SUMMER 2015
VOL. 6 NO. 2
SUMMER 2015 VOL. 6 NO. 2
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CELEBRATING THE PAST
EMBRACING THE FUTURE
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REACHING OUT
College surveys alumnae and alumni to best
determine ways to meet needs
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Randolph-Macon Woman’s
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Randolph College Alumni Bulletin
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President’s Perspective1
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President’s Perspective
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ne of the best parts about my job is hearing from
our alumnae and alumni—whether I see them at our
chapter events or on campus. Your stories about your time
at the College never fail to remind me why what we are doing
here behind the Red Brick Wall is so important. The impact
this small college has made on its graduates is profound.
This is a life-changing place filled with a community that is
both supportive and inspiring.
This College has been through a difficult transition,
and while the institution has made significant progress
with our enrollment and finances, we realize that we have
work to do in order to connect and engage with more of
our alumnae. The difficult changes and circumstances that
occurred nine years ago with the coed transition naturally
left many feeling left behind, angry, hurt, and upset. Many
of you felt the College did not communicate well. Many felt
like they lost their College. And many of you want to know
more about the College today—and its plans for tomorrow.
As you read through this issue of the Bulletin, you will
learn the results of a recent survey of our alumnae and
alumni. We asked you what you thought, and you answered
honestly and frankly. We must now use these results to find
ways to reach out to our alumnae and alumni, to let you
know how much you matter to us as an institution, and
to reassure you of our commitment to honor the legacy of
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College by thriving as a small,
liberal arts college dedicated to providing our students with
the passion, intelligence, and critical thinking skills needed
to succeed in life.
We’ve come a long way since 2006 and have made
much progress toward our long-term goals. But we still
have challenges before us. You—our alumnae and alumni—
are vital to our future. We need and want your support. I
encourage you to reach out to us and send us your thoughts
and ideas. Come visit campus and see what life is like today,
share your career knowledge with our students by either
coming to campus or serving as a mentor, attend your
nearest chapter events, or provide financial support to our
Annual Fund, which makes a huge difference in the day-today lives of our students and faculty.
We are eager to get to work. I hope you will join with us
on this important journey.
Vita abundantior!
Bradley W. Bateman
President
“Your stories about your time at the
College never fail to remind me why
what we are doing here behind the
Red Brick Wall is so important. The
impact this small college has made
on its graduates is profound.”
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he start of a new academic year
brings a surge of energy to campus
each year. New students battle a mix
of excitement and nervousness as they
say good-bye to their parents and start
this new chapter in their lives. Seniors
begin the culminating year of their
undergraduate education—and face
the many important decisions that lie
before them.
Like a brand-new notebook, the
new school year sits ahead, filled with
promise and opportunity. For many in
the Randolph community, the 2015-16
academic year also brings a deep sense
of gratitude and optimism for the
future.
“It was difficult for many in
our community to see the problems
and difficulties at Sweet Briar come
to light,” said Bradley W. Bateman,
Randolph’s president. “For those who
were here during the coeducation
decision, it brought about many
unpleasant memories. Yet you could
not help but feel a sense of gratitude
that our College had made its difficult
decisions years ago and emerged from
the transition in a stronger financial
position.”
The financial difficulties at Sweet
Briar have also prompted concerns and
questions from the College’s alumnae
and alumni, who expressed a desire to
know more about the College’s own
current financial situation.
“Randolph has made significant
improvements since the decision to go
coed in 2006—financially, academically,
and in student life,” Bateman said.
“The College today offers our students
an exceptional liberal arts education
designed to prepare them to be
successful no matter where their lives
take them.”
The College’s endowment was
able to withstand the turbulent
Great Recession thanks to careful
management and now stands at $157
million. Randolph has seen enrollment
growth five of the last six years and
currently has nearly 700 students.
Giving continues to improve, and
gifts from alumnae and alumni have
allowed the College to make important
and necessary improvements to
campus, including the $6 million
Student Center renovation, residence
hall and dining hall improvements,
a complete renovation of Wright
Hall, and many other infrastructure
enhancements.
Academically, Randolph remains
fiercely committed to providing the
strong, liberal arts education that
has been the hallmark of the College
since its founding as RandolphMacon Woman’s College in 1891. A
student-centered advising program
and exceptional faculty help provide
students the best of the liberal arts.
“We are very proud of how far
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the College has come,” Bateman said.
“However, we still have a ways to go
before our goals are realized. This
is a difficult time for most small,
liberal arts colleges as we battle an
increasing public perception that
a liberal arts foundation is of little
value, a still-recovering economy, and
the ever-present demands of a campus
filled with beautiful, yet expensive-tomaintain historic buildings.”
FINANCIAL STRENGTH
andolph is fortunate to have an
endowment of $157 million and a
strong financial position. More than a
third of the endowment (approximately
$54 million) is unrestricted. The
remainder is either permanently
restricted (about $79 million) or
temporarily restricted (approximately
$24 million).
“Because the endowment is
crucial to the operations of Randolph,
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the Board of Trustees has chosen to
invest it conservatively, so as to not
experience large losses during difficult
economic climates,” said James
Manaro, vice president for finance and
administration.
Over the past five years, the
endowment has experienced 8.7
percent in annualized returns.
Various scores are used to indicate
the financial strength of a college. The
federal government uses the Financial
Responsibility
Composite
Score,
which rates the financial strength of
institutions from -1 to 3, with 3 being
the best score. Randolph scores a
three on this scale. The Composite
Financial Index rates schools on a scale
from 0 to 10, with 10 being the best
score. In recent years, Randolph has
scored above 6.0 and received a 9.07
in 2014.
The College’s strength is due
primarily to four factors: the size of the
endowment; increasing enrollment,
which increases net tuition revenue;
financial support from alumnae,
alumni, and friends; and strong fiscal
management.
Randolph entered the 2015-16
academic year with approximately
$23 million in debt. The College was
recently reaffirmed by Standards and
Poors with an A-minus stable bond
rating. The net assets of the College
have grown to $209 million.
“During the most challenging days
of the coed transition and economic
downturn, Randolph practiced strong
fiscal management—and continues
this practice today,” Manaro said.
“The
College
made
necessary
cutbacks when required but has
also since strategically invested in
areas designed to help the College
grow its enrollment. The College
continues to receive clean annual
audits.”
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ENROLLMENT
andolph has experienced marked
enrollment growth since the
coeducation decision, when enrollment
dropped to a low of 500 due to a mix
of the bad economy and the negative
atmosphere on campus.
Randolph’s total enrollment has
grown more than 40 percent since
2009, and has reached nearly 700.
The increased net tuition revenue has
allowed Randolph to dramatically
reduce its endowment draw (the money
from the endowment used each year to
balance the budget). Prior to the coed
decision, the average net tuition revenue
per student was approximately $9,600.
Today, it tops $12,000 on average.
As a result, the draw on the
endowment has dropped from 9.8
percent in 2007 to less than 6.6
percent in recent years. Randolph must
continue to make progress to bring this
draw to no more than 5 percent.
The College plans to grow its
enrollment to its capacity of 800
residential students, or about 900 in
total student population.
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VALUE
ne obstacle for smaller liberal arts
colleges is convincing students
and their parents of the value of this
type of degree. While the “sticker price”
for colleges has continued to rise, so
has the amount of financial aid offered
to students. Randolph has remained
committed to making the education
we offer affordable. For instance, our
tuition is listed as $34,800. However,
thanks to grants, scholarships, and
other aid, a typical student will pay
only $10,000 to $12,000 annually in
tuition—a cost that is actually lower
than many Virginia public institutions.
“When you look for an education
that can best prepare you for a lifetime
of successful employment and that
is affordable, there is no better place
to look than a place like Randolph,”
Bateman said.
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PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT
he College has a long history of
generous support from alumnae
and alumni. This financial support
allows the College, in part, to provide
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such things as funding for faculty
salaries, scholarship aid to students,
enhanced academic programs, and
improved facilities.
Recent
gifts
have
allowed
the College to make necessary
improvements to campus, including
major renovations and infrastructure
enhancements.
“Financial support from our
alumnae and alumni is a vital part
of the College’s future success,” said
Skip Kughn, interim vice president
for institutional advancement. “This
generosity enables us to continue
the tradition of excellence that was
the hallmark of Randolph-Macon
Woman’s College.”
Fortunately, alumnae and alumni
giving is increasing. The percentage
of alumni giving for 2014-15 was 24
percent, compared to a low of 16 percent
in 2007-08. In addition, giving to the
Annual Fund—which provides vital
support for the day-to-day operations
of the College—has averaged over $2
million even throughout the most
difficult years of the coed transition.
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This year’s giving to the Annual Fund,
$2,228,776, marked the second highest
total in eight years. Reunion giving
reached nearly $829,000, the highest
in nine years. Overall giving increased
to $10 million, which is the largest
fundraising total in seven years.
“We are fortunate to have
caring alumnae and alumni who are
committed to supporting Randolph
College and the excellent liberal arts
education we provide to students,”
Bateman said. “Whether they give to
the Annual Fund, endowed funds, or
to fund special capital projects, their
financial support is vital and much
appreciated by all of us on campus.”
FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
hanks in large part to financial
support from many generous
alumnae, Randolph has been able
to make significant improvements
to campus over the past five years.
A $6 million renovation to the
Student Center created an awardwinning facility focused on providing
modernized, comfortable spaces for
students, faculty, and staff alike. The
main floor of the library was renovated.
Several residence halls received
updates, and most recently Wright Hall
and Cheatham Dining Hall have been
extensively renovated, thanks in large
part to alumnae support.
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In addition, the College purchased
and renovated an apartment complex
adjacent to campus. The Grosvenor
Apartments opened to students last
fall, providing a new apartment-style
living option. In the spring, Randolph
received a $2 million anonymous gift
for infrastructure enhancements. The
gift is allowing the College to upgrade
the campus electric and heating
systems.
“Maintaining the historic nature
of buildings while also modernizing
them to function effectively for
today’s students is often challenging
and expensive,” Bateman said. “This
donor’s decision to financially support
improvements to Randolph’s campus
will have a positive effect on the dayto-day life of our students, faculty, and
staff.”
THE LIBERAL ARTS
s the College’s alumnae and
alumni know, the reason people
with traditional liberal arts educations
fare well over a lifetime of employment
is simple: They have exactly the skills
that employers say they want in new
college graduates. Many surveys show
that the skill in highest demand is the
ability to communicate clearly. It is
virtually impossible to spend four years
at a small, liberal arts college and not
learn how to speak and write clearly
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and concisely. Liberal arts college
graduates also develop two other skills
that employers consistently place at
the top of their priorities for new hires:
they can solve complex problems and
know how to work in small groups
with people not like themselves.
