SUMMER 2018
St.Mary’sTHE MAGAZINE OF ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
i A LETTER FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
I believe in St. Mary's mission and never more so than when the seniors graduate. At Commencement, I am always struck by the power of each student reaching her individual potential. Some of the graduates, over the course of as many as 15 years at St. Mary's, encountered opportunities and experiences that we designed for them and in which they thrived. Others found in our environment the inspiration to create their own opportunities. Each girl will matriculate in August with brand new paths to explore. This school inspires students and adults alike, as you will read in the pages that follow.
I believe in our mission of enabling and encouraging girls to reach their individual potential, because our community is strongest when each student discovers her own God-given talents, as well as the seasons in which they flourish. Fortunately, our mission doesn’t predict how long this discovery takes! Our alumnae Chapel speakers often reflect on the seeds planted here that only later in college or adult life come to fruition.
Over the course of traveling and visiting alumnae on both coasts (and in-between) this year, I had a recurring observation that brought this experience to life. During every visit, I was impressed by each woman's talent and purpose. They were philanthropists, authors, mothers, CEOs, and inventors. Their range of personality and perspective was joined by a similar and strong sense of identity and intention. I found myself saying aloud after each visit, “Wasn’t she amazing? Have you ever met anyone like that before?” Then I would answer my own question, “Of course, she went to St. Mary's.”
Albert Throckmorton Head of School St.Mary’s
SUMMER 2018 The magazine of St. Mary's Episcopal CONTENTS School is published as a service to all alumnae, students, parents, faculty, staff, ST. MARY'S• SUMMER 2018 and friends of the school.
Head of School Albert Throckmorton
Director of Advancement Angie Gardner
Director of Alumnae Rainey Ray Segars ’05
Editor Laura Russell
Photography Lisa Buser, Troy Glasgow
Contributors Dr. Laura Leathers Rainey Ray Segars ’05 Dr. Jeanne Wilson 10
Letters to the Editor DR. DONNA Please address all correspondence to: OSBORNE St. Mary's Episcopal School BRADLEY ’74 22 41 N. Perkins Memphis, TN 38117 2018 Outstanding Alumna CLASS NOTES [email protected] 2 901.537.1426 PRINCESSES & POTENTIAL Parents of alumnae: If your daughter no 53 longer maintains an address at your home, 12 please notify Director of Alumnae Rainey If not a princess, then what? Ray Segars ’05 at 901.537.1424 or CAMPUS NEWS MILESTONES [email protected].
The mission of St. Mary's Episcopal School is to provide a superior educational experience for girls which will encourage and enable each student 4 to reach her individual potential. CURRICULUM FOR 20 St. Mary's Episcopal School does not WINTER & discriminate on the basis of race, religion, THE FUTURE or national origin in the administration of its admission, financial aid, educational, Innovating through SPRING SPORTS athletic, extracurricular, or other policies. individualized curriculum
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On cover: Dr. Donna Osborne Bradley ’74 PRINCESSES & POTENTIAL
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wenty-nine years ago, I gave my heart today, and a sense of the future. Memphis and the lives of her to St. Mary's and her girls, and I never Life is a journey, and the life of students. Through that journey, T took it back. St. Mary's is no exception. those of us who have led and taught, past and present, From the moment Virginia Pretti, former Head of Being a former Girl Scout, have held on tightly to the two Moss Hall, asked me to be part of this wonderful I learned a long time ago that compasses that have brought place, I knew it would become my home for as a compass is a good thing to us where we are today. The many hours as I would spend here each day. I have when you start out into the first is our Episcopal identity, have to admit that I never imagined that, at some woods, or through life. And, it's through which we understand point, I would be arriving before 7 a.m. and not a bad thing to have a couple and believe in our responsibility leaving some 10 or 11 hours later. But then, I never of them in your pocket when to respect all people. Our thought I would be “in charge.” you're on a long journey. second compass is our Mission Statement that mandates You don't work in one place for 29 years without For more than 170 years, providing each student a superior getting to know it pretty well – the hiccups of St. Mary's Episcopal School education which encourages and everyday life, the challenges, the unforgettable has been navigating through enables each girl to reach her joys, the people who have made it what it is the history and landscape of full, individual potential. 2 Girls (and faculty) at St. Mary's know about meeting their individual potential. It is the promise made to our youngest girls when they enter the Marlene R. Shaw Early Childhood Center and kept until they graduate as strong, confident young women. It is the same promise that was made to me when I began my career here as a teacher and followed me through my doctoral studies, the establishment of the Lightbulb Lab (the Early Childhood Center's resource lab), and the opportunity to be the Head of Early Childhood. Earlier this spring, our Pre-Kindergarten girls took some time to Dr. Jeanne Wilson with members of the Class of 2030 at Senior Kindergarten graduation. talk about potential. Well, actually, they talked about becoming princesses. All the girls would her mom. Louise, on the other one of them to become the best love to be princesses when they grow up, and hand, said she would like to person they can be. maybe they will, but the thing about potential is be a waitress so she can help For almost three decades, I have that it can look very different for each of us at all of us! Of course, Jane and had the privilege of teaching different times in our lives. In their conversations, Louise have a long way to go hundreds of girls, all strong and Mrs. Maddux and Mrs. Anderson asked the before their full potential is met, capable in their own ways. girls this question, “If you don’t grow up to and their life goals may change. Today, I think about all the young be a princess, what would you like to be?” In fact, my hope for them is my hope for all of our girls, past women I remember In this particular class, there were two girls, and present: that they'll never as little girls, the girls who are Jane Rojas ’32 and Louise Pietrangelo ’32, stop learning and growing and here now, and those to come. In whom I know well; their moms, Anna Snyder changing, grabbing hold of them I see St. Mary's as it was Rojas ’01 and Sarah Matthews Pietrangelo every opportunity. and is and will be – a place ’01, were at St. Mary's when I arrived in full of potential. In the words 1988. Their daughters' presence in the Early Next year, we will have our of Mary Davis, our beloved Childhood Center reminds me that I am now largest class ever of St. Mary's Dean Emerita, “It has been a teaching my second generation of girls and Place girls, our two-year-old remarkable journey.” that I have had the opportunity to watch both students. These girls are the mothers and daughters follow the St. Mary's face of St. Mary's tomorrow. path of promise and potential. To each of these girls, we will once again make the promise If not a princess, then what? Jane told her to walk alongside them with teachers she would like to be a nurse, like encouragement, enabling each 3 CURRICULUM FOR THE FUTURE BY DR. LAURA LEATHERS
Grace Sammarco '18 shares her research findings in her Kelly N. Ridder Honors Independent Research Study entitled “Hydroponic Farming: Sustainable for the Future?”
ore than 170 years ago, Mary challenging and engaging by research, critical thinking, Foote Pope founded a small parish for students who have a wide construction, teamwork, and M school, which we know today as variety of talents and interests. imagination. They will have St. Mary's Episcopal School. Mary's belief that the opportunity to construct Relocating the 5th grade to girls should have the opportunity to receive an robots with both LEGO and VEX the North Campus will provide excellent education continues to resonate through systems and can participate in our students with a variety of the halls of St. Mary's today. Every day, we local and regional competitions. opportunities for exploration. strive to maintain a culture which encourages New to the 5th grade schedule Another exciting change for and enables each girl to reach her individual is the addition of a weekly next year will be the opportunity potential. As we continuously evaluate and robotics class, which will build for our Lower School girls to enhance our curriculum, we are focused on on the robotics foundation laid engage in athletics. Students creating courses and programs that are engaging, in Lower School. This experience in 3rd to 5th grades can interdisciplinary, and experiential. Our dedicated will expose the girls to real- compete in the Memphis Youth and innovative faculty design curricula that are world challenges to be solved Athletics cross country league 4 in the fall. In the spring, students may choose to reimagined. Offerings in French courses that remain graduation play lacrosse in a newly created local league. and Spanish work toward requirements. The beauty of this purposeful communication, system is that a student may The Kelly N. Ridder Honors Independent Research with a deeper understanding of take more than the required Study program offers select junior and senior the interconnection of culture, English courses if she wishes, students an opportunity to conduct high-level practices, and perspectives and we are confident that some research in an area of interest as part of their that form the world view of students will elect to do so. academic experience. Students thrive under different cultures. Overarching the mentorship of teachers who model passion, Creating a challenging themes are designed to foster commitment, and courage, who instill equal curriculum which enables each real-world communication and amounts of inspiration and responsibility, and girl to reach her individual include the topics of families who create new ways to approach old problems. potential is at the heart of and communities, science and In past years, students have redesigned surgical our mission. We believe in technology, contemporary life, instruments with engineers at Medtronic, used preparing students to excel in college and beyond, to learn "We are focused on creating courses to innovate and create, and to understand what it means and programs that are engaging, to be a leader. Our graduates are expected to shape a interdisciplinary, and experiential." changing world, and St. Mary's provides diverse curricular standardized test data to design and implement an paths so that each girl may and world challenges. Exposure after-school tutoring program to increase math and go forth, prepared to do so. to each language includes reading proficiency scores in collaboration with watching the news, reading a local charter school, and worked with scientists short stories and blogs, and from the University of Memphis to learn more about getting involved in non-English- the environmental health of the Wolf River system. speaking communities in both Our World Languages Department faculty the Mid-South and beyond. members have been studying the best practices Within the English Department, in language instruction and have adopted the Upper School offerings will now Comprehensible Input (CI) model of teaching. In include several electives: this model, language acquisition is built slowly Minority Voices in Literature, over time. Required course readings include Faith and Doubt in Literature, authentic texts, novellas, and newspapers. These and Creative Writing and courses are still taught with the primary goal of Poetry, in addition to the proficiency in language and culture; however, to traditional British Literature engage students further, upper-level electives are 5 SPRINGBOARD FOR SUCCESS BY LAURA RUSSELL
Caroline Ciaramitaro '18 6 t. Mary's has long been known for its mission of enabling and encouraging each S student during her time at the school. Hear from five St. Mary's girls who are using their experiences to reach for their individual potential.
Caroline Ciaramitaro ’18 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hazlehurst Gold Cross recipient, 2018
Tell me a little bit about your time at St. Mary's. I came to St. Mary's in 9th grade from Grace-St. Luke's, a shift from a coed to an all-girls environment. For the first time, I was in a truly supportive environment where my surroundings not only encouraged but also pushed me to succeed. St. Mary's encouraged me to question, pushed me to do "the big things," and emboldened me to try it all. Mrs. Bielskis was the most influential faculty member at St. Mary's because of my work with I AM THAT GIRL and my interest in empowering girls.
What advice do you have about taking the risks necessary to find your individual potential? I feel like environment and confidence are crucial to success. In supporting others, I have learned to Chelsey Chen '18 competing in a fencing tournament. support myself, too. At 15 years old, I decided to go work at theSkimm in New York City as an intern and while I graduate as a 15-year never to do anything without and used every tool possible to make it happen, student, I missed three years of putting my whole heart into it. I including sending BBQ to them! Persistence paid school after being diagnosed with love the close relationships girls off, and I was offered summer internships and leukemia in 3rd grade. During can form with their teachers at learned so much about pushing for what I knew that time, many of my teachers all levels of education here. They was the right path for me. gave up their weekends to tutor are genuinely happy to teach me at home. Their kindness and you and learn more about you Chelsey Chen ’18 Johns Hopkins University dedication is my inspiration. I as a person, not just a student. St. Rebecca Locke Young Valedictorian, 2018 work daily to strengthen those Mary's has given me invaluable same qualities in myself, and they tools to help me discover my Tell me a little bit about your time at St. Mary's. inspire me to strive for excellence. passions and grow both inside I started attending St. Mary's in Pre-Kindergarten, They have impressed upon me and outside the classroom. 7 Susan Whitten '86 on a 2011 service trip to Costa Rica to build a playground for an elementary Patience Chambliss Wiggin '98 with her family. school with St. Mary's students Katherine Donovan '14, Haley Steinman '14, and Madison Cox '14.
What advice do you have about taking the risks Do you find yourself “paying it teachers at St. Mary's offered me necessary to find your individual potential? forward”? invaluable instructive help through There is no “formula” for reaching individual I believe that women mentors an informal system of support. I potential. I think the important thing to remember is are so important in my life, had never been tested so hard, to never stop growing. You can view your potential and I want to give that back to or had to work so hard, and the and abilities in any way you want, but once you others by finding the right fit for study habits learned there helped stop striving, you only fall farther from your goals. a student, a teacher, or a friend. me through law school and Take things slowly and start out small. It isn't a Working with the St. Mary's passing the bar exam. As a new race because you are competing against only Community Fund and building student, I immediately became a yourself. Taking the first step, no matter how small, relationships with nonprofits part of the community who raised elevates your potential and helps you grow. have offered me the chance me up and nurtured me throughout to connect with those in need, my St. Mary's experience. and I am blessed that “paying Susan Whitten ’86 Community Volunteer it forward” is a part of my job. Do you find yourself “paying it Gold Cross recipient, 1986 forward”? My father described public service Patience Chambliss Tell me a little bit about your time at St. Mary's. Wiggins ’98 as giving back, and I was raised I began attending St. Mary's in the 5th grade, and it Executive, Optum to govern my life by the Golden challenged me beyond anything I had ever known. Spirit of St. Mary's Award recipient, 1998 Rule. I knew becoming a lawyer With the whole community working together to would be a tough path, but it make each student the best person she could be, Tell me a little bit about your time drove me to be the best person not just through Chapel and our religious studies at St. Mary's. I could be, as well as gave me classes, I knew I could accomplish anything. I attended St. Mary's beginning in a heart for helping others. At St. the 8th grade, and I found that the Mary's, there is always someone 8 Suzanne Manugian '02 conducts a harbor seal population census. else to help to make sure no one teachers at St. Mary's encouraged me through their slips through the cracks. I was passion for their subjects. I gained confidence to follow encouraged as a small child to my passion of providing environmental services and be of assistance to those who are focusing on aquatic wildlife management as my career. less fortunate, and I hope to instill these values in my three children. How do you describe reaching your individual potential? Being in a field that I enjoy, doing work that I love, Suzanne Manugian ’02 connecting with other like-minded people, and Independent Consultant working in a space that encourages answering Tell me a little bit about your time scientific questions fulfill my need to be part of at St. Mary's. a community who volunteers and gives back. I My journey at St. Mary's began recently started my own company in the Bay Area in kindergarten, and I was a as an environmental consultant, and through my 14-year senior when I graduated work, I hope not only to give back to the scientific in 2002. St. Mary's instilled a community but also to mentor the next generation. work ethic to produce my best work and be my best self. I knew from an early age that I wanted to be a marine biologist, and my
9 2018 OUTSTANDING ALUMNA DR. DONNA OSBORNE BRADLEY ’74 BY RAINEY RAY SEGARS ’05
r. Donna Osborne Bradley ’74, “Sending me to St. Mary's was heard the school was integrating. St. Mary's 2018 Outstanding Alumna, difficult for my mother,” Donna It was hard because girls had D was featured in last year's Women's recalls. "She was president of already made up their minds History Month series as one of our very own the public school's teachers' that they didn't like us (referring remarkable, history-making women. That article union, and she took a lot of to herself and Candy Walker) is reprinted here, in celebration of Donna criticism for taking me out of because their friends weren't as our most recent Outstanding Alumna. public school. But reconciliation there anymore because of us.” was starting in the Episcopal In the fifth and final week of Women's History Church, and the Bishop asked Board Chair John T. Fisher Month, we are proud to feature Dr. Donna her to send me to St. Mary's. and Headmaster Dr. Nathaniel Osborne Bradley ’74, one of the first two She told him that they couldn't Hughes, along with Dean African-American students to attend St. Mary's. afford it, but he told her just to go of Students Mary Davis, took Donna Osborne and Candy Walker entered ahead, and they'd figure it out. a stand and made the hard St. Mary's in the 7th grade, in 1968. decision to be among the first “A lot of parents pulled their private schools in Memphis girls out of St. Mary's when they to integrate in 1968. “Who 10 “I hope the girls today don't take the opportunities they have for granted.”
