Fall 2015 Magazine

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Fall 2015 Magazine

fall 2015
the alumnae magazine of chatham hall
Honor, Spirit, Tradition
PURPLE & GOLD THROUGH THE AGES
PURPLE & GOLD THROUGH THE AGES
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Honor, Spirit, Tradition
letter from the rector
“Are you a Purple or a Gold?”
Recently I was in Washington D.C. where I had the pleasure of
celebrating our school. At an event for young alumnae, a vibrant woman
from the class of 2009 regaled a story. Employed in the hospitality industry,
she checked into the hotel a mature and sagacious (those of us over age 40
prefer these descriptors) woman who immediately recognized the Chatham
Hall ring. Without comment, the hotel guest posed the question “Are you
a Purple or Gold?” The two women hugged in elation of the shared experience and spirit which embodies Chatham Hall.
Spirit transcends generations and time. Purple and Gold games remain an
essential element of our culture. They’re also more vibrant than ever; girls
demonstrate color pride decorated in the brightest of metallic face paint, regal superhero capes, and creatively constructed hair accessories (sometimes known as wigs). Purple
and Gold events are fun but they also serve other important functions. They teach girls how
to compete with passion. They provide opportunities for collaboration. And most importantly,
they provide a sense of belonging for every member of our school community.
This is such an exciting time for Chatham Hall. Throughout the year we will embrace the
strategic planning process. In so doing, we will construct our future in a manner that honors
our timeless mission, and values. Traditions are an important part of our identity. By extension,
Purple and Gold are a part of who we are as individuals and as a school. May this issue
of Chat evoke feelings of team pride and a sense of belonging to something greater than
ourselves, Chatham Hall.
Esto Perpetua,
Suzanne
S
Purple and Gold events are fun but they also serve
other important functions. They teach girls
how to compete with passion.
They provide opportunities for collaboration.
And most importantly, they provide
a sense of belonging
for every member of our school community.
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Wendy Bradley 2015
ince the spring of 1895,
just six months after Chatham
Hall (Chatham Episcopal Institute
at the time) opened its doors to a
headmistress, four teachers, and
thirty-five girls, Purple and Gold
has been an essential thread in the
fabric of the School...
M
iss Jenny Nelson, the first principal of the
School, declared that “a proper school
ought to have a literary magazine” (Black, 16).
She assigned several articles, and girls were tasked with bounding the “magazine.” Miss Gilmer, the art teacher, painted a cover
for the magazine—a cluster of irises she had seen growing in the
garden outside the former dining room. To match the purple
and gold irises on the cover, the girls bound their magazine with
purple and gold ribbons. “The girls were so delighted with the
result that they started to wear purple and gold ribbons on their
dresses as the school colors, and adopted the name “iris” for the
magazine” (Black, 16).
And thus purple and gold emerged as
Chatham Hall’s colors, and they have
stood the test of time! Girls today
don the most imaginative purple
and gold costumes for the traditional
Picnic Honoring the New Girls held
in the Meadow each fall. It is during
this picnic that new girls receive their
color—Purple or Gold. Cheers can
be heard from one end of campus to
the other as each new girl (and new
faculty member) is called to join their
team! The festive evening concludes
with a spirited Purple v. Gold Tug of
War—setting the tone of good-natured, sisterly competition for the
year. The Picnic Honoring the New
Girls can be traced back to as early
as 1933 when, just like today, old
and new girls would convene in the
Meadow for the selection of teams,
and an evening of celebration.
A walk around campus still
reflects the Purple and Gold spirit
at Chatham Hall. Stroll down to the
Rectory and you will see the Purple
and Gold Garden given by the Class
of 1986. A jaunt through the arcade
connecting Dabney and Pruden features purple and gold bulletin boards
galore, head up on dorm and admire
purple and gold banners and festively
decorated chalk boards. Purple and
Gold uniforms and athletic trophies
are displayed in cases in Pruden, and
there is something purple and gold
for everyone in the bookstore. Purple
and golden pansies are found in
every corner of the campus.
Generations of Chatham Hall girls, purple and gold, are
bonded through traditions, some more than a century old,
that are built on the foundation of Chatham Hall’s sacred
honor code, “I will not lie, I will not cheat, I will not steal,
I will report all infractions of Honor” and the Purple and
Golden Rule. Embraced in 1990 as a replacement for the
“point system,” The Purple and Golden Rule is founded
upon the expectation of mutual respect, consideration, and
thoughtfulness. The rule holds all members of the community accountable for their actions, creating a principled and
caring sisterhood. Whether a proud purple or a glorious
gold, Chatham Hall girls young and old are a sisterhood of
women connected through shared experiences.
WORKS CITED
Black, William Priestly. Chatham Hall: A History of Excellence. Charleston:
The History Press, 2014. Print.
The Purple and Golden Rule
I will respect all people and recognize that other people
may have customs and beliefs different from mine.
I will respect and follow the rules of Chatham Hall,
taking responsibility for my actions and mistakes.
I will honor the concept of “White Flag”—I will respect
the property and domain of others.
When faced with a choice, I will endeavor to do the
honorable and right thing.
I will set an example for my peers by my actions and words.
I will support others when they are following the Purple
and Golden Rule and will counsel those who are not.
A Poem for Chatham Hall
by Talmadge Ragan ’69
–ALUMNAE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GOLD TEAM
Certain things remind you of a spirit that’s still within you—
Going up the hill to see regal old buildings, “sunlit pillars.”
Smiling faces in animated conversation, and you’d hear a
bell, or laughter, or the sound of a gong.
There was a picnic by the Big Oak, a roommate,
the New Girls Show, WHEELS, and “Classifications.”
There was “Consultation” on Sunday afternoons… and
was it an “A” day, or a “C” day or what was it? Did you
go to Milk Lunch or quickly check mail?
There was Honor, White Flag, Senior Stairs, and a special
step for Juniors.
We saw a scary movie on Halloween and played soccer in
the snow.
We danced in DL and partied in Tearoom. Opera
resounded from the art studio. There was choir rehearsal and Sextet would sing. Some dissected a frog, some
learned a new language. We were starred Seniors. We
talked about ethics and integrity and responsibility and
what would it all mean in twenty years?
Everyone had a special place: the Chapel, the sundeck,
Calf Barn, the stables. The hockey field, the Library, the
meadow, the Willis stage. Were you with Phyllis waiting
for the telephone to ring? Where did you go?
There were Class trips, Father’s Weekend, the Madonna,
and class songs. Service League, dances, walking up the
hill to see a movie, a trip to Danville, a college day.
Clubs and achievements, your heart pounding when something was so important and you had this great hope… And
you learned things you never knew before, and sometimes
you had a broken heart, but there was always sharing…
talking…laughing.
E.E. Cummings said, “ It takes courage to grow up and be
who you really are,” and here we found that courage.
And I remember a special ring, a lantern, and girls I hoped
would be friends forever, because I knew there would
come the time
when I am an old woman,
and I will wear purple—or in my case, gold—
and how I will always remember a lot of very special times, cherishing the memories from up on the Hill
at Chatham Hall.
Golden Memory I remember all of the Golds
gathering behind Pruden in 1968 and singing our
song and having our picture taken. We were all
bonded in Gold unity!
It’s not an exciting
team victory or sports
moment, but it’s a
moment that captures the Gold spirit
that I remember
most fondly.
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–TALMADGE
RAGAN ’69
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purple & gold through the ages
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“Iris,” the
original
title for the
School’s
literary
magazine was
also used as
the title for
the yearbook
for a number
of years. In 1930,
the yearbook
was renamed
“The Chathamite.”
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Chatham Hall’s much loved Lantern Ceremony
was introduced in 1922 by Miss Powell. The ceremony followed vespers that
marked the passing of the school from the graduating class to the rising junior class.
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Ring It Forward!
Top: Opening Weekend Old Girls, also known as the “Turtle
Team” welcome new girls to campus during opening weekend!
Top right: Giving Tuesday Members of the Alumnae
Council proudly display purple and gold hearts in honor of
Chatham Hall’s Purple vs. Gold Challenge for the worldwide
celebration of Giving Tuesday on December 1, 2015.
Bottom right: Hat Day 1994 For Chatham Hall’s
Centennial celebration in 1994, faculty, staff, alumnae,
and friends gathered wearing their purple and gold for
this photo. You may see a familiar face or two!
Chatham Hall’s annual athletic
banquet was renamed the Purple and
Gold Banquet in 1930. Throughout
the year the Purple and Gold
teams compete in various athletic
contests earning points
along the way. The
victorious team for the
year is announced at
the Purple and Gold
Banquet!
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Do you have an unworn class ring
you would like to donate to Chatham
Hall? As a way to support and
foster the emotional ties and traditions
of Chatham Hall, you can donate your
ring, a symbol of honor, integrity, sisterhood, and the Purple and Gold spirit, to be
matched with a current student who is in
need of a ring. “Ring it forward” to a new
generation of Chatham Hall alumnae!
Esto Perpetua!
If you are interested in becoming part of this
legacy, please contact Wendy Bradley at wbradley@
chathamhall.org.
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During WWII, instead of singing the Alma
Mater at Commencement, the Class of 1943
sang a new song, “Sunlit Pillars,” with
words written by Emily Allen Laffoon ’43
and music written by Elizabeth Sinclair
Flemer ’43. The song begins with “the ‘joyous laughter’ of day-to-day life in a school
where [purple and gold] teams contend and
friendships strengthen, but its second stanza
changes the focus to ‘straining’ and ‘striving,’ ‘strength of soul’ and ‘dauntless spirit’”
(88, Black). In 1944 Chatham Hall celebrated
its 50th anniversary quietly, and by January
1945, Rector Dr. Lee observed that Chatham
Hall’s joyfulness had been “tempered by
the background of sadness” (90, Black). By
1945’s graduation exercises, normalcy had
begun to return to Chatham Hall with girls
once again celebrating the end of the year
with the song contest, the Purple and Gold
Banquet, and the Lantern Ceremony.
Sunlit Pillars
Chatham Hall, we sing thy praises,
Faithful here or far away;
Life is filled with joyous laughter
As we work from day to day;
Here content to win thy trophies,
Team of purple, team of gold—
Here is friendship, without measure,
And tradition growing old.
When the great oak’s leaves are turning,
Gladly we return to thee,
In our hearts forever burning,
Chatham Hall, our loyalty.
Sunlit pillars straining skyward.
Symbols of a strength of soul,
Send us forward, striving upward,
Dauntless spirits, toward the goal.
Words by Emily Allen Laffoon, ’43
Music by Elizabeth Sinclair Flemer, ’43
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Gold Team Captain 2015–2016
Purple Team Captain 1965–1966
Jane Hawthorne ,16
What makes the gold team
the best team? Well, there is a reason gold is expensive!
Everyone who is a gold is proud of it,
and wears their color with pride no matter the score of the game. Golds work
hard for their team, whether trying out a
new sport just for a day to ensure a victory, or encouraging their team members
from the sidelines. We don’t all play the
same sports, but when it’s time to cheer
for gold, we become family.
Muffin Dalton Grant ,66
for a purple, but I hope that my actions
on the soccer field and in the horseback-riding ring prove my hard work
for and dedication to the gold team.
team competition. Purple and gold members of the riding team were required to
design a drill team routine on horseback,
which would be presented to a set of
judges. Our routines could include music, dancing, and activity both on and off
What is the best part about
of horses. The gold team didn’t win the
being a team captain?
competition, but we had a blast putting
There are a lot of wonderful things
a routine to Kanye West’s song
Purples,
march
on totogether
glory,
about being gold
team captain:
I get to
“Gold Digger,” capped off with a brief renWith spirit
burning keen
lead a group of enthusiastic,
tenacious
dition of the Harlem Shake.
and
bright;
girls, I get to welcome in the
future
of
the gold team at ourRaise
Picnic Honoring
high the flag
How has the Purple and
and keep it ever flying;
Golden Rule served you
Well, there is a reason gold is expensive!
Fight with all your might,
well in life?
Everyone who is a gold is proud of it, and wearsRah-rah-rah!
their
Although purples and golds are competcolor with pride no matter the score of theOnward
game. with dauntless
itive with one another both in and out of
courage, sports, we all have a deep respect for the
Loyalty
through
the New Girls, and I am
privileged
in
What would you say if
sports we play, the teams we represent,
getting
to
represent
the
team
I
love
thick
and
thin;and the legacy we maintain from years
someone mistook you for a
so dearly. One of theFight
best parts
about
before. The emphasis the Purple and
for
the right
member of the Purple team?
being captain, however, is having
the
Golden Rule places on respect for others
of
victory
I do wear a lot of purple from day to
rights to our gold flag! I would love to
day, so an incident like this one is not
And we are is extremely important in being able to
see it hanging in the walkway between
entirely unimaginable; however, I know
bound to win! communicate with others in a way that
Dabney and Holt someday.
that I am a gold at heart, no matter
how much purple I wear. I’m not sure
what I’d say if someone mistook me
What is your favorite
Chatham Hall memory?
One particular memory relating to being
a member of the gold team is of the
horseback riding Purple vs. Gold drill
There goes that old Gold Team
to vic-to-ry,
And we are standing here and
cheering thee!
Although we cannot join you
in the fight,
We’ll do our best to cheer
you on your way,
your way . . .
And though our former luck
may fly away
Through thick and thin we’ll
stand by you and say,
You’re the best Gold Team
we’ve ever seen,
So Gold Team,
On, on, on
to
Victory!
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is productive and encouraging, just like
you would on a team! I know that this is
something that has become engrained in
my being, and in respect to my team and
school as well as those around me, it is
something I will continue to abide by as I
move on from the Chatham Hall “bubble.”
Top: Last year students created a purple and gold
quilt that was donated to the Annual Reunion
Raffle benefiting the Legacy Scholarship Fund.
Top right: The Rector must remain “neutral” and
is therefore not assigned a color. Here Rector
Suzanne Walker Buck and Johnny Buck are
pictured sporting purple AND gold!
Bottom right: In honor of his 60th year of service
to Chatham Hall, much loved employee John
Henry Waller was presented with this purple and
gold cummerbund and bowtie!
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What does it means to be
a Purple?
What is the best part about
being a team captain?
As
I
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Purples, march on to glory,
With spirit burning keen
and bright;
Raise high the flag
and keep it ever flying;
Fight with all your might,
Rah-rah-rah!
Onward with dauntless
courage,
Loyalty through
thick and thin;
Fight for the right
of victory
And we are
bound to win!
Purple–the calm stability of blue and
For me, working with the other Chathe fierce energy of red.
tham Athletic Council members under
When I arrived at Chatham in the fall
the supervision and mentoring of Miss
of 1963, I became a Purple. It was not
Wagoner was a special gift. She meant
something I chose, just like I didn’t
so much to so many of us and had a
choose to be left-handed; I just am a
lifelong positive impact on our lives.
Purple. I had no insight into the selection process. I just know that on the day
What is your favorite
I arrived I became a Purple. And from
that day on, that identification became
I think my favorite memory is walkan important one for me. Mind you,
ing up the hill on back campus after
we weren’t Turtles in that day. We were
Purple or Gold, period. In the mid-60s
I just know that on the day I arrived I became a Purple.
Chatham did not have the amazing
And from that day on, that identification became an
opportunities available today to compete against other schools. Our idea
important one for me. Mind you, we weren’t Turtles
of a “road game” was a quick bus ride
in that day.
to play our Purple vs. Gold basketball
game in the Chatham Armory. In our
practice, especially after the weather
have examined the Purple and Gold
day, we pretty much beat up on each
There goes
thatand
old
Gold
TeamAs
got cooler
it got
dark earlier.
Rule, I can say that Chatham Hall
other all year long in intramural games,
vic-to-ry,
theto
lights
on campus began to come
was instilling those same values in
culminating in either a Purple or a
it was
such a peaceful
minutes
And we on,
are
standing
herefew
and
me and in my classmates even before
Gold “winner” at the end of the year…
atcheering
the end of a busy
day…with chapel,
thee!
the P&G Rule was put in place. The
and the bragging rights that went with
dinner
and
study
hall
yet
to
come.
Honor Code and “White Flag” were
we cannot join you
it (although I can’t begin to say with Although
any
both foundational in teaching us the
in the fight,
certainty who won any year I was there).
ideals of “mutual respect, considerThis year is your 50th Class
I think being on a “team,” especially inWe’ll do our best to cheer
ation and thoughtfulness.” There was
Reunion!
What
are you
those first few months away from home,
you
on your
way,
and is a true sense of sisterhood at
provided a sense of belonging (calm
most
looking
to?
your
way . forward
..
Chatham Hall. I left there with a clear
stability)…and as time went by, beingAnd though
Although
I’ve former
been able toluck
keep up
our
understanding of what it means to do
a Purple became a fun and energetic
with some of my classmates, I’m really
may fly away
the honorable and right thing, for my
way to enjoy some friendly competilooking forward to seeing those classgood and the good of others. And I’m
Through
thick
and
thin
tion (fierce energy) with our sisters, the
mates
I haven’t
seen
sincewe’ll
graduation.
thankful for the part Chatham played
stand
and
say,up after 50
Golds. Go, Purples!
It willby
be you
such fun
to catch
in making me the woman I’ve “grown
You’reyears!
theI’m
best
Gold to
Team
also excited
see them get
up” to be.
excited about
we’ve
everChatham
seen, Hall again. I
What would you say if
have
So visited
GoldChatham
Team, several times
someone mistook you for a
over the last couple of years and leave
On, on, on
member of the Gold team?
each time energized by what I see goto
It’s funny that you ask this question…
ing on there now. I know that the class
Victory!
When I arrived for my first Alumnae
of ’66 will love what they see when
Council meeting last year, my name
they come back, too.
tag had a gold ribbon on it instead
of the purple one it was supposed
Even though the Purple
to have. I was really surprised that it
mattered to me after all these years…
and Golden Rule was not
but it did. I quickly (and quietly, I
in effect when you were at
hope) removed the gold ribbon and
Chatham, how do you see
asked if there might be an extra purthat the values and prinple one around. I guess once a Purple,
ciples of Chatham have
always a Purple…even after 50 years!
We were Purple or Gold, period.
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Legacy Parallels
Lelia Carlson ’18
What is your favorite place
on campus?
This year, my favorite place on campus
is my dorm. It feels like my home away
from home, and it helps that a lot of my
friends are literally always in there.
What is your present state
of mind?
Right now, I’m pretty content, if a little
stressed out about a crazy week of tests
and quizzes.
What word or phrase do
you most overuse?
I think the words I overuse the most
right now are “literally” and “honestly.”
Honestly, I literally say them all the
time.
What do you love most
about your mom?
It’s impossible to pick out one favorite
thing about my mom since she’s such an
amazing figure in my life, but one thing
that I’ve just recently started
realizing is how much like her I am. Not
only in that I am attending her alma
mater, but in the little moments as well.
Often, I’ll do or say something and think
to myself that that’s exactly what she
would do. I’m unbelievably lucky to
have her, and I’m proud to be following
in the footsteps of someone who’s always
been my biggest inspiration.
What is your idea of
perfect happiness?
It’s cheesy and cliche, but my idea of
perfect happiness is any time that I’m
with my friends and family. When I’m
with them, I’m nearly always laughing,
and they have the insane ability to
make me feel at home wherever we are.
What is
your best
Chatham Hall
memory?
My favorite memory of Chatham is the purple and gold
picnic my freshman year,
because that was the night
that I truly became part of this community. I knew then that I had found the right
place for me, and people who would be my
lifelong friends.
What do you think you’ll
miss the most about
Chatham Hall?
I will miss everything about this place,
but above all, I’ll miss the people. It’s
hard to imagine a happier or more welcoming environment, and the girls that I
live with here mean the world to me.
Donie Martin
Carlson ’87
What is your favorite place
on campus?
Old favorite: the lower arcade. I love
the arches and have fond memories of
cookie breaks. New favorite: the library.
Honorable mention: under any tree. What is your present state
of mind?
Hopeful. What word or phrase do
you most overuse?
I have no idea. My kids are mortified
when I use their phrases, so I keep
doing it. fall
Alice Strawn ’19 and Maisie Strawn ’17
GOLD (sisters)
What
is your idea of
perfect happiness? My whole family together in a beautiful
place getting along perfectly. What is your best
Jane Hawthorne ’16 (left) and Caroline Hawthorne ’19 (right) GOLD
(Marshall Stronach Creighton ’86, cousin and Jane Hawthorne ’16, sister) and
Heather Huggins ’17 GOLD (Amber Huggins ‘16, sister)
One memory?! How do I choose just
one? Maybe singing “Rejoice Ye Pure in
Heart” at every chapel preceding a vacation. I have great memories of lingering
in the dining hall over dessert and also
of the shenanigans that took place on
dorm and elsewhere between study hall
and lights-out. What do you miss/what do
you think you’ll miss the
most about Chatham Hall?
I miss the tight sense of community at
Chatham Hall. I am fortunate to have
had a great college experience, a rewarding professional life, and busy and
fun soccer-mom phase, each offering a
valuable sense of community, but it is
not the same. I am certain that I didn’t
appreciate it when I was there, but once
you’ve experienced the Chatham Hall
level of sharing, caring, and trust, you
miss it when it’s gone. Really? I have to pick one thing? I love
that she is comfortable in her own skin,
certainly more so than I was at fifteen. that I truly became part of this
community.
Caroline Daly Penny ’17
PURPLE (Molly Penny ’14,
sister)
What do you love most
about your daughter?
My favorite memory of Chatham is the
purple and gold picnic my freshman
year, because that was the night
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Ellen Gray Lackey ’18 GOLD
(Mereweather Lackey ’15, sister)
Anne-Meadors Wall ’19 GOLD
(Jane Davenport Wall ’57, grandmother; Jamie
Neal ’04, cousin; and Elizabeth Wall ’11, cousin)
Emma Maney ’19 and Mira Alpers ’19
PURPLE (Karin Schutjer ’83, mother of Mira)
Camille Walton ’19 and
Christine Walton ’16
PURPLE (sisters)
India Moore ’19, Dasia Moore ’14,
and Asha Moore ’18 GOLD (sisters)
photo by Catherine M. LaDuke
Sofia Manoy ’19 PURPLE
(Kim Emmet Manoy ’89,
mother)
Mary Elizabeth Lively ’16
PURPLE (Tracey Bartlett
Lively ’84, mother)
Srila Chadalavada ’16 PURPLE (Sriya Chadalavada ’15, sister), Anna Zhang ’16,
and Camille Walton ‘16 PURPLE (Christine Walton ’16, sister)
Lelia Carlson ’18 PURPLE Megan Cornwall ’18 GOLD
(Donie Martin Carlson
’87, mother)
(Adele Cornwall ’10, cousin)
Imani Brooks ‘19 and Kyra Brooks ’19
GOLD (sisters)
Regina Ortiz ’19 PURPLE
(Andrea Ortiz ’15, sister)
Heather Huggins ‘17 and
Amber Huggins ’16 GOLD (sisters)
I have great memories of lingering in
the dining hall over dessert and also of
the shenanigans that took place on dorm and
elsewhere between study hall and lights-out. purple & gold through the ages
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Legacy students proudly wear the
color of their family. We are delighted
to have eighteen current legacy
students (eight purples and ten golds!)
at Chatham Hall this year!
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news
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chat
by Anna Broenlund ’ 18
Students in Betsy Seymour’s Photo 1 and AP Photo
classes took on a project for Chatham Hall’s Think
Back and Give Back Giving Tuesday campaign
for the Annual Fund. The challenge presented to
them was to create photographic images for words
or phrases that contain the word “back.” Over the
course of two weeks, the girls captured their chosen “back” words—words like “backpack,” “horseback,” “paperback”—in a way that is also reflective
of life at Chatham Hall. Please enjoy this sampling
of their great work!
Look Back
by Guppy Utz ’18
Commencement 2015
Class of 2015 College Attendances
Bard College
Barnard College
Brandeis University
Collin College-Central Park
Campus
Swing Back
by Chandler Runnells ’19
Paperback
by Schuyler Mitchell ’16
Dickinson College
Furman University
George Mason University
Howard University
James Madison University
Kenyon College
Liberty University
Syracuse University
The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tulane University
University of California,
San Diego
University of Central
Florida
University of Mississippi
Princeton University
by Giovanna Paz ’16
State University of
New York at Albany
Miami University, Oxford
Pennsylvania State
University, University
Park
Looking Back
Smith College
University of Louisville
Otterbein University
by Victoria Bongard ’16
Sewanee: The University
of the South
Marymount Manhattan
College
North Carolina State
University
Walk Backfall
We are pleased to announce
that 89% of the Class of 2015 have
pledged gifts to the 2015–2016
Annual Fund! The success of this
drive is a testament to the class’
appreciation for their experience
at Chatham Hall, and serves as a
strong message of support from
our newest alumnae. Thank you,
Class of 2015!
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University of Michigan
Senior Class Gift
The Class of 2015 raised
$1,900 for the purchase of
benches to be placed in the
Curtis Jackson Garden.
Photo by
Victoria Bongard ’16
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Senior Family Gift
Virginia Military Institute
Led by Brad and Melanie Hogg, parents of
Susanna Hogg ’15, the families and friends of
the Class of 2015 presented Chatham Hall with
a Senior Family Gift in the amount of $24,865.
The gift will be used to assist in renovations of
Pruden.
Virginia Tech
Randolph College
Washington College
Rochester Institute of
Technology
Yale University
Wheaton College MA
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Ashley Judd named
2015–2016 LEADER IN RESIDENCE
Parents Weekend 2015 Parents
Weekend 2015 was a fun-filled weekend
featuring an academic recognition
service in St. Mary’s Chapel, college
counseling workshops, a special
luncheon for new families hosted by
the Parent Advisory Committee, senior
day for fall athletics, and an evening of
dancing and fun at the Rectory with a
bluegrass band.
