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MAGAZINE OF ST. CECILIA ACADEMY WINTER 2009 

Remembering Sister Mary David, O.P. • Record number of alumnae gather at annual luncheon

Letter from Sister 

St. Cecilia Academy Principal Sister Mary Thomas, O.P., at the 148th St. Cecilia Academy commencement ceremony in May. 

August 2009 

Dear Alumnae, Friends, and Families, 

These words are etched on glass panels beside doors 

leading into the Heritage Room at the St. Cecilia 

Motherhouse: 

“A glorious history to remember 

and to recount, a great history 

still to be accomplished.” 

— Pope John Paul II 

post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Vita Consecrata 

How fitting that phrase captures the spirit of St. Cecilia 

Academy at this time in her history. This edition of 

HarpStrings uses the theme of “looking back, looking 

forward” to capture the richness of our 150-year tradition and 

the vibrancy of its experience as we look to the future. 

Looking back through the many chapters of St. Cecilia’s 

history was a favorite theme during our Alumnae Weekend 

June 12th - 13th. Record numbers came to the luncheon on 

Saturday, and ten classes gathered on and off campus at other 

times during the weekend to enjoy memories and friendships 

forged long ago in the halls of St. Cecilia. As I gave a tour to a 

group of 1984 alumnae and listened to their stories, I realized 

that some things never change about St. Cecilia girls (for 

which I am grateful!) and many of the traditions live on in 

the halls of St. Cecilia today. 

‘Living on’ is a great way to describe our on-going experience 

at St. Cecilia today. As we look forward to beginning our 

150th year of educating young women, we see many new 

exciting chapters ahead. We have welcomed 82 new families 

to the school in the fall to help write the chapter of the 

2009-10 school year. We have opened with a ribbon cutting 

ceremony on a new soccer field and track. We also expanded 

our dual enrollment program with Aquinas College to allow 

students to earn credit at Aquinas College for selected courses 

taken at St. Cecilia Academy. The school year will culminate 

with the kick-off of our 150th celebration at the May 

Crowning. 

Looking back and looking forward: both give glorious views 

of the Cecilian tradition. One view is 150 years old and filled 

with great events to be remembered. The other view has 

untold chapters, filled with the potential of the thousands of 

young women yet to add their story to the pages of St. 

Cecilia’s history. I am proud to help write a few of these lines. 

Blessings for this school year, 

Sr. Mary Thomas, O.P. 

Principal 

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Principal 

Sr. Mary Thomas, O.P. 

Assistant Principal 

of Advancement 

Sr. Anna Laura, O.P. 

Assistant Principal 

of Student Affairs 

Michael LaHaie 

Director of Admissions 

Betty Bader 

Director of Communications 

Barbara Esteves-Moore 

Director of Development 

Debbie Lassiter 

Director of Alumnae Relations 

Chenoa Jacobs 

Graphic Designer 

Michael Ann Zinser 

Photos by: 

Ed Rode 

Andrea Wall 

Barbara Esteves-Moore 

Uchida Photography 

Michael’s Photography 

SCA senior Laura Williams blocks a kick on goal during a regular game this fall. 

ON THE COVER: 

Sophomore Rachel Duff goes after a 

ball during the Father Ryan game 

this fall. 

Contents 

Soccer team roars on new field 4 

Financial assistance makes future bright for SCA students 6 

Sister Mary David, O.P., remembered 7 

Class of 2009 heads to college 8 

2008-2009 Annual Report 12 

St. Cecilia history began with four brave women 18 

Alumnae Profile: Leigh Glasser Wolfson, ‘79 23 

Class Notes 24 

www.stcecilia.edu 

4210 Harding Road • Nashville, TN 37205 • 615.298.4525 

Meaghan Connolly, ’07, 

worked as an intern in the 

St. Cecilia Academy marketing 

office this summer. She helped 

produce this magazine during 

her internship. Meaghan is a 

junior at Loyola University of 

Chicago studying advertising 

and public relations. She plans 

to minor in French and Spanish. 

She will be spending the spring 

2010 semester studying in 

Costa Rica. 


HARPSTRINGS 3

Coach Emily Marcoullier talks to the soccer team during half time of the first game. 

Playing on new home field, the Scarab 

soccer team performs tenaciously 

Scarab spirit soared high this fall with a 

new $1.5 million track and soccer field 

and an incredible winning soccer season 

to go along with it. 

At the end of the season, the SCA soccer 

team held an overall record of 13-1-3 and 

clinched the TSSAA District I title. The 

team won its home quarterfinals game and 

ended the season fourth in the region. 

The team began home play on Sept. 10 

following a ribbon cutting ceremony 

for the new track and soccer field, which 

is shared by SCA and Overbrook School. 

The new athletic field features a 

regulation size soccer field with lighting, 

an eight-lane rubberized track, dual high 

jump and long jump areas as well as 

areas for shot put and discus. 

continued 

Cross country runner Mary Anne Russell reads a scripture passage at the dedication of the new track 

and soccer field. 


“It feels so much better, the ball moves 

so smoothly across the grass,” said 

Roxana Pita-Romero, a junior on the 

soccer team. “It feels like home.” 

“It’s really motivating to be playing on the 

new field,” adds junior Natalie Goodrum, 

who scored the very first goal on the new 

soccer field. “It really pumps us up before 

our games. It’s a great accessory to our 

season so far.” 

St. Cecilia Athletic Director Jerry 

Landers said the new facility gives 

the St. Cecilia athletic teams greater 

“flexibility in scheduling” practices and 

events, and is giving the entire school 

community “a sense of pride about 

having a first class facility.” 

SCA junior Roxana Pita-Romero protects the ball on home field during a game this season. 

“Being on the new field has been 

awesome,” said SCA soccer Coach 

Emily Marcouiller. “The girls get so 

excited about playing on it. They have a 

lot of pride and determination once they 

step out on the field and they play with 

all their heart and soul and leave it all 

out on the field. That says a lot about 

their character.” 

While the girls love playing on the 

new field and have enjoyed their new 

home field advantage, they know this 

is just the beginning of what the entire 

facility will be. In Phase II of the 

project, a 3,700 square foot field house 

will be built that will provide home 

and visitor locker rooms, concessions, 

spectator restrooms, a first aid area 

and storage space. Work continues to 

be done to raise funds for bleachers 

and a scoreboard. 

This soccer season is also just the 

beginning of successful seasons to 

come with the young team. There are 

Sophomore Olivia Glascoe defends the Scarab goal during a game. 

only three seniors on the team this year 

and a strong starting line-up from the 

junior and sophomore classes. 

“The girls want to get better and they 

put a lot of hard work in day after day 

at practice and by that, they continue 

to improve game after game,” Coach 

Marcouiller said. “I do hold them to 

a high standard and they constantly 

challenge themselves to get better to 

meet the challenge given.” • 

SCA adds bowling and lacrosse 

By Athletic Director Jerry Landers 

St. Cecilia Academy will be adding two 

sports to its Scarab lineup this year. 

During the winter season, we will be 

bringing back bowling. Bowling is a TSSAA 

sanctioned sport and will broaden student 

involvement in the athletic program. 

Bowling has grown as a TSSAA sport 

and it concludes the year with state 

championship competition. The team 

will be comprised of at least six 

participants and competition is scratch 

scoring with no handicapping. 

St. Cecilia will also be adding lacrosse 

as a spring sport. Lacrosse is not currently 

sanctioned as a TSSAA sport, but 

like swimming it is a club sport with a 

number of high schools adding it 

each year. We will be building our 

program this year to get ready for the 

club status. For the 2009-2010 year, 

we will make lacrosse an intramural 

sport to draw interest and develop 

skill level. We believe that these 

sports will add excitement and be 

successful parts of our overall athletic 

program. • 


HARPSTRINGS 5

Financial aid makes SCA 

possible for many students 

St. Cecilia Academy freshman Lane 

Vaughn likes to paint and write stories 

and was just cast in the SCA fall musical, 

The Wizard of Oz. Sophomore Alex Wall is 

now performing with the SCA chamber 

ensemble and spreading her wings this 

year trying out new golf clubs. 

St. Cecilia Academy continues to 

fundraise to cover the cost of bringing 

more students like Alex and Lane into 

its family. Since last year, St. Cecilia 

Academy saw an increase in requests 

for financial assistance and the 

Academy is endeavoring to make sure it 

can meet those requests. Financial 

assistance provided for SCA families 

went from $450,000 in 2008-09 to more 

than $618,000 this fall. That’s an increase 

of 37% in one year. 

Both Lane and Alex are recipients of 

the St. Cecilia Academy Principal’s 

Scholarship - an award for students 

with financial need and high academic 

potential. In addition to that 

scholarship, SCA offers 16 scholarships 

and tuition assistance opportunities. 

Another new endowed scholarship was 

created in 2009 by the Bodell family. 

The Harris Scholarship provides tuition 

assistance up to $5,000 per year to an 

incoming freshman from Christ the 

King Parish School with identified need. 

Mrs. Kristy Vaughn, Lane’s mother, said 

receiving financial assistance via the 

Principal’s Scholarship for her daughter 

made the difference in being able to 

afford St. Cecilia Academy. 

“Without this help, it would be nearly 

impossible for us to have provided such 

a tremendous opportunity for our girls to 

grow and shine,” Mrs. Vaughn said. 

“SCA is a special place that brings out 

the best in young ladies, socially, 

academically and spiritually. It is such an 

empowering environment for our girls.” 

“As the student population has grown, 

2008 and 2009 Principal Scholarship recipients Lane Vaughn and Alex Wall stand in front of the St. 

Cecilia Congregation Motherhouse, which was originally the site of St. Cecilia Academy before the school 

moved to The Dominican Campus on Harding Road in 1957. They represent the future of SCA. 

so too has the defined need for financial 

aid,” said Principal Sr. Mary Thomas, 

O.P. “It is a continuing prayer to have 

additional funds available for those who 

are in need, especially in these economic 

times.” 

Ms. Andrea Wall, Alex’s mother, said 

she prayed for her daughter to make the 

decision to go to St. Cecilia Academy 

even though it would be a strain on her 

finances as a single parent. 

“When we were notified that Alex was 

one of the recipients of the Principal’s 

Scholarship, she and I both broke 

down in tears,” Mrs. Wall said. 

Financial aid kept Ms. Wall from 

having to add extra jobs to her 

schedule. 

“Endowed Scholarships and gifts of 

direct financial assistance have 

traditionally come to SCA from a 

faithful group of alumnae, supportive 

parents and friends. This type of 

contribution is the spirit of St. Cecilia 

Academy at its best,” said Sister 

Catherine Marie, O.P., executive director 

of The Dominican Campus. • 

If you would like to be a part of making a 

young woman’s SCA experience possible, or for 

more information, please call Debbie Lassiter 

at 383.3230. 

