fall 2014 - Chatham Hall

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fall 2014
the alumnae magazine of chatham hall
2 letter from the rector \ 3–7 chat with the rector: connection, vulnerability, growth
8–29 campus news \ 9–12 signature events \ 14–16 students
17–20 travel \ 21 book review: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Senior Class President Kilraine Pinyard ’15
and Student Council President Annika Tice ’15
prepare to bear the Chatham Hall banners at
the Investiture of Rector Suzanne Walker Buck
on the cover
Rector Suzanne Walker Buck,
addresses alumnae, students,
faculty and staff, and guests
at her Investiture as sixteenth
head of School on Saturday,
October 4, 2014
chat
Laura Rand ’06, Editor
Design by Christine Walker
Printing by Collinsville Printing Company,
Martinsville, VA
chatham hall
administration
Suzanne Walker Buck, Rector
Maisie Deely, Director of Communications
and Marketing Strategy
Ned Edwards, Chaplain
Martha Griswold, Academic Dean
Emily Johns, Dean of Students
22–23 philanthropy \ 28–29 community \ 30 legacy parallels
32–44 class notes \ 45 a tribute to Ann Beal \ 47–61 annual report
ex-officio members
Christine Knight, Director of Advancement
Ronald Merricks, Chief Financial and Facilities
Officer
Carney O’Brien, Director of Enrollment
Management
Sharon D. Williams, Director of College Counseling
board of trustees
Stacey M. Goodwin ’83, Chair
Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Katharine Bulkley ’77
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Laura Brown Cronin ’72
Sarah Martin Finn ’74
Jane M. Garnett ’73
Zachary Hairston P’15
Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75
Mary Kay Karzas ’71
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Robert G. McIver P’10
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Michelle Thomas Supko ’02
Ross Walton P’16
Penelope Perkins Wilson ‘41, P’67
The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith, IV P’15
Melanie Hogg P ’15, President,
Parent Advisory Committee
Talmadge Ragan ’69, President,
Alumnae Council
trustees emerti
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Chat is published by the Office of Advancement and is distributed to alumnae and those who have shown a continued interest in
Chatham Hall. For comments and suggestions, or to request a copy of Chat, please send an e-mail to lrand@chathamhall.org.
Contributing Writers: Robin Musser Agnew ’77, Suzanne Walker Buck, Gwen Couch, Maisie Deely, Samantha Fleming, Kelly Fu ’15,
Martha Griswold, Rachel Hightman ’18, Catherine M. LaDuke, Laura Rand, Mary-Michael Robertson ’15
Photography Credits: Mary Craft ’15, Maisie Deely, Wanda Gammon, Elizabeth Hollerith ’15, Stephanie Klein-Davis ’79, Catherine
M. LaDuke, Maddison Meeks ’15, Laura Rand, Lisa Richmond, and Don Wood
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national origin, or any other legally protected category.
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© 2014 Chatham Hall
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letter from the rector
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c h at with the r ector
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ConnectionVulnerabilityGrowth
A conversation with Rector Suzanne Walker Buck and
Board of Trustees Chair Stacey Goodwin ’83
On February 24, 2014, the Chatham Hall Board of Trustees voted to accept
the enthusiastic, unanimous recommendation of the Search Committee for
Suzanne Walker Buck to become the next Rector of Chatham Hall. Suzanne is an
energizing and passionate leader who embraces the unique nature of boarding
school environment to engage students and build strong relationships with
all constituents. Let’s get to know Suzanne a little bit better…
Dear Friends
Welcome to a new school year and to the fall issue of Chat. I can only
imagine that you’re clamoring to tear through the pages of this publication,
look for familiar faces, learn what’s happening in the lives of friends, and
engage in the topics and current events of Chatham Hall. Like its readers,
Chat is all about relationships—connection with one another, connection
to the School, and the School’s connection to the larger world.
In the pages of this issue, we keep you tied to the experiences of
those whom you love, and keep you apprised of what we’re doing
and thinking here at Chatham Hall. We welcome you to share in our
relationship with the greater world by reading about our new service
program in India, our time with this year’s Leader in Residence, BBC
reporter and author Katty Kay, and more.
Also within the pages of this Chat, you will get to know more about me.
From the Chat with the Rector interview with Board of Trustees Chair Stacey
Goodwin ’83, to the list of Fun Facts, you’ll become better acquainted with
my leadership style and philosophy. You’ll also become familiar with some of
my more “humanistic” (code for “embarrassing”) qualities. For example, did
you know that I took break dance lessons in 1982? Perhaps the only thing more
humiliating than that was my haircut at the time! Anyway, I hope you will
enjoy getting to know me as much as I am enjoying getting to know you.
I am thrilled to be a member of the Chatham Hall community. I look forward
to celebrating with you all of the latest transpirations of our school and her people.
In the pages of this issue,
we keep you tied to the
experiences of those whom
you love, and keep you
apprised of what we’re
doing and thinking here
at Chatham Hall.
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Stacey (SG) Let’s start at the
beginning. Where did you grow up?
What was your path to Chatham Hall?
Stacey Goodwin ’83,
Suzanne (SWB) I grew up in a
Board of Trustees Chair
suburb of Boston. Both of my parents
were teachers, so education was a priority in our household.
In 10th grade I enrolled in Miss Porter’s, an all-girls boarding
school in Connecticut. What an amazing experience! In girls’
schools you are given the physical and emotional space to
discover who you are. Learning is not constrained to the classroom. The world is your laboratory. These were and remain
powerful messages. I am most appreciative of the education
I received in an all-girls school.
As an educator, I always knew I wanted to return to an
all-girls school environment. When I learned of the Rector
position at Chatham Hall, I could not pass up the opportunity
to submit my candidacy.
SG I like what you said about physical and emotional
space to discover who you are. In all-girls schools we
also talk about the formative role of relationships and
the power of mentorship. Are there teachers or mentors
who have impacted you personally or professionally?
SWB I’ve been incredibly fortunate; there are so many
people who have had a formative impact on my life and
choice of career. My parents will always hold top honor on
the list of special individuals. Whether their influence was
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from Suzanne: When my family and I moved to Chatham Hall this
summer, I wrote a letter inviting the Chatham Hall community to
share their reflections,
inM
particular,
from C H Aand
THA
H A L L what’s special about the
school. I was flooded with correspondence extoling the greatness
of this institution and her people. Allow me to share a few excerpts
within these pages:
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Of course there are many things I cherish about CH, but to me, the
heart and soul of that school has always been its teachers. Teachers
with genuine passion for the subjects they teach make lifelong learners
of their students… –KA RIN SC HU TJE R ’ 83
SG Every leader has leadership style; what is your style?
the effect of nature or nurture, I’m still not certain.
In my work in schools, I have benefitted greatly from
my relationships with outstanding professionals. While
the roles and styles of each of these individuals have varied
greatly, there are core threads. Each shared with me encouragement, pushed me to go beyond my comfort zone, grounded
me with guiding principles of best practice, and provided
a space—like that which we provide in girls’ schools—to
explore, examine, make mistakes, and move beyond them.
SG I’m curious about this idea of making mistakes. Can
you elaborate?
SWB Absolutely! Resilience is a hot topic in the fields of
social psychology, neuro-psychology, and education. From
research, we know that one of the greatest predictors of success is resilience—our ability to bounce back from adversity.
If our ability to grow as individuals and professionals is so
closely related to this concept, we need to teach resiliency as
In an all-girls school you are given the physical and emotional
space to discover who you are. Learning is not
Diocese of Southern Virginia The Rt. Rev.
Herman Hollerith, IV P’15, Board of Trustees
Chair Stacey Goodwin ’83, Rector Suzanne
Walker Buck, and Chaplain Ned Edwards
Suzanne Walker Buck and
Stacey Goodwin ’83
a skill. And that means providing students with opportunities to dust
themselves off after failure.
Vulnerability is scary. But it’s so important. We need to know how to function
in uncertainty. We need to show our humanity. In the past few weeks I’ve delved
into the work of researcher Brené Brown. Her findings and analysis in this area
are inspirational. I highly recommend her most recent book Daring Greatly: How
the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Love, Live, Parent, and Lead
and TED Talks.
constrained to the classroom.
SWB I could talk for hours about leadership. Actually, in September I co-
presented at the Secondary School Admission Testing Board’s annual
conference about this very subject. At the core of my work is an emphasis on
relationship—looking at how people and systems function with one another.
I took the Marcus Buckingham “Standout Assessment” and was not surprised
that my leadership aligns with the style categories of “connector” and “teacher.”
Connecting is all about looking at interdependence and bringing resources to
bear. Teaching is about helping others to understand information and the why
and how of what we do.
As a leader new to Chatham Hall, I am examining everything. I am exploring
the intention of why we do what we do and assessing our methods of doing so.
Intention is big with me!
In my leadership practice you will also see a commitment to providing
clear communication, transparency, strategic thinking and implementation.
In addition, I will use metrics as an evaluative tool for measuring success and
determining next courses of action.
SG This is your first time serving as head of a school. How have you
approached the role?
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SWB Through service at a number of independent schools, I have had the
from
Chatham
Halla variety of leaders. I have learned from both
incredible
fortune
of observing
the extraordinary and awful. While keen observation has been helpful, the
past seven years at New Hampton School gave me the most exposure to and
opportunity to effect institutional change. The work I did there trained me
to take on the next stage in the journey of leadership. In July, I attended the
from C H A T H A M H A L L
National Association of Independent School Institute for New Heads. There
I was joined by 90 other new heads of school (side note: only 27 of us were
women) and we learned about everything from crisis management, and liability
prevention, to building positive school culture, budget forecasting, and designing
curriculum. I don’t think you are ever fully ready for that which you confront as
a leader, but I am optimistic that I have tools to work effectively with people,
to access resources,
and institutional needs, and to
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serve effectively in my new role.
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Students Margaret O’Hare ’17, Mary
Elizabeth Lively ’16, Anna Gardner ’18,
and Claire Gardner ’15 offer prayers
Penny Perkins Wilson ’41,
Suzanne Walker Buck, Halsey
Buck, and Johnny Buck
Trustees Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Sarah Monarchi
Longpré ’84, Melanie Hogg P’15, Talmadge Ragan ’69,
and and Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Procession of international
flags honoring the global
nature of our School
Voices
Voices
I had a fantastic three year experience at Chatham. What I most value of
those years is that each of us was able to be our own unique selves. There
was not a sense
fromofCcompetition
H A T H A Mregarding
H A L L who had the best clothes, most
money, or even the highest grades. We were able to accept each other as
individuals. I have to say the hardest part of this experience of “unique-ness”
at Chatham was when I attended college and realized that not every
community was like Chatham Hall. – S UE M ETC A L F ’7 8
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Chatham Hall Celebrates
Investiture of Sixteenth
Head Of School
More than four hundred students,
alumnae, faculty and staff, and guests
gathered on the front lawn at Chatham
Hall on Saturday, October 4, 2014 to
celebrate the Investiture of Suzanne
Walker Buck as Rector and sixteenth
Head of School.
The induction was conducted by the
Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith, IV; Bishop of
the Diocese of Southern Virginia—and
parent of Chatham Hall senior Elizabeth
Hollerith ’15—with assistance by the Rev.
Dr. Ned W. Edwards, Jr., Chaplain of
Chatham Hall.
The service, officially investing Mrs.
Buck with the responsibility for leadership of the Chatham Hall community,
began with an academic procession of
trustees and faculty members robed in
academic regalia representative of their
own universities and degrees. The procession included the international flags
honoring the global nature of the school
community. The service also included
music from a student string quintet,
the St. Mary’s Choir, presentations of
symbolic gifts by Students, Faculty and
Staff, Alumnae Council and Trustees, as
well as prayers, scripture readings, and a
reading from the Tao Te Ching by Johnny
Buck, the Rector’s husband.
The new Rector’s remarks celebrated
Chatham Hall’s rich history, vibrant present, and exciting future. She praised the
school and its legacy, saying “At the root
of Chatham Hall is the spirit of remarkable individuals, individuals who share
a commitment to intellectual growth, to
character development, to community
formation, and to making a difference
in the greater world. There is a common
thread woven in the fabric of our community. For over 120 years, our students,
teachers, and alumnae have modeled
an intrinsic desire for connection. This
connection takes form as relationships
to each other and to ideas. As individuals
and a school, we search for meaning, we
apply understanding, and we demonstrate empathy. We act. We engage.”
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SG We’ve talked about
chat
SWB First and fore-
most, I am charged with
two tasks: get to know the Chatham Hall community and to secure her sustainability for
generations to come. The more complex question is how do
I do these.
In sum, I will be spending time with every constituency,
assessing systems, introducing strategic models of operation
and bringing financial and human resources to the institution.
SG What have been some of your favorite moments at
Chatham Hall since arriving here in July?
SWB Summer provided such a great opportunity to begin
meeting alumnae and friends of Chatham Hall. I really
enjoyed having time to acclimate and establish relationships.
As summer ended, registration days were like Christmas
for me—the gift of receiving students was amazing. I think
I am happiest now that we are in the swing of day-to-day
school life. The School is filled with the energy of students
and faculty. I’m thrilled to sit in on classes, attempt athletic
practices, attend Senior Chapel Services, and host birthday
SWB The people! I was indelibly impressed by the dedication
and commitment of everyone affiliated with Chatham Hall.
Girls spoke eloquently about their love for the School. Staff
members made sure I knew that “Chatham Hall is family.”
Faculty shared their passion for teaching “their girls.” And
Alumnae made certain I was aware of the transformational
powers of the School. Combine this with exceptional
programs, facilities, and infrastructure. Chatham Hall is
an exceptional place.
SG Do you have a favorite Chatham Hall story? SWB As part of the Rector search process I visited Chatham
Hall last winter. While I enjoyed time with everyone, I have
to say that my interview sessions with students were the
most memorable. In one of these
I was asked “Mrs. Buck, on a scale
from 1–10 how much do you want
to be at Chatham Hall, because we
don’t want anyone who doesn’t
want to be here.” In a subsequent session I was asked “Mrs. Buck, do you
see Chatham Hall as a stepping stone in your career or are you committed to the School for the long haul?” Whoa! The Chatham Hall girls asked
the most probing questions out of any group. I was impressed by their
intellect, their love of the School and their stewardship of the institution.
Who wouldn’t want to work with such phenomenal girls?
SG What do you hope Chatham Hall girls will bring to the world? I think what I most learned from
Chatham Hall is that a sense of
shared history
andCexperience
from
H A T H A Mand
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rituals and routine teach you that you
are part of something bigger than
you and bigger than your problems. We were united by what we had in
common, and we were not defined by
our differences. We were encouraged
to grow and to explore within a structure and a value system.Chatham Hall
made me (and countless others) a
smart, strong, confident woman.
–PA M E L A M AYE R ’ 74
Voices
SWB A sense of confidence, resourcefulness, resilience, and responsibility.
Those who are privileged to an exceptional education must serve others
and impact change. In my Convocation remarks I shared one of my favorite
quotes from social anthropologist, Margaret Mead. “Never doubt that
a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;
indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” As thought
leaders, activists, community contributors, and family members, our girls have enormous potential to
positively impact others. They are agents of change.
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priorities for this first
year. How do you
describe them?
parties at the Rectory.
SG Let’s go back even further in your journey to
Chatham Hall. You met the School community last
spring and shared that you were ecstatic to be a part
of this community. We’re so glad you are. What most
attracted you to Chatham Hall? from C H A T H A M H A L L
“Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world;
indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”
–margaret mead
Suzanne Walker Buck
and The Rt. Rev. Herman
Hollerith, IV P’15
suzanne’sFunfacts
H u s b a n d The Great Johnny Buck
C h i l d r e n Halsey (8) Nina (17), Oliver (15)
Technically Oliver and Nina are my step-children but
this term fails to represent their meaning in our family’s
life.They reside outside of Philadelphia with their mother
and step-father. D o g Kaya (4), our Black Labrador Retriever
H o b b i e s Running, playing sports, any outdoor
activity, reading, crossword puzzles, travel, entertaining,
cooking, and eating.
Fav o r i t e N o v e l Catcher in the Rye....Perhaps a
cliche for someone who works in a boarding school, but
it’s so good! I read it once a year.
I d e a l W e e k e n d Spending time with friends and
family Enjoying an outdoor activity. Cooking a delicious
meal. Laughing. A lot!
F r e q u e n t e d Va c at i o n S p o t s
Mid-coast Maine and our mountain home in
New Hampshire
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M o s t e m ba r ras s i n g
c h i l d h o o d m e m o ry
It’s a toss up between a series
of awkward haircuts and taking
breakdance lessons.
Kat Wilhelm ‘15 brought
her pet turtle along to
celebrate Rector Buck’s
Investiture!
Rector Buck turns the rings
of seniors Susanna Hogg
‘15, Delaney Evans ‘15, and
Mereweather Lackey ‘15
W h at a r e y o u c u r r e n t ly r e a d i n g Even
This I Get to Experience (the biography of Norman Lear),
Flora and Ulysses (A children’s novel Halsey and I share
at bed time), and Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership.
A student string quintet rehearses
before the Investiture
John Henry Waller and
Suzanne Walker Buck
Crossword puzzles, Ink or pencil
Ink, of course.
T u r t l e L o v e Would you believe that over ten years
ago Johnny and I had a turtle theme at our wedding?
Johnny created a beautiful turtle print that we used
as the motif on our invitations and programs. In our
ceremony we celebrated turtle symbolism and meaning
from different cultures. On our honeymoon we swam
with sea turtles in Hawaii. We love turtles. Needless to
say, we feel right at home with Chatham Hall’s mascot.
Faculty members Mary Edmonds, Molly Thomas, Cheryl
Haymes, Geoff Braun, Ron Merricks, and Don Wood line
up for the faculty procession
P h r a s e c o m m o n ly u s e d Hooray For Life!
St. Mary’s Choir performs
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KATTY KAY, BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA ANCHOR AND AUTHOR
visits Chatham Hall as 2014–2015 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leader in Residence
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Co-author of the recent New York Times
best selling book The Confidence Code: The
Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What
Women Should Know and BBC World
News America anchor Katty Kay visited
Chatham Hall on October 24 and 25,
2014 as the 2014-2015 Polly Wheeler
Guth ’44 Leader in Residence.
Kay arrived on Friday, October 24
and spent the afternoon meeting with
small groups of students. Kay invited
the girls to “Be bold” when asking questions, and gave inspiring insight into
her career as a journalist as well as her
research into the impact of confidence
versus competence when it comes to
women finding success in work and life.
Much of the discussions were generated
from her recent book The Confidence
Code where Kay and Co-Author Claire
Shipman posit that when it comes to
women, confidence matters as much
as competence. Friday evening Kay addressed a packed house with a Keynote
speech in the Van Voorhis Lecture Hall
with students, parents, alumnae, faculty,
and guests in attendance.
Academic Dean Martha Griswold
commented, “We are so fortunate to
have been able to welcome Katty Kay
to Chatham Hall as this year’s Leader
in Residence. Her stature in the news
industry is unrivaled, as is her desire to
help women confront the dualities of
work and life. Katty did her homework,
learning about the School, its programs, and its students. She had as her
mission to connect at a deep level with
our students—and she did just that—
with warmth, humor, and conviction.”
On Saturday, October 25, Kay again
met with students in small groups as
well as hosted an intimate Question and
Answer session. Kay’s engagement with
the student body throughout her time as
Leader in Residence was dynamic; Rector
Suzanne Buck remarked “It is an honor
to host Katty Kay here at Chatham Hall!
Designed to challenge our thinking, engage us in discourse, and to inspire our
actions, the Leader in Residence program
is the alchemy of inquiry and execution.
As a journalist, Katty Kay asks questions,
yet more importantly, she demonstrates
how investigation can evoke powerful
change. She embodies the mission of the
Leader in Residence program, and that
of Chatham Hall.”
Kay herself was invigorated by her
time at the school, saying, “My visit to
Chatham Hall was a unique and wonderful experience. The questions were
phenomenal—smart and honest and
curious. I was particularly struck by the
warm environment and the way these
young women really support each
other and cheer each other on. Great
role models!”
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of
Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know
The Class of 2014 celebrates
after winning Song Contest,
May 2014
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photo ©2014www.LISArichmond.com
Katty Kay and Claire Shipman • HarperCollins Publishers, 2014
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What
Women Should Know by ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman and Katty Kay, BBC World News America anchor presents
the reader with the argument that confidence often outweighs
competence when it comes to job promotions and overall career
success. Kay and Shipman go on to point out that women project
less confidence than men do. How can one explain the apparent
confidence gap between men and women? The Confidence Code
attempts to answer this question, in addition to providing an indepth scientific and social investigation into confidence.
Kay and Shipman find that men typically overestimate their
abilities, while women underestimate them. Men also tend to
bounce back more quickly after a failure or loss. Kay and Shipman
suggest that women should work to refrain from ruminating, or
repeatedly focusing their thoughts on past failures. Through their
extensive research, Kay and Shipman present factors including
genetics and environment and how those factors affect confidence levels.
The Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leaders in Residence
Fund is a permanent endowment funded
through grants from Partridge Foundation.
Kay and Shipman acknowledge that The Confidence
Code is not meant to serve as a self-help guide; rather, it
is an exploration of the confidence barrier between
men and women. The discussions presented in The
Confidence Code focus primarily on success as a
function of two specific qualities, confidence and competence. If any negative criticism can be offered, it perhaps
could center upon the fact that Kay and Shipman appear to
define success based solely upon a person’s reputation, level of
management position, and salary.
While Kay and Shipman mainly address a female target audience, specifically women working in business or management
fields often dominated by powerful men, many of their findings
can apply to females and males of all ages, walks of life, and
occupations.
Ultimately, the argument presented in The Confidence Code
is thought-provoking and effective. Kay and Shipman’s persuasive anecdotes are reinforced by well researched, believable facts and statistics, and reading The Confidence Code will
undoubtedly provoke interest in, and enhance readers’ understanding of, the confidence barrier between men and women.
- MARY-MICHAEL ROBERTSON ’15
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Graduation 2014
Class of 2014 College Attendances
Albright College
American University
Barnard College
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University
Coastal Carolina University
Davidson College
Dickinson College
Elon University
Emory University
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Guilford College
Jacksonville University
James Madison University
McGill University
North Carolina State University
Pomona College
Purdue University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Sewanee: The University of the South
The College of Wooster
The University of Alabama
University of Edinburgh
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Yale University
Commencement on the
front lawn included a
special Chinese zither
performance by
Xiangxiang Luo ’14,
as well as musical
performances by
St. Mary’s Choir, and
Dr. Fountain and Missy
Fountain’s daughter and
opera singer Christina
Fountain Loeffler.
The Class of 2014 contributed
$ 2,361.3 6
for the purchase of a fountain to be placed in the Curtis Jackson Garden
in honor of former Rector Dr. Gary Fountain’s tenure at Chatham Hall.
senior family gift
Led by Lin and Sterling Laffitte, parents of
Mary Madison Laffitte ’14, the families and
friends of the Class of 2014 presented
Chatham Hall with a Senior Family Gift in the
amount of $133,867 on Friday, May 30, 2014.
$20,764 was added to the new, permanent,
endowed fund, The Gary J. Fountain Student
Travel Award. Income from this fund will
provide scholarships for students each year
to participate in Chatham Hall’s many travel
opportunities. An additional $1,296 was given
by senior parents to cover expenses related to
their volunteer work on campus. And finally,
$111,807 was given or pledged to the Parent
Fund, underscoring the 2014 senior families’
commitment to supporting the salaries of the
teachers, coaches, house faculty, administrators, and staff, who have nurtured their
children, encouraged them to dream, and
championed their successes. $10,907 of this
amount was contributed to the 2013–2014
Parent Fund Drive and $100,900 was pledged
to the Parent Fund over the next ten years to
honor annually the women of the Class of 2014.
Tammy and Dan Waters, parents of
Kathryn Waters ’14, are the 2014 recipients of the Peter and Dee Dee McKay
Award, presented annually to a parent
or couple who provide leadership to
the School. Tammy—a key member of
the Chatham Hall Administration—and
Dan have been central to the success
of Chatham Hall’s Robotics Team—Dan
as a mentor, and Tammy as the team’s
number one fan.
All photos ©2014www.LISArichmond.com
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Parents Weekend 2014 was a funfilled weekend featuring an academic
recognition service in St. Mary’s Chapel,
college counseling workshops, a “Parent
to Parent” reception, senior day for fall
athletics, a Parent Advisory Committee
sponsored breakfast and discussion
about “growth mindset,” a Bluegrass
picnic where we were joined by members
of the Board of Trustees and Alumnae
Council, and more! We capped off the
action-packed weekend by celebrating
our new Rector Suzanne Walker Buck at
her Investiture on Saturday, October 4.
