FFFROM THE FIRST REGENT

OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS , the plantation of enjoyed meticulous restoration under the directorship of David Reese. Acclaim was univer- sal, as the mansion and outbuildings were studied, re- paired, and returned to their original stature. Contents In response to the voices of community, staff, docents From the First Regent 2 and the legislature, the Board of Regents decided in early 2012 to focus on programming and to broadened interac- 2012 Overview 3 tion with the public. The consulting firm of Bryan & Jordan was engaged to lead us through this change. The work of Program Highlights 4 the Search Committee for a new Director was delayed while the Regents and the Commonwealth settled logistics Education 6 of employment, but Acting Director Mark Whatford and In- terim Director Patrick Ladden ably led us and our visitors Docents 7 into a new array of activity while maintaining the program- ming already in place. Archaeology 8 At its annual meeting in October the Board of Regents adopted a new mission statement: Seeds of Independence 9 To utilize fully the physical and scholarly resources of Museum Shop 10 to stimulate continuing public exploration of democratic ideals as first presented by Staff & GHHIS 11 George Mason in the 1776 Declaration of Rights. Budget 12 The Board also voted to undertake a strategic plan for the purpose of addressing the new mission. A Strategic Funders and Donors 13 Planning Committee, headed by former NSCDA President Hilary Gripekoven and comprised of membership repre- senting Regents, staff, volunteers, and the Commonwealth, promptly established goals and working groups. It is antici- pated that when the Board meets in April of 2013 for our semi-annual meeting, we will welcome and vote in favor of BBBOARD OFOFOF V ISITORS this important guide into our immediate future. We have hired a new Education Manager, enhanced Mr. Kevin Gentry and promoted existing staff, and are now underway in the search for an Executive Director. Ms. Penelope Payne Gunston Hall is enjoying a renaissance, always with a Mr. Timothy J. Sargeant focus on sharing the remarkable legacy of George Mason, whose life work was dedicated to protecting the innate rights of every person. The three members of the Gunston Hall Board of Visitors are appointed First Regent Mrs. Henry R. Raab, Pennsylvania by the Governor of the Common- wealth of Virginia to one-year terms.

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 2 FFFROM THE I NTERIM D IRECTOR AM A LUCKY MUSEUM DIRECTOR , albeit interim and We at Gunston have opportunities to welcome time-limited. the curious, the history seekers, communities of IIt is a pleasure to work at Gunston Hall with new Americans, and primary schoolers to the rich generous and committed Regents, direct and life and discussion of what it means to be Ameri- critical support from the Commonwealth of Virginia, cans, of that time long ago that continues to shape dedicated, hard-working staff members, guides, and who we are today, and the promise of who we might volunteer staff members/docents, supportive and become as a people. keenly interested neighbors and friends who give of Gunston prepares for its bright future as a com- their time and resources to sustain our unique his- munity-based site with national significance. torical site. Our mission and evolving strategic directions The past year has been a challenging one at point us toward wider and deeper dialogue and to Gunston but also one of tremendous growth, new seek new partners. We aspire to become a place opportunities and directions, and open doors. that is not only the home of a unique family named We are a unique historical site in many ways and Mason, but also a place that all Americans can visit, on multiple levels. The property is spectacularly participate in, talk and learn about, and enjoy. beautiful and provides a compelling window into the Our aspirations see into the future the impor- past, both physically and philosophically. It is here tance of learning from the past. that the interests, passions, ideas that stirred Amer- I am a lucky director to be able to work at Gun- ica’s founders are available for dialogue through ston Hall – it is a terrific place and the people who the lens of George Mason and the founders. Many built and continue to build Gunston are valued here. concepts that engaged 18 th century America remain Come see what we are up to. a part of our daily discourse, some contested today as they were more than two hundred years ago. Patrick Ladden, Interim Director

The Gunston Hall Board of Regents

Mrs. David Thomas Moody, President of The Mrs. David L. Goodyear, Louisiana Dr. Jean Gray McGinnis, Colorado National Society Miss Jean Cameron Grainger, New York Mrs. Robert Andrew McMillan, West Virginia Miss Laura Reynolds Towers, President of The Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Jr., Vermont Mrs. Hugh A. Merrill, California Virginia Society Mrs. Raymond Dale Hardesty, New Jersey Mrs. Charles E. Millard, Jr., Rhode Island Mrs. Peter D. Humleker, Jr., Honorary Regent Mrs. John Mathews Harney, Jr, At Large Mrs. Richard Marshall Norton, Illinois First Regent Mrs. Henry R. Raab, Pennsylvania Mrs. Harry Leonard Hatton, Wisconsin Mrs. Steele Bartley Osborn, Minnesota Vice Regent Mrs. Price Gripekoven, Oregon Mrs. Harry R. Hill, Jr., At Large Mrs. William Anthony Peters III, Washington Mrs. James Irby Barganier, Alabama Mrs. Marshall Colville Hunt, Jr., Ohio Mrs. Henry Laurence Bee Ravenel, At Large Mrs. William B. Blaylock, Texas Mrs. John A. Jenkins, Arizona Mrs. James Ward Riley, Jr., Indiana Mrs. William Allan Blodgett, Kentucky Ms. Winafrid Avery Jenkins, Maine Mrs. Morin Montagu Scott, Arkansas Mrs. Dana Gibson Bowman, Hawaii Mrs. Michael Van Doren Johnston , Maryland Mrs. Ronald Albert Snider, At Large Mrs. Roger H. Box, Oklahoma Mrs. Walker Kennedy,Jr., Nebraska Mrs. Hugh McMaster Tarbutton, At Large Mrs. Roberts Wyckoff Brokaw, Delaware Mrs. John Heddens Kingston, Georgia Mrs. Benjamin Walter Taylor, Jr., South Carolina Mrs. Richard S. Cleary, At Large Mrs. Peter I.C. Knowles II, Virginia Mrs. John Van Allen, Wyoming Mrs. John P. Cooke, Connecticut Mrs. Todd S. Liebow, Oregon Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton, Michigan Mrs. Henry Bartholomew Cox, District of Mrs. Marshall George Linn III, Iowa Columbia Mrs. Jerry Wayne Wilcox, Kansas Mrs. David Castello Loughlin, North Carolina Mrs. George Crockett, Nevada Mrs. Frederick W. Martin, Mrs. Robert B. Field, New Hampshire Mrs. Thomas Hooke McCallie, III, Tennessee

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 3 2012 P ROGRAM HHHIGHLIGHTS HE YEAR BEGAN with Janu- T ary’s Archaeology Sympo- sium entitled Mason Neck Un- derground: From Pre-History to the Early Republic . Local archaeologists re- vealed recent discoveries at Mason Neck sites including Gunston Hall, Colchester, Meadowood Recreation Area, and Plantation. In February, the Anne Ma- son Room was filled to capac- ity for the Seeds of Independ- ence film and lecture (see page 9). The Liberty Lectures series began in February and contin- ued into March. The lectures’ theme was After the Revolution: Now What? which explored the chal- lenges facing the former colo- nies as they united into one nation. The annual Docent Training session in February added five new docents to the Gunston Hall Docents’ Association. March 24 was the annual Kite FestivalFestival. Unfortunately, (Continued on page 5)