To see a complete list of all the scholarships SCA offers, visit stcecilia.edu/admissions/materials.php 

WEB EXTRA| and click on “scholarship information” at the bottom of the page. 


The power of one 

Reflections on Sister Mary David, O.P. 

This fall, St. Cecilia Academy said goodbye 

to a dear friend. Sr. Mary David 

Harlow, a Dominican sister of 72 years, 

died peacefully at St. Cecilia Motherhouse 

on Sept. 15, 2009. 

Sister taught for 58 years, 21 of them at SCA. 

She first taught at the Academy while it was 

still at the Motherhouse. She then helped 

move the Academy to 4210 Harding Road, 

teaching there from 1957 - 1964. During that 

crucial time in the history of the school, she 

taught English, directed the first play on the 

stage in the gym, and wrote the historical 

play that would serve as a central part of the 

centennial celebration in 1960. In her spare 

time she coached the basketball team. As 

head coach, she led the efforts to research 

and name a mascot for the Academy, the one 

and only SCArab. She later returned to St. 

Cecilia in 1985, teaching freshmen English 

until she retired in 1998. 

Sr. Mary David taught generations of 

people and was greatly loved for her 

personal warmth and her devotion: to God 

and her “dear ones” as well as to all things 

literary. Sisters and students alike were 

inspired by her. Frances Anne Varallo, SCA 

’63, thought of her as a mentor and said 

that Sister was responsible for the fact that 

she went into theatre in college and from 

there into a television career spanning over 

thirty years. She noted, “Sister Mary David 

had an undying love for the theatre and all 

things related.” Frances Anne kept in 

contact with her mentor long past 

graduation and found great strength in that 

relationship. 

 

Sister Marian, O.P., secretary general of the 

St. Cecilia Congregation, and a postulant talk to 

Sister Mary David, O.P., at the Motherhouse. 

Upon retirement from SCA, Sister filled 

her days with tutoring English students, 

mentoring young student teachers, 

and even taking on a self-appointed 

position of “snoopervisor” of the 

Motherhouse kitchen and laundry. She 

retained her love for SCA, attending plays 

occasionally. The last play she attended 

was Little Women in the spring of 2006. 

During intermission she went into the 

green room to encourage the cast. As they 

surrounded her, she exclaimed, “Heaven 

just fell into my lap.” Even as her memory 

for details waned, she would always greet 

those sisters at the academy with the ready 

question of “How are the girls at SCA?” • 

— By Sister Mary Thomas, O.P. 

I drift off into sleep, let my mind cross in memory, prayers and dreams 

I still see her glass beaded chains sway as she purposefully, swiftly makes her way down the tiled hallway; 

I hear their “chink- chink- chinking” softly and I feel calm, I see light bounce and colors glisten as she passes 

Watch her uneven gait as she orients to the far left of the black board: She begins a grammar lesson 

Cursive- first with her left hand, seemlessly transitions chalk to her right, 

Finishing only to start over with her left 

She calls out someone’s name without looking 

Sister compliments, redirects, continues 

I rest still 

For Sister Mary David by Jennifer Bell 

By SCA Alumna Jennifer Bell, ’92 

In high school I weathered some very 

severe storms … but God continued 

to watch over me. He watched me 

through Sister Mary David’s eyes. 

I performed as an average, even less 

than average student. Sister Mary 

David looked through my performance. 

She encouraged 

me to write poetry, 

write prose, write 

fiction and nonfiction 

and then 

write even more! 

She positioned a 

wooden stool 

close to her desk 

and patted the 

seat, motioning 

me to my perch. Among her love for the 

fine works of Emerson, St. Edna 

Vincent Millay and Whitman was her 

love of MY works! 

Perched there, I shared my most 

intimate musings with her... and my 

soul. Sister Mary David looked at me 

directly, mercifully, never letting her 

ocean blue eyes stray from mine. She 

watched. She listened. She really 

heard me when I felt I had no voice. 

Despite my raw vulnerability and fear 

she proclaimed and approved, “Dear, 

thank you for sharing your lovely 

prayers with me.” 

These memories are cemented 

in my soul. I use the verb “cemented” 

because her love grounded me for 

many, many years before I could allow 

myself to be grounded in Him. In 

those few moments of her precious 

time, Sister Mary David made me feel 

like the most special young woman in 

all the world! As a grown woman and 

mother of two daughters, I appreciate 

all the more how Sister loved me. 

Isn’t it all parents’ hope for our 

children to feel and believe these 

truths? Isn’t it our Father in Heaven?! 

I have learned we are all parents to 

someone, whether we know it or not, 

whether they know it or not. Sister 

was a loving mother to me, to so 

many girls. 

I would like to perch upon her stool 

and read once more to her from my 

heart. • 


HARPSTRINGS 7

Liz Dedman stands during graduation to be recognized for being named the Davidson County Mock Trial Best Prosecution Attorney 2009. Liz will be 

attending the University of Richmond. 

The Class of 2009 looks forward to the next adventure 

“We know that we are 

loved here.” 

— Valedictorian Ragan Todd 

• The Class of 2009, whose members 

were accepted to 115 colleges in 30 

states, is attending colleges in 14 

different states. The Class of 2009 

earned approximately $4.6 million 

dollars in college scholarships, with 

a total of 76% of the graduates receiving 

a college scholarship. 

• Some of the colleges and universities 

the class was accepted to include: 

Boston College, Vanderbilt University, 

University of Notre Dame, Claremont 

McKenna College, New York 

University, Pitzer College, University of 

Richmond, Vassar College, Villanova 

University and many others. To see the 

full list, visit: www.stcecilia.edu. 

• Julia Morgan is the St. Cecilia Girl 

2009, the highest honor awarded to a 

graduating senior. She now attends 

University of Tennessee, Knoxville on 

an academic scholarship studying 

Class of 2009 graduate Caroline Worley celebrates after graduation. Caroline is attending the 

University of Tennessee. 

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See where the Class of 2009 is attending college: visit www.stcecilia.edu/academics/counsel.php 


“May St. Cecilia Academy and these dear times always reside in your heart of hearts, 

and influence each day of your lives.” 

“We have hugged, cried, 

laughed, and learned. These 

years have given us a better 

sense of who we are and 

who we want to be.” 

— Salutatorian Hadiya Housepian 

nursing. This is the first year UT has 

accepted freshmen into the nursing 

program and Julia was among the 48 out 

of 500 applicants who were accepted. 

• Graduate Liz Dedman, now a 

freshman at the University of Richmond, 

was named Davidson County Mock Trial 

Best Prosecution Attorney 2009. She 

received scholarship offers from seven 

colleges and is attending the University 

of Richmond on a University Scholarship. 

— Mr. Francis Horn, U.S. History Teacher 

• 2009 St. Cecilia Academy Salutatorian 

was Hadiya Housepian and 

Valedictorian was Ragan Todd. • 

Valedictorian Ragan Todd walks to the podium to give 

her valedictory address during commencement. Ragan 

is attending the University of Notre Dame. 

Salutatorian Hadiya Housepian receives her 

diploma from Sister Mary Thomas. 

Dual enrollment means students can look forward 

to college credit while still in high school 

By Meaghan Connolly, ’07 

Beginning this fall, Aquinas College 

will be expanding its high school dual 

enrollment program. Junior and senior 

St. Cecilia Academy students will be 

able to enroll in and receive credit for 

select college courses without leaving 

the building. The credit they receive 

through Aquinas will follow each 

student to her future college or 

university of choice. 

Sister Thomas More, O.P., the vice 

president of academics at Aquinas 

College, said the courses for which 

students may receive credit from Aquinas 

do not have to be Advanced Placement 

courses, though they must meet certain 

requirements. Each high school course a 

student seeks credit for must be of college 

caliber and follow a syllabus similar to 

the corresponding Aquinas course. High 

school instructors for the courses must 

also meet certain Aquinas requirements, 

since they will be considered part-time 

professors. If students choose to enroll 

dually in a course at Aquinas, the price 

for the college course they would normally 

pay as college students will be reduced 

by 50%. A dual enrollment grant will also 

be available through the state, which is 

$100 per credit hour per semester. 

This semester nine students are taking 

Advanced Placement Biology and will 

be dually enrolled. The AP Biology 

course will be taught by Dr. Karen Deal, 

who has received her Ph.D. in 

pharmacology and her M.D. from 

Vanderbilt University. It will serve as a 

pilot course for future expansion of the 

dual enrollment program at St. Cecilia. 

To meet requirements set by Aquinas 

College, St. Cecilia’s AP Biology course will 

include a final examination in May, in 

addition to the Advanced Placement exam. 

Sister Mary Thomas, O.P., principal of 

St. Cecilia Academy, said the dual 

enrollment program at Aquinas is an 

excellent opportunity for students to gain 

an advantage over future college 

counterparts by receiving college credit 

while still in high school. Furthermore, 

she says, students who are dually enrolled 

in an AP course are at an even higher 

advantage, as they have the possibility of 

receiving college credit from Aquinas as 

well as college credit based off their AP 

test scores. Sister expects the demand for 

courses offered through the program to 

increase as St. Cecilia’s enrollment also 

increases. More students at St. Cecilia will 

increase the number of Advanced 

Placement courses offered as well as the 

number of courses for which students 

may receive credit at Aquinas. • 


HARPSTRINGS 9

Enrollment growth is the future for St. Cecilia Academy 

St. Cecilia Academy welcomed 

the Class of 2013 in August. 

The student body now surpasses 

the 260 - student mark this year. 

The admissions office continued to be 

one of the busiest spots on campus this 

last winter and spring as it worked 

through 154 applications. A total of 110 

girls were interviewed and 77 students 

make up the freshman class, signifying 

another year of significant growth for 

the Academy. The incoming class comes 

from 26 different schools with the top 

feeder schools, in order, being: St. 

Henry, Overbrook, local public schools, 

St. Bernard Academy, St. Matthew, 

Christ the King and St. Joseph. SCA 

will also welcome its first incoming 

freshman from Davidson County’s KIPP 

Academy, a public charter school in 

East Nashville. 

The diversity seen by the admissions 

office is the result of a comprehensive 

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plan to spread the message about what 

a unique place St. Cecilia Academy is 

for girls in Nashville. 

Action in the admissions office 

continued this fall with one of our 

most successful open houses and 

packed eighth-grade visit days. 

Applications are already coming in for 

the 2010-11 school year. 

St. Cecilia Academy faculty members 

helped the admissions office on many 

levels. Teachers conducted one-on-one 

interviews with applicants along with 

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300 

2010-11 2011 - 12 

Principal Sister Mary Thomas, O.P. and 

Admissions Director Betty Bader. 