knows what it cost Dr. Hughes? I suppose he about it, and they were so sorry Given what it cost her to help could have lost his job,” Donna shared. She that I had ever felt excluded. I integrate St. Mary's, would was grateful for the chance to talk with Dr. have a much different relationship Donna do it over again? Hughes before his death about the stance with them now. When my son he took and the effect it had on her life. died, they collected donations “I absolutely would. As a kid, and paid for his funeral. That it was tough to have people Though Donna remembers friendship and meant so much to me.” look down on me without even kindness from some classmates, she recalls, knowing me, but knowing that “It was tough at times. Intentional or not, I was Donna hopes that the challenges, St. Mary's is now 30% non- excluded from a lot of social activities. I found pain, and sacrifices endured white makes it all worth it. I out later some of the parents wouldn't allow it. by so many continue to lead hope the girls today don't take Sometimes teachers were unkind; one wouldn't toward a better world. “I'm the opportunities they have for stop calling us 'nigras.' Let's just say, Dr. Hughes so sad to see this resurgence granted – people struggled took care of it when he found out.” of hate now. People should so that kids now can go never feel empowered to hate where they want to and have St. Mary's English teacher, Mary “Presh” Gill (then overtly again. I had hoped opportunities. You sometimes Baker), who attended the recent Chapel at which that things would be so much wonder whether or not it made Donna spoke, made a profound impression on different for my children, and any difference, but really – Donna. “I had to take a remedial English class they are, but people are knowing about that diversity after school. Were it not for Mrs. Gill, I would still judged. The laws have today makes it worth it. I'm not have the writing skills that I have today.” changed, but we need to keep proud to be a St. Mary's girl.” changing the hearts of men.” Donna, now an adjunct professor, has
practiced law and worked in inner city As a result of an interview with ministry. In addition to her J.D., she also has a St. Mary's student Jasmine Ph.D. in public safety and criminal justice. Huang '17, Donna joined our community for Chapel and a A turning point in Donna's relationship with her fireside chat on Friday, March St. Mary's classmates came during a class 24 (2017). Her Chapel speech conference call to reconnect and reminisce. received a standing ovation, “My classmates were talking about the good old and her fireside chat was one days and all the things they did and the places they of the best-attended and longest went, and I told them that was not my experience. conversations we have ever had. You could hear a pin drop. They had never thought 11 Upper School Class Day Awards (cont’d) Community Service Award: Anna Rose LaMountain Jefferson Service Award: Georgia Bruno Scientific Research Award: Sneha Sharma Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award: Emily Richards CAMPUS Dr. Kelly N. Ridder ’02 STEM Award: Lauren Davis Intellectual Curiosity Award: Maryanna Couloubaritsis Citizenship Awards: Ellie Bridges Greenfield, Ruby Liles, NEWS Ananya Thakur, Olivia Nielsen Awards of Excellence: Kate Kiameh, Ana Albrecht, Arabella McGowan Awards and Honors Book Awards Faculty/Staff Awards Kate Stukenborg Nanette Quinn Outstanding Teacher Award: Mary Lacy Bell ’88 Rhodes College: Mason Davis Creative Teacher Award: Sarah Trimm Hollins University: Pooja Talati Fannie Warr Award for Service: Todd Love University of Virginia: Faith Bradley Ellen Feild Todd ’81 Award: Hilary Davis Robinson ’90 Washington and Lee University: Kennedy Hamblen Apple Award: Tori Hill Brandeis University: Mia Wilson Hazlehurst Gold Cross: Susan Whitten ’86 University of Pennsylvania: George Eastman Young Leaders Award Graduation Awards (University of Rochester): Arabella McGowan Hazlehurst Gold Cross: Caroline Ciaramitaro Sewanee: The University of the South: Lily Smith Ellen Feild Todd ’81 Award: Sabrina Spence Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award Mary M. Davis Loyalty Award: Julia Preston (University of Rochester): Sara Fraser Spirit of St. Mary's Award: Hattie Fogarty and Vivi Gray Randolph College: Kit Hutton Tabor Novak Award: Olivia House The University of Chicago: Emmaline Rogers Cathedral Award: Jenna Joshi Dartmouth College: Joy Jackson Wellesley College: Madiha Sohani Upper School Class Day Awards Yale University: Gabby Perez Rebecca Locke Young Valedictorian: Chelsey Chen Louise Johnson Young Salutatorian: Nina Kumar Middle School Awards Honor Student: Samantha Lee Vicki Ladyman Athletic Award: Carrington Davis ’22 English Award: Mackenzie Barnes Carmine B. Vaughn Medal for Service: Orion C. Miller Math Award: Ellie McGhee Laurian Gilliland ’22 Science Award: Chelsey Chen Joyous Christian Living Award: Alex McVean ’22 History Award: Erin Katz Gilmore Lynn Award for Service: Sam Jones ’22 French Award: Madeleine O’Toole Mary Paoli Award: Sophia Holland ’22 and Latin Award: Vivi Gray Maggie McFadden ’22 Spanish Award: Nina Kumar Geoffrey C. Butler Award: Maggie Rosenblum ’22 Visual Art Award: Ananya Thakur Ellen Feild Todd ’81 Award: Marshall McGahey ’23 Musical Arts Award: Allison Hesselberg and Erika Ross ’23 Theater Arts Award: Lauren Ledger and Julia Preston Joyce Gingold Art Award: Maggie Rosenblum ’22 Religious Studies Award: Erin Jewell Palmer Adams Burt ’99 Art Award: Isabel Dent ’24 Vicki Ladyman Athletic Award: Jessica Joshi Anne Westmoreland Garrett Award: Caroline Garrett ’24 Lawrence Lobaugh Sportsmanship Award: Olivia House Lower School Awards Sumner Baker Athletic Award: Hattie Fogarty Lilly Robbins ’26 Best All-Around Athlete Award: Evelyn Roberts Lila Phillips Gould Award: Kate Witherington ’27 Joyce Gingold Art Award: Anna LaRose Mountain Moss Hall Art Award: Penelope Flora ’29 Palmer Adams Burt ’99 Art Award: Kit Hutton Palmer Adams Burt ’99 Art Award: Ardeane McNeil Heiskell Award: Julia Preston Early Childhood Awards Betty Lou Stidham Award: Erin Jewell Palmer Adams Burt ’99 Art Award: Ronshel Rose Kurusanthony ’30
12 Congratulations to the Class of 2018! Grace Lee/Rutgers/University of New Brunswick The 65-member Class of 2018 matriculated to 39 colleges in Samantha Lee/University of Southern California 22 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. They earned more Jessica Lewis/The University of North Carolina at than $13.3 million in merit-based scholarships. Chapel Hill Lauren Mabie/Texas Christian University Isra Ahmed/Washington University in St. Louis Mallory Macdonald/Texas Christian University Lila Baer/McGill University Hannah Matthews/William & Mary Baker Baine/University of South Carolina Sam McCann/New York University Mackenzie Barnes/New York University Allison McCown/The University of North Carolina at Mary Ashley Bateman/The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chapel Hill Lexi Becker/University of Notre Dame Chandler McDowell/The George Washington University Lucy Chancellor/Louisiana State University Ellie McGhee/University of Notre Dame Chelsey Chen/Johns Hopkins University Adalyn Meeks/Purdue University Caroline Ciaramitaro/The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Stuart Monaghan/Texas Christian University Maryanna Couloubaritsis/Indiana University Bloomington Lily Monroe/University of Pennsylvania Claire Daniel/University of Georgia Lauren Moore/Rhodes College Lauren Davis/The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Elsie Morrow/The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hattie Fogarty/Sewanee: The University of the South Grace Murray/Texas Christian University Vivi Gray/University of Southern California Nayla Nassif/Kent State University Savanna Grinspun/University of Pennsylvania Sydney Nichols/University of Arkansas Elena Hanissian/Sewanee: The University of the South Olivia Nielsen/University of Memphis Allison Hesselberg/The University of Wisconsin-Madison Paige Nielsen/Hope College Julia Hirt/Texas Christian University Kiara Norris/Fordham University Olivia House/Rhodes College Madeleine O'Toole/Rhodes College Eleanor James/University of Georgia Livia Overton/Columbia College Chicago Alexis Jamison/The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Keith Ellis Prest/University of South Carolina Erin Jewell/Xavier University of Louisiana Julia Preston/University of Virginia Jenna Joshi/Georgia Institute of Technology Evelyn Roberts/University of Richmond Erin Katz/The University of Wisconsin-Madison Alizeh Saeed/Tulane University Pilar Kesser/University of Oregon Grace Sammarco/Rhodes College Nina Kumar/Rice University Anna Scott/The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Anna Rose LaMountain/Loyola University Chicago Sneha Sharma/University of Pennsylvania Caroline Landaiche/Spring Hill College Assata Smith/Spelman College Evie Laney/The University of Alabama Sabrina Smith/Washington University in St. Louis Olivia Lawrence/The University of Alabama Kyra Tennyson/University of Georgia Lauren Ledger/Savannah College of Art and Design Martha Kay Williams/The University of Alabama
Class of 2018. 13 CAMPUS NEWS
St. Mary's inducted 34 Upper School girls into the National Honor Society. Honor and Service Organizations St. Mary's strong academic and service-oriented culture offers many opportunities for students to be recognized for their hard work. They include the Beta Club, the National Honor Society, and Cum Laude Society.
Beta Club Beta Club prepares today's students to be tomorrow's leaders by promoting the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership. St. Mary's Beta Club chapter inducted 54 Upper School girls, based upon their collective 3,000 hours of community service St. Mary's Beta Club invited 54 girls to be inducted into the organization. These students served to more than 120 Mid-South agencies. more than 3,000 community service hours through volunteer work with more than 120 Mid-South agencies. National Honor Society Founded in 1921, the National Honor Society recognizes students with demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. The officers of the St. Mary's National Honor Society chapter described the 34 new members as exhibiting ambition, duty, skill to lead, academic curiosity, heart to serve, and a desire to do the right thing. Cum Laude Society St. Mary's recognized 14 Cum Laude Society inductees into the prestigious organization that grants chapters to schools of superior academic quality. The seven named members of the Class of 2018 and the seven named members of the Class of 2019 joined a select group of approximately 4,000 high school St. Mary's inducted 14 members into the Cum Laude Society, the highest academic honor students to be inducted into the society this year. bestowed upon our students. 14 Academic Accomplishments Gabby Perez ’19 earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. Gabby is very active on campus as a participant on the Mock Trial team, a Youth in Legislature Red House Clerk, the St. Mary's Community Fund GIVE901 Co-Chair, and a member of numerous honor societies. She was a Girls State leadership program participant this summer and the recipient of the St. Mary's Freshman Award of Excellence.
Natalie Cabezas ’20 has received a perfect score on the National Spanish Exam for the past three consecutive years in Levels 1, 2, and 3 – Bilingual category. This is a first for St. Mary's, the state of Tennessee, and the United States. Gabby Perez '19 earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT. VEX Robotics St. Mary's 4th graders brought home honors from the Tennessee VEX IQ robotics competition in Nashville! The “Lords of the Rings” team of Ivy Carls ’26, Caroline Chandler ’26, and Lilly Coggin ’26 won the Excellence Award, the highest award presented in the VEX IQ Challenge. They went on to compete against teams from the United States and around the world in the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, where they received an interview for their design notebook.
St. Mary's Community Fund (SMCF) This year's St. Mary's Community Fund had a record-breaking year of fundraising. They were able to disburse $41,000 in grants to six Mid-South Natalie Cabezas '20 is recognized for her outstanding work on the agencies. The total giving of the SMCF since 1998 is nearly $500,000. National Spanish Exam.
Springfest One of St. Mary's most treasured traditions honored its 128th Springfest Queen, Faith Bradley ’19, and the 144th Springfest Princess, Julia Jabbour ’24. Leia Green ’30, and Madison Jefferson ’30 served as pages.
"Lords of the Rings" team members at the VEX Robotics World Championship.
2018 Springfest Court. St. Mary's Community Fund members and the grant-receiving agencies.
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Cynthia Pitcock Award Winner The Cynthia D. Pitcock History Award, established in 2002, bears the name of former St. Mary’s History teacher Dr. Cynthia D. Pitcock and honors Paula Casey, the 2018 Cynthia D. Pitcock History Award recipient, with past recipients, extraordinary people who have made historically following her Chapel speech. significant contributions. This year’s award winner, Paula Casey, is an accomplished journalist, a political activist, and an author who is considered an expert on the suffrage movement and the vote by the state of Tennessee that ratified the 19th Amendment, allowing women the right to vote. Paula spoke to Middle and Upper School students and faculty about the significant contributions the suffragists made to their communities through their exemplary work, providing inspiration to young women to exercise the right to vote to enact change.
Mays Writing The Mays Writing Award, sponsored by the Mays family, is St. Mary's annual fiction-writing contest that promotes and encourages creative writing at all Bethany Mays Owen '93 and her father, Dr. Kit S. Mays, with the recipients of the grade levels. Every student in grades 1–12 wrote a Mays Writing Awards. short story based on a common pastoral painting.
St. Mary's Mock Trial team had another successful year with a second place finish at the state tournament.
16 Upper School students revived the classic play "Annie Get Your Gun." Theater Highlights "Annie Get Your Gun" St. Mary's Upper School performance of “Annie Get Your Gun” brought our favorite characters to life as the drama between Frank Butler and Annie Oakley (played by Lauren Ledger ’18) and the rest of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show unfolded with songs like “Anything You Can Do” and “There's No Business Like Show Business.”
“Annie Get Your Gun” received 10 nominations at the Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards.
Nominations included: Best Chorus Best Production Material Best Front of House Best Music Direction -- Julie Millen Best Supporting Actress -- Julia Preston ’18 Best Supporting Actress -- Vivi Gray ’18 Best Lead Actress -- Lauren Ledger Best Featured Dance -- Bizzy Walker ’19–Winner Best Direction -- Jenny Madden Outstanding Overall Production
"Into the Woods, Jr." The two casts of the Middle School play, “Into the Woods, Jr.” performed spirited renditions of the classic tale. In this story, a witch tasks a childless baker (played by Nora James Eikner ’22) and his wife (played by Kai Keith ’23) with breaking a curse by finding items from classic Middle School musical, "Into the Woods, Jr." fairy tales, including Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella.
17 Sallie Harris Sallie began her career at St. Mary's as a substitute in 1990, and for many years, she made herself available to help us out when someone was sick or away. In 1997, she began teaching full-time in the Early FACULTY Childhood Center, where she brought joy to her students and taught them well. She is also the mother of a St. Mary's alumna, Rebecca Harris ’05. As for the faculty, she has been our friend, and we are glad to see & STAFF her move back into her original position as substitute extraordinaire.
Retirements Lucy Gardner Lucy came in 1998, first as a long-term substitute, but she transitioned immediately into the position of Pre-Kindergarten (PK) teacher with Cynthia Dickson – a partnership that continued for 20 years. Lucy brought a love of children and teaching to the classroom and created a space for our PK girls to learn in an environment that was exciting and fun. One of her greatest gifts is her organizational skills, which we all benefited from, and she was recognized for her work by being named the recipient of the 2017 Nanette Quinn Outstanding Teacher Award. Lucy's next job is one that she's been looking forward to for a long time; she will be spending Sallie Harris extra time with her two adorable grandchildren. Carolyn Murray Carolyn joined the library team nine years ago and quickly made herself invaluable. Besides all of the behind-the-scenes work she does to ensure the library runs smoothly, she has read every Middle School book club book and participated in all of the lunchtime discussions. Carolyn has worked with the 6th grade Battle of the Books and helped with class projects when extra help was needed. Her kind, helpful, and always pleasant nature has made her a favorite of students and faculty alike. She has a way of making everyone who enters the library feel welcome. Carolyn will be sorely missed.
Lucy Gardner
Carolyn Murray 18 Barbara Person Dr. Jeanne Wilson Barbara started teaching at St. Mary's in 2005 Jeanne began her career at St. Mary's in 1989 and for nearly 30 years has as Gwen Collier's partner in Junior Kindergarten. taught, nurtured, and inspired hundreds of young girls and collaborated with As a teacher for more than 20 years at a number dozens of teachers. In 2001, Dr. Wilson received the Creative Teacher Award of schools, Barbara brought her experience and and in 2013 received the Hazlehurst Gold Cross, St. Mary's highest honor. nurturing personality to the classroom. Her favorite St. Mary's memories are being able to participate As a teacher, a learning specialist, and the Head of the Early Childhood in the fun traditions, including Felicity Day and the Center, Dr. Wilson has devoted herself to young children and their Christmas Pageant. Barbara will be missed by all development. She has celebrated the joys of reading, writing, rhyming, of her colleagues who count her as a true friend. counting, tinkering, and making friends. As the mother of St. Mary's alumna Leigh Wilson Jacobs ’94 and a grandmother, Dr. Wilson knows the essential role parents play in the earliest years of a girl's education and has shared generously her professional and personal wisdom. Dr. Wilson has been the faithful shepherd of our “itty bitties” and establishes a strong foundation so that every girl reaches her potential. We wish her the best of luck in her retirement.
Barbara Person Susan Whitten ’86 Susan models servant leadership for our students while performing each of her duties with grace, her ever- present smile, and her calm, soothing presence. It is amazing to watch her nurture both faculty and students and observe how attentively she listens. Both within St. Mary's and outside in the Greater Memphis community, she has worked tirelessly and humbly, breaking down walls and building relationships. Her calling and service include Facing History, the St. Mary's Community Dr. Jeanne Wilson Fund, service trips and service plunges, after-school tutoring, and pet therapy. With passion and purpose, she has taught our students how to be “light and life” in the places they find themselves. For her dedication, she was awarded the Hazlehurst Gold Cross.
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t. Mary's athletics have taken on new prominence this year, and the S Winter & Spring teams continued the trajectory with outstanding results this season.
WINTER SPORTS Middle School Swim team placed first in the Olivia House commits to play soccer at Rhodes College while Hattie Fogarty commits to Women's and Combined division while the Varsity play lacrosse at Sewanee: The University of the South. Swim team placed third in the Shelby County Meet and eighth at the Tennessee State Meet. Kiara Norris ’18 placed fourth at the state meet in the 50m free and third in the 100m fly. She will continue her swimming career at Fordham University, a Division I school, next season.
Middle School Basketball showed promise for the future of the sport at St. Mary's with both the 6th grade and 7th grade teams finishing as Shelby League Runner-Up in their division. The 8th grade team finished as the Shelby League Champions. Meghan Aslin ’22 Louise Laney ’22 and Kalen Ingram '21 placed 3rd in high jump at the state meet with a personal record of 5'0''. were named to the All-Tournament Team while Luci Adams ’22 was named the Tournament MVP.
Varsity Fencing team competed in the Junior SPRING SPORTS Tennis teams had another Olympics, one of the most competitive fencing Middle School Lacrosse successful season. The Middle tournaments in the nation. Shiyan Kesser ’20 and team became Shelby League School team remained Ashley Graflund ’21 fenced in Cadet Women's Champions by defeating undefeated in regular season Foil in their first national tournament. Chelsey Hutchison in overtime for matches, and the Varsity Chen ’18 fenced in Junior Women's Epee and the second year in a row. team sent three players to the placed 175th out of approximately 235 fencers. Carrington Davis ’22 was state tournament. Celia Stem Varsity Bowling team completed its season as named Tournament MVP. ’20 and Ana Taylor ’20 Regional Runner-Up, and Lauren Davis ’18 finished Varsity Lacrosse ended participated in doubles but lost fourth in the state individual bowling championship. their season in the state semi- in the state quarterfinals while final game, losing to Ensworth Eesha Gudiseva ’20 was 6-7 in a hard-fought battle. State Runner-Up in singles. Hattie Fogarty ’18, Evelyn Roberts ’18, Erin Katz Middle School Track ’18, and Mary Jones ’20 & Field team finished fifth were named All-Region Players. in Shelby County while the Varsity team finished third at
20 Julia Preston '18 and Kate Stukenborg '20 high-five following a great point.
Middle School Lacrosse won the Shelby League Championship for the second consecutive year.