Activist, humanitarian, and actress Ashley
Judd has been named the 2015–16 Leader
in Residence at Chatham Hall. The Leader
in Residence program is endowed by the Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leaders in Residence
Fund and brings exceptional female leaders
to campus. Ms. Judd will be in residence on
January 13 and 14, 2016, with keynote address
the evening of January thirteenth.
When not involved in filming movies
such as The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood and Simon Burch, as well
as Sundance Film Festival grand jury
prize winner, Ruby In Paradise, Judd
has traveled the world to do international public health work on all
fronts—maternal health, child survival, human rights, HIV prevention, and
malaria prevention and treatment.
Judd is also passionate about the
environment. An eighth generation
Kentuckian, she is an outspoken critic
of mountaintop removal coal mining.
A proponent of a “green collar” economy, Judd is committed to helping find
innovative renewable energy solutions. In May 2010, Judd received her
Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government (where she
won the Dean’s Scholar Award at Harvard Law, for her paper, “Gender Violence, Law & Social Justice”). She has
spoken at many prestigious conferences around the world, including the
London School of Economics’ Family
Planning Summit, sponsored by the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
She also hosted a talk with President
Clinton on the work of the Clinton
Foundation for the London School
of Economics. In 2012, she spoke on
the floor of the Democratic National Convention as the delegate from
Tennessee asked to cast the ballots for
the party’s nominee for president and
vice president.
Judd’s films—indie gems and box
office blockbusters—have grossed
over two billion dollars worldwide.
Working with multiple NGOs, she has
traveled to 13 developing countries
carrying sacred stories of the disempowered both to grassroots change
makers and world leaders. A regular
expert panelist at conferences such
as CGI, she has addressed the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, the
National Press Club twice, and gave
the keynote on modern slavery to
the General Assembly of the United
Nations. Judd is also author of the
New York Times best seller, All That is
Bitter and Sweet.
Ashley Judd’s dedication
to the arts as well as her humanitarian efforts make
her a wonderful Leader
in Residence choice,
as both of these
pursuits resonate
with Chatham Hall
students. Ms. Judd’s
dedication to social
justice causes as
well as to her craft
will highlight for students how following
one’s passion can lead
to a meaningful life—not just for oneself, but for others, too.
Rector Suzanne Buck remarked, “It
is an honor to welcome Ashley Judd to
Chatham Hall. A number of years ago
I had the privilege of listening to Ms.
Judd speak about her interest in world
politics, global issues, human rights
and social justice. She is an intelligent,
informed, and articulate leader. She
is not only a talented contributor to
the arts but also an educated activist.
Her message will be one of resonance
for our community.”
Information regarding the keynote
address, for which tickets will be necessary and seating is limited, will be made
available closer to the day of the event.
Ms. Judd’s dedication
to social justice causes as well
as to her craft will highlight
for students how following
one’s passion can lead to
a meaningful life—not
just for oneself, but for
others, too.
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All American Film Festival
Congratulations to seniors Victoria Bongard ’16 and
Schuyler Mitchell ’16, who had their documentary, “Prosperity
Candle: Moo Kho’s Story,” selected for screening in the 2015
All American High School Film Festival—the largest high
school film festival in the world—in New York City’s Times
Square October 9–11. The documentary is the culmination of a
two-year iQuest project focused around filmmaking. The short
documentary highlights the inspirational story of a Burmese
refugee named Moo Kho. Moo Kho describes her chilling experiences in Burma, her transition to life in the United States, and
her work with the social enterprise Prosperity Candle.
Victoria and Schuyler partnered with Chatham Hall’s Fine
and Performing Arts Chair, Susan Morley, whose daughter, Siiri
Morley, Director of “Strong Women, Strong Girls” in Boston, is
one of the founders of Prosperity Candle. Every candle purchased through Prosperity Candle helps provide a living wage
for women who have recently resettled from refugee camps and
are working to build a brighter future for themselves and their
families in the United States.
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Congratulations to the Chatham Hall Tennis
Team, winners of the spring 2015 Blue Ridge
Conference Championship!
tennis
Jingi Hairston ’15
Holly Rule ’16
Catherine Hare ’18
spring
soccer
spring
Tennis 1st Team
All-Conference
Soccer 2nd Team
All-Conference
Jane Hawthorne ’16
Holly Rule ’16
Tennis 2nd Team
All-Conference
Catherine Hare ’18
CHATHAM HALL SUMMER CAMPS 2015
NEW!
ROBOTICS CAMP
SUMMER RIDING
PROGRAM
This camp is built around the
Join our Riding Faculty for an
in common? Join Chatham Hall’s
development of a student’s 21st
exceptional riding and residential
esteemed robotics mentors, who
century skills, especially those
experience. The riding facili-
have coached the award winning
related to problem solving,
ties on Chatham Hall’s campus
Tutu Turtles Robotics Team, to find
collaboration and curiosity. This
include: the indoor Mars Arena,
out! During this residential camp,
is accomplished through the
two outdoor sand rings, and a
you will learn the fundamentals of
Summer Investigators
Science Camp for girls
grades 6–8
integration of the areas of biol-
permanent hunter-trial course.
hardware design and programming
ogy, chemistry, and technology
Many School horses of all shapes
with your own mobile robot that
July 17–23
into a program where students
and sizes provide the appropriate
you will be able to take home. Drone
Riding Camp Session II
for girls ages 10–16
assume the role of crime scene
challenges for all riders to learn
demonstrations, 3-D printing, and
investigators in order to solve a
and improve.
area technology trips will be included
July 24–30
mock crime.
Contact: Samantha
Pleasant Fleming,
sfleming@chathamhall.org
434-432-5605
along with special creative activities.
Contact: Dennis Oliver,
doliver@chathamhall.org
434-432-2941
Contact: Molly Thomas,
mthomas@chathamhall.org
434.728.1769
Kate Thomas ’15
Camille Walton ’16
Torey-Bates Samuel ’16
INVESTIGATORS
SCIENCE CAMP
What do tutus and robots have
BRC AllTournament
Tennis Team
CAMP DATES
July 10–16
Riding Camp Session I
for girls ages 10–16
July 10–22
Riding Camp Session III
(Intensive) for ages 10–16
July 24–30
Robotics Camp for girls
grades 6–8
Kate Thomas ’15
Camille Walton ’16
Torey-Bates Samuel ’16
riding
Chatham Hall’s Interscholastic Equestrian Association team
started off the year winning both of our opening weekend
horse shows, and took home a 1st place finish at Pleasant Hill
Farm in Hillsborough, North Carolina!
Left to right: Lily Porter ’19, Caroline Hawthorne ’19, Shannon Huth ’18, Hailey Johnson ’19,
and Sarah Doss ’17
We are
delighted
to welcome
Riding
Instructor
Frankie
Beyer and
Barn Manager
Carolyn
Meyer to
Chatham
Hall!
For the seventh time in
ten years, Chatham Hall
is the winner of the 2015
Blue Ridge Conference
Sportsmanship Award!
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Hallam Hurt ’63 Student
and Faculty Travel Award
Through Chatham Hall’s Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Travel Award, senior
Angélica Viñas ’16 traveled to the Dominican Republic last spring to explore the
contributing factors in the mobilization of women in the sport of volleyball, and
how volleyball has helped women to become more successful in society. Angélica
interviewed many figures who have played an important role in the development of
the sport. She was able to watch the senior national team play the national Japanese
team on two different occasions, she participated in practices and ran clinics with
local schools and community programs, and had the opportunity to attend the third
annual Women in Sports Festival.
“The Hallam Hurt Travel Award allowed me to explore home through
a lens I never knew existed. My whole family is from the Dominican
Republic, and ever since l was a little girl, I have gone several times a year. The routine is always the same—visit family, catch up with old friends, go to the beach—nothing has really changed
over 17 years. And all of a sudden, even before stepping foot on the plane, I knew this trip would be so much
more than that. I was able to spend two amazing weeks experiencing a country I thought I knew so well, only
to be overwhelmed by the realities of socioeconomic disparity, the corruption within politics, and the lives of
professional athletes—all within third world borders, a term I never really understood the gravity of until
now. I was able to renew a passion for a sport I’ve grown up playing, and I saw how something as simple as
a net and a ball can break the cycle of poverty within a family. This travel award lent me the opportunity
to give back to a place that has given me so much in terms of
I saw how something as simple
identity and culture. After teaching clinics and donating volleyballs in several towns, I was rewarded by seeing the smiles
as a net and a ball can break the
on the faces of the girls and coaches we met.”
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Chatham Hall Robotics mentor and Physics teacher Molly Thomas was one of only
28 teachers and mentors selected to attend the U.S. Air
Force’s fourth annual FIRST Leadership Program at the
U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
in July 2015. The program is a leadership opportunity
for those teachers and mentors who are inspiring today’s
youth to become the technical leaders of tomorrow.
Included in the program are character and leadership development seminars, lectures and team building exercises to provide insight on how the Air Force
develops leaders, how Airmen execute their missions
as it relates to STEM, and STEM career opportunities
available in the Air Force.
Chatham Hall Rector Suzanne Walker Buck served as a panelist
during two workshops—Leading vs. Managing-Mentoring for Success and
Capture the Flag-Diversifying Your International Student Body— at the SSATB
2015 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in September. Rector Buck was also
selected to present SSATB’s 2015 William B. Bretnall Award, given annually to
a leader and educator who has made significant contributions to the field of
admission. SSATB (Secondary School Admission Test Board) is an organization
that serves to support the overall independent school admission process.
Chatham Hall returns to South Africa in 2016! Chatham Hall’s signature service
learning program in Cape Town, South Africa is the largest of several travel programs in which
students discover the profound impact they can have on the lives of others and get the
opportunity to experience new cultures and ways of life. In 2016, spend your spring break
in Cape Town tutoring children at Steenvliet Primary School, constructing organic gardens
through Soil for Life, working with children at Brave Heart Home orphanage, and exploring
Table Mountain and Robben Island.
Registration is open to
students, parents, grandparents, and alumnae!
Questions? Contact Academic
Dean Martha Griswold at
mgriswold@chathamhall.org
or 434.432.5617
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Mary Katherine
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but also how to be independent and to have confidence in myself and my abilities.
I was 13-years-old when I showed up at Chatham Hall, and I’m grateful that I spent the most
malleable years of my life in such a supportive, and encouraging atmosphere. I learned about
friendship, leadership, and what it means to be part of a community–these experiences
continue to shape my life even today.
I make a monthly recurring gift to Chatham Hall’s Annual Fund because…
Arranging for a recurring credit card charge is so easy, especially as a working mom! My
husband and I make Chatham Hall a priority in our monthly giving for a number of
reasons—I have so many memories of Chatham—and all of them involve being in the midst
of happy, confident, fun-loving girlfriends who I still love today. These friendships have
lasted the test of time—15 years and counting! Equally valuable to me are the relationships
I made with teachers and staff members. My monthly gift is a small way for me to make an
impact on a place that is dear to my heart and a part of my life forever.
I have so many memories of Chatham—
and all of them involve being in the midst
of happy, confident, fun-loving girlfriends
who I still love today.
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Garden Club of
Virginia Historic
Garden Week
Chatham Hall has been invited
Chatham Hall’s riding program
by the Garden Club of Virginia
has been honored in the October
to participate in Historic
2015 issue of Virginia Living. Each
Garden Week as a premier
year Virginia Living’s editorial
site in Chatham on April 24,
board names the top schools
2016. St. Mary’s Chapel and the
and programs in the state of
Rectory will be featured sites
Virginia in several categories for
on the tour. We are delighted
their State of Education feature.
to have the opportunity to
This year Chatham Hall’s ridintroduce our school to visitors
ing program was recognized in
and to share in the beauty of
the athletics section, with special mention
made of the IEA team’s Reserve Championship placeChatham Hall.
ment at Nationals last spring.
With an audience of more than 500,000 readers Virginia Living is the premier lifestyle magazine in the
state of Virginia.
Be sure to check out Chatham
video series
Town and Country Magazine has recognized Chatham
Hall as one of the “19 Most Beautiful Boarding
Schools Around the World.” To see the gallery of
schools, visit http://www.townandcountrymag.com/
society/news/g1526/beautiful-boarding-schools/
Hall’s new video series, Chatham
Hall in Our Own Words. Enjoy
and share the links with others!
More to come!
http://chathamhall.org/news/
view/video-series-chatham-hallin-our-own-words
Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03
is the Associate Director of Influencer Marketing
at 22squared, the fourth largest independent
advertising agency in the country. After graduating
from Chatham Hall, Mary Katherine went on to earn a B.A. in English from Davidson College.
She and her husband, Gardner, live in Atlanta, Georgia with their two-year-old
son, Taylor, and their newborn son, Graham. They are active members of
Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.
Thank you for your consideration and support of the 2015–2016 Annual Fund. If you would
like to set up a recurring gift visit www.chathamhall.org/giving or use the envelope enclosed in the
Chat! You may also contact Director of Advancement Services, Starlet Lemon, at 434.432.5600 or
at slemon@chathamhall.org with questions.
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Chatham Hall celebrated its 29th
annual Lee-Yardley Day in September by
presenting local veterinarian Dr. Paul Erwin with the
Alice Overbey Award during a special service in St. Mary’s
Chapel. Each year the award is presented to a member of
the greater Chatham community who has contributed to
promoting the mission of Chatham Hall. Erwin cares for
the School’s 35 horses that live on campus, and he is also
connected to the school through many family members
who are Chatham Hall alumnae, including his wife, Lucy
Holmes Irwin ’93. Rector Suzanne Walker Buck remarked,
“We thank Dr. Paul Erwin for taking care of our horses and
the Chatham Hall community. We thank him for leading
by example, demonstrating concern for others, and having
the compassion to make a difference. We thank Dr. Paul
Erwin for being a good neighbor and friend.”
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NEW ADMINISTRATOR
Sean Terwilliger Chief Technology
Officer
Dr. Paul Erwin is pictured with Alice Overbey, Rector Suzanne Walker Buck, and
Past Alice Overbey Award Recipients.
Left to right: Dr. Paul Erwin, Alice Overbey, Marcie Cobble, Mary Lee Black, Ronald
Merricks, Ashby Cothran. William Black, Fred Blair, and Rector Suzanne Walker Buck
Rector on the Road!
Eleanor “Ellie” Silliman Maroney ‘58, Florence “Floy” Schroeder Ervin ’58, Rector
Suzanne Walker Buck, Katharine “Kitty” Norcross Wheeler ’57, and Wissie Thompson ’58
at a reception in Kennebunkport, Maine over the summer
Thank you to Chatham Hall alumnae and
friends who have hosted events in honor of
Rector Suzanne Walker Buck! Recent events
have been held in Kennebunkport, Maine;
Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Charlotte, North
Carolina.
We extend much gratitude to our wonderful
hostesses, Sarah Martin Finn ’74, Doris Beasley
Martin ’48, P’74, Peter and Dee Dee McKay ’48,
P’72, ’75, G’10, Brett and Libba Rule P’16, and
Wissie Thompson ’58.
Sean is an expert
in the area of applied technology
and infrastructure.
He is renowned for
his professionalism
having served as an
IT Director at a number of schools,
including Deerfield Academy, King’s
Academy ( Jordan), Hillside School,
and Keystone Academy (China). Sean
and his wife, Wendy Bradley, moved
to Chatham Hall from China, where
they helped to found Keystone Academy. Sean is currently finishing a M.S.
in Project Management at the University of Liverpool.
NEW FACULTY
Wendy Bradley Director of the
Annual Fund
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Catherine Cullen ’18, her
father Glenn Cullen (also a
member of the Parent
Advisory Committee), and
history teacher Don Morley met up in
Maine this summer, well representing
Chatham Hall in the 80-mile Bicycle
Coalition of Maine’s Lobster Ride!
Wendy brings twenty
years of experience in
working at boarding
schools to Chatham
Hall’s Office of Advancement. She served
as Dean of Students at
Deerfield Academy and at the Vivian
Webb School, was the founding Dean
of Students at King’s Academy (Jordan)
and Keystone Academy (China), and
has also worked in Admission. Wendy
holds a B.A. in Psychology from the
University of Maine and a Master of Science in Counseling and Psychological
Services from Springfield College.
Vanessa
Campbell
Assistant Director
of Athletics and
House Faculty
Vanessa earned her
B.A. from Wheaton College in 2014
where she majored in
Liting
“Lys” Lin
Psychology and minored in General
Education. Vanessa has worked as a
Physical Education and Health teacher
at the Founder’s Academy in Manchester, New Hampshire. She has also
been employed in the Office of School
Life at New Hampton School in New
Hampton, New Hampshire.
Lisa Collis
Math Teacher
Lisa has taught
math at a number of secondary
schools including Randolph
Macon Academy,
Stuart Hall,
and Burlington
School. She is a member of several professional organizations including the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematical Association
of America, and the Association for
Supervision and Curricular Design.
Lisa is a graduate of the University of
Pittsburgh at Jamestown with a B.S. in
Mathematics and Capella University
with a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction.
Deborah
Glymph
History and
English as a
Second Language Teacher
Deborah has
extensive professional experience working in
the world of education. She has taught
at the secondary school level and has
also served as an adjunct professor
in higher education. Deborah is the
founder and president of “The Brain
Change Project,” an entrepreneurial enterprise committed to providing skills
and education for workforce readiness.
Deborah holds a B.A. in Sociology from
Stony Brook University, and a Master of
Education from Mary Baldwin College.
Chinese
Teacher,
Director of
International
Student
Program,
and House
Faculty
Lys is a 2015
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she earned her Master
of Education in Human Development and Reading/Writing/Literacy.
Born in Taiwan, Lys is a graduate of an
all-girls boarding school herself, and
has experience teaching in both Taiwan and the United States. Lys brings
to Chatham Hall great enthusiasm and
her interest in the emotional growth of
adolescent girls.
Amy
Schactman
Dance
Teacher and
House Faculty
Amy is recognized as an
outstanding
teacher and choreographer with
extensive experience in a multitude of
genres including modern, ballet, jazz,
musical theater, movement analysis,
improvisation, and repertory, and
has also taught Pilates and Yoga. Amy
earned her B.A. in Dance Theater and
Education from Washington University, and after years of working in the
field of dance instruction, she went
on to earn her Master of Arts in Dance
Education from the University of New
Mexico.
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familiar faces, new roles
Jane Allen
Interim Director
of Athletics
Jane brings her passion for athletics to
the role of Interim
Director of Athletics
for the 2015–2016
year. Having been
an integral part of Chatham Hall’s
Athletic Department since 2004,
and serving most recently as the
Associate Director of Athletics, Jane
brings a wealth of experience to the
position. She completed a M.S. in
Sport Management from Drexel
University in 2012.
Johnny Buck
Facilitator of
External Relations
(Parents)
Johnny serves both
the Advancement
and Enrollment
Teams through his
work with the Parent Advisory Committee and in helping
with the execution of events. He also
coaches J.V. field hockey and lacrosse.
Johnny has taught art, advised, coached,
dorm-parented, served on a multitude
of committees, recruited, and fundraised in independent boarding schools
for more than 20 years.
Cathy LaDuke
Associate Director
of Young Alumnae
Engagement
After 28 years of
serving in various
positions at Chatham Hall, we are
thrilled to announce
that Cathy, affectionately referred to as
“La,” has joined the Office of Advancement as the Associate Director of Young
Alumnae Engagement. Cathy will be
further cultivating her relationships
and connections with Chatham Hall
alumnae in this new position. She will
continue to serve as Keeper of Traditions.
NEW TRUSTEES
Donie Martin
Carlson ’87,
P’18
Donie Martin
Carlson ’87, P’18 is
Principal and Managing Member for
DMC Group, LLC,
a financial services
firm in Birmingham, Alabama.
Donie received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1991. She and her
husband, Kenneth Carlson, have three
children, Lelia (15), Neil (12), and Skyes
(8). We are delighted to have Donie’s
daughter, Lelia, as a current sophomore at Chatham Hall! Donie graciously co-hosted an event welcoming Rector
Suzanne Walker Buck in Birmingham
in 2014. She is a member of the Forest
Park Garden Club, the Monticello
Association, and serves as a member of
multiple parent associations.
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Collie ’85
Sarah L.
Collie ’85 is
Assistant Vice
President
for Organizational
Excellence at
the University of Virginia,
where she has also served in various
administrative and academic appointments. Sarah earned her Ph.D. from
the University of Virginia, her M.S.
from Florida State University, and
her B.S. from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She is actively
involved in the Charlottesville community, working with such organizations
as the Chamber of Commerce, the
Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association, and the First Tee. She was a
member of the Alumnae Council from
2007-2013, and served on the School’s
Audit Committee from 2009–2013.
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Diana
Howard
Fisketjon
’78
Diana Howard Fisketjon
’78 and her
husband,
Gary Fisketjon, live and
commute
between Franklin, Tennessee, and New
York City, where Diana is active in art
and literary causes. After graduating
from Chatham Hall, Diana attended
Sweet Briar College and graduated
from the University of Alabama. In
1983, she moved from her native
Mississippi to New York City and began
a career in banking with Chase Bank.
After ten years, she moved to Nashville,
Tennessee, and for the next decade
worked as an agent and private dealer
in American art. Diana served on the
Alumnae Council from 2013-2015.
Alison Ardito
Davis ’94
After completing
a B.S. in Biology,
and a minor in
Business Finance,
Alison went on to
medical school
at the University
of Tennessee. She
completed her residency in Pediatrics at West Virginia University. While
there she did extensive research on
the respiratory syncytial virus, and has
since done specialty training in Global
Health, Travel, and Tropical Medicine.
She currently works part-time at a
private practice while working toward
an M.B.A. at Auburn University. She
and her husband, Barry Davis, have a
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog named Eiger and are happily living in Port Saint
Lucie, Florida.
Jordan
Nyberg
Ferris ’04
Jordan attended
The University of
Texas at Austin,
earning a Bachelor of Science
in Biology and
Composite Science Teaching Certification; she graduated in 2008. Jordan
taught high school biology and chemistry for five years in the Austin area,
then transitioning to a business career
in 2013. Jordan married Matt A. Ferris
in January of 2013; she and Matt welcomed their son, Major Anthony Ferris,
in April of 2015. Jordan is originally
from Austin, Texas, where she and her
family currently reside.
Carleton
Thomas
Henrich ’85
Carleton received
a B.A. in history from The
Johns Hopkins
University and
an M.A. from
The New School in New York City. After
working in film and television production in Chicago and New York, Carleton
is currently happily raising her family
and retraining a 5-year-old Off Track
Thoroughbred. Carleton lives in South
Salem, New York with her husband,
Todd Henrich, Episcopal High School
‘86, and their four children. Eleanor
and Grace are sophomores at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, and
Alexander (6th grade) and Charlotte (4th
grade) attend Ridgefield Academy in
Ridgefield, Connecticut, where Carleton
was happy to serve on the Board of
Trustees.
Virginia
“Ginny”
Worthington Marr ’55
Ginny earned a
B.A. in English
Literature from
Smith College
and an M.S. in
Library Science from Simmons College.
Ginny and her husband, Dick, lived,
taught, coached, and held administrative positions at three different coed
boarding schools for 46 years. Their
longest stint was at Milton Academy
(Massachusetts) where their four children attended from K-12. In 1981 they
fled west to Aspen Country Day School
(Colorado). In 1984 they returned to the
east coast to teach at Tabor Academy
until retirement in 2003. Currently
living in Pittsboro, North Carolina,
Ginny has discovered that hospice work
speaks to her as nothing else has. Ginny
has previously served on the Alumnae
Council as a dedicated member, and we
are delighted to welcome her back!
Reagan
Greene
Pruitt ’95
Reagan holds a
B.A. in Sociology from Centre
College, an MBA
from Northern Kentucky
University, and a Certificate in Leadership and Business Acumen from UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business School. She
is the Director of Brand Strategy and
Marketing Communications at Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Reagan lives in Chapel Hill with her
husband and daughter, and is active in
the community, serving on the Board of
Directors for the Chapel Hill – Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce, the Leadership
North Carolina Board of Directors Executive Committee, the Band Together
Advisory Board, and the Habitat for
Humanity Board of Directors.
Laura
Spencer ’07
After graduating
from Davidson
College with a
degree in Psychology, Laura
worked in the
U.S. Senate for
three years as a staff and communications assistant. Laura currently resides
in Atlanta, Georgia, where she works as
an inpatient family liaison at Children’s
Healthcare of Atlanta. While at Chatham Hall Laura served on the Student
Council, Chatham Athletic Council,
and as the Crucifer. Upon her graduation, Laura was awarded the Senior
Outstanding Citizenship Award and the
Purple and Golden Rule Award, and
she has been a dedicated and enthusiastic Chatham Hall Class Agent since
her graduation in 2007.
2015
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Get Your Gold!
november
april
9Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome,
Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries
14Interscholastic Equestrian Association
Horse Show at Chatham Hall
15
5–7
Fall Play: Wait Until Dark, Black Box
Theater, 7:30 p.m
Lightweight
Ladies Cut T-Shirt
december
5
Senior Night in the Well, 9:00 p.m.
Hoodie with
Two Color School Seal
Baby/Toddler T-Shirt
6The Service of Lessons and Carols, St.
Mary’s Chapel, 5:00 p.m.
