdak
Elizabeth Hucks Ervin
Phyllis Hammond Ford
JoEllen DeSpain Freeman
Ruth Harrill Griffin
Patsy R. Hammett
Esther Montgomery Harrell
Katrina Brown Harrison
Margaret Campbell Heavner
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Donors
Donors
Ellen Dobson Henson
Vicki Vassy Holler
Ann Pridgen Howell
Ginger Cuttino Jones
Windy Gladden Jordan
Susan Taylor Joseph
Barbara Lollis Kirby
Katherine Rudder Ligon
Neva Nance Loftis
Toni Berry Mace
Deborah Coleman Marsh
Barbara Baker Maxwell
Jenny McCulloch
Hargrave Shull McElroy
Penelope May Nobles
Libby Wilson Patenaude
Alice L. Paysinger
Ethel Cayce Pettigrew
Carol Carpenter Sharpe
Mary Ruth Allender Sizer
Patti Ruff Smyer
Carol Stackhouse
Mary Capitola King Sutherland
Kathy Thomas
Jennifer Johnson Todd
Nancy Strickland Truluck
Susan Burgess Wade
Richard C. Walker
Debbie Luther Watson
Rhonda Ledford Wehunt
Paula Brafford Wilson
Betsy Bearden Worthington
Cathy Lindsey Zaniewski
Class of 1975
Jamie Bates Adair
G. Dawn Anderson
Susan Nash Arrington
Patricia Bessenger Bodie
Libby Dean Brissey
Charlotte Stackhouse Broome
Nancy “Lynn” Cockfield
Wendy Wideman Corbitt
Sandra Broome Cromer
Gay Farr DuPree
Anna Paige Betsill DuRant
Susan Fisher England
Maureen Smith Hamilton
Debra Stewart Hester
Andrea “Andi” Blakeney Hill
Carole Dunaway Howell
Paula Gilmore Kendrick
Barbara Cato Knight
Susan McBride Lemmon
Elisabeth Rickey Lidikay
Annette Williams Lynn
Suzanne Head Merrell
Frankie Shealy Monteith
Dorothy Blount Moore
Georgia A. Perrin
Rebecca A. Pruitt
Ann Searson Ritter
Mary Lou Guthrie Sawyer
Mary Gene Minick Singleton
Eleanor Gray Smith
Margaret Wannamaker Utsey
Gayle Johnson Wierzbicki
Becky Smith Wilson
Class of 1976
Sara Calas Arrants
Lynne Best Atkinson
Denise Turbeville Barker
Mary Lou Moss Beasley
Lucile Washington Coleman
Gessner Snowden Dunn
Katherine Flynn Egan
Ellen C. Fagan
Vivia Lawton Fowler
Mary L. Gee
Jacqueline Scott Graham
Ena Adi Hammami
Susan Hunter Hilton
Chris Cooper Holloway
Cile Purcell Hursey
Penny Phillips Kemp
Mary Jane Johnson Maxwell
Kathy Watson McElveen
Karen Griffin Mill
Marcia Muir Nichols
Cynthia Patterson Pierce
Victoria Eisele Premo
Ann White
Marsha Patterson Whittington
Terrie Heustess Wilson
Class of 1977
Patrice Patterson Abernethy
Glennie Fowler Ahern
N. Kay Ayers-Garren
Isabel Roberts Barber
Elaine Creech Benson
Angelyn Baker Bland
Lucy Cannarella Brown
Anne Humbert Carriel
Susan Gibbons Dew
Jean Ellen Duke
Ann Caldwell Ellison
Jane Park Gillette
Susan Bowers Goins
Martha R. Griffin
Jayne Edwards Harry
Patti Taylor Hinson
Julie Sharpe Isom
Denise Witt Johnson
Virginia Douglass Jones
Elizabeth Ann “Betsi” Lindblom Kefalos
Rebecca Laffitte
Sally Stanton McCarter
Kathy Rabb McKinney
Jill Horton McMillan
Martha Smith Patton
Elizabeth A. Phibbs
Kathie Mahaffey Planton
Jo Tindall Ringer
Marthalyn Barham Schimsa
C. Sue Hogan Tysinger
Greta Momeier Waters
Bonnie Bethea Weeks
Cynthia Floyd White
Class of 1980
Ann Kneece Amick
Susan Sims Bates
Linda Lees Bettis
Nancy Truere Bryan
Sara Phifer Burnside
Elizabeth Shull Busbee
Cheryl Caton Cook
Betsy Adams Cooper
Betsie Neely Forsythe
Martha Tiller Foster
Joanne Rimer Franklin
Jane Jenkins Herlong
Judy Smith Jones
Rose Gliarmis Jones
Rebecca McAbee Lanford
Susie Nix Lybrand
Cathy Hoefer McCabe
Susan Council Montague
Lisbeth “Beth” Light Moore
Denise Andrews Shepard
Tina Poucher Stokes
Margaret Robertson Ariail
Maria Moranchel Barfield
Karen Hubbard Block
Edith Ann Brandenburg
Donna Morris Brown
Karen Dyches Brown
Lauralynn Gentry Cook
Deborah J. Drotor
Pam Winchester Ellenberg
Gray Wellons Hansberry
Kay Wright Harris
Gail Ashford Hinnant
Emma Lewis Jenkins
Janet Rauch Keen
Pamela Thompson Kloot
Gloria White Lassiter
Jan Robosson Lowman
Melinda Moody McGhee
Norma Fisher McLean
Betty Spires McWhorter
Loree Barfield Paschal
Amelia Jacobs Smith
Renee’ Sullivan Snelgrove
Beth Humphries Stilwell
Edith Brown Stroud
Elizabeth Lawson Thompson
Beverly Owen Weymouth
Mary Lynne Wiggs
Catherine Buddin Williams
Sherri Hunter Woodward
Class of 1979
Class of 1981
Class of 1978
Susan Eubanks Anthony
Angie Dixon Bardin
Karen Rast Blackwell
Sharon J. Boyer
Theresa Jones Brantley
Ruthie Harris Cantrell
Helen Barrineau George
Congratulations
Mignon Clyburn
Columbia College congratulates former Board of Visitors
member Mignon Clyburn on her appointment to the
Federal Communications Commission, August 3, 2009.
Clyburn poses with her proud father, U.S. Congressman
James Clyburn. Ms. Clyburn served previously for ten
years as a commissioner on the South Carolina Public
Service Commission.
