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The Photographs of Olivia Hood Parker ’63 WINTER | BEAUTY IN THE UNEXPECTED | TRUTH IN THE AGE OF TWITTER | THE BROADCAST PIONEERS The Photographs Of Olivia Hood Parker ’63 cover_final.indd 1 1/29/20 11:04 AM Cover image: Two Copperheads, by Olivia Hood Parker ’, , inkjet print, in. by ⅜ in. Lynn Sherr ’ reporting from the floor of the Republican National Convention in Houston ABC magazine.wellesley.edu Winter 2020 @Wellesleymag FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Beauty in the Unexpected From the Editor WCAA By April Austin Letters to the Editor Class Notes Truth in the Age of Twitter From the President In Memoriam By Catherine Caruso ’ Window on Wellesley Endnote The Broadcast Pioneers By Amita Parashar Kelly ’ Shelf Life This magazine is published by the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, which has a mission “to support the institutional priorities of Wellesley College by connecting alumnae to the College and to each other.” ifc_pg1_toc_final.indd 2 1/31/20 2:50 PM ifc_pg1_toc_final.indd 3 1/29/20 11:08 AM From the Editor VOLUME , ISSUE NO. bout a decade ago, I indulged my longtime fantasy of working at a food magazine, and we did an “Iron Chef Wellesley” story, asking alumnae chefs and food writers to come Editor Alice M. Hummer up with a recipe using squash for our fall magazine. The late Carol Hart Field ’61, a maven of Italian food writing, contributed Torta della Zucca/Pumpkin Tart, which had Senior Associate Editors Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99 a crust made from a special kind of cookie. We hired a food stylist and ended up with Catherine O’Neill Grace Apictures of said tart that looked positively mouthwatering. Design Clearly, I wasn’t the only one who thought so. I arrived at work one day just before Hecht/Horton Partners, Arlington, Mass. Thanksgiving to fi nd a message on my voicemail: “Alice! I’m making the pumpkin tart for my Principal Photographer favorite husband. What in the world are Marie biscuits, and where do I get them?” And then Lisa Abitbol there was an audible click. The caller had neglected to identify herself. Student Assistant Except in this case, it wasn’t a problem. At the time, I’d guess literally millions of people Grace Ramsdell ’22 across the United States could have identifi ed who left that message. I myself was well Wellesley (USPS 673-900). Published fall, winter, acquainted with the voice: Every day for years, Linda Cozby Wertheimer ’65—as host of NPR’s spring, and summer by the Wellesley College All Things Considered—had fi lled me in on the day’s happenings as I drove home. I particularly Alumnae Association. Editorial and Business appreciated her intimate knowledge of Washington politics and the wisdom and acuity with O ce: Alumnae Association, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203. which she framed the news. I trusted her. Phone 781-283-2342. Fax 781-283-3638. I was thinking about that voice as I was editing the wonderful piece by Amita Parashar Periodicals postage paid at Boston, Mass., and Kelly ’06, “The Broadcast Pioneers” (page 30), about four Wellesley women who cut a path for other mailing o ces. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Wellesley magazine, Wellesley College, so many female journalists. I realized that in my mind’s ear, I can hear the voice of each one of 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203. them: Lynn Sherr ’63, Cokie Boggs Roberts ’64, Linda, and Diane Sawyer ’67. For decades, I have seen or heard them covering space shuttle launches, analyzing election returns, interview- WELLESLEY POLICY One of the objectives of Wellesley, in the best ing world leaders, and anchoring the nightly news. They have reported from the center of so College tradition, is to present interesting, many crucial events that they really have become part of our national fabric. The outpouring thought-provoking material, even though it of grief and deep admiration from around the country when Cokie Roberts passed away last may be controversial. Publication of material does not necessarily indicate endorsement of fall bears witness to this. the author’s viewpoint by the magazine, the These women broke into the news business at a time when “we don’t hire girls” was a stan- Alumnae Association, or Wellesley College. dard response at a job interview. Sherr remembers how sure she had to be of herself: “Don’t Wellesley magazine reserves the right to edit let them defi ne who you are. You know who you are and what you can do.” And despite overt and, when necessary, revise all material that discrimination, these alumnae persisted, helping one another along the way. Sherr remembers it accepts for publication. Unsolicited photo- graphs will be published at the discretion of a group of female correspondents—from competing news organizations—who would gather for the editor. meals and to trade information. They never stopped