“Here at Randolph, we remain
staunchly committed to providing
the best of the liberal arts,” Bateman
said. “That’s the foundation that has
carried the College forward for nearly
125 years, and it is the basis that will
ensure that we are successful long
into the future. Over the past year, we
have worked diligently to be a voice in
the national arena championing the
liberal arts. Whether through editorials
in national media such as The New
York Times, promoting our success
stories and messages in publications,
or joining the other colleges in social
media campaigns about the liberal arts,
Randolph is working to tell the real
success stories behind the liberal arts.”
VIBRANT PAST, STRONG
PRESENT, AMAZING FUTURE
or Bateman, the 2015-16 academic
year marks his third at the College.
“One of the best parts of my job,” he
said, “has been traveling the country
meeting our alumnae and alumni and
hearing your stories about the College
and how it has affected your life.”
Bateman hopes the survey
conducted last year will help the College
find ways to better connect with more
alumnae and alumni. “If there is one
thing we’ve learned from the results of
the recent alumnae and alumni survey,
it is that communication is the real key
to our success with our constituents,”
he said. “We need to strengthen how
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we communicate with our alumnae
and alumni, as well as help them better
communicate with us.”
Alumnae and alumni, he added,
are the lifeblood of the institution.
“Randolph is well-poised for the
future,” Bateman said. “We have made
significant progress over the years
and are well on our way to meeting our
long-term goals. However, there is still
much work to do. As a small, liberal
arts college, we can never rest in our
quest for greatness, or else we will fall
behind.
“I encourage our alumnae and
alumni to join with us as we embrace
our future,” Bateman added. “Your
support is vital, and your involvement
is crucial to ensuring that Randolph
continues to prepare students to
embrace the life more abundant.
Simply put, your College needs you.”
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“As a small, liberal arts college, we can never rest in
our quest for greatness, or else we will fall behind.”
– Bradley W. Bateman, President
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from the President of the Association
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reetings! It’s a privilege to be the
new president of the Association,
and I thank Karen Patterson ’73 for her
strong leadership over the past three
years.
My husband Jim asked what
the focus of my term would be. My
immediate response was, “Generating
enthusiasm for the College!” There’s
been hardly a year since I graduated
in 1968 that I haven’t been engaged
with the College. Early on, I was
cajoled into joining the Reunion
Planning Committee, and I realized
from that time forward that continued
connections with the College were
good for my spirit. Every trip to the
College, interacting with students and
alumnae from a range of class years, was
affirming. I count alumnae among my
most treasured friends. These lasting
connections with well-educated, fun,
engaged, and articulate alums make
each meeting a time of enjoyment and
growth.
The characteristics of Randolph
College that have endured through
generations—the
honor
system,
academic
rigor,
diversity,
and
community—buoy me. So do the
wonderful
enhancements,
both
academic (e.g., Symposium of Artists
and Scholars, the Greek Play, RISE
awards for student research) and
physical (Student Center and Michels
Plaza, the Organic Garden, air
conditioning in some residence halls).
This Bulletin explores results of the
alumnae survey completed last fall. It
is strong testament that 92 percent of
respondents were satisfied with their
student experience, but it is also clear
that many alumnae are disengaged
from the College. If you wonder if
the College still needs you or if you
still make a difference, the answer is
a resounding, “Yes!” If you wonder
if Randolph is still your college, the
answer is also, “Yes!” Come to campus
and experience it.
As alumnae and alumni, we are
the College’s stakeholders, and it needs
our support. We are the bedrock of this
wonderful, organic place of wonder,
learning, and growth. Our memories are
precious, certainly; our commitment
to a strong, dynamic, and supportive
environment for current and future
students is essential. Educator Hunter
Rawlings wrote, “Genuine education is
not a commodity, it is the awakening of
a human being.” Indeed.
Vita abundantior,
Dixie Nash Sakolosky ’68
Association President
Reaching Out
THE ALUMNAE AND ALUMNI SURVEY COMMITTEE
Mary Martin Davis Bowen ’57, chair
Dixie Nash Sakolosky’68 • Karen Patterson ’73
Sheri Coombs Lambert ’94 • Alison Buckley’91
Megan Arnold ’06 • Heather Ayers Garnett ’86
Skip Kughn, interim vice president for institutional advancement
Wes Fugate, vice president and chief of staff
Farah Marks, interim director of development
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tudents and faculty members may
be the heart of Randolph, but
our alumnae and alumni are its soul.
Your support is essential if we are to
keep our reputation as a nationally
recognized, successful, private liberal
arts college. Simply put, you matter
to both the present and future of this
great institution.
As part of an effort to better
understand
our
alumnae
and
alumni, the College contracted with
eAdvancement to conduct a survey in
fall 2014 examining their engagement
in and support for Randolph College.
The electronic survey was administered
to those alumnae and alumni for
whom we had valid email addresses.
Because the population of alums with
email addresses is younger than the
living alum population as a whole and
because response to the survey was
much greater among donors than nondonors and among older alums, the
data was weighted to be representative
of
the
living
alumnae/alumni
population. Some alumnae and alumni
did not receive a survey. If you are one
of those, there could be several reasons:
the Alumnae and Alumni Office does
not have a valid email address for you,
you have a strong spam filter (the survey
was entirely online), or you graduated
before 1960. To learn more about the
survey and how it was administered,
please see www.randolphcollege.edu/
association
RESULTS
he survey showed that while many
R-MWC alumnae have distanced
themselves from the College over the last
decade, they remain strongly attached
to it. For many, their disaffection has
less to do with a series of difficult
and controversial decisions beginning
in 2005 (the ultimately reversed vote
to close the Reading Program and
decisions to become coeducational,
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change the College’s name, and sell
four paintings), than it does with the
way the changes occurred and how the
changes were communicated.
Survey results make it clear that
better communication is the key to
regaining our alumnae and alumni
support and trust. The College and the
Association are committed to making
improvements in this area, and we
hope you will work with us to help us
understand how we can best serve your
needs.
We believe this survey is an
important first step in strengthening
the relationships between the College
and its alumnae and alumni, and we
look forward to hearing your thoughts,
continuing this discussion, and
undertaking important work in the
coming months.
Ninety-two percent of alumnae feel
positive (70% feel very positive) about
the education they received at the
College. However, only 42% feel even
somewhat positive about the school
now.
Alums who have graduated since
2010 have very positive feelings about
the College and are generally happier
with the College and more supportive
of it than any other decade. They
provide a strong base to build enduring
support.
The Bulletin is the single most
important source of information about
the College (75% of alums read the
Bulletin), followed by Randolph (59%),
friends (37%), and various forms of
social media. As one would expect, this
overall ratio is not consistent across
decades—graduates from 2010 or later
get most of their information from
friends (58%) and Facebook (58%); only
34% get it from the Bulletin. Conversely,
graduates from the 1960s rely more on
the Bulletin (77%) than Facebook (2%).
However, more than 90% of alums tell
us they read at least some of both the
Bulletin and Randolph.
Even with the high readership
of the College publications and a
growing trend toward using social
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media, alumnae and alumni do not
feel they receive too much information
from the College. The results show
that our alumnae and alumni want
more information about our faculty,
the goals and visions for the College’s
future, alumnae and alumni, and
academics.
In fact, 39% don’t consider
themselves informed enough to
evaluate the College’s direction. As
might be expected, the more positive
an alum feels about the College and its
direction, the more likely she or he is to
support the College and recommend it
to prospective students.
When our alumnae and alumni
were asked about ways they would like
to stay involved with the College, most
named news from the campus (78%),
social activities with other alums (i.e.,
alum events, 77%), social activities with
an intellectual or cultural focus (73%),
and using the online community to
connect with other alums (64%).
Alums were less interested in career
networking, volunteering, and sporting
events (not surprising given that for
most alumnae, competitive sports was
not integral to their college experience).
Three-quarters of alumnae who live
near a chapter are aware of the chapter,
but only about one-third of those feel it
is of interest to them.
Fifty percent of alums are very
interested in staying connected to the
College in some way. However, there
is not a one-size-fits-all approach to
satisfying this interest.
The most likely ways to stay
involved vary by age. The challenge for
the College, with limited financial and
human resources, is to provide enough
opportunities for all alums to be
involved in the ways they would prefer.
Volunteer support for the College
declined significantly during the
transition to coeducation and the
sale of the four paintings and has
not yet rebounded completely. Since
the College went coeducational,
the number of alum volunteers has
dropped by almost 50%. Volunteers are
crucial to the success of the College.
Not only do they contribute their time
and resources to College endeavors,
but they are also the face of Randolph
College in their communities and the
best sources to identify and encourage
prospective students.
Donors have various reasons for
supporting any college financially. For
Randolph, 64% of donors contribute
to the College because it had a positive
impact on their lives, and they want to
give something back to the College.
Other frequent reasons for giving
cited by our alumnae and alumni are
“sustaining and enhancing its strong
academics and overall excellence,”
“expressing loyalty and pride,”
and “responsibility to help future
students have the same opportunity
I had.” While many alumnae may
be disaffected, they still value the
time they spent at the College and
the education and experiences they
received.
The most frequently mentioned
reason for no longer supporting
Randolph was, “since going coed, the
College no longer feels like my school
anymore.” Alumnae who don’t give to
the College are also more skeptical of
various aspects of the College. They are
less likely than other alums to feel that
the College values them, to take pride
in their College affiliation, to feel an
emotional connection to the College,
and to feel that a lifelong relationship
with the College is worth maintaining.
Comments that accompanied the
survey responses reflect that some
alums felt betrayed, ignored, or not
valued during the transition years.
Many alumnae were more upset about
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Is the College a Priority
in Your Life Today?
Others more important
how the decisions were communicated
(the process) than they were, at least in
retrospect, about the actual decisions.
As a result, since coeducation, alums
are not as eager to volunteer for the
College, take a leadership role in alum
activities, or attend events.
NEXT STEPS
espite the level of disaffection
and accompanying estrangement,
at least 50% of all respondents express
great interest in staying involved with
the College in some way, and 21% want
a greater connection with the College
than they have now.
eAdvancement encapsulated the
College’s goal in regaining support as
converting alums from customers to
stakeholders. Decision-makers have an
obligation to give due respect to the
opinions of stakeholders if they expect
stakeholders to support their decisions.
The College and the Alumnae and
Alumni Association are committed to
rebuilding our alumnae and alumni
base. Improving communications with
all stakeholders is an essential first
step. However, good communication
is two-way. We value your feedback,
and the more effectively we are able to
communicate with our alumnae and
alumni, the better we can address your
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needs. Send an email to alumnaeoffice@
randolphcollege.edu;
communicate
by phone, e-mail, or in person with
the president, the Alumnae and
Alumni Office staff, the Institutional
Advancement Office staff, a trustee, or
an Association Board member. We are
all invested in enhancing the education
and experiences our College provides.
We build our future with history
and vision. It’s up to all of us to work
together to ensure the College’s future.
Your support is crucial. Let’s start now
to do the work.
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from the Director of Alumnae & Alumni
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hank you to those who completed
the survey. Your responses are
important, and I will continue to
work to meet your needs and make
improvements as possible. Our College
cannot be successful without you—the
alumnae and alumni. Some may ask
why you should make the effort now.