Virginia Living Magazine
recently recognized
Chatham Hall as one
of the “Top High
Schools & Colleges
2014” in their October
2014 State of Education
feature, a listing of
the most innovative
programs in the Commonwealth. The Discovery Challenge
program won a mention in the Science,
Math, and Technology category. The issue
also featured an article about Chatham
Hall’s Leader in Residence Program, and
highlighted the visit from Journalist and
Author Katty Kay. Virginia Living is Virginia’s
premier, statewide magazine and has a
readership of over half a million!
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.
Awardees represent diverse professions and
interests. Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 and Povy
LaFarge Bigbee ’51 were honored as the
2014 Distinguished Alumnae.
Visit www.chathamhall.org/alumnae/distinguished-alumnaaward 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. CHatHam Hall Summer Camps 2015
Summer Investigators Science Camp
This camp is built around the development of a student’s 21st century skills, especially
those related to problem solving, collaboration and curiosity. This is accomplished through
the integration of the areas of biology, chemistry, and technology into a program where
students assume the role of crime scene investigators in order to solve a mock crime.
Science Camp contact: Dennis Oliver, doliver@chathamhall.org 434-432-2941
Summer Riding Program
Join our Riding Faculty for an exceptional riding and residential experience. The riding
facilities on Chatham Hall’s campus include: the indoor Mars Arena, two outdoor sand
rings, and a permanent hunter-trial course. Many School horses of all shapes and sizes
provide the appropriate challenges for all riders to learn and improve.
Summer Riding Program contact: Samantha Pleasant Fleming,
sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434-432-5605
Camp Dates
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July 12–18
Riding Program Session I for girls ages 9–16
July 12–24
Summer Investigators Science Camp for girls grades 6–8
July 19–25
Riding Program Session II for girls ages 9–16
July 26–31
iding Program Session III (Intensive) for ages 12–17, Open to
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Turtle Sports Prayer
sports news spring 2014
Offered by Chaplain Ned Edwards at
the May 2014 Purple and Gold Banquet
Lord, we’re the mighty turtles,
and
soccer
tennis
Chatham Hall’s varsity soccer
and tennis teams finished
out the 2014 spring season
in the Blue Ridge Conferance
Semifinals (BRC). Both teams
traveled together to play BRC
conference rival North Cross
School.
Jingi Hairston ’15 retained
her status as a BRC First Team
All-Conference performer as she
went 5-4 on both the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles side of the
court for the 2014 season.
Madison McAdams ’14 was
awarded the Gene Scott Connor
Memorial Tennis Championship
Trophy.
Co-captain Walker Abbott
’14 and Co-captain Jane
Hawthorne ’16 each received
post-season accolades for
their performance on the
soccer field. Hawthorne
received First Team AllConference honors and
All-Tournament honors
as well. Walker Abbott
was named to the AllTournament team.
2014–2015
Athletic
Leadership
faithful, brave
And ask your presence this evening, for all you
us do.
help
We rode in buses for hours, through
and
defeat,
victory
But we’re the mighty turtles and our spirits
can’t be Beat.
The tauntings from our enemies, bounce right
off our turtle shells
We’re known for our good sportsmanship,
and our turtle yells.
We played hard, fought, and traveled, and
Alice Richter Trophy for Best All-Around
Horsewoman—Mary Madison Laffitte ’14
Katharine Lea Reynolds Athletic Award for
the Best Athlete—Susanna Hogg ’15
2013–2014 Chatham Hall Athletic
Championship Bowl—Purple Team
thanks, O God, for all that we have
Lord, we’re the
not be slow,
mighty turtles, but help us
amazing coaches, who guide
To thank our
us as we go.
Gold Team Captain
Susanna Hogg ’15
Purple Team Captain
Yolanda Mantilla ’15
2014–2015 Bit ‘n Spur
President
Ana-Christina Zentner ’16
2014–2015 IEA Riding
Team Captain
Eliza Caprio ’15
Respectful, dauntless, courageous;
faithful, trusting and brave,
We’re the mighty turtles, proud of what we gave.
So like the little turtles, who eat lettuce and
bits of meat,
truly thankful, for the food we are
Let us be
about to eat.
Amen.
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Most Improved Rider—Walker Abbott ’14
whether we lost or won,
We give you
done
CAC President
Claire Mayo ’15
On their first trip to the Zone 3 Championship in
March, Chatham Hall’s IEA Team finished 9th out of
70 teams. Riders highlighted during the competition
at Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, Maryland in
April were Emily Simanskis ’15 and Sara Stuart ’15,
both with second placings in the Team Novice classes.
true,
Awards and Honors at the Spring
2014 Purple & Gold Athletic Banquet
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Congratulations to Chatham Hall math teacher Ken
Tyburski, who is the 2014 Amateur Masters Disc Golf World
Champion! Ken traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota for the Professional Disc Golf Association Amateur Masters World Championship in July, besting a field of 72 masters. Ken’s disc golf
career began shortly after he arrived at Chatham Hall nine
years ago. He played disc golf once in college, but rediscovered
the sport when a former Chatham Hall colleague, who often
played disc golf on campus with his son, inspired him to play
again. Plans to go pro are in Ken’s future.
Chatham Hall Tennis Court Project
The Summer
Riding Program
saw riders from
all over: London,
Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina,
Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia ...
riders traveled near
and far to spend a
week or two at Chatham Hall! Campers rode twice a day in lessons with
Chatham Hall Riding Faculty and were able to try new
things, find themselves challenged, and make strong
connections with Chatham Hall horses and their new
found friends up on dorm. See page 13 for Summer
Camps Ad.
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2014 NATIONAL GIRL SCOUT CONVENTION:
Discover, Connect, Take Action:
Girls Change the World
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Rachel Hightman ’18
I am extremely excited to have represented the
Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council (GSVSC)
at the triennial National Girl Scout Convention
in Salt Lake City, Utah in October. As a part of
the GSVSC delegation,
the
from CI participated
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A Girl
L L Chatham Hall was an exhibitor in
Scout Leadership Institute (GSLI). The topics GSLI the Hall of Experiences at the 2014
National Girl Scout Convention,
participants could choose from were Basic Needs, carrying the story about what we do
Education, Self Image, Teen Violence, Healthy at Chatham Hall. Pictured, Chatham
Hall Director of Enrollment ManRelationships, Inclusion/Diversity, and Gender agement Carney O’Brien and Rachel
Equality. We were inspired by this year’s keynote Hightman ’18
speaker, Dr. Tererai Trent. Dr. Trent’s remarkable
journey from an impoverished village in Zimbabwe to her current place in the
world of education and humanitarian work was featured in the book, Half the Sky.
We had the opportunity to meet with Anna Maria Chávez, CEO Girl Scouts of the
USA; Elizabeth Smart, founder of The Smart Foundation; Candice Kislack, TOMS
brand-building and operations specialist; Bonnie St. John, Paralympic medalist;
and Michele Norris, NPR host and correspondent, among the many speakers at
the convention. Now that the conference has ended, each delegate must make a
plan from what we have learned and we will work to implement that plan in our
communities to make a difference.
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N I N A B E S T ’ 1 5 Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Troop 10322
V I C T O R I A B O N G A R D ’ 1 6 Girl Scout Juliette (A Juliette is
a girl who participates in Girl Scouts as an individual member)
L E L I A C A R L S O N ’ 1 8 Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama, Troop 350
R A C H E L H I G H T M A N ’ 1 8 Virginia Skyline Council, Troop 883
S A B R I N A Y V E L L E Z ’ 1 8 Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Troop 14451
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Chatham Hall offers a holistic approach to girls’ development to complement
our rich academic curriculum. The GIRLS program has been implemented in
collaboration with the Health and Wellness Team, the Chaplain, House Faculty
and Class Sponsors. One GIRLS Day is held each semester. Academically
motivated and goal-oriented, Chatham Hall girls are “on-the-move.” Our
Mission is to help girls thrive: to be both hardy and happy. The mission of our
GIRLS program is to provide a safe, nurturing, and structured environment
while educating girls through an integrated and developmentally appropriate
experience where girls are at the center. Two full days (GIRLS Days) of the
school year are devoted to engaging our girls in dialog about happiness and
well-being. A variety of workshops are offered on each GIRLS Day, including an exciting workshop—Survival Skills for Girls on the Go—with Dr. Lisa
Damour, Director of Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls. Each day
will also allow ample time for each girl to reflect on what is meaningful and
purposeful for her; to build healthy connections with peers and adults; and,
to cultivate new skills and strategies that can both enhance her learning and
relationships, while fostering resilience. Students need permission to unplug,
create, reflect, and play. GIRLS Day is designed for doing just that!
Chatham Hall Girl Scout Raises
$13,000 to Build Women in
Service Monument
Through a Girl Scout Silver
Award project, Chatham Hall
freshman Sabrina Yvellez ’18
has raised $13,000 for a
monument honoring women
in service for a Veterans
Memorial Walk in her hometown of Johns
Creek, Georgia. Sabrina, a member of a
military family, began raising money for
the project, organized by the Johns Creek
Veteran’s Association, when she was just 12
years old. Thinking at first that she would
raise money for a bench in the park, Sabrina
later decided to think big and take on the
entire Women in Service portion of the
memorial walk. Inspired by female veterans who exemplify the Girl Scout motto of
“Courage, Confidence, and Character,” she
threw herself into the project, making business cards, sample pavers, and a trifold
display—all used to assist her in raising
funds at events, bake sales, and in meetings
with area CEOs and presidents of companies. Named a “Hometown Hero,” Sabrina
caught media attention, helping her to reach
her goal. The four-acre walk features a total
of 13 monuments, along with benches and
pathways, encouraging quiet and contemplation. Sabrina was a guest of honor at the
memorial walk dedication held over Veteran’s
Day weekend.
Growth A nurturing program that is dedicated to the
physical, intellectual, socio-emotional, and spiritual
development of adolescent girls.
Independence A program that cultivates independence through trusting relationships and the cultivation
of personal responsibility (self-awareness, self-reliance,
self-advocacy, and self-care) in girls.
Relationships A program that fosters positive and
meaningful relationships with peers and adults by
surrounding them with mission-driven faculty who are
able to teach skills, serve as role models, and guide girls
in their social development.
Leadership A program that teaches girls collaboration,
problem-solving, ownership of and responsibility for projects, and community initiatives.
Spirituality A Link Group program that develops and
nurtures the spirit of girls by providing meaningful and
purposeful exchanges through relationships, personal
reflection, and community service.
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An Investigation of
Nordic
Democracy
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in Sweden & Norway
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This past
March, I
traveled to
Sweden and
Norway through
the Hallam Hurt ’63
Student and Faculty
Foreign Travel Award to investigate the
high level of social wellness under the
Nordic social democratic system. My
research interest was first prompted
by a UN report on happiness levels
of people around the world. In the
survey, all five of the Nordic countries
(Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark,
and Iceland) ranked within top ten,
with Sweden and Norway ranking 2nd
and 5th respectively. Since all five of the
Nordic countries share a similar system
of welfare state, we speculated that the
high level of happiness of Nordic people
could be a result of the government’s
efforts. My sponsor and I chose to
investigate Sweden and Norway because
they share very similar governmental
systems; however, they arrived at Social
Democracy under different historical
contexts, offering us diversity in our
samples of investigation.
In my investigation into the Swedish and Norwegian Social Democratic
systems, I studied the countries’ economics, education systems, and health
K ELLY FU ’15
from
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systems.
officer
a Stockholm University, an immigrant
to Sweden, and officers at US embassies
in both Sweden and Norway; visited
hospitals in both countries; witnessed
protests; and attended a parliament
question session in Norway, wishing to
better understand how the government
may enable their people to be happy by
influencing them in different spheres
of their lives.
Although UN reports and surveys
have indicated that Sweden and Norway are some of the world’s happiest
countries, after spending time in each
country conducting my research, it is
clear that both countries are far from
utopian societies. Both Sweden and
Norway are experiencing increasing
civil unrest as more and more citizens
are calling for lower taxation. There’s
a growing polarization in Swedish
society over immigration—those who
want to limit immigration, and those
who want to continue to welcome
immigrants. It is important to note that
everyone we spoke with understands
that problems exist in their current
welfare programs, and though certain
parties are calling for change, those
parties do not want to eradicate their
social programs. They just want to find
resolutions to sustain the programs.
Kelly Fu ’15 with Chatham Hall alumna
Katarina Greve ’06, who Kelly interviewed
in Stockholm, Sweden
Despite the issues we have seen in
the welfare system, we saw a lot of
contentment, appreciation, and pride
in the people, knowing that their
government is taking care of them. If
there’s a formula for happiness in
Sweden and Norway, it is this feeling
of security.
My research
interest
was first
prompted
by a UN
report on
happiness
levels of
people
around the
world.
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Chatham Hall’s iQuest program encourages students to
extend their curiosity beyond the borders of campus and follow it
anywhere in the world it leads.
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The Evolution of Graffiti in Rome:
Comparing and Contrasting the Ancient and Modern
How has Roman graffiti evolved as a social and political medium throughout
the ancient and modern periods, and what is the purpose of graffiti, and the
mindset of the artist, in both of these eras? That’s the question Kate Thomas ’15
set out to answer when she embarked on a journey to Rome in Summer 2014.
Kate will present her findings to the School community this spring.
“I wanted to know why people, specifically Romans, as their graffiti is the
best preserved and most continuous throughout history, have been choosing
to mark up walls and trains and doors for longer than Christianity has been a
world religion. For whatever reason, graffiti has consistently followed urbanization for the greater part of recorded history. What sort of reasons do graffiti
artists have to justify their art? Does location have special meaning? Does
graffiti directly correlate with rebellion, or dissatisfaction with social, political
or community standards? Did ancient street artists have the same intents as
modern street artists? To me, graffiti is art. It is far more passionate than many
of the masterpieces found in the Louvre, the Met, or the Vatican. It is a statement, whether social or political, and that, to me, is fascinating.”
sit / shake / serve
Sit, Shake, Serve, an iQuest project designed by Mary Craft ’15 and Maddison
Meeks ’15, explores the importance of
service dogs and their importance in
the lives of the people they serve.
Mary and Maddison, both dog lovers,
knew that they wanted to design a
project around dogs, but the girls also
wanted to work with people. The idea
to focus on service dogs emerged
when Mary started thinking about
a dog her dad—who is a diabetic—
owned. Though she wasn’t a trained
service dog, she would alert her
owner each time his sugar began to
drop—fascinating!
Peggy Law, Founder and Executive
Director of Training at Service Dogs
of Virginia in Charlottesville, served
as an off-campus mentor for Mary
and Maddison, introducing the girls
to trainers and three service dog
owners: a woman with diabetes, a
15-year-old boy with autism and a
heart condition, and an 18-year-old
woman with a muscle condition,
resulting in issues with balance. The
first two dog owners have Labradors,
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After spending
time with
service dog
owners and their
families, Mary
and Maddison
discovered
a primary
motivator for
owning service
dogs—bridging
social gaps.
who are commonly used as service
dogs because of their gregarious nature, good temperament, and ability
to be trained easily. The third dog
owner has a Great Dane. Because
they are much stouter than Labradors, this breed is being used to help
people who struggle with balance and
need extra support.
Regardless of the type of dog, Mary
and Maddison were astounded by the
immediate bond shared by the dogs
and their new owners. That bond is
established within a few minutes, and
from then on out, the dogs are constantly making eye contact, checking
in on their new owners.
After spending time with service dog
owners and their families, Mary and
Maddison discovered a primary motivator for owning service dogs—bridging social gaps. Disability creates a
cut off from the world, and people are
more likely to approach someone with
disabilities when they have a dog in
tow. Next time you see someone with
a service dog, Mary and Maddison
encourage you to reach out!
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Gwen Couch,
English Teacher,
In August of 2014—more
than 40 from
yearsC Hafter
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onset of my obsession—
Chatham Hall awarded
me the professional development funds to study
“Shakespeare’s Kings and
Queens” through the
Oxford-Berkeley program
held at Merton College in
Oxford, England.
2014 OXFORD-BERKELEY SPENCER FELLOW
My fascination with Tudor England began in 1970 when I was taken to see the
film Anne of the Thousand Days, starring
Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold. I
excessively enacted my own versions of
various scenes from the movie for any
family member willing to watch—until
the day my father announced that it
was time for me to take my cues from
the unparalled master: William Shakespeare. The first play we read together
was the Bard’s history play, Henry VIII.
Thus began my engagement in the study
of Shakespeare. While reading the plays
(and occasionally attending a live performance) satisfied my interest to some
degree, I longed for an opportunity to
travel to England to see where Shakespeare lived and worked. In August of
2014—more than 40 years after the onset
of my obsession—Chatham Hall awarded me the professional development
funds to study “Shakespeare’s Kings and
Queens” through the Oxford-Berkeley
program held at Merton College in
Oxford, England.
Shakespeare lived through an extraordinary period of history, serving two
monarchs—a queen and a king—as an actor, playwright, and poet. By focusing on
his unique stance on the monarchy, we
gained insight into the literary, social, and
political struggles of the time. We began
with Richard III, the foundational story
of Tudor history, then moved through
Henry V, Hamlet, Macbeth, and The
Winter’s Tale. This classroom study was
enhanced by four theatre visits: Henry IV,
Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 at The Royal
Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Antony and Cleopatra at The
Globe Theatre in London, and the Globe
Touring Company’s King Lear in the Oxford University Bodleian Library Quad.
These nine plays spanned Shakespeare’s
career giving us an appreciation for the
enterprising young Shakespeare, as well
as the more experienced theatrical expert.
Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by the
depth of the human condition and found
many possibilities to show this through
his depiction of kings and queens.
Our academic class projects were as
varied as the students in the class. One
classmate performed Paulina’s impassioned monologue from The Winter’s
Tale, while another researched Abraham
Lincoln’s penchant for Shakespeare.
Another student presented his ideas for
teaching a Shakespeare seminar at the
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retirement community where he lives.
When he mentioned the possibility of a
field trip to the American Shakespeare
Center in Staunton, Virginia, the two
of us discussed a potential plan for an
intergenerational Shakespeare event
with Chatham Hall students! My own
project was an original compilation of
play scenes entitled Merely a Madness.
My vision for this piece brings the voices
of many of Shakespeare’s female characters on stage together. Desdemona from
Othello appears in a scene with Kate
from The Taming of the Shrew. An omniscient narrator, Prologue, ties the scenes
together and provides commentary on
the plight of women then and now.
This trip to England was well worth
the 40-year wait. My teaching has been
reinvigorated, and I look forward to sharing my experiences with my students.
Incredible India
Chatham Hall’s student service program in north India is the
newest of our several purposeful travel experiences. This inaugural 13-day India program will run from March 8 through March
20, 2015 in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, and rural Uttar Pradesh state.
“Incredible India” is intended as a fresh, strong companion to the School’s long-running signature service program
in Cape Town, South Africa. This new program will shine a
spotlight on India’s massive push to educate girls. It features
a core three-day service experience at Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES)—a spectacularly successful academic
and vocational initiative for girls in Anupshahar village. Here,
participants will explore gender and equality of opportunity.
Since our inaugural program in South Africa in 2007, we
have seen Chatham Hall demonstrate empathy and take action with a “can-do-spirit.” Our programs have made a difference in many lives, established Chatham Hall as a forerunner
in global service, and proven transformative for our girls.
Fully one-third of us at Chatham Hall have participated!
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“Wherever Chatham
Hall girls go, they
make an impact,
and we have
found that these
service trips have left indelible marks
on our students and transformed their outlook in ways that they had never thought
possible. Opening up our students’ eyes and
hearts to a country of such beauty and which faces
such struggles will strengthen their commitment to
service and understanding of a world beyond that
which they see everyday.” –Academic Dean Martha Griswold
Mindset: The New Psychology
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Carol S. Dweck | Random House Publishing Group 2007
I love crossword puzzles.
I remember the glorious day many years ago when I®received my first GAMES magazine, wherein
I found “The World’s Most Ornery Crossword Puzzle ,” a two-and-a-half page wonder, with “hard”
clues that folded over and hid the “easy” clues. I began the puzzle immediately, eschewing the easier
clues, and the one-, two-, and three-star crossword puzzles in the magazine. Ornery schmornery!
Pencil in hand, I read the first clue. Hmm. I had gone
through quite a bit of the “across” list before filling in any
squares, and if memory serves, it was a three-letter giveaway
clue (Think “cat.”) that existed because the crossword creator
had to resort to this in order to make those other clues work.
Sweat dripping because I was embarrassed that I had
only solved one clue, I realized that this puzzle was ornery.
I flipped back to the three-star puzzle, and with complete
confidence, because I know how to solve a crossword puzzle,
looked at the clue for one across, and blanched.
Reeling in my dreams to the two-star level, I
found success, yet did have to think. I moved to the
three-star puzzle and had a bit more success. Over
time (GAMES magazine, at the time, came out only
six times a year—not often enough, but often enough,
because two months gave me time to return to
puzzles, rework them, see patterns, get to know Will
Shortz quite well, and find success.), I made progress,
learning how to approach the crosswords, increasing
my vocabulary and points of reference, and moving more
quickly through exceedingly cantankerous puzzles. It is a point
of honor to never look at the “easy” clues or the answers. I saved
issues of GAMES for years, filling in those last blank squares as
the answers come.
And that is what Carol Dweck’s book, Mindset, is all about
—attacking challenges and struggles from a growth mindset,
where we understand that conquering a challenge prepares
us for the next one. Dweck offers that the brain is a muscle
that grows and becomes stronger when used. She posits
that helping people to frame challenges through a growth
mindset will enable our children, students, friends, and
colleagues to understand that the hard work pays off, that
even if we face some failure, persevering makes us stronger,
smarter, and more able to confront subsequent challenges.
And those challenges can be tough when we focus on
our supposed intelligence. Labeling a person as “smart”
makes it harder for her to approach a problem from a
growth mindset because the stakes are too high. Learning
from one’s mistakes is not an option for such a person,
because “smart people don’t make mistakes.” People who
identify as “smart,” according to Dweck, are less likely to
take on a challenge, but will remain in a comfort zone,
rejecting “a challenging new task that they could learn from.
They didn’t want to do anything that could expose their flaws
and call into question their talent” (72). I cringe when I think
of the brain-power and creativity lost because of the fear of
not getting something right the first time.
So, the framework is important: praising effort over a
grade, supporting that person who wants to dig in, get her
hands dirty, and who will not stop until she has figured “it”
out, however ornery the challenge. Dweck offers suggestions
for “teaching” the growth mindset that will help students
I cringe when I think of the brain
power and creativity lost because of the fear of not getting
something right the first time.
shift, if necessary, from a “fixed” mindset to where she wants
to learn, and use her newly acquired knowledge to solve the
next problem. Dweck also offers helpful advice to give supporters the words necessary to inculcate the growth mindset
across a variety of populations.
Reading Dweck’s book will help you learn how your frame
of mind, in the face of a new challenge, can determine whether you will grow through your perseverance and risk of failure
to (1 across: arrive in a triumphant state) or whether you will
fall prey to the dangers of a (9 down: frozen) mindset.
–M ARTHA GRISWOLD, DEAN OF ACADEMICS
Academic Dean Martha Griswold, Dean of Students Emily
Johns, and Consulting Psychologist Dr. Erin Kelley led a parent development workshop on
Growth Mindset (Co-Sponsored
by the PAC) during Parents
Weekend. The workshop was
designed to engage parents in
the school-wide conversation
about happiness and well-being for adolescent girls.
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type of individual that we
all should aspire to be.
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Na me d i n H o n o r o f
John Henry Waller
–Gini Willson Welch ’63
sweetest,
kindest soul you
The
will ever meet.
–Micki Carlyle
Dagenhart ’97
This is outstanding!
John Henry embodies
the spirit of Chatham
Hall!
–Alice Cromer
Van Lennep,
Former Faculty
(1976–2009)
C h at h a m H a l l a n n o u n c e d t h e n a m i n g o f a n e w s c h o l a r s h i p t o
b e n e f i t s t u d e n t s f r o m t h e g r e at e r C h at h a m a r e a i n h o n o r o f
l o n g t i m e e m p l oy e e J o h n H e n ry Wa l l e r o n S e p t e m b e r 8 , 2 0 1 4 .
Mr. Waller first came to Chatham Hall
in October of 1954, and has spent the
past six decades supporting the institution through his work as a member
of the staff. By establishing this new
scholarship fund, Janie Huntley Webster ’57, recognizes the importance of
the relationship between the School
and the local community and honors
Mr. Waller for his service.
Ronald Merricks, Chief Financial and
Facilities Officer, shared his enthusiastic
endorsement of Mr. Waller, “John Henry
Waller loves Chatham Hall and Chatham
Hall loves John Henry Waller! Many people can say they love their job but few can
say they love the place where they work.