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Becca Thompson Haner
Cathy House
Lisa Jackson Mayes
Shirley D. Mills
Sharon Dreher Minnieweather
Susan Mitchell
Claire Flowers Shell
Ruth Ann Burton Shumaker
Sharon Starkey Statler
Gina McGrath Wagoner
Mary Beth Watson Manheim
Sandra L. Williams
Yvonne Beaty Young
Myra O. Barton
Moo Gordon Brockington
Sarah Eaddy Burbach
Catherine Chandler Byrd
Margaret Snowden Chandler
Wendy Hiott Clark
Cynthia Smoot Deas
Kim Allen DuRant
Robyn Reynolds Fischer
Felicia Hause Friesen
Lynn Jenkins Hammond
Malinda “Cay” Bates Heath
Patricia A. James
Brenda Ward Langley
Margery Jonte Mahoney
Harriet O’Neal Pauling
Deborah Pickett
Sally Harman Plowden
Carole Lipsey Rothstein
Suzanne Addison Sheahan
Beth Floyd Szostak
Joyce Bley Thompson
Julie Call Waugh
Class of 1982
Felecia Guinyard Busby
Jan K. Butler
Euretha Scott Cooper
Katherine Goodall Crosthwaite
Janice Foy Dinkel
Nancy Peden Dunn
Jill B. Fairey
Cynthia Harris Gibbs
Susan Haigler-Robles
Amy Graef Huckaby
Mickey Huffmond
Terri McCarrell Keaney
Sara Smith Koon
Joan Warstler Kruger
Nancy Lee Foster Kyre
Lois Sijon McAfee
Sheryl A. McAlister
Lynn McElveen
Gracie Lee Epps Montanez
Lee Fisher Sheorn
Linda Ashford Smith
Caroline N. Watson
Paula Johnson Wise
Class of 1983
Patricia Lynn Sims Alexander
Lisa Clontz Bergwerff
Gina Warren Buzby
Sallie Covington Chester
Sarah Linley Clingman
Elizabeth “Beth” Johnson Connelly
Carol M. David
Deborah Brooks Durden
Erin Etheredge Fisher
Arlene French
Teresa M. Gardner-Turner
Kay Pate Gettys
Rhonda Kleckley Gilliam
Jenny Covington Hallman
Melissa Dyches Hiott
Barbara Edwards Hudgens
Pamela Lowrimore Jenkins
Patricia Koon Martin
Kelley Stavrou McMillan
Emily Raby Metzger
Margie L. Mitchell
Lynn Stokes Murray
Susan Kellett Nasim
Joyce Matthews Preacher
Cynthia Riley Smith
Cynthia Troxel Stall
Valerie Lee McDonald Tallon
Dawn Bridges Tatum
Bootsie Harvie Wynne
Class of 1984
Carolyne Joye Bradford
Melanie Holt Brannon
Kellie Jo Brown
Sara Hewitt Brown
Tracy Sarratt Brown
Martha Harris White
Lynne Stewart Dillard
Iris Redfern Emery (D)
Fran Thackston Glaze
Susan Newton Graebe
Kimberly Campbell Hamilton
Cathy Cobb Hanzlik
Darryl Reynolds Laffitte
Marcia Ashford Lindsay
Daphne Sutton Mahon
Jean Anderson Mintz
Emil Burns Mitchell
Melody Noble Morris
Tracey Mathias Owen
Gayle “Gay” Hanley Reynolds
Roseanne Napier Riddick
Vickie Corley Roberts
Rebecca “Becky” Joyner Shirley
Dina Meyer Sox
Mary Catherine Oates Stuckey
Ruth Jarrett Taylor
Janna Medlock Trammell
Vicki Jones Traufler
Mary Easterling Turbeville
Andrea Lee Jerome West
Terri Eaddy Wheeler
Class of 1985
Marcia Rushworth Beazley
Bonnie Jo Craft Brice
Gayle Mason Canaday
Mary M. Cantando
Denise Magee Carraway
Tricy McKay Cushner
Anne Newton Dorn
Addie Rutherford Fanning
Carey Lee Hudson
Leona Love Hydrick
Donna Douglass Johns
Pamela Jordan Line
Suzanne Bryant Lott
Judy Kayton Lucas
Patricia Miller Macaruso
Pam Montgomery Mills
Janell Reames Myers
Jacqueline “Jackie” Francis Rampey
Kimberly Dunbar Rhett
Priscilla R. Scoggin
Tracee Stewart Simpson
Kia Flynn Valentine
Constance Bruner Cendrowski
Treva Bailey Wagoner
Denise Henry White
Kimberly Pattison Wild
Sherry Russell Williams
Class of 1986
Susan Pruett Backman
Amanda Johnson Boland
Shawn Bowman-Hicks
Jennie Jones Branham
Rebecca Sharpe Brooks
Brenda Cauthen Burns
Jane Hawkins Cauthen
Sherry Harvey Crain
Susan Mitchell Edenfield
Bertha Nealy Florence
Lillie Edens Herndon
Janice Kelley Kahaly
Alisa Kelsey Knox
Margaret Moody Leaphart
Anne Nichols Miller
Rebecca Duffie Penland
Alyson Duffie Price
Susan L. Rabon
Martha White Rengel
Kate Segars
Karen Stokes Shumpert
Jenny Lynn Burnette Williams
Melissa McAbee Woolard
Ann C. Yurina
Class of 1987
Kendall Epps Alexander
Michele Poulton Fitz
Jennie Chaplin
Elizabeth Wallace Corley
Felicia Bickley Craig
Lisa Furr
Clara Price Gestwick
Beth Gray Hopkins
Robin Elliott Jones
Virginia Cannon LaFitte
Stacy Coleman Marcus
Pam Galloway McElveen
Julia Smith McLeod
Melanie E. Mullikin
Alicia Greenleaf Parker
Melanie Swann Parker
Sharon Waldron Rawl
Carol A. Russell
Sharen Porter Warren
Sandra Joyce McDonald Wrenn
Class of 1988
Tammy Crolley Achziger
Lynn Ullom Ballentine
Martha P. Brown
Hope Hart Brunson
Tina Thomas Floyd
Marie Frye
Lisa Sijon Hamberis
Marti Limehouse Hooten
Demetriss Jones Joyner
Julie Arseneau King
Laura Benson Kuykendall
Kay Woods Lewis
Mary “Becca” Sutton Long
Stephanie Cureton Moses
Stephanie Sullivan Olsen
Tammy Needham Peterson
Janine Starkey Roberts
Trudy Hartzog Robertson
Susan Steele Rodewoldt
Penelope Webster Roulston
Karen Bull Shuler
Lorilynn Smith-Wong
Trina Crews Tant
Linda Wade Wells