18Christmas Pageant, St. Mary’s Chapel,
10:45 a.m.
january
13–14Ashley Judd, Leader in Residence, Details
Forthcoming
18
Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome,
Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries
Unisex Long Sleeve
Chatham Hall T-Shirt
29–30 Board of Trustees Meeting
30Interscholastic Equestrian Association
Horse Show at Chatham Hall
february
Limited Edition “Chatham Oak” Print
Augusta Jogging Shorts
Short Sleeve T-Shirt
Chatham Hall Logo
Admission Application Deadline
26–27Winter Musical, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall,
7:30 p.m.
march
13–25Chatham Hall Service Trip to South Africa,
Registered Students, Parents, and Alumnae
Chatham Hall
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Chatham Hall Luggage Tag
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School Seal
Bumper Sticker
Canvas Tote with School Seal
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Advancement Office at 434.432.5508
or at ablair@chathamhall.org
campus news
2015–2016 calendar
1Admitted Student Day, Call 434.432.5613
for Inquiries
8
Admitted Student Day, Call 434.432.5613
for Inquiries
Board of Trustees Meeting
15–17Reunion Weekend, All Welcome, Special
Celebrations for Classes Ending in 6 & 1
15–17 Alumnae Council Meeting
18–22
Gloria Bond Clunie ’71, Writer in Residence,
Details Forthcoming
24Garden Club of Virginia Historic Garden
Week, Tour of Chatham Hall Campus
may
6Spring Theatre Showcase, Black Box
Theater, 7:30 p.m.
20
Lantern Ceremony, 9:00 p.m.
21 Baccalaureate and Commencement
july
10–16Riding Camp Session I for girls ages 10–16,
Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming
sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605
for Inquiries
10–22Summer Investigators Science Camp for
girls grades 6–8, Contact Dennis Oliver
doliver@chathamhall.org for Inquiries
17–23Riding Camp Session II for girls ages 10–16,
for Inquiries
24–30Riding Camp Session III (Intensive) for
ages 10–16, Open to Chatham Hall Riders,
for Inquiries
24–30
Robotics Camp for girls grades 6–8, Contact
Molly Thomas mthomas@chathamhall.org
or 434.728.1769 for Inquiries
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visit www.chathamhallbookstore.bigcartel.com. To order by phone, call 434.432.5512. All proceeds benefit the ongoing
fall
2014
operations
of Chatham Hall, with the exception of Alumnae Council items, which support the Legacy Scholarship
Fund.
2015
Looking Forward
As was announced this fall, Chatham
Hall has launched a comprehensive & innovative strategic planning process. The effort is being
Co-Chaired by Trustee Michelle Thomas Supko
’02 and faculty member Gwen Couch and facilitated by Ian Symmonds & Associates. This will
be an outstanding opportunity for Chatham Hall
to analyze that which we do, how we best do it,
and to examine our position in the independent
school marketplace. Building upon this information and that gathered through an extensive data
gleaning process, we will then design the roadmap for our future.
Strategic Plan Timeline
July & August 2015
• P
lanning to plan
September & October
• O
nline reading for committee, discussion of context, industry
• C
onsultants campus visit & qualitative listening sessions
• C
onsultants work with Board of Trustees
November
• S
teering committee meeting, visioning, strategic issues
identification
December
• S
teering committee meeting, key findings report,
preliminary goals
January 2016
• F
inalizing strategic goals, launch strategic goal work groups
March
• S
trategic goal work group reports
April
• Strategic goal work group reports conclude, bringing it
all together
May
• A
pproval of Strategic Plan
Strategic Planning Committee
Michelle Thomas Supko ’02,
Co-Chair
Suzanne Walker Buck, Rector
Gwen Couch, Co-Chair
Stacey Goodwin ’83, Board of
Trustees Chair
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72,
Former Trustee
Sarah L. Collie ’85, Trustee
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84,
Trustee
Mary Kay Karzas ’71, Trustee
Richard Hare, Parent ’18
Laurie Trexler, Parent ’17
Martha Griswold, Academic Dean
Maisie Deely, Director of
fallCommunications
Emily Johns, Dean of Students
Christine Knight, Director of
Advancement
Geoff Braun, History Department Chair
Amy Davis, Science Teacher
Tiffany Franks, President,
Averett University
Sarah McMillan, Vice-President,
McMillan, Howland & Spence
Call for Distinguished
Alumna Award
Nominations!
The Chatham Hall
Distinguished Alumna
Award, established in 2010,
recognizes a graduate who has
distinguished herself through
significant, outstanding
contributions in her profession
and/or meritorious public
service. This Alumna
embodies the characteristics
and values of Chatham Hall
in her daily life and inspires
excellence in others.
Send us your
nominations! Visit
www.chathamhall.org/
alumnae/distinguishedalumna-award for detailed
information on how to
nominate an alumna and to read about
past award recipients.
Questions? Contact Amy
Blair ablair@chathamhall.
org, 434.432.5508. 2 01 0
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41
and Elinor Greene, II ’70
2 01 1
Diane Heiskell Schetky ’57
2 01 2
Anne Bryant ’67
2 01 3
Leila McConnell Daw ’58
and Hallam Hurt ’63
2 01 4
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51
and Polly Wheeler Guth ’44
2 01 5
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
The Hairstons: An American
Family in Black and White
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By Henry Wiencek | St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000
Henry Wiencek is an award winning historian and biographer. His
numerous books include Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson
and His Slaves, An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves,
and the Creation of America, and The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and
White, which won the national Book Critics’ Circle Award in Biography in 1999.
The Hairstons was a book that I expected would be a rather
straightforward, interesting, genealogical read for a transplanted “Yankee” as myself. However, it became so much
more than that with its many nuanced layers of lives lived
and lost. The narrative is a clearing of the “kudzu” obscuring
history, memories, and oral family stories, often filtered and
fragmented. This was not an ordinary family, but a dynasty that spanned over nine generations, an old South, and
their slaves dating from 1695. It is a frank portrayal of the
north feels more transient, newer in many respects, with so
many families of not too distant immigrants. Wiencek’s work
ripped off the entangled “kudzu” for me to examine a moving saga of so many lives trapped in slavery, segregation, Jim
Crow laws, and the injustices of “justice” through the legal
system. It chronicles the economic realities of reconstruction
and the environment that generated the civil rights movement and so much deep-seated hatred.
It is powerful to examine all these generations, intermingled, colliding, collapsing, and triumphing. The past
defines the present, and much like the tenacious kudzu,
is very much a part of the landscape around us here in
Pittsylvania and Henry Counties and beyond. I am grateful
Suddenly, the remaining timbers of
mud and daub cabins and tobacco
curing barns sprang to life, peopled
It is powerful to examine all
with so many ghosts of the past.
lives of the largest family in America and its legacy that
continues into the present, both black and white. The
Hairstons were purported to be the wealthiest family in
America, owning forty-five plantations in four states,
and over ten thousand slaves. This book unearths hard
truths, and chronicles the triumphs of the black Hairstons
and the decline of an old South, reliant on slave labor to
create and perpetuate wealth, primarily from tobacco.
Reading this work brought this legacy to my doorstep
here in Chatham. It was no longer an abstract, rooted in
my memories of reading Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the
Wind. It was not a, further South, a “deep” South, but rather,
the heart of this family was right here in Danville, Martinsville, and beyond. Just between Bassett and Danville were
twelve plantations. Suddenly, the remaining timbers of mud
and daub cabins and tobacco curing barns sprang to life,
peopled with so many ghosts of the past. I feel I have a fuller
understanding of how communities here evolved over time,
with such an all-encompassing legacy, both astounding and
unbelievably painful and cruel.
I feel changed from reading this book. I now regard the
communities and the people here through a sharper lens. I
feel the tug of multiple generations and a far deeper sense
of history and heritage rooted here in this rich red soil. The
these generations, intermingled,
colliding, collapsing, and
triumphing.
for Henry Wiencek’s meticulous, dedicated research and
writing that brings these painful and entangled family trees
together in a story of redemption and ultimate strength.
Wiencek’s words best encapsulate his writing. “It was
the destiny of the white Hairstons to enact the downfall of
the Old South. Their gallantry and sacrifice exemplify the
character of the Southerners, whose tragic fate gnaws at the
nation’s memory. What kind of people could endure such
sorrow in service to their country? We must understand
them if we are to fathom the character of the nation. And, for
their part, it was the destiny of the black Hairstons to enact
the exodus embedded in our national story – the miraculous, astounding rise of the African-Americans from the
dust of slavery. Slavery could not crush them, nor anything
thereafter. What kind of people could endure such evil and
still cling to the country that dispensed it? What manner of
man is this?”
“The past is never past.” Robert Penn Warren
–SUSAN MORLEY, FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS CHAIR
2015
class notes fall2015
37
Katharine Hobson Sturtevant
I had my 95th birthday last
December and live in a good retirement
home. Don’t do much—read and play
Bridge. Think often of my wonderful
years and friends at Chatham Hall.
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Farley Walton Whetzel Living
in Harbour’s Edge, a Lifespace
independent living place, in Delray
Beach, Florida since 2008. Wonderful!
Lots of new friends, helping hands,
good concerts, events, bridge, etc.
¢ class of
’41
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Joan Stanley French ’44
I have moved to Maine near
my eldest daughter and am in an assisted living facility. Quite a switch from
my condo in Chicago!
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Eleanor Owens Earle
I happily see a lot of my
Chatham roommate, Arvia Crosby
Morris ’46, as she spends her winters
with her son (my godson) in the town
next door to my winter “home” near my
youngest child, Caroline, and her family.
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Helene Zimmermann Hill I had the
honor and pleasure of serving on a STEM
panel at Smith at a Women’s Leadership
Conference entitled “Taking the Right
Risks” in March and then going back
to Smith for our 65th reunion in May. I
am still employed as a Professor in the
Radiology Department at Rutgers New
Jersey Medical School in Newark. I work
with small groups of medical students in
the Patient Centered Curriculum. And I
am still working on a book that involves
my findings as a whistle-blower. My
daughter, Sarah Hill ’80, and her partner,
Megan Reynolds, are tying the knot on
Halloween. They have two delightful little
girls, ages 7 and 10. Sarah is an Associate
Professor in Environmental Sciences at
Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and Megan is a lawyer for Legal Aid.
Daughter, Lana Hill ’82, works for T. Rowe
Price in Baltimore in their education
department.
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Eleanore Walton Bequaert
I’m now 87 and well enough
to still love and enjoy life. I am still a
fall
¢ Look for the Reunion Banner
icon to see which classes will celebrate
Reunion in April 2016
believing Christian and thank Chatham
Hall and Dr. Lee, who confirmed me. I
live in a lovely first floor condominium
with woods all around and am a Duke
Chapel member.
Mervyn Adams Seldon moved to
Claremont Manor, a retirement community in Claremont, California in October
2013 and completed a two year term as
Director of 57 Underground Gallery in
Pomona, California in March 2015. She
continues to paint and visited with Cordy
Ruffin Richards ’47 and Jean Ruffin Lilley
’45 in June 2015 in Maryland.
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Joanne Shartle Anderson
Doris Beasley Martin ’48 and
Sarah Martin Finn ’74 had a very nice
gathering to meet the new head of Chatham Hall, Suzanne Buck, here in Santa
Fe on July 30th. Povy LaFarge Bigbee
’51 and her husband, John, came up
from their home in southern New
Mexico and spent the night with us
after attending the party. I have heard
from Frances Black Turner ’49 and Edie
Nalle Schafer ’49 as our good friend
Laurie Valentine ’49 fell and broke her
femur, but is recovering at her retirement home, Wake Robin, in Vermont.
My husband, Andy, and I returned
from our summer home in Santa Fe to
Arizona August 30 as we are going on a
tour of Alaska September 10.
Elisabeth McGinty Laigle We are
making the most of this thing called
“old age” and continue to enjoy life. We
had a great trip to New York City with a
church group in March, and will go on
a Caribbean cruise with my family to
celebrate my brother’s 50th anniversary! Life is good! Love to all.
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Ann Cochran McCandless
Unfortunately, my husband, Denny, passed away in March. He
had been ill for the last two years and
could not recover, so this had to be. I
will stay here in the condo in Clayton
and take care of Rosie (a very friendly
Westie) who is good company.
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John Bigbee (who wishes he’d gone to Chatham,
but sent granddaughters instead), Cynnie Murray
Henriques ’50, Amy Bigbee Beeson, Sarah Shartle
Meacham ’51, Jim Beeson, Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51,
and Christina Sawtelle Teale ’51
Sarah Shartle Meacham Povy LaFarge
Bigbee ’51 and entourage were on a
circuitous driving route to Burlington,
Vermont to see a Chatham granddaughter be graduated from the University of
Vermont. Christina Sawtelle Teale ’51
and I both live at Piper Shores, so we all
had lunch there. As we were eating, Sally
Lawrence Clark ’40 and Floy Rankin
Schroeder ’58 wandered by. It couldn’t
have been a more wonderful time.
Mary Driggs Pacholczyk I lost my
husband of 53 years in February. He
was an astrophysicist and we had a very
interesting life. Am now moving with
my three dogs to a new address: 11916
N. Labyrinth Drive, Oro Valley, AZ
85737. We have five children and twelve
grandchildren. One daughter, her husband, and their three boys live close by,
a great blessing. Still enjoy table tennis
club 2 times a week. Life goes on.
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Carlotta Hellier Parsons Joan
Coulter Pittman ’55 and I had a
short but delightful reunion at Joan and
Fred’s condo on Longboat Key in Sarasota. It had been about 13 years since
we last were together, and it seemed like
yesterday! We look forward to more fun
times together here in Sarasota.
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Emma Scott Christopher ’56, Kate Driggs Perry
’56, Evelyn Bullit Hausslein ’56, and Marcia Pyle
Welch ’56
mates our senior year at Chatham and
have known each other even longer,
our parents having been friends when
we grew up outside of Chicago. The
rest of the trip took my husband and
me to wonderful National Parks and
Monuments in the southwest and to
Yosemite, none of which we had ever
seen. I felt I was rounding out my
American heritage.
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Judy McMurray Achre Paul
and I are finally enjoying full
time living on Longboat Key, Florida.
Sarasota has much to offer and I am
continuing to learn about our new
community. I serve as the President of
the Sarasota County League of Women
Voters and find that a great way to meet
new people who are interesting and
interested in similar issues. My exposure
to the Service League at Chatham Hall
was an important experience for me. My
Chatham Hall roommate Randy McKean
Tuthill ’54 and classmate Bendy Tracy
Payne ’54 live nearby. We enjoy getting
together from time to time.
Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54 My
husband, John “Duke” Merriam, and
I live in the Georgetown section of
Washington, have three children, seven
grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. We spend six weeks each summer
in Brittany, this year also in Croatia, and
spend February in Jamaica. I still work at
my foundation which gives to such causes as fighting sex trafficking and child
labor, solitary confinement, and slavery.
Caroline Young Moore Traveled a
great deal this year. Jan—safari in Africa, April—Danube River Cruise—visited
son John in Vienna while in Europe,
now on Martha’s Vineyard to open
house—grandson Reid graduated from
High School—on to college.
Carlotta Hellier Parsons ’55 and Joan Coulter
Pittman ’55
Susannah W. Smith I’m moving
September 1 to San Diego to be close to
my daughter, Melissa Ganus. My new
address: 9979 Rio San Diego Dr, #121,
San Diego, CA 92108
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Emma Scott Christopher
George and I are leaving
Florida and moving to a retirement
community in Charleston, South Carolina. We will still spend the summers
and part of the fall in Mattapoisett,
Massachusetts. Best to all.
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Kate Driggs Perry Emma Scott
Christopher ’56, Kate Driggs Perry ’56,
Evelyn Bullit Hausslein ’56, and Marcia
Pyle Welch ’56 gathered for a mini
reunion in Nantucket in mid August
at the Great Harbor Yacht Club. Many
happy memories were shared as well as
plans for the future.
Molly Buck I made my annual
visit with Sally Willis ’58. After
catching up with her family as well as
the farm animals, we headed to York
Harbor to have lunch with Ellie Moran
Morgan ’58, Leila McConnell Daw
’58, and Wissie Thompson ’58. After a
delicious lunch at the famous Reading
Room looking over the water, Sally,
Leila, Ellie, and I headed up the road
following Wissie to Kennebunkport,
where we spent the night at her house.
We had a wonderful seafood dinner
at a favorite Wissie haunt. It was a day
of reminiscing with lots of laughs and
endless stories. Each of us went to sleep
after eating a chocolate Wissie had left
on each pillow, a perfect end to our
perfect day.
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 and Fay Wilmerding
Burdon ’57 during Fay’s recent trip to the
USA from Australia
Janie Huntley Webster I enjoy the
hospitality of Tootie Greene ’57 in
Warrenton, Virginia during my drives
to and from New Hampshire to Vero
Beach—I see Lee Porter Page ’59 in
both New Hampshire and Florida,
Wissie Thompson ’58 in Maine and
Florida, and Lala Mapes Maresi ’59
every Sunday in the church where
she sings in the beautiful choir. Saw
several ‘57 classmates this summer.
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Susan Dwelle Baxter Not
too much exciting news from
me—I’ve had two wonderful river
cruises this year and actually will go on
another in November when the weather
will probably be cold, and the companies love to offer us agents special fares.
I had a great trip on Tauck’s cruise from
Budapest to Prague in June with good
friends here in Jacksonville. And will
go on the Rhine in November. My son
Parker, his wife, and almost three year
old, moved to Colorado in July after living with me for a YEAR. And daughter
Lucy and her husband have just bought
a new house in Charlotte, so they’re
very excited and happy. All else is good
with me after having foot surgery a
couple of months ago—I couldn’t drive
for six weeks and about went crazy. I’m
still working—from home—and enjoy
keeping up with old friends too.
Mary Duncan Bicknell 2015 has been a good year so far. I
have been in North Carolina since the first of May and will return to
Houston the first of October. Tomorrow, I will end a delightful trip to both Maine
and Oregon. I am with John and his family in Portland. River, their daughter, is
having her 9th birthday. Over New Year’s, I will take the whole family to Disney
World. The ten of us are looking forward to being together for a few days.
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Fay Wilmerding Burdon A
highlight on my recent visit
to the USA was staying with Robin
Tieken Hadley ’57. We were room-
Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60 with sons John and Doug
2015
River, granddaughter of Mary
Duncan Bicknell ’60
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Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60, Claire McIlvain ’59, and Adelaide
McKenzie Moss ’60 at the Kruge Ruhe gallery in Charlottesville
Margot Steenland Cater ’60 and husband,
John, in Angkor Wat, Cambodia in February
Margot Steenland Cater ’60’s daughterin-law Meghan and new grandbaby, Edie,
in August
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Margot Steenland Cater We
spent two months again this
summer (our 13th summer here) in the
mountains at Linville, North Carolina.
Our son Todd and his family came from
D.C. to visit us here. We spent many
beautiful days hiking, gardening, reading, and playing croquet. We returned
to Houston for Labor Day with our
daughter Elisabeth, her husband, Ron,
and 11-year-old Edward and 8-year-old
Isabel. My husband, John, is 80 now and
mostly retired. However, he goes to the
office most days when we are home. We
enjoy traveling and I play lots of duplicate bridge, although not always very
well. We are blessed with good health
(fingers crossed!). I hope all our Chatham
classmates are well. I look forward to
reading all their updates. Love to you all.
Simone Crockett Last summer I
walked/hiked 175 miles of the Camino
de Santiago from Leon to Santiago. This
summer I went back and did 400 miles
from Logrono to Santiago. The countryside was beautiful, I met wonderful
people, and I have no idea how the hell
I managed to do it.
Margaret Reeder Crosbie Carol
Harkey Garner ’60 and her husband,
Fred, boated up to Gasparilla Island
with their power boat group in March.
We met them for brunch and had such
a fun visit. Lots of memories and laughter. And the husbands shared sailing
experiences. Hopefully Gasparilla will
soon be on the Garners’ excursion map
again. Best to everyone.
Audrey Sawtelle Delafield I am
thoroughly enjoying my retirement, and
fall
Marion Benson Miller ’60 and Simone Crockett ’60 with Audie Sawtelle Delafield ’60’s son Joe after seeing him star in the Off-Broadway
play Fashions for Men
have not really been up to much since!
Lots of reading, some traveling (a trip
to Ireland last year), visiting with kids,
and having the whole family together at
Little Cranberry Island off Mount Desert,
Maine. I still keep my hand in at church,
but am SO happy not to have to preach
once a month anymore! Having my
son Joe back in New York City is a great
incentive for us to visit, and now my
weekends are free! I see Katrina Watson
’60 on occasion, but not nearly often
enough. We always have such a fun time
when we get together.
Carol Harkey Garner Several years
ago, I started volunteering at an
elementary school helping children
improve their reading. Providentially,
I met an occupational therapist who
invited me to work with her in a short
summer school program where I
learned techniques and games that I’m
excited to implement! Now, two others
in our Florida community volunteer
with me! Other than that, Fred and
I feel so fortunate to still be in good
health, to be able to enjoy our grandchildren, and each other.
Jane Webster Grigsby I am doing fine
after some health issues. My husband
had to be put into a memory care
facility. Dementia is a horrible disease.
My life revolves around soccer games.
All five grandchildren play at every
level. I am still working part time in the
jewelry business.
Ann Davenport Mavroleon Dixon
I am absolutely in the thick of setting
up Art for Youth London (see www.
artforyouth.com) in the Mall Galleries
in early October...1,000 pieces of art;
78 volunteers; waiters; PR—you name
it—I know I am too old to be doing this!
H.R.H. THE Princess Royal is attending
our Preview Evening on 5 October, so
all is go-go (that is Princess Anne). Wish
you all could join us! Got a sweet invite
from Denny to meet her in the airport
(can’t remember which airport it was)
before she sets off for Venice...sadly no
time; but Sarah Perkins Smither ’60 and
I might catch her on her return, before
she re-crosses the pond.
Mary Potts Montgomery In June, I
went to a wonderful workshop on mosaics in Orte, Italy with side trips to Rome
and Ravenna. Gracie and I also caught
up with Signe Shambaugh Mayfield ’60
at the Bellevue Arts Museum opening
of an exhibit she had curated. We look
forward to going to her lecture there in
October. Aside from that, I’ve been staying busy with history projects and vestry.
Adelaide McKenzie Moss We have a
“college for older adults” here in Abingdon, and classes are taught by volunteers and are usually pretty good. I am
planning to work on one for next spring,
modern art. It’s a lot of work and will
see if it happens! I saw Frances Johnson
Lee-Vandell ’60 on the way home from
a wedding in Maine that I went to with
my son Sasha and my husband, Dyer. We
went to the Kruge Ruhe gallery in Charlottesville, the aboriginal art museum at
UVa. Frances got the desk lady to take a
photo of us and Claire McIlvain ’59. Now
cooking tomato sauce with the biggest
crop we ever had. Just gardening a little,
but this is a good crop! Gotta do something with the dozens of ripe tomatoes!
Sharon Rafferty Patterson Tim and
I had a fabulous Smith College trip to
Peru and Ecuador in March. Really
three separate parts: the Peruvian
Amazon, Machu Picchu and surrounding area, and Quito and the Galapagos.
Best to all.
Caroline Tate My mind is still well
enough, so I think it appropriate that I
really examine my theology regarding
eternal life. So I have begun reading
Eternal Life: A New Vision by John
Shelby Spong. Any other suggestions?
Also I am interested in learning more
about recovery post rib fracture. Anybody had one? God’s peace to all.
Elizabeth Walter-Echols I am heavily
into refugee work, helping families from
Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, and Pakistan among others, who come in ever
larger numbers at ever increasing risk.
I’m also teaching German classes with
several colleagues and trying to help
them find work or training. Son Michael
has built himself a life here, working
about an hour away and visiting periodically. Eventually he wants to establish his
own IT business. Daughter Marjorie, her
husband, Dave, and their four (patchwork) kids are doing well in Greenville,
South Carolina, but we hope someday
they too may join us in Europe!
Katharine Watson This past year, in
response to personal loss, I decided
to travel while still able. Finland in
search of the architect Alvar Aalto this
past August, an October cruise up and
down the Hudson with stops along the
way, a first visit in November to the
Grand Canyon and light gambling in
Las Vegas, Cuba in April, Rome in May
(17th trip), Toronto/Stratford in June,
Denver in July, many visits to New
York, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Raleigh.
Sharon Rafferty Patterson ’60 and husband, Tim, at the
equator in Ecuador
The itinerary sprinkled with Chatham
sightings: Marion in New York and
Maine, Simone in New York, Missy by
e-mail, Audie in spirit, a summer gathering to meet our new headmistress
who is really wonderful, intelligent,
vibrant, visionary, perceptive, delightful, etc. A new board—the Bowdoin
International Music Festival—and still
the Maine College of Art. And always
the beauty of Maine. With affectionate
best wishes.
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Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick
Hi to all my classmates.I had
a wonderful trip to France this spring.
It was fun to dust off my Chatham
Hall French! Summer was spent at the
Chautauqua Institution as usual. Such
a lovely place to enjoy life long learning! Love to all, Petie
Carol Jane Van Landingham Sheep
farming in Vermont is a wonderful life!
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Judy Carter I’m still enjoying
the memories from our 50th
reunion...now two years ago...and I’m
hoping many of us will want to come
back in 2018. My partner, Susan, and
I have opened our main house for vacation rentals and have been delighted
with the response. We had run it as a
B&B for 12 years and decided to rent
out the entire house, so if you or anyone you know are planning a trip to the
Asheville, North Carolina area, please
check us out on VRBO #672486. If you
haven’t read the latest Chat check out
the TuTu Turtles...IMPRESSIVE as are
all the unbelievable things Chatham is
doing now.