John Henry loves all of the faculty, staff,
and students that give Chatham Hall its
personality. Even though these people
change, John Henry stays the same. He
has a great work ethic, is dependable, and
always has the interest of others before
his own. He is a true gentleman, colleague, and friend.”
In 2004, upon his 50th year of
work, the school dedicated the gong in
Yardley, used to bring the community
to attention during seated meals, in his
honor. When Mrs. Webster contacted
the school about establishing the scholarship fund, it provided the School a
public opportunity to cement his legacy
in our community. Upon learning of
fall
the gift, Rector Suzanne Walker Buck
remarked, “John Henry Waller personifies institutional loyalty and service.
Humble and gracious, his actions speak
louder than his words. You will not
know all that John Henry accomplishes
in a day, you will only know that he
works tirelessly to give of himself to the
people of Chatham Hall. Day in and
day out, for over 60 years, John Henry
has and continues to take care of us. He
demonstrates compassion and concern
for us as individuals; he is attentive to
our school home. We are blessed by
John Henry’s service to Chatham Hall.
There is no better way to honor an
individual who cares about people than
by providing a means for ensuring an
opportunity for others. The John Henry
Waller Scholarship celebrates the dedication of Mr. John Henry Waller, his
commitment to our community, and
his support of the education of girls. We
are grateful to Mrs. Webster for creating
a fund that recognizes the leadership
and legacy of John Henry Waller at
Chatham Hall.”
Chatham Hall and Mrs. Webster
invite all members of the community
to share their own memories of John
Henry and to make a gift to the fund in
his honor. To make a donation please
contact the Advancement Office, Attn:
John Henry Waller Scholarship Fund,
800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham VA,
24531. You may also contact Christine
Knight, Director of Advancement, at
434-432-5549.
John Henry Waller with current students from the greater Chatham area
John Henry Waller
When I first came here, I was waiting tables. The dining room wasn’t right here…
it was in Ron’s office. Each person served
three tables. Of course we had Chatham
Hall doilies on the tables, and at night we
had cloth napkins. At night the girls had
to dress, and they had to sit until everybody finished, and everybody got up at
the same time.
My wife, she worked here for 40 years,
and my brother-in-law, probably about 25
or 30 years, his brother worked here at one
time, and my wife’s sister, she worked here.
So, with the years that my late wife and
I put in—she had forty and I’ve got 60—
that’s 100 years just between us two. But
between the whole family, I guess probably
close to 200 years. My oldest son worked
one year while he was going to school.
Even my father worked here, he was a cook
in the kitchen for a while before he left and
moved to Washington—that was before my
time. He left and stayed a while, but then
came back. My home was in Gretna.
Building Named
in Honor of CFFO
Ronald Merricks
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“If you do right, and treat people right,
right will follow you.”
I went into the service March 22, 1951.
I took 16 weeks of basic training in Kentucky, then came home for 12 days, then
went straight into Korea. I was blessed
because I stayed in Korea for only six
months. For the six months I was there,
I was on the line, you know. It was pretty
rough, seeing a lot of people get killed.
But the company that I was attached to was
one of the first ones in Korea…so when I
went in, it was almost time for the rest of
them to go onto R & R. So, when they left,
I went to Japan and stayed there for 13
months. When it was time for them to go
back to Korea, it was time for me to come
back home. So I came home—that was in
1953. I worked on the pipeline for a while,
working all night, but I quit that because I
was staying with my grandmother and she
needed someone there with her. Then on
into 1954, I met my wife. We got married
and I looked for a job around here. I went
to Hargrave and they wouldn’t hire me. So
I came over here, and they hired me. That
was in October 1954. I was 24. December
28th, I will be 85. I was looking for a job,
and I got hooked I guess. And I’ve been
here ever since.
On Monday, October 6, 2014 the Chatham
Hall community gathered to officially open
the new maintenance building on campus. Alumna Penelope “Penny” Perkins
Wilson, Class of 1941, and longtime trustee of the school, donated the funds to
erect a new maintenance building and named it in honor of Chief Financial
and Facilities Officer Ronald “Ron” Merricks. The building dedication and its
naming were a surprise that capped off a long weekend of special events at
Chatham Hall. Celebrations began Friday for Parents Weekend, while Saturday
saw the Investiture of Suzanne Walker Buck as the 16th Head of Chatham Hall.
Board Chair Stacey M. Goodwin ’83 addressed the crowd of faculty, staff, trustees and friends, welcoming all to the ribbon cutting for the building. Rector
Buck invited key benefactor Mrs. Wilson to arrange a series of jumbled letters
to spell out the name of the building on a prototype of the permanent sign.
Mrs. Wilson then invited Mr. Merricks to help her unscramble and assemble
from Chatham Hall
the letters, since as Chief Financial and Facilities Officer
he would be the one using
the building. As Mr. Merricks
began to get the letters in
place it became apparent that
from out
C H“Merricks
AT H A M H A L L
the sign spelled
Maintenance,” naming the
facility in his honor. Stacey M.
Goodwin ’83 then read out a
proclamation from the Board
Penny Perkins Wilson ‘41, Ron Merricks,
of Trustees.
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“I am deeply moved and humbled by the naming of the maintenance
building and the resolution by the Board of Trustees. I am not one who
seeks recognition but rather one who can be found in the background
making sure things flow and work as they should. I consider myself
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blessed to work in such a wonderful place with wonderful
people. My special thanks to Penny Wilson ’41, who through her vision
and generosity, has made and continues to make the maintenance of
Chatham Hall property
aA
priority.”
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THAM HALL
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–Ronald Merricks, Chief Financial and Facilities Officer
Ron Merricks and the Chatham Hall maintenance team
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welcome!
NEW
ADMINISTRATORS
Maisie Deely
Director of
Communications and
Marketing Strategy
Boarding school roots run
deep for Maisie, who grew up
on the campuses where her
parents taught. For secondary school she attended Miss Porter’s
and Miss Hall’s School, and earned a B.A.
from Sarah Lawrence College. Maisie previously served as the Director of International Recruitment and Senior Associate
Director of Admissions at Darrow School
and was a Major Gift Officer at Berkshire
School. Maisie also has an extensive
background in marketing and PR for
nonprofits, and spent six years working
in fashion and contemporary art in New
York City before returning to the world of
independent schools.
Christine
Cutright Knight
Director of
Advancement
Christine brings a wealth of
knowledge to Chatham Hall
with more than 22 years of
experience in the field of
Advancement. She was most recently the
Senior Director of Campaign and Development Operations at The University
of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Prior to that, Christine worked in the
University of Virginia’s Office of University Development and Public Affairs for
19 years. She began her career at Hollins
College, a small private women’s college
in Virginia where she held roles in the
Dean of Students office as well as Advancement. Christine holds a B.A. in Psychology from The University of Virginia,
an M.A.L.S. from Hollins College, and an
M.B.A. from the University of Richmond.
Christine has a grown daughter, a son
who is a freshman at Hampden-Sydney,
and a daughter who is an eighth grader.
Carney O’Brien
Director of Enrollment
Management
Carney comes to Chatham Hall with
fall
broad and varied
experience in
independent
schools. She was a
school librarian,
and has taught everything from early
childhood art to high school English.
Carney has 20 years of experience in
different aspects of admission, from
independent day school admissions in
Dutchess County, New York to secondary school placement in New England,
and has presented on several aspects
of secondary school admissions at
the Secondary School Admission Test
Board’s annual meeting. Carney earned
a B.A. in English from Vassar College
and an M.A. in Educational Psychology
from Marist College. She has two grown
children who live in New York, a child
who is at Tulane, and a child who is at
Portsmouth Abbey School.
NEW FACULTY
Elizabeth
“Betsy”
Seymour
English and
Creative Writing
Teacher,
House Faculty
Betsy holds a B.A.
in English from Central Michigan University and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing
from the University of Alabama. She
has taught college, high school, and
non-traditional students in a range of
settings, all with a focus on education
as change and growth. Betsy is praised
for her passion for literature, her skill
at literary analysis, her ability to get the
most out of each student in each class,
her beautiful writing and ability to
know beautiful writing, her interdisciplinary attitude, and her commitment
to community action.
Cara Kinsey
Librarian
Cara is a graduate of
Dartmouth College,
where she earned a
B.A. in Religion. She
followed that with a
M.S. in Library and In-
formation Services from the University
of Albany. Having worked most recently
in Brazil at the School of Nations, and
in Germany at the State International
School of Seeheim-Jugenheim, Cara
believes in getting to know the globe
and its people. Cara’s passion for
librarianship blossomed and remains
because it allows her to stay connected
to all subjects from the sciences to the
humanities, while supporting a school’s
curricular goals and engaging students’
individual interests.
Kelley Ann
Walsh
Dance Teacher
and House
Faculty
Kelley Ann holds a
B.A. in Government
from The College
of William and Mary, and is finishing a
B.F.A. in Dance at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. While at UNC-G,
she has focused on becoming a quality
educator as well as a technically skilled
dancer, improviser, and choreographer.
She has completed course work with
the top instructors at the University. She
has twice attended the American Dance
Festival, in Durham, North Carolina, and
also worked as a resident assistant at The
University of Mary Washington.
Tica Simpson
History Teacher
Most recently a
teacher of Upper
School History at
Stuart Country Day
School of the Sacred
Heart in Princeton,
New Jersey, Tica has also been a campus
minister, class dean, and dean of students. She holds a B.A. in Government
from Smith College as well as an M.A. in
English Education from New York University. She is currently enrolled in the
Master of Divinity program at Earlham
School of Religion. Tica is applauded for
her creativity, broad and deep knowledge in many areas, willingness to meet
students where they are, and her desire
to create a safe and trusting environment in her classroom.
NEW TRUSTEES
Katharine
“Kate”
Bulkley ’77
Kate Bulkley ’77 is
an award winning
business journalist
who has lived and
worked in London
since 1990. She writes regularly for
specialist publications, including DTVE
(formerly Cable & Satellite Europe),
Hollywood Reporter, and Broadcast
Magazine. From 1998 to 2001, Kate
was on-screen media and telecommunications editor at CNBC Europe. Kate
began her journalism career at CNN in
Washington, DC and worked in radio
and in print in Colorado where she was
senior reporter at The Denver Business
Journal. She has a master’s degree in
international economics and politics
from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, and an undergraduate degree in Modern European
Studies from Smith College. Kate is past
chair of The Broadcasting Press Guild
and past chair of the Royal Television
Society’s Early Evening Events Committee. Kate has been an active class agent
for Chatham Hall, presented at Reunion
2012, and has spent time at Chatham
Hall speaking to classes. Kate is married
to Ross Biddiscombe. Mary Kay
Karzas ’71
As a retired fundraising executive,
brings to the Board of
Trustees a wealth of
experience in the field
of Advancement. She
worked in Advancement at Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana for more than
24 years, cumulatively, was director of
annual giving at Kenyon College for several years, and served as Chatham Hall’s
Director of development and alumnae
relations from 1982–1985. Mary Kay
earned her A.B. degree in Classics from
Kenyon College, where she was a member of the third graduating class of women in 1979. An active member of the
Council for Advancement and Support
of Education (CASE), she was awarded
the CASE District V Distinguished Service Award in 2002. Mary Kay has been
a Chatham Hall class agent, a Reunion
co-chair, was a part of the Rector Search
Committee that brought us Rector Gary
Fountain, and most recently served on
the Investiture Committee for our new
Rector, Suzanne Walker Buck. Mary Kay
and her husband, Warren Reiss, live in
Culver, Indiana.
Sarah
Monarchi
Longpré ’84
We are delighted
to welcome back
to the board Sarah
Monarchi Longpré
’84, who served
previously from 2004–2010! Sarah is
retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers,
the largest professional services firm
in the world, where she most recently
served as regional director of human
resources. A very active member of
Golfers Against Cancer, Sarah sits on
the Board of Directors. Sarah received
her B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering
from Rice University in 1989, and
received an M.B.A from Rice University in 1991. Along with Nina Johnson
Botsford ’72, Sarah served as co-chair
of the Rector Search Committee that
brought us Rector Suzanne Walker
Buck. Sarah was a dedicated member of the Alumnae Council from
1995-2001. In 2011–2012, she led
The Board of Trustees and
Rector Suzanne Walker Buck
after her Investiture on October 4, 2014
the Light the Match Annual Fund
Giving Campaign for Young Alumnae,
helping us to raise young alumnae
participation to 30%. She is also the
2001 Mildred Harrison Dent Awardee,
for “that alumna who demonstrates an
enthusiastic long-term commitment
and devotion to the ideals of Chatham
Hall.” Sarah lives in Houston, Texas.
Michelle
Thomas
Supko ’02
Michelle Thomas
Supko ’02 is principal at Bain & Company. She joined the
firm as an associate
consultant in 2006. Michelle is a
member of both the Aerospace and
Defense and Airline Practice areas.
Within her office, Michelle co-leads
the Local Women at Bain chapter and
serves as an advisor for the Vanderbilt recruiting team. She earned her
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from
Vanderbilt in 2006. Michelle is the
sister of Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04
and the daughter of former Board
of Trustees Chair Dora Thomas.
Michelle, her husband, Major Brian
Supko, and their son, Tanner, live in
Southern Pines, North Carolina. As
an army-wife, she has served as the
leader of the Family Readiness Group.
In 2012-2013, Michelle led us in our
second year of the Light the Match
campaign for Young Alumnae Annual
Fund Giving.
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NEW ALUMNAE
COUNCIL
MEMBERS
Leila McConnell
Daw ’58
Leila received her B.A.
from Wellesley College
and her M.F.A. from
Washington University
School of Fine Arts, St.
Louis. She has been a
Professor of Art at Southern Illinois
University and the Massachusetts
College of Art. Her public work can
be seen as permanent installations at
Bradley International Airport, the New
Haven Public Library, Northwestern
CT Community College, and the St.
Louis light rail system. Her work is in
the collections of the Cincinnati Art
Museum, DeCordova Museum, St. Louis
Art Museum, and more. She is Professor
Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston. Leila was honored as Chatham
Hall’s 2013 Distinguished Alumna.
Pace Cooke
Emmons ’77
Pace earned her B.A.
and an M.A. in English
from the University
of Pennsylvania. She
owned an advertising
and public relations
firm and produced the local television
newscast in Meridian, Mississippi
before directing public relations of
a nine-county regional community
mental health center from 2005 to May
2014. Pace’s daughter Robin graduated
in May 2014 after four years at Chatham Hall. Pace and Robin moved to
Lexington, Kentucky last spring. ily to Boston, where she continued her
volunteer activities and was introduced
to Bible Study Fellowship International
(BSF). Upon returning to Charlotte in
1995, she continued in BSF for another
12 years, both as teaching leader and
area advisor. She continues to be very
active in her church and in an international marriage ministry headquartered
in Charlotte.
Lucy Williams
Maish ’68
Lucy graduated
with a B.A. from the
University of Denver.
She worked at the
Crittenden-Hastings
House in Brighton, Massachusetts as an
Educational Outreach Worker before
moving to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1976.
Lucy has been an independent representative for Doncastor, a high end line
of women’s clothing, since 1997. She has
been a dedicated class agent for Chatham Hall, co-chaired the Gala Weekend
of the 1994 Centennial Celebration, and
has previously served on the Alumnae
Council. Her daughter Cary Dunn
Maish graduated from Chatham Hall
in 1997.
Gladding
“Glad” Schaff
Markunas ’68
Glad earned her B.A.
from Briarcliff College. She has worked
as a research and
marketing professional for more than
twenty-five years at J. Walter Thompson
Co., Leo Burnett Company, Burger King,
TGI Friday’s, and at Darden Restaurants
Inc. on brands such as Olive Garden,
LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze,
and Seasons 52. Currently she is Vice
President of Client Service for Directions Research based in Cincinnati.
Hallie
Bettcher
Pettegrew ’86
Hallie received her
B.A. from Wittenberg
University with an
Arts concentration in
Ceramics and Pottery.
Hallie seeks out the creative forces
within her that work to not only shape
her children’s lives and home, but also
to inspire the local community within
which she lives. Seasonally, she lovingly
decorates various venues about town
that aim to capture tradition and celebrate the family.
Isabelle
Selby ’73
Isabelle graduated
with a B.A. from
Scripps College. She
owns a home design
store named Isabelle’s
Table in San Franciso.
Isabelle has created an Entertaining at
Home series for the Ritz-Carlton Residence Club in San Francisco, presented
art workshops for the Charles Schultz
Museum, illustrated a nationally-published line of greeting cards, designed a
privately-commissioned china pattern,
had one of her paintings appear in a
group show at the Paul Thibaud gallery,
and has worked on the interior design
for private residence and commercial
hotel projects of Donald Trump.
fall
Four students in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at
North Carolina State University are working to develop a new product
that purports to detect the presence of date rape drugs...using nail polish!
Interest in the product—Undercover Colors—has swept the web in recent
months. Chatham Hall alumna and current college student Laurel Street ’11
has joined the Undercover Color team as Director of Social Media!
Laurel studies Business Administration, Marketing, and Chinese at
Georgia Institute of Technology. Let’s hear from Laurel:
You’re still in college yourself, how have you balanced
your new position with your studies?
It’s a little bit of a challenge balancing classes, extracurriculars
and work, but it’s also very exiting and rewarding. I think the
key is to become involved in organizations you are passionate
about and really enjoy-that way you look forward to the things
you need to do and it doesn’t even feel
like work! At Chatham Hall I learned the
importance of balancing academic and
leadership commitments, and I’ve carried
those lessons with me throughout my
college career.
How does your current
position relate to your
major/s?
I am currently the Director
of Social Media. As a
Business Administration
and Marketing student at
Georgia Tech, this position
is the perfect fit for me.
Social media and digital
marketing are growing
areas within the field of marketing, and it
has been very exciting to gain experience
in these areas as an undergraduate.
Where did your
interest in social media
and digital media strategy begin?
I first became interested in social media marketing during my
intro-level marketing class at Georgia Tech. I love how social
media gives companies the potential to reach lots of users, and
opens up a two-way communication channel where companies can really engage with customers. For me, that’s what
sets social media and digital marketing apart from traditional
advertising, and makes me so passionate about it.
What attracted you to working with a product that
surrounds women’s issues?
During my time at Chatham Hall, I first became interested in the
issues and challenges that women face. In college, I noticed that
one of the largest issues on campuses today is sexual assault—it’s
estimated that 1 in 5 college women will experience sexual assault before she graduates. I personally know many women who
have experienced sexual assault, and I’m thankful I have this
opportunity to work toward a solution and make a difference.
How can our readers follow the progress of the
Undercover Colors team?
You can follow our progress on our Facebook page, and website, www.undercovercolors.com. We’re also on Instagram and
Twitter, and we are so thankful for your support!
social networking with chatham hall
Find us (Chatham Hall
Alumnae) on LinkedIn
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hall alumnae on
facebook. Search
The Alumnae Council at their fall meeting in October
Row 1: Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14, Frannie Wallace Robertson ’73, Lindsay Shook ’02, Mary Freed ’86, Frances
Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60, Glad Schaff Markunas ‘68, Diana Howard Fisketjon ‘78, and Muffin Dalton Grant ’66
Row 2: Cheri Bentley ’83, Lucy Williams Maish ‘68, Amanda Sink Wydner ‘94, Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66, Leila
McConnell Daw ’58, Talmadge Ragan ’69, Isabelle Selby ’73, Melanie Kirk Holton ’87, and Mary Reynolds ’84
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Sherrill
“Muffin” Dalton
Grant ’66
Muffin received her
B.A. from Hollins
College (now Hollins
University). She raised
her family in Charlotte,
volunteering in several civic organizations. In 1986, she moved with her fam-
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Hargrave President,
General Don Broome,
and his wife, Donna,
had a reception at
their home on Hargrave’s campus in
September for Rector
Suzanne Walker Buck
to welcome her to the
community and meet
some of the Hargrave
leadership. Their gracious hospitality provided the backdrop for
a great evening of conversation and community building!
Rector Suzanne Walker Buck, Alice Overbey, Marcie A. Cobble,
and Chief Financial and Facilities Officer Ronald Merricks
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2014–2015 calendar
november
april
In honor of our new Rector,
Suzanne Walker Buck, let’s take
a look at this photo taken in the
Rectory circa 1939. Let us know
if you recognize yourself, a
friend, or a relative!
10Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome,
Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries
17Family Day in Honor of Grandparents,
For All Family Members
11Reading, Joy Harjo, Writer in Residence,
Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.
30Alumnae Council Meeting
Contact Laura Rand ’06
at lrand@chathamhall.org, or at
800 Chatham Hall Circle,
Chatham, VA, with submissions!
7The Service of Lessons and Carols,
St. Mary’s Chapel, 5:00 p.m.
tales from
chatham hall
6–8Fall Play, Crimes of the Heart, Black Box
Theater, 7:30 p.m
december
6
Senior Night in the Well, 9:00 p.m.
18Christmas Pageant, St. Mary’s Chapel,
10:45 a.m.
january
Did you receive our recent e-mail
about the Investiture of our new
Rector Suzanne Walker Buck?
On September 26, 2014, we recognized our 28th Annual Lee-
Yardley Day by presenting the Alice Overbey Award to Marcie A.
Cobble. Marcie, parent of Leah Cobble Dunne ’96 and Laurel Cobble
Fountain ’93, joined the investment committee for the Chatham Hall
Board of Trustees in 2006, and helped successfully guide the Board
through the stringent process of securing an endowment management
firm and developing a successful investment policy. She has been, and
continues to be, one of our greatest assets. Thank you for all you have
done to make our endowment strong, our policies clear, and our future
more secure, Marcie! More than 70 guests from the local Chatham area joined us
in Lee Library for a reception welcoming Rector Suzanne
Walker Buck on September 7!
If not, we may not have your current
e-mail address! To stay up-to-date
on everything that’s happening on
campus (and beyond!), please send
your e-mail address to Starlet Lemon
at slemon@chathamhall.org. Stay
tuned for important updates!
19Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome,
30–31 Board of Trustees Meeting
31Interscholastic Equestrian Association
Horse Show at Chatham Hall
february
1
Admission Application Deadline
19–21Winter Musical, Ruthless!, Van Voorhis
Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m.
21Interscholastic Equestrian Association
Horse Show at Chatham Hall
26–27Winter Dance Performance, 7:30 p.m
More Details to Follow
Join us for one of the following
regional events planned to welcome our
new Rector, Suzanne Walker Buck! Visit
our website at www.chathamhall.org/
alumnae/off-campus-events for more
information!
NOVEMBER 11 Boston, Massachusetts
NOVEMBER 13 New York, New York
JANUARY 13 Atlanta, Georgia
MARCH 10 Vero Beach, Florida
MARCH 12 Sarasota, Florida
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march
8–20Chatham Hall Service Trip to India,
Registered Students, Parents, and Alumnae
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11–12Admission Re-Visit Weekend,
may
1
Alumnae Council Meeting
1–2Reunion Weekend, All Welcome, Special
Celebrations for Classes Ending in 5 & 0
1–2
Board of Trustees Meeting
14–15Spring Dance Performance, 7:30 p.m.
More Details to Follow
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Lantern Ceremony, 9:00 p.m.
23 Baccalaureate and Commencement,
10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
july
12–18Riding Program Session I for girls ages
9–16, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming
sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605
for Inquiries
12–24Summer Investigators Science Camp for
girls grades 6-8, Contact Dennis Oliver
doliver@chathamhall.org for Inquiries
19–25Riding Program Session II for girls ages
9–16, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming
for Inquiries
26–31
Riding Program Session III (Intensive)
for ages 12–17, Open to Chatham Hall
Riders with the option to show August 2
& 3, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming
for Inquiries
questions?
Contact Amy Blair in the Advancement Office at 434.432.5508 or at ablair@chathamhall.org
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Parallels
Find your place
on senior stairs
H E AR J OHN H E NRY R ING
WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT STATE OF MIND?
Thankfulness. I love my life and all that it entails. I have my “crazy”
moments like everyone, but life is so precious, and I love Juliana
so very much. I am so thankful she graduated from Chatham Hall
this past year. She loves Guilford College and she is a beautiful and
wonderful young woman. I am so thankful for that. I love my work
as a tutor. I love my students and helping them learn the skills they
need to be the best they can be. I work with K-12. WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER?
I love that Juliana is a strong, beautiful, intelligent, and energetic
individual. She works hard for the people in her life. She gives
200% in whatever she does. She has a great smile and a love of
music, drama, and the arts. Juliana loves humanity, and will
always have a heart for the fair and kind treatment of all people. I
love her heart. She is sweet, kind, has a wonderful sense of humor,
is gentle, stands up for what is right, and loves beauty. She is also
the best daughter a mom could ever dream of having. She inspires
me, and I thank God for her every day.
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS?
Spending a few hours a summer with Juliana. Time with someone
you love is the greatest gift in life. It is always cherished in both
hearts.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST CHATHAM HALL MEMORY?