Gabrielle Rose Chang '95, two-time Olympian, was on hand to send off the team Kaela Keith '23 dribbles down the court. to the state championship in Knoxville.
the regional meet. The Varsity team Varsity Trap team competed standards to remain eligible to play. also sent five athletes to the state in the West Tennessee regional meet where Madison Motley tourney and were the top local St. Mary's fielded four All-Metro Team ’19 placed eighth in the 100m team. Leading the Turkeys with athletes in five categories: dash, Kalen Ingram ’21 a new St. Mary's record score Lacrosse – Evelyn Roberts ’18 placed third in high jump with a of 98 was Emily Ferguson Bowling – Lauren Davis ’18 personal record of 5’0”, Martha ’20, who took Top Lady Swim – Kiara Norris ’18 Kay Williams ’18 placed fourth over 67 other varsity girls. Tennis – Eesha Gudiseva ’20 – Winner in long jump with a 17’7” jump Girls Athlete of the Year – and seventh in triple jump with The Commercial Appeal Private School – Evelyn Roberts a 34’ jump, and the 4x2 Relay All-Metro Team Nominations Team of Sydney Graeter ’21, recognize the area's prep Joy Jackson ’19, Madison athletes, who have found success Motley, and Martha Kay not only in sports but also in Williams finished eighth. the classroom, where they have to meet certain academic 21 CLASS NOTES
1963 organizations, porch sitting spotted bears, deer, skunks, as an adjunct teacher at Union with friends (even the day it and rabbits. How cool to look University and planning a Canon Thomas Hall snowed!), reading, crossword out your window and see summer cruise in the Caribbean [email protected] puzzles, flowers, and days awesome animals. She enjoys with husband Barry. Lucy Minor with nothing on the calendar.” exercise classes several times Glasebrook has concentrated Julia Alissandratos traveled Joyce Wilkerson Kaplan, a week and looks forward her recent travel to and from to Greece in May with family. master weaver, and husband to summertime hiking in the Greenwich, Conn., where her When at home, Julia is active Jon enjoyed a May trip to New mountains. Your intrepid cub two grandchildren live, and to in her church and the cultural York City with their goddaughter reporter Canon Thomas Hall Sea Island, Ga., where she and scene in Charleston. Tina (22). Highlights of the adventure has mothballed her chef's hat Dick have rebuilt their vacation Heslep Ciliberto “continues to included museums, art, musical after hosting a home-cooked home. They also spent much appreciate retirement, being performances, and coffee meal for over 90 people in of winter in home #3 in Palm active in her church, attending houses. (Note: Washington October for the Rhodes College Beach. (Your class secretary many musical events, and Staters need their coffee!) 50th reunion. In March, Canon does well to keep care of one babysitting grandchildren and Sailing remains a passion for and husband Clay spent a condo.) Lucy and Dick are granddogs when needed.” them. Donna Lansing Plumer wonderful long weekend in heavily into contemporary art, Tina and husband Tony toured may live in Memphis, but her Mobile at a lovely B&B and serving on boards in the art Tuscany and Florence last year greatest joys reside in Texas — enjoyed lots of great seafood. field and traveling abroad to and have an Alaskan cruise three children, four grandsons, They anticipate a fall trip to add to their collection. Ellen planned for this fall. Sara and one granddaughter. Donna the beach. Like Carolyn, she Rumsey Bellenot takes a Sorsby Dennis writes, “lately keeps Southwest Airlines busy. treasures days on the calendar different artistic direction. She I enjoyed visiting my son in In early spring, Donna toured with nothing inked in. It seems, is an artist. In fact, you can Austin, Texas. I am still enjoying New Mexico, including stops in however, that the Class of '63 sign up to take a course from private practice, helping to Santa Fe and Taos and visits to doesn't have many days like her in polymer clay works at raise Irish triplets (11 year old Christ of the Desert and Abiquiu that. Our class continues to the arts and crafts center in twins and a 10 year old), and (look it up; I had to). In April, be vibrant and on the move. Tallahassee, Fla., where she managing to survive watching Donna joined Patty Ozier Riffel lives with “favorite husband” two children's movies in one and her husband Kirby for a Steven, who is associate chair weekend.” Sara remains wonderful European vacation. 1965 of the math department at addicted to dark chocolate They began a tour of Italy in Julia Malone Florida State University. (Ellen Venice, then on to Florence says, “If only Miss Moose and and stands amazed at life's [email protected] detours. Jenny Emison Ewing and Milan. From Milan, they Mrs. Shepherd—or anyone and husband Ward celebrated boarded a train to Basel, else at St. Mary's who tried to their 50th wedding anniversary where they began a Rhine river Reports from our class show teach me anything that involved by taking their children and cruise to wonderful destinations that, despite our small number, a number—knew that I'd spent grandchildren to Monteagle in Germany. Patty and Kirby we have remarkably varied the last 43 years living with a Assembly Grounds, where they also celebrated 50 years lives with satisfying activities. mathematician….I can't help hiked to Fiery Gizzard and Lost of marriage early this year, Patti Person Ray had a big but think they'd get a good Cave Cove on the Sewanee soaring in an open cockpit challenge when she was laugh. They earned it.”) Marion Mountain and visited the place Bearcat! Now, that takes diagnosed almost a year ago West Hammer, now fully retired where Jenny and Ward met and courage! They loved it. Patty with an early form of cancer, from teaching, is focusing on first kissed. Romance is not lost! also participated in the Bridge but she has emerged the victor her grandchildren, including Throughout the past year, they Nationals in Philadelphia. and is now back in action. two grandsons who live in took various “mini-honeymoons” Jackie Whiteleather loves She's already traveled to Memphis and a 20-month- to celebrate and commemorate her small town but admits Munich to do research for the old granddaughter who lives this wonderful milestone. living there presents some October 2019 Alumnae Alpine in Charlotte, N.C. Marion is Carolyn Collier Johnson says challenges, such as large and Adventure. Cathy Hoover planning a family beach trip to she “relishes small town living in small forest creatures coming Allen will join the trip. Patti is Amelia Island, Fla., this summer. Pass Christian, Mississippi with into town, looking for tasty hoping others from '65 will too. “Life is good!” she says. Kathy involvement in numerous local flowers or garbage. She has Meanwhile, she is continuing Sweany Bertram reports she's
22 CLASS NOTES still practicing outpatient internal their eight grandchildren and medicine and geriatrics in three sons and daughters-in- Cookeville, Tenn. Daughter law more often, after moving Amy teaches film at Belmont from Colorado Springs in College, so that continues the June 2017 when Janie retired art theme for our class. Kathy from teaching. She now is serving on her local PBS enjoys subbing at two nearby board and recently attended the schools, which she did not annual meeting, as well as Jazz expect to like, but she has been Fest, in New Orleans. Susan “pleasantly surprised.” Lynn Hoefer Foster survived an “old Bledsoe Buhler's big news is time Montana winter” with her retirement in March from “brutal” temperatures. “Perhaps her law practice. Husband Jon I am earning my stripes as a refers to her as “unemployed,” 'Montana Woman!'” she says. but she pays “no attention to Plus, she added a lab puppy him.” Lynn also told me that to the household — “adorable Lou Archer Slater is now a On a cruise up the Seine River, sisters Carolyn Cockroft '71 and Alice Cockroft Oates '67 visited artist Claude Monet's home and garden in Giverny, France. — but demanding!” Susan also grandmother by son Bennett took a demanding course on and his wife, but Lou has not again.” Other plans include with his wife Marion plan a the Physics of Green Energy. sent me any details. Signe a trip to London and northern visit over the summer. Jeannie Julia Malone continues to Magnuson Spencer says “hi” Italy during fungi season and and husband Christopher live in Washington, D.C., to everyone. She is still working to D.C. for the KKG reunion in enjoy his grandsons, Charlie play gobs of tennis, and love at Korn Ferry and “still adjusting October. Alice Cockroft Oates (7) and Henry (5), and their photography. She's headed to being acquired.” Her fun spent Easter weekend with sister working cocker spaniel Elvis. to Puglia, Italy (in the boot) work experience involved Carolyn Cockroft '71 in D.C., Jeannie says the grandchildren in May with a photography being on the analysis group for where she saw the Tomb of are “not unlike the mischievous group and also plans a trip a Rockefeller-funded study of Christ exhibit at the National Elvis! Good fun all around!” to Japan in the autumn. women CEOs at the biggest Geographic Museum, which She sends love to everyone. organizations, conducting she highly recommends. At Lee McGeorge Durrell is 57 interviews, which resulted home in Williamsburg, Alice “deep in the throes of the 1967 in “Women CEOs Speak,” likes being a guide at her popular television series The Bette West Bush available at kornferry.com. church, historic Bruton Parish. Durrells, leading four mini-tours Daughter Emily's husband left [email protected] She and husband Jack enjoyed in Corfu in the spring, looking the military in June and has a a river cruise from Amsterdam “for animals Gerry would good job in his field of interest to Budapest in May. Alice have studied” in the “beautiful Our ladies are still going strong in the Boston area, meaning sends her best to all. Jeannie countryside.” She is also having 51 years after graduating Signe's grandchildren Rose and Whitman Esdaile still goes up a busy summer at home in from St. Mary's. Libba Mann Locke are back home, close to London a few days a week Jersey at the Zoo, with Strauss's Harbin, like me, is “non- to Signe. Shelley Smith plans to do archiving for James Die Fledermaus at the annual technically happy by choice.” a summer visit to NYC to see Purdey and Sons, the gun fund-raising opera season, She and husband Bob had the her son and his wife, as well makers. She is also now and finishing enclosures like whole family, some coming as a visit to a college friend leading the Leconfield Singers, the Lemur Walkway, which from D.C. and NYC, to their and sorority sister in midtown. a choral group of about 100, allows visitors to see lemurs “Rome home” (Georgia) for She still lives her “rockstar life who performed Haydn's up close as they jump onto Easter, which included egg of pilates and playing with her Creation in concert with soloists pontoon boats on the lake. In dyeing, Easter egg hunts, dog” in Chicago and, since and the English Philharmonia the fall, she and partner Colin and springtime play with their retiring from practicing law in at Chichester Cathedral, as plan a “proper 5-day holiday” grandchildren. Janie Allen 2017, declares that “Vegas is well as four concerts in Prague. in Venice, hopefully with Lee's Till and husband Bob are giving very poor odds on (her) Jeannie's sister Nancy Whitman sister Harriet McGeorge '73, enjoying Denver, getting to see ever doing anything productive Manire '64 and son Robert with a quick ferry ride to Corfu
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and working along in this 1969 stage of their lives! Candace Pam McNeely Williams Keirns-Bitensky moved back [email protected] to Memphis in April 2017, is very happy to be back in town, It is with great sadness that I and had a great time attending report Connie Loveless Friend's the recent St. Mary's reunion. mom, Lucy, died recently. I will Although she doesn't consider always remember the great herself retired, she is hoping to family times we all had at their find the job of her dreams as wonderful home on Walnut a Spanish medical interpreter. Class of 1968 50th Reunion. Grove. Brian and I visited I retired in 2012 after 37 1/2 our daughter, Ellen LeVaughn years of teaching, with the last Kowalchuk '96 and her family 35 in Guidance, and I find it in Germany, where her husband difficult to comprehend how was attached to Ramstein AFB. I made it to school at 7:50 We visited local sites and were a.m. every morning! I would deeply touched at the grave love to hear from everyone, site of General Patton and the and, if you know of a new cemetery for the fallen German email address for a classmate, soldiers. Scott Williams, our please send it to me. oldest son, recently married love of his life Brooke Eakin, 1968 classmates Elinor Baker Jones, Mary Helene Lee Hamlin, Marilyn Schwinn Smith, Mary Kenworthy Thompson, Deborah Pigott Moore, Lucy Pontius and they are living in Oakland, 1971 Underwood, Holly Rogers, Libby Wetter Witherington, and Jan Cone Davis are Tenn. Brian and I visited our Carolyn Cockroft thrilled to be together at Alumnae Weekend for their 50th Reunion. youngest son, Matt Williams [email protected] for another mini-tour. Upcoming life.” She reminisces, “somehow and wife Hannah in LA, where Series Three of The Durrells is it was easier when I was both are First Lieutenants at the Marietta Canale Haaga “the best one yet,” Lee says, as younger!” This was “a treat and Los Angeles Air Force Base. continues to work part time she sends love to all. Debbie trip” she will always remember. Deborah Poodry has more or at Saint John's Episcopal as Boehme Salter is “very upbeat” Debbie also sends love to less retired from a long career recreation director, as well and “wishes we could have a all of her classmates. Finally, in architecture and city and as doing personal training. reunion like our 50th last year Susan McNeely Nicholas campus planning, and she is Youngest son Martin married every year.” She is still working and I had a nice visit in April. reorganizing for this new phase a high school friend, Kathy part-time in HR, enjoying the I got to see her new miracle of life. She hopes everyone is Bolding, two years ago. Son flexible hours. Debbie says surprise grandbaby Avery, born well, will send more news later, Fletcher and his wife Meg live that grandchildren Elyse (6) in September to older son Jeff and is thankful for our class in Chattanooga and love the and Mason (3) are “a huge and his wife. Susan declares keeping our newsletter going! outdoors. In October, Fletcher part of (her) life.” She usually enthusiastically that Avery is Jean Phillips Lorton reports that rode his bike on the Continental picks up her grands once “such a joy and absolutely all is well in her household. Divide —approximately 2,300 a week from daycare and wonderful surprise.” Susan is She is working for five C-level miles. Marietta says she is feeds them dinner: “whatever now the proud grandmother of executives in a healthcare trying to keep up and would they want and ALWAYS five. My grandson West (6) just company, which manages love to do something similar dessert!” She, husband Ted, finished kindergarten, so I did emergency departments of in the future. Marty Jones' daughter Elizabeth and her not see him as much this school hospitals. Their grandchildren state government has decided husband, mother-in-law, and year, but I thank God that he are 13, 12, and almost 9. to let someone else have a the grandchildren spent five still is my best reason for living. The twin daughters and their turn at running the economic days at Disney World in early husbands are doing great! development agency that she April. Debbie “had a ball, Orlan, who is semi-retired, has headed for six years; so never walking so much in my and Jean are happily moving 24 CLASS NOTES
Marty has started MLJ Insights Churchill's granddaughter. In — consulting to public and October, Chris and I spent a mission-focused organizations week in Ballater, Scotland, on economic development just down the road from the and real estate challenges. Queen's residence at Balmoral. She is looking forward to Sightseeing took us to Culloden, choosing projects where she alongside Loch Ness, and can help people and places the stone circles at Craigh na that need it the most, while Dun. We enjoyed chowing having flexibility to travel, visit on haggis, a pony ride along their daughters in Virginia and the Dee River, and dancing at California, and enjoy their a Cèilidh on our final night. Vermont retreat. Husband Fred So far, 2018 has kept both of has retired. Marty welcomes us busy, Chris with his intense 1972 classmates (top) Ashley Moore Remmers, Holly Robnett Gieszl, Meg Jemison all of us to visit her in the city business travel and me with Bartlett, (bottom) Suzanne Hauser Schlittenhart, Charlotte Day, and Sallie Bernard or country! Maybe a future my music and pastoral care Armstrong on a trip to Prescott, AZ. reunion location??? Julia Sprunt ministries at church. Grumbles and husband Bill still live in Chapel Hill for six months of the year and in Highlands, 1973 N.C. the other six months. Olivia Montgomery They enjoy some traveling as [email protected] well. Most of her Chapel Hill time is spent as a UNC trustee. Her favorite "work,” however, Milner Stanton hosted our is mentoring female students 45th class reunion dinner in and junior faculty. While in April. It was so good to catch Highlands, she says she “enjoys up with those who were able hiking, gardening, and yes…. to attend. She also has a trip mah jongg!” She hopes that planned this summer to Prague if any of us is ever in Chapel and Budapest, and she is Sarah Peeples Hodges '73 and Ginger Hicks Smith '73 Hill or Highlands, we will let very excited. Sarah Peeples her know. (Okay, so now that Hodges had a bit of wanderlust is a second possible location last spring, going to Thailand accolades, including Delta Delta Africa to photograph predators for a reunion!) 2017 was a for fun and India to teach. Delta's Woman of the Year, and big game, including the year of travel for us. Husband Sarah recently retired from having a museum named after endangered rhinoceros and Chris and I joined my sister the Memphis school system her at the sorority's international other iconic creatures such Alice and her husband Jack after 10 years of teaching. headquarters, a Lifetime as the African wild dog, on a cruise on the Seine from Carol Richardson Hunter is Achievement Award from the giraffe, zebra, hippopotamus, Paris to Normandy Beach. In spending her retirement doing Georgia Historical Records baboon, and warthog. Nell addition to the sites in the City environmental conservation Advisory Council, Emory's is proud to say that she has of Light, our stops included work, playing with her three Community Builder Award, also photographed the Big Monet's garden (check off grandchildren, and looking and Fraternal Chapter Adviser Five: lion, leopard, elephant, another one on my bucket list!), forward to her daughter's of the Year Award. And that's rhino, and buffalo, in Africa's Van Gogh's apartment during wedding in August. In April, just naming a few. Not to be largest remaining ecosystems. his final days, Rouen where Ginger Hicks Smith was outdone, Nell Dickerson was In addition to her preservationist Joan D'Arc was executed, and profiled in Emorywire, the featured in a prominent article work, Nell is a published finally, a jump over to London digital magazine of the Emory St. Mary's sent out in celebration photographer and architect. where we were treated to an Alumni Association. It noted of Women's History Month in entertaining talk by Winston her many achievements and March. It reported on her trips to