Cathy Cauthen Young
Cary McWhirter Zeberlein
Class of 1989
Janet Chapman Bowen
Deedee Johnson Bradham
Michelle Faulkner Brown
Kimberly Oakley Case
Sharon R. Dubis
Gwendolyn McQuilla Dubose
Ellen Adams Erskine
Laura Wilson Festa
Susan Baston Gilmore
Lisa Marie Whetstone Honeycutt
Robin S. Huskey
Susan Schmidt LeGrand
Catherine Sandifer Matawaran
Hazel Johnson Onunkwo
Sue Jordan Phelps
Michelle T. Rice
Mary Anne Edwards Rush
Cheryl E. Stevenson
Dana Michele Antley Ulmer
Betty A. Walker
Shirley Washington Williams
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
Rachael Wilson Cranshaw
Cecelia Sawyer Yonce
Class of 1990
Tandra Hatfield Alderman
Emily Benton Black
Tara Surratt Bobb
Wanda Gothie Braswell
Connie McGee Brogdon
Janet Peek Caldwell
Diana L. Como
Margaret Anne Price Creech
Kimberly Bunch Davidson
Tonya B. Fryer
Lorine Haudenshild Hancock
Donna Light Holman
Mary Raynor Hook
Elizabeth Hammond Joyner
Alice Taylor Martin
Natalie Walter McCoy
Staci Northam Mitchell
Stephanie Kennedy O’Cain
Elizabeth Gordon Pope
Suzanne Hunter Precht
Paige Rogers-Garrison
Lisa Caldwell Salters
Shawn M. Stanton-Carr
Diane Hodges Thomas
Amy Senn White
Class of 1991
Judith Wilson Battle
Patsy Meek Boggs
Beth Clyburn Brown
Dixie Culler Brown
Katie Peeples Cate
Ann Chatten
Kelly James Draganov
Tracy T. Folk
Jean Gardner
Mary Anne Brown Gilk
Laurie Hancock Hawks
English McGee Holland
Sloan Smith Huckabee
Liesha Wessinger Huffstetler
Cynthia West Kennington
Lara DuCom Kolb
Lisa Kennerly Livingston
Jannas Bennett Matthews
Heather Barnes Mattingly
Jacqueline Moye
Catherine Copeland Nordeen
Deborah Davis Renner
Laura Wagnon Rivers
Amy Allen Sawvell
Nancy Seay Sellers
Julie Johnstone Stephens
Regina Stanke Taylor
Danielle Saunders Walsh
Lee Roberts Westberry
Class of 1992
Tamala “Tami” Selke Bradham
Rebecca Smoak Broderick
Ginger Smith Carter
Angela Geiger Davis
Sheri Smith Dunbar
Honoria Lang Futrell
Elizabeth Dovell Gilbert
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Donors
Donors
A m er i c a n M a sterp i eces
D a nce Gr a nt to B r i n g
R eno w ne d C horeo g r a pher to
Columbia College
Jane Comfort
In - R es i d ence Febru a ry 2 0 1 0
The Columbia College
dance program was
awarded an American
Masterpieces in South
Carolina grant to bring
renowned choreographer
Jane Comfort to Columbia
College to present “Four
Screaming Women” with
the Columbia College
Dance Company with
additional cast from The
Power Company. Martha
Brim, professor of dance
and director of The
Power Company, was
the principle author of the
grant for this award.
Jane Comfort,
choreographer, writer and
director, has traveled throughout the United States, Europe and
Latin America with her award winning work. Comfort is an activist/
artist and her piece “Four Screaming Women” premiered the day
after the Equal Rights Amendment was defeated, October 4, 1982.
Comfort will be in residence at Columbia College in February
2010, and will be working with students, leading workshops, and
re-staging her work for the Columbia community.
American Masterpieces Dance Grants are administered by
the South Carolina Arts Commission and provide funding to
South Carolina dance companies, college and university dance
ensembles, or South Carolina presenters in partnership with a
South Carolina dance company. The purpose of the program is
three-fold: to offer historically and artistically significant American
dance works to South Carolinians, to engage and expand adult
and student dance audiences and to foster creative partnerships
between S.C. presenters and dance companies.
American Masterpieces in South Carolina is a part of the National
Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Three Centuries
of Artistic Genius initiative. The program aims to acquaint
Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through
this initiative, the NEA will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours
and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large
and small communities in all 50 states.
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Julieanne LeJeune Humowitz
Patricia Jumper Jeffcoat
Victoria Poling Johnson
Claudette Roberts King
Mia Smith Kreimeier
Nancy Lemmon Lane
Rachel “Rami” Cobb McCutchen
Susan Rheutan McDuffie
Edwa Mitchell Meek
Sarah F. Merritt
Holly Louthian Moore
Sarah A. Moses
Sherelyn Bell Oreglia
Michelle Cook Pittenger
Janis Murray Powers
Katherine Carmichael Schafer
Andrea Williams Steele
Tracy C. Wactor
Janice Boley Windham
Janice Dukes Wright
Class of 1993
Lorelie Drew Brown
Jennifer Bishop Cameron
Margaret Creech DuBard
Corinne Moore Fantz
Angela Merritt Gonzales