Staying after dinner having coffee with various groups. I was never
a “cliquey” person, so I loved visiting both students and teachers
alike. I even got to know staff members here then.
WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT CHATHAM HALL?
I miss the simplicity of the good old days at Chatham Hall. How did
we think we were so busy and had no time?! Life was awesome! I
loved riding bikes with Dana Cunningham in the country, getting
a slice of hoop cheese and lemonade. I loved watching the sunrise
with friends, and blankets over a hill where we usually ran laps. I
even cherish my memories of lifesaving with Miss Wagoner in the
pool. It enabled me to save three lives later on. Most of all, I miss
singing our songs together, and the hugs we shared afterward.
Leaving was exciting, but coming back was coming home. I got to
experience this again with my daughter for three years. What a treat!
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Juliana Avery ’14
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON CAMPUS?
My favorite place is standing on the lower
arcade and looking at the back of campus
with Curtis’s Garden in the center. Whether
it’s spring, or just snowed, it’s always breathtakingly beautiful.
WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT STATE OF MIND?
I’m very excited about the future and enjoying the present. Right now I’m in New York
City with my college to be part of the People’s
Climate March. I never saw this happening,
but the opportunity arose and I can’t wait to
see what comes next.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR MOM?
My Mom has been through so much and I’m
in awe of her strength. She’s such a fighter
and that inspires me everyday.
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS?
Not worrying about the future or problems
that may arise, but instead enjoying each
moment as it comes.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST CHATHAM HALL MEMORY?
There’s no way I could pick one Chatham
Hall memory as the best, because there’s
many that are unbelievably special. However,
the moment I stopped feeling like a new girl
and started feeling like part of the community was wonderful.
WHAT DO YOU MISS THE MOST ABOUT
CHATHAM HALL?
I miss the people so much! There is something about the people you meet at Chatham,
and the bond you form, that is life changing.
I plan to keep in touch and count down the
days till reunions.
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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON CAMPUS?
The chapel. I love the stained glass, the organ and other music
that is played/sung there. I love the chapel talks. I love reading the
Bible and that we are a Christian school. I love the many traditions
affiliated with the chapel. campus news
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Sit in Curtis’ Garden
Discover new places on Campus
Sing in
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Talk with
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Gold
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VISIT YOUR
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Meet Other Amazing Women Who
were Chatham Hall Girls, too
Come home. Chatham Hall Reunion.
May 1-3, 2015
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 3:00pm, MAY 1
PURPLE AND GOLD BANQUET BEGINS AT 6:00pm, MAY 1
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Hope Rogers Metcalf At
92, I managed to make my
grandson’s wedding in Rome. Added to
that, fourteen of the family stayed on at
a wonderful spot in Tuscany for a week.
Heaven!
class of ’40
class of ’45
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Nancy Evans Gruner All’s
well around Pittsburgh. We
are decaying graciously and gradually
amid friends in a splendid retirement
community here. Radiologist son, Sam,
in Oregon with four children, venture
capitalist, Harry, in Baltimore with three,
and daugther, Alex, visiting the US (after
26 years in Sydney, Australia) to get her
masters in Occupational Therapy–we
deplore the state of our country and the
world. Delight in our books, sports teams,
garden, birds, and other gentle activities.
Salve. And of course, grandchildren.
class notes
Robin Musser Agnew ’77 and her husband, Jamie,
received the Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of
America in May at the Edgar Banquet in New York City.
Attending the banquet was Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14. The Edgars are
given annually to the best mystery books written in a given year, and the
Raven Award is given for service to the mystery community outside the
realm of creative writing. Past winners include Alfred Hitchcock, President Clinton, Edward Gorey, and Angela Lansbury. The Raven was presented to the Agnews for their mystery bookstore,
Aunt Agatha’s, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, now celebrating 22 years in
business. The shop sells new and used books and carries almost 30,000
volumes, hosting frequent author events, a book club, and publishes a
newsletter. Robin is a reviewer for Mystery Scene Magazine and serves as
president of the board of Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown BookFest, an annual
event drawing 4,000 people.
The Agnews have seen the book business change in 22 years, but are
happy to say there are still plenty of passionate readers out there. The
business has become more event-driven, so the Agnews, at times, host an
author each week.
What has not changed are the
passionate conversations people
have as they discuss favorite
authors, books, questionable endings,
great endings, and good writing. fall
Ordinary Grace,
WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER
ATRIA BOOKS 2013.
EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Kent Krueger’s masterwork is set in 1961
small-town Minnesota, told through the
eyes of 13 year old Frank. As a reader,
you’re seeing events unfold as he understood them at
the time. The writing makes the whole book seem like a
remembered dream of childhood, though not always a
good dream. What makes this book especially memorable
is that while it’s about terrible loss, it’s also about the way
people deal with terrible losses. There’s a passage toward
the end of the book—you’ll know it when you get to it—that
left me sobbing as well as dog-earing the pages so I could
go back and read them again. It’s that kind of transcendent moment that, as a reader, you live to discover, and
I imagine as a writer, you live to be able to convey. Buy
a copy of this book for everyone and anyone who means
anything to you. I hate to use the word special, but this
book is special. I’ve read it twice and am already looking
forward to revisiting it a third time. Whether or not you’re
interested in coming of age stories, or 1961 Minnesota, it
simply doesn’t matter, as the emotional truth of this novel
is timeless.–ROBIN MUSSER AGNEW ’77
Martha Blankarn Halsey Enjoying
six months a year now on Maui with
husband of 63 years!! Still enjoying
golf and gardening in tropics. Daughter Cyndy lives near us in Oceanport,
New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy was worst
storm of our lives.
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Anne Lydgate Kaiser We’re
enjoying life in our cottage in
a retirement community in Topsham,
Maine. The choral group will give a
spring concert this weekend ( June
2014), and we have a superb director
who teaches voice at Bowdoin College
to inspire and lead us. This summer
we’ll hear lectures sponsored by the
Maine Maritime Museum. We have a
varied schedule!
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Elisabeth McGinty Laigle
George and I are about to celebrate our 62nd anniversary. It’s hard
to believe, and we are thankful for the
great life we’ve shared. We are going on
a 17 day cruise from Boston, North to
Nova Scotia, and to Quebec City. We’re
looking forward to “cool” weather.
class of ’50
Look for the Esto Perpetua lantern
icon to see which classes will
celebrate Reunion in May 2015
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Sarah Shartle Meacham I’ve
just been up to Rangeley–a
beautiful large lake in northwest
Maine–to visit the children of my
classmate Emory Phillips Stein ’51. Both
Emory and her husband, Julian Stein,
have died, but I find it so touching that
their children put me up and give me
sustenance and rest each summer. It’s
a lovely break from my summers on
Cushings Island. Povy LaFarge Bigbee’s ’51 Alumna Award at last May’s
Alumnae weekend was a welcome
excuse to come and say goodbye to
the magnificent Fountains and to see
everyone I’ve gotten to know over the
years from Chatham classes up and
down the years. Doris Beasley Martin
’48, who was a senior my freshman
year, was there with her daughter/
trustee Sarah Martin Finn ’74. Also, Lea
Cumings Parson ’44, Ashby Cothran,
and a host of others from the New
Mexico trip. How lucky I am to have
this school.
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Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette My
husband, John, and I are enjoying summers at our house in Dorset,
Vermont, and we are in the retirement
community Cypress on Hilton Head in
the winter.
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Jane De Hart Had a wonderful
visit with Chatham roommate
Besty Hulick ’54 when in New York last
November, and hope to repeat it this
fall after I finally turn in my manuscript, a legal biography of Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, into Knopf.
Caroline Ramsay Merriam My husband, Duke, and I continue to live in an
old house in Georgetown. I still work at
my family foundations for decent child
labor conditions, against sex trafficking, for free trade, and a whole host of
related causes. We spent all of July in
the same house by the sea which we
rent each year in Brittany. Then, a final
10 days in Maine.We have three living
children, seven grandchildren, and
four great-grandchildren.We devote
much of our time to liberal causes and
fighting the intransigent Republicans
in Congress.
Caroline Young Moore Second grandson graduated from University of Colorado this spring. Took a trip with whole
family to Mediterranean Isles this
summer to celebrate husband John’s
80th birthday. He’s still a ski instructor!
I’m fine—few aches and pains.
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Josephine Noel Dietz It’s hard
to believe, but 2014 is the year
the Class of 1956 turns 76! The memories of our days at Chatham Hall are
still fresh and it was great to go back to
the big reunions to see the changes.
Nancy Wertz Sandercox Address
change as of July 10: 4557 Middleton
Park Cir. East Jacksonville, Florida,
32224
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Claire McIlvain
I have been very
active with the Albemarle
County Master Gardeners sponsored by Virginia Tech and the Piedmont Extension Agency. A daylily from Claire
I work once a week at the McIlvain’s ’59 garden
Master Gardener Help
Desk where the public can call in with
the horticulture questions regarding
plant diseases, varieties, and culture,
and bring in plants to get a diagnosis of
their pathology. Once a week, I am also
a “Garden Ambassador” in the gardens
of Monticello, which is very near where
I live. I have a wonderful time answering questions about Jefferson, Monticello’s history, the gardens’ history, and
the plants in the gardens. The vegetable
garden is my favorite as it was Jefferson’s. There is so much to tell about
it. I have also had an interesting time
recently putting together a genealogy
of the Lukens family descendants as
I am a direct descendant of Rebecca
Lukens, who established Lukens Steel,
and who is now recognized as America’s premier woman in industry, being
the first American Female CEO of an
industrial company. A movie was made
2014
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Left to right: Ellie Morgan Moran, Wissie Thompson, Leila McConnell Daw,
Ellie Silliman Maroney, Sally Saltonstall Willis, Floy Schroeder Ervin,
Molly Buck, Carroll Taylor Clark, and Jane Clark Warren
on her and aired on PBS a number of
years ago. Amazing—all of this came out
of a family funeral of a dear friend and
relation, and my wondering how all the
people in attendance were connected.
I have just bought the movie as I did
not know about it at the time it was
aired. I also work in my garden which I
landscaped and built including a raised
slate patio next to a concrete fishpond
and surrounded by meandering paths
with trees, shrubs, perennials, including
a huge collection of daylilies some of
which I myself hybridized. I always have
wished I had family events and children
to “brag” about, but that was just not in
the cards dealt to me by life.
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Mary Duncan Bicknell I
don’t have much to report. I
am doing well and have been enjoying
North Carolina since early May. Will
head back to Houston in a few weeks. I
correspond with Helen regularly and she
seems to be doing well. I don’t have news
about any other Chathamites.
Margot Steenland Cater After two
very good years at Chatham, I headed to
Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts (per our Headmistress, Ms. Holt’s
instructions!). As a Junior, I transferred
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to Vanderbilt and graduated from there
in June 1964. I lived in Spain for eight
months and then returned to my home
town of Houston for work and a Masters
degree in Microbial Genetics. I worked in
a lab at Rice University and married my
husband of 45 years in January 1969. We
have lived in Houston for all these years.
We have two grown, married children,
and two grandchildren, with one on the
way. These have been very joyful years for
me and my family. My volunteer work
led me to an interest in education and the
huge school drop-out rate in Houston’s
inner-city schools. I went to work fulltime in 1989 for a non-profit, Communities In Schools (CIS), our nation’s largest
school drop-out prevention program. I
speak Spanish and worked for CIS in a
large inner-city high school (95% Hispanic). I continued to work for CIS in the field
and in our Central Office for 14 years.
I’m sure that I gained much more from
this experience than I ever contributed.
I am still active on the CIS Board and
in running a charity to assist inner-city
families in times of crisis. Lately I have
been playing lots of duplicate bridge.
Also, in the past 12 years, we have gone to
Linville, North Carolina in the Blue Ridge
Mountains for 1–2 months each summer.
So I have much for which to be thank-
ful. I count my years at Chatham as one
of the really wonderful things that has
happened to me in life. I have very fond
memories of our class and all I learned
at Chatham. It was great fun to attend
our 50th reunion at Chatham in 2010. I
loved catching up with those in our class
who were able to come! Love to you all.
Simone Crockett Went down to
Charlotte last spring to spend a few
marvelous days with Caroline Tate ’60
and Becky Noojin ’60—incredible how
when we get together no preambles are
necessary. Anna Lineberger Stanley ’50
and Becky’s daughter Beeland joined us
for dinner. Then took two nieces to Spain
and we did 175 miles of the Camino de
Santiago, from Leon to Santiago. Now
I’ve just become a member of AmeriCorps and will be advising high school
students on applying to college and
obtaining financial aid.
Anna Lineberger Stanley ’58, Caroline Tate ’60,
Becky Noojin ’60, Simone Crockett ’60, and Becky’s
daughter Beeland Voellinger
Audrey Sawtelle Delafield I retired
in June after 26 years serving as Deacon
at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Cape
Elizabeth, Maine. It has been a great ride,
but I was really ready. Haven’t quite decided what I will do now that I have time
on my hands, but I am sure something
will come up. Maybe I will stay home
on a Sunday morning now and then
and do the crossword puzzle! Kids and
grandkids (six of them) are fine; oldest
grandchild is almost 16, and youngest is
almost seven. Our son Joe and his family
have moved from Los Angeles and back
to New York City, which is wonderful
news. We hope to visit him often! I see
Katrina Watson ’60 now and then (not often enough!), but sadly missed a reunion
with her and Marion Benson Miller ’60
this summer as we were traveling. Maybe
next summer!
Ann Davenport Dixon For almost a
decade now, I have been putting together an exhibition called Art for Youth
London, which is held in the Royal College Art in aid of the charity UK Youth.
This year it will be held on Wednesday,
15 October and Thursday, 16 October
from 6:30-9:00 pm. So it is about to go
up again…deja vu…let’s see…that is
a thousand pieces of art going up on
Monday the 13th by about 140 artists–
and all perfectly hung and labelled in
three spacious galleries by 5:00 p.m.
on Tuesday for our Sponsor’s evening,
with help from about 78 volunteers.
Some wise classmates thought me mad
in the Chatham days; but now there can
be no doubt!! It is all over on the Friday,
when we all swear never, EVER to do it
again! (And some of us, as exhibiting
artists, have been saying that for 27
years). Would love any Chathamites in
London to come. It’s a great party! For
tickets and more info see www.artforyouth.com www.artforyouth.com.
Lucy Wise Iliff Photo shows Sky with
his rider, Sharon White, just before they
went out to x-country at an event in
Southern Pines, North Carolina. They
had a great ride. He had some time
penalties because he is new at this level,
Intermediate, and is just getting used to
it. Intermediate is the next to top level
in eventing. For those who don’t know,
eventing is made up of three phases:
dressage, x-country, and stadium. Sky
is a 17 hand thoroughbred/warmblood
cross. I bred his mother to an event stallion 12 years ago for my daughter Elizabeth, but then she gave up riding. So,
not being a rider myself, several years
ago, I gave the ride to Sharon White, a
professional rider in West Virginia. He
has been doing very well. Sky events up
and down the East Coast and even went
out to Michigan this summer. Charlie
and I have a lot of fun going to watch
him. Other than following Sky, Charlie and I celebrated our 50th wedding
anniversary this summer. The children
and grandchildren took us out to a nine
bedroom cabin in Luray, Virginia. We
had a wonderful time. Charlie and I
visited Alex, our youngest, and his wife
and two-year-old in Greenwich Village
this July. I was very surprised about how
much I liked New York. It was much livelier and prettier than I had remembered
it. We loved the parks. Alex and I rented
bicycles to ride down to the World Trade
Center memorial and along the Hudson.
That was so much fun.
Lucy Wise Iliff ’60’s horse, Sky, and his rider,
Sharon White
Eleanore Lee News... being retired,
it goes slower. I still sometimes have
trouble getting used to this and keeping
a sense of focus! We are lucky in that
our three children are in the area, two
in San Francisco, and our youngest
(Sophia, my daughter by my second
marriage with Ron), lives in Oakland.
All three, fortunately, are employed, despite the sometimes dark job picture for
the next generation. Jessica Browning,
my older daughter, has a wonderful
Pilates studio in downtown San Francisco. If any San Francisco classmates
are interested in San Francisco Pilates,
please contact me! (<http://local14sf.
com/>) I’m still working on my own
writing. I used to do a lot of writing—
policy work stuff—in my paid jobs.
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Wissie Thompson Ellie Morgan very kindly—and very successfully–hosted a wonderful gathering for lunch at her summer house in York Harbor, Maine on August 6. The invitees were members of the Class of 1958 who were not too far away
to get here. Nine of us made it and had a truly marvelous time catching up on recent events in each person’s life and reliving old
Chatham times. I also went up to Topsham, Maine this summer with Tootie Greene ’57 to have lunch with Diane Heiskell Schetky ’57 and Kitty Norcross Wheeler ’57 at Diane’s house. Earlier this summer, Lee Porter Page ’59 and her husband came to visit me
here in Kennebunkport. I had visited them for two weeks at their house in Vero Beach, Florida last winter at which time I also saw
Betsy Baldwin Montague ’59, Lala Mapes Maresi ‘59, and Peggotty Worthington Gilson ’59. When I stayed with the Pages, I was en
route to South America to meet up in Rio de Janeiro with Floy Schroeder Ervin ’58. In addition to Brazil, we also went to Argentina
and then on to Peru where the highlights were Machu Picchu and Cusco. In addition, I stayed with Tootie Greene ’57 in Warrenton
and Molly Buck ’58 in DC this past spring. This summer I also had the pleasure of meeting Suzanne Walker Buck here in Kennebunkport. She was staying with her in-laws and called me. It was a real treat getting to know her over lunch. I was most decidedly
impressed with her in so many ways and on so many levels. She has a great deal to give to Chatham.
Noree Lee ’60 celebrating her birthday at a friend’s
house in the Washington, D.C. area
This is much much harder! Ron, my
husband, is still working close to fulltime with his psychiatry practice. I’ve
also undertaken a project of preparing
a large collection of family letters (from
the collection of grandfather Edmund
Lee) from missionary days in China
(circa 1896–1920) to get them ready to
give to a research library. It’s hard workwith crumbly old yellowed paper and
often indecipherable handwriting. But
it’s interesting and I’m learning a lot.
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell Had
my comeuppances—which fits/rhymes
with Frances: flood through three floors
of my house; fell off a ladder, fracturing my ankle; minor flood in old/new
house; eczema (antsys-itch!); cut the
tendon in my main hand...so switched
from construction to woods clean-up.
Fingers crossed, when I can get them
out of the splint!
Adelaide McKenzie Moss I have been
recovering this summer from knee
replacement surgery. So far, so good.
Seems that more and more of us are
having parts replaced! In May I went
to a 50th Hollins reunion, which was a
great experience.
Molly Taylor Pope ’60 and Adelaide “A” McKenzie
Moss ’60 at their 50th Hollins Reunion
2014
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photo of Machu Picchu
taken by Signe Shambaugh
Mayfield ’60
Sharon Rafferty Patterson Summer
vacation is not a concept for those of us
who live and work in a summer resort!
My vacation began on Labor Day, when
my seven day a week summer job ended, and my daughter Meaghan arrived
for a week. Summer arrived as well, so
after an unusually cool two months, it is
now hot. We did have a lovely visit from
our oldest grandson, Zac, age almost 21,
who came in July for three weeks and
worked with Tim. We plan to see the
younger two grandchildren in Dayton
this fall. On the travel front, we had a
“carpe diem” moment after the death
of a friend last week, and signed up for
a Smith College trip to the Amazon,
Machu Picchu, and the Galapagos next
March. The fact that is over our 50th
anniversary was all I needed to rationalize such an impetuous decision. Several
items off the bucket list!
Signe Shambaugh Mayfield Retirement from full-time
work these past few years has been rewarding: more
time to be with a growing family and for journeys to inspiring
destinations, including Patagonia in Chile, Machu Picchu in
Peru, Banff National Park and Whistler in Canada, Yosemite and
Mammoth Lakes in California, and Costa Rica. As an independent curator, I have been working on a 210-page, full-color book and exhibition,
In The Realm Of Nature: Bob Stocksdale & Kay Sekimachi, for the Mingei International Museum in San Diego. They are two of America’s most distinguished designer
craftsmen, whose calling had unexpected origins during incarceration. During
World War II, she was interned as a Japanese American at Tanforan and Topaz,
while he was interned as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service Camps.
The exhibition is on view from September 14, 2014–March 13, 2015 and is slated to
travel to the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington in July, 2015.
opera and chamber music included
as well; still on the Board of the Maine
College of Art–a school within the
heart of Portland; and a new Board–the
Bowdoin International Music Festival,
a summer school for young musicians
with an amazing schedule of performances for the public. A splendid trip,
just recently, to Finland to study the
architecture of Alvar Aalto. A spring
Duke reunion, and joyful time with
old friends. Trips to be with extended
family—Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina—and the Maine phenomenon: many guests from across the
country coming to Brunswick!
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Margaret Williams Boyd I
continue to write and perform.
Both my children are thriving, and I
have two beautiful granddaughters!
1961
Hugh
Parker, Cynthia
Bryant Parker
’61, Alida Bryant
’76, Charlie
Woodard, Rosie
Bryant Woodard
’62, and Anne
Bryant ’67 at
their annual
reunion in New
Hampshire in
August
Mary Allen Cox No news!
All is great in my family!
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Kirby Kittredge Johnstone
Keeping in touch with Cammy
Hair Bain ’63 who lost her mother, Liz
Hair, this past spring. Enjoying life in
South Carolina on the coast with 21
grandchildren from 24–4. They live
in Baltimore; Bethesda; Greenville,
South Carolina; and Charleston, South
Carolina.
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Buffington Clay Miller It
doesn’t seem that much has
changed. We are still working on our
new home and organic farm. The barn
is nearly complete, the greenhouse as
well, the solar panels are functioning,
the vegetable garden is in place and
partially planted, but there’s still much
to do. In the meantime, if not the
fruits of our labors, we can enjoy the
vegetables!
Sharon Rafferty Patterson ’60 with grandson, Zac,
and husband, Tim
Caroline Tate Doing great. Still walking, talking, and not wetting my pants
yet.
Katharine Watson Visits with Audie,
too occasional; Marion’s annual summer trip for art in Maine—this year
fall
Sissy Williams Boyd ’61 with Meg Foster in her
latest piece: Movement For 2 Voices
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker Our 50th
reunion was really an extraordinary
experience. I encourage the Class of
1965 to start making plans now to
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Carmi Carmichael Murphy ’65 and
husband Christopher with 10 of their 11
grandchildren
Carmi Carmichael Murphy ’65 and Chris celebrating
their daughter’s 40th birthday with their six children
and spouses
return for your 50th. We had classmates
who hadn’t been back to the school since
graduation and all agreed it was more
fun than some could have imagined.
50th Reunion
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Laura Bullitt Despard I’m
missing that long Virginia
spring while it’s still snowing in upstate
New York in April. I keep myself busy
in retirement, volunteering with my
church at the local food cupboard, at an
urban ministry, and an inner city school.
Jean Worthington Queen Still in
Williamstown Massachusetts, teaching
riding part time and writing my first
novel, an historical one about Truro,
Massachusetts between 1835-1841. Having fun, but it is taking some time! My
husband, Doug, is in a nursing home, so
the past few years have been somewhat
challenging, but very educational. Our
two boys, 36 and 35, will both be in the
Puget Sound area soon. Nick has been
in Seattle for six years, and Rob and his
wife, Bia, are moving to Olympia. I live
in a little house with two cats, a dog, and
my horse in the back yard. A sweet life,
methinks. Would love to connect with
class mates! Some of you must have
grandkids at Williams??
Tina Basler Terry After seven years
of teaching English Language Learners
and high-school English in the public
school system here in my small, rural
Arizona town of Payson, I finally tired
of the bloated bureaucracy, federal and
state mandates, local petty politics, et al,
and handed in my resignation this past
June. That same month, I was hired to
teach Secondary English and beginning
French at our only local private school,
the Payson Community Christian School
(http://www.paysonchristianschool.org).
We began classes on July 25th–what a difference! We are a small, K-12 school that
is really a family. My classes are small
Carmen Carmichael Murphy We
remain blessed with our love for
each other and our children and those they
have chosen to spend the rest of their lives
with. We are blessed with great friends and
a wonderful company and colleagues with
whom we work.
and intimate (largest class is thirteen
kiddos!). The students are civilized,
disciplined, joyful, and adorable! The
school is growing because of the many
challenges that beset our local public
schools. It’s such a blessing to be back
in a private school setting, and makes
me appreciate my time at Chatham Hall
more than ever. I’m planning to come
to our 50th reunion in 2015—seems
just like yesterday I was singing in the
chapel choir and Senior Quartet! I sing
in my church choir here, but I miss the
heavenly voices of Chatham! My parents
(96 and 97) still live in the house my dad
was born in in Honolulu, surrounded by
his cousins. I wish everyone much aloha
and many blessings!