“I can’t say enough about what a 

difference it makes when the entire 

school community is involved with the 

admissions process,” Mrs. Bader said. 

“The perspective families can really feel 

what it is like to be a part of this school 

and this environment.” 

All these numbers add up to an 

enrollment jump from 238 students 

during the 2008-2009 school year to 

266 students enrolled for the 2009-2010 

school year. • 

Looking back on 20 years of service 

Sister Mary Thomas, O.P., recognized from left, Mrs. Susie Schultheiss, Mr. Francis Horn, and Mrs. Jean Stacey — three beloved 

members of the faculty and staff — for their 20 years of service to St. Cecilia Academy. 


Choir spreads the spirit of St. Cecilia through Canada 

By Meaghan Connolly, '07 

Even though school let out for the 

summer in May, it was business as usual 

for the St. Cecilia choir until mid June. 

Choir Director Jeanette MacCallum and 

26 members of the choir were invited to 

perform in Montreal and Québec City, 

Canada. The choir submitted a demo 

CD to several venues and was chosen by 

L’Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont Royal, 

the Basilica of Notre-Dame, the Basilica 

of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and L'Église 

Saint-Charles-Garnier. 

While in Montreal and Québec City, 

the choir was able to explore the two 

cities. The group especially enjoyed a 

trip to the Biodome de Montreal, an 

indoor re-creation of five different 

ecosystems, and a Nighttime Ghost Tour. 

The girls, of course, did some shopping. 

Emily Frederickson, ‘08, a former 

member of the St. Cecilia choir, was 

one of four chaperones on the trip. 

Frederickson will be a sophomore this 

coming year at Birmingham Southern, 

where she participates in a selective 

concert choir ensemble. 

Jeanette MacCallum has previously 

arranged for the St. Cecilia choir to take 

performance trips. She prefers to offer 

trips every several years, instead of 

consecutively, so the girls can work 

toward that goal. MacCallum would like 

to venture to the Northwest, particularly 

Seattle or British Columbia, for future 

choir trips. 

MacCallum considers the choir trips an 

excellent way to expose her students 

to new experiences and provide them with 

unique opportunities. “I like to go where 

the best opportunities are,” she says. 

The St. Cecilia Choir stands in front of Quebec's 

National Assembly's Provincial Parliament 

Building in Quebec City during its tour of 

Canada this summer. 

Canada is an especially unique 

opportunity because the country is 

home to several renowned composers 

and is receptive to traveling choirs. 

This year, MacCallum expects the St. 

Cecilia choir to draw in roughly 70 

members. And with numbers like 

those, opportunities will surely be 

abundant. • 

ANNUAL REPORT 

LOOKING BACK ON A HISTORIC ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN 

2008-2009 

Dear family, friends and alumnae at St. Cecilia Academy, 

Thank you to all of the committed and generous benefactors 

listed on the following pages. You have helped us set new 

fundraising records this year! We were blessed once again to 

have an amazing group of parents serve on the 2008-2009 

volunteer committee. David and Arlene Johnson served as 

overall chairs. Their enthusiasm and leadership inspired all 

of us. As of June 30, we had received $325,000 in gifts which 

represents 93% of our goal. Considering the economic 

conditions that prevailed last year, we are very thankful for 

this achievement. On behalf of Sister Mary Thomas and all of 

the faculty and staff, thank you for making an impact on St. 

Cecilia Academy. 

New records set: 

90% overall parent participation 

Sophomore Class achieved 100% participation 

Freshman Class achieved 96% participation 

Alumnae giving up 50% this year 

Ten special reunion groups celebrated 

Reunion Giving Appeal was a great success 

Nearly 100 first time donors 

Once again this year: 

100% faculty and staff participation 

100% volunteer committee participation 

Awesome volunteers 

Great turnout at the Alumnae Luncheon 

Successful Alumnae Phonathon 

To SCA alumnae, thank you for your support and active 

participation. It was great to meet so many more alumnae at the 

annual alumnae luncheon and special reunion gatherings. We 

are thrilled to report that the alumnae annual fund participation 

is up by 50% this year. Thank you to all of the class agents that 

helped us by their own example of financial support for SCA. 

The response to the Reunion Giving Appeal to make a gift 

toward financial assistance was awesome. 

Congratulations to these alumnae classes for rising to the 

challenge and making a real difference in a young woman’s 

life with their gifts: 

Class of 1974 





78% participation 






HARPSTRINGS 11

ANNUAL REPORT 

We are blessed and thankful for your 

enthusiasm and love of St. Cecilia 

Academy. The tradition of excellence 

continues thanks to you. As we 

approach our 150th anniversary 

celebration, your gifts allow us to 

educate the women leaders of 

tomorrow. Please see a detailed listing 

by class of all of the alumnae gifts 

received this year. 

Our commitment to our mission grows 

even stronger in challenging times when 

the needs of those we are charged 

to help are even greater. Your support 

becomes even more critical to our 

ability to continue fulfilling our mission. 

It has helped sustain and grow our 

effectiveness in reaching out to those in 

need of financial assistance. This fall, 

we have a 12% increase in enrollment. 

We feel truly blessed to be able to 

assist financially nearly 40% of the St. 

Cecilia Academy population. 

Another new endowed scholarship 

created this year is the Harris 

Scholarship established by the Bodell 

Family to provide qualified need-based 

tuition assistance up to $5,000 per year 

to an incoming freshman from Christ 

the King Parish School with the greatest 

identified need. Awards from the Harris 

Scholarship will not exceed the full cost 

Class of 2009 graduate Kelly Bodell and her mother Suzanne Bodell enjoy the senior breakfast before 

Baccalaureate Mass. 

of tuition and fees after considering any 

other financial aid awarded from other 

sources including federal and state 

programs. 

Thank you again to everyone who has 

supported St. Cecilia Academy in any 

way this year. This has been an 

amazing year to serve St. Cecilia 

Academy. If you would like more 

information about ways to make a gift 

to SCA either as an annual fund gift, 

endowed gift or a planned gift, 

please call me anytime at 615-383-3230, 

ext. 524 or e-mail 

lassiterd@dominicancampus.org. 

Sincerely, 

Debbie Lassiter 

Director of Development 

The Class of 1974 poses for a group photo during its reunion this summer. The class led all alumnae giving this year during the annual fund with 78% 

participation. 


Capital Gifts and Endowment 

ANNUAL REPORT 

We are thankful for the capital and endowment campaign gifts listed here, many of which are leadership level contributions which 

have provided momentum in the quiet phase of our campaign. With the completion of the new track and soccer field, as well as 

newly created endowed scholarships for St. Cecilia Academy, we are encouraged by the momentum that has been built and hopeful 

for continued progress in the campaign. Our partnership with the generous individuals listed below is greatly appreciated. 

$100,000 AND ABOVE 

Mr. and Mrs. Brett Beavers 

The Coakley Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Geny 

William and Karen Goodyear Foundation 

WTC Foundation 

$50,000 - $99,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Bodell 

Deborah and C.A. Craig, II Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Edwards 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Grubbs, Jr. 

$25,000 - $49,999 

Mark and Ann Morrison 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Neuhoff, Jr. 

St. Cecilia Academy Parents' Club 

$10,000 - $24,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Heflin 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Marchetti 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marzialo 

Mrs. Ann W. Peffen 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Pitts 

Dr. and Mrs. Clifford F. Roberson 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Templeton 

$2,500 - $4,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Goodrum 

Goodrum Construction, LLC 

Mr. and Mrs. L. Gino Marchetti, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. L. Gino Marchetti, Sr. 

$1,000 - $2,499 

Ramsey Burton Doran 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kornmeyer 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Marchetti 

Taylor, Pigue, Marchetti & McCaski 

UP TO $999 

Ms. Druscilla Anderson 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brunette 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Davis 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis 

Ms. Sally Davis 

Mrs. Ann Dobbs 

Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hayes 

Mr. Ted Heaton 

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Holben 

Mr. and Mrs. Ruble Jeffers 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lively 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Y. Longmire, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mason 

Mr. Douglas McMillan 

Ms. Ruth McMillan 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman 

Ms. Sharon Parker 

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie L. Rader 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Paul Rich 

Ms. Nancy Rigsby 

Ms. Jane Sauer 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schaeffer 

Mr. and Mrs. E. Kelley Swift 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tucker 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Wall 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Walters 

Ms. Pat Whaley 

Ms. Genie Whitesell 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wieck 

Ms. Mary Willis 

Ms. Ruth Yates 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Zitney 

1860 CLUB 

$10,000 and above 

In 1860, four Dominican Sisters 

from Somerset, Ohio came to 

establish an academy for the higher education 

of young women in the Diocese of Nashville. 

Four Anonymous Donors 

Rev. John Phillip Baltz* 

Eagle Foundation 

Mrs. Sydney F. Keeble* 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Parkes 

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. 

Charles and Mimi Vaughn 

COAT OF ARMS CLUB 

$5,000 - $9,999 

The coat of arms of St. Cecilia 

Academy was designed by Mr. 

Pierre de Chaigon de La Rose 

of Cambridge University. The 

symmetrical shape of the shield 

is symbolic of the unity of the 

Dominican Order. 

Mr. Francis Horn visits with Dr. Robert Collins and his wife, Sharon, during the Evening of Excellence. 

Two Anonymous Donors 

Joe C. Davis Foundation 

Kathryn and Webb Earthman 

Mark and Jill Hughes 

Mr. C. Wright Pinson 

* Deceased 


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ANNUAL REPORT 

DOMINICAN 

CROSS CLUB 

$2,500 - $4,999 

The black and white 

of the Dominican 

arms is emblematic of penance 

and purity.The cross ending in 

flower symbolizes the fruitful 

victory of faith and the good 

works which characterize the 

saints of the Dominican Order. 

Three Anonymous Donors 

Mr. and Mrs. Odie O’Neal Duke 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fike 

James and Michelle Hallock 

Mr. and Mrs. David T. Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Lawson 

Dennis and Mary Jane Sander 

Dan and Kate Todd 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Waddill 

Dr. Robert Wheatley and Dr. Sue Lee 

Ms. Laurie E. Woods 

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Wright 

Dr. and Mrs. Edmond P. Yabut 

SHIELD CLUB 

$1,000 - $2,499 

The red field of the bottom 

of the shield symbolizes 

the martyrdom of St. 

Cecilia. Red is also the 

color associated with the virtue 

courage. 