Survey responses indicated that alums
want to be asked to take an active
role. I’m asking…please volunteer to
help. I am encouraged that the survey
said over half of all alums expressed
great interest in staying involved in
some way. Please share your thoughts
and ideas and volunteer by e-mailing
[email protected]
I would like to welcome the newest
alumni to the Association. The Class
of 2015 is a wonderful class and joins
the past three classes in achieving 100
percent participation in giving. We are
very proud of you and look forward to
creating programming to help you meet
other alums.
Here are some important dates for
alumnae and alumni events on campus:
Council–September 18-20, 2015
Homecoming–October 23-24, 2015
Reunion–May 19-22, 2016
(for classes ending in 1 and 6,
all alums welcome)
Chapter Events (to see event details
go to www.randolphcollege.edu/
association)
to speak to your chapter? Do you
have a classmate you would like to
recommend? Please e-mail me
at
[email protected]
or
[email protected] and
share your ideas.
In the spring, we will kick off
the College’s 125th celebration of its
founding. To celebrate this milestone,
we will offer activities including a day
where we gather in cities across the
country on the same day and share the
fun through social media. Would you
consider hosting an alum celebration
or help in some other way?
We want to help alumnae and
alumni feel connected to the College,
the students, and each other, so plan to
join in the fun at an event (or two) this
year!
Sincerely,
In the fall, we will focus on the
Lunch and Learn series to highlight
alums and their careers and life
accomplishments. Are you willing
Heather Ayers Garnett ’86
Director of Alumnae and Alumni
Come home
to
Randolph
OCT. 23–24, 2015
#randolphcollege
#randolphhomecoming
www.randolphcollege.edu/homecoming
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FILIAE TUAE SOCIETY
Listed alphabetically: Ellen Click Bennett ’60, Deane Moffitt
Brasfield ’60, Ria Winterbotham Brewer ’60, Carol Orndorff
Bricker ’60, Anne Burchett Briggs ’55, Ann Cathey Cathey ’60,
Martha Bowman Clark ’60, Sylvia Sturkie Davis ’55, Rebecca
R. Dixon ’60, Gretta Carlson Duncum ’60, Joan DeNoon Fix
’55, Helen Mathews Galanides ’60, Liz Christian Galloway ’55,
Rosemary Russell Gibson ’60, Betz Behrendt Gleason ’45, Nancy
Hays Gottwald ’55, Mary Miller Green ’55, Mary Newsom Green
’60, Betsy Harding Grundy ’60, Sara Scott Hargrove ’55, Cathy
Lockard Hoke ’55, Dutchie Giesey Hurt ’60, Lynne Coppage
Land ’60, Barbara Gillam Lewis ’55, Martha Oglesby Lisle ’55,
Anne Tyler Netick ’55, Sally Gleason Poile ’55, Dana Davidson
Redmond ’60, Ann Duckett Reed ’55, Elberta Gibbs Reid ’55,
Nancy Meintzer Rice ’55, Jean Green Rodenbough ’55, Barbara
Barritt Romano ’60, Katherine Little Sanders ’45, Sue Flythe
Siddons ’55, Ann Pryor Simms ’60, Jane McGavock Smith ’60,
Talia Soper Terhune ’60, Pauline Harrell Tidman ’55, Carol Penn
Tippett ’60, Rita Miller Wells ’60, and Betty Steele White ’60
’45
’45
Betz Behrendt Gleason and Katherine Little Sanders
’55
Row 1: Sara Scott Hargrove, Joan DeNoon Fix, Martha Oglesby
Lisle, Pauline Harrell Tidman, Florence Burchett Briggs, Sally
Gleason Poile, Cathy Hoke, Jeannette Green Rodenbough,
Anne Tyler Netick, Susan Flythe Siddons
Row 2: Mary Miller Green, Sylvia Sturkie Davis, Barbara Gillam
Lewis, Liz Christian Galloway, Elberta Gibbs Reid, Nancy Hays
Gottwald, Nancy Meintzer Rice, Ann Duckett Reed
’60
Row 1: Betty Steele White, Maria Winterbotham Brewer, Gretta
Carlson Duncum, Mary Newsom Green, Jane McGavock Smith,
Ann Pryor Simms, Deane Moffitt Brasfield, Ann Cathey, Lynne
Coppage Land
Row 2: Carol Orndorff Bricker, Rebecca R. Dixon, Helen Mathews
Galanides, Ellen Click Bennett, Betsy Harding Grundy, Dana
Davidson Redmond, Carol Penn Tippett, Talia Soper Terhune,
Rosemary Russell Gibson, Martha Bowman Clark
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’65
Row 1: Weesie Ralph Douglass, Susanne Kellermann, Susan
Courtney Harpold, Emilee Oswalt Lyons, Ann Holsberry, Lamar
Jernigan Noriega, Marilyn Lindgren, Dottie Page Brockman
Edwards, Anne Hayes Soukhanov, Buie Harwood, Susan Bowman
Reynolds Row 2: Frances Blackwell Robinson, Rebecca Wall, Mary
Bright Hunter Young, Dorsey Nicholson Wade, Ann Morton DeMuth
Neale, Pat Sherrod High, Garland Talmage Riggs, Martha Ludwig
Roberts, Jane Beckwith Montsinger, Susan Matthews Dressler
Row 3: Mary Schwartz Solomon, Susan McDaniel Ceccacci,
Keith Rogers Alford, Mary Skinner Bixby, Anne Goulding Foster,
Sandra Hicks Kjerulf, Jane Moorman, Calley Eaton Jones, Frances
Jones Giles, Linda Hackney Alexander, Susan Adair Donovan
Row 4: Mary Brewer Guthrow, Ellen Davis Shelton, MaryStone
Copenhaver Klingelhofer, Carlyle Carter, Anne Ballard Katz, Nancy
Trumbull, Sherry Taylor Robertson-Seibert, Barbara Sewell Jones,
Florence Callaway Martin Row 5: Karen Olson Churchill, Mary Ellen
Hocker Freesland, Lois Combs Weinberg, Lula Cowling Carpenter,
Betsy Thompson Rice, Becky Jarvis, Nancy Ward Franklin, Perry
Jester Pennington, Liz Harris Pritchard Row 6: Lanier Sykes Bogen,
Jeanne Wessendorf Mathieson, Mary Kesler, Peg Knox Morrison,
Josephine Phillips Schaeffer, Donna Binion McFall, Martha Anne
Reed Ellis, Nancy Price Peterson, Mary Emery Chace, Bettye Jo
Ellis Sanders Row 7: Cathy Warnall Cant, Betsy Hay, Margaret
Ray, Elizabeth Johnston Kozel, Cynthia Bell Doster, Dotsie Cooper
Boyce, Mary Milam Whiteside-Lee, Muriel Jones, Patricia Miller,
Mary Catherine Haug
’70
Row 1: Linda Forrester Bellizzi, Jennie McClellan Hyman, Suzanne
Lasher, Carol J. Haley, Jane Sonne Hadden, Kitty Timpson Alvarez,
Penny Turpin Clarke, Cullen Phillips, Anne Falkenberry Knight
Row 2: Sally Davis Berra, Nancy Robertson Healy, Ann Hayne
Walker, GeorgeAnn Grugg, Sally Abrams Dean, Patty Culpepper,
Linda Bradshaw Gragnani, Barbara Brucker
Row 3: Becky Morrison Dunn, Kathe Ellis Baer, Candy Alt Crowley,
Evanda Jefferson
’80
’75
Row 1: Laura Howell, Beth Barnes Nichols, Kippy Linnemann
Bracke, Lesley Morgan, Donna Hartgrove Molofsky, Joan Towles
Matthews, Elizabeth Wyllie Fulks
Row 2: Karen Craft Combs, BJ Bosman Hatley, Lisa Watt Wilson,
Stephanie Pope, Tina Vaughn Nicholson, Lorraine Blanks Potter,
Alison Keller Townsend
Row 1: Cathy Pratt Morris, Laurie LaPlaca Holladay, Susan
Szymczyk Craig, Janet Barger
Row 2: Kathy Sooy, Judy Kennedy Elliott, Jenny Sooy
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’90
’85
Anna Nikopoulou-Exintari, Betsy Hollingworth Lee, Mary Ellen
Clark, Katie Warfield Schroeder, Amelia Furr Ruple
(cameo-Joanne Cotten)
Row 1: Kim Zirkle, Kim Wornom Hicks, Joanna Phillips Kunz,
Meredith Montsinger Berger, Betsy Cutchin Weaver, Kirstin Siex,
Elizabeth Ware Ridder
Row 2: Joanne Keenan Young, Cathy Werner Canterbury,
Marg Clark LeDane, Julie Hatcher Brammer, Elizabeth Morgan
Mitchell, Mary Wysong Dannahey
’95
Row 1: Liz Herkner DaSilva, Kerry Thomson, Alecia Sanders Gray,
Colleen Donaghe Hicks, Denise Elliott Cooper, Emily Bentzen,
Bindu Vanapalli, Nell Travis Campbell
Row 2: Kelly Malone Dudley, Lisa Skrabek Koonce, Rebecca
Goldman Wyatt, Rachelle Ricci Aiken, Anne Luck Reynolds,
Toby Delrahim, Genia Livings Welburn, Kathi Eckert Fath
’00
Sarah Kahl Picollelli, Melissa Eisenmann
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’05
Row 1: Kristin Chatfield, Katie Smith Flynn, Heather MacGregor,
Jessica Connell Koltz, Mary Anna Richardson, Michelle Cottrell,
Mary Tyson Turner-Danylec, Rachel Phillips Row 2: Lauren Squires,
Amanda Williams, Jessamine Newer Swett, Erin Leigh Wilson,
Elizabeth Rees, Lyndsey Pelham Lederer, Erin Prokopchak, Michelle
Heady Young, Cara McMillin, Rachael Messier Row 3: Ashley Smith
Fox, Gina Scarzella, Keri Matthews, Julie Grady Thomas, Amanda
Workman, Marsha Blakeslee Brierley, Stephanie Ciechanowski
Muffett, Elizabeth Brown Frankland, Rhiannon Bailey
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’10
Row 1: Elizabeth Tanner, Candyce Korotky, Ashley Hough, Bobbie
LaFleur Davey, Penny McPeak, Libby Baker, Reena Singh, Alicia
DiCola, Ashley Jones, Meghan Kull
Row 2: Olivia Travis, Laura Phillips, Katelyn Bulluck, Ana Morales,
Jenna Dodge Bradley, Sarah Booth, Roxy Torres Medina, Katie
Gregerson, Laura Falcone, Kelly Dickinson
Row 3: Alexandra Barrett, Megan Barrett, Hannah Lutrey,
Amanda Krzyzanowki-Cream
Every alumna & alumnus has a story to tell.
Come back and share yours!
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Registration materials will arrive by the end of February.