1969 Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69 and Julie
Johnson ’69 in New Orleans at the national meeting of the Garden Club of America
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Margaret Perkins Sise I am
looking forward to a trip to
Atlanta to visit my sister Kate Perkins
Hartsfield ’65, her husband, Jack, and
her golden retrievers. Kate shows her
dogs in obedience trials all over the
South and even has a dog training
academy. Our house mother at Chatham, Mrs. Crandall, would be amazed
that Kate chose obedience! I often wish
Mrs. Crandall were still in charge of
making all our travel arrangements.
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Muffy Dent Stuart I had an
exciting year welcoming three
granddaughters (in addition to my
three grandsons)! Millie Joy Stuart
was born Sept 30, 2013 in Lexington,
Kentucky. Twins Lillian Moncure Stuart
and Katherine Hutcheson Stuart were
born April 22, 2014 and live in Orange, Virginia. Am looking forward to
meeting and welcoming Suzanne Buck
later this fall on campus. Life is busy in
Lexington as I continue to coordinate
the scholarship fund for children of
parents who work on central Kentucky
Thoroughbred farms who are pursuing
education after high school. Can’t wait
for our 50th reunion in 2018!!
1969 Dalton Fessenden Dana, grand-
son of Kit Ivey Ward ’69, born May 19,
2014, weighing 6lbs. 15 ozs., pictured
about 5 minutes old, with Kit’s daughter
Whitney and husband, Andrew. Peirce
and Kit are so happy to join the “Grandparent’s Club”
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Lee Wulsin Roberts I’m alive
and well with a new home in
Nevada City (gold rush country) and a
Catalina 30 sailboat in Santa Cruz. Still
busy doing real estate 24/7. Had lunch
with Margie Ryburn Topping ’48 in San
Francisco in March. And will celebrate
mom’s (Virginia Fowler Arey ’48) 84th
in Cincinnati!
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Margaret Malloy Sanders I
moved to Pawleys Island, South
Carolina a year ago. Richard and I are
loving our life there. We have a home
on the marsh creek and love paddle
boarding and kayaking. Exciting family
news is that my daughter in law, Lisa
Leake, has a book coming out this
week. It is about their adventures of 100
days of real food. I am enjoying being
closer to my grands in Charlotte. My
daughter Jessica has her first solo show
in Manhattan this October. We are so
proud of them all. My new address is
148 Wyndham Rd. Pawleys Island, SC
29585 and email is mscabin
creek@gmail.com
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Laura Brown Cronin
’72, Jane Garnett ’73, and Kate Johnson Nielsen
’72 on Kiawah Island at the wedding of Laura’s
oldest son, Patrick
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Theresa Walsh Marchioni and husband, Bob,
are still living in Miamisburg, Ohio. Bob is a
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Physical Therapist at the Dayton VA and also works
weekends at Sycamore Medical Center. Terri is an RN
in the Emergency Department of the same local hospital and also still involved in her local church and other Terri Walsh Marchioni ’80
sons Bob and Jimmy
area ministries. Oldest son, Danny, is living and workwith
and husband, Bobby Maring in China (teaching Chinese folks to speak English), chioni, on Mother’s Day 2014
and just recently started online courses at the University
of Hong Kong. Jeff will be ending his three year obligation in the US
Infantry this fall with future plans still in flux. Bobby and Jimmy are
in their junior and sophomore years of high school. Both extended
families including parents alive and well. Blessings abound.
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Terri Walsh Marchioni ’80 visiting her son Danny in China
Charlotte
Caldwell Helen
Mirkil ’70 and Charlotte
Caldwell ’70 gathered with
their husbands, Brian and
Jeffrey, for an evening with
Nellie Greene ’70 this past
spring. Many laughs and
stories. Helen, Ninna Fisher
Denny ’70, and Sara “Sally”
Johnson ’70 have produced
a book of Selected Sermons
by The Reverend Elinor
Robinson Greene II (Nellie).
It is beautiful and can be
purchased through Amazon.
Above: Nellie Greene ’70 ©Charlotte
Caldwell 2014
Left: Helen Mirkil ’70, Nellie Greene
’70, and Charlotte Caldwell ’70
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Jane Fuller Killough After 13
years as a faculty member in the
Department of Physical Therapy at The
College of St. Scholastic in Duluth, Minnesota, I have been granted a year long
sabbatical. Will be working on a project
comparing therapy techniques to help
those with urinary incontinence. Will
start with a vacation, however, mainly
to see my daughter Sarah in The Man
Who Came to Dinner in Chatham,
Massachusetts.
Anne Whitaker We have so few
opportunities in life to truly reconnect
with people, and yet technology is now
allowing us to at least glimpse at people
from afar! I have to admit, although my
time is very limited, I will sometimes
look up people on Facebook and am
so delighted when I can recognize a
name and face. Why is it that I want
to connect now after so many years–
maybe because the hectic pace of work
has slowed, children have grown, and
we now have the chance to look back
and reflect in different ways–wiser
in thought, and maybe much more
appreciative of what the past provided!
I think of lanterns and essay boxes...
Randolph...sunning on the deck...
Karen, and wishing I could tell her
my daughter ended up at Bryn Mawr
too!...Columbia record Club so we
would have mail!...Chancel choir and
having Mr. W telling me just to mouth
the words!!!!...Mr. Bruning telling me
that yes I have a chance at getting into
college...Dr. Burch telling me I will
never make it in Chem II, and Miss
Whiting telling me my nine shades of
gray are off–oh would we have a time
with that one now!!! Preston looking at
me as a new girl with pig tails and clogs
and I could just see her wondering...
really!?, you’re kidding...right!? I look
back and smile–thank you to Chatham,
to all those who shared those steps and
halls, to Captain W who told me I could
do math and Miss W who stood over
me when that hockey ball caused the
gash that needed six stitches above my
eye and said, “you did have ONE good
pass.” Camille, I hope I thanked you for
walking me to the infirmary!! And to
Miss Taylor–because I am now in Paris
quite a bit for business–my french is
really not as bad as you said! Yes I look
back wiser and with much appreciation to everyone. Thank you and Esto
Perpetua.
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Keturah Faurot-Burnham
My husband, Tom Keeler, and
I were delighted to host Lucia Holliday
Buie ’73, Lecturer at Khalifa University
in Abu Dhabi, for a week this summer,
joined later by her husband, Jim, and
17-year-old son, Alex. Lucia was immediately drafted into gardening and
cooking at our co-housing community
as well as helping me recover from
finishing my PhD in epidemiology at
UNC this May. We also enjoyed our annual celebration–filled visits with Conti
Corry ’73 and her family in Maryland
on our way to and from Maine. Lobster
always features prominently on the
return trip–it’s a mad dash to get the
critters to Maryland before they perish,
only to subject them to a bath of boiling
water! Now I am back to work at UNC
in complementary and integrative
medicine research and teaching.
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Tyler Norman Scott I am
well and happy in Richmond, Virginia. Still writing away. My
first novel, The Excellent Advice of a Few
Famous Painters, will be uploaded on
Amazon. And I blog about writing at
tylernscott.com—my blog is “Pour the
Coffee, Time to Write.” Marlyn, if you
can believe it, is 16 now and driving.
Granville is in good health and acting
away. Can’t wait for my reunion. Chatham hugs to all.
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Pace Cooke Emmons Aunt
Agatha’s, the Ann Arbor, Michigan bookstore owned by Robin Musser
Agnew ’77 and her husband, Jamie,
received a national award from the
National Association of Mystery Writers.
Aunt Agatha’s won a special Raven
Award for contributions to the mystery
world as a non-author. I attended the
awards dinner in NYC with Robin and
Jamie in May. The bookstore is more
than 20 years old, and is highly regarded in its locale and nationally. Robin
publishes a monthly newsletter with
many author interviews and reviews.
She also hosts a book club and many
author events. She’s a founding member
of the Kerrytown Bookfest and active in
a range of book-related activities.
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Linda Mars Oso Larrikin sold
from my farm Oso Arabians
and Murray Greys in Australia is representing the UAE at the World Equestrian
Games.
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Susan Metcalf Tish Berlin ’78,
Fay Freed Morlock ’77, and I
met for an afternoon in Boston in June.
Lots of chatting and laughing ensued.
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Stephanie Klein-Davis is still a
full-time photojournalist at The
Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Virginia.
She has taught photography adjunct at
VA Western Community College for 10
years. She is married to John Davis of
Davis Design/Silver Tears Campers. Her
children are Wyeth, 151/2 and Aria, 121/2.
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Allison Sutton Fuqua Celebrating 30 years of marriage
with Randy in August 2014. Caroline
graduated from Clemson last year with
honors and is currently living and
working in Charlotte. Sarah Randall is a
junior at University of South Carolina.
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Laura Myers Casellas We have
moved to Weston, Connecticut and would love to connect with
Chatham Hall classmates in the area!
Contact me at betolaura@yahoo.com.
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Charles, age
6, son of
Caroline Sloan
’86, pictured
at Pawley’s
Island
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Laura Mascharka Brucker
We survived Hurricane Sandy
at our shore house and farm, and one
cruel winter. Now undergoing major
home renovations and loving our time
together as a family. Love keeping in
touch with Chatham “family.”
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Ivey Henson Hannon I completed my masters in Library
Science through the University of Tennessee in December 2013, and am now
the librarian at Wright Middle School in
Nashville. My daughter, Murray, will be
in the 10th grade this year at Harpeth
Hall School for Girls (much like Chatham, but at home!) and my son, Ivey,
just started 8th grade at Meigs Middle
Magnet School. My husband, Bob, an
alumni of Teach For America is on the
board of a new Charter School Organization in Nashville. Valor Collegiate
opened its first middle school this year
with a class of 150 5th graders. We are all
about Education in the Hannon house!
25th Reunion
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Julie G. Livingston Hello
Chatham Hall Family, it’s
been so long since I have spoken with
any of you that I thought I would give
you a brief account of my adventures
these past few decades. I still stop to
speak with small woodland creatures
on chance encounters in the forest or in
urban areas. I have attempted to decipher the “language of the birds.” I have
crashed my chariot into the sun, but I
got back on it and rode it to the moon.
I’ve seen the world reborn 40,000 times.
I have single-handedly fought forest
fires successfully using only a sombrero
and a poncho. I have discovered the
Secrets of the Universe but promptly for-
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got them when I realized that they were
not so important. I’ve been a witness to
the grid and I have shaken my fist in
anger at the sky. I have walked 30 miles
in various other people’s shoes. I have
scaled medium-sized buildings in a
single bound. I have met homeless men
who were geniuses and rich men without a soul and vice versa. I have tasted
the sweet ecstasy of Perfect Success and
I have been to the depths of complete
and utter hopelessness and despair. The
most unfortunate thing I ever did was
forget how to laugh. I will always be sincerely grateful to every single individual
who was a part of my experience at
Chatham Hall. I Love you guys!
speed points (by running faster than
Standard Course Time) and 20 Double
Qualifying Points (by qualifying in
the Standard Class and the Jumpers
with Weaves Class on the same day).
Wes and I still live in Troutman, North
Carolina with our four dogs and try
not to take life too seriously. I hope our
Chatham Hall family is doing well.
Morgan Brawley Rhodes ’99
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Row 1: Constance Harris, Rosalind Jenkins, Vivian
Roussel, Margaret Googe, Axi Walker
Row 2: Emily Greve, Alice McCusker, Natasha Smith,
Raquel Helmer, Victoria Litos
Row 3: Mason Thompson, Polly Mingledorff, Ridgely
Knight, Kathleen Burns, Morgan dePaulo, Grace Fulop,
Molly Tilghman
Row 4: Carly Carter, Whitney Henderson, Corinne
Williams, De’Asia Landrum, Caitlin Heston
2 2004 Abigail Haymes Ibarra, Sallie Gray Harrington, Jennifer Hills, Danielle Thomas Kimmel, Jackie
Sinnott Davis, Jordan Nybeg Ferris, and Megan Hyler
3 1999 Carolyn Watson Flood, Morgan Brawley
Rhodes, and Elizabeth White-Hurst
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1994 Amanda Sink Wynder
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5 1989
Row 1: Nini Hadjis, Melissa Edwards Bibb, Stephanie
Rando Hurt
Row 2: Ginger Lindsey, Erika Braun Coppen
Row 3: Sonja Fields Andrews, Susan Nussbaum
Fitzgerald, Taylor Aldridge Higdon
Row 4: Sharon Turner Davis, Stephanie Hewitt Hedge,
and Jennifer Bess Jones
6 1984 Tracy Bartlett Lively, Sarah Monarchi
Longpré, Sian Jones, Mary Reynolds, Jennifer Gammill
McKay
7 1974 Anne Sabiston Leggett, Catherine Roberts,
Leslie Udry, Mary Reed Spencer, Elizabeth Kellogg,
Sarah Martin Finn, and Joy Sablatura Rockwell
8 1969 Paget Humphreys, Mary White English,
Talmadge Ragan, Mary Murrill Oakes
9 1964
Row 1: Kathy Lee Cole, Sally Boy, Tink Caffery Friedrichs, Susie Clarke Hamilton, Ann Robinson Stevenson, Josephine Bayard
Row 2: Paula Wright Lipman, Anne Dickerson, Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker, Linda Trent, Boyce Lineberger
Ansley, Dana Paulson Davis
Row 3: Nancy Comer Shuford, Ann Robinson Weiss,
Copper Coggins, Mary Lloyd McDonald, Gwen Wright,
Eliza Mabry Gibson
10 1959 Lisa Rosenberger Moore, Margaret McElroy,
Margot Cushing, Maria Gallagher Truslow, and Lee
Porter Page
11 1944 Kat McKay Belk-Cook, Lea Cumings Parson,
Polly Wheeler Guth, and Caroline Hartwell Stewart
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Alan Crowe Greets from
Belgium to the class of ’99!
Morgan Brawley Rhodes Eddie and
I recently acquired the most treasured
American Kennel Club agility title,
the MACH title. MACH stands for
Master Agility Champion. MACH titles
are awarded based on achieving 750
Jennifer Hinson has just relocated to
Philadelphia to begin graduate school
at the University of Pennsylvania where
she will be earning a Master’s in Higher
Education Administration. She’s
thrilled to be living in Philly and would
love to meet up with any Chatham girls
in the area!
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Jennifer Hills and Craig M.
Stegner were married September 6 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
at First Presbyterian Church. Craig is a
lawyer from Camden, South Carolina.
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Rachel Vice Parrott Hello to
all from North Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina! My family is about to
start another school year. I love summer
and I am always sad when it is time to
go back to school. This year has been
even harder for me because I turned 40
in mid August. Time just keeps trucking along. This year I have three kids in
school (3rd grade, 2nd grade, and Pre-K),
so that means just one kiddo at home. I
am hoping to get more stuff that I need
to accomplish done with only the one
babe. I am hoping for some mommy
naps when the little one naps too this
fall! No big things going on in our lives,
just raising kids and trying to clean my
house (the house will never be clean,
ha!). I miss all of you and Chatham Hall.
I never knew how good I had it there
until I grew up and went back for a visit
last year. Just to have someone make all
my meals for me would be amazing! I
hope you are all well, and I love when I
see some of you on Facebook. Take care.
I hope to see you all at our 25 year reunion (it will be here before we know it!).
following the wedding. We are currently
living in Charlottesville where I am a
post-op liver transplant nurse coordinator and my husband works in energy at
SNL financial.
class of ’00
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Maleita
Lindamood On
July 20th, 2014,
I married the
most amazing
woman I have
ever known,
Sarah.
Maleita Lindamood
’02 and wife, Sarah
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Alexandra Cashman
Eckert married John Braden
Eckert on August 17, 2013 in Charlottesville. Nan Lewis Winborne ’03, Martha
Loftin ’03, and Sarah Rand ’02 were in
attendance at our wedding. We also
had the opportunity to attend Nan’s
beautiful wedding in Raleigh. We had
a great honeymoon in Kauai and Maui
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Row 1: Rebecca Jones ’05, Jennifer Hills ’04, and
Megan Hyler ’04
Row 2: Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04, Hunter
Higgison James ’01, Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04,
Sallie Harrington ’04
Row 3: Maggie Logan Andrews ’04, Jessica Hills
’06
Danielle Thomas Kimmel married Jeff
Kimmel on May 25 in Sarasota, Florida.
The bride’s sister and Board of Trustees
member, Michelle Thomas Supko ’02,
was the matron of honor. Sarah Wideman Eakin ’04, Jordan Nyberg Ferris
’04, and Jennifer Hills ’04 were among
the bridesmaids. Danielle’s cousin, Megan Grant Lawrence ’98, Maggie Logan
Andrews ’04, and Emily Pulliam ’05
also attended. Danielle and Michelle
are the daughters of Dora Thomas,
former Chairman of Chatham Hall’s
Board of Trustees. Danielle and Jeff
live in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Adele Cornwall ’10, Lila Nelson ’10,
and Chelsea Hermann ’10 at Washington
Mardi Gras in DC in February 2014
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Emily Pulliam ’05, Jennifer Hills ’04, Michelle Thomas Supko
’02, Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04, Jeff Kimmel, Sarah Wideman
Eakin ’04, Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04, Megan Grant Lawrence ’98,
and Maggie Logan Andrews ’04 at Danielle and Jeff’s wedding in
May. Photo by Damon Tucci Photography
Sarah Wideman Eakin ’04 and
husband John “Jack” Wright Eakin III
were married in Sewanee, Tennessee
on August 2
and Amanda Peterkin ’05 were
both bridesmaids. It was so
special seeing so many faces
on Chatham on my big day!
Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05, Samantha
Franklin Hammond ’05, Walker Abbott ’14, Michael
Davidson, Lelan Dunavant Davidson ’05, Julia
Rowe ’05, Ashley Hockensmith ’05, Lindsay Burkart
’05, former Chatham Hall Admission Counselor
Sarah Hopkins, and Amanda Peterkin ’05
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Lelan Dunavant
Davidson I married Mike
Davidson on July 19 at my grandparents’ place in Halifax, Virginia. We had
a fabulous time celebrating with our
friends and family, including Laura
Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05,
Samantha Franklin Hammond ’05,
Walker Abbott ’14, Julia Rowe ’05,
Ashley Hockensmith ’05, Lindsay Burkart
’05, former CH Admission Counselor
Sarah Hopkins, Amanda Peterkin ’05,
and the Meriwether Godsey staff!
Samantha Franklin Hammond On
May 17th, I married my wonderful
husband, Philip Hammond, in Charleston, South Carolina. We had lots of
Chatham Hall girls in attendance and
Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05
Laura Anne Roquemore
McLaurin I got married on
June 7, 2014 to Hugh Chumbley McLaurin IV in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Both
Amanda Peterkin ’05 and
Samantha Franklin Hammond ’05 were
in the wedding, and several Chatham
girls were in attendance. We now live in
Elloree, South Carolina. I am working
at our family company, Super Sod.
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Ellen Cartmell I am living in
Geneva, Switzerland, working
in the Community Health and Innovation Unit of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies, and I would love to meet
any other Chatham Hall ladies who
might be in the area (contact information available through Laura Rand at
lrand@chathamhall.org).
Samantha Wall married Jerry Biedenbender on Saturday, August 2, in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sam Wall ’08 and
husband Jerry
Biedenbender
Sara Norman After four years
of living in New York City, I
decided that I have done all that I need
to do there and moved to San Diego,
California in May. Right now I’m loving
the always sunny weather and lack of
humidity. I also got to travel to Austin,
Texas where I got to watch one of my
best Chatham friends, Taylor Nyberg
Taliaferro ’06, get married. Hopefully
there will be another trip very soon to
catch up with my Chatham girls.
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Raquel Helmer Graduating
from University of Mississippi
in Journalism and History.
Whitney Phelps Hill I got married
September 6th to a Woodberry Forest
alum and fellow University of Richmond spider!
Ji Wang I have been back to China
for almost one year. Now I work for a
Chinese Private Equity firm, which is
one of the largest and best PE firms in
China. The competition is quite intense
here, and we work really long hours
(about 15 hours) everyday without additional pay (haha it is China). My parents and grandparents are doing OK,
and I am really glad to be around them.
I still cherish my memories about Chatham Hall, and I have recommended
this school to many friends.
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Caroline Finke is delighted to
announce that she accepted a
management position at Robert Half
Legal in July. She is managing the Chicago Project Space from her new office
on Michigan Avenue.
cent Services Department at the Mid
Atlantic Wellness Institute in Bermuda which is the local Mental Health
Hospital. It was an amazing 10 weeks! I
am finishing my summer working at a
special needs summer camp and head
back to my fourth year in the honours
Child and Youth Studies Program at
Brock University!
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Catherine Merwin will graduate from Georgetown University
in the spring with a Bachelor of Science
in Nursing and Global Health Studies.
After passing her boards, she plans to
work at a U.S. hospital before considering graduate school or working abroad.
Mary Collins Atkinson ’13 and Math
Department Head Don Wood ran into
each other (among thousands of people)
on the street in New Orleans during the
French Quarter Music Festival in April
Jingi Hairston ’15, Hannah Early ’12, and
Chanel Forbes ’12 reunited in New York City
Elizabeth Goldstein Working with
equine surgeon Dr. Callie Fogle of
NCSU this summer–studying abroad at
University of Melbourne, Australia in
the fall.
Jennifer Howard I’ve
spent my summer at an
internship with the Child and Adoles-
Marion Benson Miller ’60
and Hannah Early ’12
Simone Crockett ’60
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Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin
’05 and husband
Hugh Chumbley
McLaurin IV
Samantha Franklin
Hammond ’05 and
husband, Philip
Hammond
Rimes McGinn Kirk ’06, Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06,
Taylor McCall ’06, Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06, Sally
Norman ’06, Schay Goss Barnhardt ’06, Abby Murnick
’06, and Lindsay Hockensmith ’06
Gloria Mejia ’08, Sam Wall ’08, Ellen Cartmell ’08,
and April Hile ’08 at Sam’s wedding in August
Lindsay Burkart ’05, Honor Hostetler Mohoney ’05, Samantha
Franklin Hammond ’05, Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05,
Amanda Peterkin ’05, Cricket Stone Morris, Lelan Dunavant
Davidson ’05, Emily Pulliam ’05, and Sarah Lannom ’05 at Laura
Anne’s wedding in June
Chanel Forbes ’12 and
Hannah Early ’12
Khadija Todd ’11, Chanel
Forbes ’12, Arlene Robles ’11,
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Hannah Early This summer I was selected for an internship with
JDRF, the leading non-profit for type 1 diabetes research. Since I
have type 1, JDRF is an organization very special to me and I couldn’t have
asked for a better experience both personally and professionally. I spent
eight weeks working in the Financial District of Manhattan, living in both
the Upper East Side and Brooklyn. Having grown up in southern Virginia,
New York City was definitely an exciting learning experience for me! And
my housing while in NYC was all thanks to Chatham Hall alums! The first
two weeks I spent getting to know the cats of Simone Crockett ’60, while
she trekked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Then, I had an awesome
time staying with my own classmate, Chanel Forbes ’12, and her family.
Simone introduced me to Marion Benson Miller ’60, who was kind enough
to let my family and me stay at her apartment when they came to visit me.
I am so thankful I had the chance to meet Simone and Marion and reunite
with Chanel. My summer would not have been the same without the
wonderful hospitality of fellow Chatham Hall ladies! Side note: The JDRF
Walk to Cure event is being held on September 28 in Roanoke, Virginia.
Please consider supporting my team, Virginia Tech Students With Diabetes
(http://www2.jdrf.org/site/TR/Walk/Chapter-GreaterBlueRidge4690?team_
id=162486&pg=team&fr_id=3930) as we walk to help turn Type One into
Type NONE!
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obituaries
December 21, 1943–May 29, 2014
During 29 years on Chatham
Hall’s campus as an English
teacher from 1983-2011,
Dr. Ann Dickinson Beal
taught, mothered, inspired,
and cared for hundreds
of Chatham Hall girls.
She is remembered
by generations of us
for her kindness,
understanding,
and compassion.
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.
Helen Stephenson Magee ’38 died
March 7, 2014. She was predeceased
by her sister, Katherine Stephenson
Duenner ’35.
Virginia Vinnedge Wheaton ’38 died
March 3, 2014.
Madeleine Clark Johnson ’41 died
March 13, 2013. She was the aunt of
Julie Clark Goodyear ’65.
Helen Lewis Smith ’41 died June 16,
2014. Helen was the mother of Polly
Smith ’70. She was preceded in death by
her cousin, Polly Lewis Smith ’35.
Helen Cordier Johns ’43 died August
4, 2014. She was preceded in death by
her cousin Deborah Meeker ’37.