Kay Gustafson Hensley
Kimberly Y. Honeycutt
Marilyn Jenkins-Simmons
Melanie Bryant Jordan
Kimberly S. Montgomery-Greene
Jane Bishop Nevitt
Mary Ann Schooler Owens
Loren Twitty Ryan
Dana Williams Smith
Emily Felkel Temples
Meribeth Black Walton-Moore
Christina Cape Westbrook
Class of 1994
Katherine L. Crowe
Marie Cunningham
Amy Parker Droste
Holly Furr Adamson
Marie V. Hightower
Tiffany Leigh Sprinkle Hornsby
Robin Howell-Jones
Emory Musselwhite Langston
Jennifer Hipp McAlpin
Katherine Geddie McCall
Sonya Barrineau Monts
Carla Lewis Moore
Ruth Anne Reeves O’Cain
Catherine Parrish Pickett
Lisa Lowe Sherer
Amy E. Stoudemire
Holly Rush Threatt
Keely Ingram Wells
Dawn Cook Zajk
Class of 1995
Elizabeth Harville Adams
Deborah Phelps Ard
Mykea Foxworth Atkinson
Anna Barnett Berger
Tinna Hatcher Brashear
Leah Chandler Campbell
Melisa Underwood Caughman
Emily J. Dyches
Lucy Hall Gainey
Peggy L. Gorham-Cromer
Michelle L. Harter
Rebecca Wiegert Hassell
Yolanda “Yoki” Briggs Johnson
Lisa Moody Lewis
Deree Moody Long
Anna Mathis Miller
Kathleen Rowland Noonan
Staci Boykin Page
Sandra A. Rouse
Acacia Bamberg Salatti
Mary Addis Shivar
Laura Grill Williams
Alissa A. Wise
Jacqueline Keane Adams
Rangeley Bailey-Chewning
Katherine Milhous Byrnes
Nicole Nelder Clark
J. Leigha Cooper
La Kosta Grant Dancause
Gina Morganelli Haig
Jutta W. Harrison
Debbie Kneece Johnson
Ana C. Oliver
Marla S. Sanders
Bobbi Barrs Sexton
Ellen Nobles Weekley
Class of 1996
Class of 1999
Karen Fleischhacker Airasian
Dawn McDonald Canzoneri
Gretchen Morris Crosswell
LaTonya “Tonya” Brown Derrick
Sandi “Beth” Inman Engler
Cathryn “Beth” Ruff Jaeger
Cara Caughman Lindler
Susannah Gaines Mount
Angela Taylor Mumford
Stephanie Mitchell Schechter
Kristi Phillips Speaks
Kathryn Outlaw Spires
Mandy S. Spires
Amy R. Stapleton
Andrea Ruelle Stark
Tammy Adams Stone
Nina Mixon Vaughan
Class of 1997
Margaret Trimble Bjornsen
Amanda Lipscomb Brewington
Catherine Meek Buchanan
KelLeigh Benfield Dantzler
Dawn Cartwright Dukes
Gail Bott Edie
Rebecca “Becky” L. Ellington
Christine Coleman Eubanks
Amy L. Garrett
Tessa Simpson Gonyea
Hazel M. Hall
Amy R. Murray
Lera Williams Jackson
Cynthia Knotts Katko
Regina D. Lemmon
Amy Snyder Lott
Stacy Garrett-McConnell
Iris Floyd Norris
Traci Litwin Peters
Carrie Scott Ramella
Kimberly Atkins Rhoad
Caroline Spigner Ropp
Elaine Lengle Sandberg
Rachel Rutherford Scurry
Nancy See
Christie Taylor Sill
Tanya Briggs Steele
Elizabeth “Liz” Austin Steltzner
Brigitte Bartley Stroud
Glenda Gallman Suber
Carrie Westlund Vereen
Lauren Riley Welch
Sarah Hayllar Wendell
Kaymani “Kay” D. West
Octavia Williams-Blake
Tonya McAllister Woodson
Margaret-Anne Zeigler
Class of 1998
Amanda “Mandy” Branham Beasley
Tanya Nesbit Bolton
Hayley Driggers Bowers
Monica E. Cagle
Wendy Roth Cimino
Sarah H. Cross
Stacey Wright Gantt
Lindsay H. Gillespie
Jamila Harrington Hudley
Barbara Ford Jefferson
Debra Davis Jones
Marie Kelly
Jill Bailey Lipscomb
Jennifer Davis Lockhart
Wanda Herndon Mahon
Shakeya D. McDuffie
Jodi Jones McFarland
Stephanie Enlow Sawyer
Sara E. Snell
Elizabeth Stowell Swindler
Class of 2000
Georgia Wilkie Anderson
Suzanne Robinson Archer-Brooks
Mollie L. Bame
Allison King Barnes
Heather Hoesly Cook
Laurel Kennerly Eddins
Suellen M. Foth
Akilah S. Glover
Dothula Baron Hall
Amber Berry Heape
Dana McKinnon Hilton
Amy Roof Hoffman
Kenyatta Walker McLeod
Felicia Gold Miller
Kay Leitner Muri
Elizabeth Barnes Myers
Cheri Reynolds Ramsey
Ashley Shuman Smith
Brenda Hodge Wider
Class of 2001
E. Ashley Anderson
Melissa B. Cunningham
Jenny Henry Johansson
Sheryl Beavers Lassiter
Carla S. Mathis
Jenna R. Micklash
Hilary Price Morgan
Caroline E. Nettles
Jennifer Patterson McClary
Lori R. Pearigen
Virginia Baker Probin
Katherine Overby Smith
Melissa S. Tinsley
Marlena Gordon Walker
Class of 2002
Nicole Manuel Almeida
Christopher J. Burkett
Valerie Collins
Jessica Golden Dorn
Kelly Kirven Galloway
Miranda McCarthy Grice
Ashley Butler Griffin
Lynn Hazel
Ashanti Bennett Keitt
Kristan M. Murray
Jane Ryckeley Perry
Porche T. Pinckney
Tonya Brown Schoenbeck
Amanda Leach Shell
Glenda F. Westbury
Rebecca Platts Williams
Class of 2003
Ezra M. Ash
Leslie Bloss
Kirby Byrd Boyce
Shelby E. Cole
Tishana “Chrissy” Cox
Mimi C. Gallman
Catherine M. Harm
Cari A. Kepner
Tiffany D. Knowlin
Christin Teal Mack
Debra L. Musgrave
Casey Hobgood Snodgrass
Amanda Rogers Yenicek
Harriet Smith Young
Class of 2004
Donna Davis Boyer
Jennifer Burch
Rebecca Derrick Campbell
Nan Binnarr Carter
Cassandra Cogburn
Sarah A. Ford
Sarah Starkey Harmon
Ashlee A. Lewis
Marley E. Lybrand
Charlene Floyd McDonald
Laurie A. Mozley
Rebecca E. Phillips
George F. Rice Jr.