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She'll be part of a team of 1975 teachers who will collaborate Laurie Walpole and encourage teachers at [email protected] schools there. Sally Hummel Chumney is still working The Class of 1975 is enjoying as a nurse practitioner in life in all kinds of ways. Nora Chattanooga and is expecting Wingfield Tyson recently retired her fourth granddaughter in after 38 years in the Navy. June. When not working or She says when she thinks of visiting grandchildren, she all her experiences, people, enjoys working in her garden. and travels, she can't think Susan Roberts Colpitts is still Jan Valentine Wiygul '76, Josie McNeely Walker '76, Ginny Waller Zanca '76, and of a career that would have working at 120% but wishes their husbands enjoy the BBQ, Beer, and Blue & White party at Alumnae Weekend. been more rewarding. She she could cut it to 80%. Since and husband Wayne spent she just signed up for a class three weeks driving across the in teaching meditation, maybe country, home to Williamsburg, she can make it feel like 80%! and she was able to check She and husband Norman love the last of the 50 states off her spending time at their house on list. She stays busy with golf, the Eastern Shore, especially board work, and speaking when one or more of their three engagements. Lisa Francisco daughters join them. Jill Jemison Abitz also recently retired. She's Margolin and husband Peter spending a lot of time reading are enjoying travel. They were and also volunteered with the recently in South Beach for a University of Memphis Special big wine festival and skied in Collections to gather materials Colorado and Alberta. Next, on the 1968 sanitation workers' they're headed to San Francisco R.P. and Josie McNeely Walker '76 with new granddaughter Jane. strike and Martin Luther King, and Napa to celebrate Peter's daughter Mary Dabney and Jr.'s assassination. Wendi 45 years with his company. attending graduate school in the husband Chris had Charles Sloane enjoys being the Robin Bartusch Goertz is fall, and son Stephen is looking Dabney a few days later. Lucy parent of adult children and completely comfortable, having for a new career opportunity. and John enjoy travelling to grandmother of four, as she no milestones to report. Susan She says both are doing well. South Florida to visit Mary continues to head up her firm's Page Gates is thrilled with new Jennilyn Jennings Utkov visited Dabney and family. Daughter intellectual property division. granddaughter Harper, however Sara in Dallas over Easter. Of Annie is studying kinesiology She and husband Steve split both she and I course, our thoughts have been at Mississippi State. Daughter their time between Chicago believe she can't possibly with Jennilyn this past year, as Joy is working for Capital One and Ft. Collins, Colo., where be old enough! husband Neil lost his battle with in Washington D.C. Hurray for she's a part of the St. Mary's cancer. What a blessing it was Anne Cole Billings' daughter Colorado contingent that that he came to our reunion last Mimi Billings '14, who is includes Deborah Adelson year and was able to spend 1977 graduating from Ole Miss and Johns. Deborah is working time with old friends. Some in Janey Butler Newton will be starting a job at Bank3 on visiting all 50 states and our class have experienced the [email protected] in Memphis. Congratulations recently added Oregon to loss of a parent recently, and to Lisa Britt Colcolough's the list, as she visited her son we extend our deep sympathy daughter Caitlin Colcolough there. She's going to cross Lucy Walt Wepfer has two big to Adele Orgill Wellford and '07, who is recently engaged. off Alaska when she cruises reasons to celebrate with the Dione Gerber McGehee at Sara Muirhead Shanley is there this summer. Cissy Sights birth of two new grandchildren. the loss of their fathers, and to enjoying her job with Texas Sares is planning a trip to Son Walt and wife Betsy, Lisa Britt Colcolough and Alicia Health Resources in Dallas. Senegal with her church. who live in Memphis, had Harwood Baker at the loss of Hunter Walt in December, and Son Michael is planning on their mothers. Email me any time 26 with news or just to say hello! CLASS NOTES
1979 in Memphis and will be living in Dallas with then-husband Evan. Beth Brown Dunn Hannah has been teaching [email protected] second grade and will be with the Kindergarten next year. The Class of '79 never Best Wishes! Susan Browne disappoints. We are all so Law will be here in May. Ben excited to be planning our Law will be graduating from 40th year reunion in 2019! law school. He has done Anne Golwen Brand is very well here but is headed happy that son John is back back to a firm in Roanoke, in town. He graduated from Va. Maddie and her husband UT Knoxville and is working Cam will be here with precious here in Memphis. Son Henry Parker. She is almost a year Class of 1978 40th Reunion. is a Junior at CBHS. He is old. They live in Atlanta. beginning the college search. Meg is here in Memphis. Jeanne Thurman Cross has Susan is still mentoring and moved to the Sunshine State! teaching in Roanoke. Her Husband Joe took a new painting business has been position in Tampa at Zeppelin doing very well on Etsy. Nell USA – cool name! Daughter Archer is happy to report Elizabeth is getting married her twins have successfully Memorial Day weekend. She navigated the byzantine New is marrying a young man she York high school application has known since the third process! Ward will be grade. Best Wishes! Terry Lupo attending Beacon, and Nora Lebedevs is a happy mom and will be attending Stuyvesant. grandmother. Her children will Congratulations! These schools all be here in Memphis soon. are blessed to have you and Shelia Davis '78 happily greets 2018 Outstanding Alumna Dr. Donna Osborne Daughter Camille and her all your many talents! Sadly, I Bradley '74. husband are moving here. They report we lost a true treasure are expecting a son, Liam, in of a man, Joe Orgill. He was September. She will teach ninth such an example of kindness grade English at Crosstown to so many. Irene Orgill Smith High School. Daughter Hannah and her sisters prepared such lives here with precious children a beautiful tribute to their dad. Ruby and Millie. Ruby is two I am still at Senior Care, and I and a half, and Millie is 9 am blessed to be able to help months. Son Rob is also here in some old friends with care Memphis. Barbara Stevenson for their loved ones. Our St. is teaching seventh and eighth Mary's family is truly one of a grades at Colonial Middle kind. My son, Christopher is 33 School. She faces many years old. He lives in Nashville challenges every day. Those and works for the Golf Club of children are blessed to have Tennessee. My son, Brook, is such a caring teacher! She 30. He works here in Memphis lives in the Evergreen area of for a heating and air company. town and loves it. Robin Rader I love having them close by, Stein is having a November as they lived out west for a Jane Tillman Germany '79 and her family at son Brad's wedding. wedding! Daughter Hannah while. Get ready ladies! News Stein '13 will be married here coming soon about our reunion! 27 CLASS NOTES
was born to Sarah and Bill on Paris for a film festival where 1981 Good Friday! Lisa is a Deacon a short film she worked on Katherine Lucas Hall and serves as an associate was presented. Claudia is still [email protected] pastor at HopePointe Anglican working at her Parish with ever Carey Stanton Church in Woodlands, increasing duties. Anne Harvey [email protected] Texas. Laura Gussin Zinker's Whipple's family is "rocking daughters are soon to be along” just outside of D.C. Son Congrats to everyone with college graduates! Leah, a Felix just finished his sophomore graduates and weddings and double major in English and year at Rhodes, where he's a Caroline Keith is lovingly remembered by her class of 1981. "Lux in Tenebris." grandbabies! It has been religious studies at Kenyon, has music production major and really wonderful hearing from completed her honors thesis soccer player — he loves everyone. Here are some of the in English and was awarded Rhodes and our home town! 1983 highlights. Celeste Alexander "highest honors” and received Son Kai will be a senior and is Bonnie Bolton Lopez Bailey retired from being a an award from the Religious looking at colleges where he [email protected] lawyer (after 25 years) about a Studies department. Hannah, may do ROTC year and half ago. She started an English major and political and continue studying Russian. I was allowed to turn in my taking classes at the Florida science minor at Skidmore, is Anne volunteers with foster class notes a few days late so Wine Academy in Miami to graduating with honors as well. children and does part-time that I could officially report the learn about wine. “Something After a summer internship at the work in communications wonderful news that Brandon I've always wanted to do, National Constitution Center for a business consultant. Cindy Garrott Morrison won the but never had the time.” She in Philadelphia, she will enter Willmott Belisle's daughter primary race for Shelby County enjoyed it so much that she's law school in the fall at the Sarah is a rising Senior, Commission District 13. She now one of the Academy's University of Cincinnati. Ashley majoring in Communications at received twice as many votes educators. She and husband Richardson Sheridan is living Furman. Mollie just completed as the incumbent! If you are Rick live in Key Biscayne, Fla., in Madison, Wis. with husband her freshman year at University in her district, be sure to put which is perfect since son Tony. Ashley is "interning with of Georgia. She plays soccer Thursday, August 2 on your Jonathan recently graduated a fellow Aussie,” learning to and loves UGA. Her youngest, calendar to vote for Brandon from University of Michigan train and care for retired horses. Caroline, is a freshman in in the general election. and is working near her in She is pursuing her amazing art high school. She attends Holy Amazingly, Brandon was our Miami. Katherine Lucas Hall career with steady commissions. Innocents' Episcopal School, hostess extraordinaire for our is selling real estate again in She just completed a 6'4” as her sisters did. She also 35th reunion dinner just days Greenville, S.C. Daughter Bucky Badger UW mascot for plays soccer. My Caroline just before the election. She set two Kay is pre-vet at Clemson and the Bucky on Parade event in completed her second year at beautiful tables and served a interning in Australia this summer Madison. There will be 85 Loyola Marymount University, delicious southern meal of fried for a wildlife veterinarian. Son on display throughout the city. where she is double major chicken, greens, and cornbread Luke is a rising senior in high- Mary Tully Dicken's oldest in English and Spanish. She for us. We are grateful to her school. Allison Burr Taylor's son John got married in May, is interning in Los Angeles and Gee Loeb Sharp, who daughter Katie is graduating and son Tully is at University for a film producer before achieved a wonderful turnout Summa Cum Laude from the of Kentucky. Claudia Broeker heading to Madrid for her with her witty and encouraging University of Memphis, with a Egger had an amazing fall semester. I am looking emails. For those of you who degree in Communications and vacation in Iceland with her forward to seeing lots of you missed the occasion, I am Spanish. Son Will is finishing daughters in March and highly in the coming year, and, if happy to report that we are all his freshman year at Auburn recommends a trip to the you happen to be in Austin or just as smart and lovely as we University. He is pursuing Blue Lagoon. Dominique is Seattle, I would love to see you. were at St. Mary's! Cynthia his passion and majoring in back from two years teaching Hodges Cobb made the Aviation Management. Lisa kindergarten in Mexico City. interesting observation that at Jaeger Schwandt gained She starts a PhD in Psychology the last reunion she attended a daughter-in-law when son at UT-Austin this fall. Cassie ten years ago, we chatted Michael married Rachel in is building her portfolio in mostly about our children, January. First grandson Chip film and editing. She was in but this time we spoke mostly 28 CLASS NOTES about our parents. Hmm… Julie Harris Knox is an empty-nester whose daughter Megan has been married for four years and lives not far from me in a small town in Mississippi. Daughter Ellie just married last summer in Murfreesboro. She is teaching first grade in Auburn, Ala., where her husband is studying aerospace engineering in grad school. Lisa Page May and husband Keith are also empty-nesters and have moved to Chattanooga for his new job. Lisa transferred Class of 1983 35th Reunion. with her company. They are enjoying the new setting in their townhouse on the Tennessee River. Suzanne “Suzy” Woodbury has been promoted to Assistant Professor in Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehab at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She took up learning Italian in preparation for a trip to Italy with her daughter. She is also learning to create mosaic signs. Catherine Trippeer Jameson and hubby Dennis are Bonnie Bolton Lopez '83 in front of her farewell Brandon Garrott Morrison '83 with daughter Allie Morrison '08 happy in Colorado. Daughter message to Barth Gym. during Brandon's run for Shelby County Commission District 13. Aly (27) honeymooned in Italy and France and now works at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Gracie (26) is in Asheville, working on her Early Childhood Education degree and raising five-year-old twin boys. Cissy Bruce Jackson has moved to D.C. and lives in the Capitol Hill Historic District. She is working as counsel for Alabama Senator Doug Jones. Husband Steve continues to practice law with his firm's D.C. Classmates from 1983 celebrate their 35th reunion. Allison Wellford Parker, Bonnie Bolton Lopez, Cynthia Hodges Cobb, office.Beau Hebb Fontaine Beth Jennings Kuhn, Kathryn Murphy Anderson, Therese Kavanaugh Despeaux, Margaret Jones Fraser, Laurie Osborn wrote from Atlanta where she Moody, Laurie Bell Lewandowski, and Jeannie Beauregard O'Toole. was on location of a movie starring Mark Wahlberg
29 CLASS NOTES and Rose Byrne. Beau is a is at Restoration Hardware in set director for Paramount finance. She travels as much Worldwide Productions. She as possible. She has been to and hubby Mads celebrated Utah and Colorado and hopes his 50th birthday and their first to get to Jackson Hole soon. wedding anniversary with a trip Lucy Cheek Gordon returned to to Norway. Michelle Anderton full-time employment as the new Waterhouse toured Bangkok Chief Financial Officer at United on a motor scooter with a local Healthcare Community Plan of friend. She was moved by the Arizona. The company serves friendly people and the beautiful about 600,000 Medicaid temples. She continues to love recipients and disabled people Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz '86, Allison Wellford Parker '83, Bonnie Bolton Lopez her work in pharmaceutical in the state of Arizona. It's '83, and Margaret Jones Fraser '87 at the recent investiture of Allison's husband, Judge Tommy Parker, to the Federal District Court of Western Tennessee. sales with Novo Nordisk and been an adjustment! Claire reports turned 21, so Lucy now has that all three horses and two adult children. Heather rescue puppy “Memphis” Kirkpatrick Wheat's son, are doing very well. While Rory, was appointed to the US home for the reunion, I attended Merchant Marine Academy church with my mother at Holy class of '22. He graduates Communion. Afterwards, with distinction and honors fellowship time was held in from JJ Pearce High School in the old St. Mary's gym, to Richardson. She is very proud Classmates from 1983 celebrate their 35th reunion at a dinner at Brandon's say goodbye to the building of his accomplishment and his house: Gee Loeb Sharp, Jennifer Stratton Muhlbauer, Holly Walters Craft, Lela that will soon be torn down desire to serve our country. Bellows Gerald, Brandon Garrott Morrison, Liza Johnston, Lea Powell Jacobson, and Julie Harris Knox. and replaced with a beautiful NealeyClare performed in new multi-purpose building. Les Mis and was recently on a 17-acre property that has starting to get fun as she gains We shared memories and appointed as an ambassador 1000 feet of oceanfront and sales and recognition for her even wrote thoughts on the for Camp Sweeney, the Type falls asleep to crashing waves work, leading the industry in walls. The wood from the 1 Diabetes camp she attends every night. She is finishing transparency and food safety. gym floor is going to be each year. Reagan Grace her massage license and has She gets thankful emails all the repurposed as door numbers has literally played every sport studied many modalities and time from her core customers (or the like), so that some of available in eighth grade and Myofascial trigger point release who have multiple food the old lives on in the new. I loves them all. Jeanne Marie work, along with aquatic restrictions. That keeps her now have four grandchildren Rea Fenster is still at AIG. Her bodywork. She still surfs and going, given the long hours who call me Bon Bon! kids are great. Sam is finishing searches for whales. Elizabeth and hard work required! his junior year at Rhodes and Pounders Howorth opened a considering academia or law. retail operation, Oxford Export. 1985 She took Menashe on an She is close to completing 1987 excursion to Paris. Their favorite Polly Piper Rickard renovations on a 1930s Allison Tonkin was the Catacombs. Her twins Spanish Colonial bungalow. [email protected] [email protected] finish their freshman year in high Dorothy is graduating from school and have been cheering SMU and moving to Los Trecia Knapp Kapolsky stays on one of their classmates who Angeles. Eliza is at Harvard in Heartfelt congratulations to busy selling real estate in is on The Voice. Betsy Barnett Winthrop house for her final Fontaine Taylor Brown, who San Francisco and playing spent an evening with Nancy three years. And Callie (10th) married John Albritton in a with her dog in the mornings Dilts and Meredith Ciscel heads for a film academy small, beautiful wedding, at the beach. Galya still works Milowksi in Volcano, Hawaii. at Chapman in LA. Colleen attended by Gail Borod at Gap/Old Navy as a Betsy lives on the Big Island in Kavanagh and her family are Giacobbe, Elisabeth Meyer, Graphic Designer, and Zhenya a wild area called Puna. She is doing fine. Her business is and Virginia Reed Murphy,
30 CLASS NOTES followed by a fantastic Forward Arts Foundation large New York honeymoon! fundraiser and now plays a Across the pond, Anne mean bridge game. Amy Townes Daw's husband's Rhodes Johnston completed research group was awarded a freezing weather triathlon! the Nobel Prize in Physics for Her daughter's St. Mary's Gravitational Waves! Anne Senior Den might be in a trailer! and Ed celebrated their 20th Finishing Grace- St. Luke's anniversary in Barcelona and seventh and fourth grades, Grenoble. In London, Anne, Kurt and Ruth Cheney Patton's Georgia, and Eli joined Bauer and Glover kept busy Kim Justis Eikner's family at with sports. Ruth loves her new the Elgin Marbles. Brooks Pediatric Consultants practice. loved his first year at Princeton. With Sarah married and away Nora begins high school at St. at college and Will leaving Mary's. Weathering the British soon for college, Athens John Albritton and Fontaine Taylor Brown '87 at their March 2018 wedding. Virgin Islands storms, Mike and physical therapist Shearon Melisande Filiatreau Rowe Barbee Craig is almost an were proud to have salvaged empty nester! After St. Mary's some Sail Caribbean Divers graduation, Courtney Morris locations and boats. After Monaghan's Stuart '18 heads 21 years and a previously to TCU. Tom finished MUS arranged sale of the business, 10th grade, and Ellie '23 they will return to stateside loved St. Mary's 7th grade, life! At BVI sailing camp where she played tennis with again after MUS 10th grade, my 7th grade niece Izzie Tonkin Missy Huettel Carter's Gus '24. Courtney, Laura, Ann will sadly not be “retrieved” Driscoll Prince, and Fontaine by family like last year. Post were happy to comfort Lauren MUS graduation Joe attends Moran Waddilove and help University of South Carolina, celebrate mother Pat's life. while Jill Sartelle Street's Before serving as Marshall Baugh Doster joins brother for the NYC Sirens Women's Jim at University of Tennessee. Motorcycle Club Pride March, Sister Phoebe '21 will miss her Mary Louise Mooney traveled brother and friends. At Lake to Vice President Mike Pence's Erie, Janelle Zarecor Ranieri Columbus, Ind. hometown perfects pickleball, while John to shake the hand of Erin III lifeguards and Lucy waits Bailey, who, for a high school tables before attending John's project, threw the town's first alma mater, Dartmouth. Loving Pride Festival. ML “made Mary Louise Mooney '87 in Columbus, IN. UNC and pledging Tri Delta, garum (fish-innard sauce of Laura Halle Nunnally's Lizzie Ancient Rome) – making at is excited to live in Charleston home not recommended, but before sophomore year. recipe available on request”. After sophomore volleyball, Andras, Chip, and I happily basketball cheerleading, visited with Gwynne Keathley, and soccer, Anna looks boyfriend Randy, and parents forward to a Lovett School in Memphis over Thanksgiving Israel trip. Laura co-chaired a and with GoDaddy Product
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Missy Huettel Carter's '87 son Joe with Jill Sartelle Street's '87 daughter Phoebe Doster '21 and Baugh Doster at the MUS Spring Formal 2018.