Watch for details:
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PRESIDENT BATEMAN INTRODUCTIONS
All attendees are listed alphabetically.
Cashiers, NC
Denver
Brad Bateman, Byrd and Alice Hilseweck Ball ’61, Dan and Dottie Daniel Blitch ’62, Mary
Martin Davis Bowen ’57, Hacker and Kitty Stark Caldwell ’74, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Lee
and Chesley Schultheis Garrett ’71, Roger and Virginia Atkinson Hein ’55, Jack and Dot Atkinson
Hudson ’57, Alice Deramus Jackson ’56 and Merritt Bond, Skip Kughn, Becky Davis McKee ’85,
Karen Patterson ’73, Bill and Nancy Burnette Stanback ’61, and Alice Jones Stanley ’64
Brad Bateman, James and Sommer Altman-Gallegos ’06, Cara Smith Barnes ’93, Jen Gollehon
Biggs ’02, Lynn Callaway ’69, Heather Wilson Crate ’08, Jennie Crate ’06, Cilla Edwards Englert
’77, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Mary Hull Gilkes ’66, Cathy Havener Greer ’73, Jessie Pease
Hagen ’92, Elizabeth Earle Kojaian ’84, Marjorie Danielson Kowalski ’49, Ellen Bruce Marchand
’56, Eric Draut and Elizabeth-Ann Rowlison ’00, Hunter McKinley Sydnor ’84, and Alison Keller
Townsend ’75
Hampton Roads
Jacksonville
Brad Bateman, Van and Dee Wooten Beggarly ’71, Jennifer Bundy ’12, Daisy Miller Davidson ’86,
Tina Finical ’98, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Dave and Sarah Beckham Howard ’69, Diane Knauer
Ludwig ’74, and Lesley Morgan ’75
Brad Bateman, Chip and Mary Wakefield Buxton ’63, Betty Allen Davis ’63, Margie Morris
Dubay ’74, Martha Martin Field ’56 (with guests Allen Geddes, and Vance, Edward, and Rose
Field), Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Liz Sundby Hass ’00, Betsy Krome ’71, Betty Nachman Levin
’50, Dan and Anne Farquhar Malone ’54, Laurie Caine McCarthy ’77, Joanne Swink Prillaman
’58, Barbara Drane Roberson ’67, Jane Bigham Sulzberger ’60, and Rhett Taylor ’73
Norfolk
Los Angeles
Brad Bateman, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Katie McDowell and Becky Hill ’02, Lorna McFarlane
’12, Caro Ward Miguelez ’86 and Nancy Leese Wood ’86
Brad Bateman, Fran Ruggles Albro ’78, Fran Lane Alwood ’50, Richard and Judith Evans Brown
’63, Patsy Ackiss Caton ’52, Alice Acree Clarke ’50, Catherine Carpenter Colgan ’51, Betty Anne
Raney Copeland ’54, Annah Eberwine Cross ’57, Robert Deegan, Ann Ames Edelmann ’80, Ann
Warren Fletcher ’60, Bruce Koolage Forsberg ’56, Carroll Godwin Frohman ’58, Heather Ayers
Garnett ’86, Russ Bradford Guerry ’53, Becky Rawls Habel ’73, Dianna Stephenson Hellberg
’60, Karen and Jean Bull Hilton ’47, Ellen Oast Keeter ’79, Julia Dorsey Reed Loomis ’67, April
Warren Mann ’05, Bill and Florine Hawley Moore ’59, Jean McKenzie Oast ’53, Anna Pagel ’11,
Linda Myers Rice ’72, Nell Bryant Richardson ’52, Becky Pardo Ruffin ’80, Martha Brickhouse
Ruggles ’50, Barbara Stanley Welsh ’52, Beth Oast Williams ’86, Katherine Clay Willis ’89, Dinky
Evett Winn ’84, Lauren Vance Wolcott ’78, Betty Woodsend ’54, and Anne Dixon Woodward ’43
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All attendees are listed alphabetically.
Orlando
Portland, OR
Brad Bateman, Amy Anderson ’12, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Joan Towles Matthews ’75, Lynn
Grove Moharam ’74, Lucy Crymble Morse ’59, Jon Busdeker and LeAnn Siefferman ’06, Laura
Geisel Sullivan ’74, Best Sullivan ’14, Mary Smith Townsend ’64, and Mike and Kathryn Sullivan
Underwood ’09
Brad Bateman, Amorette Drexler ’04, Karla Forsythe ’71, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Lyndsey
Pelham Lederer ’05, Evelyn Shoop Mathew ’03, Kristin Penley Van Buskirk ’94, and Nancy Burch
Wilkinson ’64
Seattle
Tampa
Brad Bateman, Summer Henderson Acharya ’07, Ayn Dietrich-Williams ’04, Heather Ayers
Garnett ’86, Richard and Anne Bartlett Gillett ’58, Mary Hood ’09, Frank Cashdollar and Muriel
Jones ’65, Dawn Keogh ’77, Frank and Sally Brittain Lewis ’59, Sarah Frey Lill ’06, Judy Hall
McBroom ’64, Teague Nelson ’14, Andrew and Shannon Smalley Ramsey ’07, Nicole Westhaver
’02, and Annelliott Willis ’93
Brad Bateman, Bill and Ann Kennedy Burchenal ’55, Michael and C.R. Beasley Edwards ’94, Ann
Harper Fender ’64, Adelaide Gonzalez Few ’58, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Bill and Sally Cheshire
Habermeyer ’62, Michelle Le Floch Fernandez ’97, Steve and Paige Crider LeMay ’90, Wilma
Cowart Martin ’53, Barbara Barritt Romano ’60, and Amy Watson ’04
Please join
President Bradley W. Bateman
at a future chapter event.
SPRING 2016
Atlanta
Greensboro
Los Angeles
Winston-Salem
For details go to chapters on
www.randolphcollege.edu/association
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Chapter Events
All attendees are listed alphabetically.
Asheville Lunch & Learn
Charlotte
The following alumnae and guests enjoyed lunch and a very informative talk by Liz Colton ’67
at the Biltmore Forest Country Club in March: Martha Jean Lowe Alvis ’50, Megan Arnold ’06,
Marie and Liz Colton ’67, Sudy Matthews Dressler ’65, Ann Long Elmore ’49, Bruce and Greer
Litton Fox ’66, Lee Joyner Gallien ’76, Shirley Sample Gunn ’51, Angelina Haines ’12, Norma
Halmagyi Hanson ’58, Virginia Atkinson Hein ’55, Dot Atkinson Hudson ’57, Ann Sanders
Jennings ’88, Ann Kelly ’57, Sara Hill Lavelle ’66, Peggy Brown Lipps ’80, Carl and Allison Gulick
Muller ’71, Sue Diuguid Neff ’61, Lamar Jernigan Noriega ’65, Karen Patterson ’73, Bill and
Phebe Williamson Wescott ’78, and Susan Goar Worthen ’67. Several prospective students and
parents were also in attendance
Charlotte alumnae gathered for a fun painting event at the Wine Palette in December
Greensboro
Columbia, SC
Randolph professor Gary Dop, Peggy Presto Koppel ’76, Jean Green Rodenbough ’65, & Jennifer
Whitaker ’02 at Scuppernong Books, during Professor Dop’s book signing last spring
The Columbia Chapter had its first official get-together at 116 Wine Bar in Columbia where
the members enjoyed wine, excellent food, and great company. Those in attendance (left and
on around to the right) were Penny McPeak ’10, Jenna Brown ’13, Lynne Croft Voit ’72, Jennie
Holmes Morris ’70, Sarah Morris Gavin ’71, and Amelia Furr Ruple ’85
Lynchburg
Louisville, KY
A winter brunch brought the following alumnae together: Rogers Roseberry Bardé ’66, Amy
Maffitt Barkley ’86, Duth Clifford ’79, Jocelyn Hill Dickson ’57, Meg Hancock ’03, Susan
Tremaglio Hill ’88, Jean MacLean ’85, Fiona MacLean ’93, Gail Betz Manning ’65, Lynn Lyman
March ’63, Cynthia Kramer Paris ’86, Perry Jester Pennington ’65, Allison Nash Reed ’96,
Liddybet Campbell Rightmyer ’74, Kenney Shropshire Roseberry ’44 and Joan Smith ’71
The Office of Alumnae and Alumni hosted the annual Senior Party for the Class of ’15. A good
time was had by all
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Lynchburg
Lynchburg Symposium
Many returned for the annual alumni soccer game in April. Those pictured are: John Adams ’14,
Tyler Gilchrist ’14, Adam Gilley ’14, Scott Holthaus ’15, Jake Hood ’14, Nick Hudson ’12, Celestin
Kabamba ’15, Jacob Lusczek ’14 ,Zack MacDougall ’11, Sam McGarrity ’13, Trey Padgett ’15,
Nick Reemtsen ’14, Corey Sindle ’14, Joe Skaja ’14, Carter Smith ’14, Justin Stephens ’11, Eric
Struble ’11, Eric van Staalduinen ’11, John Vecchietti ’14, Travis Watson ’14, Coulton Watson ’15,
Will Wolf ’14, and Ryan Woloshin ’13
The following alumnae enjoyed lunch with some of our very talented students: Front row: Jane
Clark Moorman ’65, Margaret Quillian HA, Cam Garrison ’14, Olivia Groff ’14, Samantha
Maggard ’14, Meredith Humphreys ’12, Laura Beatty Anthony ’87, Muriel Zimmerman Casey ’53
Back Row: Sydney Henson ’14, Nancie Roop Kennedy ’62, Ann Verbeke Richards ’58, Laura
Pennington ’08, Pauline Morris Blair ’67, Lori Vaught ’81, Emilee Dunton ’14, Sarah Morris
Gavin ’71. Present but not in photo: Mary Martin Davis Bowen ’57, Melanie Eisele ’14, and
Heather Ayers Garnett ’86
Lynchburg
Randolph students and faculty joined area alumnae and guests to learn more about Global Politics and Diplomacy with Liz Colton ’67. Those present were: Will and Dolly Stover Cardwell ’58, Muriel
Zimmerman Casey ’53, Liz Colton ’67, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Don and Frances Jones Giles ’65, Marianne Ramsey Elias and Ann Verbeke Richards ’58, Mary George Jolliff Smith ’66, Bill Stuart,
Georgia Thistle, Misty Matthews Walker ’74, and Bill and Phebe Williamson Wescott ’78
NYC-Model UN
Kathy Brown ’76 hosted alumnae, guests, and students after the annual Model UN competition in April. Those pictured are Monica Ashby ’15, Melissa Lewis Bernstein ’69, Kathy Brown ’76, East Cao
’16, Kathleen Conti ’11, Professor Jennifer Dugan, Connor Dye ’15, Mike and Marilyn Hicks Fitzgerald ’68, Carol Haley ’70, Samuel Hazlewood ’16, Eva Heitbrink ’17, Jackie Hockersmith ’09, Lorena
Kern ’72, Kristina Krsteva ’05, Kristiana Kuqi ’18, Becca Leo ’15, Danielle Lewis ’15, Mrinalini Lhila ’99, Michelle Lodge ’74, Sandeep Poudyal ’16, Erica Quijano ’17, Erica Quinby ’17, Sonali Rana ’06,
Donald Saltmarsh-Lubin ’16, Millie Symns ’13, Sarah Terlizzi ’15, Samantha Terry ’16, Diep Trieu ’15, and Beatrice von Roemer ’51
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All attendees are listed alphabetically.