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Buffington Clay Miller just
finished building a new home
in Sonoma, California. The home is
in the middle of our organic farm
with a wide variety of vegetables, fruit
trees, wine grapes, and Ameraucana
chickens—the ones with the pale blue
eggs. It’s wonderful to just wander out
the kitchen door before dinner and
decide what to have each evening. It’s
also right next to a golf course which
really suits husband, George, well.
Oldest son Buck and wife Christine
are expecting their first child in
mid-September.
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Caroline Cochran Boynton
My life has been filled with so
many unexpected outcomes: having
grown up in a sprawling home in
Baltimore, I learned how to raise two
beautiful children in an apartment in
Manhattan; after 23 years of a difficult
marriage, I learned how to happily
live on my own and am not lonely;
though my parents never instilled in
me the goal of having a profession, I
have two Masters degrees and am a social worker and a deacon in the Episcopal Church. After 17 years working
in a major hospital in NYC, I am about
to retire, and in a year I will move to
Massachussetts, close to my daughter,
to a continuing care community in
a newly built apartment cluster for
“young people” who can live independently. I may have the Alzheimer’s
gene or not, but am looking forward
to settling into yet another part of the
east coast for the final chapter of my
life. As the saying goes: “Make plans,
don’t plan the outcome.” Blessings
abound if one is open to them!
Laura Bullitt Despard For someone
who was ambivalent about returning
for our 50th reunion, I did have a great
time. It reminded me of all of the good
times we had together.
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Hope Metcalf Johnston My husband,
Chris, and I (married 35 years) live in
Chaumont, New York. I finally fully retired in
January 2015. We traveled around Florida for
two months last winter, and have decided to
settle for three months in early 2016 in Vero
Beach. While there, I reconnected with my
sophomore roommate, Anne Lanier ’65, and
Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65’s grandalso had the opportunity to go to a Chatham
children—John (age 6), Ryan (age 5),
event and meet our fantastic new Rector
and Caitlin (17 mos) Mulvany
Suzanne Walker Buck. That really sparked
my enthusiasm about attending our 50th
Reunion. Along with all the great classmates who attended, it was especially wonderful to reconnect with all three of my very special roommates.
During the summer months we are very involved with our local yacht club
where I am on the Board of Directors and in charge of the social calendar
(as opposed to the racing calendar) for the summer. In September we are
taking a 2nd Grand Circle River Cruise—this time from Amsterdam through
Germany to Vienna, Austria. Can’t wait! Meanwhile I am back and forth to
Concord, Massachussetts, where my daughter Barbara (Babbie), her husband, and my three (absolutely fantastic) grandchildren live. My son John
lives in Brooklyn and still works as AUSA in the Department of Justice. Chris
also has two wonderful children—daughter Amy, who with her husband
and two boys lives in Marietta, Georgia, and son Allen, who works in A-V
Design in Portland, Oregon. Thank you to all my Class of 65 Classmates who
attended Reunion, contributed to the Annual Fund Drive, and wrote me all
the wonderful email responses from which I pulled the Class Notes. Hope
we will be together again very soon.
Julie Clark Goodyear My husband,
Zack Goodyear, whom I met at NYU in
our junior year, died in 2013. We spent
our years together at Choate Rosemary
Hall, where he always taught political
science and I was either in Admission or overseeing a full scholarship
program that my NYC Foundation
sponsored. I have been continuing
my work overseeing seven charter
schools in the South Bronx. I split my
time between NYC and our house in
Washington, Connecticut, where my
mother and brother also live. My father
died in 2012 having continued his
lawyerly work into that year—do you
remember that there were 4-5 fathers
from Yale ‘44 in our class? My social
worker-for-the-elderly son and his wife
and daughter live and work in Maryland/DC. My older lawyer son and his
wife and three children just moved to
Pelham New York as he left the Dept
of Justice to work for a private firm in
NYC. All the kids and I went to a dude
ranch in June where I learned I still love
western riding.
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Kate Perkins Hartsfield We’re headed
to Burlington, Vermont toward the end
of September. Guess it’s a little early for
leaf peeping, but it’ll still be pretty. I’ve
always wanted to go to Shelburne Farms
and now seems like the time to go. We’ll
go from there to my sister Peg’s house in
Connecticut. My brother and his family
live right down the road, so we’ll have
a little family reunion. Peg’s husband,
Dick, always puts on a steamers and
lobsters extravaganza in the back yard,
which is reason enough to get on a plane.
Kathryn Ratcliffe Lang I was married
twice and divorced twice. Am extremely happy being single. I have a lovely
condo and get together with many
friends in the building. I have three
gorgeous grandchildren who all live
in the Pittsburgh area and with whom
I get to babysit weekly. This summer,
I had grandchildren from 8:30 a.m.
until 8:00 p.m. four days a week. Takes
a lot out of you, but I LOVE being with
them! During my “down” time, I assist
a friend with her company’s bookkeep-
ing. I still love living
in Sewickley, Pennsylvania despite the hard
winters and torrential
rain all spring and 1/2
the summer. There are
many people I would
love to hear from,
both from our class
and other classes,
Kathryn Ratcliffe Lang ’65’s
so please contact
grandchildren—Isabella
me! My e-mail is
(age 13), Joshua (age 10), and
Alianna (age 4)
krlang223@yahoo.
com. I am on Facebook as Kathy
Ratcliffe, so find me there also.
Pamela Wade Latta I was so sorry
to miss our 50th reunion. I loved the
photos in the Chat. Billy and I are
still living and caring for steers, goats,
chickens, and dogs on our farm outside
of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. We also
have several grandchildren here at any
one time. We have seven in all. Would
love to see classmates if there is a reunion next year.
Nina Tabor Martin My love to every
one of you. Seeing many of you at the
reunion was really a thrill. We all have
matured since 1965, (thankfully) and
the reunion was warm, caring, and very
satisfying. We must not wait another
fifty years. I was pleased to learn how
many of us went into the helping professions. I think that is partially from
the “ Chatham gene” we inherited from
our Alma Mater. Please let me know
if any of you are in Illinois. We have
plenty of room for you.
Sarah Benson Mumford I’m shocked
that I’m not a teenager anymore, but
I must say that seeing so many of my
friends from the Class of ‘65 this past
April was really like stepping back in
time! I felt young again!! Laughing,
talking about our freshman play (sorry
to you guys who didn’t arrive until
you were sophomores), and catching
up with what we’d been through and
what we were doing now was exhilarating. I’m still horrible at math, can’t
speak a foreign language, and what’s
great is that now...I don’t care. I’m still a
good dancer, but unfortunately husband
number one and my present husband
are not...maybe I’ll
hit the jackpot with
number three! (I’m
kidding...sort of. ) I
take a lot of Zumba
classes, but recently threw something out during a couple
of Latin moves...the age thing again. I’ve
been a real estate agent in Richmond
since 1988 and enjoy it...didn’t need
math or a foreign language to do well! I
care about my two grown children and
my three little grandchildren in Charleston, who are good at everything, love to
dance, and call me “Muffie.” They’ve also
started calling me “old woman,” which
I’m not thrilled about. We missed all
of you who couldn’t make it this past
April and talked seriously about getting
together next year somewhere...maybe in
Florida...one long weekend PJ party...no
White Flags...My best to all of you.
Kate Kuhlke Orlowsky We have been
living in Southern California for the
last 40 years—have two children and
five grandchildren. Still working at
PIMCO, a global investment management firm headquartered in Newport
Beach, California.
Jean Worthington Queen Still living
in Williamstown, Massachussetts, a mere
mile or so from the Vermont border.
I share my retired (from teaching and
riding instruction) life with two cats, a
dog, and Boo, a Belgian/appaloosa cross
mare. My husband, Doug, has lived in
a nursing home for the past three years,
suffering brain damage and dementia
from normal pressure hydrocephalus. I
am actively writing, working on (for the
past six years!) a historical novel that
takes place in early 19th century Cape
Cod, gardening, and enjoying life. Our
boys, Nick (age 37, Seattle) and Rob (age
36, Olympia,Washington) are thriving
in their chosen fields, but far, far away!
Would love to see anyone if you are
visiting the Berkshires! Funny where life
takes each of us, isn’t it? So sorry to have
missed seeing so many of you this spring,
but my heart was with you...and you all
have aged well, like a small grove of venerable oak trees, full, sturdy, and serene.
Jeffrey Zeiler I’ll take a run at summarizing the things that have affected me
most in the 50 years since I left Chatham
Hall. Thanks to the education I got at
Chatham, the academics at Hollins were
Tina Basler Terry Greetings to all and sundry from
Tina Basler Terry ’65 (whom you knew as Kathi Basler).
I had the best of intentions of attending our 1965 class’s
50th reunion—and then my husband, Mark, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and had to spend five days
in the hospital in mid-April; that, plus his recuperation,
including his having to be isolated for nine days for
radiation therapy, precluded my being able to come to
the festivities. Bad timing... no good time for cancer for
Kathi Basler Terry ’65 and
anyone, of course!—and the surgery to deal with it,
husband, Mark
but there you are. He is now on the mend, and back
to work in his construction business. I currently live in central rural Arizona—Star
Valley, a small town outside of Payson, where we’ve been for 21 years, and, having
recently retired from teaching English at our local public school, I am now teaching
yoga full-time at our local Anytime Fitness gym. Mark and I have no human kiddos,
but we are owned by three beloved Chows: Panda Bear, Yogi Bear, and Pualani Bear.
My parents moved in 1977 from Kingston, Jamaica, back to retire in Honolulu, my
dad’s ancestral home, where he and his mother had been born. We have gazillions
of relatives there. Miraculously, my parents are still living (at 96 and 97!) AND still
living in the house in which my dad was born, but unfortunately, they are not at all
well, and hard decisions are about to be made. I shall be flying to Honolulu soon to
try to help them with making a transition to full-time home care or relocation to a
care facility. I hope this letter finds everyone well and happy. It’s amazing how 50
years have flown by since our being at Chatham. My contact information is: Phone:
928-595-0528; Mailing address:106 East Bonita, #22, Payson, AZ, 85541, and email is
tinaterry@mypayson.com. I’m also on Facebook: Tina Terry - Payson, AZ.
easily managed. The hard was trying
to figure out what kind of “grown up” I
wanted to be and how to balance work
and social life (frankly, I still struggle
with that balance!). After college I came
straight to New York and feel lucky to
have lived here ever since. I enjoyed a
successful, fulfilling career in advertising for 25+ years, married fairly late—at
33—and had two children just under the
40-year wire. My husband handled their
primary care when the children were
small and then we reversed roles and I
took the lead when they were teenagers.
He adored the little ones and I was much
better handling sassy young adults.
As I look back, we were a good match
in every way. And I use the past tense
because Peter died two years ago of a rare
form of cancer at the age of 67. Nothing
can prepare you for the upheaval that
the death of your spouse causes! The
first year was a blur of sadness and a
jumble of organizing estate taxes and
deciphering the myriad tasks that Peter
had always handled. Year II, I started a
renovation of our New York apartment
to make it fresh—I felt I had to change it
up or move. The renovation has proved
a healthy distraction; that and continuing to work 2–3 days a week have kept
me sane. My part time job at Columbia
University is with Community Impact,
which provides free adult education
classes to low income adults in Manhattan. I help administer the GED and
ESL programs in the community and
supervise the Columbia students who
provide the direct service. The job is far
from lucrative, but it is quite satisfying.
I feel the skills I honed in a demanding
corporate job are put to good use, and
that my efforts do make a difference in
the quality and consistency of the programs. I am also grateful to have my two
adult children nearby and many good
friends to ease the inevitable loneliness.
Forgive me for going on in such detail
about widowhood coping strategies, but I
thought it might be helpful if any of you
find yourselves in a similar situation. My
mantra has been to keep busy every day,
travel lots, and stay in close touch with
friends. That’s the best advice I can offer
at this point—reinventing my life without
Peter is still a work in progress. So sorry
to have missed the reunion!
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Sarah Benson Mumford ’65’s daughter,
Katie, her husband, Jimmy, and their three
children, Lilly, Parker, and Wilde
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Constance Flint West
I have just been in Paris
and Lexington, Kentucky, babysitting
my grandson while my daughter and
son-in-law attended a friend’s wedding, and connected with Mimi Walker
Ward ’66 and Sara Clay Branch ’66
(who happened to be cousins of the
bride) for lunch. Laying plans for our
50th next year. By chance I visited with
Nancy McRae Jamison ’66 the week
before for a day or two at the beach on
the New Hampshire shore. And I have
been walking dogs with Hilary Drorbaugh-Probst ’66 in Manchester, Vermont this past month. I’ve been having
a mini Chatham reunion. Looking
forward to seeing everyone next year!
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Kathryn Carter Jacobs Life is
good! Wayne and I have been
traveling a good deal this past year and
are spending the month of September
filming in the south of France and
in the Cinque Terre region of Italy.
Our younger daughter, Sarah, is now
working for us and is editing virtual
treadmill walks and cycling videos. We
love seeing her every day and value her
input in the family business. Our older
daughter, Susan, and her husband are
living and working in Columbus, Ohio,
where we’ve just celebrated her 30 year
remission from cancer. We were in
Ohio this year for the Pelotonia, a 180mile bike ride to raise funds for cancer
research at the James Cancer Center.
Susan and her husband both rode for
the 5th year, and together raised over
$5,000 for this 2-day epic event. I am
also in training for my 6th Half Marathon this November in Wilmington.
Dianne Covey Ohlandt I am enjoying
retirement in the Tampa Bay area after
finishing a 33 1/2 year career as an Air
Force civilian. I now have five grandchildren and enjoy seeing them either
here or in Alabama where they live.
Consie Flint West ’66, Mimi Walker Ward ’66,
and Sara Clay Branch ’66
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Kathleen Arey Carroll I
enjoyed being in Chatham at
the end of May, and had a delightful
visit with Kathi Carter Jacobs ’68,
Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, Terry Overbey
Stafford ’68, Beth Parsons Harper ’67,
Grace Yeatts Copeland ’66, and Alice
Overbey.
Christine Robinson Secor When Jay
and I first met at age 16, he showed me
his first paycheck saying, “Look at what
was taken out for Social Security. I will
start receiving it when I retire at age 65
in June of 2015.” It seems like yesterday.
Married to each other for 43 years, we
are each now retired from our busy, full,
and very rewarding lives in independent
education—Jay as a two school founding
Head in Virginia and Tennessee, and me
as search consultant. Trying to figure out
what retirement actually means for us,
we know one thing for sure—it means
more time for grandchildren! We have
eight—six boys and two girls living in
Charlotte, Nashville, and Lake Forest.
Additionally, we are very minimally
involved with a new Episcopal school
under design to serve the children of East
Nashville. It is a school our son Ketch
has gotten started and, with God’s grace,
where Muffy Dent Stuart ’68’s son Harrison is the founding Head! I hope to see all
of you ‘68ers at our upcoming soon 50th
reunion. Again, it seems like yesterday...
Muffy Dent Stuart I continue to live in
Lexington, Kentucky and enjoy seeing
Lucy Williams Maish ’68 as she lives
close by in Cincinnati. We enjoy Colonial Dames outings together as well as
a monthly art tour at the Cincinnati
Art Museum which Lucy coordinates.
Lucy, Julie Johnson ’69, and I traveled to
Knoxville in April to join in a retirement
celebration for Trina Robinson Secor
’68’s husband, Jay, as founding head of
the Episcopal School of Knoxville. Great
party and festive evening! My family
has grown tremendously, as I have been
given seven grands in six years!!! Son
Harrison and wife Katherine (former
dorm RA and weekend activities coordinator at Chatham) have just moved
to Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the
Founding Headmaster of the Episcopal
School of Nashville. They moved with
four kids, including a set of twin girls, a
rambunctious lab, and lots of energy to
devote to this new undertaking. Exciting
as they are only 3 1/2 hours away!! Son
Sandy and wife Alana live in Lexington
with their three children who keep me
busy and are lots of fun! Sandy is in
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Katherine Ivey Ward I guess this note is a circle of life one. My
grandson, Dalton Fessenden Dana turned one on May 19, and
my dad, George M. Ivey, Jr., passed away two days later on May 21at 91.
Dad’s illness was sudden, but we were all at his hospital bedside when he
passed. In better news, our son Colton has taken his sustainable energy
start-up company to Medellin, Colombia after living for seven years in
San Francisco. Fingers crossed. Peirce and I still live in Charlotte, only
about a 15 minute drive from our daughter Whitney and her family, so
we get to see them almost daily.
Left: Kit Ivey Ward ’69’s dad and her grandson, Dalton, the first time her dad held him
on May 24, 2014
Right: Dalton’s celebrating his first birthday party on May 19, 2015
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Left: Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, Jane Garnett ’73, and Nina Johnson Botsford
’72, winners of the 20th Annual Ladies Golf Invitational at the Roaring Gap Club
Middle: All the Chatham Hall alumnae who played in the member-guest golf tournament in Roaring
Gap, North Carolina: Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66, Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73,
Jane Garnett ’73, Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, Anne Sabiston Leggett ’74
Right: Jane Preyer ’72, Jane Garnett ’73, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Nina
Johnson Botsford ’72, Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73, Lili McKay Teigland ’72, and Gail Conrad Stanley ’73
gathered for a dinner hosted at the home of Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73 in Roaring Gap
Thoroughbred business and Alana is
a preschool teacher taking a break to
raise children. I continue to coordinate
a scholarship for kids whose parents
work on central Kentucky Thoroughbred
farms. Very fulfilling work. I play tennis
and enjoy a busy life here. I am starting
to think about our class reunion in 2018
and look forward to as many of us as
possible gathering to catch up. Thanks
to Lucy keeping us up-to-date on news,
we are all in touch by email and I can’t
wait for us to gather in person and share
stories. Esto Perpetua, y’all.
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Charlotte Caldwell has just
published a new book, Kirby’s
Journal: Backyard Butterfly Magic. The
North American Nature Photographers
Association chose ten insect photographs from Kirby’s Journal: Backyard
Butterfly Magic (University of South
Carolina Press) for presentation at their
2010 Annual Summit show. The American Association for the Advancement
of Science has requested that Kirby’s
Journal be submitted for the 2016
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books for their Middle
Grade Science Book Prize. Charlotte is
also the author and photographer of
Visions and Voices: Montana’s OneRoom Schoolhouses, The Cow’s Boy:
The Making of a Real Cowboy, and
The Cow’s Girl: The Making of a Real
Cowgirl. Visit Charlotte’s website, www.
CharlotteCaldwell.com, to learn more!
Ninna Fisher Denny I visited Nellie
Greene ‘70 the last weekend in May. We
roared with laughter over an old joke.
It was as if we were 15 years old again.
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Camille Agricola
Bowman is in the process of
moving home to Alabama. She enjoyed
seeing Burt Flickinger, Brooks 1971
Exchange with Chatham. They caught
up on 45 years of mutual friends, history, accomplishments, and losses, and
Burt left a generous check for Chatham
Hall and a deep desire to be included in
our future Reunions, newsletters, and
events. Google Burt—he’s a very interesting financial advisor. And join me in
welcoming Burt as a sorta kinda honorary classmate. Burt’s e-mail is burt@
srginsight.com. He would enjoy hearing
from fellow Chatham Hall “classmates!”
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Susan Wilson Manson-Bahr I have
been married to Dr. Gordon Manson-Bahr for five years. He has three
sons and six grandchildren, and I have
three daughters and four, about to be
five, grandchildren. We are both retired
and live a country life in Norfolk
England, and are busy with our young
and travelling the world.
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Susan Bruce Had a fabulous
time at my 40th reunion this
year at Chatham, which looked wonderful and vibrant. I love how friendships
age and deepen with my Chatham classmates. Went on a beautiful hike recently
with Kate McKay ’75 up Shrine MounSue Bruce ’75 and Julia Morris Kashkashian
’75 carving out some hiking time (Mount
Sanitas) in Boulder, Colorado
Glad Schaff Markunas ’68, Janey Schaff Odell ’48,
and Kate Bulkley ’77 in Michigan in July
tain near Vail. Loving my new job creating “Beyond Africa”—a portfolio of international destinations for Rothschild
Safaris, a boutique award-winning
luxury travel company. We specialize in
wildlife and culture-oriented journeys.
Was in Ecuador in June (fabulous) and
will go to Chile and Morocco this fall.
And recently saw “Stinky” the corpse
flower in Denver. Convenient living
next door to the Botanical Gardens. The
flower was amazing.
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Cameron Keels Austin My
daughter Sarah is heading to
Auburn this fall to study engineering.
Would love to see friends from Chatham
now that I will be an empty nester!
Hunter Estes Barrat I live right on the
Shenandoah River outside of Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia, and thanks to my
screened-in porch and kayak, as well as
ability to telecommute to work several
days a week, feel like I’m living in a
state of semi-vacation, in the summer
time, that is! I love my job as corporate
editor for CSR, Inc., a small government contractor based in Arlington,
Virginia. I’ve had a couple of near
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Hunter Estes Barrat ’78 with children Stella (age
20) and Jack (age 18) when Jack graduated from
high school in May
misses of getting together with fellow
classmates Grace Houghton Myers ‘78
and Tish Berlin ‘78 when they visited
Washington DC, but alas and alack,
it was not to be—maybe next time!
Facebook has put me back in touch
with several Chathamites, including
an extended posting started by Melissa
Hilbish ’77, and joined by many on
the death of Joan Boyle. What a long
strange trip that was!
Letitia Berlin My partner Frances
Blaker and I got married December 30!
We’ve been together for 24 years and
are happy to be legally married in all 50
states now. I’ve enjoyed seeing classmates Lala Harrison ’78, Sue Metcalf
’78, Beth Duncan Berkun ’78, Fay Freed
Morlock ’77, and Alice Rodgers Alsterberg ’78 lately. Hoping to see more next
year! Come visit us in the San Francisco Bay area anytime. You can reach
me at tishberlin@sbcglobal.net or on
Facebook.
Susan Metcalf I was fortunate to meet
up with different Chatham friends this
summer. There’s nothing better than a
gathering of Chatham girls of all ages!
Sue Metcalf ‘78, Robin Musser Agnew ‘77, Hope
Rogers Metcalf ‘38, and Babbie Metcalf ‘69 in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tish Berlin ‘78, Beth Duncan Berkun ‘78,
Kaylee Berkun ‘14, Katie Wallace, daughter of
Sue Metcalf ’78, and Sue Metcalf in western
Massachusetts
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Allison Sutton Fuqua Enjoyed
being back at Chatham Hall
for the 35th reunion in May—it was
only myself and Annette Kirby ’80, so
everybody plan on coming for the 40th!
Caroline is working in Charlotte and
Sarah Randall recently graduated from
University of South Carolina and is also
living and working in Charlotte. Randy
and I are still enjoying Summerfield,
North Carolina and I enjoyed my first
mission trip to the Yucatán in June for
10 days.
Theresa Walsh Marchioni Same stuff,
different day! All four parents/grandparents continue to enjoy good health.
Our extended families are all doing
well in various locations throughout
the US. Bob is still working full time
at the VA as well as most weekends
at the local hospital. I’m still resource
(per diem) at the local ER and also
now in PACU and do some volunteer
work with a couple local organizations.
Danny is still enjoying living and
working in China. Jeff is happy to be a
civilian again and is living, working,
and schooling in Orlando. Bobby will
be in his senior year of high school and
is contemplating pursuing music full
time after graduation (plan B is the Marines). Jimmy will be a junior in high
school and has talked about joining
the Navy once he graduates. Bob and
I occasionally think about what our
retirement will look like and if we will
“fly” from our nest once it is empty. It
is fun to think about at times, but still
too soon to make any firm plans. Louisa
Young McClanahan ’80 and I finally
got together this past year and enjoyed
some great weather and hiking at Hocking Hills, Ohio. Recreation is such an
important part of life!
Louisa Young McClanahan ’80 and Terri Walsh
Marchioni ’80, May 24 at Old Man’s Cave in
Hocking Hills, Ohio
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Sallie
Grace
Tate and Ashley
Dotger were married on October
25, 2014, at the Inn
at Park Winters in Sallie Grace Tate ’81 and
Winters, California. Ashley Dotger
The ceremony was
performed by our beloved Associate
Pastor of the Davis Community Church
(Presbyterian), Bill Habicht. After a
dozen and a half years together and by
the grace of God, we celebrated our love
and commitment surrounded by loving
friends and family. A joyous day!
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83
Michele Smith Beveridge Hey
folks! Maybe I am getting old,
or maybe I have just been too busy, but
it has taken me a long time to start getting back in touch with some of my old
friends from Chatham Hall! After two
careers (Economics/Computer Geek), I
live on St. Simons Island, Georgia and
am a Realtor with Sothebys. I have twin
boys who are 16 years old and a fantastic husband (Landscape Architect/now
Builder). I don’t have any super recent
photos, but I will send you a photo I
should have sent about 10 years ago!
For a more recent photo, you will have
to get in touch. Would love to hear from
you if you are in the area.
Mary Elizabeth Culler Hi everyone,
I don’t think I have ever submitted
a class note since graduating—but
always enjoy reading other classmates’
updates in the Chatham Chat. Recently
there have been very few notes from
our class, and so I have been inspired
to write and send a recent picture. I am
currently living in Birmingham, Michigan with my three kids—Jackson (13),
Ainsley (11), and William (7) and my
husband, Andy. I have worked for Ford
Motor Company for the last 15 years
primarily in government relations and
moved to Michigan three years ago
from the Chicago area. Andy still works
for a Chicago based real estate development company and is originally from
there, so we have a lot of excuses to
go back and forth. Realizing that our
graduation from Chatham was over 30
years ago is crazy. Please send updates.