Kim Justis Eikner '87 punted on the River Isis in Oxford with Laurence Goodwin '03.
Class of 1988 30th Reunion.
Kim Justis Eikner '87 with Flip, Nora '22, and Brooks Eikner visiting with Anne Townes Daw '87, Georgia, and Eli in London. 32 CLASS NOTES
Vice President Gail while she Mulrooney and Mrs. Gill), I was attending a Salt Lake will attempt to do justice to City software conference. In the news I received from our between reading MRI exams lovely classmates. As always, and securing East coast it's wonderful to hear from distribution for our Alana-Tokaj those of who you have time to wines, Andras and my next email me your updates. Alison project is Chip's potty training! Taylor Nooks continues to teach at Perimeter College at Georgia State University and 1989 looks forward to being closer Mary Elizabeth Treadwell to the campus. Husband Kirk is 1988 classmates Allison Garrott Braswell, Beth Gowen Gillespie, Mary Lacy Bell, going to be the new president Emily Ragen Smith, Moriah McStay Lee, Anna McQuiston Holtzclaw, and Leigh Pittman Vaughan Jaimes celebrate their reunion at Alumnae Weekend. of Gordon State College in [email protected] Georgia. Congratulations, Kirk! Daughter Annison has had urgent care clinics and serving former teachers, and watched Maysey Craddock has been what sounds like a very exciting as a faculty mentor/coach our classmate Katherine riding a wave in her art career and impressive junior year. She for interprofessional teams McQuiston Bush lead the lately with quite a few shows was inducted into the National of students from Vanderbilt's school in prayer. Our class this year, including solo shows Honor Society, lettered at District medical school and nurse party, hosted by Christian in Nashville, Dallas, and one Choral competition, placed at practitioner program, the UT Turner and organized by that's up until July 7 at the District DECA competition, and social work program, and the countless members of our Museum of the University of just competed in state DECA. Lipscomb University pharmacy class, was so much fun! We Mississippi. In the fall, she'll The twins are doing well and program. Last November, genuinely missed all those who have a solo show at David Lusk “conquering kindergarten.” Vineet and I had an opportunity could not attend, and we will Gallery here in Memphis. She Alison's father is “still 'hanging to travel to Colombia and hold you to your promises of has also been serving on the in there' and never complains”. had a fantastic time visiting attending our 30-year reunion board of ArtsMemphis, helping Megan Saxon Murphree Bogota, the coffee region of in 5 years! Katie Zanone provide financial support to states, “I officially have a Armenia, and the coastal city Webb, in addition to chairing visual artists in Shelby County. teenager” in the house, since of Cartagena. We were able the St. Mary's Outstanding Very rewarding work, she says. son Charlie turned 13. She also to experience the kindness Alumna Selection Committee, And life with husband Shaun was preparing for her annual of the people, the beauty has been living the good life! is pretty perfect. Ashley Saxon girls' trip to the beach with her of the country with its many Katie and her husband Chris Abraham is about to have an college friends. Sounds like ecosystems, and the amazing recently took an amazing trip to empty nest as daughter Kate it will be a big group – 15 culture and coffee. Belize, and they are learning to is graduating and heading to friends! Heather Pearson sail! Lisa Bratton Chiles loves Ole Miss. Son Jack is playing Chauhan is giving back to being a stay at home mom to quarterback at Southern Miss. St. Mary's in a unique and her three little ones – Jack (2), She's just so glad to have at 1993 important way – by giving talks Jaime Newsom Linden (2) and Margaret (4). least one of them in Oxford! Lisa and her husband Brett and leading discussions with [email protected] girls in the 8th, 10th, and 12th are looking forward to going grades on sexuality, consent, to the beach and the lake this 1991 and other related topics. She Cheers to 25 years for the summer. Christian Turner loves Camellia Koleyni states it's been an honor and a Class of '93! It was wonderful being a mom to baby Owen, [email protected] privilege to speak with the girls to be back at St. Mary's who will be 1 year in July. He in these classes. In fact, she is for our 25-year reunion in is such a precious, happy little Greetings to our class! Though also giving the same talks to the April! I attended chapel with guy! Allison Keltner Musick I still have not turned into a same grades at Hutchison. Here members of our class, sang continues to play a lot of tennis master writer (my apologies in Nashville, I continue to spend the familiar hymns, prayed the and is always looking for St. to our lovely teachers Mrs. time working in the Vanderbilt St. Mary's prayer, spoke with Mary's girls for fun doubles
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and encouraged him to invest Lots of tennis is in the plans for in exporting their innovative this summer as well! Juli Elam leadership development models Hurdle is either on the soccer and was inundated with gifts field or in a Pilates studio these from a female member of days. Her boys play soccer and Indonesian Parliament. She she shared that life is good and fell in love with the joy she busy. She is excited to be a part found there. On the final day, of bringing Pilates and Yoga to she gave her presentation Broad Avenue Arts District. She at a conference of youth-led is opening a studio with a close organizations working against friend and current St. Mary's natural resource exploitation. mom. She is also starting She spoke about the work renovations on her home, which of Georgia WAND and was built in 1912! Alexia the plight of rural southern Fulgham Crump is very excited communities facing radioactive to share that her daughter contamination in water and Catherine will be starting St. air from the nuclear weapons Mary's in the fall. Catherine Class of 1993 25th Reunion. and extractive nuclear energy will be a Turkey! She will attend industries. Afterward, scads of St. Mary's Place, which is the matches! Her son William due to “religious violence”. The participants shared their shock St. Mary's 2-year-old program, will enter Pre-K at Grace-St. violence was actually political about what she already knew: and Alexia is looking forward Luke's in Aug 2018. Gretchen in nature, stemming from large how similar their circumstances to being back on campus more Wollert McLennon and her mining companies and factories and experiences are to some regularly! She is still working husband Kojo are spending militarizing themselves as they southern, rural, predominately at the DA's office in Memphis. the spring project-managing took over indigenous farming Black U.S communities. Sounds Amelia Treadwell Howard the addition of a screened in land in the rainforest. Each like Becky is literally changing shared that she has a new porch and new patio onto their day she met with women- the world! Prayers for her job working at Chi Omega house. They're hoping to be led, grassroots organizations continued recovery. Leigh headquarters. Her son George sitting outside in style very soon! addressing indigenous farmers' Weinberg Abbay continues to recently finished his freshman Courtney Mainardi Burger and rights, the protection of natural be busy with work and family. year at MUS. He is kicking for husband Charlie are still living resources, and the recovery of Van (13) is a rising 8th grader the football team and playing in Houston, TX raising their local villages from the economic at MUS and Bo (16) is a rising soccer. Her daughter Anna children – Alexis (11), Ellie (11), devastation that came when junior at MUS. Leigh and Rob Laura just finished 6th grade at and William (8). She was so Suharto opened up the country will be celebrating their 19th Christ Methodist and is busier disappointed that she couldn't to global companies which anniversary in July! They're than ever playing every sport come to the reunion and says subsequently exploited much of looking forward to a relaxing she can fit into her schedule. she misses and loves us all! the country's rural areas. She summer and a few small trips. Amelia and her husband Becky Rafter shared that less visited the rainforest, met the Kathryn Brookfield and her Nathan celebrated their 20th than three months after finishing great-great-granddaughter of family went on a fun Disney wedding anniversary this year. treatment for breast cancer, she a queen who outsmarted the cruise over spring break with As for me, Jake and I live in travelled to Indonesia as part of Dutch colonizers, and tried on Kathryn's sister Anne-Morgan Charlotte, N.C. with our 3 a political leadership exchange, traditional clothing made of Brookfield Morgan '99 and boys – Jacob (9), Alexander (7) supported by the State bark. People who honor that her family, as well as Kathryn's and Matthew (3). We stay busy Department, to foster innovation they came from the land have parents. She will be spending with the boys, and life is full, between the U.S. and Southeast a hard time having it taken a good bit of time in Cashiers, fun, and happy. Charlotte offers Asia to tackle issues of our away from them, especially N.C. with her parents this great proximity to the mountains time. She was in a remote since they need the herbs for summer too. Her boys love to and the beach, which we love! area of Sulawesi Province, medicine. She met with the fish, so they're all going to try This summer we're taking a unauthorized for U.S. travel governor of Central Sulawesi their hand with some fly-fishing. family trip to eastern Canada,
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1993 friends Lisa Bratton Chiles, Bradley Ray Crawford, Alexia Fulgham Crump, The Class of 1993 celebrates their reunion. Top Row (L to R): Leigh Weinberg Kathryn Brookfield, and Kristen Mistretta Wilson. Abbay, Amelia Treadwell Howard, Allison Keltner Musick, Katherine McQuiston Bush, Aparna Murti Givens, Brooke Sarden, Julie Bhattacharya Peak, Melissa Goldate, Lisa Bratton Chiles, Kelly Cox, Kristen Mistretta Wilson, Carrie Evans Benitone, Gretchen Wollert McLennon, Mindy Kronenberg, Bradley Ray Crawford, Alexia Fulgham Crump. Middle Row (L to R): Kathryn Brookfield, Alison Simmons Boyd, Katie Zanone Webb, Kirsten Brown Buerkle, Katie Moran Lindenschmidt, Juli Elam Hurdle. Bottom Row (L to R): Christian Turner, Ginny Robinson Burbank.
Melissa Goldate '93, Amelia Treadwell Howard '93, Katherine McQuiston Bush '93, and Allison Keltner Musick '93 sport their Turkey gear.
Alexia Fulgham Crump '93 and daughter Catherine enjoy the Alumnae Weekend Pops & Play party. The Class of 1993 enjoys their 25th reunion. Top Row (L to R): Amelia Treadwell Howard. Middle Row (L to R): Christian Turner, Leigh Weinberg Abbay, Gretchen Wollert McLennon, Kristen Mistretta Wilson. Bottom Row (L to R): Kirsten Brown Buerkle, Kelly Cox, Brooke Sarden, Katherine McQuiston Bush.
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where my mom is from, to visit underserved Memphis youth. cousins and show the boys all Cybil Mah Lieu and Katherine the natural beauty of that area. Crone Wilson are busy in Thanks so much to everyone Atlanta holding down the fort at for keeping in touch! home and excelling in the office as well. They shared that Dawn Law attended Coachella, or 1995 as I have heard it's now called Carrie Sue Casey “Bey-chella.” There's a spate of Hanback new jobs. Morgan Chiapella Roselle started one that allows [email protected] her to work from home and play with her new puppy Ellie. Cristina Brescia Michta '70, Chelsea Michta '09, Elizabeth Cochran Hill '95, Hi turklets – coming to you Olivia Ralston and Ashley Goldstein Allen '95 at the wedding of Emily Cochran O'Dell '97. began at a live from suburban Richmond, digital media startup there in Va., where my husband is London, and Simone Kiersky trying to convince me to buy a Coyle is now a judicial law 12-passenger van. Not kidding. clerk for the Honorable Joseph I was excited to catch up with L. Toth on the US Court of Amina Dilawari, who lives in Appeals for Veterans Claims. High Point Terrace in Memphis Sarah Carlson Landers with her husband switched jobs to focus on pain Erik and their two littles Nadiya management – so no more late (2) and Noora (7 months). night surgery cases. She and She is the Senior Marketing her husband celebrate their Director at ALSAC/St. Jude, 20th wedding anniversary this as well as a member of the St. year, and are working on their Mary's Alumnae Board! Ebony dance moves by taking dance Asha Kumar Veeraswamy '89, Dhevi Kumar Broecker '95, Calder Britt Clark '95, Welch was promoted to Annual lessons. Apparently Sarah Holland Schatz Burns '91, and Leigh Vaughan Jaimes '88 together in Charleston. Giving Coordinator at Jackson likes to lead, which causes Academy, and she became a arguments at professional galas. certified Pure Barre teacher. Her Hilarious. In Seattle, Dhevi adorable son will also head Kumar Broecker joined the off to college later this year! business strategy practice at Gabrielle Rose became the Grant Thornton, focusing on Executive Director of The Rose healthcare and development. Foundation, an organization Children Ranga (5) and her dad started to give back to Ambika (2) are obsessed Memphis. She has reclaimed with Ghostbusters (of course)! her maiden name personally Dhevi had a mini St. Mary's and professionally, and she reunion over the holidays with Gabrielle Rose Chang '95 visited with the St. Mary's swim team before the team and her little girl Annie (4) are Calder Britt Clark, Holland traveled to Nashville for the state championship. embracing this new life chapter. Schatz Burns '91, and Leigh They often travel from LA to Vaughan Jaimes '88 at the Memphis to help raise funds home of her sister Asha Kumar for the Mike Rose Natatorium Veeraswamy '98 in Charleston. project, a renovation of the pool They FaceTimed me, and it where she grew up swimming, was delightful. Sonia Torrey is that will also be a Center for fast approaching graduation Water Safety Excellence for for her Master's in Clinical
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Mental Health Counseling months) is spunky, with a Samuel Powers Passarella, to in February to Darrick, and our in Memphis, and is now the real “joie de vivre” (hmm... her pack on March 28, 2018. '97 classmates Jodie Baker proud mama of a curious where is that from?), and son Yes, she is aware that Samuel Fasullo, Valentine Shands- kitten named Theo. Aspiring Matthew (almost 5) is laid- Powers is the fictional name of Puppione Cochran, and nurse Elizabeth Cochran Hill back like her husband Mark. Screech from the iconic show Jennifer Dickson Freidenstein was the Outstanding Science Both munchkins attend Temple “Saved by the Bell.” Hallie were there to celebrate with Student for her Anatomy & Israel's Early Learning Center's Bourland Wagner had her Emily. She will continue to live Physiology Lab (go Liz!). She's daycare, while she's killing third baby in May 2018. As in Nashville and still works looking forward to a summer it in the restaurant world. In for me, I had my third, Berta as the Director of Admissions of making and freezing meals Philly, Natasha Helflin Davis Gradwohl Hanback, on and Recruiting for the Master for when she officially starts is about to blow the minds of September 16, 2017 — her of Accountancy program at nursing school this fall. Thanks, her daughter Amelia's 2nd dad's 40th birthday. We call Vanderbilt. Adrianne Gray Mr. Tanner! Allison Roberts grade Brownie Troop by her “Bertie,” after my beloved Bugg's interior design business, is taking full advantage of her baking brownies in hollowed- grandmother. I love having Pillar & Peacock, has enjoyed new 4WD car. She spent a out oranges on their upcoming three tumbly creatures around a lot of growth in the past month at Bowra Sanctuary as a camping trip. I need to try this our house, and am fitting in my year and now includes three volunteer guest manager – for pronto. Allison McConomy new business venture during different locations. Congrats, the 8th year! She described the Davenport is still CEO of that mythical thing called free A! She is reconnecting with Australian outback as having United Healthcare of PA. time. Ashley and I kicked up fellow SMSers Marion Forsyth a beauty “all its own, even She is also serving as a Court our heels when she visited last Werkheiser and Carrie Sue when it is in drought.” Allison Appointed Special Advocate summer, and Tricia Graue and Casey Hanback '95, who also is looking forward to some volunteer, representing children I also had a fun visit replete live in Richmond. Paige Frazier exciting work later this year, in foster care cases. That is with farmers' market finds. I has been promoted to Systems when she will serve as a field such important work, Allison! got to see Elizabeth Cochran and Budget Manager for the assistant to her ornithology Her girls Abby (9) and Biffy Hill and Ashley Goldstein Kiawah Island Club, where professor in a remote area in (6) are doing great – with Allen in February in Nashville she has worked for the past Limmen National Park. Lisa Biffy loving gymnastics and at Emily Cochran O'Dell's '97 17 years. She manages the Mulrooney Coombs and soccer and Abby crushing on wedding, where we danced to business for the golf and beach husband Glen sold their house her hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg. many a 90s hip-hop tune with resort. How I'd love to have in record time (thanks to realtor Kathryn Wiseman moved to a gaggle of other St. Mary's Paige's window view every extraordinaire Lee Davidson Washington, DC, but the real girls. Our class pulled together day! And from the West Coast, Holt and her husband Kevin). news is that she went on 20 to support each other several Rebecca Hanover Kurzweil She and Glen bought 9 acres trips in the past year. Highlights times this past year, whether has written a novel, THE of land in North Mississippi, include: the Taj Mahal, Peru, we were providing meals for a SIMILARS, that will be published where they are building a hiking the Inca Trail, Dublin, classmate battling a health issue in January 2019 home! I recommended that she Rome for a night just to dine or sending love to someone with a second book to follow populate the land with goats, at Salumeria Roscioli, an who had lost a parent. As we in 2020. I can't wait to because who doesn't love ice hotel in Finland, and a continue along our journeys, pick up a copy! Hala Khuri goats? Murff Oates Galbreath safari in Kenya. However, the I am glad that we remain Jimenez welcomed twins, has successfully moved her pinnacle of her travels was connected like this. beautiful daughters Isabel family of five humans three times her trip to Richmond to visit and Elena, in December. in ten months during their home me, where we made steak Congratulations to Hala and renovation. Just writing that and watched The Crown. 1997 her husband Mario. And made me need a martini. So fancy. Also an adventurer, Hollye Ferguson Stigler Clare Levy Clarke writes that Extra olives. She deserves Ashley Goldstein Allen went to she welcomed a son, Owen, [email protected] a diploma for this. Michelle China for business, where she in November. At six months Pao Levine is finding great consumed both worms and a old, he is easy going and full fulfilment in the mentoring role scorpion. Not Salumia Roscioli, We have a lot of exciting of smiles, a perfect addition she's taken on at Restaurant but it'll do. Elizabeth Schatz news to share this year. Emily to their family. Congrats to Mosa. Daughter Julia (18 Passarella added a third baby, Cochran O'Dell was married Clare and her husband Robin.