Anonymous Donor 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Atkins 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Barber 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Bates 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Brewer 

Mr. and Mrs. Reid A. Brogden 

Dr. Howard Burley and Dr. Rhonda 

Cunningham-Burley 

Charles & Agenia Clark 

Community Foundation of Middle 

Tennessee 

Mrs. Billie Hardwicke Cross 

Bruce and Maggie Dicks 

Pat and Ellen Donlon 

Dr. and Mrs. Davis Drinkwater 

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Franks 

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Goodwin 

Mr. and Mrs. Langley Granbery 

Mr. Frank Grosso 

Stephen and Sandy Hobbs 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert John Hoff 

Frank and Mischelle Madden 

Hopfinger 

Mr. Calvin Hougland 

Mrs. Nichole Wood Huseby 

Brian and Kim Jenkins 

Dr. Spyros Kalams and Dr. Lisa 

Mendes 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kane 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keller 

Mr. and Mrs. David L. Lassiter 

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Laszewski 

John and Inez Lund 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Matthews 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. McCrea 

Mrs. Douglas J. Parsons 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Parten 

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Penney 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patrick Shepherd 

Mrs. Mary Jane Staed Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Russ Tonnies 

Ms. Frances Anne Varallo 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Volz 

Veronica B. and Jerry L. Wauford 

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Worley 

HARP CLUB 

Up to $999 

The silver harp is 

symbolic of St. Cecilia, 

the patron saint of music. 

She is also the patroness 

of both the Congregation and the 

Academy. 

14 Anonymous Donors 

Miss Maureen Abbey 

Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan 

Ms. Jeanne Ackermann 

Bernadette Graham Adams 

Ms. Lorelei Aden 

Mrs. Elinor Ahern 

Mrs. Elba Batista Alexander 

Mrs. Jennifer L. Alexander 

Mrs. Norma Petre Allen 

Mary Prue Alley 

Josie Sevier Alston 

American International Group, Inc. 

Mrs. Beverly Deal Ammarell 

Miss Elizabeth Ammarell 

Andy and Gretchen Anderson 

Mrs. Holland Cochrane Anderson 

Miss Leigh Anderson 

Mr. and Mrs. N. Carter Andrews 

Mrs. Rae Lee Rolin Anglin 

Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Arguello 

Ms. Michele Avila 

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Babb 

The Bader Family 

Mrs. Beth Ann Siemanski Bailey 

Mr. and Mrs. George Baines 

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Baird 

Allison White Balthrop 

Mrs. Catherine Haid Baltz 

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Baltz 

Mr. Paul T. Barber, Sr. 

Ms. Kathy Barnett 

Mrs. Eloise M. Barrett 

Carole B. Batson 

Baxter Allegiance Foundation 

BD Family Trust 

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Beaty 

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Begley 

Cathy J. Mayo Bell 

The Family of Yohana Gomez 

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Betbeze 

Mrs. Marie Daugherty Bishop 

Blakeford at Green Hills 

Mr. John R. Bolchoz 

Mr. and Mrs. V. Bonvissuto 

Anna M. Bourek 

Mrs. Fakie Resha Bracey 

Mrs. Linda Braddock 

Mrs. Diane Hartnett Brady 

Mrs. Pamela Taylor Braun 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bray 

Mrs. Pat Bright 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Brink 

Mr. Vallie C. Brooks 

Miss Lauren A. Brooks 

Miss Mary Friel Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown 

Ms. Elizabeth Durst Brown 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Brunette 

Mrs. Martha Nell Long Bryant 

Mrs. Erwin Smith Buck 

Mrs. Debbie Stewart Buck 

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene N. Bulso, Jr. 

Mrs. Deedee Tate Bumpous 

Charles and Rosemary Burdeshaw 

Edward and Wyeth Burgess 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burkart 

Mrs. Debbie Goodrum Burkhalter 

Mr. Robert H. Burns 

Mrs. Jane Elliott Burns 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Burt 

Mr. and Mrs. Leighton G. Bush 

Mrs. Judy Harris Butterick 

Mrs. Nancy Holzmer Calderon 

Mrs. Lisa Greene Caldwell 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Calhoun 

Mrs. Elizabeth Shea Campbell 

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Campeotto 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Caprioli 

Mr. and Mrs. William Carver 

Mrs. Julia Jurka Cashion 

Mrs. Amy Hargrove Cate 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Caul 

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil D. Chance 

Lindsay Chance 

Dr. and Mrs. Abraham P. Cheij 

Mrs. Sara Maddux Cheshire 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Childress 

Mrs. Laura Sanders Christy 

Pam Christy 

Mrs. Laurie Harris Cian 

Mrs. Lorraine A. Cicotte 

Mr. and Mrs. Rich Cieler 

Herbert and Dorothy Drane 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Clark 

Ms. Theodosia D. Clark 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark, Sr. 

Philip and Janie Clark 

Mrs. Mary Ann Roberts Claxton 

Mr. Brian Clayton and Dr. Anna 

Clayton 

Ms. Debbie Parham Clayton 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Clippard 

Dr. Cliff Cockerham and Dr. Sherry 

Cummings 

Cecil Billington Coleman 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Collins 

Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Conlin 

Miss Catherine Conners 

Diane and Patrick Connolly 

Mr. Doug Henard and Ms. Cornelia 

Coode 

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Copeland 

Lucy Shea Corenswet 

Mrs. Susan Kennedy Cowden 

Mrs. Angela Birch Cox 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cox 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Cragon 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Crews 

Mr. and Mrs. Dell Crosslin 

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Crum 

Mrs. Marjorie Linx Currin 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Daugherty 

Martha Wright Davidson 

Mrs. Alicia Davis 

Mrs. Emily Sanders Davis 

Mac and Vicky Davis 

Mr. and Mrs. Maclin P. Davis, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Davis 

Rev. Mr. Ronald B. and Dr. Karen K. 

Deal 

Mrs. Peggy DeFreece Dean 

Ms. Virginia Dearborn 

Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Dedman 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Demere 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Derrick 

Mrs. Kara Devine Devening 

Dr. and Mrs. Jose J. Diaz, Jr. 

Mrs. Teresa Miller Dickinson 

Mrs. Clokie Freeman Dixon 

Mrs. Lynn Black Dolan 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Donnelly 


Mr. and Mrs. William A. Dortch, Jr. 

Elizabeth R. Dortch 

Dr. William L. Downey 

Mr. and Mrs. Thom Druffel 

Mr. and Mrs. Dana Duff 

Mrs. Palmer Duffey 

Margaret Simpson Dunning 

Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Brandon Durelli 

Robert Early and Kimberlee Maphis 

Early 

Alexandra Economos 

Samantha Economos 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Economos 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Edmondson 

Mr. Hamilton Edwards 

Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Edwards 

Mrs. Joyce Eisenmann 

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Elliston, Jr. 

Mrs. Sue Ann Simpson Enneis 

Mrs. Laura Black Erhart 

Mrs. Suzanne Pittinger Erpenbach 

Mr. Anthony J. Evangelisti 

Ms. Emily Eyre 

Elizabeth Stafford Farmer 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis G. Farr 

Ms. Ellen Butler Fernandez 

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund 

Mr. Ed Fike 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fike 

Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Flowers, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Fontaine 

Mrs. Missy Trushel Forrester 

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Forte 

Ms. Bridget Frakes 

Mary Valentine Francis 

Miss Stephanie Valentine Francis 

Mr. and Mrs. James Franks 

Mrs. Patricia A. Fredericksen 

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Freeman 

Mrs. Dolly Castelli Garay 

Ms. Kay Garrison 


ANNUAL REPORT 

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Garvey 

Mrs. Loretto Wolf Garvie 

Mr. and Mrs. Marbut G. Gaston, Jr. 

Mrs. Amanda Robertson Gaston 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gerbic 

Mrs. Gail Gibson-Milliron and Mr. 

William Milliron 

Ms. Lisa Gillespie 

Eric and Lisa Givens 

Mr. and Mrs. David Glascoe 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gary Glass 

Mrs. Cissa Flanigen Glenn 

Dr. and Mrs. A. Joel Gluck 

Mrs. Jean Young Goad 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Gobbell 

Mr. and Mrs. Rex Gobbell 

Mrs. Elizabeth Goldammer 

Mrs. Nancy Glenn Gollobin 

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gorham 

W. W. Grainger, Inc. 

Mr. John A. Grannis, III 

Ms. Jane Grannis 

Mrs. Mary Lou Roeser Graves 

Lisa Fridrich Grayson 

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Greene 

Mrs. W. O. Greene 

Mrs. Betsy Merlin Gregory 

Ms. Cher Grigsby 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Gronefeld 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Grubbs, Sr. 

Mr. Carlo Guglielmi 

Ms. Sharon Hagerty 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hagood 

Miss Claire Hailey 

Ms. Toni Wilk Hall 

Mrs. Mary Catherine Bradley Hannon 

Mr. and Mrs. John Hardesty 

Dr. and Mrs. Erwin C. Hargrove 

Lynne D. Hargrove 

Dr. and Mrs. Dean Harless 

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harness 

Mrs. Ann Guepe Harris 

Dr. Kelley Harris 

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hartman 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hassett 

Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Hastings 

Mrs. Denise Hurt Hawkins 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hayes 

Mrs. Katy Pittinger Helms 

Ms. Janet P. Hensley 

Mrs. Amy Nolan Herbers 

Chris and Danielle Herndon 

Mr. Jim Herring 

Mrs. Stefanie Lance Hertvik 

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Higdon 

Ms. Laura R. Hill 

Mary Ammon and John Hoenigman 

Mrs. Margaret Holland 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Holzmer 

Graham and Heather Yopp Honeycutt 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Hood 

Mrs. Geraldine Grissom Hooks 

Francis Horn 

Rose O. Hornberger 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Horrell 

Mr. Billy Hoskinson and Mrs. Christy 

Berberich-Hoskinson 

Carla and Gary Housepian 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howell 

Cara Lise Hudson 

Class of 2009 graduate Andrea 

Wheatley, top left, takes a family 

portrait during senior breakfast with 

her sister Samantha Wheatley,'07, 

her father Dr. Robert Wheatley, and 

her mother, Dr. Sue Lee-Wheatley. 

Mrs. Betsy Smith Hunt 

The Hunt Family Foundation of 

Nashville, TN, Inc. 