Richmond
Washington, DC
The chapter enjoyed an evening at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where Claudia Keenan
’86 spoke about her fascinating career and recent appointment as executive director of the
Foundation and deputy director for resources and visitor experience at the VMFA: Marion and
Betty Taylor Allen ’52, Marion Smith Chenault ’66, Dorothy Chew Clark ’86, Terrie Conrad ’97,
Rachel Cox ’13, Debbie Kelln Donaldson ’77, Ann Bradshaw Eley ’58, Elliot and Elizabeth Stewart
Fitzgerald ’00, Susan Clarke Greneveld ’85, Margaret Heindl ’72, Kim Wornom Hicks ’90, Linsey
Holmes ’07, Claudia Keenan ’86, Emma Lou Marchant Martin ’59, Kim McCanna ’90, Candace
Ostergard Osdene ’70, Sherryll Anne Baker Pace ’80, Laurie and Barbara Shrewsbury Rennie ’52,
Jo Grogan Smith ’58, Allison Carigan and Charlotte Anthony Smith ’78, Jayne Sneed ’76, Pam
Stallsmith ’85, Phebe Williamson Wescott ’78, Mary Flowers White ’58, and Ryan Woloshin ’13.
Alumnae and guests gathered at the home of Gay Lamb Pasley ’67 to hear from classmate and
friend Liz Colton ’67. Those present were: Ann Putney Callahan ’64, Priscilla Caudle ’64, Liz
Colton ’67, Maria DeCristoforo ’06, Susan Braselton Fant ’84, Heather Ayers Garnett ’86, Carol
Shepard Gutknecht ’67, Polly Cummings Hussain ’64, Holley Leventhal Kilcullen ’63, Lee Smith
Klousia ’69, Jim and Leighton Clarke Krips ’78, Nellie Pat Clements Landrum ’67, Louise Moody
’69, Janet Owen ’03, Bob and Gay Lamb Pasley ’67, Nancy Price Petersen ’65, Hartley and Sooty
Severn Schearer ’67, Elizabeth Cole Schlackman ’03, and Ellen Suthers ’73.
Richmond Holiday Party
Sponsored by Barbara Niedland McCarthy ’73, Richmond alums gathered at the beautiful home of Maggi Keyes Beckstoffer ’86 for heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and holiday cheer. Those present
were: Aneliese Apala ’11, Richard and Maggi Keyes Beckstoffer ’86, Debbie Randall Bowie ’77, Susan Higinbotham Conner ’86, Rachel Cox ’13, Bobbie LaFleur Davey ’10, Ashley Edwards ’14, Heather
Ayers Garnett ’86, Ashley Haugh ’10, Kim Wornom Hicks ’90, George and Kathie Matthews Hoffmann ’73, Linsey Holmes ’07, Gary and Lucy Williams Hooper ’73, John and Judy Salle King ’58, Rodney
and Sheri Coombs Lambert ’94, Jay and Barbara Niedland McCarthy ’73, Candace Ostergard Osdene ’70, Brittany Parcell ’08, Marielle Rando ’14, Pres and Jane Fenlon Rowe ’62, Howard and Jo
Grogan Smith ’58, Briana VanAudenhove’08, Linda Duke Weistroffer ’71, and Kim Gipson and Ryan Woloshin ’13.
ALUMNAE AND ALUMNI EVENTS LISTED ON THE WEB
Invitations for chapter events are mailed and e-mailed to
alumnae and alumni and are also listed on the web:
www.randolphcollege.edu/association/category/events.
Check the listing for an event in your area, and click to RSVP.
WRITER’S
BLOCK
San Francisco Jazz
Medea Isphording Bern ’79
Arcadia Publishing, 2015
paperback-$21.99
Medea Isphording Bern ’79, a 25-year
resident of San Francisco, tells the history
of the city’s jazz scene through stories
and photographs in San Francisco Jazz.
Critical Approaches to the History of Western Herbal Medicine
Vicki Burgess Pitman ’70, contributor
Anne Stobart and Susan Francia, editors
Bloomsbury Academic, 2014 hardcover-$120
Independent scholar and co-founder of
the Herbal History Research Network Vicki Burgess Pitman
’70 contributed to the subsection, “Early Greek Medicine:
Evidence of Models, Methods and Materia Medica,” which
was selected by Choice magazine as one of the best academic
titles of 2014.
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Frances Mayes ’62
Crown Trade Group, 2014, paperback-$15
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir is
a lyrical and evocative memoir from
Frances Mayes ’62, the Bard of Tuscany,
about coming of age in the Deep South
and the region’s powerful influence on
her life. The book chronicles Mayes’ early childhood in
Fitzgerald, Georgia, and continues through her first two
years at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.
The Shore
Sara Taylor ’12
Hogarth, 2015
hardcover-$25, eBook-$12.99
audiobook download-$22.50
The Shore is an ambitious, Bailey’s Prizenominated debut set in a group of small
islands in the Chesapeake Bay and introduces Sara Taylor
’12 as a powerful new voice in fiction.
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Through a series of interconnecting narratives that recalls
the work of David Mitchell and Jennifer Egan, Taylor brings
to life the small miracles and miseries of a community of
outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect
them all.
Bone Song
Bunny Goodjohn ’04, author
Mary Carroll-Hackett, editor
Briery Creek, 2015, paperback-$10.95
According to fellow poet Sarah Kennedy,
these poems by Bunny Goodjohn ’04, as
her title suggests, cut right to the bone.
Singing of pain and sickness, of everyday cruelty and lost
love, she traces the scars of childhood along an adult’s
memories, the recurring habits of marriage in separated
spouses, and the links along the etymologies of our words.
Bone Song is the winner of the 2014 Liam Rector First Book
Prize for Poetry.
Born to Run: The Story of Johnny 99
Wendy Hundere Parnell ’88
Rocket Star Press, 2015, eBook-$9.99
hardcover (pre-order)-$16.95
Wendy Parnell ’88 launched her latest
picture book tribute August 25 to
coincide with the 40th anniversary of
Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run album. There are close to
100 references to Bruce Springsteen and his music within
the pages of the book.
What Lies Behind
Joyclyn Tussey Ellison ’91
Mira, 2015, hardcover-$18.31
Kindle-$9.99, audio CD-$21.77
Critically acclaimed New York Times
bestselling author J.T. Ellison ’91 delivers
another riveting novel featuring the
incomparable Dr. Samantha Owens.
In What Lies Behind, Owens examines a crime scene that
has been staged. What seems to be a clear case of murder/
suicide—a crime of passion—is anything but. The discovery
of toxic substances in hidden vials indicates that something
much more sinister is at play.
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In Memoriam
Laura Bliss
Registrar and Associate Professor of
Chemistry, emerita
Laura Bliss grew up at a time when
women were typically nurses, teachers,
and homemakers—not Ph.D. chemists.
A very active and dedicated member
of our community for 39 years, Laura
was a professor in the chemistry
department from 1945 to 1974, with a
specialty of biochemistry. During that
time, she published, was a consultant
for the National Science Foundation,
studied at Cambridge University,
and taught five summers at George
Washington University. In 1974, she
served as assistant registrar at R-MWC
for one year before becoming registrar
for nine years until her retirement
from the College in 1984. She loved
students and teaching, music, and
travel.
Self-effacing throughout her
life, Laura modeled for all she
encountered compelling examples of
loyalty, industry, thrift, integrity, and
conservation. She left nothing but
footprints and smiles in her worldwide
wake, and her humble and delightful
radiance enlightened everyone she
met. She died on March 23, just 17
days shy of her 99th birthday.
Janice Hullum Edwards
Professor of Sociology/Anthropology
emerita
A beloved wife, mother, colleague,
scholar, and friend, Jan Hullum
attended the University of Texas at
Austin, attaining both a bachelor’s
and a doctorate in sociology. She came
to R-MWC in 1980 and stayed until
retirement in 2008, when she returned
to Texas.
As stated in a tribute to Jan that
was read at a faculty meeting this
spring: “There was an unfathomable
something you experienced the first
time you were around Jan and every
time thereafter, something you could
never fully articulate or explain, but
it was overwhelmingly positive and
emerged from an essential, inner
grace.” Jan had a knack for happiness
and an ability to savor life that drew
people to her. She listened when
others spoke, and when she offered
an observation of her own, it was
invariably wise, witty, and warm.
Jan died on March 2 at her home in
Austin, TX.
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Pam Quaggiotto
Associate Professor of Anthropology,
emerita
Pam Quaggiotto attended Mount
Holyoke College where she received a
bachelor’s in sociology and Italian. She
then received a Ph.D. in anthropology
from Columbia University in 1988.
Pam came to R-MWC in 1989, as
assistant professor of anthropology
and coordinator of the women’s studies
program and was promoted to associate
professor in 1995.
She retired from the College in
2008. A gifted professor who spoke
Italian fluently and German and
French very well, Pam enjoyed travel,
particularly in and around Italy. She
died on April 28 at her residence in
Charlottesville.
Carl Stern
Professor of Economics, emeritus
The College community lost a
beloved member this year when Carl
Stern passed away on January 17 at
the age of 93. He taught at R-MWC
for 40 years, serving as chair of the
economics department.
Carl joined the faculty at R-MWC
in 1952. In 1955, he and his students
founded the Skeller, the College’s
snack bar, as a hands-on complement
to their economics studies.
Known for his keen sense of
humor, descriptors such as “practical
joker” or “character” are very common
when speaking of Carl. Perhaps a
good example of this “character” is a
favorite quote of his, repeated to more
than one faculty and staff member
over the years: “Now, don’t you dare
say a word of what I’m about to tell
you to the administration, but you
know what, I love this job so much,
that I’d do it for free!”