Rochelle M. Rombalski
Amy Brant Thompson
Samantha Ericson Turner
Millicent Fowler Walker
Class of 2005
Katrina Friday Aleman
Nancy Arrington King
Tanessia S. Lloyd
Melanie E. Neil
Karen Engle Pan
Sherry Rogers Rampey
Frederick Roberts
Carol A. Shaffer
Delicia Singleton
April R. Sumter
Lindsey W. Wilkes
Cordelia K. Wilson
Class of 2006
Frances M. Bowden
Heather N. Brown
Alexandria E. Fleming
J. Claire Fowler
Jade C. Huell
Jill Crocker Lewis
Christina D. McCormick
Elizabeth A. McGovern
Jessica M. Reyes
Michelle Stichter
Katherine Taylor
Class of 2007
Jennifer E. Bailey
Kimberly J. Bailey
Kimberly K. Bowers
J. Winn Dadds
Alexis S. DeKine
Magen “Nikki” Gillis
Hilary K. Krueger
Constance M. McLaughlin-Drakeford
Loretta Morgan
Terry A. Peace
Lavennia “Peaches” Goins Roberts
Courtney Schuster Thompson
Class of 2008
Katherine “Katy” Bates
Amanda Dunn Bowers
Katherine “Katie” Damon
Susannah Fields
Nancy Genoble
Lauren E. Halloran
Katherine “Katie” E. Harsey
Amber L. Hodges
Sheila Y. Jones
Alexandrina A. Koykova
Chelsea E. Lee
Amy L. Long
Angela K. Maselli
Yoshimi Cobb Miller
Frownieta I. Randolph
Anne “Caroline” Salter
Heather M. Siegfried
Amy L. Sugibayashi
Larissa D. Trapp
Sharon P. Washington
Lisa A. Yaxis
Class of 2009
Adrienne R. Robinson
Shaurnetta J. Russell
HONORARY ALUMNAE
Helen Jeffords Barham
Cile Hunter Blanchard
Robin E. Campbell
Marie Locker Hill
Jane Coker Dunbar
Brenda A. Greene
Doris Krell Kahn
Clarice McGinnis Lathem
Ossie Hamlett Martin
Sandra Robertson O’Neal
Linda McCord Schmidt
Diane Coward Senn
Sara Lewis Strachan (D)
Helen E. Weed
Connie C. Youngblood
Faculty and Staff
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
Jacqueline Keane Adams ’98
Teresa “Tessie” A. Andonaegui
Suzanne Robinson Archer-Brooks
Lynn Tollison Barnette
Dale Bickley
Dr. Steven Booth
Kimberly K. Bowers ’07
LaNaé R. Briggs
Martha A. Brim
Dr. Mike Broome
Rosemary E. Broughton
Susanne J. Brown
Mary L. Bryan, J.D.
Dr. Tamara L. Burk
Sandra J. Burke
Dr. Christopher J. Burkett ’02
Hope Bursac
Kristen Busbee
Mary E. Carlisle
Bryant Carlos
Deedra Clinton
Jeremy Cope
Dr. Rowan D. Crews Jr.
Gretchen Morris Crosswell ’96
Claude Crumlin
Julia M. Cunningham
Marie Cunningham ’94
Melissa B. Cunningham ’01
Lowell B. Cupps
Dr. Beth Droppleman
Joanna Eargle
Kim Edwards
Mary Edwards
Dr. Mona R. El Shazly
Carolyn B. Emeneker
John “Randy” Epting
Dr. Elaine Kirby Ferraro ’70
Dr. Joyce W. Fields
Susan K. Gerdes
Chris Grace
Virginia J. Green
Dr. Christine H. Hait
Tamatha M. Hancock
Michelle L. Harter ’95
Julie R. Hawkins
Dr. Melissa W. Heidari
Thad A. Henry
Gabyann K. Hickman
Joye G. Hipp
Sarah L. Hood
Dr. Calley A. Hornbuckle
Deborah Petrone Hughes
Lindsey Hughes
Becky Willingham Hulion ’73
Dr. Charles M. Israel
Wayne K. Jamison
Audrey B. Johnson
John D. Jones
Dr. Sharon L. Jones
Deanie J. Kane
Willie B. Keenon
Julie Arseneau King ’88
Joshua S. Kiper
Dr. Norma J. Kirkland
Reverend Valerie Knox-Mireb
Hilary K. Krueger
Dr. Ned S. Laff
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Arts F a cu l t y a n d S t a f f
T r i - D i str i ct Arts
C onsort i u m
Five members of the Columbia College arts program
were recently recognized for their longtime support
and participation with the Tri-District Arts Consortium
(TRI-DAC) program. The honorees, Martha Brim,
Wrenn Cook, Stephen Nevitt, Alice Martin and Dr.
Lillian Quackenbush (retired), worked with the summer
program when it was hosted by Columbia College.
Patrick Faulds was also recognized for his continuing
participation, now for 20 years, with the program.
The honorees received a plaque in recognition of
their long-term support of the arts education program.
TRI-DAC also announced a new student award
established in Steve Nevitt’s honor, the “Outstanding
Artist Award.” Nevitt said he was very “touched and
humbled” to be recognized for his involvement with
TRI-DAC, which was hosted by Columbia College for
23 years until the program relocated to the Palmetto
Center for the Arts in 2009. “I didn’t serve in a formal
role, but over the years helped prepare studios for
their summer use, checked to make sure visual arts
had what they needed, juried their final exhibitions,
and just pitched in as needed,” he added.
TRI-DAC Director Donna Wilson said, “The support
of the entire Columbia College fine arts faculty and
administration through the years has been much of
the reason for the program’s success.” Wilson noted
that both Wrenn Cook and Martha Brim have served
as directors of the TRI-DAC dance program. Dr. Lillian
Quackenbush served multiple terms on the TRI-DAC
board and Alice Martin has worked with TRI-DAC for
the duration of the program and served on the Arts
Partnership Steering Committee which wrote the
“Five-Year Comprehensive Plan” for TRI-DAC.
Wilson added, “We also honor Patrick Faulds,
Columbia College’s artistic technical director, who has
served as technical director for TRI-DAC for 20 years.
While the awards went to those who are no longer
working with the program, we are delighted that he
has been able to continue working with us during his
own time and build the set for our TRI-DAC theatre
production. Patrick has been and continues to be a
vital part of our program.”
“We look forward to our 25th anniversary next
summer, during which we want to really honor and
thank the Columbia College administration, staff
and faculty for their tremendous and significant
contribution to the program and to the lives of the
many students served,” added Wilson.
TRI-DAC offers summer programs for gifted students
who are nominated and successfully complete an
application process including an audition and/or
portfolio review in visual arts, dance, music, creative
writing or theatre in the Lexington One, Lexington/
Richland Five and Richland Two school districts.
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Donors
Donors
H onore d b y
Martha Brim
Wrenn Cook
Patrick Faulds
Stephen Nevitt
Alice Martin
Dr. Lillian Quackenbush
Lin C. Lake
Dr. James C. Lane
Amy S. Lanier
Clarice McGinnis Lathem (H)
Jacquline Lauderdale
Dr. Doris G. Layton
Sandy Leach
Dr. Randy Lee
Jackie L. Leverett
Lisa Kennerly Livingston ’91
Kyle B. Love
Ray A. Lyerly
Christin Teal Mack ‘03
Dr. Corinne Mann-Morlet
Consuelo Marmolejo
Sophia Marmolejo
Alice Taylor Martin ’90
Dr. Heather Matthusen
Susan McClam
Anna McClinton
Dr. R. Tandy McConnell Jr.