I hope everyone is doing great—and
happy belated 50th birthday to all!
Mary Culler ’83 and family
84
Augusta Harrison Dunstan
Hi 1984 Chathamites!! Writing
in to say how fun it was to come back to
Chatham for the all years reunion a few
months ago. Chatham looks great!! Our
family is currently in Belgrade, Serbia,
where Woody is a Foreign Service
Officer at the Embassy. Harrison (9) is
going to the International School in
Belgrade (where I hope to substitute
teach in the fall). Our two girls will be
in the states in school; Millie (18) will
be attending Parsons School of Design
and Guen (15) will be returning to
Episcopal High School in Alexandria,
Virginia. I hope to make it back to Chatham for a bigger reunion!!
Sherry Thompson
Hello Class of ’84. I
turned 50 this year,
cannot believe it. I
still fly for United
Airlines, 25 years
now, can’t believe
that either. I fly out
of San Francisco to Shanghai, Hong
Kong, Sydney, Paris, Singapore, all over.
I love the lifestyle and freedom. I am celebrating being 50 this year by jet setting
all over the world on my days off. I fly
two weeks on with two or three weeks off
in a row. When I am not flying and I am
off work, I will take my suitcase and pick
a City or Country and just land. Similar
to the movie Eat, Pray, Love. Please send
me your emails and city locations. If I
land in your area, I would love to meet
up. Here are some recent pictures of
me celebrating worldwide being 50. My
Birthday was July 4th. Photos are of me
recently in Hong Kong, and Peninsula
Paris having champagne. Kim is doing
well and she will send her update soon.
Be safe everyone. Love, Sherry Thompson, Eurosherry@aol.com
85
Sarah Collie The Network for
Change and Continuous Innovation: Higher Education’s Network for
Change Leadership, named Sarah
Collie ’85, assistant vice president
for organizational excellence at the
University of Virginia, one of two 2015
Leaders of Change. Collie was recognized at the network’s annual conference in July, held in Nashville.
86
Judith
Duncan It
was lots of fun catching
up with Laura Myers
Casellas ’86 in Connecticut this summer.
I am looking forward
Laura Myers Casellas ’86,
to moving to ConnectiKathleen Canzano, and Judy
cut soon and seeing her
Duncan ’86
more often. Also got to
see Nini Hadjis ’89 and Lollie Hadjis ’90
at the opening of the movie Old Fashioned in Lake Placid, New York, which
Nini acted in and produced.
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Michele Smith Beveridge ’83 with her twin
sons who are now age 16
Left: Gussie Harrison
Dunstan ’84 and husband,
Woody, with children
Millie, Guen, and Harrison
at Millie’s Exeter High
School graduation in June
2015
Bob and Terri Walsh Marchioni ’80, April 1
at Clifton Gorge, Ohio
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class notes
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Nini Hadjis ’89, Judy Duncan ’86, Laura Duncan
’84, and Lollie Hadjis Hannan ’90
¢ class of ’91
25th Reunion
¢ class of ’96
2015
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chat
Lori
Palmore
Heath This past
year has been
a very full and
wonderful one
for our family.
On August
12, 2014, we
Brandon and Lori Palwelcomed Scarlett more Heath ’98, celebrating their 10-year wedding
Caroline Heath.
anniversary
She joins big sister, Parker Leigh
(5). On June 11th of this year, Brandon and I also celebrated our 10-year
wedding anniversary. We were blessed
to celebrate this milestone with a glass
of wine in hand, with a celebratory trip
to San Francisco and Napa Valley. All
is well at our rural
residence in Southeast Missouri,
where the 4-legged
“children” include
two horses, a
Shetland pony,
and one very
mischievous goat.
Sending much
Scarlett Caroline Heath,
love to the Chatham
born on August 12,
2014 and Parker Leigh
Hall family, especially
Heath, daughters of Lori
the class of 98!
Palmore Heath ’98
Dede Mante Pearson My husband,
David, and I proudly announce
the birth of our son, David Sargent
Pearson, Jr. David was born on December 14, 2014 at 8:32 A.M. weighing 9
pounds, 9 ounces.
David Sargent Pearson, Jr., son of Dede
Mante Pearson ’98
99
Mari Armstrong-Hough I was
so happy to have the chance
to hang out with Elaine Lao Campbell
’98 and Morgan Brawley Rhodes ’99
fall
while teaching at Davidson College over the last year. Davidson
was a big change from Tokyo; I’ve
sorely missed my weekly get-togethers with Yuka Nagata ’97 and
city life in general. After a brief
summer stint in New York, where I
got to see Cannon Hodge ’00, Jacob,
Rutherford (our Great Dane mix
puppy), and I are now in the midst
of a move to New Haven, Connecticut,
where I’m starting a training program
in applied biostatistics and epidemiology at Yale. We would love to see
any Chathamites living in or passing
through the area!
00
Cherie Bowlin Madison
Alexander Conrad Madison
arrived on August 12, 2015 at 11:22
a.m. He weighed 10 lbs 4 oz and was 22
inches long. Cherie, Chad, and big sister Natalie are thrilled to welcome this
precious
gift from
God. The
Madisons
are enjoying living
life as a
family of
four!
¢ class of
03
’01
Sarah Arnn Parrish A little
overdue, but this summer my
husband, Michael, and I will be celebrating the 1st birthday of our daugher,
Charlotte McClure Parrish, born June
27, 2014. We have thoroughly enjoyed
our first year as parents to this future
member of the Purple Team!
Mary Elizabeth Wilkes I started a new
job this spring and I’m now working
as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker
for a program with Tulane University.
Our Drop-in Center and Clinic provides a variety of services for homeless
adolescents and I provide individual
and group psychotherapy for the kids
we serve. This position has also offered
up an opportunity to do research with
the University and I’ve really enjoyed
the opportunity to learn more about
that process.
dance. Following a honeymoon trip to
Spain, Abby and Patrick have settled in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
04
Jordan
Nyberg
Ferris ’04 My
husband, Matt
Ferris, and I
welcomed a
happy and
healthy baby boy
on April 2, 2015!
His name is Major
Anthony Ferris!
05
Rebecca Jones I graduated with
my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from North Carolina State
University in May! I’m planning to stay
in Raleigh for at least another two years
as my significant other begins a PhD in
Chemical Engineering and I pursue a residency in Poultry Health Management. If
you’re in the area, give me a holler!
06
Abigail Murnick Jones
¢
married Patrick Jones at
Chatham Hall on June 20, 2015. Several
members of the Class of 2006 including Schay Goss Barnhardt ’06, Lindsay
Hockensmith ’06, Rimes McGinn Kirk
’06, Taylor McCall ’06, Elizabeth Anne
McGowin ’06, Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro
’06, and Sally Norman ’06 were in atten-
Saskia Thiessen After 4.5 years in
the great city of Berlin, Germany and
working in the music industry, it is
now time for a change—I am moving
to Copenhagen, Denmark in the fall
to be part of the MBA class of 2016 at
Copenhagen Business School. Getting
very excited and happy to hear from
any alumni in that area!
07
Michelle Pfeiffer Come
November 2015, I will be making the move from North East, Maryland
to Greensboro, North Carolina! I’ve spent
Sally Norman ’06, Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06,
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06, Taylor McCall ’06,
Lindsay Hockensmith ’06, Rimes McGinn Kirk
’06, Abby Murnick Jones ’06, and Taylor Nyberg
Taliaferro ’06
08
Kristin Reese On August
31, my fiancé, Mike Solomon,
and I welcomed
our baby girl
and future
Turtle, Reagan
Elizabeth, into
the world. At
a whopping
8 lbs 11 oz,
she is a very
in memoriam
happy and content baby. And she is
absolutely beautiful! She has already
completely changed my life so much,
and we feel so lucky that we get to be
her parents.
¢ class of ’11
14
Madison
McAdams
Midfielder for Sewanee Tigers Women’s Field Hockey.
Pledged Kappa Delta Sorority, following in the footsteps
of Chatham Alumna Georgia
O’Keeffe (Beta—Chatham
Episcopal).
Reagan Elizabeth, daughter of
Kristin Reese ’08
The Chatham Hall community extends its deepest sympathy to the families and friends
of the following alumnae and friends of the School who have recently passed away.
Mary Hodnett Mathews ’28 died
August 9, 2015.
Rebekah Shipler Myers ’36 died June
28, 2015.
Laura Chandler Marshall ’47 died
April 17, 2015. She was a past member
of the Alumnae Council and the Board
of Trustees.
Evelyn Henry Sargeant ’37 died
March 19, 2015. She is survived by her
cousins Judith Ruffin Anderson ’53,
Jean Ruffin Lilly ’45, and Cordelia
Ruffin Richards ’47. She was predeceased by her cousisns Jane Ruffin
Ayerst ’50 and Lucy Ruffin Sprague ’48.
Mary Fleming Bolduc ’48 died August 24, 2015. She was the mother of
Chatham Hall alumnae Clare Bolduc
Richards ’79, Eugenie Bolduc ’77,
Nancy Bolduc ’72, Susan Bolduc Hunter
’71, Mary Bolduc McKeown ‘76, and
was the sister of Clare Fleming Sprunt ’43.
Mary Eliza Brown Gillespie ’38 died
May 3, 2015.
Anita Caine Schenck ’52 died June 18.
Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38 died
March 26, 2015. She is survived by her
sister Sally Hillman Childs ’45, and
was predeceased by her sister Audrey
Hillman Hilliard ’43.
Abby Murnick Jones ’06
and husband, Patrick Jones
the last 3.5 years working at a large/
private residential summer camp—
coordinating their off season calendar
and booking rental groups. It’s been
fun, but I miss the South and need a
little bit of an adventure!
Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 died May
5, 2015. Kimmie served on the Board
of Trustees from 1964-1970 and was
also a member of the Alumnae Council
for several years, serving as both the
President and Vice President. She is
survived by her sister Elizabeth Stuart
Stelle ‘46 and niece Elizabeth Cary
Pierson ‘71.
Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43 died
August 4, 2015.
Cynthia Blair Miller ’57 died in April
2015.
Marion Stroud Swingle ’57 died
August 22, 2015. She is survived by her
cousin Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67.
Caroline Little ’69 died June 19, 2015.
She is survived by her sister, Ida Little ’67.
Hadley Scott ’89 died May 2, 2015.
Julie Ward Brady ’93 died September
11, 2015. She is survived by her sister
Christina Ward ’96.
Mary Katherine Morrison Younger
’00 died March 16, 2015.
Edmund B. Games, husband of Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55, died March
31, 2015.
Tom Taplin, husband of Cornelia
Freyer ’70, died April 25, 2015.
Elisabeth Brown, mother of Laura
Brown Cronin ’72, died September 15,
2015.
Mary Granger, mother of Kathy
Granger Haines ’75, died July 6, 2015,
and James Granger, Kathy’s father, died
September 7, 2015.
James Lewis Kirby, Jr., father of Annette Kirby ‘80, died May 7, 2015.
Walter Burch, father of Noramah
Burch Marshall ’85 and husband of
former faculty member and honorary
alumna Dee Burch, died July 8, 2015.
Thomas Jones, husband of Monique
Duncan-Jones ’93, died July 17, 2015.
Miss Joan Boyle, former English
teacher and librarian, died July 11,
2015. Miss Boyle was employed at
Chatham Hall from 1962–1978.
Former Chatham Hall nurse, Rachel
Marie Terry Mitchell died July 22, 2015.
Tommy Thornton, husband of former
staff member Betty Thornton, died
June 12, 2015.
Emma Charlotte Woelfel Van Voorhis,
mother of former Chatham Hall Rector
Jerry Van Voorhis, died August 12, 2015.
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alum na e
Voices
2014–2015
Voices
Annette Kirby ’80
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I entered
freshman
1976,
I was shy
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and withdrawn. Chatham Hall turned out to be the perfect fit for me. I was allowed to
come out of my shell, and left as an extremely well-rounded and confident student. I admire
Chatham Hall’s strong honor code, beautiful traditions, and dedication to single-sex
education. Through my continued connection to Chatham Hall over the years, I am blessed
to know that the School is going strong, and still upholds the values and traditions I love.
chatham hall
annual report
I am proud to be a part of the
Esto Perpetua Society.”
Annette Kirby ’80 earned her undergraduate degree at Hollins
University, where she later earned a Master of Liberal Arts Study with a
concentration in Studio Art in 2013. Annette lived in Roanoke, Virginia for
25 years, working with children at the Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement
Center for a decade. In 2012, she moved to Bath County, Virginia, where she
enjoys painting in her studio. Annette served on the Alumnae Council for
12 years, and has been a loyal supporter of the Annual Fund for 32 years.
Annette has included Chatham Hall in her estate plans, and her gift will
make it possible for future girls to continue Chatham Hall’s legacy of honor,
tradition, and distinction.
What is the Esto Perpetua
Society? Chatham Hall welcomes into the
Esto Perpetua Society individuals who have
included the School in their estate plans. If you
have designated Chatham Hall as a beneficiary
of your estate, retirement plan, life insurance,
of other assests, you are a member! Just let us
know. Esto Perpetua!
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If you would like to become a member of the
Esto Perpetua Society, we would be glad to help
you! For information, please contact Director
of Advancement Christine Cutright Knight at
434.432.5549 or at cknight@chathamhall.org.
For online resources including eBrochures on a
range of estate planning topics, visit our website
at http://chathamhall.planmygift.org/.
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A N N UA L F U N D
2014–2015
BY the NUMBERS
36
new
benefactors
71
$964
Alumnae DONORS
who have given to
CH for FORTY or more
consecutive years
100%
benefactors
$940K
We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary philanthropic leadership of these individuals and for each of
the 1,150 alumnae, parents, grandparents, teachers, staff members, and friends who give so generously to
Chatham Hall.
The percentage
of Board of
Trustees, PAC, Alumnae Council,
Faculty & Staff members who
contributed to the Annual Fund
raised for unrestricted use
Nearly 800 Chatham Hall friends and
family visited with our new Rector,
Suzanne Walker Buck at 24 events
across the country this past year
The average gift made
to Chatham Hall
PURPLE DONORS vs. GOLD DONORS
391
50%
63%
FIRST time
Chatham Hall
DONORS
Constituent Giving
9%
Parents of
Alumnae
.5%
Corporations &
Foundations
Parents &
Grandparents
3.5%
Faculty Staff
& Friends
85%
Alumnae
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227
donors who have given to the
Annual Fund for FIVE YEARS
or more and are CH LOYAL!
We have
new Social Media
members (FACEBOOK, TWITTER,
INSTAGRAM, ALUMNAE DIRECTORY)
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C U R R E N T PA R E N T PA R T I C I PAT I O N
85
2%
379
23 %
CH DONORS
GAV E O N LI N E
91
MATCHING GIFTS FROM
ALUMNAE AND PARENTS
34% Overall
ALUMNAE participation
Alumnae include CH in their
estate plans and are members of
the Esto Perpetua Society
$1.18 million
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED IN
2014–2015 ANNUAL FUND
In 2014–2015, gifts from the Benefactors Society—a group of 240 donors who gave gifts of $1,000 or more
to the Annual Fund, the endowment, and/or for other purposes—once again provided the foundation of
financial support for Chatham Hall. The Benefactors Society includes five Founders Circle members and
40 Rector’s Circle members.
The following Benefactors gave
gifts directed to the Endowment, to
Capital Projects, and Special Gifts:
Heidi Hand Evans ’75
Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12
Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93
Muffin Dalton Grant ’66
Mary Evelyn Guyton ’75
Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93
Martha Ann Keels ’75
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Richard Lynd
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Sarah Morris ’72
Frances Wallace Robertson ’73
Christine Robinson Secor ’68
Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63
Tracy and Kathy Spencer P’07, ’12
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Alice Blum Yoakum ’48
Sherley Young ’57
Estate of Mary M B Wilson ’65
These Benefactors have directed
their gifts to the Annual Fund:
Chatham Hall
Benefactors Society
Founders Circle - $25,000+
Rector’s Circle - $10,000 to $24, 999
Lantern Circle - $5,000 to $9,999
Iris Circle - $1,000 to $4,999
Purple & Gold Circle
for Young Alumnae
1 to 5 years - $100 to $499
6 to 15 years - $500 to $999
$1,000,000+
$100,000–$999,999
Anonymous
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86
$50,000–$99,999
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Janie Huntley Webster ’57
$25,000–$49,999
Estate of Janet Ketchum Grayson
Whitehouse ’43
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Stuart Greene ’57
Linda Mars ’78
Estate of Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41
Constance Flint West ’66
$5,000–$9,999
J. Belk Daughtridge P’13
Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12
Susan Gillings Gross ’98
Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58
$1,000–$4,499
Alumnae Association
Anonymous (2)
Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57
Carole Robertson Coviello ’62
Mary-Stuart Day ’93
Joanna Edgell ’93
founders circle
$25,000+
Jane Garnett ’73
Special Fund #6 of the Hampton
Roads Community Foundation
Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70
Linda Mars ’78
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67
rector’s circle
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46
Katharine Bulkley ’77
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust,
Bank of America, Trustee
Katherine Cravens ’55
Laura Brown Cronin ’72
Ben and Betty Davenport
Sarah Martin Finn ’74
Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70
Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75
Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39
Channing Howe P’69
Walker Johnson Jones ’70
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
John and Adrienne Mars P’78
Josephine McFadden ’57
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and
Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10
Carol Monarchi P’84
Katie Belk Morris ’72
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Brett and Elizabeth Rule P’16
Cynthia Lovelace Sears ’55
Michelle Thomas Supko ’02
Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 †
Xiangdong Wu and Guofeng Luo P’18
lantern circle
$5,000–$9,999
J. Kermit and Glenys Birchfield P’93
Susan Fair Boyd ’51
Suzanne Walker Buck and Johnny Buck
Beverly Edgell P’93
Gary and Missy Fountain
Alice Lineberger Harney ’56
Isabel Hooker ’43
Andrea Littman Long ’96
Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58
Carmen Carmichael Murphy ’65
Jane Everhart Murray ’63
The Louise P. Overbey Trust
Wen Wang and Wei Liu P’17
Linda Witherill ’49
iris circle
$1,000–$4,999
Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12
Anonymous
Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90
Ellen Simmons Ball ’73
Ming Bao and Xingxing Ye P’17
Richard and Neely Barnhardt
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72
Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60
Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ’00
Virginia Cates Bowie ’73
Mary Boy ’75
Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53
Theodore Bruning
Anne Bryant ’67
John and Susan Buck
Eleanor Burke ’86
Mary Kemp Callaway ’58
Campbell Insurance Company
Kenneth and Donie Carlson ’87 P’18
Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67
Judy Carter ’63
Virginia Carter ’76
MacFarland and Margy Cates P’73, ’75, ’77
Hongsheng Chen and Wenfang Wei P’15
Jerry and Judith Clark P’04
Louise Clarke ’63
Class of 2015
Lois Hart Coleman ’46
Barbara Collie P’85
Sarah Collie ’85
Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48
Mary Hooker Crary ’45
Jenny Crisp ’81
Alice Cromer Van Lennep and Katie
Van Lennep ’84
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70
Sally Dunham Davis ’50
Yuewen Deng and Li Yu P’15
Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70
Cynthia Coe Devine ’73
Jian Ding and Yi Wang P’16
Thomas and Martha Dixon P’15
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50
Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67
Mary Dunbar ’71
Sally Witt Duncan ’44
Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53
Joanna Edgell ’93
Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58
Dale and Denise Evans P’15
Jan and Dagmar Fahr P’15
Rong Fei and Ran Liao P’16
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64
Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46
Julia Frazier ’62
Mary Freed ’86
Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53
Cornelia Freyer ’70
Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84
John and Elizabeth Gardner P’18
Gary and Carol Gibson P’09
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Zachary and Felicia Hairston P’15
Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50
Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood ’65
Wenbiao He and Weihong Min P’18
Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02
Betty Hessee ’70
Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43
J. Brad and Melanie Hogg P’15
Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith P’15
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50
Melanie Kirk Holton ’87
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67
Lydee Conway Hummel ’72
Hallam Hurt ’63
Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72
Elizabeth Lackey Johnston ’53
Jean Merritt Johnston ’62
Mary Kay Karzas ’71
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
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Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69
Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04
Christine Knight
Katherine Hairston La Rosa ’72
Anna Lane ’72
Barbara Lane ’65
Dione and Robert Leak P’15
Bo Li and Xin Cui P’15
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Gladding Schaff Markunas ’68
Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76
Karla Hudson Martin ’02
Martha Justice Martin ’55
Robert and Mary McIver P’10
Alice Pack Melly ’52
Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51
Ann Ward Morgan ’48
Martha Givens Nicol ’70
Clare Harwood Nunes ’52
Janice Copley Obre ’67
Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ‘07
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68
Erika Olson ’96
Elizabeth Peters ’81
Joseph and Susan Pinyard P’15
Lillian Headley Poole ’62
Jane Preyer ’72
Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66
Billie Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85
Michael and Donna Robertson P’15
Patricia Robinson ’70
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78
Catherine Doeller Sage’80
Dennis and Cynthia Samuel P’16
Isabelle Selby ’73
Mary Shallenberger ’66
Song Shao and Xiaojing Lu P’15
Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02
Richard Simmons
Bradford and Angela Sims P’15
Herk and Sherry Sims G’15
Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 †
Kathryn Reed Smith ’45
Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 †
Robert and Jeanine Stewart P’15
Eugene and Kathryn Stuart P’15
James and Dianne Stuart
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Sallie Grace Tate ’81
Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55
Richard and Christina Thomas P’15
Wissie Thompson ’58
William and Mary Tice P’15
Lucie Wray Todd ’49, P’75
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Ross Walton P’16
Amelia Walker Ward ’66
Katharine Watson ’60
Ann Robinson Weiss ’64
Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01
Nancy Hanes White ’66
Harriet Simons Williams ’48
John and Patricia Wilson P’16
Sarah Jones Winmill ’49
John and Lara Wyss P’17
Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66
Studie Johnson Young ’70
Jeffrey Zeiler ’65
purple & gold circle for
young alumnae
Young Alumnae donors of $500–
$999 who graduated between
six and 16 years ago, and Young
Alumnae donors of $100–$499
who graduated within the past five
years
Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06
Emma Smith Castro ’05
Victoria Fitzgerald ’13
Madeline Hicks ’10
Elizabeth Goldstein ’12
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Eleanor Pennell ’48
Anne Perkins Cabot ’47
Lynn Pixley Scott ’61
Polly Porter ’42
Mary Reed Spencer ’74
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64
Anne Rodgers Feldman ’57
Patricia Schoen Gile ’45
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Ann Taylor ’54
Maris Wistar Thompson ’58
Emily Todd ’75
Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68
Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69
Courtney Vletas ’87
Lucy Webster Archie ’87
Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99
Jane Wilson ’77
Virginia Worthington Marr ’55
Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91
Chatham Hall proudly inducts these donors—all of whom have given in five or more consecutive
years—to the Chatham Hall Loyal Circle.
45–49 years of
consecutive giving
Founded in 1996, the Esto Perpetua Society celebrates the vision and commitment of individuals who
will shape Chatham Hall’s future through their estate plans. More than 106 donors have included
Chatham Hall in a will or trust, or by making the School a beneficiary of life insurance or an IRA.
We invite you to visit www.chathamhall.org/giving/ and click on the interactive, professionallysupported link Estate & Financial Planning for information relevant to your personal and
philanthropic goals. To join the Esto Perpetua Society, contact Christine Cutright Knight at
434 432-5549 or cknight@chathamhall.org.
Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77
Margaret Ker Gotz ’48
Annette Kirby ’80 w
Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56
Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Linda Mars ’78
Janey McCoy ’76 w
Katherine McKay ’75, P’10
Margaret Meigs Blodget ’42, P’69
Frances Menefee Weeks ’45
Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51
Julia Mitchener Turnipseed ’84
Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57
Laurie Nussdorfer ’68
Lynn Painter Dillard ’56
Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Dana Paulson Davis ’64 and
William Cole Davis
The Chatham Hall Loyal Circle recognizes those alumnae, parents, teachers, staff and friends who
have made a gift to the Chatham Hall Annual Fund in each of the past five or more consecutive years.
Through their loyalty and generosity they lead the way, year after year, and provide annual support
for Chatham Hall’s highest priorities.