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My family is ready for the Atlanta and has been for the change in routine that comes past 12 years. She and her with summertime, wishing you husband, Dan, have two all a wonderful summer! children Oliver (3) and Cece (1). Leigh Ferguson, another attorney in our group, was just 1999 recently promoted to Chief Kelly Buckner Dallas Legal Counsel at her company, Commerce and Insurance, in [email protected] Nashville. Congrats, Leigh! Kellyn Griffith Kropinak, also Thanks for all the updates! an attorney, is still loving being I love hearing what all of you in Durham, N.C., with her are up to — all over the world! parents and sister also living Susan Wunderink Mettes is there. Kellyn writes that she is now living in Burundi, Africa. expecting a little girl in a few She says they even see the weeks. I know that will be so occasional hippo in the street fun to have both a girl and boy. and have more mangoes, Congrats, Kellyn! In other baby avocados, and bananas than news, Annie McLaren Neufeld they know what to do with! She welcomed her second little girl, is working as an independent Bethany, in March. They are all Erin Little Do '98 and Jamie Sartelle DeNovo '98 enjoy time with their children at contractor at the moment doing the Pops & Play party during Alumnae Weekend 2018. Middle Row (L to R): enjoying having a sweet baby writing and research but hopes Eve DeNovo and Claire Do '29. Bottom Row (L to R): Samantha Do '30, Charlie around, especially big sister, DeNovo, and Barnes DeNovo. to get back into behavioral Isabel. Erica Smith welcomed economics sometime soon. baby Fulton in November, and Erin Bower Jarrett is back in Savage, and Meg Parker gets cuter every day. I'm still she and her husband, Bob, Nashville and has a new job Prewitt recently had dinner working in human resources think he is too good to be true! there but is still doing pelvic with Mrs. Leigh Mansberg. So for Bryce Corporation but have Erica is also gearing up for health physical therapy. She fun! Anne-Morgan, Courtenay, reduced my hours to part-time Memphis in May BBQ Fest is also working on her Pilates Jenny, and I also got to catch and am thankful for that flexible and hoping to take the Smokin' certification with Polestar. Good up recently at Alumnae Chapel. schedule in this phase of life! Spiders to victory! Anne- luck, Erin! Ashley Gaillard We are counting down Thanks again for sending in all Morgan Brookfield Morgan Clark is really excited about until next year when we will the news! Hope you all have a and her husband Michael also her new job with the Libra celebrate our 20th reunion! Go wonderful summer! participate in BBQ Fest festivities Foundation in San Francisco. ahead and mark your calendars along with Erica. Anne-Morgan Her son is now four and a now to be there! As for me, we writes that she is in her 15th half and is best buds with are doing well but have had year with Lilly focusing on 2001 Sidney Hawkins Gargiulo's a busy year. Mae is in third Lauren Anderson Stone diabetes treatment. She is busy grade at St. Mary's and is still and Brittany Blockman [email protected] with her two precious girls, as Pelletier's kids. Love that you loving it. We decided to move well as serving on the vestry at all live out in San Francisco Julia to the Bodine School this Holy Communion. Courtenay Victoria Corder and Tony together! Hilary Dinkelspiel year for first grade. Bodine Adams just completed her 13th welcomed son Charles Ellis Dona is enjoying married specializes in teaching children tax season at Dixon Hughes Langelier on November 29, life and stays busy working with dyslexia, and it has been Goodman and feels relieved. and he is “a joyous handful.” as an employment attorney such a wonderful experience Rightly so! She has an amazing After six months of maternity in New York. She's looking for Julia. We're very thankful to trip to Portugal planned in a few leave, Victoria is back at forward to a trip to Indonesia have such a great resource in weeks. Rebecca Fones Rhea is her law firm in New York this summer! Rachel Bearman Memphis! John is two and still busy with her two girls and City and enjoying having a Plevak is also a practicing a half, goes to “school” at writes that she, Jenny Jones nanny! Jacquetta Sallis “Si” attorney —a prosecutor— in Christ Methodist, and somehow 38 CLASS NOTES
1998 classmates Allyn Jaqua Lowell, Carly Hansen, Monica Wilson Barton, Nupur Sidhu Bal, and Allison Martin enjoy Alumnae Weekend.
Class of 1998 20th Reunion.
Jodie Baker Fasullo '97, Valentina Shands-Puppione Cochran '97, Erin Bower Jarrett '99, Laura Freeman Rouse '99, Anne-Morgan Brookfield Morgan '99, Elizabeth Cochran Hill '95, Emily Cochran O'Dell '97, Jenny Jones Savage '99, Jennifer Dickson Freidenstein '97, Carrie Sue Casey Hanback '95, Kathryn Brookfield '93, and Ashley Goldstein Allen '95 celebrate Emily's wedding.
1998 classmates Nupur Sidhu Bal, Carly Hansen, Ashley Bellet, Katie Broer Parr, Laurin Maddux, Monica Wilson Barton, and Allison Martin Nolen at Alumnae Weekend.
Katie Garrett Harris '00, Laurin Maddux '98, and Courtney Taylor Humphreys '01 show their Turkey spirit.
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they're moving to Dayton, Ohio wedding in Baltimore this for his job. It's a big change, summer! Stephanie Vieron but they're looking forward to Leary and family are doing the adventure – although not well in Baltimore, where she the cold! Patrick (6) is excited seems to have finally figured because they have a curling out how to get kids to school center in Dayton, and he got and herself to work...on time! hooked on the sport during the Life not living on campus at winter Olympics! Kathy Chen school has been an adjustment, Budde is working in Alumni but they are loving their new and Development at WashU house and neighborhood. after being at the Campus James just turned 5 and will start YMCA at WashU for 10 years. kindergarten in the fall, and She is an Associate Director William is almost 2 and “pretty in Alumni Relations and plans much runs the show.” Sounds events that engage alumni, about right! Joni Gossett Oates including two big reunion and her family moved last weekends in April and May. summer from Collierville into She is also keeping busy with her childhood neighborhood
Tami Sawyer '00 during her run for Shelby County Commission District 7. her two precious little girls. After and are loving it. She is taking 9 years in Memphis working this summer away from work in the arts at the Dixon and to be with Joanna (19 months) Kaendler Laws Fuller was born Heloise, was a flower girl at Crosstown Arts, Emily Harris and feeling incredibly fortunate. to Elizabeth Laws Fuller and St. Mary's graduation in May! Halpern and her family started Liz Keltner-Nagy married Byron in Nîmes, France, on Nishta Mehra has accepted a a new adventure in January and Matt Nagy on May 19 on a December 9. She was named high school teaching position moved to Paris! Her husband, beautiful ranch in the mountains after Liz's grandfather, Fontaine in the English Department at Joel, is consulting with French of Colorado. Victoria Corder, Sallis “Si” Hill, who was a Phoenix Country Day School, start-ups on branding and Kate Metcalf Sullivan and perpetual deacon at Holy so she, Jill, and Shiv are marketing for the US market, Margaret McQuiston '02 were Communion. They still live on moving to Arizona! Her mom, and Jackson and Rowan are able to attend. As an LCSW a farm outside of Montpellier Veena, is moving too, and a attending international bilingual and Certified Yoga Therapist, and would love a visit from any close friend of Nishta's works school. They are exploring Liz had a vision of creating an classmates passing through! at PCDS, so they are excited their new home and enjoying integrated wellness center that Carey King Slocum and to have some friends there. all that Europe has to offer! supports people in cultivating her family enjoyed Festival Nishta's new book, Brown, Louise Chandler Biedenharn health and wholeness in their season in Nola, as always. White, Black: An American got a job in Greenville as lives from a mind, body, and Walker and Davis are 4, and Family at the Intersection of a staff attorney at Womble, spirit perspective. Her vision Henry turns 2 in June. Carey Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Bond, Dickinson doing financial came to fruition in January is still working in real estate Religion, is slated to come out litigation. She is super thrilled 2016 when she opened hOMe development as Director of in February 2019. She will be not to be making a two hour Collective in Denver, which Development Finance at HRI doing some travel as part of the commute to work anymore! houses a variety of holistic Properties, where she has book tour process and would She and Jay, Dorothy, and practitioners, a therapeutic been for the past nine years. love to get to see some Class Lucia are settling in after a yoga space, and community Courtney Taylor Humphreys of '01 ladies who are scattered year but missing Memphis. space for workshops and can't quite get her mind around in various places around the Caroline Gardner Donlin is trainings. All offerings support the fact that she's about to country! Stay tuned for book still in Chicago and celebrating individuals to create their own, have a FIRST grader. They tour details! Sara Beth Dike a full year of wedded bliss. unique paths towards wellness are enjoying coming out of Frye's husband, Jason, finishes She got promoted to Director and wholeness in life. Lauren the baby stage and doing fun up his time at the Air Force Air at work and is looking forward Jacks Gamble and her family things like soccer games and Command & Staff College in to celebrating Kate McCalla's bought an 1830s plantation swim lessons. Her middle child, Montgomery in June, and then 40 CLASS NOTES home in Murfreesboro that which starts in August. Rachel was a field hospital and the Bresinger Ashkenazi and her site of a cavalry clash during family are still in Israel. Rachel the Battle of Stones River in the has just started her new job at Civil War. They are enjoying Nestle Israel as the Executive restoring it! Clifton and the Assistant to the VP of Supply boys and I are doing well. Chain Management and Anderson will be in SK at PDS Distribution. Lauren Coleman next year, and Waring can't Robinson is busy finishing up wait to join his big brother her pediatrics residency and is when he starts their Young happy to be starting with the Knights program in the fall. We emergency medicine group at are all thrilled to be expecting LeBonheur in July. Jess Pfeffer a baby sister in October! I is now Dr. Pfeffer, having hope she will be a St. Mary's completed a PhD in English girl and experience the love of Literature at Tufts with a thesis learning and life-long friendships entitled: Spectral Materiality: that it has given to me! Theoretical Approaches to Materialism in Early Modern England. Nicole Henderson Trenholme finishes her
2003 Emergency and Critical Care Laurence Goodwin Residency at University of Liz Keltner-Nagy '01 and husband, Matt Nagy. [email protected] Missouri in July and then heads Alexandra Bicks off to the University of Georgia [email protected] that month. She's looking forward to working with species As usual, this has been a other than dogs and cats again, busy year for the Class of after five years of working '03. It's been so lovely to only with small animals. Emily hear everyone's updates – Edwards is heading back to so many accomplishments! school to take pre-reqs to apply Abby Yandell Talbot had a to PT school next summer. She little girl in November named was able to travel to New Winn (Winifred after her Zealand earlier this year for a grandmother). She is loving 300 mile cycling trip across her job working at Ruch Clinic. the South Island which she says Suzie Loveless graduated was incredibly beautiful. She is with her MA in Economic on the board of a local triathlon Development in December club, Memphis Thunder Racing, and is spending a month in and is prepping for another Central America this summer 70.3 Ironman in June and the and volunteering for a week Marine Corps Marathon in doing women's health training October. Stephanie Dunavant in a small village in Honduras. Loftin married Taylor Loftin Carey Faber Campbell, Rob, this past March at the Hunt and their daughter Dottie are Phelan. Greta Lewis, Vi Lizzie Widdicombe '01, the Louise T. Archer Artist in Residence. moving back to Memphis for West, Rachel Kratzke, and Carey's new job at Plastic Stephanie's sister Michelle Surgery Group of Memphis Dunavant '08 all attended the
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wedding. Stephanie reports Physical Therapist in Northern that life on the Gulf Coast is Virginia. She competed in her “still excellent!” Mary Austin first Crossfit competition on a Mays Smith welcomed twins in team of four women this past December and plans to finish November and placed 3rd. her pediatric (dental) residency She and her husband are in August. She will then go beyond excited and grateful back to working part time to be expecting a little boy in at Brink and White Pediatric July. Katie Hobson Novikoff Dental Associates. So if you and husband Chris welcomed need a dentist for your little baby Hobbs in November. ones, now you know where to Lizzie Gill is still running her go! Melissa Malone Teague is tutoring company, No Limits still in sunny Albuquerque; she Tutoring, which is busier than recently finished her first trail half ever. Special thanks to Lizzie Class of 2003 15th Reunion. marathon and signed up a for for hosting a party for our class a 25K in June. Elizabeth Fong during the reunion weekend Honey recently started a new in April! As for me, I finish my nursing position in the PACU teacher training in Classics at a same-day surgery center at King's College London this affiliated with Rush University summer and plan to teach Medical Hospital in Chicago. and continue as a university She is still running a lot and will counsellor at a boarding school take on the Chicago Marathon in England next academic this October with her husband year. Excitingly, I'm also going Brandon. They plan to travel to to be doing some curating Alaska and New York City this and gallery education in summer and then will be hiking Oxford in the autumn as Machu Picchu and going to well as putting together a Peru over Labor Day weekend. new show with my theatre English Department Chair Shari Ray is happy to see Nicole Dennis Bremseth '03, Meanwhile, Catherine company, Thistledown Theatre, Lizzie Gill '03, and Lauren Coleman Robinson '03 at Alumnae Weekend. Culvahouse Fox reports that life for touring in 2018-2019. is still good in San Diego, while Carmen Carson Gorospe is working as a private chef and freelance consultant in LA. 2005 Sarah Atkinson Ball Brianna Winsett Chapman notes that her daughters are the [email protected] Lauren Wiygul Riley only ones with exciting news (ed: I'm sure that's not true!); [email protected] Grace will be four in May, and June will be one in June. Hi, everyone! It's been a big Saira Khan Shaikh is still in year! We'll let Laura Holladay Pittsburgh with her husband and Fletcher kick us off with all son, working in the endocrine her fun news! Laura writes, department at Allegheny Assistant Head of School Laura Leathers and Shari Ray enjoy seeing Saira Khan “My younger daughter, Molly Shaikh '03 and Lizzie Gill '03 at Alumnae Weekend. General. Camille Herman Ann Mae, celebrated her first Boyle is still working at Town birthday and had her first taste Center Orthopedics in Reston of cake (chocolate was the as an outpatient orthopedic obvious choice for us) on April
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15th. I celebrated my sixth Robbins moved from New anniversary with Blackbaud in York to Charlotte, N.C., in March. We are about to hatch March. She is getting married in several baby chickens. Elspeth October! Rainey Ray Segars is Runyan came to our house in still very happily at St. Mary's, Meridianville, Ala. for a quick although starting in August, visit around Thanksgiving. she will be in a new role. As We are planning a trip to wonderful as working with our Memphis at the end of July, fantastic alumnae community which will be a first time trip for has been, she is returning to my husband and daughters. her first love of theology and We will definitely be going to religion as St. Mary's Assistant Huey's, Central BBQ, and the Chaplain. She can't wait to be 2004 classmates Connor Trott, Saradasri Karri, Atina Rizk Stavropoulos, zoo.” Miles Kueffner is living in the classroom. Son Teddy and Emily Schwimmer Cohen celebrate Saradasri's wedding. it up in the desert. She writes, is in speech therapy, after a “Las Vegas is doing well, and wonderful lunchtime consultation Lauren Kennedy Dake for twin Batchelor Calkins was a I'm doing my part to continue with the very-wise Catie Jane advice. Lauren is “just livin' the bridesmaid. This summer, to help enhance and save Berger Myers, and at 30 mom life. Wiping bottoms, Megan and Christopher will lives through tissue and organ months, Teddy finally calls her wiping noses, preparing our move to Tallahassee, Fla., donation!” After lots and lots “mama.” Totally worth it, she girl for kindergarten, navigating where Christopher will be an of shopping, Marianne Rizk says! Our class welcomed a toddler-hood with the twins assistant professor at Florida Schnall and new husband lot of new babies this year, (whoa.), and holding on to all State University. Erica and Daniel are very happy to have heavily concentrated in the state the baby snuggles that Walter Elizabeth got even more quality bought a house in St. Louis. of Tennessee. James Connell will give me.” Sarah Atkinson time together shortly after Hillary Edwards Musice made Rainer VI was born to Faye Ball is delighted to have sister Megan's wedding — Erica the jump into the nonprofit Kenner Rainer on December Ann Atkinson Schnuerer '07 visited Elizabeth in Okinawa sector to run communications 19th. Big sister Ruthie (3) loves back in Memphis and loves and also made stops in for the Center for Nonprofit her little brother and built in live spending time with her baby Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Management in Nashville. baby doll (for now — Baby niece, Lee. Barbara Phillips Osaka! Erica “was grateful to In this new role, she works James hasn't started taking her Hunsicker and husband David spend time with her friend on to support other nonprofits toys yet). Elizabeth “Lizzie” are expecting a baby girl in another continent and different in Tennessee, and she still June Yacoubian was born to September! Weezie Cannon time zone.” Elizabeth writes, dedicates her free time to the Laura Jennings Yacoubian Finlay and husband Stuart are “Military life can be crazy, but Girls State program, her unpaid on December 27th. Grace expecting a baby in August, I'm so thankful for the love and side hustle for the last 15 years. Jensen Knight is adjusting to and soon will be down-the- support of sweet friends like Nora Kahn will start a clerkship “the three kid life” following street neighbors with Claire Erica, who just came to visit in the fall for the Honorable the birth of Philip Jensen Knight Arnett Sumner and husband me in Japan!” Elizabeth and Andrew J. Guilford of the on April 2nd. Erin Nolen Andy. We also have some husband William won't be in Central District of California. Brafford and husband Penn newlyweds! Tea Stoecklein Okinawa much longer — they In NYC, Katie Brookoff is have left Chicago and are Wells married Henry Wells in “are so sad to be leaving “drawing a lot of cartoons, now living in Chattanooga. November; she also passed tropical island life behind to many of which include hippo Erin says, “Although I miss my her boards last year for her move to the arctic north that puns.” On the side, Katie is NBC Chicago Med family, I Pediatric Specialist Certification is Harrisburg, Pa.” Elizabeth finishing her first year in social am so happy to have returned in physical therapy. Megan graduated with a Master's work school and “continuing to to Tennessee. It's simply home!” Bailey Constantino married degree in Teaching English as a further [her] very serious career She and Penn welcomed Christopher Constantino in Second Language in December. as a 3-year-old birthday party twins, William “Pennson” and April. Megan's maid and entertainer.” Rebecca Harris Magnolia Scott, on January matron of honor were Erica is also in NYC, hanging out 21st. Erin says that she's very Evans and Emily Templeton and working a lot. Falconer thankful she could lean on Gray, and Elizabeth