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Alumnae and Alumni Deaths
Listing includes notifications received by
the College as of June 15, 2015
1934 Elizabeth Griffith Bonham
1935 Louise Copenhaver Gilliam
1937 Alice Barbour Wilson
1938 Barbara Selman Hull
1939 Virginia Harman White
1940 Elizabeth Lacy Bond
1940 Elsa Von Bergen Carpenter
1940 Mildred McKinney Lambdin
1940 Mary Parker Tavenner
1940 Elizabeth Pettyjohn Thomas
1941 Evelyn Winchester Day
1942 Erin Williams Detwiler
1942 Harriet Black Gilbert
1942 Helen Garber Reynolds
1943 Harriett Broaddus High
1944 Mary Kilpatrick Furman
1944 Sarah Woodward Garrett
1944 Margaret Hyman Sorrells
1944 Frances Bush Wood
1945 Betty Valentine Daudt
1945 Frances Wyatt Nipper
1946 Lucy Bralley del Cardayre
1946 Mary Scott Norman
1947 Betty June Kilpatrick Anderson
1947 Elisabeth Faris Looney
1947 Helen Whitley Musser
1947 Martha Moore Sykes
1948 Mary Anne Cromer Stone
1948 Mary Rawlings Williams
1949 Lucile Armbrecht Dunaway
1949 Virginia Adda Keefe
1949 Sally Middleton Moench
1949 Jane Wagner Spilman
1950 JoAnne Zahner Flaniken
1950 Lucile Fink Weymouth
1952 Ann Sale Dahl
1952 Annie Robertson Massie
1952 Betsy Watts McLarin
1952 Ethel Miller Roescheise
1954 Myra Reps Couch
1954 Marilyn Schuelke Funseth
1955 Suzanne Edwards Alecxih
1955 Mary Plummer Skillen
1955 Ann Handy Whitehurst
1956 Anne Johnson Britt
1956 Helen DeForce Buford
1956 Jo Schetter Day
1957 Alice Derrick Reynolds
1957 Elizabeth Weiland
1958 Virginia Harris Culpepper
1959 Myra Smith Brown
1959 Ginger Friedrichs Burke
1959 Elizabeth Wilkerson Turner
1964 Linda Hinson Layman
1964 Glen Garland Trout
1965 Jennifer Skemp O’Grady
1970 Kaarin Tervo Downey
1978 Annemarie Elvoe
1985 Susan Hogan Davis
2012 Teresa Dalton
1/12/2015
12/18/2014
4/12/2015
12/28/2014
1/29/2015
1/15/2015
5/25/2015
5/9/2014
1/20/2015
12/1/2014
1/12/2015
5/8/2015
1/10/2015
1/31/2015
12/17/2014
1/22/2014
5/9/2014
6/1/2015
4/6/2015
1/3/2015
5/17/2015
2/19/2015
3/30/2015
11/22/2014
4/8/2015
4/12/2015
1/28/2015
4/27/2015
3/9/2015
2/8/2015
12/13/2014
3/22/2015
2/9/2015
12/23/2014
5/14/2015
1/15/2015
2/8/2015
1/10/2015
1/30/2015
2/24/2012
2/27/2015
2/20/2013
2/1/2015
3/6/2015
2/12/2015
12/3/2014
5/24/2015
12/13/2014
4/30/2015
11/28/2014
2/15/2015
1/1/2015
12/8/2014
1/5/2015
1/17/2015
3/22/2015
3/22/2015
3/20/2015
1/18/2015
3/27/2015
Alumnae and Alumni Family
Deaths
Listing includes notifications received
by the College as of June 15, 2015, and
includes spouses, parents, and other
immediate family members with alumnae
or alumni connections
1940 Spouse of Carolyn Pannill Franck
William Francis Franck
3/18/2015
1940 Sister of Sally Harman Werth
Virginia Harman White ’39
1/29/2015
1948 Spouse of June Rowan Bishop
Linton Hines Bishop, Jr.
12/10/2014
1948 Spouse of Helen Griffith Minteer
Richard Meier Minteer
1/30/2015
1948 Spouse of Jane Krause Paine
Robert Paine 6/16/2013
1949 Spouse of Jane Smith Foreman
William Sidney Foreman, Jr.
8/8/2014
1950 Spouse of Betty Nachman Levin
Eugene M. Levin
8/14/2014
1951 Spouse of Anna Griswold Nichols
John Harmon Nichols
7/24/2014
1952 Spouse of Norma Goodman McGarry
Judge Mark Rutledge McGarry, Jr. 2/16/2015
1954 Son of Ann Warren Booth
Gordon Randall Booth
5/4/2014
1954 Spouse of Shirley Clarke Chewning
Richard C. Chewning
2/17/2015
1955 Spouse of Rosemary Crisp Baird
Philip L. Baird, Jr.
5/27/2012
1955 Spouse of Kay Mills Colonna
William N. Colonna, Jr.
5/3/2015
1955 Son of Sara Boulden Millar
David Langhorne Millar
2/10/2015
1955 Spouse of Carvel Underwood Taylor
Carter Valentine
4/17/2014
1956 Spouse of Ann Todd Frase
Lawrence E. Frase
12/27/2014
1958 Spouse of Shirley Noell Chafee
Robert S. Chafee
12/18/2014
1958 Spouse of Ginny Hider Martin
Clarence J. Martin
8/8/2014
1959 Spouse of Elizabeth Burks Clarkson
William Walton Clarkson
2/12/2015
1959 Spouse of Virginia Sandidge Williams
Neal L. Williams
2/14/2015
1960 Spouse of Ria Winterbotham Brewer
Earl J. Brewer, Jr.
3/19/2015
1962 Spouse of Gail Prescott Nash
Philip B. Nash
2/28/2014
1964 Spouse of Janie Leigh Wall Carter
Reverend Wilson Rosser Carter
3/3/2015
1964 Mother of Agnes Fitts Marshall
Josephine Fitts
5/25/2015
1964 Spouse of Dell Peek Rearden
Robert Lee Rearden, Jr.
1/10/2015
1965 Spouse of Ann Weart Host
T. Parker Host, Jr.
8/18/2013
1968 Mother of Kitty Lavin Linder
Annabelle Leigh Lavin
1/31/2015
1971 Spouse of Debbie Jacobi Devine
Kevin Joseph Devine
5/3/2014
1971 Mother of Debbie Anthony Dodge
Nancy McGrath Anthony
3/22/2015
1971 Mother of Harriet Gilbert Macova
Harriet Black Gilbert ’42
1/10/2015
1972 Father of Sally L. Buttner
W. Douglas Buttner
1/7/2015
1975 Mother of Eleanor Flaniken Borus
JoAnne Zahner Flaniken ’50
12/23/2014
1976 Mother of Kathy Edwards
Virginia Claire Edwards
2/14/2014
1977 Brother of Karen Campbell
Kevin Ross Campbell
4/29/2015
1977 Father of Lisa Popolo
Ciccillo Francis Popolo
4/18/2014
1977 Mother of Randall Johnson Watts
Memory Sutherland Johnson
5/22/2015
1978 Mother of Holly Babb Brown
Harriette C Babb
6/23/2013
1978 Father of Milyn Jordan
William C. Jordan
7/28/2014
1978 Mother of Lou Montgomery
Dorothy B. Montgomery
3/5/2015
1979 Father of Susan King Benson
Eric King
8/10/2014
1980 Father of Katy Colonna Worrilow
William N. Colonna, Jr.
5/3/2015
1981 Mother of Marian Phillips Mancini
Lois June Phillips
1/25/2015
1981 Father of Nancy King Williams
Eric King
8/10/2014
1983 Father of Martha Frase
Lawrence E. Frase
12/27/2014
1985 Mother of Joanna Hopkins King
Elinor Bass Hopkins
4/20/2015
1985 Father of Amy Waters Yarsinske
William B. Waters
4/22/2015
1987 Sister of Nancy Pasternack
Susan Pasternack
12/2/2014
1988 Mother of Katie Shepherd McAllister
Ruby Virginia Shepherd
1/22/2015
1991 Spouse of Meg Riethmiller Van Liew
John Evans Van Liew
3/19/2015
1993 Father of Elizabeth Davenport Edmonds
J. Sidney Davenport, IV
9/4/2014
2009 Father of Kate Devine
Kevin Joseph Devine
5/3/2014
2009 Mother of Georgia Edwards
Janice R. Hullum
3/2/2015
* Deceased
S U M M ER 2015
Tribute Gifts
Alumnae Memorial Scholarship Fund and Other Funds
December 1, 2014–June 17, 2015
IN HONOR OF
John D. Abell
Mikel Grady Jones ’04
Rosemary Aigeldinger
Carla Blankinship ’06
Mara Amster
Commander & Mrs. Stephen C.
Davis
Katharine Gregerson ’10
Emily Lockhart ’13
Peyton Ancheta
Allen & Ruth Ann McCarthy
Libby Baker ’10
Kyle Allwine
Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay
Rehema Kahurananga ’04
William Coulter
Molly Roper Jenkins ’96
Ellen Willson ’00
Lucas Cox
Amanda Cox
Daniell Currier
Victoria Lange ’15
John d’Entremont
Sarah-Elizabeth Cottone ’15
Qingchuan Deng ’16
Emily Lockhart ’13
Gary Dop
Savannah Edwards ’15
Jennifer Dugan
Margaret Krome-Lukens ’07
Rebekah Leo Leo ’15
William Bare
Rebecca Chapman Bushway ’07
Hallie Pilcher ’15
The Service of Becky Morrison
Dunn ’70 , Chair,
Board of Trustees
Lucy Williams Hooper ’73
Bradley W. Bateman
Cindy Lyons
Becky Morrison Dunn ’70
Linda Forrester Bellizzi ’70
Sarah Bohn
William & Delores A. Bohn
Brooke Edwards
Commander & Mrs. Stephen C.
Davis
Frasher Bolton
Jennifer Lee ’03
Tara Bouknight
Grace Cummins ’16
Martha Dasef Buckberger
Mikel Grady Jones ’04
Randall & Karen Speer ’04
Brad Bullock
Danielle Hansen ’08
Ellen Ferrell Caldwell ’76
Eugenia Ferrell
Ann Fabirkiewicz
Alyssa Everett ’15
Eun Seo ’15
Wesley Fugate
Cindy Lyons
Heather Ayers Garnett ’86
Theresa Conrad ’97
Jennifer Gauthier
Arielle Orem ’11
Gina Gellert
Farah Marks
Pinky Blundell Carlton ’63
The Honorable & Mrs. Lynn N.
Hughes
Hunter Gibson ’15
Brianne Conrad ’15
Maria Vazquez-Castro
Emily Lockhart ’13
Don and Frances Jones Giles ’65
Catherine Lynn & Vincent Scully
Emily Chua
Yili Tang Rutledge ’10
Mike Gillette
Ryan Woloshin ’13
Ann Close ’56
David & Betsey Casey Metz ’56
Gloria Griffin Godwin ‘70
Jinny Voris Batterson ’69*
Jane Sonne Hadden ’70
Carl Coffey ’11
Stacy DeLano ’71
Elsie Gomez ’15
Sonja Cirilo ’15
Betsy Jones
Marion Smith Chenault ’66
Bunny Goodjohn ’04
Emily Hood ’15
Pam Jones
Jim & Dixie Nash Sakolosky ’68
Ian & Graham Gibbs
Megan & Peter Gibbs
Jay Kardan
Rhiannon Knol ’11
Caleb Moxley ’11
John Ruml ’17
Mary Green ’92
Mary Martin Green ’56
Chet Halka
Ana Morales Morales ’10
Emily Lockhart ’13
Bill & Helen Kerby
Don & Frances Jones Giles ’65
Kelly Kirkwood
Carla Blankinship ’06
Stacey Hall
Carla Blankinship ’06
Kristen & Mick O’Neill
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Klein
Don & Frances Jones Giles ’65
Jeffery Heinfeldt
Shannon Stepp ’15
Alexandra Knoppel ’10
Stacy DeLano ’71
Hermina Hendricks
Rehema Kahurananga ’04
Jefferson Koscielny
Nugent L. Davis
Lynn Jenkins Herring ’70
Martha Jenkins & L.F. Jenkins III
Heidi Kunz
Katharine Gregerson ’10
Anne Hershbell
Commander & Mrs. Stephen C.