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 4 (Continued from page 4) served visitors tea and other refresh- parents and students from George ments and house tours highlighted Mason University visited Gunston heavy rains all day kept visitation the roles of women at leisure and Hall during Parents’ WeekendWeekend. very low for an event that is usually labor. Memorial Day at the end of In the afternoon, Archaeology Day one of the best attended of the year. May highlighted George Mason’s role allowed children to participate in ar- Advanced Open Hearth Cooking in securing Virginia’s independence. chaeology activities and visitors to classes, held in conjunction with Fair- At an all-day event on Saturday, take The Hunting for George Ma- fax County’s Adult and Community June 8, 35 4 th and 5 th grade aspiring son’s Landscape tour. Education Program were conducted writers attended the Christy Hartman An evening of Taverns & Ales with on the final Saturday in March and Myer Writing WorkshopWorkshop. Students the Yards Brewing Company was a the first Sunday in April. observed a scene depicting George new event on October 20. Visitors The Hunting for George Mason’s Mason’s return from the Philadelphia were introduced to several ales Landscape tour was conducted by Convention then considered that based on original 18 th century reci- staff archaeologist David Shonyo on scene from the point of view of a pes and Rod Colfield of Historic Lon- April 14 and 21. journalist, a historian, a poet, a nov- don Town & Gardens delivered a talk April also marked the yearly begin- elist, and an illustrator. Experts in on early taverns. ning of Architecture in the Afternoon each of these fields guided the young The Level 1 Open-Hearth Cooking house tours which were offered on authors in creating their own stories class was held October 27 and 28. the first and third Sundays of each and illustrations. Both the fall and spring sessions of month until October. A new event was established in these popular classes were fully at- On the second and fourth Sun- June: George Mason Day which com- tended. days from April through October, his- memorated the 1776 ratification of November’s Decorative Arts Sym- toric interpreters in period attire por- Mason’s Virginia Declaration of posium brought guest speakers to trayed George Mason’s family, Rights. Local politicians spoke and discuss the topic of Hearing the friends, and servants. They dis- re-enactors portrayed Mason and his Highlands in Virginia to explore the cussed politics, played games, social- family and friends at a reception. Scots influence in shaping local style ized and performed 18th century do- A family-friendly program Planta- through design, architecture, and mestic tasks during the Gunston Hall tion Sleuth: Antics in Architecture material culture. Conversations program. was offered to visitors on Tuesdays, Plantation Christmas on Saturday, The Mothers Day program in May Thursdays, and Saturdays in July and December 8, was modified from pre- August. vious years. The Yuletide Dinner was Teachers’ discontinued. To make the event Day Out on more family-friendly, it started earlier August 8, in the evening than in previous years. was lightly Over 530 visitors heard holiday attended, music from the Shiloh Baptist Church but gave Choir, John the Fifer, and Tasker’s attending Choice, and joined in impromptu car- teachers a oling with Sylvia Tabb-Lee portraying plantation Nell, a slave. tour and Cooks in the hearth kitchen strategies served many sweet and savory sam- for making ples. Guests rode in a carriage or George Ma- took a hayride and wandered into the son and 18th century to converse with the 18th George Mason and members of his century family. come alive in the classroom. On the morning of October 13,

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 5 EEEDUCATION D EPARTMENT 3% UNSTON H ALL offers a variety of educational 5% 7% G 1%0% offerings for school children. Our field trip 7% and outreach programs are coordinated with the 4% Virginia History and Social Studies Standards of Kindergarten Learning. 2% 1st Members of the Gunston Hall Docents’ Asso- 2nd ciation are instrumental in conducting all our 3rd 4th field trips, and outreach visits. Many of them 5th also volunteer to staff and help plan on-site Co- 6th lonial Days, the Kite Festival, and Plantation 11th Christmas. They all participate in continuing their own education by attending monthly lec- tures and visiting historical sites. 72% George Mason’s Plantation WorldWorld: This is our 2012 S CHOOL T OUR D ISTRIBUTION BYBYBY G RADE basic school tour. Students learn about George Mason— American patriot, brilliant author, hus- band and father, slave owner and successful planter. an outreach program that presents George Mason as They explore the Virginia Declaration of Rights and Ma- author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights; as a princi- son’s contributions to, and objections to, the Constitu- pal contributor to the U.S. Constitution; and as a planter, tion of the United States; examine the rooms of Mason’s businessman, and slave owner. Students explore the home; and learn of the lives of the , inden- day-to-day life of planter families, indentured servants, tured servants, and enslaved workers who lived at Gun- and slaves. Grades 4-6. ston Hall in the 18th century. For grades K-12 . $5 per HandsHands----OnOn Colonial Days: At Home with George Mason student Colonial Day is offered twice each school year; one in Tailored ToursTours. The education staff works with teach- October and one in April. This program brings as many ers to customize an on-site or outreach experience to as 380 students to Gunston Hall at once. Students are address a particular curricular interest, such as George immersed in the people and activities of an 18th century Mason as Patriot, the tobacco economy, slavery, or day- Virginia plantation. They carry out plantation jobs in the to-day life on a Virginia plantation. Grades 3-12. $7 per kitchen yard; interact with characters from George Ma- student son's time; and play colonial games on the plantation lawns. The schedule includes daily life demonstrations and hands-on opportunities. Student-friendly tours of the I have been bringing my fourth graders to Gun- mansion and a story telling program are special features ston Hall for a few years now, and we always get of the day. Grades 4 – 6 . $7 per student “ treated well by the staff and docents there. may have more ‘public prestige,’ but Submitted by Frank N. Barker, Assistant Education Gunston Hall has WAY more compassion and atten- Coordinator tion.” A Fairfax County Public Schools teacher IIINNN 2012 3995 STUDENTS CAME FOR THE Extraordinary ToursTours. Extraordinary tours are designed for groups of 40-85 students and are offered on a lim- GMPW T OUR ited basis throughout the school year. Tours feature con- 1987 STUDENTS CAME FOR A versations with costumed characters from the past, hearth-cooking demonstrations, 18th century games, TAILORED T OUR OR E XTRAORDINARY penmanship, and deportment lessons. Grades 3-12. $7 HISTORY T OUR per student School Outreach 631 CAME FOR C OLONIAL D AYS Docents take the 18th century into classrooms with

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 6 GGGUNSTON H ALL D OCENTS ’ A’ A SSOCIATION unston Hall Docents' Association is a unique associa- enhance the educational presentations, as well as to sat- G tion, established in 1957, that began with a small isfy the docents urge to expand their individual knowledge group of dedicated women determined to open historic of the 18th century. Sustained training programs, lectures, Gunston Hall for the purpose of educating school children book groups and extended study trips unify the group and about George Mason, his life, his family and his ideals as maintain an energized spirit. put forth in his Virginia Declaration of Rights. Over fifty years later, the association remains uniquely Over the years the association has grown into a dynamic dedicated and determined to keep George Mason and his force in education with on-site tour programs, special concepts as provided in our Bill of Rights part of our vo- events, and classroom presentations, serving over 10,000 cabulary. students annually. Open-Hearth Cooking, Storytelling , and Living History Character programs have been developed to Submitted by MaryKay Ruwe, GHDA Chair Jim Albanese Sandy Galletta ♣ Margaret Meath ♣♥♠ Janis Waller Mary Albanese Jane Gawalt ♥♠ Ruth Melvin ♣ Paula Wilde ♥ Diane Altenburg Laura Germain ♣ Kathy Miller Elaine Xenos Beth Atkinson Brenda Hall ♣♦ Martha Nelson♣ Mary Ann Yankosky ♥♠ Judy Beriss ♣♥ Janis Harless ♦ Christine O’Hare♣ Melody Yezek ♣♦ Ronnie Bubb Linda Hartman ♣♦♠ Nancy Pope Doreen Zinkus Debbie Bullock ♥♠ Terri Hayes Scootie Prior Shawn Zurlo ♣♥ Helen Burroughs Louise Higgins ♣ Trish Ramos SPECIAL DOCENTS: Evelyn Cassell ♥ Sue Hodes ♣♠ Sharon Rasmussen Donna Boulter ♣♥♦ Mary Chapman Carol Howerton ♥ Rosemary Romine Barbara Farner♠ Mary Lu Chatelier ♣ Mar Jackson♠ Diana Rock Ginger Smith Judi Cohn ♥♠ Becky Laudenslager♣♠ MaryKay Ruwe ♣♠ Mary Branch Carol Coose Diane Lenahan Nancy Sage Roxana Rozek Judy Crooks Susanne Leon Susan Sager♣♠ Janet Crumley Joan Lewis Mary Scott♣ ♣ Hearth Cook Lynne Dalpino Charlene Little Julia Smiley ♥ Storyteller Donna DiRicco ♣♥♠ Judy Livingston Carole Smith ♦ Special Character Jackie Ehrman ♣♥♦ Kathy Luetkemeier Mary Starner ♣♠ ♠ Outreach Sheila Fletcher Renée Mahoney ♣ Joyce Taormina ♥ Diane Ford ♥ B.J. Mc Pherson ♦ Mary Lou Tracy Sophie Frederickson ♣ Ann McWhirt ♣ B.L.Trahos ♣

