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SPRPRINGNG 2001313 | EXIEXITSTS ANDD ENNTRARANCEN S | INN THET IRR OWN WOWORDSRRDD | THEH WHW OLEOLE PIP CTUUREE spring 2013 Students waiting to hear Jesse Jackson at C1 SECTION TITLE WINTER 2013 wellesley magazine Houghton Memorial Chapel on Feb. 6, 1972. Photo courtesy of Wellesley College Archives. Exits and Entrances: In Their Own Words Women’s Careers 18 25 The recipients of the 2013 Alumnae Achievement in Transition Awards—Barbara Lubin Goldsmith ’53, Marilyn Koenick Yalom ’54, Callie Crossley ’73, and By Melissa Ludtke ’73 Diana Farmer ’77—discuss the circuitous paths that brought them to the successes Wellesley Wellesley alumnae share stories of their is celebrating now. reinventions brought about by job losses, family obligations, or the simple desire to rediscover passionate interests. CONTENTS 1 Departments 2 From the Editor 3 Letters to the Editor 4 From the President 5 Window on Wellesley 16 Shelf Life 38 WCAA 40 Class Notes The Whole Picture 74 In Memoriam—Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 1907–2013 34 By Alice M. Hummer A search through Wellesley College Archives 76 In Memoriam—Anthony Martin 1942–2013 photographs revealed a more diverse past than Meredyth Grange ’14 expected, resulting in 77 In Memoriam—James Rayen 1935–2013 last fall’s Mosaic: A Photo Exhibit of Wellesley Students of Color From the 1920s–1980s. 84 Endnote—The End of BFFs? By Danya Underwood Rivlin ’99 On the cover The Durant Camellia Heralding spring for more than 140 years Illustration by Jason Holley WELLESLEYY MAGAZINE ONLINE new.wellesley.edu/alumnae/wellesleymagazine/online WELLESLEYY MAGAZINE ON TWITTER @Wellesleymag 2 FROM THE EDITOR SPRING 2013 wellesley magazine From the Editor ast fall, I went to see Mosaic: A Photo Exhibit of Wellesley Students of Editor Alice M. Hummer Color From the 1920s–1980s, junior Meredyth Grange’s labor of love for the Wellesley campus (see “The Whole Picture,” page 34). In among the Associate Editors Lisa Scanlon ’99 many fabulous shots—of students having tea, staging protests, playing Jennifer McFarland Flint Frisbee on Severance Green—was a photo that particularly captured my Design attention. It was a formal portrait of an African-American man dating from Hecht/Horton Partners, Arlington, Mass. the early years of the College. The caption told me his name was Dominick Principal Photographer Duckett, a general handyman and kitchen worker. He was known, Grange Richard Howard wrote, for teaching students to ride bicycles. I smiled at the thought of Student Assistant laughing young women in corsets and long skirts teetering down the road Sidrah Baloch ’14 in front of College Hall on bikes, cheered on by the man in front of me. Wellesley (USPS 673-900). Published fall, What I loved about this portrait was that somebody valued his contribution enough to preserve winter, spring, and summer by the Wellesley the photograph for future generations in the College Archives. More than a century later, College Alumnae Association. Editorial and Dominick Duckett’s small kindnesses are remembered. Business Office: Alumnae Association, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, A few months afterward, I wandered up and down the halls of Alumnae Hall, looking at the MA 02481-8203. Phone 781-283-2342. Fax portraits of the recipients of the Alumnae Achievement Awards over the last 40 years. There were 781-283-3638. Periodicals postage paid at so many of them: the opera singer, the astronaut, the journalists, the string theorist, the secretaries Boston, Mass., and other mailing offices. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Wellesley of state, and numerous others. magazine, Wellesley College, 106 Central Those hallways are a pantheon of women’s achievements and Wellesley’s institutional pride. St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203. The stories behind those faces inspire, but not just because of what those alumnae honorees have Wellesley Policy: achieved professionally. At this year’s Achievement Award ceremony, for example, one of the One of the objectives of Wellesley, in the recipients told of raising three small children as she worked on her master’s and doctorate, moving best College tradition, is to present inter- esting, thought-provoking material, even from institution to institution to follow her husband’s job transfers. (“I would not recommend though it may be controversial. Publication that to young people today,” she said wryly.) Another spoke of having her life plans crushed by of material does not necessarily indicate a serious car accident—and then using that event as a launching point for a re-envisioned career. endorsement of the author’s viewpoint by the magazine, the Alumnae Association, or The stories of the Achievement Award recipients are stories of setbacks, hard-won