Peggy Hunt 

Mrs. Anne Catherine Holt Irvin 

Mrs. Clair Petre Ivanov 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Jack 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs 

Frank R. and Lisa P. Janusa 

Ms. Karen Jarratt 

Mr. and Mrs. Caswell Jefferson 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Johnson 

Mrs. Joan Smith Jones 

Ms. Cathy Jordan 

Mrs. Beth Harwood Kastanotis 

Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly 

Mrs. Evelyn Wehby Kempf 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Kendall 

Pam and Allen Kennedy 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kennedy 

Ms. Lindsay A. Kerrigan 

Mr. Peter King and Mrs. Mary 

McCarthy-King 

Mrs. Molly Bell Kirkpatrick 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kirkpatrick 

Christopher and Laura Kleman 

Mr. and Mrs. William Klingenberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. Kohl 

Mrs. Sadie Francis Kozak 

Bob and Cathy Krumm 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kuyper 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael La Haie 

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lammers 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Landers 

Mrs. E.H. Lannom 

Ms. Pamela Lannom 

Miss Lauren Lassiter 

Mrs. Danielle Laster-Broadwater 

Mrs. Leslie Eden Lavin 

Mrs. Carol Black Lawrence 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Leftwich 

Ms. Emily Leftwich 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Linehan 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Locker 

Mrs. Cindy Spraker Loftin 

Ms. Kelly Long 

Julie H. Loomis 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Louk 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Lovell 

Mr. and Mrs. J. William Ludemann 

Mrs. Frances Sharp Luster 

Mrs. Connie Overbey Luttrell 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lynch 

Mr. and Mrs. Doug MacCallum 

John Maiberger and Linda Heft 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Malone 

Miss Jessika E. Malone 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Manley 

Drs. Kathleen and Derek Marks 

Mrs. Terry McCaffrey Marston 

Miss Mary E. Mattingly 

Mary Elcan May 

Kelly Heinrich McBrayer 

Mr. and Mrs. Guilbert McCarthy 

Ms. Shannon McCullough 

Ms. Darlene McDonald 

Dolores A. McInturff 

Michaela Gupton McKelway 

Mrs. Michelene Piot McKinney 

Mrs. Diane Lennon Meier 

Dr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Mencio 

Alyson M. Mencio 

Marissa A. Mencio 

Ms. Sherry Merideth 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mihalko 

Ms. Carol Milam 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Miller, Sr. 

Mrs. Sylvia Kanwischer Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. Bradford T. Miller 

Ms. Anne Michelle Millican 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Anthony Mitchell 

Mr. and Mrs. David Michael Monette 

Ms. Griselda Monzon 

Mr. and Mrs. Geren Moor 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Moore 

Mr. and Mrs. David F. Moran 

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Morrissey 

Mr. and Mrs. Loftus Andrew Morrissey 

Ms. Diana Mosteller 

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Mothershed 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Murphy 

Sally Murphy Class of 1969 

Mrs. Katherine Fitzgerald Murphy 

Ms. Colleen M. Murray 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Nagle 

Mrs. Sally Nance 

Mr. Jim Napolitano 

Ms. Tricia Neal 

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford P. Nealy 

Mr. Greg C. Nelson 

Mr. and Mrs. John Neuenschwander 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Nevin 

Douglas and Tawnya Norton 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nunan 

Miss Sarah E. Nunan 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O'Brien 

Mrs. Gladys W. Oliver 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack A Oman 

Mr. and Mrs. Chris O'Rear 

Mrs. Elizabeth Harris Ouren 

Mrs. William F. Outlan 

Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Overby 

Reverend John Paar 

Robert T. & Kate E. Page 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pancoast 

Mrs. Cathy Hale Panevics 

Steve and Carol Papuchis 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen Patton 

Ginny Patton 

Dr. Margaret Sutherland Pennington 

Mrs. Alberta Badacour Perry 

Mark and Mary Peters 

Mr. John Petrucelli 

Dr. Laura Dray Pierce 

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Pierce 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Pike 

Mrs. Karen Clarke Pirkle 

Mr. W. Hampton Pitts 

Ms. Jodi Kuklinski Pogue 

Kim Gunnells Pomeroy 

Brooke Porter 

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Poteet 

Mr. John F. Power 

Mr. and Mrs. Shirin Pulous 

Miss Teresa A. Punaro 

Suzi Casha Putnam 

Mrs. Margaret Strobel Pyburn 

Mrs. Sheryl Burns Radley 

Ms. Christine T. Ragan 

Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Ragan 

Mr. and Mrs. John Ragsdale 

Mr. and Mrs. Rahim Rahimi 

Ms. Mary T. Randall 

Lynn Moll Rassieur 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Rausch 

Dr. and Mrs. Len Ray 

Mr. and Mrs. Don Raymond 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Read 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Reed 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Reese 

Mrs. Mary Ann Reese 

Mrs. Kelli Gore Reeves 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Regan 

Sara Graf Remke 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Richardson 

Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Richardson 

Mr. and Mrs. Buist Fort Richardson 

Mrs. Robert Richardson 

Mrs. Betty Johnson Richardson 

Ridgeview Foundation 

Mrs. Margaret R. Roberts 

Peggy Lampley Robeson 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Robinson 

Mrs. Anne Kerrigan Robinson 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Rodgers 

Patrick E. and Adele J. Rowan 

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Russell, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Ryan 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sadler 

San Antonio Taco Company 

Mrs. Debbi Sanders 

Santa Claus Productions 

Rob and Layne Sasser 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Christopher Saxon 

Mr. Joseph P. Sbuttoni, Sr. 

Mrs. Therese Howell Schafluetzel 

Mrs. Alva Lyons Schloss 

Mrs. Rickey Chick Schuller 

Susan J. Schultheiss 

Brian K. and LeAnn M. Schulz 

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Schwartz 

Mrs. Mary Del Frank Scobey 

Scripps Howard Foundation 


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ANNUAL REPORT 

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Sears 

Mrs. Kim Smith Sewell 

Ms. Johanna Choate Shadoin 

Ms. Sarah Shea 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sheehan 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shofner 

Ms. Angela Siefker 

Ms. Carolyn Sigman 

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Simms 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Simon 

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip G. Simpson 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Frank Simpson 

Ms. Leigh Sleighter 

Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Smith 

Mrs. Theresa Geist Smith 

Mrs. Grace Sutherland Smith 

Ms. Pat Smith 

Chip Smith and Diane Spitzer 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Snyder 

Rose Mary and Charles W. Snyder, Sr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Sprouse 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Spurlock 

Mr. and Mrs. William Paul Stacey, Sr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stamps 

Mr. John D. Starbuck, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steiner 

John and Edna Earle Stephens 

Ms. Marie Stewart 

Dr. and Mrs. Sherrill B. Stewart 

Stonecrest Medical Center 

Jean McCaffrey Stout 

Mrs. Veronica Strobel-Seigenthaler 

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Stuart 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Stumb 

The Stumpf Family 

Mr. and Mrs. John Michael Sullivan 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Laurence Sullivan, Jr. 

Jane H. Sullivan 

Mr. Mark Sumonka 

Patricia and Pete Sutherland 

Mrs. Sandra McMillin Sutterlin 

Ms. Phyllis Sutton 

Ms. Louise Takashima 

Target 

Dr. Edwina R. Temple 

Mr. Edward Temple 

Mrs. Lucy Barrett Thomason 

Mrs. Susanne Thombs 

Ms. Donna P. Thompson 

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson 

Mr. and Mrs. Walton C. Thompson 

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thompson 

Thomson Tax & Accounting Corporate 

Communications 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Tidwell 

Jim and Lisa Tipps 

Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Todd 

Mrs. Imelda Wehby Todd 

Mrs. Margaret Campion Tolleson 

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Trabue 

Mrs. Regina Snyder Trainor 

Ann Langdon Trent 

Mrs. Charlotte Whittington Troutman 

Ms. Ann Tuck 

Sarah Tuke 

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Turner 

Mrs. Dawn Ann Murphy Tynes 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Van Etten 

Mr. William P. Varley, Jr. 

Pier S. Vaughn 

Arlene and David Johnson enjoy the 

SCA dinner and dance. They also 

chaired the Annual Fund 

Committee for 2008-09. 

Mrs. Catherine Stuart Vrettos 

The Wahl Family 

Miss Marye L. Walker 

Mrs. Beth Hailey Walker 

Ms. Andrea Wall 

Amelia Biggers Wallace 

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Walsh 

Mrs. Linda Jackson Walter 

Bob and Bitsy Ward 

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Corkran Warner 

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Warren 

Sherry McLellan Weaver 

Cami Weber 

Mrs. Stacie DeGrella Weddle 

Mrs. Ann True Wehby 

Sheryl Abbey Wehby 

Mr. Thomas C. Weiland 

Mr. Mark Weisman 

Diana Weisman 

Margaret Sutherland Wellborn 

Mrs. Anne Davis Welton 

Mr. and Mrs. Victor P. Wesley 

Mrs. Jenny Holditch Wesson 

Mrs. Shirley Kortuem Westfall 

Roberta Green and Bill Wheeler 

Mr. and Mrs. Les Whitaker 

Mrs. Christina Madden White 

Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Whitley 

Mrs. Kathy Fox Whitney 

Mrs. Paulette Clark Whitworth 

Helen Hostettler Wiggs 

Mrs. Helen H. Williams 

Shirley and John Williams 

Mr. and Mrs. Don Williams 

Juanita Wilson 

Mr. Robert R. Woodall 

Dr. Patricia D. Woods 

Patricia Batson Wrenne 

Joseph M. (Jack) and Cynthia L. 