Christina D. McCormick ’06
Linda McDougal
Constance McLaughlin-Drakeford ’07
Dr. Nieves A. McNulty
David P. Medeiros
Edward K. Meeks III
Johnny Mireb
Stephanie S. Morris
James R. Morrison III
Laurie A. Mozley ’04
Rebecca B. Munnerlyn
Dr. Jason B. Munsell
Kay Leitner Muri ’00
Stephen R. Nevitt
Dr. Lynne Noble
Ana C. Oliver ’98
Gunn Bente “GB” Olsen
Peggy Ondrea
Faye R. Pantsari
Barbara Buddin Parker ’65
Barbara E. Parks
Tony A. Pickett
Dr. Lillian A. Quackenbush
Donna C. Quick
Donna S. Raines
Helen Rapoport, J.D.
Neil Ray
Holly M. Riggs
Lavennia “Peaches” Goins Roberts ’07
Susan Rolfe
Dr. Hyman S. Rubin III
Dr. Loren Twitty Ryan ’93
Dr. Linda B. Salane
Carmen Salaz
Dr. Howard P. Sanders
Nicolette Saxon
Dr. Madeleine J. Schep
Dr. Roger P. Schmidt
Jessica G. Sellers
Dr. Edward Sharkey Jr.
Jeff Shelton
Nick Shrader
Julia H. Smith
Dr. Scott A. Smith
Teresa Smith
Liza Speece
Dr. James E. Spell II
Dr. Leigh Ann Spell
Debra M. Stayner
Jay Swygert
Dr. Helen Tate
Amanda B. Thompson
Dr. Diane L. Thompson
Caroline Trier
Donna S. Turner
Dr. Nancy L. Tuten
Jane P. Tuttle
Dr. Lisa Unterseher
Carol S. Vaughn ’71
Juan Venerable
Dr. Ute Wachsmann-Linnan
Candy Y. Waites
Mary E. Wall
Jeffrey L. Washington
Shanika Washington
Helen E. Weed (H)
Dr. Alan Weinberg
Dr. Tracy N. West
Beth Westbury
Dr. Ronald G. White
Sylvia J. White
Dr. Michael Wiederman
Richard Young
Dr. Sandra L. Young
Dr. John Zubizarreta
Friends of
the College
Dr. Lark E. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Akers
Aldersgate United Methodist Church
Bible Scouts Sunday School Class
Dr. and Mrs. M. Donald Alexander Jr.
Barbara Anderson
M.T. Anderson
Mary Russell Arrington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ashmore
(Eleanor Ligon Mimms ’55)
Norman Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Baldwin
Kenneth W. Baldwin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Bates Jr.
(Annie Coleman ’67)
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beardsley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bedell III
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bedenbaugh
Henry G. Bedinger Jr.
Renee Bergeron
Marjorie H. Bethea
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Biggs
(Katherine Meeks ’91)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Blount Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Boland
Ben Bouknight
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bowden
Annie Bradham
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Brigman
(Judith Baker ’67)
Mr. and Mrs. Furman Brodie (Jean Ingram ’71)
Ethel S. Brody
James E. Brogdon
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Brooks (Jane Castles ’58)
Lisa M. Brooks
Debi Baker Brookshire
Calvin H. Brown Jr.
Doris Brumfield
Edith W. Brummer
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bundrick
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bundy
Robert F. Burnett
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bynum Jr.
(Anna Shuler ’49)
Cherry L. Canaday
Jean L. Cann
Jean Margaret Smith Card
Monika Carey-Green
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton A. Carter
(Nan Binnarr ’04)
Central Florida Alumnae Club
Charleston Alumnae Club
Dr. and Mrs. Jim C. Chow
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cimino
(Wendy Roth ’99)
Doris D. Clanton
Barbara Knox Cobb
Annemarie Cockrell
Betty G. Coffey
Gail Berger Cohen
Dr. Anna (Chrissy) Coley
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Collins
Columbia College Student Activities
Columbia College Afternoon Club
Columbia College Evening Club
John M. Cooper Jr.
Reverend and Mrs. Baylis Corley
(Barbara Dennis ’49)
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Correll
Kathleen B. Coskrey
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Creech
(Tumpy Payne ’56)
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mack Creech
Mr.(D) and Mrs. Rowan D. Crews Sr.
Trent Crider
David S. Cross
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Cross Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus D. Crosswell
(Gretchen Morris ’96)
Dorothy E. Crowe
Nathan Crystal
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Cummings
(Mary Allen ’46)
Barbara B. Darden
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie Darr
Mary L. Dawson
Kathryn A. Dearhart
Adam D. Deas IV
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Delk
(Janet Shuler ’60)
Christine M. Demosthenes
Coleen C. Derrick
Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell C. Dew
(Susan Gibbons ’77)
Mr. Phil Betette and Ms.
Michelle Dhunjishah
Anne Dickert
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy M. Dixon Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David K. Domnitz
Fritz Edmunds Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Elkins
John D. Elliott
Bobbie C. England
Mary-Beth Fafard
H. McDonald Felder
Robert B. Felder
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Fellers
Barbara Fields
Mr. and Mrs. Wade D. Fletcher
(Mary Lutie McLaurin ’61)
Helena E. Flickinger
Sara B. Flora
Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Foster
Reverend and Mrs. Foster B. Fowler Jr.
(Frances Woodle ’48)
Mr. and Mrs. E. Gregorie Frampton
Sharon Fratepietro
Jack D. Fuller Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Gerstmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gilmore
(Susan Baston ’89)
James B. Goldfinch
Mr. C.C. Goodwin L.P.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Goodwin
Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph G. Gordon
Clarence Gramling
Reverend and Mrs. Roger M. Gramling
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Green and The
Foster Care Review Board Staff
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gregory
Mary M. Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Grobusky
Mr. Van S. Gulledge and
Dr. Delores D. Gulledge
Mr. Glenn A. Walker and
Mrs. Mary Lorraine Guthrie
Donald M. Hail
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Halloran Jr.
Al Hallum
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Hames Sr.
(Llewellyn Hiott ’59)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hammond
(Anne Turner ’57)
Mr. and Mrs. William Harris
Jean T. Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Heavener
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hecker
Jason W. Hedrick
Elissa M. Heil
Walter C. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hill Sr.