† Deceased
the esto perpetua society*
Alumnae *
Anonymous (7)
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 w
Jennifer Austell ’82
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ‘50, P’79
Mary Blodgett ’35
Anne Bryant ’67
Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Judy Carter ’63
Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71
Cynthia Coe Devine ’73
Jane De Hart ’54
Mary Dunbar ’71
Cynthia Dyer Hancock ’71
Joanna Edgell ’93
Claudia Emerson ’75 †
Elizabeth Farmer ’64
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 and
Ross Siragusa P’71
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57
Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38
chatham hall loyal circle
parents and friends
Anonymous (2)
Janice Coleman (former faculty)
Nancy Langford
Carolyn E. Lecque P’88
C. Thomas and Eleanor May P’85
H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77
Pattie R. Motley P’81, ’85
Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07
Celeste Phelps P’09
Sara Sterling P’03
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
Francis and Patricia West P’90, ’97
bequests and planned
gift disbursements
Estate of Janet Ketchum Grayson
Whitehouse ’43
Estate of Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41
Estate of Mary M B Wilson ’65
*Alumnae appear by maiden name
in the list.
wNew Esto Perpetua Society Members
† Deceased
Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60
Anne Bryant ’67
Laura Lee Bullitt ’45
Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63
Katherine Cravens ’55
Barbara Townsend Crawford ’48
Audrey Sawtelle Delafield ’60
Judith Fenn Duncan ’56 P’77, ’78, ’79,
’84, ’86, G’14
Helen Dunn ’60
Joan Kurtz Ferguson ’47
Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46
Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80
Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83
Edith Gwathmey Grassi ’41
Patricia Carter Hatch ’53
Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein ’56
Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82
Elizabeth Lackey Johnston ’53
Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51
Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75,G’10
Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, P’65, ’69, ’78
Gainor Ingersoll Miller ’47
Mary Murrill Oakes ’69
Laurene Berger Owen ’51
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68
Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77
Joan Dodge Rueckert ’46
Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 †
Kathryn Reed Smith ’45
Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 †
Frederica Wellington Valois ’49
Ann Staples Waldron ’57
Elisabeth Swan Weitzel ’54
Eugenia Lovett West ’40
Noel Barnes Williams ’47, P’70
Margot Bell Woodwell ’53
40–44 years of
consecutive giving
Joan Cass Adams ’53
Ellen Simmons Ball ’73
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48
Laura Bullitt Despard ’65
Anne Foley Doucet ’49
Edith Bettle Gardner ’43
Karin Fagerburg Jackson ’50
John and Adrienne Mars P’78
Margaret McElroy ’59
Ann Ward Morgan ’48
Laurie Nussdorfer ’68
Janice Copley Obre ’67
Janet Lewis Peden ’69
Emma Hodge Sarosdy ’46
Diana Simrell Savory ’62
Anita Caine Schenck ’52 †
Catherine Wilson Smith ’61
Joan Miller Tait ’46
Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58
35–39 years of
consecutive giving
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72
Josephine Gilmore Bell ‘57
Beth Duncan Berkun ‘78, P’14
Sarah Robbins Bradshaw ’41
Molly Buck ’58
Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57
Diamond Paper Company, Inc.
Richard Dixon
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79
Jane Garnett ’73
Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43
Mary Griswold Horrigan ’50
Gail Lassiter Malin ’53
Pamela Mayer ’74
Ann Cochran McCandless ‘51
William Mellen P’80, ‘81
H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77
Katie Belk Morris ‘72
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68
Talmadge Ragan ’69
Alice Flint Roe ’63
Wanda Scearce
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50, P’71
Emily Todd ’75
Marney Ault Wasserman ’67
30–34 years of
consecutive giving
Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91
Bradie Barr ’81
Louise Clarke ’63
Karrick Scott Collins ’70
Ethel Hix Darrell ’41
Susan Towers Dennard ’72
Stuart Greene ’57
Henry and Margaret Hurt P’93
Caroline Stewart Lacey ’67
Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76
Caroline Young Moore ’54
Sally Reese Pryor ’50
Shelby Elliott Roberts ’55
Katharine Hobson Sturtevant ’37
Frances Menefee Weeks ’45
Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57
Donald Wood P’96
Sherley Young ’57
25–29 years of
consecutive giving
Alida Bryant ’76
Eleanor Burke ’86
Louanna Owens Carlin ’55
Edith Patterson Cates ’66, P’96
Katherine Lee Cole ’64
Mary Bilecky Drimer ’86
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50
Aubrey and Elayne Edwards P’89, ’91
Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70
Isabel Hooker ’43
Annette Kirby ’80
Barbara Lane ’65
Page Nelson Loeser ’58
Margaret Payne Mahoney ’65
Mary Speer Marr ’39
Linda Mars ’78
Allen Craig Mears ’58
Ron Merricks P’02
Marion Benson Miller ’60
Janet Freed Rosser ’80
Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85
Richard Simmons
Mary Blair Simmons ’54, P’77
Lillian McKay Teigland ‘’72
Mary Bell Timberlake ’63
Margaret Ryburn Topping ’48
Elizabeth Peters Turner ’54
Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73
Tammy Waters P’14
20–24 years of
consecutive giving
Sally Thacher Amory ’43
Judith Ruffin Anderson ’53
Anonymous
Florence Hunter Ault ’46, P’72, ’75, G’04, ’06
Mary Bilecky P’86
Burleigh Vette Blust ’58
Martha Stevens Brown ’73
Katharine Bulkley P’77
Lee Stuart Cochran ’42
Maura Smith Collins ’67, P’06
Deborah Detchon Dodds ’61
Mary White English ’69
Nancy Evans Gruner ’47
Samuel Hairston P’70, ’72, ’73
H. Winston and Betty Holt
Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68
Catherine LaDuke
Eleanore Lee ’60
Martha Patterson Martens ’57
Susan Elder Martin ’53
Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74
Janey McCoy ’76
Joan Houston McCulloch ’46
Elizabeth Blanton McHargue ’55
Meriwether-Godsey, Inc.
Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54
Prudence Lowe Miller ’50
Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93
Sherri Murphy P’99
Martha Snowdon North ’49
Anne Lee Reath ’45
Lisa Richmond ’84
Kent Brain Rogers ’51
Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp P’90
Anna Lineberger Stanley ’58
Anne Osborne Swain ’48, P’70
Mary McChesney Ten Eyck ’45
Judith Turben Walrath ’54
Nancy Hanes White ’66
15–19 years of
consecutive giving
Carol Culver Bitting ’56
Kathleen Herty Brown ’50
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Theodore Bruning
Walter †and Dee Burch P’85
Anne Burling ’55
Alison Wright Cameron ’52
Susan McKnew Caskin ’44
Sally Hillman Childs ’45
Mary Fox Church ’48
Sarah Collie ’85
Mary Allen Cox ’61
Virginia Thornton Craley ’57
Margaret Reeder Crosbie ’60
Ben and Betty Davenport
Dana Paulson Davis ’64
Mary-Stuart Day ’93
Harriett Dayton ’50
Andrea Dedmon ’00
Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70
Josephine Noel Dietz ’56
Bonnie Dodson
Mary Dunbar ’71
Mary Edmonds
Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93
Hilda Farmer P’81
Mary Freed ’86
M.E. Freeman ’70
Cornelia Freyer ’70
Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63
Allison Sutton Fuqua ’80
Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55
Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84
Wanda Gammon
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Shirley Grange ’62
Kathryn Granger Haines ’75
Robin Hanes ’73
Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood ’65
Mary Fishburne Heuchert ’59
Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93
Susan Farwell Houston ’65
Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65
Sian Jones ’84
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr ’56
Kyle and Pam Kahuda
Stephanie Dozier Kirkman ’83
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Starlet Lemon
Jean Ruffin Lilly ’45
David Lyle
Isabel Merrill Lyndon ’57
Mary Pugh Manning ’74
Virginia Worthington Marr ’55
Nina Tabor Martin ’65
Carol Monarchi P’84
Jean Connelly Mooney ’53
Pattie Motley P’81, ’85
Harriett Sayre Noyes ’41
Clare Harwood Nunes ’52
Jane Schaff Odell ’48
Phyllis Statter Oxman ’64
Lee Porter Page ’59
Elizabeth Peters ’81
Jane Preyer ’72
Charles and Betty Prouty P’88
Sarah Belden Ravndal ’61
Judy Treppendahl Robinson ’62
Ellen Day Ross ’57
Kristin Caldwell Schad ’73
Tyler Norman Scott ’75
J. Glenn and Alice Shelton P’79, ’81
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Diana Simonds ’72
R. Alan Spearman
Terry Overbey Stafford ’68
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 †
Doris Silliman Stockly ’53
Ann Taylor ’54
Ann Hoxton Taylor ’64
Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
Molly Thomas P’06, ’08
Sara Thompson
Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend ’49
Joan Chickering Volberg ’51
Marcia Pyle Welch ’56
Jane Wilson ’77
Susan Wright ’83
10–14 years of
consecutive giving
Jane Allen ’00
Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12
Margaret Dayton Ankeny ’51
Ann Woolfolk Austin ’54
Priscilla Wade Belsinger ’67
Cheryl Bentley ’83
Amy Blair
Joday Litton Blevins ’56
Sara Clay Branch ’66
Susan Bruce ’75
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
David and Barbara Caldwell P’06
Mary Kemp Callaway ’58
Jerry and Judith Clark P’04
Lois Hart Coleman ’46
Barbara Collie P’85
Jane Webb Crawford ’63
Alan Crowe ’99
Margaret Cushing ’59
Carolyn Borders Danforth ’52
Sara Love Downey ’53
Eleanor Owens Earle ’46, P’79
Beverly Edgell P’93
Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14
Jean Clark Eysenbach ’49
Gary and Missy Fountain
Kathleen Horne Graff ’50
James and Mary Granger P’75
Anne Clement Haddad ’63
Shannon Hinderliter Hembree ’91
Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73
Anne Blodget Holberton ’69
Paul Hough and Ingrid Nelson P’99, ’10
Abigail Haymes Ibarra ’04
Kim Jackson
Mary Lyman Scott Jackson ’75
Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72
Julia Johnson ’69
Dana Nossaman Keilman ’87
Donna Vroman Kreidler ’54
Anna Lane ’72
Sarah Lannom ’05
Ada Long ’63
Sidney Lovett
Nuna Washburn MacDonald ‘62
Priscilla Mapes Maresi ’59
Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58
Norman and Vivian McGowin P’06
Tanya Mahdi McMain ’96
Sue Wolf Moore ’56
Sarah Morris ’72
Sheppard Morrison P’10
Caroline Nichols ’76
Betsy Kenney O’Brien ’53
Thomas and Jane O’Neill P’98
Susan Embree Parker ’55
Caroline Ives Pearce ’76
Polly Porter ’42
Rebecca Roberts ’58
Anna Robinson ’93
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78
Catherine Doeller Sage ’80
Margaret Malloy Sanders ’71
Karin Schutjer ’83
Nancy Comer Shuford ’64
Margaret Perkins Sise ’67
Lizette Smith ’71
Audrey Warner Speer ’64
Penelope Stout Strakhov ’65
Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13
Margery Hobson Thomas ’44
Elizabeth Towers P’09
C. Jane Van Landingham ’62
Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94
Nancy Evans Wahmhoff ’89
Virginia Willson Welch ’63
Linda Witherill ’49
James H. Wright
Sarah Yardley ’66
Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66
5–9 years of
consecutive giving
William and Darnell Abbott P’14
James and Maria Allen P’00
Anonymous (2)
Margaretta Gallagher Archie ’78
Victor and Bonnie Ardito P’94
Emily Arents ’59
Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99
Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10
Taylor Hall Bandyke ’98
Susan Dwelle Baxter ’60
Elizabeth Todd Beall ’86
F. Matthews and Beth Bigbee P’10
Lee Sullivan Born ’52
Anne Hathaway Bowes ’63
Mary Boy ’75
Sarah Boy ’64
Amanda Brady ’84
Marian Bray ’66
Laura Mascharka Brucker ’88
Anne Bryant P’61, ’62, ’67, ’76
Betty Gullatt Budlong ’54
Howard and Patricia Burkart P’92
Lisa Burton ’78
Campbell Insurance Company
Judy Carter ’63
Ansley Chapman Cella ’91
Sallie Wise Chaballier ’72
Susan Beekman Clough ’63
Marcie Cobble P’93, ’96
Adele Cornwall ’10
Jenny Crisp ’81
Mary Walton Curley ’42
Lelan Dunavant Davidson ’05
Mary Wolcott Davis ’69
Amy Davis
Molly Davis ’79
Karen Dedmon P’00
Ninna Fisher Denny ’70
Thomas and Martha Dixon P’15
Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67
Judith Duncan ’86
Florence Schroeder Ervin ‘58
Heidi Hand Evans ’75
Virginia Evans ’07
Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04
Irene Darden Field ’56
Venita Fields ’71
Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12
Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53
Angela Winthrop Getchell ’54
Gary and Carol Gibson P’09
Paul and Robin Giddings P’99, ’00, ’03
Patricia Schoen Gile ’45
Margaret Worthington Gilson ’59
Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12
Helen Dempwolf Goodhue ’46
Martha Griswold
Judy Currie Hamilton ’87
Louise Towers Hardage ’69
Martha Bacon Hartfiel ’47
Emily Blair Harvey ’93
Custis Preston Haynes ’50
Joanna Caldwell Henderson ’06
Betty Hessee ’70
Charles Hickox, Jr.
Jennifer Hiltwine
Florence Hines ’80
Jennifer Hinson ’03
Mary Tiedeman Hoagland ’42
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67
Mary Norman Huguley ’68
Grace Hwang ’10
Robert and Sandra Jackson P’98
Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67
Kate Lynn Jones ’90
Sarah Bugbee Keidel
Maibeth Deas Keith ’98
Warren Kelleher
Jane Fuller Killough ’72
Marion Jones Kingsford ’45
Linder Laffitte P’14
Elizabeth Landes ’69
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12
Andrea Cannon Little ’93
Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16
Mary Austin Lowery ’60
Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan ’66
Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97
Laura Rand Matheny ’06
Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06
Robert and Mary McIver P’10
Laird McIver ’10
Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05
Arthur and Sandy Meister P’99
Christine Meyer ’03
Polly Mingledorff ’09
Eleanore Morgan Moran ’58
Don Morley
Susan Morley
Mary MrDutt ’04
Jessica Bell Nicholson ’67
Sara Norman ’06
Jean Northington ’70
Maggie Oakes ’08
Ann O’Brien ’07
Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07
Josephine Cornwell Parman ’52
Sarah Arnn Parrish ’03
Carlotta Hellier Parsons ’55
Eleanor Pennell ’48
Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove ’60
Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington ’66
Mary Catherine Sours Plaster ’53, G’97, ’00
Lillian Headley Poole ’62
Tamara Pottker ’83
Margaret Bullitt Pough ’58
William and Kimberly Rand P’06
Jane Clark Reeder ’53
Kristin Reese ’08
Mary Reynolds ’84
Virginia Wulsin Roberts ’69
Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80
Katherine McLean Ryan ’98
Jane Carney Scully ’61
Susan Shelton ’79
Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02
Lindsay Shook ’02
Laura Spencer ’07
Jane Allen Street ’62
Trish Blackwell Synan ’01
Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06
Cassidy Tebeau ’13
John Thorndike
Theresa Cass Turko ’61
Sandra Turnbull ’07
John and Kathleen Turnbull P’07
Kenneth Tyburski
Lorena Vega ’06
Paul and Marguerite Vosteen P’13, ’14
Ava Ann Vrooman ’93
John Wallace P’73
Elizabeth Walter-Echols ’60
Katharine Watson ’60
Maureen Webb
Janet Holley Wegner ’64
Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69
Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01
Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91
Laura Willoughby ’87
Pauline Harrison Winans Finn ’43
Jonathan and Rebecca Winebrenner P’12
Helen Gregory Wise ’63
Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12
D. Oliver and Mary Semmes Wright P’87
Alice Blum Yoakum ’48
endowed funds
The Chatham Hall family of supporters has established a variety of funds that support the School’s
endowment, valued at $58,103,856 on June 30th, 2015. These endowed funds provide both annual
income for the School and support for specific program areas, including: Scholarships, Student
Support, Faculty & Staff Support, Academic and Awards, Guest Speakers & Concerts, Library,
Maintenance, Chapel, and Technology.
Unlike annual gifts, which cover yearly operating expenses, endowed funds provide long-term
financial support to assist with Chatham Hall’s fiscal needs, as noted in each fund’s description.
This year Chatham Hall celebrates the addition of four newly endowed funds to its portfolio.
The Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Unrestricted
Endowment With gratitude to her father, Laurence
Chatham Hall curriculum by engaging students, and the
Bettcher, and in recognition of her Chatham Hall education-
larger Chatham Hall community, in a hands-on learning
al experience, Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 established
experience and dialogue with a notable author from a
this fund for the benefit of the School with no restrictions.
variety of genres and modes of literature: poets, short
Headquartered in Birmingham, Ohio, Bettcher Industries,
story, fiction, and nonfiction writers. Each guest writer
The Writer in Residence Program enhances the
Inc. was founded by Louis A. Bettcher in 1944 in the meat-
spends two or three days on campus, gives a public read-
packing district on Cleveland’s West Side. Bettcher Indus-
ing, teaches classes, hosts writing workshops, and meets
tries, Inc. is a supplier of meat trimmers and cutting products
students, faculty, and community members.
with subsidiaries and operations in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia. In 2014, Bettcher
Contributions to this fund are invited. Please contact
Industries completed a transition to 100% ESOP company.
Christine Cutright Knight, Director of Advancement
In addition to this endowment gift, Hallie has created
434-432-2900 or cknight@chathamhall.org.
the Pettegrew Renovation Fund for the renovation and
beautification of public spaces.
The John Henry Waller Scholarship was established
in honor of John Henry Waller, a longtime employee of
The Claudia Emerson ’75 Writer In Residence
Endowed Fund The Class of 1975 has provided seed
Chatham Hall. The Scholarship benefits eligible students
money to name the Writer In Residence program in mem-
County, North Carolina.
from the greater Chatham area and extends into Caswell
ory of their classmate, Claudia Emerson. Claudia Emerson
was a native of Chatham, a member of the Class of 1975,
The Mary B. Wilson ’65 Endowed Fund was
former Dean and English teacher at Chatham Hall. Claudia
established with a gift from the Estate of Mary B. Wilson
Emerson was a Pulitzer Prize winning author and former
’65. The Library Commons was named in recognition of
Poet Laureate of Virginia.
this gift.
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alumnae giving
We are most grateful to our dedicated Alumnae who honor Chatham Hall by their continued
connection and financial support of the School. The following lists include donors to all funds at
Chatham Hall. Alumnae are listed by class year and alphabetical by maiden name.
Overall Alumnae Participation: 34% | Young Alumnae Participation (Classes 1999–2014): 26%
Alumnae Co-Chairs: Joanna Edgell ’93 and Jane Everhart Murray ’63
Honorary Alumna
Dee Burch C
Ashby Cothran
Alice Cromer Van Lennep B
Melissa Evans Fountain B C
Alice Overbey
Dora Thomas B C
Lockett Van Voorhis C
1936 100%
Mary Applegate Fisher E B
1937 67%
Mary Dykema McGuire
Katharine Hobson Sturtevant E B C
1938 100%
Hope Rogers Metcalf C
1939 56%
Barbara Briggs Trimble † B C
Frances Grimball Maclean
Elizabeth Lasell Whipple†
Barbara Mallory Hathaway E B C
Mary Speer Marr C
1940 ¡ 67%
Barbara Johnson Suddath
Eugenia Lovett West C
Anne Meigs Larkin
Farley Walton Whetzel
1941 55%
Edith Gwathmey Grassi C
Ethel Hix Darrell C
Penelope Perkins Wilson B C
Sarah Robbins Bradshaw C
Harriett Sayre Noyes C
Kimmie Stuart Sloane † B C
1942 29%
Polly Porter E C
Lee Stuart Cochran C
Mary Tiedeman Hoagland C
Mary Walton Curley C
1943 44%
Patricia Anderson Dolan
Edith Bettle Gardner C
Anne Campbell Clement C
Pauline Harrison Winans Finn C
Elsie Hilliard Hillman B C
Isabel Hooker B C
Sally Thacher Amory C
1944 38%
Anonymous
Lea Cumings Parson B C
Caroline Hartwell Stewart † B C
Margery Hobson Thomas C
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook B C
Susan McKnew Caskin C
Polly Wheeler Guth E B C
Sally Witt Duncan E B C
1945 ¡ 50%
Diana Beebe Richardson
Sally Hillman Childs C
Mary Hooker Crary E B C
Marion Jones Kingsford C
Laura Lee Bullitt C
Anne Lee Reath C
Mary McChesney Ten Eyck C
Frances Menefee Weeks E C
Margaret Murray Baldrige
Kathryn Reed Smith B C
Jean Ruffin Lilly C
Patricia Schoen Gile E C
Carolyn Vreeland Le Boutillier
1946 48%
Sara Cruikshank Foster B C
Helen Dempwolf Goodhue C
Joan Dodge Rueckert C
Alison Erskine Farrar
Lois Hart Coleman B C
Emma Hodge Sarosdy C
Joan Houston McCulloch C
Florence Hunter Ault C
Mary Lee Muromcew
Joan Miller Tait C
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant B C
Patricia Osborne Smith
Eleanor Owens Earle C
Helene Zimmermann Hill C
1947 67%
Anonymous C
Mervyn Adams Seldon
Carol Babcock Davenport B C
Martha Bacon Hartfiel C
Noel Barnes Williams C
Martha Blankarn Halsey C
Nancy Evans Gruner C
Hester Fogg Saxon
Cecily Hogg Morrow
Gainor Ingersoll Miller C
Joan Kurtz Ferguson C
Anne Perkins Cabot E
Cordelia Ruffin Richards
Eleanore Walton Bequaert
1948 44%
Doris Beasley Martin C
Alice Blum Yoakum B C
Mary Fox Church C
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Lillian Lineberger McKay E B C
Jane-Kerin Moffat
Trygve Norstrand Cooley B C
Anne Osborne Swain C
Eleanor Pennell E C
Virginia Plews Robey C
Margaret Ryburn Topping C
Jane Schaff Odell C
Harriet Simons Williams B C
Barbara Townsend Crawford C
Ann Ward Morgan B C
1949 43%
Jean Clark Eysenbach C
Anne Foley Doucet C
Patsy Hardie Forrest
Sarah Jones Winmill B C
Elisabeth McGinty Laigle
Joanne Shartle Anderson E B C
Martha Snowdon North C
Ann Trowbridge Richter
Catherine Van Rensselaer
Townsend C
Frederica Wellington Valois C
Linda Witherill B C
Lucie Wray Todd C
1950 ¡ 53%
Jenifer Barnes Garfield E C
Ellen Childs Lovejoy B C
Harriett Dayton C
Sally Dunham Davis B
Elizabeth Evans
Karin Fagerburg Jackson C
Alison Fennelly Siragusa E C
Louise Gilliam Hopkins
Mary Griswold Horrigan C
Nancy Gwathmey Harris B C
Kathleen Herty Brown C
Kathleen Horne Graff C
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth E B C
Margaret Johnson Lee
Prudence Lowe Miller C
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee B C
Cynthia Murray Henriques C
Custis Preston Haynes C
Sally Reese Pryor C
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll B C
1951 36%
Laurene Berger Owen C
Kent Brain Rogers C
Joan Chickering Volberg C
Ann Cochran McCandless C
Margaret Dayton Ankeny C
Susan Fair Boyd E B C
Povy LaFarge Bigbee E B C
Saraellen Merritt Langmann E C
Christina Sawtelle Teale
Joanna Sperry Mockler B C
1952 41%
Virginia Beresford Fox C
Carolyn Borders Danforth C
Anita Caine Schenck † C
Josephine Cornwell Parman C
Clare Harwood Nunes B C
Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette
Alice Pack Melly B C
Alison Ruder Thomas
Lee Sullivan Born C
Mary Webster Kampf
Alison Wright Cameron C
1953 66%
Cecily Allen Mermann
Margot Bell Woodwell C
Barbara Billings Supplee E B C
Anne Bourne Rose
Patricia Carter Hatch C
Joan Cass Adams C
Jane Clark Reeder C
Jean Connelly Mooney C
Susan Elder Martin C
Olivia Hutchins Dunn B C
Betsy Kenney O’Brien C
Elizabeth Lackey Johnston B C
Gail Lassiter Malin C
Sara Love Downey C
Linda Lovelace Brownrigg B
Lucy McClellan Barrett B C
Cornelia Mueller Gibson C
Judith Ruffin Anderson C
Doris Silliman Stockly C
Mary Catherine Sours Plaster C
Iris Winthrop Freeman B C
1954 36%
Mary Blair Simmons C
Sandra Butler Gardner
Betty Gullatt Budlong C
Elizabeth Jefferys Dees
Elizabeth Peters Turner C
Caroline Ramsay Merriam C
Janet Sawtelle Houghton
E Esto Perpetua Society members
are individuals who have
included Chatham Hall in their
estate plans.
B Benefactors Society members are
donors who contribute $1,000+
to the Annual Fund or for other
purposes.
C CH Loyal members are donors
who contribute 5+ consecutive
years to the Annual Fund or
other purposes.