Yackow 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Yackow 

Mrs. Ellen McDonald Yandell 

Ms. Katherine Zimmer 

Becky Alderson Zimmerman 

1930’s 

Billie Hardwicke Cross 1930 

Mary Friel Brown 1932 

Alva Lyons Schloss 1936 

Norma Petre Allen 1937 

Alberta Badacour Perry 1937 

Charlotte Whittington Troutman 1937 

1940’s 

Novarese Ballentine Klingenberg 1941 

Sherry McLellan Weaver 1941 

Jean Young Goad 1942 

Frances Sharp Luster 1942 

Margaret Campion Tolleson 1942 

Evelyn Wehby Kempf 1943 

Sadie Francis Kozak 1943 

Imelda Wehby Todd 1944 

Betty Johnson Richardson 1945 

Mary Elizabeth Corkran Warner 1945 

Marie Therese Brown Werrbach 1945 

Fakie Resha Bracey 1946 

Joyce McCracken Eisenmann 1946 

Teresa A. Punaro 1946 

Sue Mannion Simpson 1946 

Mary Schmitt Bates 1948 

Marjorie Linx Currin 1948 

Teresa Miller Dickinson 1948 

Mary Catherine Bradley Hannon 1948 

Mary Kincaid Steiner 1948 

Margaret Higgins Thompson 1948 

Paulette Clark Whitworth 1948 


57% participation - 

60th Reunion 

Martha Nell Long Bryant 

Catherine Conners 


Rose Carver Kirkpatrick 


Edna Bomar Stephens 

Helen Hostettler Wiggs 

Shirley Vaughn Williams 

1950’s 

Theresa Geist Smith 1950 

Loretto Wolf Garvie 1953 

Mary Lou Roeser Graves 1953 

Geraldine Grissom Hooks 1953 

Patricia Batson Wrenne 1953 

Diane Hartnett Brady 1955 

Shirley Kortuem Westfall 1955 

Jeri Alessio Carver 1956 

Carole Barrett Batson 1957 

Anonymous 1957 

Laura Sanders Christy 1957 

Carmen Otto Morrissey 1957 

Veronica Strobel-Seigenthaler 1957 

Mary Ammon McMurry Hoenigman 1958 

Anne Catherine Holt Irvin 1958 

Therese Howell Schafluetzel 1958 

Veronica Burns Wauford 1958 


35% participation - 

50th Reunion 

Bernadette Graham Adams 

Beth Harwood Kastanotis 

Sally Lea Nance 

Susanne Reynolds Thombs 

Amelia Biggers Wallace 

1960’s 

Holland Cochrane Anderson 1960 

Clair Petre Ivanov 1960 

Peggy Lampley Robeson 1960 

Bolin Kane Stumb 1960 

Connie Overbey Luttrell 1961 

Patricia and Pete Sutherland 1961 

Linda Jackson Walter 1961 

Pamela Taylor Braun 1962 

Carroll Brunner Crosslin 1962 

Mary Ann Roberts Claxton 1963 

Toni Wilk Hall 1963 

Ann Guepe Harris 1963 

Frances Anne Varallo 1963 

Sandra McMillin Sutterlin 1964 

Margaret Sutherland Pennington 1965 

Lorelei Aden 1966 

Mary Prue Alley 1966 

Anne Kerrigan Robinson 1966 

Rebecca Brackman Sprouse 1966 

Jean McCaffrey Stout 1966 

Patricia Woods 1966 

Ellen Butler Fernandez 1967 

Jane Grannis 1967 

Sheryl Burns Radley 1967 

Mary Kaiser Spurlock 1967 

Gloria Thomasson Cox 1968 

Suzanne Pittinger Erpenbach 1968 

Julia Hofstetter Fisher 1968 

Terry McCaffrey Marston 1968 


30% Participation - 

40th Reunion 

Beverly Deal Ammarell 

Allison White Balthrop 

Anonymous 

Anne Billington Coleman 


Sue Ann Simpson Enneis 

Pam Morrissey Kennedy 

Jeanne Burd Marchetti 

Michelene Piot McKinney 

Sally Murphy 

Cathy Hale Panevics 

Suzi Casha Putnam 

Johanna Choate Shadoin 

Margaret Pickering Tidwell 


11% Participation 

Cissa Flanigen Glenn 

Cathy Jordan 

Anonymous 

Colleen M. Murray 



Lucy Shea Corenswet 

Mary Luster Dortch 

Bill Forte and Rhea Elcan Forte 

Nancy Glenn Gollobin 

Mary Jane Staed Smith 

Roberta Green Wheeler 

Christina Hostettler Whitley 


ANNUAL REPORT 



Judy Harris Butterick 

Nancy Holzmer Calderon 

Denise Hurt Hawkins 

Molly Bell Kirkpatrick 



Marie Daugherty Bishop 

Sara Maddux Cheshire 

Margaret Simpson Dunning 

Karen Clarke Pirkle 



35th Reunion 

14 Anonymous Donors 

Elba Batista Alexander 

Nanette Piot Andrews 

Josephine Smith Buck 

Debbie Parham Clayton 

Betsy Merlin Gregory 

Katy Pittinger Helms 

Carol Black Lawrence 

Cindy Spraker Loftin 

Katherine Power McCrea 

Michaela Gupton McKelway 

Bobbi Wilson Nealy 

Jeanne Chick Schuller 

Mary Del Frank Scobey 

Pat Smith 

Virginia Luster Sullivan 

Edwina R. Temple 

Susan Andrews Thompson 

Regina Snyder Trainor 

Sheryl Abbey Wehby 



Lynn Moll Rassieur 

Jenny Holditch Wesson 



Lisa Greene Caldwell 

Lynn Black Dolan 

Maura Zalud Johnson 

Dale Baird Mitchell 



Maureen Abbey 

Debbie Stewart Buck 

Debbie Goodrum Burkhalter 

Angela Birch Cox 

Martha Wright Davidson 

Clokie Freeman Dixon 

Peggy Hunt 

Lucy Barrett Thomason 

Norma Trauernicht Volz 

Nancy Johnson Worley 



Mary Barrett Brewer 

Julie Dortch Cragon 

Lisa Fridrich Grayson 

Eleanor Menefee Parkes 

Becky Alderson Zimmerman 



30th Reunion 

Deedee Tate Bumpous 

Elizabeth Shea Campbell 

Peggy DeFreece Dean 

Laura Black Erhart 

Emily Eyre 

Laura Cullum Hood 

Mischelle Madden Hopfinger 

Claire Batey Manley 

Mary Elcan May 

Sylvia Kanwischer Miller 

Allison Burns Sheehan 

Margaret Derrick Simpson 

Dawn Ann Murphy Tynes 

Ann True Wehby 



Denise Donnelly Beaty 

Claire Hailey 

Georgina Noble Saxon 

Ellen McDonald Yandell 



Elizabeth Seigenthaler Courtney 

Susan Kennedy Cowden 

Kim Smith Sewell 

Sarah Shea 

Marye L. Walker 



Amy Hargrove Cate 

Palmer Cherry Duffey 

Kelley Brantley Harris 

Mary Holzmer Peters 

Kathy Fox Whitney 



Lee Anne Chance Demere 

Cathy Cook Krumm 

Kim Gunnells Pomeroy 

Sara Graf Remke 



25th Reunion 

Beth Ann Siemanski Bailey 

Kathryn Carell Brown 

Elizabeth Harris Ouren 

Kelli Gore Reeves 

Amy Seigenthaler Pierce 

Grace Sutherland Smith 




Rae Lee Rolin Anglin 

Elizabeth Durst Brown 

Pam Christy 

Jada Nave Edmondson 

Amy Nolan Herbers 

Cara Lise Hudson 

Kelly Heinrich McBrayer 

Ann Langdon Trent 



Cathy Mayo Bell 

Christine T. Ragan 

Margaret Sutherland Wellborn 



Lindsay Chance 




Julia Jurka Cashion 

Laura Gregory Warren 

Christina Madden White 



20th Reunion 

Kara Devine Devening 



Class of 2009 graduate Amelia Nelson, center, poses with her mother Lynne 

Nourse Maynor, '80, and grandmother Patricia Nourse, before Baccalaureate 

Mass. 

Josie Sevier Alston 

Melissa Trushel Forrester 



Laurie Harris Cian 

Ellen Bush Durelli 

Nichole Wood Huseby 

Diane Lennon Meier 



Katherine Fitzgerald Murphy 



Stefanie Lance Hertvik 

Brooke Porter 

Margaret Strobel Pyburn 

Stacie DeGrella Weddle 



15th Reunion 

Ashley Nimmo Turner 



Amanda Robertson Gaston 



Danielle White Herndon 

Kathleen Wall Marks 



Dolly Castelli Garay 

Danielle Laster-Broadwater 

Laura Dray Pierce 

Marie C. Stewart 

Catherine Stuart Vrettos 



10th Reunion 

Anne Michelle Millican 

Ginny Patton 

Since 2000 

Young Alumnae 

Elizabeth R. Dortch 2000 

Lauren Eden Lavin 2000 

Lauren A. Brooks 2001 

Sarah Tuke 2001 

Heather Yopp Honeycutt 2002 

Jessika E. Malone 2002 

Mary E. Mattingly 2002 

Leigh Anderson 2003 

Lindsay A. Kerrigan 2003 

Alyson M. Mencio 2003 

Sarah E. Nunan 2003 

Alexandra Economos 2004 

Lauren Lassiter 2004 

Marissa A. Mencio 2006 

Elizabeth Ammarell 2007 

Samantha Economos 2007 

Please note that every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in the reporting of this data and the donor's wishes with regard to recognition. If you 

believe there is an error, please contact Kim Hoover, Director of Advancement Services at 615-383-3230, ext. 532. If corrections are necessary, we will 

confirm and reprint in the next issue of Harpstrings. Thank you for your generosity to St. Cecilia Academy! 


HARPSTRINGS 17

This 1924 photo shows the SCA student body in front of the Motherhouse. 

St. Cecilia Academy looks back to its beginnings 

Beginning with this issue of HarpStrings, 

St. Cecilia Academy will take a look back 

at its history as the school prepares for its 

sesquicentennial celebration. This 

historical summary was taken from A 

Short Sketch of the Foundation and Growth of 

Saint Cecilia Congregation as recounted by 

writings of Mother Frances Walsh, O.P. 

Since its earliest days in 1860, St. Cecilia 

Academy has educated young women 

in an environment rooted in faith and 

rich in excellence. That mission remains 

the cornerstone of the Academy today. 

The founding of St. Cecilia Academy 

was simultaneous with the founding of 

Tennessee’s only Motherhouse of 

Dominican Sisters, the Congregation of 

St. Cecilia of Nashville. At the request 

of Bishop James Whelan, also a 

Dominican, four sisters from Somerset, 

Ohio, came to establish an academy for 

the education of young women in the 

Diocese of Nashville, in August of 1860. 

Classes opened in October on a hill in 

North Nashville known as Mount 

Vernon Gardens. 

Mother Frances Walsh - who was still 

in her teens at the time - kept a journal 

of these first days. In referring to the 

boarding students’ schedule, she wrote 

that the school hours were long, from 

8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with an hour’s 

intermission at noon. However, “. . . there 

were no studies after supper as it was 

thought that evenings spent free from all 

serious application were conducive to 

health of mind and body.” 

Music and art were important areas of 

emphasis from the outset. Included in one 

of the Academy’s first courses of study 

were: painting, sculpture, pottery and 

china, piano, organ, harp, violin, and voice. 

“But for the terrible cloud that lowered 

and threatened, all things foretold a bright 

and prosperous career for St. Cecilia 

Academy.” That cloud was the Civil War. 

The Academy’s early years were 

inextricably bound up with the Civil War. 

The first commencement exercises were 

held in June of 1862. Miss Nellie Doyle of 

Tennessee and Miss Sally Schipp of 

Kentucky graduated in the concert hall, 

which had been constructed in 1861, 

despite the war, to meet a growing 

enrollment. Lanterns borrowed from the 

This photo of 

Mother Frances 

Walsh, one of four 

SCA Foundresses, 

sitting outside the 

Motherhouse was 

taken in the late 

1800's. 

This photo dated 1862 is one of the earliest pictures of St. Cecilia Academy. 


Letter from the President 

of the Alumnae Association 

Dear Fellow Alumnae, 

I am so grateful to have seen so many of you at our annual alumnae 

luncheon on June 13. It was a very special day. I want to thank personally 

all of you who were able to make it this year. It was especially moving to 

see so many girls from my class (1979) and others come to celebrate their 

reunions. I am always touched by the distances travelled to come home. 

This is our family reunion of sorts. You are always welcome here. 