Docent Executive Board 75 docents with an average 8.7 years of experience. Chairman MaryKay Ruwe 8.7 Vice Chair Sandy Galetta 555 new docents trained in Secretary Rosemary Romine 2012. Treasurer Diane Ford Nominations Shawn Zurlo Training Louise Higgins & Laura Germain Scheduler Brenda Hall

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 7 AAARCHAEOLOGY rchaeological field work projects undertaken during 2012 included the following: A ♦Resolution of the size and shape of an 18 th century carriage turnaround area just out- side the land front entrance of the mansion ♦Investigation of an anomaly to the west of the schoolhouse detected in a previous ground penetrating radar survey ♦An attempt to find evidence of a fence line that may have defined the west margin of the formally maintained area around the mansion ♦Determined the end point of gravel Mason-era walkway previously found in the kitchen yard ♦Established the location of an 18 th century fence in the kitchen yard and its connection with the east garden boundary fence ♦Re-opened a unit in a large 18 th century trash deposit area (to be continued in 2013). The archaeology program also provided popular archaeology-related activities for children during the March Kite Festival, Colonial Days in April and October, and Archaeology Day in October; and participated with the Friends of Fairfax Archaeology in organizing an archae- ology symposium scheduled for February 2013 at Gunston Hall.

Submitted by Archaeologist David Shonyo

AAARCHAEOLOGY V OLUNTEERS M.J. Basilone, Carol Boland, Alex Bower, Janice Brose, Hanna Bunting, Maria Calderon, Jerry Foster, Lindsay Ham- blin, Susan Hardenburgh, Coleen Hill, Lucy Holden, Molly Hulsey, Susan Marquis, Mike Massie, Grace May, Annette Neubert, Ann Oliver, Meghan Pelaz, Anatoly Policastro, Merry Beth Policastro, Leslie Rakowski, Sarah Romero, Karl Van Newkirk, Donald Ward, and Claudia Wendling.

A 4th grade visitor tries to piece together an arti- fact at the Archaeology Station during the Fall Colonial Day.

Archaeology volunteer Anatoly Policastro investigates an 18 th Century “trash” deposit.

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 8 2012 S EEDS OFOFOF I NDEPENDENCE P ROGRAM

ELD ON F EBRUARY 12, 2012, the Fifth Annual Seeds of circumstances in adjacent areas. H Independence program explored the effects of the Members of the committee dedicated to the 2012 Civil War upon the residents of Mason’s Neck (as it was program were: Anne Barnes, Fairfax County History Com- known at the time). missioner and Mason Neck Resident; Audrey Davis, Alexan- “Between the Lines: Blacks dria Black History Museum; Paula Elsey, History4All, Inc.; Living on Mason’s Neck During Roosevelt Holt, Shiloh Baptist Church; Lorraine Bushrod the Civil War,” the film produced Jackson, Shiloh Baptist Church; Gary Knipling, Mason Neck by the Seeds of Independence resident; Jerry Lyons, Lyonshare Studios, LLC and Mason committee, explored a small an- Neck resident; Sallie Lyons, Fairfax County History Commis- tebellum settlement of free sioner and Mason Neck resident; Maddy McCoy, Fairfax blacks clustered along the Neck County Slavery Inventory Data Base; Mary V. Thompson, Road, now known as Harley Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens; with Linda Hartman, Road, on Mason’s Neck. David Reese, and Dave Shonyo, Gunston Hall. Gunston Hall Archaeologist Attendance for the 2012 program was 177. Dave Shonyo narrated the film with remarks from Mary V. Thompson, Research Historian, Mount Vernon, and Rev. Submitted by Linda Hartman Donald Binder, PhD, , contributing commen- tary. Founded in 2007 in order to study the rich African Ameri- Additionally, in her talk, “On Uneven Ground: Finding can heritage of Mason Neck, Virginia, the Seeds of Independ- Freedom in the Civil War Chesapeake,” guest speaker Kym ence committee produces annually a program for the general S. Rice, University, related the impact public which features one aspect of the community in a short of war upon the isolated inhabitants of Mason’s Neck to documentary film of their own making. LLLIBRARY /A/A/A RCHIVES

HE PRESERVATION OF G EORGE M ASON ’S BOOKS in our collec- Progress, & Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African T tion continues with Cat Tail Run Book Bindery in Win- Slave Trade by Thomas Clarkson. These volumes also have chester, Virginia. a dedication from James P. Parke to the Kentucky Abolition With the completion of the last three volumes owned by Society 1817. Parke was the Philadelphia publisher of this Mason, the Library Committee, under the guidance of Mrs. edition. One of the volumes has a torn copy of the famous Charles E. Millard, Regent from Rhode Island, has agreed image “Stowage of the British Slave Ship ‘Brookes’ under to the conservation of later Mason family volumes in the the Regulated Slave trade Act of 1788.” This image played collection. Many of these early 19 th century volumes have an important role in the British abolitionist movement. “Gunston Hall” written on the flyleaf. These preservation Mrs. Frederick W. Martin, our Regent from Massachu- efforts are made possible by the generous gift from the setts, donated a copy of Descriptive Guide Book of Virginia estate of Mary Rhoda Montague Porter whose portrait now Old Gardens by the Garden Club of Virginia [1929]. The hangs in the Library. Mrs. Thomas H. McCallie, Regent from volume has a description of the grounds of Gunston Hall Tennessee, kindly arranged for the Library portrait. with an image of Gunston Hall during the Hertle period. Recent Acquisitions to the Collections Liberty Lectures 2012 Potomac Aqueduct. Hydrographic survey of the Poto- We had three authors speak at our Liberty Lecture Se- mac River near Georgetown . This survey was made in the ries for 2012, with the theme “After the Revolution; Now fall of 1832 and published in1836. A nice large scale sur- What?,” looking at the winners, losers, and the formation of vey “shewing the position of the [proposed] aqueduct, its the early republic. The lectures averaged 60 guests for connection to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal on the North each lecture and the books were available for sale in our bank, and with the Alexandria canal on the South bank of Museum Shop. The presenters were; the river.” Analostan Island, home of , is identi- Thomas B. Allen author of Tories: Fighting for the King in fied in the lower right hand corner. The Mason foundry is America’s First Civil War identified on the map across the river. Thomas P. Chorlton author of The First American Repub- : Improving the Georgetown Channel lic 1774-1789: The First Fourteen American Presidents Chart of the Head of Navigation of the Potomac River Sur- Before Washington veyed 1857. Published 1858. This is a large chart that de- Kevin P. Gutzman author of James Madison and the tails the Potomac River from the Aqueduct to Long Bridge. Making of America Among the features identified are Mason’s Island [formally And thanks to our volunteer interns over the past year- Analostan] with the former home of John Mason marked on Laura Beavers, Sara Beach, Sean Sowers and Michelle the island. Bishop. Donations to the Library Submitted by Mark Whatford, Deputy Director Mrs. James T. Norman, a former Regent of Gunston Hall, has donated to the Library a two volumeGUNSTON set o fH theALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 American first edition [1808] of The History of the Rise, PAGE 9 GGGUNSTON H ALL M USEUM S HOP 2012

HE YEAR 2012 saw the publication of a new soft- Gunston Hall. T cover, elegant guidebook, Gunston Hall . The Gun- During the year, we reprinted the popular The Recol- ston Hall Board of Regents commissioned this gor- lections of John Mason which is the first-hand remem- geous book with all new photography and it has proven brances of George Mason’s son of life at Gunston Hall to be a best seller and conveys the singular nature of and of his father. The Shop is spearheading the ef- fort to once again add Special Events to our offerings. To pre- pare for this addition, much of our year has been focused on revital- izing our catering kitchen and benchmarking best practices and formulating policies and proce- dures to accommodate special events at Gunston. During the year, two staff mem- bers have taken the food manage- ment course for Fairfax County so Gunston Hall will be compliant with Health Department regula- tions. Staff changes include the hiring of a new shop assistant manager, Pam Muirheid, and we said good- bye to Lori Dahnert, who worked in the shop for six years. Pam brings skills for on-line retailing and web design and the Gunston store plans on utilizing these skills to create new selling opportuni- ties.