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will serve the large refugee in Madrid and will be teaching unconsecrated graveyard in 2007 population in Clarkston, Ga., 7th-12th grade ESL next year. London's former red-light district. Caitlin Clark and she will be helping with Her 10th grade students are She's still working on her MFA [email protected] development and marketing for pen pals with Señora Walker's in Curating and spends an Caitlin Colcolough the clinic. Elizabeth Womack students at St. Mary's this inordinate amount of time [email protected] is finishing her Masters in term and are excited to hear staring out the bus window Psychology and married her about life as a student in the on her way to studio visits. Lauren Lieberman just got long-time beau this May. US! Jordan Reeve got a new Catherine Vaughn Bunker still engaged on May 4th. Zina Elizabeth Summitt Gordon, position with Cat Financial enjoys teaching first grade at Kumok and her husband are Caroline Fentress, Erin Fowler, as an Area Sales Operations Christ Methodist Day School. buying a home and moving Mary Catherine Holliday Manager and will be moving Her daughter Caroline will back to Indianapolis. Caitlin '08, and Olivia Summitt to Houston this spring where begin 2K there this fall. She Colcolough is still living and '13 were her bridesmaids, Ruthie Morrison and Brandon and her family welcomed working in Nashville and just and Anna Bearman did the O'Brien are also living! Jordan another baby girl, Wallis got engaged to her long- makeup for the ceremony. is also working to finish up Elizabeth Bunker, in April! time boyfriend at the end of Caitlin Clark is moving to her MBA this year. Alexandra Lavanya Mittal graduated February. He is also a twin! Cleveland, Ohio this summer Yawn just started a new position from medical school in May Virginia Dickinson LaSala is and transitioning to an Internal at U.S. Trust as Vice President, and is spending one and a still living in Conn. working in Medicine residency at Case Private Client Associate. half months traveling throughout Finance. She and her husband Western Reserve University. Elizabeth Ansbro and Liza southeast Asia, Spain, and Steve are expecting their first Leatherman are roommates France. Afterwards, she will be child (a boy) in July. Anna in downtown Memphis! Sam staying put in New York City for Bearman just finished her junior Baumstark is living in Orange dermatology residency. Austin year at Memphis College of 2009 County working as a software Nichols Boukli loves working Bailey Bethell Art. She was chosen by City consultant with Deloitte on a as a prosecutor in Memphis Leadership (the group in charge [email protected] project with the Mayo Clinic. and married her “law school Sylvia Brookoff of Choose901) to be a part of Kayleigh Renard Eisenstein sweetheart” in March! Tyler a small group designing and [email protected] graduated with her Masters Hyman graduated from the installing murals around the degree in social work and Ohio State College of Medicine city. Their first spot will be in Lindsey Driver is fostering started a job as an inpatient in May. She will complete her Cooper-Young. Chelsea Cook her 20th rescue dog for Tails pediatric hematology/oncology intern year in Columbus then is currently on a fellowship as of Hope in Memphis! Bailey social worker at Lurie Children's head back to the University of a staff attorney at a non-profit Bethell Fountain started Hospital in Chicago. Sophie Pennsylvania for anesthesiology group in Durham, N.C., working at Le Bonheur as a Page Lintner will be starting her residency. Lillie Blanton started working on criminal defense Physician Assistant in pediatric 6th year of teaching 4th grade a new job as a civil rights and prisoner litigation work. cardiac surgery. She married in Atlanta this fall! Natalie attorney for Nexus Derechos Hallie Flanagan is graduating Collin Fountain in June and Jacewicz Kern is finishing her Humanos Attorneys in February. from Memphis Law and will Grace Bethell '12, Karen Stein 2nd year of law school at NYU She works pro bono to take the bar exam this summer. Robbins, Liza Leatherman, and is continuing to freelance; protect the rights of prisoners, Melissa Graunke Decosimo Rebecca Schaeffer Anthony, she recently interviewed two immigrants, and other parties and her husband had twin and Elizabeth Ansbro were girls who escaped Boko Haram that are often taken advantage girls at the end of May. bridesmaids! Alex Tyler is for NPR. She will be interning of. After working the Super Kate Foster Lindsey and her celebrating 4 years of digital at WilmerHale in D.C. over Bowl for NBC in Minnesota, husband moved to the Atlanta marketing work at iProspect and the summer. Her dog Thisbe, Sylvia Brookoff decided to area this past fall. She is Site was recently promoted who continues to be very fluffy, take a break from television Manager for a program called to Manager of Paid Search had her first birthday in April. and recently started working Refugee Family Literacy. She for her two teams. She resides Aubree Penney is developing a as a Senior Analyst on the and a few other families are in Fort Worth, Texas with her publication and a performance brand team at JetBlue. She opening a primary care clinic boxer Cricket. Claire Riley programme for a exhibition at conveniently shares a garbage called Ethne Health, which continues to teach at her school Crossbones Garden, a historic can with Molly Himmelstein '08
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St. Mary's girls at the wedding of Neelam Khan Ali '06 at The Peabody Hotel. Class of 2008 10th Reunion. From left: Mansi Narula '06, Katie Camille Friedman '06, Mary Earle '06, Charlotte Eagle '07, Mimi Arnold Lyon '06, Neelam Khan Ali '06, Paru Rayudu '06, Sarah Rice Stender '06, Aubrey Turner '06, Holly Hendrix Vitalis '06, Ellen Bransford '06, Lauren Bunch '06, and Elize Mercer '06.
Karen Stein Robbins '09 celebrating her marriage to Dr. Gordon Robbins in May 2017 with her 2009 classmates (Clockwise from L to R) Rachel Aiken, Wallis Tosi, Jillian Smith, Natalie Earwood, Sylvia Brookoff, Rebecca Schaeffer Anthony, Elizabeth Stephens Ford, Brandon O'Brien, Bailey Bethell Fountain, Ruthie Morrison, Liza Leatherman, and Elizabeth Ansbro.
The Class of 2008, together again for their 10th reunion.
2008 classmates Kathryn Hamlett, Memory Madden Pohl, Amanda Castroverde, and Sarah Wortham at Alumnae Weekend 2018.
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Chicago and was promoted living and working downtown within International Paper to and thinks the rest of the class of a Technical Design Associate 2011 should come join! Katie where she will be designing Kaelin is teaching Kindergarten and testing boxes for in Dallas and got married in e-commerce customers. Shelby June! Tinsley McBride is living Chambliss is finishing up her in Nashville, working as Store second year of teaching and Manager for Posh in Hillsboro was so excited to get married in Village, and beginning to June! Suzette Coors is living in work with the brand rep Charleston, S.C. and working for Amuse Society in whole as a 6th/7th grade Language sale at markets. Margaret Arts and Social Studies teacher McClintock recently landed a at Philip Simmons Middle dream job in Nashville as the Members of the class of 2009 gather over the holidays to meet Taft Wiseman Ford, son of Elizabeth Stephens Ford '09. Top Row (L to R): Ruthie Morrison, Jillian School. Meg Cornaghie is Assistant Director of Regional Smith, Elizabeth Ansbro, Eliza Leatherman. Bottom Row (L to R): Bailey Bethell, finishing her third year at Baylor Engagement in Vanderbilt's Rachel Aiken, Elizabeth Stephens Ford, Brandon O'Brien College of Medicine and can't Development and Alumni wait to be a bridesmaid in Relations Office, where she Allyson Patterson's wedding in works with Commodores July. Teresa Hendrix Daniel is across the country to stay pursuing a Masters in Journalism engaged with the university and & Strategic Media at the each other. Hunter Mitchell University of Memphis while is finishing up third year at continuing to work in social UT Medical School and is media at FedEx. Caroline spending time with family, Frisch recently left her firm friends and her cats. Anna to join a consumer health Morten is living in Atlanta innovation team at CVS Health. and moving to the Virginia Even though it's snowing in Highlands neighborhood this Wendy Pritchartt Ansbro '79, Elizabeth Ansbro '09, Kate Smith Mallory '07, and April, she is happy to be spring. She is still loving her Irene Orgill Smith '79 always enjoy Chapel, especially when Kate is our alumna Chapel speaker! spending more time at home job in market research and in Chicago. Abby McAtee getting to travel around the Gatliff got a puppy and is world. Allyson Patterson got since they sit right next to each in Brentwood specializing starting her MDiv (Masters promoted at her design firm other. Sylvia had a brief stint in practice areas such as of Divinity) this fall at Beeson and is getting married in July! working as marketing rep at family law, business law, and Divinity School. Eliza Hendrix Mary Peeler is finishing up her Insomnia Cookies but decided intellectual property. will be starting the Doctorate of third year of medical school the employee discount was Occupational Therapy Program at Johns Hopkins this summer. adversely affecting her health so at Washington University in St. Next fall, she is moving to she recently resigned. Gracie Louis this fall! Rebecca Rinehart Boston to get her Masters of Gelfand is a litigator at Wolff 2011 Meg Cornaghie Howard got married to Connor Public Health at Harvard with Ardis PC in Memphis and with Howard in September 2017 the Zuckerman fellowship. her trial team just achieved [email protected] Allyson Patterson and moved to Bloomington, Sarah Phillips is graduating a 3.5 million dollar verdict Ill. in March. Valerie Huang from nursing school in May and for her clients in Columbia, [email protected] is working in Boston at getting married in September Tenn. Grace McNatt loves ClearView, a life sciences with Christy Cameron as her living back in Nashville! She Meriweather Adams is strategy consultancy and was maid of honor. Virginia Preston just accepted a position as designing warehouses and promoted to senior consultant is living in New York and just Paralegal/Litigation Support loves hanging with her fellow last December. Sarah Jemison signed a three year contract Specialist with Cole Law Turkeys in Nashville. Christy moved to Memphis and loves with Wilhelmina models, and Group, P.C., a growing firm Cameron is moving to 46 CLASS NOTES can't wait to see where that 2013 journey takes her! Christina Anna Stukenborg Pu is starting her 4th year of [email protected] medical school at UVA and Anna Utley has many psychiatry electives [email protected] lined up in preparation for applying to psych residency. Lucy Wade Shapiro is Landon Hopkins is living in graduating with a Masters of New York City working in the Accounting from Vanderbilt Fine Arts department for DeWitt Owen School of Business and Stern, an insurance brokerage will be staying in Nashville as firm. She frequently runs into Bride Becca Rinehart Howard '11 poses with bridesmaids and 2011 classmates an accountant. Erika Steuer Claire Fogarty at the local Whitney Wortham, Lindsey Pearson, Abby McAtee Gatliff, Katie Danehy Wagoner, Lucy Wade Shapiro, and Morgan Van Dyke Ivy, all in St. Mary's colors! was recently promoted as the Chick-fil-a! Claire is working Marketing and Communications as a graphic designer and Associate at The Albany social media head for a startup Academies in upstate NY and in NYC. Helena Anderson is is training to start hiking the living in Brooklyn, where she High Peaks in the Adirondack is acting in plays and film. She mountains this summer. Lauren is also the video content editor Harrington Stubblefieldand for a charity Twitch stream, her husband have moved to Geeks4Good. Mary Tuggle is Phoenix where she works for living in New York City working Houzz on a high energy sales for Goldman Sachs in their team, and her husband is in Private Wealth Management medical school. They got their division. Emma Less is loving first fur-baby named Daisy, being back in Memphis! She Nicole Sanford '14 and Sydney Sanford '11 enjoy their adventures in Italy. who is an endless source of is working at the Levitt Shell entertainment. Katie Danehy and freelancing social media, bachelor's degree in Nursing for Church Health Center Wagoner started graduate web design, and database from UT Health Science Center this summer in Memphis! school in August 2017 for management as well. Anna in December, and she is Rachel Chu is working at the her Masters in Counseling at Utley is in Memphis and just currently interning in the ICU at Southern Environmental Law UNC Greensboro. Whitney moved downtown! She is Methodist University Hospital. Center in Nashville. One Wortham is graduating working as an Interior Designer Callie Wallace moved to case she is working on is with from Fordham University in for Fleming Architects. One of Harbor Town and works at Protect Our Aquifer about the May with Masters in Social her projects includes the new Burson-Marsteller, a global aquifer in Memphis and how Work and Masters in Public St. Mary's Wellness building public relations agency. One of TVA is drilling wells into it! Health. She will be working addition! Lily Yant is working the main clients she works with Olivia Stevens is moving to in Uganda for the summer. for Comcast in the advertising is FedEx, handling everything Knoxville in June to start a grad Maria Zoccola is working with department as a Client Solutions from their crisis communications assistantship in the dean of middle schoolers at a literacy Specialist for strategic accounts to corporate social responsibility students' office at UT and pursue and social justice nonprofit in Memphis. Alexa Fila is campaigns. Lida Kruchten a masters in College Student in Savannah, Georgia. about to start her Masters in is graduating from Ole Miss Personnel in the fall! Bhavya MIS with a concentration in IT with two degrees, in Systems Jha is living in California and Management while still working and Accounting, and starting working for Tesla with the full time at International Paper to work for HORNE LLP in Environment, Health, and Safety on their business intelligence Memphis. Sims Peters is Team. Emily Rosenthal is living team in Memphis. She also getting her Masters in Health in San Francisco working for just got a dog! Anna Taylor Promotion at Ole Miss, and Aon, an insurance brokerage will graduate from her second she is planning to intern firm.Ellie Harrison is starting
47 CLASS NOTES her Master's in Clinical Mental engaged! Francie Saunders Health Counseling in August is working with Greenwood at Loyola University in Wildlife Rehabilitation Center New Orleans. Grace Bettis this summer in Longmont, is working on her Master's in Colo. where she will be taking Criminology at the University care of animals then releasing of Arkansas and will be them back into the wild if they teaching statistics for the are healthy and capable of university this summer. Sophie surviving on their own before Skouteris Mahaffey is finishing she moves to Fort Collins in the her rotations for her Dietetic fall. Sarah Spiers is a producer Internship in August then will at Filament Games and runs the become a Registered Dietitian! IGDA Scholars program. Devon Julia Williams is the Legal Simms is working at an AFRC in Advocate for the Iris Domestic Germany and taking advantage Class of 2013 5th Reunion. Violence Center in Baton of the opportunity to travel Rouge. Megan Soun is getting through Europe before moving a Masters of Divinity at Duke back to the states in September! and is getting married in May! Katie Heard is living in London working in strategy consulting 2015 and has started a small charity Michelle Chu in Northern Ireland dedicated [email protected] to engaging young people in Emma Farris cross community discussion [email protected] and debate. Mashal Mirza is getting her Master's in Public Ashton Terry is a psychology Health with a concentration major with a child development Adira Polite '14 savors the Australian sun after her travels in Bali, Vietnam, in Health Policy at Emory and Thailand, and Sydney. minor at the University of currently interning for St. Jude/ Memphis, with university honors ALSAC in the Atlanta regional and psychology honors. She psychologist. She plans to law school post-graduation. office. She also recently got is a member of Psi Chi, the graduate in the fall. Ayanna Mary Jane McCaghren is engaged! Anna Peeler is living international psychology honors Martin has been studying interning in Coconut Creek, Fla. in Baltimore working at Johns society. She has continued her abroad in London and interning at Motionpoint, a tech start-up Hopkins. She recently had work as a Peer Advisor in the at Douglas Silas Solicitors, company, through the Carey a patient whose family was psychology department. Ashton a law firm that advocates Fellows business program at friends with Henrietta Lacks is also working as an assistant for special needs children's Sewanee. This summer she who showed her around the in a research lab called the education rights. She recently will be in Memphis working site where she was able to see Child Health and Illness Lab launched her mobile app called as a financial analyst intern all the sites from the book she that studies chronic childhood ChamberMade that connects at Mercer Capital. She has read at St. Mary's in real life! illnesses. She recently proposed college students and young recently become an English Mackenzie Isom is in D.C. her honors thesis and will be adults to ministries ranging from major. Kylie McDowell doing Investment Performance defending it in the fall. She is mega churches to student led spent last summer working in Reporting at Cambridge also an intern at the Harwood small groups in their respective NYC at NYU's Department Associates. Sukriti Mohan Center which is a school areas; the app also promotes of Technology, Culture, and is graduating in May with program for special needs a more inclusive Christian Society. This past fall semester, her Master's in Public Health children. She will be starting community on campuses via she took graduate courses for from Yale. Hannah Stein is an internship in the fall at a the Campus Connect feature. a Master's in Urban Planning in Dallas teaching second diabetes clinic shadowing and Ayanna will be graduating this at NYU Wagner and was grade, and she recently got doing research with a pediatric December and plans to pursue awarded a $10,000 Green 48 CLASS NOTES
Grant from the Office of Academic Exchange Program Sustainability at NYU to create in which she will be working a study abroad program ten weeks in Zweibrücken, for the January term. She Germany this summer. Lynley also traveled to Shanghai in will continue her biology and January to collect data on the psychology majors, planning correlations between the built to apply to medical school. environment characteristics and Mary Thompson was recently the level of walkability of the awarded a research grant to neighborhoods. She is currently research the artist Modigliani, working at the Department continuing her major in Art of Technology, Culture, and History and French language. Maddie Rhodes '14 celebrates her last collegiate golf tournament at Rhodes College. Society with NYU, continuing She also works as a student to get support and raise interest art curator and in the office in the Shanghai Program from of admissions at University of other students. Jane Morrison Puget Sound as a tour guide. is studying abroad with UNC Mary also serves on the Kenan Flagler's GLOBE leadership team for Gamma program, spending the fall Phi Beta sorority. Chelsea semester at the Copenhagen Chin is living full time in St. Business School and the Louis, working in The Siteman spring semester at the Chinese Cancer Center at Barnes- University of Hong Kong. This Jewish Hospital on a Medical summer she will be interning in Oncology floor, specializing Charlotte, N.C. for Ernst and in bone marrow transplants. Young in their Business Advisory She will be continuing this job Program in the Financial throughout her senior year of nursing school. She is excited Services Office. Samantha Abby Huber '14 is inducted into the Carson Circle, an award for a select number Wischmeyer is continuing for her nursing preceptorship in of seniors graduating from the University of Memphis who have exhibited profound her major in Motion Media the fall and eagerly anticipates leadership and involvement on campus. Design at SCAD. Liza Curran graduating from Saint Louis is continuing her accounting University with a Bachelor of major this summer, interning Science in Nursing in May for Watkins Uiberall. Nessa 2019. Maggie McAtee Steinberg is going to Boston has started nursing school at this summer as a fellow with the Auburn University. In addition NIH, doing research with the to classwork, she enjoys her Framingham Heart Study, and opportunity to serve on the taking a graduate biostatistics RUF ministry team. Michelle course through the program's Chu has been studying partnership with Boston abroad this spring semester at University. Lynley Matthews Prague Film School. She will currently serves as president continue her Cinema Studies of the Columbia University and Creative Writing major Panhellenic Council, in addition at Oberlin College next fall, to being a research assistant planning to continue working Maddie Droke '14, Mary Katherine Harris '14, and Natalie Meeks '14 at their Circle Degree ceremony, in which they became Tri Delta alumnae. for the Rao Lab Columbia as a head cook for the University Medical Center Oberlin Student Cooperative Department of Pediatrics, a Association. Hannah Pfrommer research fellow for the German has been working in a research
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Larson Wade '16 successfully summited Mount Aconcagua at 22,834 feet, the highest mountain in the Americas. She performed this feat over Christmas break 2017 with her father, Boyd Wade, St. Mary's Trap Coach. Emily Louie '16 (right) runs a half marathon at UCLA.