Davis
Alex Landes
Debbie & Ernie Landes
Cynthia Hollifield
Farah Marks
Peggy Spigner Lancaster ’49
Harry Lancaster
Sarah Lancaster
Lucy Williams Hooper ’73
Margaret Morrissette Nost ’79
Holly Layne
Carla Blankinship ’06
Adam Houlihan
Franziska Klostermyer ’15
Kacki Manning
Katherine & W. David Manning
Campbell Howard
Dr. & Mrs. John Howard
Farah Marks
Sharyn Marks ’70
Deborah Huntington ’73
Emily Lockhart Lockhart ’13
Terri Martin
Farah Marks
Paul Irwin
Mary Schrensky Boese ’80
Paula Butz ’79
Mai Dam ’15
Anne Preston Robertson Farmer ’80
Katherine Leaming Goldberg ’98
Jennifer Baird Humberson ’99
Mikel Grady Jones ’04
Marietta Edmunds Zakas ’80
Elizabeth Rust Masterson ’68
Kathleen Polk ’68
Hiawatha Johnson, Jr.
Novak & Stephanie Niketic
Martha Johnson
Gail Johnson Morrison ’72
Karen May
Carla Blankinship ’06
Sandra McConnell
Carla Blankinship ’06
Wendy McFaden
Carla Blankinship ’06
Kristen & Mick O’Neill
Kathryn Beasley McKenna ’44
Wallace & Anne Roberts McKenna
’74
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Jan Meriwether
John & Susan Klein
Kersten Morrison
Ayouba Diallo ’15
Kathy Muehlemann
Kelsey Abell ’14
Clay, Tara, Landon and Hannah
Nunley
Dr. & Mrs.Wallace Nunley, Jr.
Marc Ordower
Mikel Grady Jones ’04
Savannah Oxner
Kerri Bond ’06
Ken Parks
Anne Poggio Miller ’06
Henry & Katie Passman
Patricia Bradbury
Karen Patterson ’73
Sherry Lynch Conrad ’79
Jamie Ledbetter D’Innocenzo ’83
Joy Abbot Inkpen ’92
Dr. Elizabeth Perry-Sizemore
Mikel Grady Jones ’04
Toni & Jim Piggott
Dorothy Kuebler Niles ’82
Michael Potapoff ’13
Stacy DeLano ’71
Lorraine Blanks Potter ’75
James Potter ’15
Amanda Rumore
Kristina Marinak ’14
Tai Maynard ’15
Dixie Nash Sakolosky ’68
John Sakolosky
Carolyn Sarson
Jennifer Baird Humberson ’99
Charles Stevens ’15
Sooty Severn Schearer ’67
Dorothy Hynes Sullenberger ’67
Katrin Schenk
Dunwell Eku ’18
David Schwartz
Ravi Shukla ’12
Evan Smith ’15
Beth Schwartz
Diep Trieu ’15
Shreeya Pandey ’15
Jessy Spencer ’18
Robert J. & Jean Warrick
Jane Sprouse
Ros Whitley ’99
Caleb Moxley ’11
Leanne Zalewski
Katie Snyder ’15
Jennifer Williams
50th Class Reunion
Marianna Anderson Busch ’65
Class of 1960
William A. Stuart II
Julie Taylor Cannon ’70 and
the deceased members of the
Class of 1970
The Class of 1970, 45th Reunion
Edward T. Caton
Patricia Ackiss Caton ’52
Margot Holt Gill ’52
Jewell Tickle Clark ’30
Mary Ellen Clark ’85
Holly Miller Clingempeel ’81
Gloria Miller
Class of 1963
Jane Forster Wacaster ’63 Robert A. Cornett
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
IN MEMORY OF
Betty June Kilpatrick Anderson ’47
Elizabeth Matthews Dixon ’47
Mary Spencer Jack Craddock HA
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Lucile Yancey Barkley ’30
William Barkley
Virginia Harris Culpepper ’58
Carroll Godwin Frohman ’58
Randall & Karen Speer ’04
Chelsea Fox ’15
Karl Speer ’12
Dorothy Crandall Bliss
Lynn Jenkins Herring ’70
The Stands Children
LeRoy J. Essig M.D.
Laura Bliss
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Muriel Dahlgard
Katherine Edwards ’76
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Catherine See
Kerri Bond ’06
Gerry Sherayko
Margaret Krome-Lukens ’07
Mary Anna Stands
Jimmy & Peggy Stands
Marilyn Moore Boardman ’51
Ann Boon Rhea ’51
Mamata Thapa Prasai ’06
Stacy DeLano ’71
Elaine Dahl St. Vincent HA
Sharyn Marks ’70
Rebecca Baltzer McCarthy ’62
Frances Taber ’71
Munjuli Rahman ’06
Stacy DeLano ’71
Susan Stevens
Kathleen Taylor ’15
Trulie Myers-Ramirez
Steven West
Daniel Stiffler
Wendy Savery ’91
Randolph College Nursery School
Teachers
Alice Austin & Bob Armock
Chris & Justin Button
Martha Johnson
Jennifer Pagett Stricklin ’93
James & Zoraida Pagett
The L.R. Brammer, Jr. Family
Brammer Engineering, Inc.
Anonymous
Sara Dyck Taylor ’88
Robert & Franciska Dyck
Sue Latimer Brase ’51
Ann Boon Rhea ’51
Sarah Reed ’15
Kyra Tucker ’15
Jane Neblett Tims ’68
Suzanne Nagel Bowman ’68
Millicent Phinney Brown ’44
Charles Brown
Pam Risenhoover
Ann Williams Short ’99
Kyra Tucker ’15
Sarah Reed ’15
Ginger Friedrichs Burke ’59
Virginia Hider Martin ’58
Rose Berryman Mogabgab ’62
Aquila Robertson ’07
Stacy DeLano ’71
Adalyn Tuggle
Donnalynn Davis
Julio Rodriguez
Randall & Karen Speer ’04
Paula J. Wallace
Commander & Mrs. Stephen C.
Davis
Jaymes Rohrer
Alfred Yun ’15
Thomas & Jenina McClellan
Hyman ’70
Suzanne Lasher ’70
Katharine Bowden Shields ’70
Karin Warren
Lily Noguchi ’13
Elizabeth Lacy Bond ’40
Margot Holt Gill ’52
Margaret Pendleton Bowers ’55
Thomas Bowers
Dottie Warner Bowie ’42
Mary Bowie Bowie ’74
Doug Buttner
Sarah Buttner ’72
Julia Taylor Cannon ’70
Katherine Ellis Baer ’70
Peter Dean & Sally Abrams Dean ’70
Linda Bradshaw Gragnani ’70
GeorgeAnn Grubb ’70
Odilia Russo Dank ’60
Jo Ann Davidor Ivy ’60
Kathryn Davison ’77
Marian van Noppen ’12
Marian Holmes Davison
Marian van Noppen ’12
Bettie Barker Delaplaine ’52
Sonya Goldman Friedman ’52
Margot Holt Gill ’52
Susan Dern ’70
Penelope Turpin Clarke ’70
Barbara Sullivan Dixon ’67
Dana Davidson Redmond ’60
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Martha Mills Dixon ’60
Judith Troy Keith ’60
Mary Arrington Douglas ’57
Annah Eberwine Cross ’57
Ann Mellen Dutton ’52
Frances Mellen Banakas ’57
Barbara Stahl Edwards ’55
Carver Almand Farrar ’55
Mary Sweeney Ellett ’50
Beatrice Carter
Laura Bullock Crumbley ’72
English Construction Company, Inc.
S U M M ER 2015
Don & Frances Jones Giles ’65
Elizabeth Chapman Hooss ’54
Molly Roper Jenkins ’96
Bruton & Anne Langley
William A. McIntosh
Margaret Weigle Quillian HA
Dana Davidson Redmond ’60
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Thomas & Bobbie Schuler
Martha Showalter
Ben & Elizabeth Smith
Dan & Cindy Sweeney
Steve & Linda Teter
Sarah Thomas
Alan & Roxanne Thomas
Paul & Sandra Whitehead
Betty P. Wilkins
Sue Porter Elson ’66
Marion Smith Chenault ’66
Sally Graves Fitzpatrick ’77
Richard & Teru Graves
Helen & Ruffin Jones
Don & Frances Jones Giles ’65
Lewis B. Goode
Dana Davidson Redmond ’60
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Merle Ferguson Hardison ’63
Richard Hardison
Katherine Clark Hare ’49
Lillian James Smith ’73
Fran Bain Heiner ’41
Franklin Heiner
Jean Perrine Hotaling ’42
Thomas Hotaling
Christine Hubbard
George & Julie Huston Ellis ’71
Jan Hullum
Rhoda Lea ’92
Ray Luck
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
William C. Jordan
Milyn Jordan ’78
Rebecca (Becky) Jung
Toby Levine
Amy Kuenzi
Ana Morales ’10
Martha Leigh ’70
Susan Webb Russell ’70
Barbara Boyle Lemon ’57
Lucy Heartwell Lee ’65
Dana Davidson Redmond ’60
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Lydia Engleby Taylor ’57
Leslie Vercellone Tighe ’82
Cleo Leontis ’70
Frances Culpepper ’70
Ann Krachy Lyle ’54
John Lyle
Josephine Fitts
Anne Lockett Cherry ’64
Annie Robertson Massie ’52
Patricia Ackiss Caton ’52
Margot Holt Gill ’52
Ruth Harvey Lightner ’52
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Barbara Stanley Welsh ’52
Frances Murray White ’50
Lee Brammer May ’80
Brammer Engineering, Inc.