Submitted by Karen Bazzle, Museum Shop Manager

GGUNSTONUNSTON H H ALLALL A A NNUALNNUAL R R EPORTEPORT 20122012 PPAGEAGE 1010 EEEMPLOYEES OFOFOF G UNSTON H ALL AAASSS OFOFOF D ECEMBER 31, 2012 Administration Interpreters Patrick Ladden, Interim Director Susan Anthone 3 Susan Blankenship, Development Pro- Ed Beaver 2 gram Coordinator Ray Boddie 5 S. Joy, Administrative Assistant Eric Borio Lena McAllister, Administrative Supervi- Linda Caldwell 1 sor Dawn Callaway 6

3 Public Programs Mavis Dezulovich Mark J. Whatford, Deputy Director Geri Dorough 4 Frank N. Barker, Assistant Education Terry Dunn 2 Coordinator Michael Gryboski David Shonyo, Archaeologist Dace Krastkalns Jacquelyn LaRaia 4 Grounds and Maintenance Cindy Major 4 Berto Delfi-Hernandez Alexandra Parker Lupe Martinez Kim Sabin 4 Buddy Mongold Patricia Salamone Daniel Wheeler Thomas Shubert 6 Museum Shop Berto Delfi-Hernandez Millard Stephens 5 Karen Bazzle, Manager and Buddy Mongold Lori Dahnert Daniel Wheeler Rhonda Williams clear deadfall trees from Pamela Muirheid` the property in February. 1 more than 30 years of service Visitor Services 2 more than 25 years of service Geri Dorough 3 more than 20 years of service Louise Higgins 4 more than 15 years of service Patricia Nyland 5 more than 10 years of service 6 more than 5 years of service

TTTHEHEHE G UNSTON H ALL H ISTORICAL I NTERPRETERS S OCIETY The Gunston Hall Historical Inter- Jackie Ehrman “Young Guns” who range in age from preters Society (GHHIS) was formed Greg Fisher 9 - 18 years. These young history en- to interpret plantation life of 18th Gema Gonzalez thusiasts interpret plantation chores; century Virginia as well as the influ- Brenda Hall such as dairying, laundry, spinning ence and contributions of George Janis Harless and processing flax into linen, as well Mason on the founding of our nation. Linda Hartman as penmanship and period games. Members of GHHIS interpret Col. Doortje LeGrand We are thrilled that in 2012 some of Mason's life, his family, acquaintan- Becky Laudenslager our young members made the leap ces, and household from the con- Renee Mahoney into first-person interpretation of the struction of Gunston Hall until his Don McAndrews young Mason family members. death. Dan McMahon Madison Woodward-Allen In 2012 Society Members pro- Ann McWhirt Hannah Bunting vided support to Gunston Hall special Lyn Padgett Sam Caruso events to include: Mother's Day Tea, Jane Pease Elizabeth Germain George Mason Day, Conversations, Pat Sowers Aiden Hartman and Plantation Christmas. This year Carole Thomas Maddie Finn the Society also presented the first Wayne Thompson Maura Finn ever, "Mason Family Reunion" which Kim Walters Kyle Mahoney they hope to make an annual event. Cathy Zaret Forrest Meyer Members of the Society include: Mae Meyer Helen Anderson Gunston Hall Historical Interpret- Phebe Meyer Jamie Borek ers Society is augmented by our very Lindsey Willstatter Ted Borek talented and energetic troupe of Doug Cohen Submitted by Lyn Padgett, Susan Costa GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 Chairperson, GHHIS Tom Costa PAGE 11 GGGUNSTON H ALL B UDGET

RevenueRevenue FY FY 2012 2012 $1,270,604$1,270,604 Donations Donations Commonwealth VA $420,050 Commonwealth VA $420,050 Ops & Cap 33% Ops & Cap 33% $532,191 $532,191 42% 42%

Admissions Admissions $120,569 $120,569 9% 9% Museum Shop Special Events Museum Shop Special Events $125,408 $72,386 $125,408 $72,386 10% 6% 10% 6%

ExpensesExpenses FY FY 2012 2012 $1,262,983$1,262,983 Events Events Ed & Program Development Ed & Program Development $78,436 $7,388 $78,436 Facilities/Grounds $7,388 6% Facilities/Grounds <1% 6% $143,482 <1% Ops & Utilities $143,482 Ops & Utilities 11% $149,922 11% $149,922 12% 12% Collections Collections Museum Shop $4,550 Museum Shop $4,550 $86,614 <1% $86,614 <1% 7% 7% Contract Labor Contract Labor $114,481 $114,481 9% 9% Salaries, Salaries, Benefits, Benefits, Payroll Taxes Payroll Taxes $678,110 $678,110 53% 53%

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 12 TTTHEHEHE B OARD OFOFOF R EGENTS WISHES TOTOTO THANK THE FOLLOWING F UNDERS AND D ONORS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT INININ MEETING G UNSTON H ALL ’’’SSS MISSION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

The Commonwealth of Virginia

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America

The Gunston Hall Foundation

Mrs. Fabian Kunzelmann

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Every attempt has been made to In Memory of Gerry Lyons Mrs. Murray J. Belman Mr. Steven Bodolay compile an accurate and complete Mrs. Rodger B. Arbogast Mrs. Louis Mason Benepe III Mrs. Sarah Ellsworth Bogan list of supporters donating $50 or Ms. Kit Archie Mrs. Weimer Benjamin Mrs. Albert E. Booth II more between July 1, 2011 and Ms. Mary E. Arena December 31, 2012. Assistance in Ms. Dee Bennett Mrs. Brian G. Booth recognizing any omissions or errors Mrs. David W. Ariail Mrs. Mary Florence Benson Mrs. William N. Booth is greatly appreciated. Please direct Mrs. Kimberly Hatton Ash Mrs. Anderton L. Bentley Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Joseph C. your comments to: Mrs. Ann Belser Asher Ms. Evelyn C. Berg Bossong Officer Keith Darnell Atkins In Memory of Mrs. Doy L. [email protected] , Mrs. Peter Derek Bergstrom McCall or write: Mrs. Norberto Azqueta Jr. Mrs. Roger S. Berlind Mrs. Mary E. Camp Gunston Hall Mr. Gary A. Bailey Mrs. Annie Laurie Berry Boulware Development Office Mrs. Joan M. Bailey Mrs. John W. Bicknell Mrs. Patrick F. Bowditch 10709 Gunston Road Mrs. Luis Antonio Balart Mrs. George P. Bissell Jr. Mrs. Dana G. Bowman Mason Neck, VA 22079 Mrs. Robert C. Baldwin Mrs. Donald C. Bowman Mrs. Matilda B. Bixby Mrs. Graham John Barbey Mrs. Roger H. Box Mrs. Sally Abbott Ms. Katherine L. Blair Mrs. James Irby Barganier Mrs. Mary A. Blake Mrs. Thomas W. Boyd Mrs. Richard M. Adams In Memory of Mrs. Doy L. Mrs. John G.B. Boyd Mrs. Conrad F. Ahrens McCall Mrs. Robert E. Blanchard Mrs. David William Bradley Anonymous Frances K. Barr Mrs. Nancy Carter Bland Mrs. Richard Y. Bradley Ms. Rebecca Alford Mrs. Mary T. Bauer Susan Blankenship Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Mrs. Christopher J.L. Allen Mrs. Clarence B. Bauknight Mrs. William B. Blaylock Bradshaw American Association of Uni- Mr. and Mrs. Clark R. Mrs. Harold Blevins Mrs. Margaret Brennan versity Women Bavin Jr. Mrs. William A. Blodgett Mrs. Gilbert Warwick Mrs. Thomas R. Bayless Ms. Kate R. Blom Dr. and Mrs. Earl J. Brewer Anderson Mrs. C. Victor Beadles III In Memory of Gerry Lyons Ms. Priscilla Brewster The Rev. Mary Sterrett Mr. Ed Beaver Mrs. Margaret Varner Bloss Mrs. Saunders McKenzie Anderson In Memory of Caryl Wisler Mrs. Betty Barton Pride Bridges, Jr. Mrs. Catherine Angle Mrs. Park O. Beaver Jr. Blythe Mrs. Peter J. Brix Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Ms. Sara Becker Mrs. Joyce McGehee Mrs. Roberts Wyckoff Annett Mrs. John C. Beckman Bockenmuel Brokaw Mrs. Boyce Ansley Mrs. Stephen G. Bell Mr. Raymond B. Boddie In Memory of Caryl Wisler (Continued on page 14) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Appel In Honor of Wylie Raab