† Deceased
Classes that celebrated Reunion
¡
in 2015
Elisabeth Swan Weitzel C
Ann Taylor E C
Judith Turben Walrath C
Donna Vroman Kreidler C
Angela Winthrop Getchell C
Ann Woolfolk Austin C
Caroline Young Moore C
1955 ¡ 35%
Elizabeth Blanton McHargue C
Anne Burling C
Alexandra Comstock Dane
Joan Coulter Pittman E B C
Katherine Cravens B C
Shelby Elliott Roberts C
Susan Embree Parker C
Natalie Farrar Theriot E B C
Carlotta Hellier Parsons C
Martha Justice Martin B C
Cynthia Lovelace Sears C
Elizabeth Marshall Games C
Louanna Owens Carlin C
Virginia Worthington Marr E C
1956 52%
Doris Balkcom Keen
Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein C
Jacqueline Cannon Brown E C
Carol Culver Bitting C
Irene Darden Field C
Judith Fenn Duncan C
Dina Kauders Leonard
Alice Lineberger Harney B
Jane Lineberger Huffard E
Joday Litton Blevins C
Dandridge Logan Ince
Dorothy Mallan Fullerton
Josephine Noel Dietz C
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr C
Lynn Painter Dillard E
Marcia Pyle Welch C
Sue Wolf Moore C
1957 55%
Sally Bramstedt Richards
Ellen Day Ross C
Sharon Ellis Miller
Josephine Gilmore Bell E C
Stuart Greene B C
Diane Heiskell Schetky
Janie Huntley Webster E B C
Josephine McFadden E B C
Isabel Merrill Lyndon C
Martha Moffitt Carlstrom
Katherine Norcross Wheeler E C
Martha Patterson Martens C
Anne Rodgers Feldman E
Virginia Shuford Yates
Ann Staples Waldron C
Virginia Thornton Craley C
Robin Tieken Hadley B C
Alice Williams Vining
Fay Wilmerding Burdon B C
Sherley Young B C
1958 51%
Gray Baird
Ethel Baskerville Powell
Molly Buck C
Margaret Bullitt Pough C
Jane Clark Warren
Allen Craig Mears C
Margaret Horner Walker B C
Mary Kemp Callaway B C
Anna Lineberger Stanley C
Amanda Mackay Smith E
Leila McConnell Daw C
Eleanore Morgan Moran C
Page Nelson Loeser C
Rebecca Roberts C
Sally Saltonstall Willis B C
Florence Schroeder Ervin B C
Eleanor Silliman Maroney B C
Anne Smith Paul
Wissie Thompson E B C
Burleigh Vette Blust C
1959 37%
Helen Anderson Shaw
Emily Arents C
Margaret Cushing C
Helen Eggleston Bellas
Mary Fishburne Heuchert C
Maria Gallagher Truslow
Priscilla Mapes Maresi C
Margaret McElroy C
Barbara McMillan
Lee Porter Page C
Lisa Rosenberger Moore B C
Margaret Worthington Gilson C
Jane Yardley Amos E C
1960 ¡ 46%
Mary Austin Lowery C
Marion Benson Miller C
Marjorie Canby Lallemand
Simone Crockett
Mary Duncan Bicknell B C
Helen Dunn C
Susan Dwelle Baxter C
Elizabeth Walter-Echols C
Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove C
Susan Huntington Fisher
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell C
Jo Alice Laughlin Kelly
Eleanore Lee C
Margaret Lloyd Keuler
Adelaide McKenzie Moss
Sharon Rafferty Patterson
Margaret Reeder Crosbie C
Audrey Sawtelle Delafield C
Molly Taylor Pope
Katharine Watson B C
Lucy Wise Iliff
Eliza Wolcott Morehead
1961 29%
Mary Allen Cox C
Sarah Belden Ravndal C
Jane Carney Scully C
Theresa Cass Turko C
Deborah Detchon Dodds C
Josephine Fisher de Give
Sandy Maxson Shalleck
Rebecca Robinson Preston
Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster
Catherine Wilson Smith C
1962 41%
Jane Allen Street C
Rose Bryant Woodard
Olivia Cheever
Jo Rainey Evans Tisdale
Julia Frazier B
Holly Fry McGowan
Shirley Grange C
Lillian Headley Poole B C
Jean Merritt Johnston B C
Louise Potts Thibodaux
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick B C
Carole Robertson Coviello B C
Diana Simrell Savory C
Judy Treppendahl Robinson C
C. Jane Van Landingham C
Nuna Washburn MacDonald C
1963 45%
Jean Armfield Sherrill B C
Susan Beekman Clough C
Mary Bell Timberlake C
Judy Carter E B C
Louise Clarke B C
Anne Clement Haddad C
Jane Everhart Murray B C
Leslie Fenn Gershon
Alice Flint Roe C
Charlotte Gignoux Dwyer
Helen Gregory Wise C
Anne Hathaway Bowes C
Hallam Hurt B
Ada Long C
Gwynne Macrae Pfeifer
Susan Overbey Funderburk C
Dicke Tredway Sloop
Jane Webb Crawford C
Virginia Willson Welch C
1964 46%
Josephine Bayard
Sarah Boy C
Nancy Comer Shuford C
Anne Dickerson
Elizabeth Farmer E
Janet Holley Wegner C
Dorothy Howard Verney
Ann Hoxton Taylor C
Katherine Lee Cole C
Boyce Lineberger Ansley E B C
Dana Paulson Davis E C
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker E C
Joan Richardson Doty
Ann Robinson Weiss B
Phyllis Statter Oxman C
Julia Suddath
Mahala Tillinghast Beams
Audrey Warner Speer C
Paula Wright Lipman
1965 ¡ 53%
Sarah Benson Mumford
Christina Boben Orr-Cahall
Holly Bowles Blanton
Rachel Boyd
Suzanne Branch
Laura Bullitt Despard C
Carmen Carmichael Murphy B
Julie Clark Goodyear
Caroline Cochran Boynton
Anita de Braganca Stockbridge
Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood B C
Susan Farwell Houston C
Helen Howard
Kate Kuhlke Orlowsky
Barbara Lane B C
Anne Lanier
Marian Larkin
Sally Lindsley Kroll
Hope Metcalf Johnston C
Catherine Michael Quainton
Margaret Payne Mahoney C
Kate Perkins Hartsfield
Lisa Schmid Halpin
Penelope Stout Strakhov C
Nina Tabor Martin C
Pamela Wade Latta
Jeffrey Zeiler B
1966 45%
Anonymous
Marian Bray C
Carolyn Carter Yawars B C
Sara Clay Branch C
Martha Currie Green
Muffin Dalton Grant B
OVERALL DECADE
PARTICIPATION %
1930s
64%
1940s
47%
1950s
46%
1960s
42%
1970s
29%
1980s 27%
1990s
18%
2000s
28%
2010s
23%
Florence Farwell Schmidt
Constance Flint West B C
Katherine Hallowell Noyes
Nancy Hanes White B C
Margie Hastings Quinlan B C
Lynn Kitson Williams C
Laura Moore Buddine
Edith Patterson Cates C
Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan C
Mary Shallenberger E B C
Ann Lee Stephens Sarpy
Mary Lynn Thomas Van Wyck
Jane Upson Hubbard
Amelia Walker Ward B
Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington C
Elizabeth Whitehead George
Sarah Yardley C
1967 42%
Kathleen Arey Carroll E B C
Marney Ault Wasserman C
Jessica Bell Nicholson C
Anne Bryant E B C
Georgia Cadwalader Bennett
Janice Copley Obre B C
Debbie Humphreys Jones C
Patricia Noojin Dudley B C
Elizabeth Parsons Harper
Margaret Perkins Sise C
Ann Potts
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz B C
Elizabeth Scott Hayes
Maura Smith Collins C
Caroline Stewart Lacey C
Elizabeth Stout Foehl
Mary Tiffany Schweitzer
Priscilla Wade Belsinger C
1968 44%
Katie Carlson Houston
Kathryn Carter Jacobs C
Annie Clarke Ager
Dianne Covey Ohlandt
Spring Critchlow Swinehart
Muffy Dent Stuart E B C
Jane Howard Cheever
Mollie Hunt Holmes B C
Julia Mattingly
Mary Norman Huguley C
Laurie Nussdorfer E C
Terry Overbey Stafford C
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby B C
Corinne Rafferty
Katharine Reynolds Chandler B C
Christine Robinson Secor B C
Gladding Schaff Markunas B
Janet Tremaine Stanley E B
Lucy Williams Maish C
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1969 30%
Anne Blodget Holberton C
Carol Harlocker McBee
Julia Johnson C
Elizabeth Landes C
Janet Lewis Peden C
Mary Murrill Oakes C
Robin Peake Stuart B C
Talmadge Ragan C
Nancy Lee Smith Kemper B
Tucky Stout Pogue
Louise Towers Hardage C
Lisa Vilas Weismiller E C
Mary White English C
Mary Wolcott Davis C
Virginia Wulsin Roberts C
1970 ¡ 44%
Wendy Bailey Hamilton
Rebecca Brown Hutcheson
Pamela Burns
Charlotte Caldwell E C
Carolyn Davenport
Pauline Dent Ketchum B C
Sandra Ebling
Ninna Fisher Denny C
M.E. Freeman C
Cornelia Freyer B C
Lynette Gaido
Martha Givens Nicol B
Caroline Hairston English
Betty Hessee B C
Walker Johnson Jones E B C
Studie Johnson Young E B C
Sally Lesh Quereau
Helen Mirkil
Jean Northington C
Patricia Robinson B
Karrick Scott Collins C
Polly Smith
Katherine Washburne Reimelt
Catherine Williams
1971 26%
Camille Agricola Bowman
Gloria Bond Clunie
Mary Dunbar E B C
Venita Fields C
Mary Kay Karzas E B C
Margaret Malloy Sanders C
Sharon Pittman
Tarleton Russell
Lizette Smith C
1972 36%
Mary Baldrige
Katie Belk Morris B C
Laura Brown Cronin B C
Julie Cleveland
Lydee Conway Hummel B
Jane Fuller Killough C
Katherine Hairston La Rosa B
Carolyn Huntoon Connell
Nina Johnson Botsford E B C
Kate Johnson Nielsen E B C
Anna Lane B C
Margaret Lovett Simpson
Lillian McKay Teigland C
Sarah Morris B C
Jane Preyer B C
Diana Simonds C
Sandra Sweatt Hull
Susan Towers Dennard C
Sallie Wise Chaballier C
1973 23%
Anonymnous C
Kristin Caldwell Schad C
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Julia Carr Day
Virginia Cates Bowie B C
Cynthia Coe Devine E B
Farnell Cowan Holton
Robin Hanes C
Jane Garnett B C
Elizabeth Kirk Unger C
Mary Newcombe
Isabelle Selby B
Ellen Simmons Ball B C
Martha Stevens Brown C
Frances Wallace Robertson B C
Mary Elizabeth Wroth
Susan Zimmerman Meyer
Margaretta Gallagher Archie C
Diana Howard Fisketjon B
Cameron Keels Austin
Tara Mactaggart
Linda Mars E B
Susan Metcalf
Alice Rodgers Alsterberg
1974 23%
1980 ¡ 23%
Sanders Beard Hockensmith
Elizabeth Carter Beckmann
Babs Harrison
Sarah Martin Finn B C
Pamela Mayer C
Mary Pugh Manning C
Mary Reed Spencer E C
Cristina Ryplansky
Anne Wynn Weissinger B C
1975 ¡ 50%
Mary Boy B C
Susan Bruce C
Katherine Coleman Haroldson B C
Kathryn Granger Haines C
Mary Evelyn Guyton C
Heidi Hand Evans B C
Ellen Holcomb
Martha Ann Keels B C
Pamela Lewis Thornton
Robin Mactaggart Symonette
Katherine McKay E
Alicia Monks Murtha
Julia Morris Kashkashian B C
Tyler Norman Scott C
Maria-Matilde Pieters-Gray
Mary Lyman Scott Jackson C
Frances Sommers Wheelock E B C
Emily Todd E C
Clay Ward Roberts
Leigh Wilson
Joan Womble Stone
1976 28%
Alida Bryant C
Virginia Carter B C
Caroline Ives Pearce C
Linder Lane
Celia Lippitt Snow
Janey McCoy E C
Victoria Middleton
Caroline Nichols C
Bradford Simmons Marshall B C
Sara Stoneburner
Martha Wynn Weissinger
1977 22%
Katharine Bulkley B C
Pace Cooke Emmons C
Camlyn Craig-Brown
Sarah Dabney Gillespie B C
Melissa Hilbish
Frazier Millner Armstrong
Elizabeth Robinson Willmott
Polly Slater Glover
Jane Wilson E C
Elizabeth Woltz
1978 28%
Letitia Berlin
Lisa Burton C
Beth Duncan Berkun C
1979 11%
Molly Davis C
Johan Newcombe Peers
Robin Norberg Kennedy
Susan Shelton C
Margaret Taylor
Catherine Doeller Sage B C
Janet Freed Rosser C
Florence Hines C
Annette Kirby E C
Jane Redd
Allison Sutton Fuqua C
1981 25%
Bradie Barr C
Cristina Bornhofen
Erin Conner Blair
Jenny Crisp B C
Lorraine Droulia Abercrombie
Margaret Motley Merritt
Leslie Olcott
Elizabeth Peters B C
Sarah Reed Harris
Sallie Grace Tate E B C
Carleton Thomas Henrich
Belinda Thornton Ruelle C
1986 34%
Anna Avery
Alison Berger Patterson
Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew B C
Mary Bilecky Drimer C
Eleanor Burke B C
Judith Duncan C
Mary Freed B C
Flora Garner-Platt
Laura Myers Casellas
Melissa Norton McKinley
Melissa Poynter Whitton
Caroline Sloan
Elizabeth Todd Beall C
1987 32%
Judy Currie Hamilton C
Elkin Cushman Taylor
Rachel del Campo Gatewood
Melanie Kirk Holton B
Leslie Lawhorn Neely
Joan Madry Kligerman
Donie Martin Carlson B
Dudley Melton Berry
Dana Nossaman Keilman C
Kimberlee Scott
Laura Willoughby C
Semmes Wright Calvert
1988 19%
Elizabeth Reynolds
Lauren Waters Luczkow
Ellen Baldridge Gregan
Laura Dick Moses
Laura Mascharka Brucker C
Abbie Story LeFevre
Martha Thomas Waugaman
Garnett Wilbourn Hutton
1983 31%
1989 26%
1982 8%
Cheryl Bentley C
Stephanie Dozier Kirkman C
Claudia Gonzalez de Petri
Stacey Goodwin B C
Monica Dee Guillory
Elizabeth Mullen
Amy Nolde
Tamara Pottker C
Catherine Reed
Karin Schutjer C
Michele Smith Beveridge
Susan Wright C
1984 45%
Tracy Bartlett Lively C
Mary Lee Bethune Brown
Mary Jo Blake
Amanda Brady C
Laura Duncan
Jennifer Gammill McKay E B C
Sian Jones C
Julia Mitchener Turnipseed E
Sarah Monarchi Longpré B C
Mary Reynolds C
Lisa Richmond C
Katie Van Lennep B
Sarah Walker Benz
1985 ¡
26%
Adrienne Burdette
Catherine Cates
Terri Coleman Washington
Sarah Collie B C
Melinda Fera
Ana Evangelina Quinonez Novoa
Jean Reynolds
Jennifer Taylor Carsten
Jennifer Bess Jones
Erika Braun Coppen
Kim Emmet Manoy
Nancy Evans Wahmhoff C
Nini Hadjis
Lloyd Henson Hannon
Brooks Koella Heiser
Justine Shuford Moroz
Susan Staton Maday
1990 ¡ 8%
Kate Lynn Jones C
Paula Sommerkamp Magargle
1991 28%
Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn
Jennifer Abel LaRue
Karen Anderson Leonard
Ansley Chapman Cella C
Heather Cook Barnes
Sarah Edwards Pember
Nancy Hilliard Joyce
Shannon Hinderliter Hembree C
Kitchi Joyce
Victoria Keyser
Emily Page Murray
1992 8%
Gretchen Blair Clark
Monica Lucero Villarino
1993 29%
Natalia Barrett-Rose
Guthrie Birchfield Schweitzer
Emily Blair Harvey C
Andrea Cannon Little C
Laurel Cobble Fountain B C
Mary-Stuart Day B C
Joanna Edgell E B
Nelson Ervin Holland
Lucy Holmes Erwin C
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek C
Anna Robinson C
Ava Ann Vrooman C
2000 ¡
22%
Jane Allen C
Katherine Blair Farmer
Cherie Bowlin Madison
Elizabeth Call
Andrea Dedmon C
Tina Frangiamore Adams
1994 21%
Trish Blackwell Synan C
Katherine Currin
Sarah Pannell
2001 8%
Alison Ardito Davis
Eleanor Farrell
Amanda Sink Wydner
Alexis Slaybaugh Arenas
2002 27%
Anonymous C
Emmalyn Cochran
Kimberly Daniels Taws
Danielle Dillon Munkelt
Karla Hudson Martin B
Lindsay Shook C
Michelle Thomas Supko B C
9%
1995 ¡
Reagan Greene Pruitt
Brittain Redcay Haney
1996 28%
Kelly Doss
Jee-Young Kim
Andrea Littman Long E B C
Tanya Mahdi McMain C
Erika Olson B
Jennifer Quainton
Sarah Wood Anderson
2003 23%
Sarah Arnn Parrish C
Lydia Beresford
Mary Katherine Evans Rordam C
Jennifer Hinson C
Christine Meyer C
Isabelle Randolph
Mary Elizabeth Wilkes
Fielden Willmott
1997 10%
Rebecca Frackelton
Morgan Karsman Robertson
Laura Robinson Kerr
2004 34%
Sarah Burton Graper
Joan Goss
Sallie Harrington
Abigail Haymes Ibarra C
Marguerite Logan Andrews
Mary MrDutt C
Jordan Nyberg Ferris C
Ann Pope
Danielle Thomas Kimmel B C
Elizabeth Thomas
1998 20%
Maibeth Deas Keith C
Susan Gillings Gross B C
Megan Grant Lawrence
Taylor Hall Bandyke C
Katherine McLean Ryan C
Kerry O’Neill Irwin
Elizabeth Yarborough
1999 19%
Mari Armstrong-Hough C
Morgan Brawley Rhodes
Alan Crowe C
Sarah Meister Fazzino
Elizabeth White-Hurst E C
2005 ¡ 34%
Lindsay Burkart
Lelan Dunavant Davidson C
Samantha Franklin Hammond
A special thanks to the Class Agents with
the highest participation by decade
CAROL
BABCOCK
DAV E N P O RT ’ 4 7
LUCY McCLELLAN
BARRETT &
BARBARA BILLINGS
SUPPLEE ’53
67%
M A RY
B OY ’ 7 5
66%
50%
JENNIFER
GAMMILL
M C K AY ’ 8 4
45%
ANNA
ROBINSON ’93
H O P E M E TC A L F
J O H N S TO N ’ 6 5
53%
29%
TAY LO R N Y B E R G
TA L I A F E R R O &
SCHAEFFER GOSS
B A R N H A R DT ’ 0 6
43%
Rebecca Jones
Catherine Merwin
Sarah Lannom C
Amanda Peterkin
Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin C
Allison Rosser
Julia Rowe
Emma Smith Castro B C
2012 24%
2006 43%
Joanna Caldwell Henderson C
Nell Gilliam
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt B C
Jessica Hills
Lindsay Hockensmith
Taylor McCall
Rimes McGinn Kirk
Elizabeth Anne McGowin C
Abigail Murnick
Sara Norman C
Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro C
Amy O’Brien Covert
Olga Ramsay
Laura Rand Matheny C
Virginia Thomas
Lorena Vega C
Maria Vega Tovar
2007 28%
Virginia Evans C
Caroline Finke
Ann O’Brien C
Laura Spencer C
Mary Dare Thornton
Sandra Turnbull C
Emily Dale Willmott
2008 27%
Ellen Cartmell
Vickey Casey
Shelby Hockensmith
Maggie Oakes C
Kristin Reese C
Lauren Tipton
Sophie Youles
2009 24%
Anonymous
Sumner Dalrymple
Grace Fulop
Margaret Googe
Laura McCall
Mary McCusker
Polly Mingledorff C
Marion Tilghman
Alexandra Walker
30%
2010 ¡
Mary Kathryn Atkinson B C
Adele Cornwall C
Quincy Goss
Amy Hendricks
Madeline Hicks B
Grace Hwang C
Laird McIver C
Lila Nelson
Charlotte Rettberg
Anna Sloan
Rebecca Smith
2011 12%
Kathryn Bennett
Elizabeth Ferlise
Hannah Early
Elizabeth Goldstein B
Meredith Lee
Anna Porter
Mary Kate Winebrenner
Randall Wiseman
2013 11%
Victoria Fitzgerald B
Cassidy Tebeau C
Stephanie Tuck
2014 33%
Juliana Avery
Kathleen Berkun
Amanda Booth
Michaela Campbell
Robin Emmons
De’ja Flowers
Lily Fulop
Madison McAdams
Dasia Moore
Stryker-Ann Vosteen
Kathryn Waters
2015 100%
Caitlin Aberg
Margaret Bentley
Nina Best
Katherine Buckner
Eliza Caprio
Sriya Chadalvada
Lian Chen
Mary Craft
Karen Dedegbe
Ruijing Deng
Erin Dixon
Delaney Evans
Tabea Fahr
Margaret Fletcher
Keming Fu
Clarice Gardner
Jingi Hairston
Susanna Hogg
Elizabeth Hollerith
Mereweather Lackey
Katherine Leak
Jia Yun Li
Yolanda Mantilla
Martha Mayo
Rachel Neller
Alyssa Parrish
Mary Evelyn Pearsall
Abby Pinyard
Annabelle Poston
Mary-Michael Robertson
Sofia Rose
Jingyi Shao
Ivy Shelton
Emily Simanskis
Zoey Sims
Margaret Stewart
Sara Stuart
Katherine Thomas
Annika Tice
Katerina Wilhelm
Jacquelin Wilson
Kelsey Woody
Sara Young
Jessica Zhou
DA S I A
MOORE ’14
33%
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parents & grandparents
Parents and Grandparents who make contributions to the Annual
Fund are expressing a strong and clear message about the standard of
academic excellence and care that their daughters and granddaughters
receive at Chatham Hall. We thank you, for entrusting your daughters
and granddaughters to us, and for your philanthropic support to the
School community.
Congratulations to our Parents and Grandparents for increasing 2014–
2015 Annual Fund participation by 8% over the 2013-2014 fiscal year!
Parent Participation: 63% | Grandparent Participation: 13%
Senior Parent Chairs: Melanie and Brad Hogg P’15
Parent Chair: Kristin Mitchell P’16
class of 2015
Stacey Bentley
Jonas and Rosalind Best
Martha Buckner
Fred and Rebecca Caprio
Raja and Saradha Chadalavada
Hongsheng Chen and Wenfang Wei B
Thomasin and Paul Chrisman
Yuewen Deng and Li Yu B
Thomas and Martha Dixon B C
Dale and Denise Evans B
Jan and Dagmar Fahr B
Theodore Fletcher and Ann Kidder
Zachary and Felicia Hairston B
J. Brad and Melanie Hogg B
Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith B
Robin Johnson
Lynnette Lawson and Richard Mills
Dione and Robert Leak B
Bo Li and Xin Cui B
Cesar and July Mantilla
Chester Mayo
Michael and Cristie Neller
Joseph and Susan Pinyard B
Holly and Walt Rhea
Michael and Donna Robertson B
Song Shao and Xiaojing Lu B
Van and Janet Shelton
Ed and Erin Simanskis
Bradford and Angela Sims B
Robert and Jeanine Stewart B
Parent Participation
by Class
2 0 1 5
2016
70%
57%
2017
2018
68%
Eugene and Kathryn Stuart B
Richard and Christina Thomas B
William and Mary Tice B
Kristin Wilson
Joseph and Debra Woody
Joseph and Bernadette Young
Lei and Anna Zhou
class of 2016
Christopher and Taboth Boch
Victor Bongard III and Taylor Albright
Clarence Brooks
Raja and Saradha Chadalavada
Jian Ding and Yi Wang B
Rong Fei and Ran Liao B
Henry and Jane Hawthorne
Dexiang Jiang and Yucheng Zhao
A. Shereen Khan-Bricker
James and Tracy Lively
Kristin Mitchell
Wayne and Marie Mitchell
Tony and Evelyn Paz
Bobby and Irina Rains
Brett and Elizabeth Rule B
Dennis and Cynthia Samuel B
Jack and Ginger Somers
Kandice Walton
Ross Walton B
John and Patricia Wilson B
Robert and Kathleen Zentner
class of 2017
Anonymous
Ivano and Karen Alliata
Ming Bao and Xingxing B
Mark and Nancy Cranmore
Terry and Cynthia Dittrich
Warren and Susan Hawkridge
Tim and Karen Hayes
Leslie Minervini
Michael Minervini
Joan Morris
Kathleen O’Hare
William and Lynn Penny
Robert and Jennifer Plemmons
Maria Pucsinszki
Mark and Rachel Strawn
Donald and Laurie Trexler
Wen Wang and Wei Liu B
John and Lara Wyss B
class of 2018
Kenneth and Donie Carlson B
Glenn and Angela Cullen
John and Elizabeth Gardner B
Richard and Charlotte Hare
Wenbiao He and Weihong Min B
Glenn and Brenda Huth
Richard and Sarah Hylton
Lynnette Lawson and Richard Mills
David and Lynne McBride
Tango Moore
Paul and Laura Mumford
Kristina and Brian Plaster
Jerald and Jennie Smith
Gang Wu and Jing Feng
Xiangdong Wu and Guofeng Luo
Rodolfo and Brenda Yvellez
grandparents
Richard and Barbara Bashford
Nancy Carter
Henry and Catherine Cullen
Sumner and Patricia Denmark
Gladys Dixon
William and Adele Fletcher
Arthur and Margaret Foster
Diana Huth
Mike and Ann Lewis
Cornelia Mayes
Lynda Mills
William and Betty Penny
Mardene Roberson
Herk and Sherry Sims B
Nancy Stewart
James and Judy Strawn
W. Elizabeth Wachendorfer
E Esto Perpetua Society members are individuals who have included Chatham Hall in their estate plans.
B Benefactors Society members are donors who contribute $1,000+ to the Annual Fund or for other purposes.
C CH Loyal members are donors who contribute 5+ consecutive years to the Annual Fund or other purposes.
† Deceased
Classes that celebrated Reunion in 2015
¡
Congratulations to Brad and Melanie Hogg, parents of Susanna Hogg ’15,
and the 2015 recipients of the Peter and Dee McKay Award. The award is
presented annually to a parent or couple who provide leadership to the School.
Brad and Melanie served on the Parent Advisory Committee beginning in 2011,
taking the lead as co-Presidents for the 2014–2015 year. They have volunteered at
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countless events and have been central in welcoming prospective families to
Chatham Hall. Thank you for your tireless work, Brad and Melanie!
parents of alumnae
It is a true testament to the connections formed between our families and Chatham Hall that
48% of Alumnae Parents continue to contribute to the Annual Fund. Your commitment to the
School remains strong and is of great value to us here at Chatham Hall.