Diana Stallings Hobby ’48 passed away
July 4, 2014. Diana is survived by her
nieces Sarah Morris ’72 and Julia Morris
Kashkashian ’75. She was preceded in
death by her niece Margaret Morris ’77
and sister-in-law Jessica Hobby Catto
’54. Diana was ever active and generous
on behalf of Chatham Hall, both as an
Alumnae Council member, and with
her gifts over many years. She funded a
Science lab in memory of her niece, and
endowed the Hobby Chair in English.
Diana also worked for Chatham in the
Alumnae Office before marrying William
P. Hobby, Jr. in 1954.
Guth ’44 died in May 2014.
Mary Carey Smith ’49 died April 19,
2014.
Anne Wright Morris Berlin, mother of
Deborah Berlin ’81 and Letita Berlin
’78 died May 7, 2014.
Louise Lineberger Roberts ’53 died
in August 2013. She is survived by her
sisters, Dee Dee Lineberger McKay ’48,
Harriette Lineberger Steele ’50, and
Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56.
Fenton Goodwin Friend ’55 died May
25, 2014.
Shelley Fitch Holman ’56 died May
25, 2014.
Bettina Brown Irvine ’61 died August
30, 2014.
Catherine Davis ’70 died June 16,
2014.
Marjorie Felton Steele ’74 died on
May 26, 2014. She is survived by her
sister, Alice Felton Horner ’73.
John H. Guth, husband of Polly Wheeler
Arthur Lee, husband of Margaret
Johnson Lee ’50, died August 15, 2014.
David Webster, husband of Janie Huntley Webster ’57, died August 7, 2014.
Lois Davenport died August 30, 2014.
She was the great-grandmother of Elizabeth Wall ’11, and was preceded in
death by her daughter Jane Davenport
Wall ’57.
Eunice Geyer Fulcher, former employee, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
Helen Melton died June 19, 2014. She
worked at Chatham Hall from 1962–
1975, first as secretary to the Dean of
Faculty, as Registrar, and then as Director of Development.
Mildred “Timmy” Leaning Beardslee
Wiedeman, former Physical Education
and Biology Teacher died March 26,
2014. She worked at Chatham Hall
from 1943–1945.
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Ruth Frick Cox ’37 died June 12, 2014.
New Life for the Chatham Oak
Robin Hanes ’73 Donates Painting
Voices
About Chatham Oak: I attended high
Voices
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from the artist
I continue to paint elaborate
borders, often with wildlife I
observe in or near the trees.
The borders show an added
dimension to the subject’s life.
Chatham Oak by Robin Hanes ’73
Gouache, 21x24 inches, Quercus alba
Charlottesville based artist Robin Hanes ’73
has donated her painting Chatham Oak to
Chatham Hall. The painting was presented by
Gallery C in Raleigh, North Carolina, in an
exhibit called The Life of Trees: The Work of
Robin Hanes from September 20–October 26.
Limited edition prints are available in the Chatham Hall bookstore for $125.
Net proceeds directly benefit Chatham Hall. Contact Bookstore Manager
Maureen
fall Webb at 434.432.5512 or mwebb@chathamhall.org to order.
I often choose the mandala form, which lends
a note of honor to these
trees. This fits well
because there’s truly a
spiritual aspect to trees.
It is a loving meditation
to paint them. Architecture
is a theme in some of these
borders. Trees inherently have
a kind of architecture beyond
human constructions. Plus
they are nearly always a primary material in our buildings.
by Claudia Emerson ’75
The English
Department Award,
given annually at
Commencement, has
been named the
Ann Dickinson Beal
English Department
Award
by Ann’s daughter, Madeline Corbin-Beal ’97
I am so fond of watching the waves crash,
“But, no,” you say
“Look out further,
past the waves,
under the largest of the clouds.
Watch the water there.”
“It is changing whether or not
you look at it, but also
the very act of your looking changes it too.
The spot you choose to focus on,
how narrowly you focus,
and, of course, the wind, the clouds,
the moon.
thunder moseying
around the hem of the water,
and I have become unafraid
even of lightning strikes.
So when, now, this
afternoon years impossibly
past, I learn she is dying,
there is a selfish comfort
in knowing she is doing this
thing before me, the way
she is in the middle
of the pond before I
can get there, not facing the dock,
not waiting for me,
but away, considering
the other bank, a turtle
dozing on a log,
the catfish visible
beneath the log, a snake’s
head threading the air
above its body.
She is unafraid as I
would have been afraid if I had
arrived before her, too timid
to leave the heat—
splintered dock. If she is able
to imagine a place,
I imagine this is hers.
And this poem is
not between us, not
;
An excerpt from “Chinks in the Cavern”
The color is constantly changing.
school at Chatham, with frequent visits
to the giant oak in a far field. We had
New Girl Picnic there as well as the
Lantern Ceremony just before graduation. I talked the biology teacher into
getting students to measure the oak,
not a simple matter, and apply to the
state champion tree program. It placed
second largest in the state, remarkable for its thick, healthy crown. That
summer, 2013, we had so much rain, the
trunk split in half, under all that weight.
I’m donating this painting and proceeds
from its prints to Chatham. This is
where my love for trees began. White
Bearded Hairstreak, Oakworm Moths,
Scarlet Underwing, Fiery Searcher
(caterpillar hunter) Cellophane Bee.
An excerpt from
“Swimming Alone,”
for Ann Dickinson Beal
Even my gaze,
something that seems to carry no force,
will alter the colors you see
whether I am looking at you,
the clouds,
or the same spot of water as you.
Sitting here with you,
staring at the ocean,
is the best way I know to cleanse
the doors of perception.”
It makes sense to me that Chatham’s school motto is Esto
Perpetua, which in Latin translates loosely to, “May she live
forever.” As graduates, the words apply to the friendships we
maintained and the memories we have of our time at school.
Unfortunately, the same immortality does not apply to the
earthly lives that often represent the spirit of esto perpetua
most accurately; the spirit found in some of Chatham Hall’s
finest, known simply as her teachers. For me, one such
teacher was Dr. Ann Beal. My English notebook wasn’t
filled with grammatical corrections or red marker
reductions, but instead quotes of inspiration and
self preservation like, “If you know who you are, you can
go anywhere,” by Flannery O’Connor…Dr. Beal, “call me
yet imagined, the living
we have yet to do
there in its place.
Ann,” she said after graduation, was a gentle, humble spirit.
Yet in her English class she wasn’t afraid to take on giants and
to make us think grandiose thoughts and challenge what the
rest of the world might have already engrained…. My time
with her was meaningful and poignant…Esto perpetua is further defined as “may she endure forever,” which
in the case of Dr. Beal, whom I never could call Ann, seems
more appropriate. She may be gone, but her spirit
and her legacy endure on, indefinitely, forever
engrained in the lives and memories of the girls
she mentored, loved and taught, and I am proud to
call myself one of them.
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Voices
Talmadge Ragan ’69
What is your favorite Chatham Hall memory?
It would have to be the day I first saw Chatham Hall. It was Spring, and my parents and I had been on a trip to see some girls
boarding schools in Virginia. I’d gotten the idea that, although I’d never known anyone who’d gone away to school, it was
something I wanted to do. None of the schools I visited seemed to be a match, but as we were driving home, we saw a sign for
Chatham Hall. As we drove up onto the beautiful and stately campus, several girls were getting into a bus as a throng of girls on
the steps of Pruden waved and shouted their goodbyes. I inherently felt a joy that told me this was the place for me. To this day,
that image brings a smile to my face and some happy tears too. It touches me the most because it was my first introduction to
Chatham Hall’s lifelong influence on me.
Who was your favorite teacher?
It is tough to say, but has to be Miss Joan Boyle or Dr. Jack Dyer. The illustrious Miss Boyle, with her dramatic flair and
passion for the arts, challenged me to appreciate and understand great writing, then use that understanding to discover my voice.
Dr. Dyer offered a class in Ethics, which was particularly timely. With his kind and gentle nature, Dr. Dyer encouraged honest
dialogue and conversations, which helped many of us to find our own places in a changing and fast-moving world. It was the late
60’s, and he encouraged us to find our own perspectives and authentic lives in spite of the difficult times our country was facing.
Why do you give to the Annual Fund?
I want to see Chatham Hall continue to grow and maintain its time-honored legacy based on the principles of honor, trust, and
achievement. I want to encourage the involvement of today’s Chatham Hall girls in society and today’s world. From being a class
agent for many years, I understand the importance of alumnae participation, and I know that whatever I can give makes a
difference. I don’t think we can, or should, rely on
other people to help our School. Alumnae giving
Alumnae giving makes a difference in the
makes a difference in the School’s ability to pass our
School’s ability to pass our experiences
experiences to Chatham Hall girls today. That’s why I
to Chatham Hall girls today.
give. Esto Perpetua. Let’s be true to Chatham Hall.
That’s why I give. Esto Perpetua.
Let’s be true to Chatham Hall.
was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father and
mother were journalists, and her father was also North Carolina’s Poet Laureate. After
Chatham Hall, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she
majored in Dramatic Art and Radio/TV/Motion Pictures. She was an actor in Joe
Layton’s The Lost Colony in Manteo, North Carolina for several years, then moved to
New York City where she produced commercials and continued to do theatre around the country. She moved to
Los Angeles in the late 80’s, where she ran the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory and was head of casting at the
American Film Institute, while continuing with her own theatre and voice work. She and her husband, film and TV
director Worth Keeter, founded Blue Kiss, LLC, a film and commercial production company, in 2000.
They moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in late 2010 and expanded Blue Kiss Media’s production roster
to include audiobooks and commercials.
Thank you for your consideration and support of the 2014–2015 Annual Fund. Please use the
envelope enclosed in the Chat, or give online at www.chathamhall.org/giving. If you would like to
give a gift of securities, or make a recurring gift, please contact Director of Advancement Services,
Starlet Lemon, at 434-432-5600.
2013–2014
chatham hall
annual report
total gifts 2013–2014*
annual
fund
capital &
gifts
special gifts endowment in kind
benefactors
total
gifts
alumnae
940,886 280,488
584,306 44,2101,849,890
parents
56,058 100 17,6002,12175,879
grandparents
4,165
0 1,000 05,165
parents of alumnae
108,913142,332 11,975 240263,460
faculty & staff
23,818
0
3002,33926,457
friends 27,790
0
30,402119,998 178,190
foundations, corporations
& matching gift companies23,761 130,000
0
7,000 160,761
total
$1,185,391 $552,920
$645,583 $175,908$2,559,802
In 2013–2014, gifts from the Benefactors Society—a group of 224 donors who gave gifts totaling
$1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, the endowment, and/or other purposes—provided the
foundation of support for Chatham Hall.
The Benefactors Society includes seven 1894 Founders Circle members—donors who support the
Annual Fund with gifts of $25,000 or more and 36 Rector’s Circle members—donors who support
the Annual Fund with gifts of $10,000–$24,999. We are deeply grateful for these leaders and all of
the 1,157 alumnae, parents, grandparents, teachers, and friends who keep Chatham Hall strong.
$250,000–$499,999
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 F
$100,000–$249,999
Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 R
Crystal Trust
Estate of Mary M B Wilson ’65
Diana Stallings Hobby ’48 †
$50,000–$99,999
Jane Garnett ’73 F
Stacey Goodwin ’83 R
Linda Mars ’78 F
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 F
Robin Peake Stuart ’69 R
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 R
*Includes gifts, but not pledges, received between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.
Gifts from alumnae who are also parents or grandparents are listed on the alumnae line.
$25,000–$49,999
$1.2M
32%
92%
55%
alumnae
participation
100%
volunteer
leadership
participation
574
Anonymous F
Joan Gillings P’98, G’06
The Guilford Foundation
Special Fund #6 of the Hampton
Roads Community Foundation F
Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 F
Christine Robinson Secor ’68 R
Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 R
Constance Flint West ’66
total
annual fund
$10,000–$24,999
faculty
participation
current
parents
donors have given for
five or more consecutive
years, we recognize them
as members of our new
Columns Club
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Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 R
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09,
’10, ’11 R
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 R
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46 R
Katharine Bulkley ’77 R
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 R
Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust R
Katherine Cravens ’55 R
Laura Brown Cronin ’72 R
Ben and Betty Davenport R
Estate of Julia M. Morrison G’08, ’13
Sarah Martin Finn ’74 R
Gary Fountain R
Melissa Evans Fountain R
Paul and Cynthia Googe P’09
Susan Gillings Gross ’98
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 R
Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 R
Walker Johnson Jones ’70 R
Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 R
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 R
John and Adrienne Mars P’78 R
Josephine McFadden ’57 R
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and
Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75,
G’10 R
Alice Pack Melly ’52
Carol Monarchi P’84 R
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 R
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 R
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 R
Brett and Elizabeth Rule P’16 R
Cynthia Lovelace Sears ’55 R
Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 R
Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 R
Frank and Mary Varanelli P’14
Ross Walton P’16 R
$5,000–$9,999
Alumnae Association
Susan Fox Beischer ’59
Susan Fair Boyd ’51
Beverly Edgell P’93
Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12
Muffin Dalton Grant ’66
Alice Lineberger Harney ’56
Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50
Isabel Hooker ’43
Channing Howe P’69
Andrea Littman Long ’96
Richard Lynd
Robert and Mary McIver P’10
Katie Belk Morris ’72
The Louise P. Overbey Trust
Lee Porter Page ’59
David and Kathryn Wilton P’14
Linda Witherill ’49
Zhijun Xiang and Min Qin P’17
$2,500–$4,999
J. Kermit and Glenys Birchfield P’93
Judy Carter ’63
Jerry and Judith Clark P’04
Mary Dunbar ’71
Melanie Kirk Holton ’87
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67
Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58
Jane Everhart Murray ’63
Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07
Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61
Jane Preyer ’72
Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66
Frances Wallace Robertson ’73
Mary Bovard Sensenbrenner ’49
Richard Simmons
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55
Richard and Christina Thomas P’15
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
E. Carlton and Shay Wilton
$1,000–$2,499
Joanne Shartle Anderson ‘49
Ellen Simmons Ball ’73
Calvin Bard and Heather Edgley P’14
Richard and Neely Barnhardt
Josephine Bayard ’64
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72
Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Laurence and Karen Bettcher P’86
Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60
Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ’00
John and Valerie Booth P’14
Virginia Cates Bowie ’73
Mary Boy ’75
Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53
Theodore Bruning
Anne Bryant ’67
Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57
Eleanor Burke Farris ’86
David and Barbara Caldwell P’06
Campbell Insurance Company
Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67
Virginia Carter ’76
Louise Clarke ’63
Class of 2014
Katherine Lee Cole ’64
Lois Hart Coleman ’46
Barbara Collie P’85
Sarah Collie ’85
Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48
Carole Robertson Coviello ’62
Mary Hooker Crary ’45
Jenny Crisp ’81
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70
Lois Davenport P’57, G’11
Dana Paulson Davis ’64
Jefferson and April Davis P’17
Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70
Thomas and Martha Dixon P’15
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50
Sally Witt Duncan ’44
Michael and Dianne Dunham P’11
Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53
Joanna Edgell ’93
Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58
Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93
Dale and Denise Evans P’15
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64
Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78
Edmond and Angela Fitzgerald P’13
Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12
Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46
Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93
Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80
Julia Frazier ’62
Mary Freed ’86
Lorraine Caffery Friedrichs ’64
Gary and Carol Gibson P’09
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
John Goodhue
Zachary and Felicia Hairston P’15
Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson
P’02
Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43
Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74,
P’05, ’06, ’08
Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith P’15
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50
Cecilia Janssen G’14
Roger and Jill Jenkins P’09
Jean Merritt Johnston ’62
Martha Ann Keels ’75
Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69
Annette Kirby ’80
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Henry and Kimberley Knight P’09
Sterling and Linder Laffitte P’14
Anna Lane ’72
Megan Grant Lawrence ’98
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Gladding Schaff Markunas ’68
Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76
Martha Justice Martin ’55
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Helen Mirkil ’70
Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51
Ann Ward Morgan ’48
Ned and Catherine Morris P’14
Martha Givens Nicol ’70
Clare Harwood Nunes ’52
Janice Copley Obre ’67
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64
Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86
Lillian Headley Poole ’62
Catherine Reed ’83
Robin Revis-Pyke
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
Mary Shallenberger ’66
Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02
Herk and Sherry Sims G’15
Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41
Kathryn Reed Smith ’45
Pomeroy and Tracy Smith P’11
Laura Spencer ’07
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67
Eugene and Kathryn Stuart P’15
Jim Stuart
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Sallie Grace Tate ’81
Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13
Margery Hobson Thomas ’44
Wissie Thompson ’58
Elizabeth Wheat Townsend ‘52
James and Lisa Tuite P’14
Elizabeth Kirk Unger ‘73
Robert and Joan Wallick P’87
Amelia Walker Ward ‘66
Katharine Watson ‘60
Frances Sommers Wheelock ‘75
Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58
Sarah Jones Winmill ’49
Alice Blum Yoakum ’48
Sherley Young ’57
Studie Johnson Young ’70
purple & gold circle
Young Alumnae donors of $500–
$999 who graduated between 6 and
15 years ago
Young Alumnae donors of $100–
$499 who graduated within the past
5 years
Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06
Elizabeth Ferlise ’11
Elizabeth Goldstein ’12
Alexandra Walker ’09
F 1894 Founders Circle
R Rector’s Circle members are
donors to the Annual Fund who
contribute $10,000+.
† Deceased
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the esto perpetua society*
Created in 1996, the Esto Perpetua Society celebrates the vision and commitment of individuals who
will shape Chatham Hall’s future through their estate plans. We invite you to visit www.chathamhall.
org/giving/ and click on the interactive, professionally-supported 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.
Anonymous (7)
Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67
Jennifer Austell-Wolfson ’82
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79
Mary Blodgett ’35
Anne Bryant ’67
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Judy Carter ’63
Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71
Cynthia Coe Devine ’73
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Jane De Hart ’54
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Mary Dunbar ’71
Cynthia Dyer Hancock ’71
Joanna Edgell ’93
Claudia Emerson ’75
Susan Fair Boyd ’51
Elizabeth Farmer ’64
Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 and
Ross Siragusa P’71
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57
Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38
Janie Huntley Webster ’57
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Studie Johnson Young ’70
Walker Johnson Jones ’70
Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77
Margaret Ker Gotz ’48
’10, ’11
Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56
G’10
Andrea Littman Long ’96
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39
Linda Mars ’78
Josephine McFadden ’57
Katherine McKay ’75, P’10
Margaret Meigs Blodget ’42
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
Eleanor Pennell ’48
Anne Perkins Cabot ’47
Lynn Pixley Scott ’61
Polly Porter ’42
Mary Reed Spencer ’74
Anne Rodgers Feldman ’57
Patricia Schoen Gile ’45
Mary Shallenberger ’66
Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
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
Sally Witt Duncan ’44
Virginia Worthington Marr ’55
Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91
Anonymous (2)
Janice Coleman
J. Belk Daughtridge P’13
Channing Howe P’69
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 Mary M B Wilson ’65
*Alumnae appear by maiden name
first in the list.
† Deceased
endowed funds
scholarships
Alumnae Legacy Scholarship
Caroline S. Biedenharn ’03
Endowed Scholarship
Edith Sunday Clarke ’23 Scholarship
Class of 1941 50th Reunion
Scholarship
Class of 1955 Memorial Scholarship
Class of 1958 Memorial Scholarship
Class of 1959 Endowed Scholarship
Katy Close ‘79 Scholarship
George D. Dayton II Scholarship
Karen von Maltitz DeWolfe ’60
Memorial Scholarship
Connie Gibson Memorial
Scholarship
Margaret Hall Foundation, Inc.
Scholarship
Phyllis Banks Hunt Scholarship
Anne Winship Kelleher ’52 and
Sandy Ryburn Taylor ’52
Scholarship
Barclay Ball McCall ’55 Memorial
Scholarship
Sidney A. Mitchell Scholarship
Anne Shirley Molloy Scholarship
Joan C. Pittman ’55 Scholarship
Reader’s Digest Endowed
Scholarship
Wiley Patterson Reis ’27 Scholarship
Alison ’50 and Ross Siragusa
Scholarship
Jerry Van Voorhis Leadership
Scholarship
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44
Legacy Scholarship
Zachar - Holt Scholarship
student
support funds
Ellen Baldridge ’88 and
Margaret Baldridge ’90 Dean’s
Discretionary Fund to help girls
in crisis
Lucy M. Barrett ’53 Student
Travel Award
Mimi Norcross Fisher ’55
Endowment Fund for Adolescent
Development
Gary J. Fountain Student Travel
Award
Goldstein Family Endowed Student
Travel Award
Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and
Faculty Foreign Travel Award
Julia Northington Rowe ’05
Leadership Fund
Kaitlin R. Tebeau ’08 and Cassidy A.
Tebeau ’13 Student Travel Award
faculty and
staff support
Mary McLean McKissick Armfield
’39 Chair of St. Mary’s Chapel
Endowment for Faculty Support
Theodore E. Bruning, Jr.
Instructorship in English
Class of 1951 50th Reunion Faculty
Salary & Benefits Endowment
Fund
Endowment in support of faculty
and staff benefits
Class of 1956 Faculty Professional
Development Fund
Class of 1957 50th Reunion Fund
for Faculty Salaries and Benefits
Faculty Retirement Fund
Faculty Support Endowment Fund
Edward E. Ford Foundation Fund
for Faculty Futures
Madame Marie Gagarine Teaching
Endowment
Greene Field Fund in memory of
Rocky Delano and Peggy Pile and
in honor of Nellie Greene
Robin ’57 and John Hadley
Instructorship in Mathematics
John W. B. Hadley Instructorship in
Science
Diana S. Hobby ’48 English
Department Chair
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Faculty
Support Fund
Georgia O’Keeffe 1905 Fund
Barbara Jacobi O’Reilly ’57 Fund to
Secure Current Faculty Salaries
and Benefits
Plant Foundation Fund
Virginia Stewart Fund
Betty Thornton Endowment Fund
William Woolsey Yardley Memorial
Employee Endowment Fund
other special
purposes
academic funds
The Sarah C. Benson ’47 Endowed
Music Fund
Alexandra Sterling ’03 Science
Educational Materials
Endowment
Wray Environment Fund
awards funds
Class of 2012 Athletic Award
Gene Scott Connor ’34 Memorial
Championship Tennis Cup
Virginia Henry Holt Award for a
sophomore who is a superior
student, who best exemplifies the
character, deportment, energy,
kindness and grace of the ideal
student at Chatham Hall
Lillian Evans Lineberger
New Girl Award
Catherine Ingram Spurzem ’74
Creative Writing Award
Helen Gregory Yardley Award for
Excellence in Sculpture
guest speakers/
concert funds
Joan Danforth Cook ’48 Concert
Lecture Fund
The Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leaders
In Residence Fund
Leadership Speakers Fund Made
Possible by the Classes of 1944,
1968 and Other Individual
Donors
Shirley Baker Pond ’48 Fund for
Chapel Speakers
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library funds
Sally Witt Duncan ’44 and A. Baker
Duncan Book Fund
Abbie Rickert Hershey ’57 Library
Book Endowment Fund
Trina Robinson Secor ’68
Leadership Library Fund
maintenance funds
Class of 1940 50th Reunion Fund
for the upkeep of St. Mary’s
Chapel
Class of 2007 Family Gift Fund
General Heritage Fund
Heritage Fund
Langhorne and Gertrude Wilson
Jones ’23 Perennial Garden Fund
Haddon Kirk Chapel Courtyard
Memorial Fund
Kitchen and Dining Room
Maintenance Fund
Mars Riding Endowment
St. Mary’s Chapel Fund
Shaw Science Building
Maintenance Fund
Jerry Van Voorhis Lecture Hall
Maintenance Fund
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41
Heritage Fund
miscellaneous funds
Jeffrey Ferguson ’41 Endowed
Chapel Fund
Rector’s Discretionary Fund
Technology Endowment
unrestricted
Annual Giving Endowment
Unrestricted Endowment Fund
General Endowment
William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment
Fund
Kirby Fund
Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen ’31
Endowment Fund
Virginia L. Radley Endowment
Fund
Marlene R. Shaw Endowment Fund
2014
annual report
50
alumnae giving
The following lists include donors to all funds at Chatham Hall. Alumnae are listed by class year
and alphabetically by maiden name.