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 13 (Continued from page 13) III Mrs. Edward W. Cooch Jr. In Memory of Elizabeth Star- Mrs. William Henry Chandler Mrs. John P. Cooke buck Mrs. George Mercer Brooke, In Memory of Josephine In Honor of Mrs. Alva White- Coors Girls Jr. head and Mrs. Furman Osbun In Memory of Jeanne Mrs. James H. Broussard Brodie Mrs. Weldon Doe Jr. Parham Coors and Mrs. Bruce Arnold Chappell Mrs. Miranda Sampsell Mrs. E. Huntington Brown Christy Coors Beasley Donnelley Mrs. Genevieve Wheeler Mrs. Charles E. Childs Jr. Mrs. Noel P. Copen Mrs. Henry H. Dorn Jr. Brown Elizabeth Early Chilton Mrs. David Ryan Cordell Sr. Mrs. Richard T. Doughtie III Ms. Kate Eustis Brown Mr. and Mrs. C. Lynch Mrs. David Covey Christian III Mrs. Virginia Pou Doughton Mrs. Millie K. Brown Mrs. H. Bartholomew Cox In Honor of Sallie Craddock Mrs. Sheila S. Draper Mrs. P. David Brown Frank and Carol Christian Mrs. Theodore Jack Ms. Carolyn P. Drennen Mrs. Randolph A. Brown Mrs. Frank P. Christian Craddock Mrs. S. Spencer Neville Mrs. Steven W. Duff Mrs. Sally A. Christianson Mrs. Allan Neil Crawford Jr. Brown In Memory of Mrs. Kauno Mrs. Claire C. Christopher Mrs. George Crockett Lehto Mrs. Thomas W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. William S. Mrss. Robert William Crosby In Memory of Alice James Mrs. W. L. Lyons Brown Jr. Christopher Mrs. Anne Crumpacker Grainger Mrs. John D. Bryson In Honor of Wylie Raab, Mrs. Mary Harding L. Cist Cub Scout Pack 301 Marcy Moody, Hilary Mrs. Robert T. Buchanan Mrs. James Felix Clardy Mrs. William L. Culbert III Gripekoven and Jean Ms. Karen Buckley Ms. Elizabeth Sivage Clark Mrs. Cheryl E. Cullimore Grainger Mrs. Igor Dumbadze Mrs. William B. Bull Mrs. Katharine Armstrong Mrs. William J. Curtin In Honor of Melanie Maddox Mrs. Olive G. Bundgard Clark Miss Margaret C. Cushing Hunt Ms. Margaret A. Burrows- Ms. Kim Clark Mrs. Frederick Henry Czerner Ms. Bonnie Duncan Getz Mrs. Bunny Clarke Jr. Mrs. Richard M. Dunlap Mrs. Marie Battey Bush Mrs. Lillian Deakins Clarke Mrs. William D. Dahling Mrs. Deborah S. DuSault Mrs. Mark W. Buyck Ms. Margaret Clarkson Mrs. F. Wilson Daily In honor of Mrs. Timothy Miss Anne C. Eagles Dargan Mrs. Richard S. Cleary Mrs. Linda W. Dale EBS Foundation Mr. Peter V. Daniel Mrs. Louise A. Calhoun Mrs. Victoria Steadman Mr. and Mrs. Brian Eckert Clement In Memory of Lydia C. Daniel Mrs. Nancy H. Callaway Mrs. Harold Edwards Jr. Mrs. James Kavanaugh Mrs. Timothy George Dargan Mrs. John R. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clinton Dr. Elaine F. Davies Mrs. Mary B. Campbell Ehrman Jr. Mrs. Katherine L. Clovis Mrs. Frances B. Davis Mrs. James Ferris Cann Jr. Mrs. Frank R. Ellerbe Jr. Mrs. Cynthia G. Cobb Ms. Katherine M. Davis Miss Helen R. Cannon Mrs. Airey D. Ellis Ms. Polly W. Cochran Mrs. Sara Ewing Davis Mrs. Susan McEldowney Mrs. S. Field Emerson Ms. Lorraine S. Coe Mrs. Elizabeth F. Dawson Canon Mrs. Barbara W. Engelbach Mrs. Charles Robert Coe Mrs. Eugene D. Day Jr. Mrs. Rosmonde E. Kuntz Mrs. S. Kendrick Eshleman The Merrick Foundation Capomazza Mrs. Francesco De Sanctis III Mrs. Richard E. Coen Lisa Carlin Mrs. Magruder H. Dent Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker Mrs. Jane F. Espy Mrs. Charlton DeSaussure Ms. Carol Carpenter Coffin Mrs. Frank Evans Dr. and Mrs.Leonard W. Mrs. Josephine H. Detmer Mrs. Edward Bates Cole Mrs. Tania G. Evans Carpi Mrs. Zella T. Dewey Ms. Janet N. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Mrs. J. Dabney Carr Farner Ms. Rita A. Collier Mrs. Bruce E. Dines In Honor of David L. Reese Mrs. Robert Adams Carr In Memory of Caryl Wisler Docent Class of 2012 Ms. Carolyn Grant Fay Mrs. Mary Hall Carter Mrs. Barbara B. Collings In Honor of Louise Higgins, In Memory of Eleanor Hop- Becky Laudenslager and In Memory of Homoiselle Mrs. David L. Conlan kins Hall Shawn Zurlo Haden Fay Mrs. D. Blackshear H. Chaffe Mrs. Walter F. Connor Mrs. David Moore Dodge (Continued on page 15)