researching, analyzing, and asking probing questions, so they could bring cogent, penetrating coverage to their audiences. KEEP WELLESLEY UP TO DATE! The Alumnae Office has a voice-mail box We—and our democracy—owe them a great deal. Maybe part of what we owe them is to to be used by alumnae for updating contact follow their careful example of weighing and understanding what’s happening around us. Today, and other personal information. The number is we obviously get our news in immensely different ways than viewers/listeners in the 1960s, 1-800-339-5233. thanks to social media. Which means the opportunities for receiving misinformation or partial You can also update your information online truths—and swallowing them—are vast. In “Truth in the Age of Twitter” (page 26), Wellesley when you visit the Alumnae Association web- site at www.wellesley.edu/alumnae. computer scientists discuss how we can evaluate what’s being promulgated as fact online with a critical eye, particularly in this 2020 DIRECT LINE PHONE NUMBERS election season. In a small way, we all need to ask the College Switchboard 781-283-1000 Alumnae O ce 781-283-2331 same kinds of questions that trusted journalists Magazine O ce 781-283-2342 have asked for years—before pressing the share Admission O ce 781-283-2270 button. Reporters R Us. Career Education O ce 781-283-2352 Development O ce 800-358-3543 And if anyone wants the recipe Linda Wertheimer made for her favorite husband, INTERNET ADDRESSES give a holler. Real women—and yes, real www.wellesley.edu/alumnae magazine.wellesley.edu journalists—cook. Alice M. Hummer, editor 2 WELLESLEY MAGAZINE pg2-3_letters_final.indd 2 1/31/20 2:33 PM Letters to the Editor Wellesley welcomes short letters (300 words maximum) relating to articles or items that have appeared in recent issues of the magazine. Send A New Leader your remarks to the Editor, Wellesley magazine, For Career Education 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203, email your comments to [email protected], As this magazine was going to press, or submit a letter via the magazine’s website, President Paula Johnson announced the magazine.wellesley.edu. appointment of Susan Brennan as the College’s new associate provost and execu- Maine-ly Praise tive director of career education. Brennan I attended Mount Holyoke and Smith and grad- is charged with leading career education, uated from Wellesley (thanks to Dean Bonnie a key priority of the College, as well as with Downes Leonard ’59 interviewing me while I innovating and expanding its services to nursed my newborn son in her office in 77). facilitate undergraduate career explora- That equals a plethora of mailings and alumnae tion and alumnae career transitions. Civic journals in my mailbox here on my island in engagement and fellowships will also fall Maine. But, over time, I’ve learned to simply under her aegis. direct all but the Wellesley magazine to the “As a visionary leader with a track recycle pile because they don’t have articles record of success and a passion for liberal that interest me, they don’t have that special arts education, Susan is uniquely suited career development. She previously served zing of a layout to lure me in, and they don’t to further strengthen Wellesley’s commit- as associate vice president for university have what I assume to be your unique touch ment to prepare and inspire every student career services at Bentley University in and imprint. Your work stands head and shoul- to craft a lifetime of opportunity and realize Waltham, Mass. She is a graduate of the ders above the competition. Major kudos from their full potential,” Johnson said. University of Pennsylvania with a major in Isleboro, Maine! Brennan, who will assume her duties history, and holds an M.B.A. from Babson Diana Roberts CE/DS ’88 on April , will be coming to Wellesley from College and an M.Ed. in administration, Isleboro, Maine the MIT Sloan School of Management, planning, and social policy from the Harvard where she is currently assistant dean for Graduate School of Education. A Tour, Please! I can’t wait to experience this wonderful space (“A Living Cathedral,” about the new lobal Flora, fall ’). I trust you will be open for tours when I return for reunion, une 2020. Barbara Bolin Monsler ’65 Honoring Cokie The Puzzle Tradition Pleasanton, Calif. Regarding the memorial tribute for Cokie Regarding “Puzzle Me This” in the fall ’ issue: Boggs Roberts ’64 (“In Memoriam,” fall ’): After graduation in 4, I went to work for Dell The Editor Writes #RememberingCokie—story about #welles- Puzzle Magazines. We began a series of Math In response to “From the Editor” on the Alumnae leyalum Cokie Roberts ’64 by npratc former Puzzles and Logic Problems magazines; I edited Achievement Award recipients (fall ’): I found host Linda Wertheimer’65 tribute in many of those, in addition to taking charge of the editor’s message, as well as the people she Wellesleymag.
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