Alumnae Participation 32% | Young Alumnae Participation (Classes 1999–2013) 25%
Alumnae Co-Chairs: Jane Murray and Joanna Edgell
honorary alumna
Participation 64%
Ann Beal †
Dee Burch F
Melissa Evans Fountain B C
Alice Overbey
Dora Thomas E B C
Alice Cromer Van Lennep
Lockett Van Voorhis
class of 1936
Participation 100%
Mary Applegate Fisher B
class of 1937
Participation 33%
Katharine Hobson Sturtevant C
class of 1938
Participation 100%
Hope Rogers Metcalf C
class of 1939 Reunion
Participation 33%
Barbara Briggs Trimble B C
Barbara Mallory Hathaway E B C
Mary Speer Marr C
class of 1940
Participation 33%
Eugenia Lovett West C
Anne Meigs Larkin
class of 1941
Participation 46%
Edith Gwathmey Grassi C
Yellow Iris by Yolanda Mantilla ’15
Ethel Hix Darrell C
Penelope Perkins Wilson B C
Sarah Robbins Bradshaw C
Harriett Sayre Noyes C
Kimmie Stuart Sloane B C
class of 1942
Participation 36%
Class Agent:
Lucy Charles Jones Bendall
Lucy Charles Jones Bendall C
Polly Porter E C
Lee Stuart Cochran C
Mary Tiedeman Hoagland C
Mary Walton Curley C
class of 1943
Participation 50%
Edith Bettle Gardner C
Anne Campbell Clement C
Pauline Harrison Winans Finn C
Elsie Hilliard Hillman B C
Isabel Hooker B C
Janet Ketchum Whitehouse †
Mary Sheldon Burns C
Sally Thacher Amory C
Joan Williams Graham C
class of 1944
Participation 38%
Class Agent:
Caroline Hartwell Stewart
Lea Cumings Parson B C
Caroline Hartwell Stewart B C
Margery Hobson Thomas B C
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook B C
Susan McKnew C
Joan Stanley French C
Polly Wheeler Guth E B C
Sally Witt Duncan E B C
class of 1945
Participation 52%
Class Agent:
Mary Hooker Crary
Diana Beebe Richardson
Sally Hillman Childs C
Mary Hooker Crary E B C
Marion Jones Kingsford C
Anne Lee Reath C
Laura Lee Bullitt C
Mary McChesney Ten Eyck C
Sally McCrillis Eldredge 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
class of 1946
Participation 61%
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
Nancy Howland Washburne
Florence Hunter Ault C
Joan Miller Tait C
Ann Mitchell Throop
Nancy Ober Bowman
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant B C
Eleanor Owens Earle C
Priscilla Pruden Garretson C
Sally Quinby Gibbs C
Victoria Thomson Romig C
Ann Thoron Hale
Helene Zimmermann Hill C
class of 1947
Participation 64%
Class Agent:
Carol Babcock Davenport
Carol Babcock Davenport B C
Martha Bacon Hartfiel C
Noel Barnes Williams C
Martha Blankarn Halsey C
Laura Chandler Marshall
Adelaide Comstock Roberts
Nancy Evans Gruner C
Marjorie Flory
Cecily Hogg Morrow
Gainor Ingersoll Miller C
Joan Kurtz Ferguson C
Cordelia Ruffin Richards
Annette Shelden Dykema C
Eleanore Walton Bequaert
class of 1948
Participation 49%
Class Agent:
Harriet Simons Williams
Doris Beasley Martin C
Alice Blum Yoakum B C
Mary Fox Church C
Margaret Ker Gotz E C
Lillian Lineberger McKay E B C
Anne Lydgate Kaiser
Jane-Kerin Moffat
Trygve Norstrand Cooley B C
Anne Osborne Swain C
Eleanor Pennell E
Virginia Plews Robey C
Margaret Ryburn Topping C
Jane Schaff Odell C
Harriet Simons Williams C
Diana Stallings Hobby † B
Barbara Townsend Crawford C
Ann Ward Morgan B C
class of 1949
Participation 40%
Mary Bovard Sensenbrenner B
Jean Clark Eysenbach C
Anne Foley Doucet C
Sarah Jones Winmill B C
Elisabeth McGinty Laigle
Joanne Shartle Anderson E B C
Martha Snowdon North C
Caroline Staub Callery
Ann Trowbridge Richter
Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend C
Frederica Wellington Valois C
Linda Witherill B C
E Esto Perputua 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 Columns Club members are donors
who contribute 5+ years to the Annual
Fund or for other purposes.
† Deceased
Classes that celebrated Reunion in 2014
Participation 46%
Class Agent:
Ellen Childs Lovejoy
Jenifer Barnes Garfield E C
Ellen Childs Lovejoy B C
Harriett Dayton C
Elizabeth Evans
Karin Fagerburg Jackson C
Alison Fennelly Siragusa E C
Mary Griswold Horrigan C
Nancy Gwathmey Harris B C
Kathleen Herty Brown C
Kathleen Horne Graff C
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth
EBC
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
class of 1951
Participation 35%
Class Agent:
Sarah Shartle Meacham
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
Sarah Shartle Meacham E B C
Joanna Sperry Mockler B C
Ann Tracy Ross
class of 1952
Participation 52%
Virginia Beresford Fox B C
Carolyn Borders Danforth C
Margaret Brown Armstrong
Anita Caine Schenck C
Josephine Cornwell Parman C
Judith Gregory Bowes
Clare Harwood Nunes B C
Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette
Alice Pack Melly B C
Alison Ruder Thomas
Lee Sullivan Born C
Mary Webster Kampf
Elizabeth Wheat Townsend B
Alison Wright Cameron C
class of 1953
Participation 62%
Class Agent:
Barbara Billings Supplee
Lucy McClellan Barrett
Margot Bell Woodwell C
Barbara Billings Supplee E B C
Patricia Carter Hatch C
Winston Case Wright C
Joan Cass Adams C
Jane Clark Reeder C
Jean Connelly Mooney C
Lee Edwards Anderson C
Susan Elder Martin C
Olivia Hutchins Dunn B C
Betsy Kenney O’Brien C
Elizabeth Lackey Johnston 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
class of 1954
Participation 33%
Class Agent:
Ann Taylor
Mary Blair Simmons C
Jane De Hart E C
Betty Gullatt Budlong C
Elizabeth Jefferys Dees
Elizabeth Peters Turner C
Caroline Ramsay Merriam C
Elisabeth Swan Weitzel C
Ann Taylor E C
Judith Turben Walrath C
Donna Vroman Kreidler C
Angela Winthrop Getchell
Ann Woolfolk Austin C
Caroline Young Moore C
class of 1955
Participation 34%
Class Agent:
Martha Justice Martin
Elizabeth Blanton McHargue C
Anne Burling C
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 B
Elizabeth Marshall Games C
Louanna Owens Carlin C
Louise Shartle Coleman
Virginia Worthington Marr E C
class of 1956
Participation 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
Josephine Noel Dietz C
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr C
Lynn Painter Dillard E
Patricia Parshall Berger E B C
Marcia Pyle Welch C
Emma Scott Christopher C
Sue Wolf Moore C
class of 1957
Participation 59%
Sally Bramstedt Richards
Nancy Campbell Fales
Ellen Day Ross C
Sharon Ellis Miller
Josephine Gilmore Bell E C
Stuart Greene C
Ann Hay Reeves C
Janie Huntley Webster E C
Josephine McFadden E B C
Isabel Merrill Lyndon C
Eugenie Millan Campbell
Martha Moffitt Carlstrom
Katherine Norcross Wheeler E C
Martha Patterson Martens C
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
class of 1958
Participation 49%
Class Agent:
Florence Schroeder Ervin
Margaret Horner Walker
Ethel Baskerville Powell
Molly Buck C
Margaret Bullitt Pough
Jane Clark Warren
Allen Craig Mears C
Olive Hershey
Margaret Horner Walker B C
Mary Kemp Callaway C
Anna Lineberger Stanley C
Leila McConnell Daw C
Eleanore Morgan Moran C
class of 1960
Page Nelson Loeser C
Rebecca Roberts C
Sally Saltonstall Willis B C
Florence Schroeder Ervin B C
Eleanor Silliman Maroney B C
Wissie Thompson E B C
Burleigh Vette Blust C
Participation 42%
Class Agent:
Simone Crockett
Mary Austin Lowery C
Elinor Beidler Siklossy
Marion Benson Miller C
Mary Duncan Bicknell B C
Helen Dunn C
Susan Dwelle Baxter C
Elizabeth Walter-Echols C
Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove C
Kay Graham McCullough C
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell C
Eleanore Lee C
Margaret Lloyd Keuler
Adelaide McKenzie Moss
Sharon Rafferty Patterson
Margaret Reeder Crosbie C
Audrey Sawtelle Delafield C
Margot Steenland Cater
Molly Taylor Pope
Katharine Watson B C
Eliza Wolcott Morehead
class of 1959
Participation 39%
Helen Anderson Shaw
Emily Arents
Margaret Cushing C
Helen Eggleston Bellas
Mary Fishburne Heuchert C
Susan Fox Beischer B C
Maria Gallagher Truslow
Priscilla Mapes Maresi C
Margaret McElroy C
Barbara McMillan
Lee Porter Page B C
Lisa Rosenberger Moore B C
Margaret Worthington Gilson C
Jane Yardley Amos E C
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class of 1950
top 25 class giving
CLASS OF 1936
100%
CLASS OF 1938
100%
CLASS OF 1947
64%
CLASS OF 1953
62%
CLASS OF 1946
61%
CLASS OF 1957
59%
CLASS OF 1964
58%
CLASS OF 1970
52%
CLASS OF 1952
52%
CLASS OF 1956
52%
CLASS OF 1943
50%
CLASS OF 1958
49%
CLASS OF 1941
46%
CLASS OF 1950
46%
CLASS OF 1948
46%
2,684
states with highest
concentration
of alumnae
Virginia
358
319
North Carolina
45%
CLASS OF 1966
42%
CLASS OF 1960
42%
CLASS OF 1972
42%
CLASS OF 1967
42%
CLASS OF 1984
(active)
55%
CLASS OF 1945
CLASS OF 1963
total alumnae
of record
41%
CLASS OF 1962
40%
CLASS OF 2006
40%
CLASS OF 1968
40%
consecutive years
of giving
Below are the number of donors
who have made Chatham Hall a
part of their giving plan each and
every year for 20 or more years!
Thank you for your loyal support!
51 donors = 40+ years
class of 1961
class of 1962
Participation 40%
Class Agent:
Jean Merritt Johnston
Jane Allen Street C
Rose Bryant Woodard
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
Eugenia Richardson Nash C
Carole Robertson Coviello B C
Diana Simrell Savory C
Judy Treppendahl Robinson C
C. Jane Van Landingham C
Nuna Washburn MacDonald C
class of 1963
Participation 53%
Class Agent:
Jane Everhart Murray
Jean Armfield Sherrill B C
Susan Beekman Clough
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
Joan Gunter McCauley
Anne Hathaway Bowes
Kirby Kittredge Johnstone
Ada Long C
Gwynne Macrae Pfeifer
Susan Overbey Funderburk C
Dicke Tredway Sloop
Jane Webb Crawford C
Virginia Willson Welch C
class of 1964
Participation 58%
Class Agent:
Boyce Lineberger Ansley
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker
Josephine Bayard B
Sarah Boy C
Lorraine Caffery Friedrichs B
Nancy Comer Shuford C
Frances de Saussure Meade
Anne Dickerson
Janet Holley Wegner
Dorothy Howard Verney
Ann Hoxton Taylor C
Laura Law
Katherine Lee Cole B C
Boyce Lineberger Ansley E B C
Eliza Mabry Gibson
Mary Lloyd McDonald
Stefanie Nunes Kies
Dana Paulson Davis E B C
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker E B C
Joan Richardson Doty
Ann Robinson Stevenson
Phyllis Statter Oxman B C
Linda Trent
Audrey Warner Speer C
Paula Wright Lipman
class of 1965
Participation 28%
Class Agent:
Charlotte Kirk Reynolds
Holly Bowles Blanton
Rachel Boyd
Laura Bullitt Despard C
Deborah Clark
Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood C
Susan Farwell Houston C
Charlotte Kirk Reynolds C
Barbara Lane C
Marian Larkin
Sally Lindsley Kroll
Hope Metcalf Johnston C
Margaret Payne Mahoney C
Penelope Stout Strakhov C
Nina Tabor Martin C
Pamela Wade Latta
class of 1966
Participation 42%
Class Agent:
Margie Hastings Quinlan
Elizabeth Bayard Tallman
Marian Bray C
Karen Burns Blakey C
Carolyn Carter Yawars C
Pauline Cherry
Sara Clay Branch C
Muffin Dalton Grant B
Constance Flint West B C
Katherine Hallowell Noyes
Nancy Hanes White C
Margie Hastings Quinlan B C
Lynn Kitson Williams
Edith Patterson Cates C
Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan C
Mary Shallenberger E B C
Suzanne Shaw Spradling
Ann Lee Stephens Sarpy
Mary Lynn Thomas Van Wyck
Jane Upson Hubbard
Amelia Walker Ward B
Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington C
Sarah Yardley C
class of 1967
Participation 42%
Class Agent:
Debbie Humphreys Jones
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
Adnée Hamilton C
Debbie Humphreys Jones C
Ida Little
Patricia Noojin Dudley C
Margaret Perkins Sise C
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
class of 1968
Participation 40%
Class Agent:
Terry Overbey Stafford
Lucy Williams Maish
Anna Best Lee
Katie Carlson Houston
Kathryn Carter Jacobs C
Annie Clarke Ager
Spring Critchlow Swinehart
Muffy Dent Stuart E B C
Jane Howard Cheever
Mollie Hunt Holmes C
Julia Mattingly
Mary Norman Huguley
Laurie Nussdorfer E C
Terry Overbey Stafford C
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby B C
Katharine Reynolds Chandler B C
Christine Robinson Secor B C
Gladding Schaff Markunas B
Lucy Williams Maish
class of 1969
Participation 31%
Anne Blodget Holberton C
Mary Dykema McDonald
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
class of 1970
Participation 56%
Class Agent:
Carolyn Davenport
Ninna Fisher Denny
Elinor Greene
Wendy Bailey Hamilton
Rebecca Brown Hutcheson
Charlotte Caldwell E C
Nancy Callery
Carolyn Davenport
Pauline Dent Ketchum B C
Julia Dominick Gray
Helen Dupuy
Ninna Fisher Denny
M.E. Freeman C
Cornelia Freyer C
Lynette Gaido
Lee Gates Crosby
Martha Givens Nicol B
Elinor Greene
Cynthia Halsey Mernick
Betty Hessee
Walker Johnson Jones E B C
Studie Johnson Young E B C
Sally Lesh Quereau
Hope Luke Hetherington
Lucia Mercer
Helen Mirkil B
Louise Nash Gardner
Jean Northington C
Pamela Purcell
Patricia Robinson B
Karrick Scott Collins C
Katherine Washburne Reimelt
Catherine Williams
Nell Willis Twining
class of 1971
Participation 32%
Class Agent:
Camille Agricola Bowman
Camille Agricola Bowman
Gloria Bond Clunie
Elizabeth Cary Pierson E C
Mary Dunbar E B C
Venita Fields C
Mary Kay Karzas E B C
Deborah Locke Iberger
Preston Lyon McGregor
Margaret Malloy Sanders C
Lizette Smith C
Sarah Yancey Stipanowich
class of 1972
Participation 44%
Mary Baldrige
Katie Belk Morris B C
Nancy Bolduc
Anne Bowman Gowing
Laura Brown Cronin B C
Julie Cleveland
Sarah Foscue Merrell
Jane Fuller Killough C
Katherine Hairston La Rosa
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 C
Katherine Pieters DeNes C
Jane Preyer B C
Diana Simonds C
Sandra Sweatt Hull
Susan Towers Dennard C
Sallie Wise Chaballier C
class of 1973
Participation 23%
Class Agent:
Virginia Cates Bowie
Anonymous C
Kristin Caldwell Schad C
Julia Carr Day
Virginia Cates Bowie B
Jane Garnett B C
Robin Hanes C
Marian Henley
Mary Thomas Joseph
Elizabeth Kirk Unger B C
Mary Newcombe
Isabelle Selby
Ellen Simmons Ball B C
Martha Stevens Brown C
Margaret Sugino
Frances Wallace Robertson B C
class of 1974
Participation 23%
Sanders Beard Hockensmith B
Lori Braun Jackson C
Elizabeth Carter Beckmann
Sarah Martin Finn B C
Pamela Mayer C
Mary Pugh Manning C
Mary Reed Spencer E C
Laura Williams Galtieri
Anne Wynn Weissinger C
class of 1975
Participation 34%
Class Agent:
Mary Boy
Mary Boy B C
Susan Bruce C
Katherine Coleman Haroldson B C
Kathryn Granger Haines C
Mary Evelyn Guyton
Heidi Hand Evans C
Martha Ann Keels B C
Katherine McKay E
Julia Morris Kashkashian B C
Tyler Norman Scott C
Mary Lyman Scott Jackson C
Frances Sommers Wheelock E B C
Emily Todd E C
Leigh Wilson
class of 1976
Participation 23%
Class Agent:
Virginia Carter
Alida Bryant C
Virginia Carter B C
Caroline Ives Pearce C
Anne Jiranek Doyle
Celia Lippitt Snow
Janey McCoy C
Caroline Nichols C
Bradford Simmons Marshall B C
Sara Stoneburner
class of 1977
Participation 20%
Class Agent:
Patricia Kellogg Maddock
Katherine Brooks
Katharine Bulkley B C
Pace Cooke Emmons C
Camlyn Craig-Brown
Sarah Dabney Gillespie B C
Frazier Millner Armstrong
Sarah Nelson
Polly Slater Glover
Jane Wilson E C
class of 1978
Participation 22%
Letitia Berlin
Lisa Burton C
Beth Duncan Berkun C
Margaretta Gallagher Archie C
Barbara Greer
Diana Howard Fisketjon B
Linda Mars E B C
Susan Metcalf
class of 1979
Participation 11%
Molly Davis
Stephanie Klein-Davis
Johan Newcombe Peers
Susan Shelton
class of 1980
Participation 18%
Catherine Doeller Sage B C
Janet Freed Rosser C
Florence Hines C
Annette Kirby B C
Allison Sutton Fuqua C
class of 1981
Participation 15%
Bradie Barr C
Deborah Berlin
Jenny Crisp B C
Elizabeth Peters C
Sarah Reed Harris
Sallie Grace Tate E B C
class of 1982
Participation 19%
Jennifer Austell-Wolfson E C
Karen Gates Kettler
Sharon Reese
Elizabeth Reynolds
Lauren Waters Luczkow
class of 1983
Participation 30%
Cheryl Bentley C
Sonya Cumming Penny
Stephanie Dozier Kirkman C
Stacey Goodwin B C
Monica Dee Guillory
Catherine McCormick C
Chatham and Shanghai by Jingyi Shao ’15
Elizabeth Mullen
Amy Nolde
Tamara Pottker C
Catherine Reed B
Karin Schutjer C
Susan Wright C
class of 1984
Participation 41%
Class Agent:
Jennifer Gammill McKay
Tracy Bartlett Lively
Mary Jo Blake
Amanda Brady
Jennifer Gammill McKay E C
Augusta Harrison Dunstan
Sian Jones C
Caroline Landis Carter
Sarah Monarchi Longpré B C
Sarah Purcell Bell
Mary Reynolds C
Lisa Richmond C
Katie Van Lennep
class of 1985
Participation 22%
Class Agent:
Belinda Thornton Ruelle
Adrienne Burdette
Catherine Cates
Sarah Collie B C
Kathan Dearman
Melinda Fera
Whitney Labouchere Gerache
Mary Blair Motley
Belinda Thornton Ruelle C
class of 1986
Participation 28%
Class Agent:
Mary Freed
Anna Avery
Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew B C
Mary Bilecky Drimer C
Eleanor Burke Farris B C
Judith Duncan C
Mary Freed B C
Flora Garner-Platt
Laura Myers Casellas
Melissa Norton McKinley
Caroline Sloan
Elizabeth Todd Beall
class of 1987
Participation 18%
Class Agent:
Judy Currie Hamilton
Laura Willoughby
Judy Currie Hamilton C
Melanie Kirk Holton B
Leslie Lawhorn Neely
Dana Nossaman Keilman C
Kimberlee Scott
Laura Willoughby C
Semmes Wright Calvert
class of 1988
Participation 13%
Laura Dick Moses
Laura Mascharka Brucker C
Anne Prouty List
Rebecca Taylor Heery
class of 1989
Participation 22%
Class Agent:
Stephanie Hewitt Hedge
Taylor Aldridge Higdon
Jennifer Bess Jones
Melissa Edwards Bibb
Nancy Evans Wahmhoff C
Sonja Fields Andrews
Nini Hadjis
Ginger Lindsey
Justine Shuford Moroz
class of 1990
Participation 8%
Haley Collins Poole
Kate Lynn Jones C
class of 1991
Participation 35%
Class Agent:
Catherine Whitehead Huband
Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn
Jennifer Abel LaRue
Karen Anderson Leonard
Alison Carter-Cady
Ansley Chapman Cella C
Heather Cook Barnes
Sarah Edwards Pember
Nancy Hilliard Joyce
Shannon Hinderliter Hembree C
Kitchi Joyce
Emily Page Murray
Catherine Whitehead Huband C
class of 1992
Participation 8%
Gretchen Blair Clark
Elizabeth Blocker Tonelis
class of 1993
Participation 27%
Class Agent:
Anna Robinson
Emily Blair Harvey C
Andrea Cannon Little C
Laurel Cobble Fountain B C
Mary-Stuart Day C
Joanna Edgell E B
Lucy Holmes Erwin B C
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek C
Anna Robinson C
Ava Ann Vrooman C
class of 1994
Participation 21%
Class Agent:
Sandra Van Haaften Heasley
Alison Ardito Davis
Eleanor Farrell
Alexandra Michaels Adkins
Amanda Sink Wydner
class of 1995
Participation 9%
Class Agent:
Reagan Greene Pruitt
Reagan Greene Pruitt
Ashley Rice Evans
class of 1996
Participation 19%
Andrea Littman Long E B C
Tanya Mahdi McMain C
Erika Olson
Jennifer Quainton
Kate Tissue Ribovich
class of 1997
Participation 7%
Class Agent:
Morgan Karsman Robertson
Rebecca Frackelton
Alyson Kent C
class of 1998
Participation 23%
Class Agent:
Susan Gillings Gross
Maibeth Deas Keith C
Susan Gillings Gross B C
Megan Grant Lawrence B
Taylor Hall Bandyke C
Katherine McLean Ryan C
Kerry O’Neill Irwin
Elizabeth Yarborough
class of 1999
Participation 22%
Class Agent:
Morgan Brawley Rhodes
Elizabeth White-Hurst
Mari Armstrong-Hough
Morgan Brawley Rhodes
Alan Crowe C
Sharon Lu
Kristine Velasco Pincock
Elizabeth White-Hurst E C
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Participation 27%
Class Agent:
Cynthia Bryant Parker
Anonymous C
Mary Allen Cox C
Sarah Belden Ravndal C
Bettina Brown Irvine
Cynthia Bryant Parker E B C
Jane Carney Scully C
Deborah Detchon Dodds C
Rebecca Robinson Preston
Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster
Catherine Wilson Smith C
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Participation 11%
Class Agent:
Elizabeth Call
Jane Allen C
Katherine Blair Farmer
Andrea Dedmon C
class of 2001
Participation 15%
Class Agent:
Katherine Currin
Trisha Blackwell C
Katherine Currin
Margaret Lehner Stone
Sarah Pannell
Parent Participation All Funds 55%
Senior Parent Chairs: Sterling and Linder Laffitte P’14 | Parent Chair: Kristin Mitchell P’16
Grandparent Participation 13%
class of 2002
Participation 35%
Class Agent:
Kimberly Daniels Taws
Michelle Thomas Supko
Emily Brown Sales C
Elisabeth Campbell Cales C
Emmalyn Cochran
Danielle Dillon Munkelt
Karla Hudson Martin
Lindsay Shook C
Sara Stumberg Walker C
Michelle Thomas Supko B C
Deborah Varela
class of 2003
Participation 25%
Class Agent:
Mary Katherine Evans Rordam
Whitney Jones Allen
Sarah Arnn Parrish
Lydia Beresford
Mary Katherine Evans Rordam C
Jennifer Hinson C
Whitney Jones Allen
Martha Loftin
Christine Meyer
Jaquette Page Gilbert
Isabelle Randolph
class of 2004
Participation 31%
Class Agent:
Marguerite Logan Andrews
Danielle Thomas Kimmel
Sarah Burton Graper
Abigail Haymes Ibarra C
Mary MrDutt C
Jordan Nyberg Ferris
Ayako Obata
Ann Pope
Elizabeth Thomas
Danielle Thomas Kimmel C
Alice Ward
class of 2005
Participation 34%
Class Agent:
Lelan Dunavant Davidson
Emma Smith Castro
Lelan Dunavant Davidson C
Samantha Franklin Hammond
Ashley Hockensmith
Rebecca Jones
Sarah Lannom C
Emily Pulliam
Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin
Julia Rowe
Emma Smith Castro C
Laura Stocke Farmer
class of 2006
Participation 40%
Class Agent:
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt
Taylor Nyberg
Anonymous
Paige Abe
Joanna Caldwell C
Nell Gilliam
Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt
Jessica Hills
class of 2014 parents
A Bend in the Road by Elizabeth Hollerith ‘15
Lindsay Hockensmith
Victoria Ireson
Taylor McCall
Elizabeth Anne McGowin C
Sara Norman C
Taylor Nyberg C
Amy O’Brien Covert
Laura Rand C
Virginia Thomas
Lorena Vega
class of 2007
Participation 28%
Class Agent:
Virginia Evans
Laura Spencer
Virginia Evans
Caroline Finke
Elizabeth Loewenstein
Ann O’Brien
Laura Spencer B C
Sandra Turnbull C
Emily Dale Willmott
class of 2008
Participation 19%
Class Agent:
Ellen Cartmell
Maggie Oakes
Shelby Hockensmith
Maggie Oakes C
Kristin Reese
Kaitlin Tebeau C
Sophie Youles
class of 2009
Participation 41%
Carlyn Carter
Sumner Dalrymple
Grace Fulop
Margaret Googe
Constance Harris
Raquel Helmer
Whitney Henderson
Rosalind Jenkins
Rebecca Knight
Laura McCall
Mary McCusker
Polly Mingledorff C