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 14 (Continued from page 14) Mrs. Hal S. Gefvert Mrs. Samuel McCabe Mrs. Harry R. Hill Jr. Ms. Susanne E. Geier Hairston Mrs. William Inge Hill Mrs. C. Conway Felton Mrs. David Lee Genter Mrs. N. Patrick Hale Mrs. Therese R. Hillyer Mrs. Gregory Guilbert Fergin Mrs. George W. Gibbs III Mrs. Eugene E. Hall Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Hinckley Mrs. Robert L. Ferril III Ms. Eleanor M. Gibson Mrs. Geoffrey P. Hall Mrs. Alice D. Hingston Mrs. Robert B. Field Jr. In Honor of Wylie Gibson Mrs.Ethel McFarlan Hamann Mrs. Beverley Wilkes Hirsig Raab’s Birthday Dr. Cornelia W. Hamilton Mrs. Donald R. Findlay Mrs. Harrison F. Giddens Mrs. J. Churchill Hodges Miss Helen Dudley Hamilton Mrs. Lurline Fishburne Mrs. Cate S. Gilbane Mrs. Thomas J. Hoffmann Mrs. H. Ross Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fleming Mrs. David M. Gillespie Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe Mrs. Katharine E. Fleming Mrs. William Bryan Mrs. Ellsworth K. Holden Mrs. Ian Glenday Hardegree Jr. Miss Lamar Fletcher Ms. Jessica A. Holden Ms. Mary Glerum Mrs. Raymond Dale Hardesty Ms. Ann D. Flowerree Mrs.Elizabeth W. Holdsworth Anonymous Mrs. Susan M. Hardtner Ms. Judy Flynn In Memory of Ann Navaro Mrs. Marjorie R. Geottsche Miss Courtenay A. Hardy Mrs. Steven Asbury Holland Mrs. Shirley E. Flynn Mrs. Mason Anderson Mrs. Marshall B. Hardy Jr. Mrs. J.W.F. Holliday Mrs. David Wendel Foerster Goldsmith Mrs. John Matthews Harney Mrs. Wickliffe Hollingshead Mrs. Katherine Peyton Mrs. David L. Goodyear Jr. Forbes Mrs. Frederick S. Holmes Jr. Ms. Jean F. Gordon Mrs. Paul H. Harrell Jr. Mrs. Damaris D.W. Ford Mrs. Robert Nisbet Holt Jr. Mrs. Maggie Laurent Gordy Mrs. Mabel Harris Mrs. Phoebe G. Forio Mrs. Richard C. Holton Mrs. Laura B. Gowen Mrs. Joe J. Harrison Ms. Pat Forman Mr.and Mrs. Charles R. Mr. Gary Grainger Mrs. Sarah S. Harrison Hooff III Mrs. Janet W. Francis Miss Jean Cameron Grainger Mrs. Frances L. Harrold Mrs. Suzanne Hoover Mrs. H. Gordon Fraser Jr. Mrs. Philip H. Grantham Mr. and Mrs. Preston Haskell Mrs. Franklin Davis Horkan Ms. Marsha W. Freed Mrs. Downey M. Gray Jr. Mrs. Madden Hatcher Jr. Len Horne Mrs. Louis M. Freeman Mrs. Cary T. Grayson Jr. Mrs. Robert F. Hatcher Sr. Ms. Jill Hornor and Mr. Yo-Yo Mrs. Mimi Freeman Mrs. Albert A. Green Jr. Mrs. Harry Leonard Hatton Ma Mrs. Marjorie Kler Freeman Mrs. Henry Derriel Green Sr. Mrs. Henry M. Hawkins Mrs. Jesse Bounds Horst Mrs. J.S.M. French Mrs. Molly L. Green Mrs. Roland J. Hawkins Mrs. Dorothy Knox Mrs. Frederick C. Frostick Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James Carson Mrs. Val Hawkins Howe Houghton Mrs. David C. Fuchs Greene Mrs. Frederick W. Hayes Mrs. Henry duBignon Mrs. Mary T. Funsch Mrs. George R. Greer Jr. Howard Mrs. Thomas C. Haywood Mrs. William M. Gabard Mrs. Harold S. Grehan Jr. Ms. Laura S. Howell Mrs. Fredericka W.A. Hazard Mrs. Robert I. Gale Mrs. Price Gripekoven Mr. and Mrs. William K. Anne B. Hazel Mrs. Sandra J. Galletta Mrs. Ann Grist Howenstein Mrs. James A. Hedgpeth Jr. Mrs. William Jordan Gamble Mrs. Robert Walker Groves Jr Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Mr. and Mrs. T. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Huckins Mrs. Constance H. Grund Helm Gandee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mrs. James O. Gundlach Mrs. Nolan Davis Helms Jr. Huenefeld Mrs. Lillian R. Gantsoudes Gunston Hall Docents’ Asso- Mrs. Charles Helvey In Honor of Melanie Maddox Mrs. Muscoe R.H. Garnett Jr. ciation Hunt Mrs. Willard E. Henderer II Dr.and Mrs. David William In Memory of Caryl Wisler Mrs. Jack C. Hughston Mrs. Marion F. Henny Gaston Mrs. Sarah Gay Guyton Huie-Dellmon Trust In Honor of Mrs. Hannah Cox Mrs. Maria Wynne Gwynn Mr. Daniel W. Henson In Memory of Caryl Wisler Mrs. Peter D. Humleker Jr. Mrs. Sylvia Breed Gates Mrs. Charlotte Hagenmeyer Judith C. Herdeg Mrs. Mary B. Gatewood Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hagopian (Continued on page 16) Mrs. Jerry Falvey Gay Mrs. Nancy S. Heymann

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 15 (Continued from page 15) Mrs. Nancy Keelan Ms. Catherine D. Latimore Mr. and Mrs. Marquis Mrs. Warren G. Keinath Jr. Mrs. Anne I. Lawrence Mrs. Robert V. Martin Jr. Mrs. Marshall Colville Hunt Jr Mrs. Oliver J. Keller Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Mrs. W. Swift Martin III Mrs. Carolyn C. Hunter Mrs. James M. Kellogg Lawson III Mrs. Frederick W. Martin Miss Leslie Mrs. Alberta Allen Kelly Mrs. Barbara Brown Lee Mrs. Charles E. Martin Mrs. Ruth S. Huss Ms. Kathleen M. Kelly Mrs. Sally LeFeber Mrs. Thomas Everett Martin Mrs. Harland W. Huston Jr. Mrs. Ernst Bischoff Kemm Mrs. Lewis Lehrman Jr. Mrs. James A. Hynes Mrs. Walker Kennedy Jr. Mrs. Robert C. Lenfesty Mason Neck Citizens Asso- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lesnak ciation Mrs. Sandra Immoor Mrs. John P. Kennedy In Memory of Gerry Lyons In Honor of Melanie Hunt’s Mrs. Clarke R. Keough Ms. Phoebe R. Levering Ms. Sandra Massie Birthday Mrs. Max M. Levy Mrs. Rodney R. Ingham Mrs. Louise T. Kepper Mrs. Joseph D. Matarazzo Virginia and Don Lewis Mrs. Herbert D. Ivey Jr. Mrs. Gerd H. Keuffel Mrs. Richard V. Mattingly Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Allen L. Lewis Mrs. Thomas C. Jackson Mrs. Roberta Keydel Mrs. Edward Fennel Mauldin In Honor of Mrs. Rodney Kinder Porter Scott Family Mrs. David G. Lewis Jr. Mrs. Louise Mauran Ingham and Mrs. John Foundation Mrs. Todd S. Liebow Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Evers Herdeg Mrs. Dorothy C. King Mrs. Joanne M. Lilley May Mrs. John Tarkington Mrs. Thomas Edwin Kingery Ms. Elizabeth Jane Lilley Ms. Carol Maynard Jameson Jr. In Memory of Caryl Ms. Anne Gibson Green Mrs. John H. Kingston Lena C. McAllister and Wisler Family Jeffrey Kirkpatrick Family Fund Mrs. Edward Guerrant Lilly Jr In Memory of Caryl Wisler Mrs. C. Victoria Kitchell In Memory of Isabel Mrs. Archie O. Jenkins II Ms. Anne R. McAteer In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lehto Mrs. John A. Jenkins Rodney Ingham Mrs. Marshall George Linn III Mrs. Robert E. McCabe Jr. Mrs. Mike Jenkins Dr. and Mrs. Gary D. Knipling Mrs. David G. Linville Mrs. Doy Leale McCall Jr. Ms. W. Avery Jenkins In Honor of Gerry Lyons In Memory of Isabel Lehto Mrs. Ann Noel Lisenby Mrs. Robert S. Jepson Jr. Mrs. Robert G. Knott Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David P. Mrs. Adams DeLeon Little Jr. McCallie Mr. and Mrs. Loftus Jestin Mrs. Peter I. C. Knowles II Dr. Elizabeth H. Locke Mrs. Thomas H. McCallie III Mrs. G. Milton Johnson Mrs. Betty Koch Mrs. Gordon N. Lockhart Mrs. Edward McCarthy Jr. Ms. Julia F. Johnson Rev. Dr. Lynne Alcott Kogel Mrs. Norma K. Lockwood Mrs. Susan Brewster Mrs. Laura S. Johnson Mrs. Elizabeth G. Koltiska Mrs. Monnie Gay Long McCarthy Mrs. Robert C. Johnson Mrs. Hall A. Koontz The Longview Foundation Ms. Margaret T. McCaul Mrs. Barbara Johnston Mrs. Herbert L. Krombholz Mrs. David C. Loughlin Mrs. John S. McClelland Jr. Mrs. John Bishop Johnston Mrs. Fabian W. Kunzelmann Mrs. Abbot H. McClintic Jr. Mr. Patrick Ladden Ms. Caroline M. Lowndes Mrs. Millard McClung Mrs. Michael van Doren Mrs. Bronson Lamb Jr. Ms. Brenda P. Luquer Mrs. Ann McConnell Johnston Mrs. Joseph D. Landen Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Lyons and Family Mrs. J.S. McCrea Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Jones Mrs. Edward W. Lane Jr. Mrs. Peter MacDonald Mrs. Jean P. McDonald Mrs. Landon Y. Jones Ms. Rosalie Lange Mr. and Mrs. David O. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Dr. Amanda D. Lange Jones MacKenzie McFadden Ms. Joan F. Langenberg Mrs. James Martin Macnish Mrs. Robert Muder Kane Dr. Jean Gray McGinnis Mrs. George Robertson In Memory of Eleanor Rost Mr. William J. Kastner Mr. and Mrs. William Langford Mrs. Leland S. MacPhail III McGovern Mrs. Patty B. Kaufmann Mrs. Helena B. Lankton Mrs. Gordon R. Maitland Jr. In Memory of Gerry Lyons Ms. Spratley Kay Mrs. June N. Larkin-Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Eli Manchester Mrs. Nancie S. McGraw (Continued on page 17) Mrs. R. F. Kayser Jr. Mrs. Willard E. Lasseter Mrs. Phillip J. Markert