victories, Wellesley College. and careers that are anything but linear—experiences that all of us have at one time or another. Wellesley magazine reserves the right to edit Still, the lives of these women can be intimidating to both students and alumnae. More than once, and, when necessary, revise all material that I’ve heard a student say, “You’re never going to fi nd my portrait on the wall in Alumnae Hall.” it accepts for publication. Unsolicited photo- And an alum friend of mine, after reading one of the Achievement Award profifiles in this issue graphs will be published at the discretion of the editor. (see page 25), said, “Damn. I feel like such a slacker!” This particular Wellesley friend, I should add, has sub- KEEP WELLESLEY UP-TO-DATE! The Alumnae Office has a voice-mail box to stantial professional accomplishments on her résumé. When be used by alumnae for updating contact I think of her, though, what most comes to mind is her and other personal information. The number cackling sense of humor and the many times she has light- is 1-800-339-5233. ened my day by making me laugh, her love for Wellesley You can also update your information online and consequent willingness to help out under just about any when you visit the Alumnae Association website at www.wellesley.edu/Alum/. circumstance, and her many kindnesses over the years. As a community, we celebrate the Achievement Award DIRECT LINE PHONE NUMBERS College Switchboard 781-283-1000 winners for their shining talents and creativity, their inno- S HIVE Alumnae Office 781-283-2331 vative thinking, and the mark they have made on the world. C Magazine Office 781-283-2342 But we also need to celebrate the smaller achievements— E AR Admission Office 781-283-2270 G Center for Work and including the little things we do for one another in our LLE Service 781-283-2352 daily lives. A century hence, whatever we have done (or CO LEY LEY Resources Office 781-283-2217 not done) in our careers, may we all be so fortunate to be S ELLE INTERNET ADDRESS remembered for our small kindnesses, like the simple act W www.wellesley.edu/Alum/ of teaching students to ride bicycles. Early College employee Dominick Duckett —Alice M. Hummer, editor wellesley magazine SPRING 2013 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 3 Letters to the Editor been successful. The Air Force claims that they a working laboratory in space, the International can never release information about the cause of Space Station, in which scientists from around the Wellesley welcomes short letters (a maximum a military accident, no matter how many years world are conducting research in many fields. So, length of 300 words) relating to articles or have passed. They sent me some records, but there is no reason to be disheartened. The space items that have appeared in recent issues of the much of the information was blacked out. With shuttle was a grand machine, but now, with our magazine. Send your remarks to the Editor, the advent of the internet, I connected with many new and more distant goals, a different vehicle is Wellesley magazine, 106 Central St., Wellesley, Air Force veterans who had fl own in the 551st needed, one that can travel to those far off places MA 02481-8203, or email comments to maga- Airborne Early Warning & Control Wing and as well as the Space Station. For those interested, [email protected]. other “Connie” missions, and they have been visit the NASA website, www.nasa.gov, to learn wonderful. I even corresponded with the two more. Also, ask your cable provider to deliver the WELLESLEY’S ENDURING VITALITY men who survived my father’s plane crash. NASA television station. It is superb! Thank you for the winter ’13 edition of the alum- I appreciate all the work Colleen Shine is Brenda Waters ’72 nae magazine. I read it cover to cover. It was an doing to help military families who lose a family Huntington, Vt. inspiring reflfl ection of the enduring vitality of the member to get some peace of mind. I know things College and of the women who take Wellesley have improved since the 1960s, but it seems we REMEMBERING MIRANDA out into the world. In David Brooks’ New York have a long way to go. Miranda Marvin (“In Times op-ed piece (Feb. 28, 2013), he suggested Deborah Brody Hamilton ’84 Memoriam,” winter ’13) in a column called “The Learning Virtues” that Arlington, Va. was my first professor American colleges and universities focused too at Wellesley. In addition narrowly on advancing academic understanding THE ESSENCE OF WELLESLEY to her profound intel- of the world. My copy of Wellesley was the per- Just a quick note to share my appreciation for lect, sense of humor, and fect counter-argument to that claim. the fabulous magazine redesign! It has captured joy of living, there was Kate Hosken Moore ’68 the essence and values of Wellesley perfectly, and the reality of what she Mill Valley, Calif.