Whitney Phelps
Vivian Roussel
Marion Tilghman
Alexandra Walker
class of 2010
Participation 22%
Class Agent:
Adele Cornwall
Grace Hwang
Mary Kathryn Atkinson
Adele Cornwall C
Alyssa Edes
Chelsea Hermann
Grace Hwang
Laird McIver
Charlotte Rettberg
Rebecca Smith
class of 2011
Participation 20%
Class Agent:
Kathryn Bennett
Kathryn Bennett
Isabelle Dunham
Elizabeth Ferlise
Ardra Hren
Catherine Merwin
Lily Fulop
Emily Hussey
Mary Madison Laffitte
Catherine Lane
Yea Seul Lee
Xiangxiang Luo
Xiaodi Ma
Madison McAdams
Dasia Moore
Caitlyn Morris
Molly Penny
Alexandra Powell
Christina Reed
Drew Sherrill
Rachel Tuite
Alexandra Varanelli
Stryker-Ann Vosteen
Yiran Wang
Kathryn Waters
Noelle Wilton
Kendall Woodlief
Shangyu Ye
Participation 54%
William and Darnell Abbott
Anna Avery
Calvin Bard and Heather Edgley B
William and Jill Baskin
Beth Duncan Berkun C
John and Valerie Booth B
Pace Cooke Emmons C
Timothy and Jacklyn Fulop
Bruce Hussey and Marian Murphy
Sterling and Linder Laffitte B
Louis and Tango Moore
Ned and Catherine Morris B
William and Lynn Penny
Robert and Elizabeth Powell
Bill Sherrill and Lori Wainright C
James and Lisa Tuite B
Frank and Mary Varanelli B
Paul and Marguerite Vosteen
Daniel and Tammy Waters C
David and Kathryn Wilton B
Edward and Sandra Woodlief
class of 2014
grandparents
Participation 20%
Howard Berkun
Martha Campbell
Judith Fenn Duncan C
George and Janice Edgley
Ann Foust
Robert and Patsy Gibson
Donald and Constance Hussey
Cecilia Janssen B
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Laffitte
William and Betty Penny
L.J. and Beth Turner
Louis and Annette Vosteen
Robert and Jeanine Stewart
Eugene and Kathryn Stuart B
Richard and Christina Thomas B
William and Mary Tice
Markus and Cathy Wilhelm
Kristin Wilson
Joseph and Debra Woody
Joseph and Bernadette Young
class of 2015
grandparents
Participation 53%
Anonymous (2)
Fred and Rebecca Caprio
Raja and Saradha Chadalavada
Thomasin and Paul Chrisman
Thomas and Martha Dixon B
Dale and Denise Evans B
Jan and Dagmar Fahr
Theodore Fletcher and Ann Kidder
Junxi Fu and Minmin Hugan
Zachary and Felicia Hairston B
James and Melanie Hogg
Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith B
Martha Landrum-Buckner
Dione and Robert Leak
Cesar and July Mantilla
Chester Mayo
Taylor and Katherine Parrish
Joseph and Susan Pinyard
Holly and Walt Rhea
Michael and Donna Robertson B
Participation 13%
Gladys Dixon
William and Adele Fletcher
David and Jane Leak
Lynda Mills
Herk and Sherry Sims B
Susan Smith
Nancy Stewart
Participation 57%
Anonymous
Christopher and Taboth Boch
Victor Bongard III and Taylor
Albright
Raja and Saradha Chadalavada
Henry and Jane Hawthorne
James and Tracy Lively
Wayne and Marie Mitchell
Kristin Mitchell
Tim Mitchell
Esther Okeyo
Tony and Evelyn Paz
Bobby and Irina Rains
Brett and Elizabeth Rule B
Dennis and Cynthia Samuel B
Jack and Ginger Somers
Ross Walton B
Kathleen Weller
Derek Weller
John and Patricia Wilson
Robert and Kathleen Zentner
class of 2016
grandparents
Participation 6%
Richard and Barbara Bashford
Henry and Elizabeth Hawthorne
Participation 62%
Stephen Brunton
Terry and Cynthia Dittrich
Warren and Susan Hawkridge
Tim and Karen Hayes
Joan Morris
Kathleen O’Hare
Robert and Jennifer Plemmons
Maria Pucsinszki
Laura Salazar-Rogers
Mark and Rachel Strawn
Kristin Wilson
Zhijun Xiang and Min Qin B
class of 2017
grandparents
class of 2012
Participation 14%
Mary Hayes
William and Betty Penny
James and Judy Strawn
Participation 19%
Class Agent:
Mary Kate Winebrenner
Sarah Brown
Hannah Early
Elizabeth Goldstein
Meredith Lee
Mary Kate Winebrenner
class of 2013
Participation 3%
Class Agent:
Stephanie Tuck
Cassidy Tebeau C
class of 2014
Participation 100%
Walker Abbott
Merjen Atayeva
Juliana Avery
Kendall Bard
Molly Baskin
Kathleen Berkun
Dayzah Blaine
Amanda Booth
Michaela Campbell
Robin Emmons
Katherine Ferro
De’ja Flowers
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parents & grandparents
of students
class of 2000
parents of alumnae
Parents of Alumnae Participation 48%
James and Maria Allen P’00 C
Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 E C
Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12
BC
Jean Anderson P’74
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 E B C
Victor and Bonnie Ardito P’94
Florence Hunter Ault ’46, P’72, ’75,
G’04, ’06 C
Margaret Murray Baldrige ’45, P’72
John and Carol Baughman P’01
Ann Beal P’97 †
Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44,
P’72 B C
Laurence and Karen Bettcher P’86 B
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
Michael and Thelma Blair P’93 C
Holly Bowles Blanton ’65, P’90
Nancy Ober Bowman ’46
Barry and Jo Brown P’02, ’04 C
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
Theodore and Southard Burr P’97
David and Barbara Caldwell P’06 B C
Caroline Staub Callery ’49 P’70, ’71
Joan Carter P’76 C
U. Roger and Valda Casey P’08
Edith Patterson Cates ’66, P’96 C
Jerry and Judith Clark P’04 B C
Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63 C
Davenport and Gladys Cleveland
P’72 C
Marcie Cobble P’93, ‘96 C
Barbara Collie P’85 B C
Maura Smith Collins ‘67, P’06 C
S. Christopher and Sara Cornwall P’10
Jebbie Crowe P’99
J. Christopher and Elizabeth
Dalrymple P’09
J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 E
Lois Daughtridge P’13
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 B C
Lois Davenport P’57, G’11 B
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
Michael and Dianne Dunham P’11
BC
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
Olga and Stanley Erickson P’13 C
Alexander and Virginia Evans P’03, ’07
Hilda Farmer P’81 C
Michael and Karen Farrell P’94
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 B
Edmond and Angela Fitzgerald
P’13 B C
Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan
P’12 B C
Ellen Fort P’05
Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 B C
Nan Freed P’77, ’80, ’86
Timothy and Jacklyn Fulop P’09, ’14
Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84 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
Joan Gillings P’98, G’06 B
Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein
P’12 B C
John and Sarah Goodwin P’83 C
Paul and Cynthia Googe P’09 B
James and Mary Granger P’75 C
David Greer P’78
Michael Gruening and MarieChristine Grüning-Crouzet P’04
Susan Reed Guise P’74, ’81, ’83
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 E B C
Mary Evelyn Guyton ’75
Samuel Hairston P’70, ’72, ’73 C
Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70 C
Cheryl Haymes P’04, ’05, ’12
Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson
P’02 B C
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73 C
Mark and Wendy Hermann P’08, ’10
Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80,
’82 C
Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74,
P’05, ’06, ’08 B
Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93 C
Paul Hough and Ingrid Nelson P’99,
’10 C
Channing Howe P’69 E B C
Henry and Margaret Hurt P’93 C
Robert and Sandra Jackson P’98 C
Roger and Jill Jenkins P’09 B C
Robert Jiranek P’76
Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 B C
Kirby Kittredge Johnstone ’63
Henry and Kimberley Knight P’09 B
Katherine Hairston La Rosa ’72
Anne Labouchere P’85, ’88
Anne Meigs Larkin ’40, P’65
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60
P’86 G’12 C
Sylvia Stallings Lowe P’72, ’75, ’77
Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97
Julian and Diane Mann P’98
John and Adrienne Mars P’78 B C
Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74 C
Harry and Mary Maxon P’90
Rogers and Susan McCall P’06, ’09
Norman and Vivian McGowin P’06 C
Robert and Mary McIver P’10 B C
G’10 E B C
Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 E
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
Archie and Sherri Murphy P’99 C
Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06,
’07 E B
Thomas and Jane O’Neill P’98 C
Alice Overbey P’68
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 B C
Charles and Betty Prouty P’88 C
Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 C
William and Kimberly Rand P’06
Thomas Randolph P’03
Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80 C
Cynthia Rodriguez P’13
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 B C
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
faculty & staff
Jane Allen C
Robert Ankrom C
Schaeffer Goss
Barnhardt
Richard Hunter
Barnhardt III
Shannon Bird
Amy Blair C
Geoffrey Braun
Jacqueline Comola
Gwendolyn Couch
Laura Daniel
Amy Davis C
Bonnie Dodson C
Barbie Eanes
Mary Edmonds C
Ned Edwards
Samantha Fleming
Gary Fountain B C
Melissa Evans
Fountain B C
Wanda Gammon C
David Grimes
Martha Griswold C
Cheryl Haymes
Jennifer Hiltwine C
Brittany Jackson
Kim Jackson C
Emily Johns
Alyson Kent C
Catherine LaDuke C
Starlet Lemon C
Yanjun Liu
David Lyle C
Margaret McColley
Ron Merricks C
Susan Morley
Don Morley
James Morris
Sheppard Morrison C
Sherri Murphy C
Lauren O’Neill
Dennis Oliver
Laura Rand C
Robin Revis-Pyke B
Wanda Scearce C
R. Alan Spearman C
Carolyn Stenzel
Molly Thomas C
Kenneth Tyburski C
Tammy Waters C
Elizabeth Weaver
Maureen Webb C
Sharon Williams
Donald Wood C
Katie Wood
Dina Yassin
Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63, P’92
Pomeroy and Tracy Smith P’11 B
Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp
P’90 C
Tracy Spencer P’07, ’12
BC
Anne Osborne Swain ’48, P’70 C
Elizabeth Bayard Tallman ’66, P’94
Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08,
’13 B C
Mark and Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 C
Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 E B C
Elizabeth Towers P’09 C
John and Kathleen Turnbull P’07 C
Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94 C
John Wallace P’73 C
Robert and Joan Wallick P’87 B
Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster ’61, P’87
Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01 C
Valerie Welch P’12 C
Francis T. and Katherine West P’90,
’97 E
Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91
Noel Barnes Williams ’47, P’70 C
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 B C
Jonathan and Rebecca Winebrenner
P’12 C
Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12
Donald and Gayla Wood P’96 C
D. Oliver and Mary Semmes Wright
P’87 C
Stewart and Emily Wright P’79, ’83
friends & current
students
Victor and Christine Anthony
Christine and William Baggerly
Richard and Neely Barnhardt B
Kirk Bidgood
Theodore Bruning B C
Monique Calhoun
Mary Ellen Carroll
Cheryl Czuba
Lee Darch
Ben and Betty Davenport B C
Richard Dixon C
Kathleen Bond Dow C
Carolyn Eanes
Wendy Eldridge Panuska
Dugald Fletcher
Eunice Fulcher † C
John Goodhue B
Kirsti Goodwin
Carroll Haines
Jingi Hairston ‘15
I. Cecil Handy
Charles Hickox, Jr. C
H. Winston and Betty Holt C
Caroline Ireland
Brittany Jackson
Kyle and Pam Kahuda C
Sarah Bugbee Keidel C
Warren Kelleher C
Lona Kelly
Michelle Hopkins Lawrence
Sidney Lovett C
Ann Luther
Richard Lynd B
Michael Lyons
Frank Maddux
Betty Mirro
Stevan Mosh and Eleanor SchaffnerMosh
Caswell and Liz Nilsen
Katherine Nufer
John Perkins
Gilman and Georgia Peterson
corporations &
foundations
3Kids Corp.
AARP
Alcyon Foundation
AmazonSmile Foundation
American’s Charities
Andrews Law Firm, LLC
Apex Equestrian
Avalon Trust
Ayco Charitable Foundation/Holton
Family Fund
Katherine and Thomas Belk
Foundation
The Boston Foundation
BW718 Foundation Inc.
Campbell Insurance Company B C
Central Carolina Community
Foundation
Coastal Community Foundation of
South Carolina
Cochran Family Foundation
Thomas B. & Robertha K. Coleman
Foundation Inc.
Community Foundation for Greater
New Haven
Community Foundation of Greater
Birmingham
Community Foundation of Greater
Greensboro
Community Foundation of the
Chattahoochee Valley
Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust B C
J. Crisp Properties, LLC
Crystal Trust B
Darden Restaurants, Inc. Foundation
Diamond Paper Company, Inc. C
S. Downey Fund of the Northern
Trust Charitable Giving Program
Driscoll Foundation
Elster Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Foundation for the Carolinas
GE Foundation
Greater Houston Community
Foundation
Guilford Foundation B
Zachary P. Hairston, D.D.S. Family
Dentistry
Hampton Roads Community
Foundation/ Special Fund #6 B
Claire Adair Hendrickson
Foundation
Hewlett-Packard
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
Hobby Family Foundation
Indian River Community
Foundation/Phil & Carole
Coviello Fund
Jefferson Scholars Foundation
John M Belk Educational
Endowment
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Merck Company Foundation
Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. C
Minneapolis Foundation
Network for Good
New York Community Trust
Louise P. Overbey Trust B C
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts
Program
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
Lunsford Richardson Preyer
Charitable Lead Unitrust
Horses in a Row by Memi Pearsall ’15, featured in the Junior Gallery issue of The Chronicle of the Horse
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Mary-Michael Robertson ‘15
Wendy Ross-Terry
V. R. Shackelford III
Richard Simmons B C
Lelia Smith
Nancy McCurn Stewart
Jim Stuart B
Sara Thompson C
John Thorndike C
Robert Welch G’12
John and Jeanne White
E. Carlton and Shay Wilton B
James H. Wright C
R.J. Reynolds Foundation
Lisa Richmond Photography
Robin and Sandy Stuart Fund/
Chicago Community Trust
Schwab Charitable Fund
Sherrill Family Fund/Bank of
America Charitable Gift Fund
Sledge Foundation
Stuart Family Foundation
Charles B. Sweatt Foundation
Target
Thanksgiving Foundation
James W. Thornton Family
Foundation
Trident United Way
Union Pacific Matching Gift Program
United Way of Central New Mexico
Uplands Family Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Wells Fargo Foundation
Winning Link Property Resources
Wyoming Community Foundation/
Wallick Family Fund
volunteers
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thank you! We are grateful to the many volunteers who worked enthusiastically and
selflessly on behalf of Chatham Hall during 2013–2014. You have enriched our academic,
athletic, and student life programs. You have helped us recruit new students; have hosted and
coordinated events; have raised much-needed funds to balance our budget and strengthen our
programs and provided invaluable investment advice. And, you have planned and coordinated
programs for our alumnae and parent communities. Thank you for all that you do!
board of trustees
chair
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Jane Garnett ’73
Zachary Hairston P’15
Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75
Robert McIver P’10
Ross Walton P’16
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67
honorary gifts
Walker Abbott ’14
Jane Allen ’00
Anna Avery ’86, P’14
Kendall Bard ’14
Molly Baskin ’14
Kathleen Berkun ’14
’10, ’11
William Black
Amanda Booth ’14
Laura Bradley-Pierucci ’67
Geoffrey Braun
Georgia Brunton ’17
Michaela Campbell ’14
Chatham Hall Faculty
Class of 1959
Class of 1964
Class of 1979
Class of 1984
Class of 2006
Carole Robertson Coviello ’62
Alice Cromer Van Lennep
Sumner Dalrymple ’09
Lois Anne Daughtridge ’13
Mary Dugan ’12
Mary Edmonds
Claudia Emerson ’75
Robin Emmons ’14
Katherine Ferro ’14
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64
Gary Fountain
Melissa Evans Fountain
Mary Freed ’86
Keming Fu ’15
Grace Fulop ’09
Lily Fulop ’14
Margaret Googe ’09
Elinor Greene ’70
Megan Grissett ’05
Kathryn Granger Haines ’75
Sarah Reed Harris ’81
Jane Hawthorne ’16
Mary Alice Hayes ’17
Cheryl Haymes P’04, ’05, ’12
Mackenzie Hermann ’08
Chelsea Hermann ’10
Emily Hussey ’14
Nancy Hilliard Joyce ’91
Catherine LaDuke
Mary Madison Laffitte ’14
Sterling and Linder Laffitte P’14
Catherine Lane ’14
Katherine Leak ’15
Starlet Lemon
Anne Prouty List ’88
Begona Llaca Morfin ’17
Dasia Moore ’14
Fay Freed Morlock ’77
Caitlyn Morris ’14
Molly Penny ’14
Annabelle Poston ’15
Alexandra Powell ’14
Catherine Reed ’83
Janet Freed Rosser ’80
Drew Sherrill ’14
Zoey Sims ’15
Anna Grace Somers ’16
R. Alan Spearman
Mary Reed Spencer ’74
trustees emeriti
Laura Spencer ’07
Margaret Spencer ’12
Sara Stuart ’15
Cassidy Tebeau ’13
Molly Thomas P’06, ’08
Rachel Tuite ’14
Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94
Alexandra Varanelli ’14
Marguerite Vosteen ’13
Stryker-Ann Vosteen ’14
Camille Walton ’16
Kathryn Waters ’14
Noelle Wilton ’14
Kendall Woodlief ’14
Ana-Christina Zentner ’16
memorial gifts
Rebecca Adkins
Joan Mitchell Ault ’44
Ann Beal
Cynthia Welles Borie ’74
Wilmotine Owens Bowman ’42
Charles Callery
Carter Mac Rae Chatfield ’46
Sarah Church ’68
Mildred Harrison Dent ’41
Sheila Dixon
Woodson Emmons
Marjorie Milbank Farrar ’53
Jeffrey Ferguson ’41
Sally Ferguson ’37
Emily Norcross Fisher ’55
Sarah Huntington Fletcher ’52
Connie Gibson
Charlotte Streeter Goodhue ’45
Harriett Graves-Beckley ’72
Barbara Ann Greer
Edith Porter Hickox ’38
Virginia Holt
Frances Bettle Howard ’36
Phyllis Hunt
Anne Winship Kelleher ’52
Carin Moore Laughlin ’45
Joan Campbell Lovett ’45
Susan Thompson Lynd ’61
Virginia Allen MacStravic ’66
Robert and Eugenie Millan
Margaret Morris ’77
Susan Smith Mumford ’46
Patricia Pyke Munn ’45
Erma Yeatts Murphy
Lucille Payne
Martha Ann Pugh ’77
Nancy Remley Whiteley ’68
May Cannaday Robertson ’26
Mary Bleecker Simmons ’55
Elizabeth Cooper Smith ’41
Martha Battle Stathers ’60
Dr. and Mrs. Allen Tate
Dorothy Dudley Thorndike ’47
Ann West Vivarelli ’53
Jeanne Wagoner
Jane Davenport Wall ’57
Dixie Whitehead
Mary B. Wilson ’65
Virginia Downing Wiseman ’37
Helen Yardley
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
ex-officio members
Linder Laffitte P’14
Parent Advisory Committee
The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith IV P’15,
Bishop, The Diocese of Southern
Virginia
Mary Freed ’86
President, Alumnae Council
alumnae council
president
Mary Freed ’86
Cheryl Bentley ’83
Lydia Beresford ’03
Martha Stevens Brown ’73
Elisabeth Campbell Cales ’02
Ansley Chapman Cella ’91
Joanna Edgell ’93
Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78
Nini Hadjis ’89
Emily Blair Harvey ’93
Melanie Kirk Holton ’87
Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60
Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84
Taylor Nyberg ’06
Maggie Oakes ’08
Lee Porter Page ’59
Mary Reynolds ‘84
Frances Wallace Robertson ‘73
Lindsay Shook ’02
Ann Taylor ’54
Amanda Sink Wydner ’94
parent advisory
committee
officers
President: Linder Laffitte P’14
Co-Vice Presidents: J. Bradley and
Melanie Hogg P’15
class of 2014
William and Darnell Abbott
Sterling and Linder Laffitte
Louis Moore
Tango Moore
Ned and Catherine Morris
class of 2015
Dale and Denise Evans
J. Bradley and Melanie Hogg
Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith
J. Vincent and Susan Pinyard
class of 2016
Henry and Jane Hawthorne
Kristin Mitchell
Bob and Irina Rains
Jack and Ginger Somers
Robert and Kathleen Zentner
class of 2017
Terry and Cynthia Dittrich
Mark and Rachel Strawn
Kristin Wilson
alumnae volunteers
Whitney Jones Allen ’03
Marguerite Logan Andrews ’04
Lucy Charles Jones Bendall ’42
Kathryn Bennett ’11
Virginia Cates Bowie ’73
Camille Agricola Bowman ’71
Mary Boy ’75
Elizabeth Call ’00
Virginia Carter ’76
Ellen Cartmell ’08
Emma Smith Castro ’05
Gretchen Blair Clark ’92
Sarah Collie ’85
Adele Cornwall ’10
Simone Crockett ’60
Katherine Currin ’01
Carolyn Davenport ’70
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70
Ninna Fisher Denny ’70
Lelan Dunavant ’05
Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58
Virginia Evans ’07
Mary Freed ’86
Jane Garnett ’73
Judy Currie Hamilton ’87
Sandra Van Haaften Heasley ’94
Stephanie Hewitt Hedge ’89, P’12
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Grace Hwang ’10
Jean Merritt Johnston ’62
Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67
Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04
Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77
Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97
Martha Justice Martin ’55
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Helen Mirkil ’70
Jane Everhart Murray ’63
Taylor Nyberg ’06
Maggie Oakes ’08
Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95
Charlotte Kirk Reynolds ’65
Morgan Brawley Rhodes ’99
Morgan Karsman Robertson ’97
Anna Robinson ’93
Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03
Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85
Laura Spencer ’07
Terry Overbey Stafford ’68
Kimberly Daniels Taws ’02
Ann Taylor ’54
Stephanie Tuck ’13
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Harriet Simons Williams ’48
Laura Willoughby ’87
Mary Kate Winebrenner ’12
Amanda Sink Wydner ’94
parent volunteers
Darnell Abbott P’14
William and Jill Baskin P’14
Valerie Booth P’14
Nancy Cranmore P’17
J. Belk Daughtridge P’13
Cynthia Dittrich P’17
Dale and Denise Evans P’15
Felicia Hairston P’15
Karen Hayes P’17
Melanie Hogg P’15
Elizabeth Hollerith P’15
Linder Laffitte P’14
Lynnette Lawson P’15
Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16
Marie Mitchell P’16
Cristie Neller P’15
Kathleen O’Hare P’17
Katherine Parrish P’15
Susan Pinyard P’15
Elizabeth Powell P’14
Donna Robertson P’15
Janet Shelton P’15
Jack and Ginger Somers P’16
Rachel Strawn P’17
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
James and Lisa Tuite P’14
Marguerite Vosteen P’13, ’14
Kristin Wilson P’15, ’17
Kathryn Wilton P’14
Edward and Sandra Woodlief P’14
Robert and Kathleen Zentner P’16
2014
annual report
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800 Chatham Hall Circle
Chatham, Virginia 24531-3085
www.chathamhall.org
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 2014 - Chatham Hall

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