(Jewell Powell ’60)
Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Adlai C. Holler Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Horton
(Frances Moore ’66)
Dr. and Mrs. Peter N. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson T. Howell
(Carole Dunaway ’75)
Mr. and Mrs. Myron H. Hudgens
(Barbara Edwards ’83)
Asbury L. Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. Bucky Huiet
Russell Hunt
Betty T. Hurst
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. James
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Martin Jansen
Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jenkins
(Becky Risher ’59)
Cora B. Jiles
Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn W. Jones
Eric Williams and Judith K. Jordan
Lula Mae Jowers
Joanna T. Keels
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hoyt Kelley
Mary H. Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kennedy
(Jo Ann Kearse ’50)
Rick Kennerly
Mr. and Mrs. William Alan Kepner
Reamer B. King
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. King
(Julie Arseneau ’88)
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Kirkland
Sally Kitchens
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Klein
Charles R. Knisley III
Susan W. Koch
Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Laffitte
Sandy Laney
League of Women Voters of
South Carolina
Sara P. Lear
Mary Eileen Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Lesesne
Sarah Leverette
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Lewis
(Frances Futrelle ’68)
Horace H. Leysath Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Licata
Pamela R. Linton
Guy F. Lipscomb Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Livingston Jr.
Ruth P. Lyons
Alison Mann
Michelle R. Markham
Mr. and Mrs. L. Parker Martin
Mary Jane’s School of Dance
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mattox
(Anne Brewer ’58)
(Ethel Jones ’48)
Nancy McCormick
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. McCulloch Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. McDonald
Sherry Redfern McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. McElroy III
(Hargrave Shull ’74)
Kay McGovern & Associates
Mr. and Mrs. James R. McGregor
Reverend and Mrs.
Sam E. McGregor Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewitte G. McIntyre
(Jane London ’68)
Kristina McIntyre
Sandra S. McLain
Bishop Marshall L. Meadors Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Miller
(Anne Nichols ’86)
George Mills
(Emil Burns ’84)
Mr. and Mrs. Zeke H. Montgomery
(D)Deceased
(H) Honorary
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Moore
(Marsha Steele ’70)
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Moore III
(Carla Lewis ’94)
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Moore Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Morris
Sylvia T. Moseley
Dr. Sara L. Mott
Mr. and Mrs. Berlin G. Myers Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Myers
(Julianne Browning ’73)
Mr. and Mrs. W. Ben Nesbit
Betty C. Nigels
Keith Olawsky
Cynthia H. Ouzts
Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Owen Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Y. Padgett
Claire Palmer
Brett Parker
Jack Parker
Mr. and Mrs. John Parks
Carolyn D. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Parsons
(Selina Harmon ’61)
Mr. and Mrs. Van H. Pate
(Anne Wannamaker ’72)
Caroline J. Patterson
Dan C. Peagler IV
Ann L. Pelt
Reverend and Mrs. Charles G. Pfeiffer
Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Phillips
(Kay Price ’65)
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Phillips
Darien G. Pickens
Anne C. Pittard
Mr. and Mrs. Marion G. Pittman
(Jane McClimon ’66)
Karl H. Powers
Tom and Lucy Powers Fund
Mr. and Mrs. D. Murray Price
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Randall III
(Kathy Aughtry ’73)
Robert Redfern
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Redwine
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Reeves Sr.
(Anne Kizer ’63)
Drs. Jim H. Rex and Sue Smith-Rex
Reverend H. Robert Reynolds
Joseph B. Rhodarmer
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rhodarmer
Jerry R. Rhodes
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Richardson
Romie T. Rikard
Harold B. Risher
John Ritter
Celeste T. Rivers
Dr. and Mrs. C. Ford Rivers
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Rivers
Walter A. Robertson Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rodenberg
George William “Bill” Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Rubin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Saad
Mr. and Mrs. John Salatti
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Donors
(Acacia Bamberg ’95)
Mr. and Mrs. G. DuPre Sanders Jr.
Ardis Savory
Thomas M. Savory
School Cuts Screening and
Embroidery Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Schreck
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Schreck
Bernadette Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Scott
Dr. Louise T. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Seegars
Marguerite W. Seigler
Barry A. Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Shealy
Robert J. Sheheen
Douglas B. Sheorn
Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Simpson III
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sinaiko
Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals
Julieta M. Slater
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Slattery
(Jenny McCulloch ’74)
Nancy D. Slocum
Mr. and Mrs. Brian T. Smith
Mrs. C. Conrad Smith Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Smith II
Robert Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Selden K. Smith Jr.
Helen B. Smoak and Earl Fischer
South Carolina Democratic Party
Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Springs III
Marjorie Spruill
Jemme B. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stitt
Sally R. Strachan
Reverend and Mrs. George E. Strait
Dr. and Mrs. William Strohecker
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sullivan Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Sutton III
Mr. and Mrs. T. Henry Suydam
Paul G. Taylor
Brad A. Teal
Bryan M. Thomas
Marjorie T. Thrasher
Andrew E. Torrence Sr.
Jean M. Trice
Gloria S. Tupper
Dorothy Cole Turbeville
United Way of the Midlands
Margaret “Meg” Utsey
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Utsey
(Margaret Wannamaker ’75)
Mr. and Mrs. Delton A. Vereen
(Carrie Westlund ’97)
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Waddell
Margaret Wallace
Dr. and Mrs. David F. Watson Jr.
(Gail Gulledge ’73)
Dr. John T. Watson
Janet S. Welch
Kim Wellman
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Whitmire
(Gaye Wright ’69)
Bruce T. Williams
Mary B. Williams
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Barbara H. Wilson
Fayrene Sturgis Wilson
Frank C. Wilson Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Wilson Jr.
(Paula Brafford ’74)
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne K. Wilson
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Wilson
The Woman’s Club of Columbia
Women in Philanthropy
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Wood
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hubert Wood Jr.
(Patricia Stone ’64)
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods III
(Margaret Best ’59)
J. P. Wright Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Yarbrough
Sally Young
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin K. Younts
(Dollie Isgett ’51)
Barbara Zia
Scott F. Zimmerman
South Carolina
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Universities provides support to its member
colleges. Gifts and grants from corporations,
foundations, and individuals are distributed to
member colleges by a formula method and by
specific designations to particular institutions.
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Alwinell Foundation
David Ames
The Arkwright Foundation
AT&T
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Bank of America Matching
Gifts Program
The Bank of South Carolina
The Barnet Foundation
Henry E. Barton Jr.