The graduation 

program from 1865. 

railroad lit up the 

grounds as over a 

thousand guests gathered to hear the Reverend 

Mr. McDonald, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, 

deliver St. Cecilia’s first baccalaureate address. 

The conclusion of the war brought with it financial 

disaster to St. Cecilia. A public auction of the school 

grounds and personal property was advertised in 

1867. However, due to timely intervention by 

Bishop P. A. Feehan and a 30-day rosary novena 

said by the sisters, the Motherhouse and the 

Academy were saved. 

Prosperity gradually returned to Tennessee, 

and by 1880 applications to St. Cecilia had 

increased to the extent that a new building was 

needed. By 1884, the Sisters had satisfied the 

schools debt. 

Today St. Cecilia Motherhouse is the oldest 

residence in Nashville continuously owned and 

occupied by the same “family.” Further additions 

to the campus at Eighth Avenue and Clay Street 

were made in 1888 and then again in 1904. 

With the city’s growth and general movement 

westward, in 1923 the Congregation decided to 

purchase the 92 acre Joseph Warner Estate in West 

Nashville. Thirty-three years later, on the feast of 

St. Cecilia, Nov. 22, 1956, ground was broken on 

the Overbrook property for the new St. Cecilia 

Academy. A year later, the statue of St. Cecilia was 

set in place and the new building on Harding 

Road was dedicated by Bishop Adrian. • 

Read more about the history of St. Cecilia Academy 

and The Dominican Campus in the next issue of 

HarpStrings. 

We have had such a busy year with alumnae events and we hope to see 

more of all of you in the future. The summer was quiet, but we were 

busy planning for the coming year. Please watch the e-newsletter, your 

mailboxes and Harpstrings for information on future events. Many of you 

are involved in helping with our 150th celebration which will begin with 

May Crowning next spring. The excitement continues to build as we 

anticipate this yearlong celebration of Nashville’s oldest private school. 

I want to thank Sister Mary Thomas, Sister Anna Laura, Debbie Lassiter, 

the development staff, Director of Alumnae Relations Chenoa Jacobs and 

my fellow board members for all of their support and hard work. We all 

work together to help ensure that the alumnae stay connected with one 

another and the Academy. Please feel free to contact Chenoa or me with 

any requests, suggestions or concerns. • 

Allison Sheehan 

President 

St. Cecilia Alumnae Association 

Grace Sutherland 

Smith, '84, left, 

hugs her classmate 

Kelli Gore Reeves 

when they meet up 

in the SCA courtyard 

during a class 

reunion. 

St. Cecilia Academy Development Director Debbie Lassiter, right, Director of 

Communications Barbara Esteves-Moore, left, and Alumnae Director Chenoa Jacobs, second 

from left, met up with SCA alumnae, from left, Katie Sullivan,'02, Alexandra "Lexi" 

Budslick,'98, and Cathy Jordan,'70, while attending a CASE Conference in Atlanta. All 

three alumnae live in the Atlanta area. 


HARPSTRINGS 19

Outstanding Alumna 2009 

Peggy Lampley Robeson, ’60 

Peggy Lampley Robeson was named 

the Outstanding Alumna 2009 for all 

she has done for the St. Cecilia 

Academy family since her graduation 

in 1960 and for the bridge she has 

built between the school and her Class 

of 1960. 

Peggy Lampley Robeson, ’60, is a 

legend at St. Cecilia Academy. 

Her SCA classmate Pat Weisiger 

Morel said Peggy “has held the class 

together” since graduation. She has 

planned a class reunion for her class 

almost yearly as well as monthly 

“get-togethers.” 

“Peggy gives freely of herself to any 

and everyone who has any needs,” 

Mrs. Morel said. “She is warmhearted, 

loving and giving.” 

Peggy volunteers her time to St. Cecilia 

Academy in countless ways. She 

faithfully attends alumnae events, 

volunteers to help set up events and 

helps with such tasks as mailings. 

Peggy attended grade school at Holy 

Name. She began St. Cecilia Academy 

in 1956 at the Motherhouse. She 

graduated in 1960, the third class to 

graduate at the present day St. Cecilia 

Legacy Society could be your future at SCA 

St. Cecilia Academy has a proud 

legacy of developing young women 

for success in life. This work could 

not be done without the sacrifice 

and effort of the sisters and faculty 

who teach and mentor each 

student. They do not do this work 

alone. Without the help of our 

generous benefactors, St. Cecilia 

Academy would not be the school 

it is today. When you become a 

member of the Legacy Society, you 

join us in making the resources of 

The Dominican Campus available 

for future generations. 

To become a member you may 

Peggy, bottom far right, with her classmates 

this summer. 

Academy on Harding Road. Her 

younger sister, Patricia Marie 

Lampley, followed in Peggy’s 

footsteps and graduated from St. 

Cecilia in 1963. 

After graduating from the University of 

Tennessee, she married and began 

a career in the insurance industry. 

She is the proud mother of one son, 

John, and a step-daughter, Alicia. 

She was honored at this year’s Alumnae 

Association luncheon for “exemplifying 

the spirit of St. Cecilia Academy.” • 

make a bequest, a gift of retirement 

assets, or gifts of life insurance 

policies you may no longer need. 

[401(k) plans or IRA’s may allow 

you to give more than you thought 

possible while reducing taxes.] 

To find out more about any 

of these giving opportunities, 

or to make a gift now, please 

call Debbie Lassiter, director 

of development, at (615) 383-3230, 

ext. 524, e-mail her at 

lassiterd@dominicancampus.org or 

go to www.stcecilia.edu/support and 

make your gift online. • 

Record numbers 

gather for summer 

alumnae events 

A record 230 alumnae gathered this year 

for the 104th Annual Alumnae Luncheon 

on June 13, 2009. The event began with 

a new tradition: a Mass at the SCA Chapel 

prior to the luncheon. 

In addition to the luncheon gathering, 

events were held throughout the weekend. 

Ten classes met either on campus or off to 

celebrate reunions and to reconnect. 

They included: 

Class of 1949 — 60th Reunion dinner 

at Logan’s Roadhouse 


at the White House 


at Jeanne Marchetti’s home 


at Rickey Schuller’s home 


at Lion’s Head Clubhouse 

Class of 1984 — 25th Reunion reception 

in SCA Alumnae Hall followed by dinner at 

Zee Coleman Pendelton’s home. 

Class of 1989 — 20th Reunion which 

began with prayers at the Motherhouse, 

then continued with a Girls’ Night Out at 

Amy Graham Hobbs’ home. The class also 

held a Couples Night at Sunset Grill on 

Saturday. 

Class of 1994 — 15th Reunion school tour 

and family ice cream social 

Class of 1999 — 10th Reunion brunch in 

SCA Alumnae Hall 

Class of 2004 — 5th Reunion meeting 

offsite 

The day of the luncheon we had 60 class 

agents. Since then, we have had 5 

additional ladies sign up to be class 

agents. Be on the look out for new and 

existing events. After the reunion weekend, 

alumnae continued to gather at SCA this 

summer with a business card social in July. 

WEB EXTRA 

| 

To see pictures from the 104th Annual Alumnae Luncheon go to: www.stcecilia.edu/alumnae/gallery.php 


Alumna Profile 

Looking back with the Class of 1979 

Reunion brings 

back St. Cecilia 

memories, friends 

By Nancy Lesser ’79 

Teachers throughout our four years at 

St. Cecilia Academy told us we were 

special; many of our parents said the 

same. Deep down, we knew it ourselves 

and were buoyed by the encouragement 

of our supporters. “Yes we’re fine, 

‘cause we’re ’79!” was imprinted on the 

buttons we wore. “We Are Family” was 

our Top 40 pop mantra, and classmate 

Emily Eyre’s “Friendship Song” brought 

us to tears when the time came to leave 

SCA. 

We were a class comprised of distinct 

individuals that were bound by a 

common admiration for and pride in 

each other’s differences—no small feat 

for a gaggle of boy-crazy adolescent 

girls. We were smart, we were athletic, 

and we were leaders. We were musical, 

we were creative, and we were funny. 

And we seemed to sense, even then, 

that we were on the verge of becoming 

the confident women of faith that we 

are today, three decades after our 

graduation. 

We entered SCA as a segmented group, 

but we did win the coveted spirit award 

as mere freshmen and we did graduate 

as an extremely close class of 63 strong! 

Then in the summer of 2009 we met up 

again for our 30th reunion. It was a time 

for great celebration and introspection. 

It was a thanksgiving for the blessing of 

being united as St. Cecilia girls. 

No one could have prepared us for the 

wondrous gift of each other’s love and 

support 30 years later. Deep and abiding 

friendships were rekindled with each 

warm embrace and shriek of joy uttered 

at the recognition of a face not seen for 

The Class of 1979 gathered at the Annual Alumnae Luncheon for a photograph. The class held its 30th 

reunion this summer. 

years, but certainly not forgotten. Never 

could we have predicted that 73% of 

our class would return to Nashville 

to celebrate this milestone. 

Kathleen Hixon Geary woke up that 

morning determined to be at the 

reunion after all. Driving six hours 

from Mississippi, she arrived in time for 

Arianne’s afternoon pool party. Dawn 

Ann Murphy Tynes had informed her 

teenagers that the fallen tree on their 

Birmingham, Ala., garage would just 

have to wait; she wasn’t going to miss 

catching up with old friends. Margaret 

Derrick Simpson pulled in from a long 

day on the road just in time for the start 

of the evening’s festivities at Lions Head 

Clubhouse. 

Forty-six of us came from near and far, 

each feeling in her own heart the strong 

tug to be back in Nashville. Laura 

Hooper Ripp and Leigh Glasser Wolfson 

flew in from the West Coast; Michelle 

Barr Haase and reunion co-organizer 

Amy Witt Smith arrived from Chicago 

and Minneapolis. Others travelled from 

Texas, Virginia, Georgia and North 

Carolina. Claire had not been back since 

graduation and was so very glad that 

she, like the rest of us, had decided to 

attend. 

We learned that we are school and 

community volunteers, and we are 

working professionals: teachers, nurses, 

anesthetists, realtors, physical therapists 

and speech pathologists. We are sales 

directors and financial consultants, we 

are television station managers and 

meteorologists, and we are writers and 

singers. We are wives, ex-wives, and 

stepmothers, and we are breast cancer 

survivors. We are mothers of children 

ranging in age from 3 to 26 and we are 

mothers of St. Cecilia girls. 

The highlights of our St. Cecilia days 

were the same for many of us. We 

recalled the myriad of hysterical student 

council skits and the cold foyer floor, 

selling doughnuts and pizza for 

fundraising, kidnapping and being 

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HARPSTRINGS 21

Looking back with the Class of 1979 

continued from page 21 

kidnapped as freshmen, singing 

“Cantantibus” with all its vocal parts, 

moments alone in the grotto, and senior 

year. 