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 16 (Continued from page 16) Dr. and Mrs. John Henry The NSCDA in the State of Oregon Nading Georgia The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. William Henry McIntyre Mrs. Barbara M. Naef From the Georgia Town Com- South Carolina mittees Jr. In Memory of Gerry Lyons Columbia Town Committee Mrs. Richard R. McKay Mrs. Donald James Nalty Americus Town Committee The NSCDA in the State of Savannah Town Committee Tennessee Mrs. Stuart A. McKeever The National Society of The The NSCDA in the State of Colonial Dames of Memphis Town Committee Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hawaii America The NSCDA in the State of McKinney The NSCDA in the State of Texas The NSCDA in the Common- Mrs. Douglas E. McKinney Illinois Austin Town Committee wealth of Kentucky Mr. and Mrs. H. Roll The NSCDA in the State of Dallas Town Committee The NSCDA in the Common- McLaughlin Indiana Fort Worth Town Committee wealth of Massachusetts Houston Town Committee Mrs. Gioconda C. McMillan The NSCDA In the State of The NSCDA in the Common- San Antonio Town Commit- Mrs. Robert Andrew Iowa wealth of Pennsylvania tee McMillan The NSCDA in the State of The NSCDA in the Common- Waco Town Committee Kansas Mrs. Amanda A. McNabb wealth of Virginia The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. R. John McNeill Alexandria Committee The NSCDA in the State of Vermont Mrs. Douglas Caldwell Rappahannock Commit- Louisiana The NSCDA in the State of McPherson tee The NSCDA in the State of Washington The NSCDA in The State of Maine Mrs. Samuel E. McTier The NSCDA in the State of Alabama The NSCDA in the State of West Virginia Mrs. Eric S. Merrifield In honor of Mrs. James Michigan Cabell County Committee Mrs. Hugh A. Merrill Barganier The NSCDA in the State of In honor of Mrs. Cardinal The NSCDA in the State of Ms. Patricia S. Meyers Wyoming and Mrs. Huffard Minnesota Judge Paul Michel and Mrs. In Memory of Mrs. Doy L. The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. Robert A. Naud Brooke England McCall Mississippi Mrs. Bernard Neeson Neal Mrs. Charles E. Millard Jr. Auburn-Opelika Town Com- The NSCDA in the State of Jr. In Memory of Miriam Mr. Charles Millard mittee Missouri Birmingham Center Carswell The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. R. D. Miller Mobile Center Mr. and Mrs. Al Nestor Nebraska Mrs. Philip H. Miller Montgomery Center Lincoln Borough Mrs. Phillip B. Newman III Selma Center Mrs. Elena G. Millie The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. Lucian Newman Jr. The NSCDA in The State of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Milligan New Jersey In Honor of Mrs. James Arizona Ms. Zareen Taj Mirza The NSCDA in the State of Barganier The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. Catherine Hardin Jeff and Pam Mishler North Carolina Arkansas Newton In Memory of Gerry Lyons Committee and Individual The NSCDA in the State of Mrs. Robert W. Monfore Gifts Mr. Wayne L. Nicewarner California Forsyth Committee Mrs. David Thomas Moody Mrs. George A. Nicholson III The NSCDA in The State of Guilford Committee In honor of Melanie Hunt Mrs. Eleanor B. Niebell Colorado Mecklenburg Committee Mrs. A. Jerome Moore Mrs. Gretchen W. Nielsen The NSCDA in The State of Nash Committee Ms. Amy M. Morier Pee Dee Committee Delaware Ms. Brenda Norman Roanoke Committee Mrs. Carter H. Morris Mrs. Richard M. Norton The NSCDA in the District of Wake County Committee Mrs. Craig R. Moulton Columbia Wilson-Edgecomb Commit- Mrs. Alexandra Norton Mrs. Paul R. Murphy The NSCDA in the State of tee Mrs. Richard Marshall Mrs. J. Gunn Murphy Jr. Florida The NSCDA in the State of Norton Mrs. John Reese Murray Dade County Committee Ohio Mrs. R. Kendall Nottingham Orlando Town Committee Mrs. David Myers The NSCDA in the State of Mr. Malott Nyhart Palm Beach Town Commit- Oklahoma David and Ann Myers tee The NSCDA in the State of (Continued on page 18)