Keith Evans
Betsy Watts McLarin ’52
Virginia Richardson Anderson ’50
Eleanor Jones McNamara ’36
Sandy & Skipper Holt
Marguerite Hess Morris ’44
Marguerite Morris Dubay ’74
Garland Morris
Helen Morrison
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Helen Whitley Musser ’47
Nancy Beane Wallace ’51
Kobra Ahmadi Nader ’10
Ashley Haugh ’10
Kobra Ahmadi Nader ’10 and the
deceased members of the Class of
2010
The Class of 2010, 5th Reunion
Betty Wente Newkirk ’38
Nancie Newkirk Loppnow ’69
Donald L. Niermeyer
George & Julie Huston Ellis ’71
Martha Harper Nimmo ’52
Margot Holt Gill ’52
Margaret Pertzoff
Kathryn Falk ’88
Pam Quaggiotto
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
William F. Quillian, Jr. HA
Trixie Beall Carlock ’72
Judith Melvin Cathey ’68
Katherine Edwards ’76
Nancie Roop Kennedy ’62
Sharyn Marks ’70
Lucy Marcus Redfield ’51
Dorothy Sutherland Etchison ’51
Joyce Sullivan Ey ’51
Shirley Sample Gunn ’51
Ann Boon Rhea ’51
Kim Charlton Spears ’51
Alice Derrick Reynolds ’57
Dorothy Nelms ’57
Angie Morgan Robertson ’60
Jim & Dana Davidson Redmond ’60
Jeffrey Scovanner
George & Julie Huston Ellis ’71
William Seiberling
Joyce Sullivan Ey ’51
Amelia Garber Slayden ’37
Virginia Jones Callicott ’59
Sally Birdsong Smith ’60
Judith Troy Keith ’60
Jane Bigham Sulzberger ’60
Edwin H. St. Vincent
Sharyn Marks ’70
Elaine Dahl St. Vincent HA
Carl Stern
Rinn Turner Addison ’71
Patricia de Verteuil Anastos ’78
Caroline Burgess Ansbacher ’63
Delores Wooten Beggarly ’71
Kristen Burgers ’90
Margaret Baxley Chew ’56
Betty Corbin
Mary Moyer Cowser ’80
Laura Cameron Craddock ’84
Susan Richey Cummings ’63
Peter & Sally Abrams Dean ’70
Elizabeth Day Dinwiddie ’59
Mary Lou Heindl Doherty ’57
Adelaide Drennen
Carver Almand Farrar ’55
Ann Harper Fender ’64
Linda Foss ’76
Caroll Godwin Frohman ’58
Heather Ayers Garnett ’86
Mark Harrison
Lynn Hodge ’68
Lucy Williams Hooper ’73
Embry Martin Howell ’67
Elizabeth Hazelwood Jamerson ’86
Beth Shin Kempe ’78
Alice Husain-King ’77
Elizabeth Johnston Kozel ’65
Skip & Tina Kughn
Allison Thomas Kunze ’75
A.J. & Lynne Coppage Land ’60
Vicky Langston ’73
Robert B. Lloyd
Carol Stogdale Lown ’69
Martha MacLeod ’76
Zara Husain Marian ’75
Anne McBride ’78
Caroline Ward Miguelez ’86
Jean Nooe Miller ’56
Florine Hawley Moore ’59
Susan Diuguid Neff ’61
Virginia Broaddus Patel ’58
Rebecca Perdue ’64
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Elizabeth Perry-Sizemore ’97
Lorraine Blanks Potter ’75
R-MWC Alumnae and Randolph
College Alumni Association
Martha Huntley Rodes ’80
Jim & Dixie Nash Sakolosky ’68
Thomas & Ginger Hood Scott ’58
Betsy Rosewater Snyder ’63
Valerie Duff-Strautmann ’00
Cathleen Mackey Surface ’74
Mary Leigh Thacker ’83
Jane Neblett Tims ’68
Frances Zollinger White ’58
Joanne Keenan Young ’90
Mary Bright Hunter Young ’65
Deane DuBose Stevens ’62
Mary Goodloe Berggren ’62
Ruth Clark Stone ’60
Carol Orndorff Bricker ’60
Lynn Hume Stuart ’60
Judith Troy Keith ’60
Carol Penn Tippett ’60
Carrie Meyer Suber ’95
Karen Godley Awenowicz ’97
Jerome L. Sullivan III
Best Sullivan ’14
Laura Geisel Sullivan ’74
Charlotte Selman Watson ’40
Robey Watson Frasche ’69
Carla Weaver ’68
Jane Neblett Tims ’68
Virginia Harman White ’39
Carter Smith Pollard ’56
Adair Lovin Williams ’50
Eleanor Jackson Hardison ’50
Margaret Butler Witschard ’60
Carol Orndorff Bricker ’60
Mary Mason Yelderman ’42
Tally Jennings Brown ’70
Deceased classmates of the Class
of 1960
Ann Claiborne Pope Christian ’60
Judith Troy Keith ’60
Deceased classmates of The Class
of 1964
Polly Cummings Hussain ’64
Deceased classmates of the Class
of 1970
Betty Wallenborn Green ’70
HA-Honorary Alumna or Alumnus
* denotes deceased
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Milestones
CONTINUED EDUCATION
1996 Maggie McGrady Brown: MBA, Belmont University
1997 Angela Bullard Haney: EDD, Educational Leadership,
Valdosta State University
2005 Claire Heckel: PhD, Anthropology, New York University
2008 Nicole Cloutier: MFA, Fiction, Sarah Lawrence College
2008 Kate Descoteaux Coldren: AAS, Veterinary Sciences, San Juan College
2008 Nway Oo: MA, Architecture/Environ Design, Boston Architectural College
2008 Iqra Sheikh: JD, Catholic University of America
2009 Janice Williams: MA, Government & International Affairs, Virginia Tech
2009 Shirae Leslie: MS, Biomedical Sciences, Georgia Tech
2009 Shirae Leslie: PhD, Chemical Engineering/Tech,
Virginia Commonwealth University
2010 Michaela Margida: MS, Environmental Science, Duke University
2010 Brittany Dickey van Staalduinen: DO, Osteopathic Medicine,
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
2010 Brynne Gingras: PhD, Chiropractic Medicine,
Sherman College of Chiropractic
2010 Libby Baker: MBA, Business Administration, University of Mary Washington
2010 Caitlin Clare: MA, Communication, George Mason University
2010 Michelle Clarke: MA, Counseling, Northern Caribbean University
2011 Anna Pagel: JD, Hamline University School of Law
2011 Arielle Orem: MA, Communications, Georgetown University
2011 Eric van Staalduinen: DO, Osteopathic Medicine,
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
2012 Mridul Oli: MS, Environmental Science, Loyola Marymount University
MARRIAGES AND COMMITMENTS
1994 Ashley Miles and Thomas Rose
2001 Jessica Boyce and Jason Peace
2005 Margaret Bushman and Justin Rice
2005 Jennifer Haas and Crystal McLaughlin ’12*
2005 Amy Martin and Brian Sobczyk
2009 Grace Clay and Shar Plows ’10*
2010 Yili Tang and James Rutledge
*Denotes Randolph College alum marriage/commitment
10/2014
10/2014
8/2014
2/2015
7/2014
3/2015
10/2014
BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS
1993 Lucy Gardner Davis: Son, Wiley Sommers Davis
1995 Sarah Bailey Turgeon: Son, Henry William Nairne Turgeon
1995 Heather Bradley-Benza: Son, Crosby Emmet Benza
1997 Karen Godley Awenowicz: Son, Luke William Awenowicz
1998 Carrie Baker Dodge: Daughter, Ella Claire Dodge
2000 Debbie Joyner Herring: Son, Bryce Herring
2000 Kristin Bolte Wolf: Son, Ethan Robert Wolf
2001 Jennifer Fischer Miller: Son, Benjamin Paul Miller
2001 Susannah Seith Via: Daughter, Anna Kathryn Via
2001 Mary Lloyd: Daughter, Sawyer Kathryn Lloyd
2002 Melissa Bradbury Coats: Son, William Lucian Coats
2003 Jennifer Frank Morin: Son, Henry Thomas Morin
2003 Sarah Allen-Lloyd: Daughter, Sawyer Kathryn Lloyd
2004 Arielle Gabor: Daughter, Piper Jae Gabor
7/2014
4/2015
11/2014
12/2013
9/2013
12/2014
10/2014
10/2014
6/2013
8/2014
9/2014
4/2014
8/2014
9/2014
2004 Alison Rizzo: Daughter, Cecelia Kathryn Rizzo
5/2014
2004 Erica Eckhoff Spenningsby: Daughter, Tuuli Elise Spenningsby
7/2014
2005 Ashleigh Baber: Daughter, Ryleigh Elizabeth Baber
5/2014
2005 Corbin Brierre Ryland: Son, Cooper Roland Ryland
8/2014
2005 Haley Koch Perry: Daughter, Lillianah Grayson Perry
4/2014
2005 Stephanie Dansberger McCraw: Daughter, Charlotte Reese McGraw 9/2014
2005 Sandra van Vloten McGraw: Son, Alejandro McGraw
9/2014
2005 Jessica Baskin Newport: Daughter, Maggie Newport
9/2013
2006 Ame Soucinek: Son, Lucas Gabriel Soucinek
3/2015
2008 Schuyler Godsey Somers: Son, William Grove Somers
2/2015
2009 Libbie Williams Hall: Son, Zachary Harris Hall
2/2013
2009 Libbie Williams Hall: Daughter, Mollie Anne Jean Hall
12/2014
2010 Cynthia Leonard Wilder: Son, Arthur Leonard Wilder
4/2014
TRAVEL
Sicily
April 12-24, 2016
Not to be missed is the sheer pleasure of Sicily in spring
with its clear blue skies, pleasant temperatures, small
crowds, and ancient Greek temple sites carpeted with
the mid-April explosion of wild flowers. Other seasonal
treats include fresh artichokes and lemons! From Palermo
and Sicily’s lesser-visited northwest to Agrigento’s “Valley
of the Temples”, ancient Siracusa, and stylish Taormina,
enjoy the luxury of a small group, top-notch local guides,
superbly located and well-appointed hotels, wonderful
meals, and off-the-beaten path destinations that other
tours don’t take the time to seek out (or don’t known
about in the first place). Tour highlights include an evening
in a private centuries-old palazzo in Palermo, as the guests
of the aristocratic owner, and a thrilling excursion up Mt.
Etna. Postponed from this past spring—in response to
alums who preferred 2016—our carefully planned and
discerning itinerary will enable you to experience and
enjoy “the crossroads of the Mediterranean” to an extent
impossible to achieve on one’s own. We expect this trip
to fill quickly!
New York’s Finger Lakes
Early Autumn 2016
For more information:
• Office of Alumnae and Alumni: 434-947-8102
• Sharon Bouck Smith ’66, Travel Designs: 607-587-8324
or e-mail [email protected]
Please include your class year and contact information.
Dramatic natural wonders, bucolic landscapes, and
world-class museums of glass and photography enhance
the wine country of western New York, where the Iroquois
once tended orchards in an exceptional micro-climate
created by deep, narrow lakes formed by glaciers during
the last Ice Age. From just two hotels—in Corning and
Rochester—we’ll enjoy it all, and much, much more!
Let us know if you would like to receive advance
information by e-mail about this ideal “autumn getaway”
in New York’s legendary and still pristine “Finger Lakes”.
Spouses, extended family, and friends are always welcome!
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