A'Doriann Bradley '16 on an alternative spring break trip in Texas.
Julia Williams '16 hiking in Vermont.
Ali MacQueen '16 enjoyed studying abroad in Barcelona.
Iliana Watson '16 in Madrid.
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lab and was awarded two 2017 grants to conduct independent Rachel Chin research on sleep disruption [email protected] and neuroinflammation in mice Anar Parmar through the Biological Sciences [email protected] Initiative Program at Colorado Jean Jackson University. Hannah applied [email protected] and was accepted out of only five undergraduates to CU's master's program in Integrative Meg Jones is a member of Physiology. Additionally, Delta Gamma sorority and just Hannah is active on campus received the position of director and in her community as the of service hours at Depaul Paarsa Haque '16 gives a speech for University of Southern California. executive director and University. Addie Quinlen is co-founder of the St. Jude Club traveling to Morocco for six at CU, recently receiving a weeks this summer to study scholarship for her commitment Arabic and plans to use this to the program, and as a experience to fulfill her minor volunteer at Boulder Reads. credits in the language. Emma This year Brooke Saharovici Mansberg will be in Marion, was tapped into Omicron Ala. working to implement Delta Kappa, a national honor a computer literacy program society, elected president of for the community. When she Mizzou's American Advertising returns to Memphis, she will be Federation, and will be a working in the district attorney's Panhellenic Counselor for office.Carmen Freeman Mizzou's formal sorority secured an internship with the recruitment in August. Emma office of Kevin Kamenetz for Farris spent her fall semester government and another for studying in Buenos Aires, a campaign in Tennessee. Argentina and is currently Additionally, she was rookie studying in Barranquilla, of the year for volleyball in Colombia. In Colombia, the America East Conference. Emma has been conducting Grace Ugwueke '16 participates in African Student Union's fashion show. Kate Herzke is a member of independent research on Tri Delta sorority, but that's not the peace accord between all! She is also in the 1794 the FARC armed group and honors and scholars program the Colombian government, at UTK and will be working at specifically focusing on the Buff City Soaps this summer. transitional justice system, the Lelia Jones is a member of Special Jurisdiction for Peace Kappa Delta sorority and is on the Ministry team for Reformed University Fellowship. She also spends her time volunteering with local elementary schools' after school program called ARCH. This summer she will be working at Camp Desoto Elizabeth Bateman '16 attending Crawfest at Tulane University. and teaching lacrosse and mountain biking activities. 51 CLASS NOTES
Alumnae enjoy being back in St. Mary's Chapel at Alumnae Weekend 2018.
Michele Becton is a member EMT on campus and is in a peer health exchange holiday programming chair of Kappa Delta Sorority, the doing research this summer. program where she taught a for Hillel/JSU. Next year she black student association, Alina Perez is travelling to few times a week at public plans to be an RA. Meredith and the women's advocacy Madagascar for two months schools around the Chicago Hood will be lifeguarding club. She works with Rhodes this summer to build a water area. She was also involved in this summer at the U Club to football team and started filtration system and pipeline the Raas Indian dance group relax a bit after a busy and to create the first collegiate that she helped design for a and worked to choreograph productive freshman year. She Facing History Program. village that is in desperate a dance for the South Asian was a member of the Campus Molly Aslin is spending her need of clean water. Sophia Students Association cultural Activities Board, a board that summer in a lab researching Mokhtari was the first alum of show at the University of coordinates big concerts and conductive properties of organic our class to speak at St. Mary's Chicago. Jean Jackson was events around campus. In fact, semiconductors. In her free time, after we graduated and is a member of the first PINK in May, the board is bring BoB she rows for the crew team. also a member of the dance Campus Street Team at Howard to campus! Over spring break Lexie Rook is loving her time team at Denver University. University and held the position she embarked on a service trip at the University of Arkansas Jasmine Huang focuses on of videographer. She will be with Appalachia Volunteers to so far. She is a member of investigative journalism as the interning at the Cannes Film Hazard, Kentucky. This past the Zeta Gamma chapter of Junior Editor of the Sewanee Festival in Cannes, France in January Abby Shutzberg took a Kappa Delta. She serves on Purple and is going to have May and then will be traveling j-term, a time when the students the philanthropy team and a research assistantship in to Tainan, Taiwan for an eight of Elon have the opportunity planned an event that raised Nanjing, China to work in the week language intensive to take one class for 3 weeks. over $35,000. This summer field with water pollution and program. Rachel Chin held a It's also a fun month because she is studying for the LSAT, environmental activism. Margie job in the office of admissions they have lots of free time on taking classes, and traveling. Peeler is studying biosystems at Saint Louis University and the weekends (and this year Grayson Lusk-Hussong has engineering, working at the is a member of Alpha Delta lots of snow). Towards the spent the last 7 months working outdoors center, and playing Phi Sorority. Celie Shankman end of the month, she took at St. Vincent's in Haiti and has club lacrosse at the University of is the freshman representative a trip up to the Appalachian created a blog on Wordpress Tennessee. Next year, she will of her sorority Kappa Alpha Mountains with her friends! documenting her experiences. be the secretary of the lacrosse Theta. Additionally, she is Josie Campbell is a volunteer team! Zoya Latif is involved a C40 tour guide and the
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PROFESSIONAL Amanda Duke '92 Sara Kim '12 Ellen Mitchell '12 UPDATES Privacy Manager, US Influenza Vaccine Clinical Dietitian Sales and Marketing Effectiveness Team LeBonheur Rachel Bearman '04 Microsoft Centers for Disease Control Jamie Moran '94 Communications and and Prevention Marketing VP Margaret Liddon Emley '08 Associate Professor Women's Rabbinic Network Director of Real Estate Sarah Lacy '94 University of South Florida Vanderbilt University Founder College of Medicine Lauren Arnold Bell '04 Chairmanmom.com Resident Pediatrics Frances Coughlin Fenelon '88 Ruth Cheney Patton '87 Children's Hospital of Senior Operations Counsel Sarah Ledbetter '94 Pediatrician Pittsburgh of UPMC Community Health Systems Dance premier Pediatric Consultants Fringe Fest Mimi Billings '14 Leigh Ferguson '99 Adira Polite '14 Credit Analyst Chief Legal Counsel, Evie Lyras '06 Paralegal Bank3 Commerce and Insurance Theatrical Creative Federal Defender Program Digital Marketing Whitney King Fogerty '92 Mary Allison Pritchard '14 Lillie Blanton '09 Lionsgate Civil Rights Attorney Managing Director, Apprentice Teacher Nexus Derechos Humanos Legal Counsel FedEx Ellen Makowsky '06 Brownsville Collegiate Attorneys Retail Marketing Manager Charter School Bailey Bethell Fountain '09 TOMS Amanda Castroverde '08 Physician Assistant in Pediatric Jordan Reeve '09 Partner Marketing Manager Cardiac Surgery Hester Shipp Mathes '92 Area Sales Operations HomeAway Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Senior Associate Rector Manager Church of the Holy Communion Cat Financial Lacey Chaum '14 Phoebe Fulmer '14 Associate Language and Culture Assistant Julia Chesney McDonald '96 Ashford Carney Prophet: Brand & Marketing CIEE's Teach in Spain Vice President of Marketing & Rosenberg '04 Consultancy Communications Policy Analyst Gracie Gelfand '09 The Community Foundation Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Litigator Ellen Clarke '14 of Greater Memphis Shareholders' Alliance Wealth Manager Wolff Ardis PC UBS Financial Services Rachel McLemore '08 Nicole Sanford '14 Gail Borod Giacobbe '87 American History Teacher Medical Scribe Vice President of Product Camille Cowart '14 Mount St. Mary Academy LeBonheur Interim Literary Arts and GoDaddy AP English Literature Teacher Grace McNatt '09 Miles Schaeffer '14 Kathy Buckman Gibson '80 Nashville School of the Arts Paralegal and Litigation Student Researcher, Pediatric Owner Support Specialist Oncology Research Lab KBG Technologies Shelby Deeney '04 Cole Law Group, P.C. Sloan Kettering Hospital Deputy Colorado State Lucy Cheek Gordon '85 Public Defender, argued first Natalie Meeks '14 Joann Self Selvidge '94 Chief Financial Officer Colorado Supreme Court Case Research and Documentary premier United Healthcare Community Operations Fellow PBS Plan of Arizona Sarah Donaldson '09 UVA's Darden School of Chartered Financial Analyst Jennie Weaver Tucker '04 Rachel Johnston-White '06 Business, Mayo Center Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Postdoctoral Research Fellow in for Asset Management Lindsey Driver '09 Le Bonheur Contemporary History Digital Marketing Specialist Edie Miller '08 Vienna School of Alex Tyler '09 EdR Trust Business Manager, Pediatric International Studies Manager of Paid Search Specialties iProspect Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
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Nora Wingfield Tyson '75 Rebecca Anderson Eby '06 Jessica Richardson Emily Cochran '97 Retired Commander Master of Business Moses '08 to Darrick O'Dell of the Third Fleet Administration Master in Foreign February 3, 2018 United States Navy The University of Chicago Language Education Stephanie Dunavant '03 Booth School of Business Auburn University Ebony Welch '95 to Taylor Loftin Annual Giving Coordinator Kayleigh Renard Mansi Narula '06 March 24, 2018 Jackson Academy Eisenstein '09 Master of Business Holly Hendrix '06 Master of Arts in Social Work Administration Tea Stoecklein Wells '05 to Neal Vitalis University of Illinois at Chicago University of Texas Pediatric Specialist Certification May 12, 2018 in Physical Therapy Hallie Flanagan '07 Jess Pfeffer '03 Molly Himmelstein '08 Juris Doctor Doctor of English Alexandra Yawn '09 to Dan Hollenberg University of Memphis Tufts University Vice President, May 26, 2018 School of Law Private Client Associate Marianne Rizk Schnall '05 Katie Kaelin '11 U.S. Trust Bailey Bethell Fountain '09 Doctor of Clinical Psychology to Carson Fronterhouse Master in Medical Science University of Iowa Isabelle Yawn '14 June 2, 2018 Physician Assistant Client Service Associate Lucy Wade Shapiro '11 University of Tennessee Liz Keltner '01 UBS Financial Services Master of Accounting Health Science Center to Matt Nagy Vanderbilt Owen School Jessica Farris Zafarris '08 May 19, 2018 Tyler Hyman '09 of Business Content Director Doctor of Medicine Neelam Khan '06 Writer's Digest Whitney Wortham '11 The Ohio State University to Hurr Ali Master of Social Work College of Medicine March 31, 2018 and Master in Public Health POSTGRADUATE Rachel Johnston-White '06 Fordham University Memory Madden '08 Doctor of History DEGREES to Jake Pohl Yale University March 17, 2018 Alex Buford '12 Sara Kim '12 MARRIAGES Ariel Mason '08 Master of Educational Master of Public Health Anisa Allad '08 to Jamhal Kelly Psychology Yale School of Public Health to Adam Fedoruk July 1, 2017 University of Texas June 2, 2018 Suzie Loveless '03 Sahar Mokhtari '10 Cristen Garrett Cain '08 Master of Economic Megan Bailey '05 to Abteen Moshref Doctor of Medicine Development to Christopher Constantino May 19, 2018 Emory School of Medicine University of Oklahoma April 7, 2018 Carson Mullins '12 Elizabeth Batchelor Edie Miller '08 Bailey Bethell '09 to Spencer Pigg Calkins '05 Master of Science in to Collin Davis Fountain May 27, 2018 Master of Teaching English to Health Administration June 16, 2018 Speakers of Other Languages University of Alabama Austin Nichols '09 Azusa Pacific University at Birmingham Fontaine Taylor Brown '87 to Sam Boukli to John Albritton March 3, 2018 Sasha Castroverde '04 Lavanya Mittal '09 March 24, 2018 Master of Business Doctor of Medicine with Lindsey Pearson '11 Administration Distinction in Research Nica Cabigao '10 to Spencer Smith Yale School of Management Albert Einstein College to Ben Graunke June 9, 2018 June 9, 2018 of Medicine Rebecca Schaeffer '09 Sukriti Mohan '13 Shelby Chambliss '11 to Benjamin Leonard Anthony Master of Public Health to Joe Pascal April 21, 2018 Yale University June 9, 2018 54 MILESTONES
Chrystan Skefos '02 Mabel Margaret and to Joshua Leasure Catherine Rosemary to February 17, 2018 Melissa Graunke Decosimo '07 May 29, 2018 Tea Stoecklein '05 to Henry Wells Jacquetta Sallis “Si” Kaendler November 4, 2017 Laws Fuller to Elizabeth Laws Fuller '01 Lulu Wilson '06 December 9, 2017 to William Wild December 30, 2017 Charlotte Adeline Gray to Emily Templeton Gray '05 Elizabeth Womack '07 December 18, 2017 to Colin Edmundson May 12, 2018 Elise Ileana Hernandez to Brittany Johnson Sarah Wortham '08 Hernandez '04 to Gus Nielson October 3, 2017 April 28, 2018 Mattie McKnight Hickey to Cathleen Ray Hickey '04 BIRTHS December 14, 2017 ADOPTIONS Lavinia Grace Hosack to Sloane Metcalf Hosack '08 Max Hamza Bernstein to Max, son of Lauren Weinrich Bernstein '00, shows his St. Mary's spirit. January 28, 2018 Lauren Weinrich Bernstein '00 December 12, 2017 Henry Hudson Jaqua to Kaitlin Ridder Jaqua '04 Reagan Louise Boggs to January 23, 2018 Jenay Gipson Boggs '06 October 26, 2017 Joshua Marcus Jemison to Amanda Ayerst Jemison '06 Magnolia Scott Brafford and December 1, 2017 William “Pennson” Brafford to Erin Nolen Brafford '05 Walter Andrew Malwitz to January 21, 2018 Elizabeth Jemison '04 December 26, 2017 Wallis Elizabeth Bunker to Catherine Vaughn Bunker '09 Isabel and Elena to April 20, 2018 Hala Khuri Jimenez '97 December 10, 2017 Owen Edward Levy to Clare Levy Clarke '97 Philip Jensen Knight to November 14, 2017 Grace Jensen Knight '05 April 2, 2018 Charles Ellis Langelier to Victoria Corder '01 Audrey Ellen Mills to November 29, 2017 Patricia Blount Mills '04 October 5, 2017 Clara Grace Davis to Grace Wheeler Davis '06 Erin Avery Morich to April 12, 2018 Victoria Luke Morich '04 January 23, 2018 Si Fuller, daughter of Elizbeth Laws Fuller '01.
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Andrew Sandidge Riley, son of Lauren Wiygul Riley '05, already loves St. Mary's.
Jane McKenna Wiley, daughter of Jessie Walker Wiley '04.
Elise Ileana Hernandez, daughter of Brittany Johnson Hernandez '04. Mary Lane Stevens to IN MEMORIAM Lucy Foster Stevens '10 Minor Robertson Broadus '41 Bethany Anne Neufeld to Andrew Sandidge Riley to April 23, 2018 Betty Dobbs Fowler '48 Annie McLaren Neufeld '99 Lauren Wiygul Riley '05 Katherine Eleanor March 10, 2018 December 18, 2017 "Kate" Timmons to Caroline Keith '81 Virginia Rhodes Olesen to Lawson Kelly Rowe to Louise Schumacher Beth Stidham Levenson '72 Timmons '03 Laine Peeler Olesen '04 Brittney Rogers Rowe '03 Molly Mednikow '86 November 10, 2017 December 5, 2017 April 22, 2018 Louise Tate Norton '48 Samuel Powers Passarella to Hazel Ray Rushing to John Martin Wagner to Elizabeth Schatz Passarella '95 Lindsey Edwards Rushing '06 Hallie Bowland Wagner '95 March 28, 2018 February 15, 2018 May 17, 2018
James Connell Rainer VI to Cameron Wrahse Schauer to Jane McKenna Wiley to Faye Kenner Rainer '05 Marley Baer Schauer '02 Jessie Walker Wiley '04 December 19, 2017 November 10, 2017 March 5, 2018
Grace Pierrepont Rhodes to Lee Schnuerer to Elizabeth “Lizzie” June Betsy Matthews Rhodes '04 Ann Atkinson Schnuerer '07 Yacoubian to February 7, 2018 November 9, 2017 Laura Jennings Yacoubian '05 Fulton Harrison Smith to December 27, 2017 Erica Smith '99 November 7, 2017 56 LIVE ON THE BUCKMAN STAGE... 2018–2019 SEASON
Delta Rae 9.16.2018 Lucas Bohn’s Lesson Plans to Late Night 1.27.2019
Artrageous 9.30.2018 PHILADANCO 2.8.2019
Tito Puente, Jr., and Melina Almodovar 10.21.2018 Underwater Bubble Show 2.28.2019
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