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 17 (Continued from page 17) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Price Mrs. James Edward Rohan Mrs. Donna Gaver Shank Jr. Mrs. David Roselle Mrs. Mary S. Shoemaker Mrs. Mercer Wellford O'Hara Mrs. J. Ward Purrington Ms. Grace Jones Ross Ms. Heidi Shoenberger- In honor of Cissy Loughlin Cobert Mrs. Carol Murff Oates Mrs. Ida McFaddin Pyle Ms. Gail Rothrock Ms. Leslie Siddeley Ms. Linda Jennings Odum Mrs. James Douglas Quarles Ms. Virginia Hurtes Rouse Ms. Diane Sidon Mrs. Ellen W. Oppenheimer Ms. Cecilia Robertson Queen Mrs. Emil Ruderfer Mrs. Henry H. Silliman , Jr. Mrs. Steele Bartley Osborn Mrs. Henry R. Raab Ms. Sally A. Rullman Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Ms. Leigh Simmons Mrs. William Boyd Owens Mrs. Carl Sutton Ragsdale Ruppe Mrs. Mary Simmons Mrs. J. Daniel Palmer Mrs. Anne E. Rainey Mr. A. Derrick Russell In Memory of Caryl Wisler Mrs. Marilyn H. Pamplin Mrs. Raymond C. Ramage Mrs. Thomas Upton Sisson Mrs. Vincent Robert Russo Mrs. Karen Koontz Parker Mrs. William L. Rand In Memory of Mr. H. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ruwe Bartholomew Cox Mrs. Diane Williams Parker Mrs. Burton Rasco Ms. Patricia P. Salamone Mrs. John P. Skeadas Mrs. Cortlandt Parker Mrs. Henry Laurence Bee Mr. and Mrs. R. Anthony Mrs. Alma A. Slatten Mrs. Howard W. Parker Ravenel Salgado Mrs. James D. Small Mrs. Elsie W. Parsons Mrs. Nancy Holloway Rea Mrs. Taylor Sams Mrs. Eve Hargrave Smith Mrs. Z. David Patterson Mrs. Mary C. Rea Mrs. Beverly H. Sams Mrs Meredith S. S. Smith Penelope Payne, Esq. Mrs. Virginia Colwell Read Mrs. Franklin B. Dr. Laurie P. Smith Dr. Ann B. Pearson Mrs. Frank H. Reese Satterthwaite Mrs. Whitemarsh S. Smith III PepsiCo Foundation Mrs. J. Landon Reeve IV Mrs. Anne F. Schenck Mrs. Carter Willard Smith Ms. Judith M. Perinchief Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Mallory Mrs. Wilfrid N. Schlumberger Reeves Sandra H. Smith Ms. Jean E. Perkins Ms. Nancy French Ms. Mishew Edgerton Smith Elizabeth K. Peters Ms. Jennie May Rehnberg Schmitt Mrs. Logan F. Smith Mrs. Kathleen Winsor Petit Mrs. John Warren Reid Mrs. Catherine Stuart Mrs. Andrew L. Smith Jr. Mrs. William W. Petticrew Mrs. Thomas Edward Reilly Schmoker Jr. Mrs. Henry D. Smith Mrs. Ridgely Medlin Phillips Mrs. William C. Schock Reynolds Rencourt Founda- Mrs. Walter Smithwick III Mrs. Laura Haskell Phinizy Mrs. John C. Schroeder tion, Inc. Mrs. Ronald Albert Snider Dr. Karen Rechnitzer Pope Frank and Irene Schubert Mrs. Roderick Richards In Memory of Varina Mason Mrs. George F. Port Mrs. William E. Schuiling Mrs. Edward P. Richardson Steuart In Honor of Mrs. Jonathan T. Ms. Katherine Schutt Mrs. Richard A. Sobel Jr. Walton and Mrs. Ronald Jr. Mrs. Priscilla Lamb Schwier K. Dalby Ms. Melody Sawyer Mrs. Howard Kent Soper Mr. Dudley Porter Jr. Richardson Mrs. John Guerard Scott Mr. Troyce Sosebee Mrs. Katherine Hicks Porter Mrs. James W. Riley, Jr. Mrs. Morin Montagu Scott Mrs. Barbara H. Stenson In honor of Jane Bargainier Mrs. Elizabeth M. Ringer Mrs. Jerry K. Scruggs Spaeth Mrs. Jay Howson Porter Mrs. J. Stephen Risley Mrs. Kathleen H. Seidel Mrs. Wade Speas Mrs. Catherine T. Porter Mrs. Thomas M. Ritchie Jr. Ms. Anne Spence Seidlitz Mrs. Judith Winchester Spruance Mrs. Charles S. Potter Jr. Mrs. Catherine Roach Ms. Cecelia Swann Seiler Ms. Robin von Maur Staak Mrs. Benita Potters Mrs. Patrick H. Roark Mrs. George L. Selden Mrs. George E. Staehle Mrs. John H. Powel Mrs. Joseph Robinson II Mrs. Anna Marie Sellers Ms. Elizabeth P. Powell In Memory of Sally Worthen Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.L. Mr. Robert Stalder Mrs. John W. Poynor In Memory of Donald Taylor Senior Mr. Carl Standifer Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mrs. Marilyn L. Prado In Honor of Elizabeth Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Robinson Norton Stang Ms. Lucinda G. Pratt Mrs.Jefferson D. Robinson III Ms. Ellen C. Sewell (Continued on page 19) Mrs. Donald Barry Preston Mrs. Tia Nolan Roddy Mrs. Carol Shafer

GUNSTON H ALL A NNUAL R EPORT 2012 PAGE 18 (Continued from page 18) In honor of Mrs. Phillip Ms. Sara C. Veeder Mrs. Gene Mason White Markert Mrs. Josiah Gillespie Venter Ms. Barbara Wiater Mr. Paul Tarrant Mrs. Martha Staniford In Memory of Caryl Wisler Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mrs. Jerry Wayne Wilcox Mrs. Harlan McKinney Starr Mrs. Elvira M. Tate Ventulett Jr. Mrs. Sandy Wildfong Jr. Mrs. Louise Ingersoll Mrs. Vincent S. Villard In Memory of Caryl Wisler Ms. Susan S. Stautberg Tausche Mrs. Jocelyn Cady Vortmann Ms. Ashley M. Wilkinson In Honor of Brantley Mrs. Philip Taylor W.K. Kellogg Foundation Dr. George L. Wilkinson Knowles Ms. Lauren Wilkinston Mrs. Frances N.D. Stearns Mrs. Benjamin Walter Taylor Mrs. Sallie R. Wadsworth Jr. Ms. Meredith Wilkinson Ms. Kate L. Steele Mrs. Harriette Wainwright Mrs. Jane E. Taylor Ms. Helen Waldron Mrs. Maude Anderson Jean S. Stephens Williams Mrs. Suzanne Taylor Mr. and Mrs. James Otey Mrs. Gerry U. Stephens Mrs. Benjamin Walter Taylor Walker III Mrs. Frank E. Williams III Mrs. Cornelia Hayes Stevens Jr. Mrs. Maxine Houghton Mrs. John S. Wilson Ms. Jane Steward Mrs. Walter B. Terry Wallin Mrs. James W. Wilson III Mrs. Pawling S. Steward Texas Instruments Founda- Mrs. John R. Walsh Jr. Mrs. Barry L. Wilson Mrs. Mary H. Stewart tion Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton The Windy River Foundation Mrs. John A. Stewart Jr. Ms. Anne Drackett Thomas Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Ward Jr. Mrs. Frederick S. Winston Ms. Edith Huntley Stickney Mrs. James Wallace Tidmore Mrs. Peter O. Ward Jr. Mrs. Sinclair Winton In Honor of Mary Ward In Honor of Mrs. James I. Mrs. Charles W. Waring Jr. Huntley Barganier Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. In honor of Mrs. Timothy Mrs. William F. Stifel II Mrs. Jere T. Tipton Mrs. Robert Campbell Dargan Witcher Ms. Elizabeth B. Stockly Mr. Jeff Tkacheff and Ms. Mrs. Nani S. Warren Ms. Victoria Withers Mrs. Philip Stoller Jennifer Klusick Robert C. and Nani S. In Honor of Nancy Stillman Mrs. Joel Edward Strauch Mrs. Anne Coulter Tobey Warren Foundation Mr. Bruce A. Witty and Ms. Mrs. Ezekiel A. Straw Mrs. Mary Louise Tobish Mrs.Harry Justice Warthen III Deidre A. Samson Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Mrs. George C. Todd , Jr. Mrs. John M. Watkins Mrs. John Lane Wood In Honor of Dorothy Dines Mrs. Frieda M. Toler Mrs. Sharon G. Watkins Mrs. Edward Guerrant Mrs. Willette Strickland Mr. David B. Torrey Ms. Katharine J. Watson Woodson Mrs. John W. Stroh Jr. In Honor of Mrs. James I. Miss Laura Reynolds Towers Mrs. Kenneth E. Wattman Mrs. Kathleen C. Strom Barganier Mrs. Jonathan Trace Mrs. William M. Webster III Mrs. John Belton Wootten Jr. Mrs. C. Gray Strum In honor of Mrs. Timothy G. Ms. Vivian B. Treat Mrs. John Eliot Wright Mrs. Mary Louise M. Stuart Dargan Mrs. David R. Tyndall Mrs. Fred Milton Wright Mrs. Jacob R. Suker Mrs. John G. Weinmann Mrs. Katharine Ullman Mrs. Susan Snodgrass Mrs. Jim Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. John H. United States Military Wellford III Wynne Miss Faith T. Sulloway Academy Class of 1960 Mrs. Emile E. Werk Jr. Mrs. Florence H. Young Mrs. Richard L. Sutton Association In Honor of Jane Barganier Mrs. David J. Werner Mrs. P. Prime Swain Mrs. Katherine C. Vail Mrs. Ronald F. Young Mrs. Constance F. West Ms. Caroline H. Swindells Mrs. John K. Van Allen Mrs. Bartell Zachry In Honor of Carrie Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Mrs. Marion Swink Mrs. William Zeus Jr. Mrs. Katherine Van Allen West Mrs. Sinclair Ziesing Mrs. Steven Szczepanski Mrs. Thomas Brags Mrs. Rolla K. Wetzel Mrs. Darrell Eugene Zink Miss Theda B. Tankersley Van Antwerp Mrs Sue P. Whatley Mrs. Joseph Pence Zollo Mrs. Will Hill Tankersley Mrs. Frederick Glenn Van Zijl Mrs. Wes Wheeler

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