Mary Rainey Belser
Charlotte J. Berry
Michael R. Brenan
Malissa M. Burnette
Byrd Family Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Coker
Russell D. Cook
Dargan Foundation
Diamond Hill Plywood Co.
Dickson Foundation Inc.
Fred F. DuBard III
Eastman Chemical Company
Foundation
Elliott Davis LLC
James B. Epting
Sara B. Fisher
Elizabeth A. Fleming
GMK Associates Inc. Foundation
Walter R. Griffin
John V. Griffith
Hamrick Mills Foundation Inc.
Hartness International Charitable Fund
Hartsville Oil Mill
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Jon D. Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Horn
Jairy C. Hunter Jr.
Jackson Family Donor Advised Fund
Jolley Foundation
William H. Jones
Kohler Company
Sameul J. Konduros
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Landrith
Hugh C. Lane Jr.
Michael G. LeFever
Joab M. Lesesne Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Laine Ligon Sr.
John F. Lomax
The Maddrey Foundation
The Malloy Foundation
Earl L. Mayo Jr.
Kathleen C. McKinney
The McNair Law Firm Foundation
B.C. Moore Foundation
NAICUSE
NBSC
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Phifer/Johnson Foundation
Philip L. Van Every Foundation
Post & Courier Foundation
John C. Ramsey
Luns C. Richardson
Ann Robinson
Randall T. Ruble
The C.F. Sauer Company
Sealevel Systems Incorporated
Cleveland L. Sellers Jr.
Edward M. Shannon III
Minor M. Shaw
Walter D. Shealy III
David E. Shi
Showa Denko Carbon Inc.
Smith Development Company Inc.
A.O. Smith Foundation
Southeastern Freight Lines Inc.
L.S. Spinks
David J. Spittal
Sun Trust Foundation
Charles P. Teague
Timken Company Charitable Trust
Henry N. Tisdale
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Torrence
Ronald P. Townsend
UCI Medical Affiliates of SC Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
Claude M. Walker Jr.
Charles E. Yound
Mitchell M. Zais
The Leadership Institute at Columbia College offers the
most comprehensive leadership development program
in South Carolina designed especially for women
professionals. The program recognizes and deepens
understanding for women’s distinctive approaches to
leadership in the workplace and the community.
• Six intensive days of pragmatic leadership development and
personal assessment.
• Learn to focus on what really matters, market your ideas,
map your leadership vision, create strategic alliances,
negotiate effective outcomes and lead change.
• Build partnerships within your organization and make
decisions that are “system wise” for building consensus
toward strategic change.
• Create a team of motivated people who believe in your
vision, trust your decisions and work together to implement
innovative ideas.
The Office of Advancement and Alumnae Relations makes every attempt
to accurately report the names and giving levels of donors. Please
advise us of any corrections or inadvertent omissions by calling toll free
1.866.456.2527 or e-mail advancement@columbiasc.edu.
LeadershipWoman-Focused
for the New
South:
Leadership Development
• Create balance and perspective, minimize gender
stereotypes, and avoid burnout.
Registration for the Spring Session
begins in January.
Spring Leadership for the New South Dates:
Wed., January 27-Thurs., January 28
Since its founding in 1854 by the South
Carolina Conference of the United
Methodist Church, Columbia College
has continued to build upon the spiritual
values that inspired its birth. At the heart
of Columbia College is a commitment
to providing educational opportunities
that develop students’ capacity for
critical thought and expression, lifelong learning, acceptance of personal
responsibility, and commitment to service
and social justice.
United Methodists from the South
Carolina Conference have demonstrated
an abiding interest in Columbia College.
This year, Columbia College received
over $380,000 from the South Carolina
Conference of the United Methodist
Church to assist in underwriting student
scholarships.
Wed., March 10-Thurs., March 11
Wed., May 5-Thurs., May 6
What Women Are Saying About the
Leadership for the New South:
Having completed this six-day seminar, I can truthfully say that this has been one of the
most unique and worthwhile classes I have taken in my eleven years with Coca-Cola.
While the classes are geared towards women’s successes in an organization, they apply
to everyone and give various perspectives on how people manage and lead.
We have learned about our own leadership/character strengths and weaknesses and
how to enhance our strengths and overcome or embrace our weaknesses. We also
learned about appreciating others that think and behave differently than us. We’ve
studied our Myers/Briggs Personality Tests and SDI Leadership studies to gain better
understanding of our own behaviors and how others might perceive us.
We focused on owning up to our responsibilities and developing our skills. We wrote
our own mission statements, worked with executive coaches, worked on stress
management, discussed the art of mastering strategic presentations, and finally trained
on how to manage through conflict and developing better decision-making strategies.
Overall, the class had many benefits that I will take with me throughout my life. I really
feel that I will use the techniques learned to aid in finding balance in my own life while
developing and growing my career with Coca-Cola.
--Sherri Reeves, Customer Development Manager, Coca-Cola
The Leadership for the New South program was just what I needed to recharge
my work-life batteries. I learned how to make the most of my style of leading and
communicating and to tailor it to more effectively lead and present information at seniorlevel meetings. I feel like I am more valuable to my employers, my peers and my team
because of the skills I learned in this program - and that has enhanced my self-esteem.
The personal attention I received and the networking with other women was invaluable
and I highly recommend the program.
--Kathy H. Norton, Assistant Vice President, PGBA Compliance Officer
The most enlightening portion of the program for me was the discussion that surrounded
the personality testing. I now understand where much of my “stress” originates. My
career is outside my comfort zone. Knowing and understanding this makes it possible
to anticipate the effects of performing certain responsibilities or encountering certain
situations. It has allowed me to proactively deal with “stressful” situations in a more
constructive manner. I am no longer as critical of myself under those scenarios.
--Alicia Zmuda, CFP ®, First Citizens Bank, Vice President Wealth Advisor
By participating in Leadership for The New South, I gained valuable knowledge and
reminders to cope with my position of leadership within State government. I was able
to put the ideas to use immediately and the mentoring from my personal coach helped
me deal with several pressing personnel issues. Discovering my management style has
opened my eyes to adjustments I needed to make for successful management of the
Division.
--Donna Royson, Deputy Director, SC State Election Commission
The Leadership for the New South program was truly one of the most rewarding
programs for me––both professionally and personally. This program encouraged me to
think outside the box, recognize and capitalize on my strengths, and even understand
others needs and intentions while keeping focused on my goals.
--Susan C. Johnson, CPM, Strategic Planning Coordinator,
SC Department of Transportation
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