Parents of Alumnae Participation: 48%
William and Darnell Abbott P’14 C
James and Maria Allen P’00 C
Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 E C
Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 B C
Anonymous
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 E B C
Victor and Bonnie Ardito P’94 C
Florence Hunter Ault ’46, P’72, ‘75, G’04, ’06 C
Anna Avery ’86, P’14
Margaret Murray Baldrige ’45, P’72
John and Carol Baughman P’01
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72 B C
Beth Duncan Berkun ’78, P’14 C
F. Matthews and Beth Bigbee P’10 C
Mary Bilecky P’86 C
J. Kermit and Glenys Birchfield P’93 B
Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ‘00 B
Holly Bowles Blanton ’65, P’90
Mauren Briceno P’11
Anne Bryant P’61, ’62, ’67, ’76 C
Katharine Bulkley P’77 C
Walter † and Dee Burch P’85 C
Howard and Patricia Burkart P’92 C
David and Barbara Caldwell P’06 C
Samuel and Diane Calhoun P’03, ’09, ’11
Dorothy Cary P’71
Edith Patterson Cates ’66, P’96 C
MacFarland and Margy Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 B
Jerry and Judith Clark P’04 B C
Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63 C
Marcie Cobble P’93, ’96 C
Barbara Collie P’85 B C
Maura Smith Collins ’67, P’06 C
J. Edward and Shirley Craig P’77, ’79, ’84
Jebbie Crowe P’99
George and Gretchen Crowell P’07
Carol Dabbs P’89, G’03
J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 E B C
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 B C
Charles William Dedmon P’00
Karen Dedmon P’00 C
Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70 B C
Judith Fenn Duncan ’56 P’77, ’78, ’79, ’84, ’86, G’14 C
Frederick and Susanne Dwyer P’10
Eleanor Owens Earle ’46, P’79 C
Ralph Earle II P’79
Beverly Edgell P’93 B C
Aubrey and Elayne Edwards P’89, ’91 C
Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 C
Florence Ervin P’93
Alexander and Virginia Evans P’03, ’07
Hilda Farmer P’81 C
Michael and Karen Farrell P’94
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 E B
Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12 B C
Ellen Fort P’05
Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 C
Nan Freed P’77, ’80, ’86
Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84 B C
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 E C
Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83 C
Gary and Carol Gibson P’09 B C
Paul and Robin Giddings P’99, ’00, ’03 C
Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12 B C
Dean and Joan Goss P’04, ’06, ’10
James and Mary Granger P’75 C
David Greer P’78
Michael Gruening and Marie-Christine
Grüning-Crouzet P’04
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 E B C
Samuel Hairston P’70, ’72, ’73 C
Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70 C
James and Linda Harrison P’74, ’78
H. Anderson and Cheryl Haymes P’04, ’05, ’12
Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02 B C
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73 C
Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82 C
Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74, P’05, ’06, ’08
Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93 B C
Paul Hough and Ingrid Nelson P’99, ’10 C
Janet Sawtelle Houghton ’54, P’78
Channing Howe P’69 E B C
Henry and Margaret Hurt P’93 C
Robert and Sandra Jackson P’98 C
Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 B C
Anne Labouchere P’85, ’88
Linder Laffitte P’14 C
Mary Langley P’93
Anne Meigs Larkin ’40, P’65
Carolyn E. Lecque P’88 E
Christopher and Arlene Lee P’12
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 C
Sylvia Stallings Lowe P’72, ’75, ’77
Margaret Lynch P’91
Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 C
John and Adrienne Mars P’78 B C
Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74 C
Rogers and Susan McCall P’06, ’09
Norman and Vivian McGowin P’06 C
Robert and Mary McIver P’10 B C
Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 E
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W.
McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10 E B C
Arthur and Sandy Meister P’99 C
William Mellen P’80, ’81 C
Ron and Ann Merricks P’02 C
William and Mary Frances Merwin P’11
Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, P’65, ’69, ’78 C
H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 E C
Carol Monarchi P’84 B C
Andrew and Sheppard Morrison P’10 C
Pattie Motley P’81, ’85 E C
Alicia Monks Murtha ’75, P’04, ’06
Teresa Nelson P’10
Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07 E B C
Thomas and Jane O’Neill P’98 C
Alice Overbey P’68
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 B C
Celeste Phelps P’09 E
Charles and Betty Prouty P’88 C
Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 C
Catherine Michael Quainton ’65, P’96
Carlton and Linda Ramsey P’91, ’93
William and Kimberly Rand P’06 C
Thomas Randolph P’03
David Reed P’74, ’81, ’83
Billie Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85 B
Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80 C
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 B C
Rita Simpson Sharp P’87
J. Glenn and Alice Shelton P’79, ’81 C
Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02 B C
Mary Blair Simmons ’54, P’77 C
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50, P’71 E C
Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63, P’92
Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp P’90 C
Tracy and Kathy Spencer P’07, ’12 B
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 † B C
Barbara Johnson Suddath ’40, P’64
Anne Osborne Swain ’48, P’70 C
Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13 C
Mark and Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 C
Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 E B C
Lucie Wray Todd ’49, P’75 B
Elizabeth Towers P’09 C
John and Kathleen Turnbull P’07 C
Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94 C
Paul and Marguerite Vosteen P’13, ’14 C
John and Connie Wallace P’08
John Wallace P’73 C
Daniel and Tammy Waters P’14 C
Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster ’61, P’87
Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01 B C
Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91 C
Noel Barnes Williams ’47, P’70 C
Elizabeth Robinson Willmott ’77, P’03, ’07
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 B C
Jonathan and Rebecca Winebrenner P’12 C
Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12 C
Donald and Gayla Wood P’96 C
D. Oliver and Mary Semmes Wright P’87 C
Virginia Shuford Yates ’57, P’81, ’83
Suzanne Youles P’08
E Esto Perpetua Society members
are individuals who have
included Chatham Hall in their
estate plans.
purposes.
C CH Loyal members are donors
who contribute 5+ consecutive
years to the Annual Fund or other
purposes.
† Deceased
¡Classes that celebrated Reunion
in 2015
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faculty & staff
friends & current students
Our teachers and staff remain one of our greatest assets!
Tireless daily effort in the classroom and beyond is just one
measure of faculty and staff generosity and commitment
to Chatham Hall. 100% participation to the Annual Fund
is a statement of confidence and appreciation for what
Chatham Hall delivers and hopes to be.
Thank you to our many friends for their support, and to our current students who are well on their
journey to becoming CH Loyal donors!
Faculty and Staff Participation: 100%
Faculty and Staff Co-Chairs: Jane Allen ’00 and Amy Davis
Jane Allen C
R. Hunter Barnhardt
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt B C
Shannon Bird
Samuel Bissbis
William Black
Amy Blair C
Geoffrey Braun
Suzanne Walker Buck B
Jacqueline Comola
Gwendolyn Couch
Laura Daniel
Amy Davis C
Maisie Deely
Bonnie Dodson C
Callie Dungan
Barbie Eanes
Mary Edmonds C
Ned Edwards
Samantha Fleming
Wanda Gammon C
David Grimes
Martha Griswold C
Cheryl Haymes
Carney Heavey-O’Brien
Jennifer Hiltwine C
Kim Jackson C
Emily Johns
Cara Kinsey
Christine Knight B
Tad La Fountain
Catherine LaDuke C
Starlet Lemon C
Yanjun Liu
David Lyle C
Laura Rand Matheny C
Ron Merricks C
Don Morley C
Susan Morley C
James Morris
Sheppard Morrison C
Sherri Murphy C
Dennis Oliver
Wanda Scearce C
Elizabeth Seymour
Lynne Shelton
Elizabeth Simpson
R. Alan Spearman C
Molly Thomas C
Kenneth Tyburski C
Kelley Ann Walsh
Tammy Waters C
Maureen Webb C
Sharon Williams
Don Wood C
Katie Wood
Dina Yassin
Why do you like working at Chatham Hall?
I am here to support our mission of educating girls. It’s such a
great environment. We aren’t corporate. We are a family. And it’s a
great place for girls to live and learn.
If you were to encourage someone who has never
made a gift to Chatham Hall to give, what would you
tell them?
That all gifts count, no matter what the size. My opinion is that
your gift is part of the big wheel of Chatham Hall. What I fully
Wanda Scearce Chatham Hall Bursar
Wanda Scearce, Chatham Hall’s Bursar, has been a staple in
the school Business Office since she arrived for her first day
of work on July 5th, 1978. A fiercely loyal employee, Wanda
has the longest Annual Fund giving history of any employee
at Chatham Hall supporting the School by making a gift every
year for 37 consecutive years! Thank you, Wanda, for your dedi-
believe in is 100% participation. Everyone should donate! It’s
just another Chatham Hall tradition, and a wonderful way that
we can all join together!
After 37 years, what is it that inspires you to continue
to give to Chatham Hall?
From where I sit in the Business Office it’s easy to see. We need
funds to run a great school! Something I know as an insider, that
cation and for your embodiment of the Chatham Hall spirit!
other people might not know, is that the Annual Fund is used to
Looking back 37 years, do you remember why you
made your first gift to Chatham Hall?
growth and change, and to maintain our beautiful campus.
Because the Annual Fund Director
requested it! If someone asks you
for it, you just do it! Period!
offset the cost of daily operations, to keep up with educational
These are the things that inspire me and I hope will inspire you!
Bursar: “A person who guards the Business Office like Fort Knox.”
Meet Wanda! Wanda’s longevity and commitment to the School is exceptional.
Every Business Office needs a “Wanda,” a person who never hesitates to
question an expenditure and will not hesitate to let you know she doesn’t
Alumnae Association B
Anonymous
Christine and William Baggerly
Richard and Neely Barnhardt B
Ryland and Dot Bennett G’11
Rhonda Brown
Theodore Bruning B C
John and Susan Buck B
Jennifer Carrington
Ellen Clark
Class of 2015 B
Alexander Colhoun
Ashby Cothran
Jacquelin Crebbs and Graham Evans
Alice Cromer Van Lennep B
Ben and Betty Davenport B C
Erin Dixon ‘15
Richard Dixon C
Linda Flannery
Dugald Fletcher
Burt Flickinger
Gary and Missy Fountain B C
John Goodhue
Beth Griffin
Aubrey and Margie Hall G’13, ’14
Charles Hickox, Jr. C
Cheryl Hogg
Anna Holman
H. Winston and Betty Holt C
Heather Huggins ’17
Caroline Ireland
Lisa Jacobson
Kyle and Pam Kahuda C
Sarah Bugbee Keidel C
Warren Kelleher C
Michelle Hopkins Lawrence
Sidney Lovett C
Richard Lynd B
Joy Mangano
Sam and Helen Peavler
Susan Poulton
Jane Ramsey
Mary-Michael Robertson ’15
Milton and Joan Schaeffer G’04, ’06, ’10
V. R. Shackelford III
Richard Simmons B C
Margaret Strawn ’17
James and Dianne Stuart B
Sara Thompson C
John Thorndike C
James and Ellen Walker
Greg Winn
James H. Wright C
corporations, foundations,
& matching gift companies
Chatham Hall is deeply appreciative of the generous gifts received from foundations, corporations,
and matching gift programs each year
corporations and foundations
Alcyon Foundation
AmazonSmile Foundation
America’s Charities
Anonymous (2)
The Arkwright Foundation
Holton Family Fund of the Ayco Charitable
Foundation
John M Belk Endowment
Katherine and Thomas Belk Foundation
John H. and Susan T. Buck Charitable
Foundation
Campbell Insurance Company B C
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Cochran Family Foundation
The Thomas B. & Robertha K. Coleman
Foundation Inc.
The Community Foundation of Greater
Birmingham
Community Foundation of Greater
Greensboro
Community Foundation of the
Chattahoochee Valley
Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust,
Bank of America, Trustee B C
J. Crisp Properties, LLC
Diamond Paper Company, Inc. C
S. Downey Fund of the Northern Trust
Charitable Giving Program
Driscoll Foundation
The Elster Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Foundation for the Carolinas
Zachary P. Hairston, D.D.S. Family Dentistry
Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads
Community Foundation B C
Claire Adair Hendrickson Foundation
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
Phil & Carole Coviello Fund of the Indian
River Community Foundation
Jefferson Scholars Foundation
Kittrell Animal Hospital, P.C.
Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. C
The Minneapolis Foundation
Network for Good
The New York Community Trust
The Louise P. Overbey Trust B C
Piedmont Direct, Inc.
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
Lunsford Richardson Preyer Charitable
Lead Unitrust
Razoo Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Sherrill Family Fund/Bank of America
Charitable Gift Fund
The Sledge Foundation
Stoney Creek Veterinary Hospital
Stuart Family Foundation
Charles B. Sweatt Foundation
Tara Foundation, Inc.
Target
Thanksgiving Foundation
James W. Thornton Family Foundation
Topfield Foundation
Trident United Way
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
The Uplands Family Foundation
matching gift companies
AARP
Allianz Global Assistance
ConocoPhillips
GE Foundation
Hewlett-Packard
Intermountain Gas Industries Foundation
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Penguin Random House LLC Matching Gifts Program
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Quest Diagnostics
Roche Diagnostics
ServiceNow Inc
Wells Fargo Foundation
YourCause, LLC Trustee for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
Did you know that your gift to Chatham Hall could be
doubled, or even tripled, by your company’s matching gift
program? Matching gifts allow Chatham Hall to continue its
tradition of academic excellence and global opportunities. You
can make a difference by:
• Contacting your Human Resource Office for matching gift
instructions.
• C
ompleting and signing your matching gift form.
• S
ending the completed matching gift form, along with your
annual fund donation to Chatham Hall Advancement Office,
800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham, VA 24531
Both your donation and your matching gift total will be
calculated in your cumulative giving for the year and count
towards membership in any of the Chatham Hall Benefactors
Societies.
If you have any questions contact Starlet Lemon at
434 432-5600 or slemon@chathamhall.org.
agree with it. I appreciate her years of service to Chatham Hall.
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honorary gifts
Jane Allen ’00
Kathryn Bennett ’11
Margaret Bentley ’15
Nina Best ’15
Geoffrey Braun
Katherine Buckner ’15
Eliza Caprio ’15
Lelia Carlson ’18
Erin Casey ’06
Sriya Chadalavada ’15
Chatham Hall Faculty & Staff
Chatham Hall Health Care Center
Lian Chen ’15
Amanda Earle Ciccarelli ’79
Class of 2006
Marcie Cobble
Gwendolyn Couch
Catherine Cullen ’18
Lois Anne Daughtridge ’13
Ruijing Deng ’15
Yuchen Ding ’16
Erin Dixon ’15
Mary Giddings Dunlap ’03
Hillary Dwyer ’10
Mary Edmonds
Delaney Evans ’15
Tabea Fahr ’15
Patrick Fera
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36
Margaret Fletcher ’15
Gary Fountain
Melissa Evans Fountain
Mary Freed ’86
Claire Gardner ’15
Whitney Labouchere Gerache ’85
Sarah Giddings ’00
Elinor Greene ’70
Megan Grissett ’05
Teresa Guzman
Kathryn Granger Haines ’75
Sarah Reed Harris ’81
Cheryl Haymes
Jennifer Hills ’04
Jessica Hills ’06
Susanna Hogg ’15
Nelson Ervin Holland ’93
Elizabeth Hollerith ’15
Heather Huggins ’17
Shannon Huth ’18
Allison Giddings Jackson ’99
Kim Jackson
Emily Johns
Natalie Labouchere ’88
Mereweather Lackey ’15
Katherine Leak ’15
Jia yun Li ’15
Anne Prouty List ’88
Paula Sommerkamp Magargle ’90
Yolanda Mantilla ’15
Claire Mayo ’15
Robert McIver
Carolyn Stone Morris
Jennifer Jackson Moulton ’98
Rachel Neller ’15
Alyssa Parrish ’15
Mary Evelyn Pearsall ’15
Molly Penny ’14
Caroline Penny ’17
Kilraine Pinyard ’15
Annabelle Poston ’15
Catherine Reed ’83
Adelaide Comstock Roberts ’47
Mary-Michael Robertson ’15
Cinny Rockwell
Jingyi Shao ’15
Ivy Shelton ’15
Emily Simanskis ’15
Zoey Sims ’15
R. Alan Spearman
Margaret Stewart ’15
Margaret Strawn ’17
Sara Stuart ’15
Molly Thomas
Katherine Thomas ’15
Annika Tice ’15
Carol Dabbs Viser ’89
Marguerite Vosteen ’13
Stryker-Ann Vosteen ’14
John Vrooman
Samantha Wall ’08
John Henry Waller
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41
Ana Wilson ’16
Ellen Wilson ’15
Donald Wood
Kelsey Woody ’15
Sara Young ’15
Jessica Zhou ’15
memorial gifts
Elizabeth McCarty Allen ’54
Malcolm Baldrige
Ann Beal
Susan Fox Beischer ’59
Mary Weare Birdsall ’50
Michael Blair
Wilmotine Owens Bowman ’42
Olivia Thorndike Cheever ’38
Deborah Clark ’65
Susan Adams Comfort ’65
Anne Csaszar
Mildred Harrison Dent ’41
Megan Edwards ’89
Claudia Emerson ’75
Marjorie Milbank Farrar ’53
Emily Norcross Fisher ’55
Sarah Huntington Fletcher ’52
Constance Gibson
Charlotte Streeter Goodhue ’45
Harriett Graves-Beckley ’72
John and Sarah Hallowell
Edith Porter Hickox ’38
Diana Stallings Hobby ’48
Virginia Holt
Anne Winship Kelleher ’52
Carin Moore Laughlin ’45
Michelle Lee ’89
Edmund Lee
Richard Loftus
Joan Campbell Lovett ’45
Susan Thompson Lynd ’61
Nanette Mengel ’52
Margaret Morris ’77
Patricia Pyke Munn ’45
Flavia Pediconi Nonis ’45
Martha Ann Pugh ’77
Nancy Remley Whiteley ’68
Sally Loop Ruddick ’53
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44
Jane Allen ’00 C
Rhonda Brown
Jennifer Carrington
Gwendolyn Couch
Mark and Nancy Cranmore P’17
J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 E B C
Terry and Cynthia Dittrich P’17
Mary Edmonds C
Ned Edwards
Linda Flannery
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David Grimes
Lisa Jacobson
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 B C
Joy Mangano
Ron Merricks P’02 C
Michael Minervini P’17
Don Morley C
Susan Morley C
Susan Poulton
Lisa Richmond ’84 C
Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 B C
Jack and Ginger Somers P’16
R. Alan Spearman C
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 † B C
Robin Peake Stuart ’69 B C
Margaret Taylor ’79
Greg Winn
Winston Case Wright ’53 †
Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly on behalf of the School. You are our
greatest advocates! Your gifts of time, talent and resources support the mission of Chatham Hall in
unique and extraordinary ways. You have enriched our academic, athletic, and student life programs.
You have helped us recruit new students, have hosted and coordinated events, and have raised
much-needed funds to balance our budget and strengthen our programs and provided invaluable
investment advice. Thank you for all that you do!
board of trustees
Chair
Jane Garnett ’73
Zachary Hairston P’15
Robert McIver P’10
Ross Walton P’16, ’19
Trustees Emeriti
Tom Taplin
Dorothy Dudley Thorndike ’47
Ann West Vivarelli ’53
Susan Reynolds Walker ’65
Jane Davenport Wall ’57
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44
Selma Waller
Loring and Susanne Walton
David Webster
Dixie Whitehead
Ed Wohlwender
Archie Womack
Ex-Officio Members
Melanie Hogg P’15
Parent Advisory Committee
The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith IV
P’15, Bishop, The Diocese of
Southern Virginia
President, Alumnae Council
alumnae council
President
gifts in kind
Thank you to donors who helped the School with Gifts in Kind. Examples
include, but are not limited to, the hosting of special events, equipment,
furniture for classrooms and meeting spaces, maintenance vehicles,
paintings, and trees and other plantings. volunteers
E Esto Perpetua Society members are
individuals who have included
Chatham Hall in their estate plans.
purposes.
C CH Loyal members are donors who
contribute 5+ consecutive years to
the Annual Fund or other purposes.
† Deceased
Classes that celebrated Reunion in
¡
2015
Lydia Beresford ’03
Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14
Mary Freed ’86
Nini Hadjis ’89
Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16
Gladding Schaff Markunas ’68
Mary Reynolds ’84
Isabelle Selby ’73
Lindsay Shook ’02
Amanda Sink Wydner ’94
parent advisory
committee
Co-Presidents
Glenn and Angela Cullen P’18
Richard and Charlotte Hare P’18
Warren and Susan Hawkridge P’17
Henry and Jane Hawthorne P’16, ’19
Glenn and Brenda Huth P’18
David and Lynne McBride P’18
Kristin Mitchell P’16
Kathleen O’Hare P’17
William and Lynn Penny P’14, ’17
Bobby and Irina Rains P’16
Mark and Rachel Strawn P’17, ’19
Donald and Laurie Trexler P’17
Robert and Kathleen Zentner P’16
class agents
Lucy Charles Jones Bendall ’42
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Ann Taylor ’54
Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58
Simone Crockett ’60
Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61
Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65
Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67
Terry Overbey Stafford ’68
Carolyn Davenport ’70
Ninna Fisher Denny ’70
Camille Agricola Bowman ’71
Mary Boy ’75
Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77
Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85
Mary Freed ’86
Judy Currie Hamilton ’87
Laura Willoughby ’87
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Anna Robinson ’93
Sandra Van Haaften Heasley ’94
Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95
Morgan Karsman Robertson ’97
Morgan Brawley Rhodes ’99
Elizabeth Call ’00
Katherine Currin ’01
Kimberly Daniels Taws ’02
Whitney Jones Allen ’03
Marguerite Logan Andrews ’04
Virginia Evans ’07
Laura Spencer ’07
Ellen Cartmell ’08
Maggie Oakes ’08
Adele Cornwall ’10
Grace Hwang ’10
Kathryn Bennett ’11
Mary Kate Winebrenner ’12
Stephanie Tuck ’13
alumnae volunteers
Gray Baird ’58
Natalia Barrett-Rose ’93
Erin Conner Blair ’81
Eleanor Burke ’86
Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18
Sarah Collie ’85
Mary Walton Curley ’42
Joanna Edgell ’93
Venita Fields ’71
Susan Huntington Fisher ’60
Jane Garnett ’73
Emily Blair Harvey ’93
Rebecca Taylor Heery ’88
Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82
Ashley Hockensmith ’05
Lydee Conway Hummel ’72
Caroline Stewart Lacey ’67
Margaret McElroy ’59
Barbara McMillan ’59
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93
Phyllis Statter Oxman ’64
Lee Porter Page ’59
Jennifer Quainton ‘96
Talmadge Ragan ‘69
Mary Reynolds ’84
Catherine Roberts ’74
Anna Robinson ’93
Elkin Cushman Taylor ’87
Ann Taylor ’54
Stephanie Tuck ’13
Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73
Alexandra Walker ’09
parent / friend
volunteers
Glenn and Angela Cullen P’18
Richard and Charlotte Hare P’18
Warren and Susan Hawkridge P’17
Henry and Jane Hawthorne P’16, ’19
Glenn and Brenda Huth P’18
Lynn Gammill P’84
Christopher and Arlene Lee P’12
Adrienne Mars P’78
David and Lynne McBride P’18
Kristin Mitchell P’16
Kathleen O’Hare P’17
William and Lynn Penny P’14, ’17
Bobby and Irina Rains P’16
Mark and Rachel Strawn P’17, ’19
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
James H. Wright
Robert and Kathleen Zentner P’16
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how to make a gift
to Chatham Hall
Gifts of all sizes keep the mission of Chatham Hall alive
and well by supporting the lives of our girls, their academic
programs of study, faculty professional growth and
development, and the daily operations of the School.
There are many ways you can make a donation to Chatham Hall this year:
• Online gifts,
• Checks or cash,
• One-time or recurring credit card gifts,
• Stocks & bonds,
• Personal property,
• Corporate Matching Gifts,
• Gifts in Kind,
• P
lanned Gifts made through wills, trusts, insurance,
IRAs and other estate planning vehicles. Your tax-deductible check may be made payable to Chatham
Hall and mailed to:
The Office of Advancement
Chatham Hall
800 Chatham Hall Circle
Chatham, VA 24531
H E AR J OHN H E NRY R ING
We appreciate all that you do to support Chatham Hall.
Every effort has been made to ensure that these listings
are accurate and complete. If there is an omission or an
error, please accept our apologies and notify us at
Chatham Hall Office of Advancement,
800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham VA 24531.
434 432-5600 • slemon@chathamhall.org
www.chathamhall.org
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Sit in Curtis’ Garden
Discover new places on Campus
Sing in
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Strut your
Purple
The Office of Advancement is here to help should you have
questions, please be in touch with us at 434 432-5600 or
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Find your place
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or
Talk with
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Swing by the
Rectory
VISIT YOUR
DORM ROOM
Meet Other Amazing Women Who
were Chatham Hall Girls, too
Come home. Chatham Hall Reunion.
April 15-17, 2016
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800 Chatham Hall Circle
Chatham, Virginia 24531-3085
www.chathamhall.org
NON-PROFIT
U.S.POSTAGE
PAID
CPC
S S. B E.
Alumnae refer new students every single year.
Can you picture a girl you know at Chatham Hall?
ALL GIRLS ◆ GRADES 9-12 ◆ CHATHAM, VA ◆ EST. 1894 ◆ WWW.CHATHAMHALL.ORG
CONTACT THE OFFICE OF ADMISSION AT 877.644.2941 FOR MORE INFO

Fall 2015 Magazine

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