We remembered oh so many of our 

teachers for a wide variety of reasons. 

It is doubtful even they could know 

how much of an impact they had on 

our young souls when they told us 

to follow our hearts, to believe in 

ourselves, to be beautiful people on the 

inside, or to remember that failure, 

and prayer, are the means to success. 

Our SCA teachers challenged us to do 

better because they knew we could. 

We wish we were able to tell Mrs. 

Derryberry that we still remember the 

Canterbury Tales prologue in Middle 

English. We want to tell Ms. York that as 

much as we abhorred memorizing every 

bone and muscle in the body, her health 

class challenged us to do the impossible. 

And we still marvel at the ability of 

Mother Ann Marie to always know when 

our skirts were rolled up to take in the 

sun, or, when we were not in class. 

In our adulthood, we view ourselves as 

grounded, independent, grateful for all 

we have been given, and blessed with our 

families’ love. We have discovered our 

true selves in our struggles and triumphs, 

and are more confident than we ever 

were in high school. We are strong and 

assertive women, happy for the most part 

and optimistic about the future. 

The golden thread that binds us 

together, and that has sustained each 

of us through loss, change and family 

tragedies, is our faith. St. Cecilia 

Academy gave us the courage to use 

that faith and go confidently into 

this world to make a difference. 

We were a really good class. 

We still are. • 

AQUINAS COLLEGE 

LECTURE SERIES 

fall2009 

Tuesday, November 17 

The Sacrifice of the 

New Covenant: 

The Eucharist in the 

New Testament 

Father Gregory Tatum, O.P. 

Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem 

Thursday, November 19 

Soft Despotism 

Michael Miller 

Acton Institute for the Study 

of Religion and Liberty 

RSVP 

Call (615) 383-3230 or email lectures@aquinascollege.edu. 

All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Aquinas College main building, Room 103. 


Alumna Profile 

Leigh Glasser Wolfson, ’79, carries the 

St. Cecilia spirit with her to the West Coast 

By Meaghan Connolly, ’07 

Like her mother and grandmother 

before her, Leigh Glaser Wolfson is a 

graduate of St. Cecilia Academy. And 

like all of St. Cecilia’s graduates, she 

stands as a tribute to the invaluable 

knowledge and experience St. Cecilia 

provides. 

The Dominican Sisters, who “truly make 

St. Cecilia so special,” were an integral 

part of Wolfson’s time at St. Cecilia. It is 

from them, she says, that she gained the 

discipline and confidence to succeed 

in academic, career and personal 

endeavors. For Wolfson, the Dominican 

Sisters are not only “outstanding 

educators,” but also invaluable “mentors 

of young women.” Wolfson, who 

graduated in 1979, attributes much of 

her personal success to her founding 

years at St. Cecilia. “I think SCA was a 

wonderful stepping stone to college and 

adult life,” she said. 

After graduating from St. Cecilia, 

Wolfson earned a degree in journalism 

from the University of Mississippi. She 

began her career in broadcasting and 

soon found her niche as an on-camera 

weather forecaster. 

Wolfson served as the creative director 

and weather forecaster for a station in 

Greenwood, Miss., and as the director 

of public affairs and weather forecaster 

for a station in Huntsville, Ala. She then 

took a job in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., as a 

weather forecaster and news reporter 

for two years before moving to Seattle, 

Washington. 

Wolfson remained in Seattle for three 

years as a weather forecaster and 

environmental reporter. Disney then 

asked her to help start a new, 

independent TV station in Los Angeles, 

Calif. She served as the station’s weather 

Leigh Glasser Wolfson, ’79, returned to Nashville this summer for her class reunion. 

forecaster and news reporter, and as 

talk show host. Wolfson has been in 

San Francisco for the past 19 years at the 

Disney-ABC station there. She received 

a second degree in meteorology during 

this time. Wolfson works as the station’s 

on-air meteorologist and as a live-segment 

host for the station’s live weekday 

entertainment show, View from the Bay. 

Throughout her extensive career, 

Wolfson has garnered many awards 

and acknowledgements. She has 

received numerous awards in broadcast 

excellence, was named Northern 

California Broadcast Woman of the Year 

in 1998 and 2004, and won an Emmy for 

her work on View from the Bay in 2007. 

Wolfson is also a member of the 

American Meteorological Society 

and served as an advisor on 

environmental reporting in Washington, 

D.C. In 2008, she began Good Host 

continued on page 24 


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Leigh Glasser Wolfson carries the SCA spirit with her to the West Coast 

continued from page 23 

Brands, a small business, which she 

continues to expand. 

“Personally, the Sisters of St. Cecilia 

gave me the courage and confidence 

to work towards a goal,” Wolfson 

said. “I thank Sister Phillip Joseph for 

her belief in me and for all her kind 

words of encouragement then and 

now. I believe it is the teachings, 

guidance, love and care of the 

Dominican Sisters that truly make St. 

Cecilia Academy so special.” 

“In June I came back to attend my 

30th class reunion,” she continued. 

“It was amazing to see all my classmates. 

I am so very proud of each 

and every one of them. As a group 

we are professionals, mothers, and 

wives; we have shared grief together, 

and births of children; we have 

fought illness; and we are stronger 

than ever. I have so many wonderful 

memories of St. Cecilia Academy. I 

think the friendships and the feeling 

of ‘belonging’ stand out the most.” 

Wolfson and her husband, Ashton B. 

Wolfson, who married in 2002, have 

one daughter, Alexandra Leigh. She 

hopes that one day her daughter 

will follow in her family’s footsteps 

and also attend St. Cecilia. 

Though life has taken Wolfson far 

away from Nashville, it is clear the 

SCA spirit continues to permeate 

multiple aspects of her life. She 

urges graduates and future 

graduates “to embrace friends and 

family,” and to remember they “will 

never be a stranger in the halls of 

St. Cecilia.” • 

Wolfson’s SCA Legacy 

Grandmothers: 

Mary Stroble Glaser 

(deceased) 

Year graduated 

from SCA: 

attended in 

the early 

Vivian Uhles Hunley 1900’s 

Mother: 

Helen Glaser Yates 1956 

Sisters: 

Sister Helen Marie, O.P. 1976 

Christy Glaser 1981 

Edie Glaser 1985 

Class Notes 

Maria V. S. Seigenthaler, ’86, daughter 

of Veronica Strobel-Seigenthaler, ’57, 

composed lyrics for a major musical 

piece that was played at the Pro Arte 

Chorale performance in New Jersey on 

March 13, 2009. She received her B.A. in 

music from 

Brown 

University in 

1990 and her 

M.F.A. in 

Musical 

Theatre Writing 

from NYU’s 

Tisch School of 

the Arts in 

1995. In the 

piece, titled 

Maria V.S. Seigenthaler 

stands in front of the Irvine 

Auditorium at the Univ. of 

Penn., with her daughters 

Julia and Annabelle and her 

husband Steven Roses. 

Batson and Evelyn Harper Mulloy. 

Sing With Me, 

Maria acknowledges 

the late 

Sr. Anastasia 

Basehart, O.P., 

and former 

SCA piano 

teachers 

Carole Barrett 

Heather Anne DeGrella, ’89, was 

recently recognized as one of “Forty 

under 40” in San Antonio, a list of young 

professionals of note. She graduated from 

the University of North Carolina at Chapel 

Hill with a B.A. in art history and later 

became a Master of Architecture at the 

University of Texas in Austin. She married 

Nate Campbell in 2002. The couple has 

one child: Dorsey Cullum Campbell, who 

was born on April 14, 2008. 

Stacie DeGrella Weddle, ’93, received 

her B.S. in Spanish education from the 

University of Evansville in 1997. She 

married Lt. Com. Jason Weddle in 1997. 

They have three children: Jonah, 8, Elijah, 

6, and Sophia, 3. Thus far, Stacie and her 

family have lived in eight cities in 10 

years. They currently live in Panama City, 

Panama. 

Angela Read Greek, ’93, has passed 

all four parts of the Certified Public 

Accountant exams. 

Melissa Hiller Hannah, ’94, began 

working as a speech pathologist at a 

private school and clinic for children with 

disabilities. The school’s curriculum is 

designed to teach children with Autism 

spectrum disorder, severe language 

impairment, Apraxia of speech, or 

dyslexia how to read using the association 

method. She also started the Little Rock 

Theology program, a three year bachelor’s 

program offered by the diocese. 

Lily Hamel is the daughter of Sarah Prendergast 

Hamel, '96. 

Sarah Prendergast Hamel, ’96, gave 

birth to her first child, daughter Lillian 

“Lily” Hannah Hamel, on Jan. 7, 2009. 

Theresa Meeks Laurence, ’95, now a 

staff writer at the Tennessee Register won 

continued 


Class Notes 

five awards, including first place for Best 

News Writing on a local or regional issue in 

a diocesan newspaper with a circulation 

between 17,001 and 40,000. The winning 

article was “Patients face tough choices as 

TennCare cuts loom.” In addition, she won 

second place for feature writing, third 

place for best feature writing, third place 

for individual excellence as a writer/editor 

and honorable mention for best photo. All 

the awards were from the 2009 Catholic 

Press Awards, which took place at the 

Catholic Media Convention in Anaheim, 

Calif., recently. 

Peyton Caruthers Drysdale, ’97, 

recently relocated to Washington, D.C. 

from Chicago, IL, to work at the Corcoran 

Gallery of Art and Corcoran College of Art 

and Design as head of Graduate 

Admissions. Also, on April 18, 2009, 

Peyton married James Drysdale, who 

works as the appellate litigation attorney 

for the U.S. Department of Veterans’ 

Affairs’ Office of General Counsel in 

Washington, D.C. 

Katie Guerin, ’97, was recently 

promoted to director of the North Shelby 

County Library in Birmingham, AL. 

Carlenda Smith, ’99, was recently 

appointed chief resident of pediatrics at 

LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center in 

Memphis for 2010-2011. She plans on 

Class of 2001 graduate Jill Bader, right, president of the Tennessee State Society organized the 

Tennessee State Ball during the Presidential Inauguration this January. She is with Mary 

Mattinginly,'02, member-at-large for the TSS, and Sara Tuke,'01, secretary of the TSS. Jill has just 

accepted a position to be communication director for a gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin. 

returning to Nashville to practice 

medicine in 2011. 

Katie Dalton, ’04, is currently working 

at a Catholic/Protestant reconciliation 

center in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. 

She will be in Northern Ireland for one 

year and is considering pursuing a 

graduate degree in the Republic of 

Ireland before returning home. 

Neily Todd, ’05, is teaching in Metro 

Nashville with Teach for America, an 

organization of teachers that work in 

rural and urban public schools to 

eliminate educational inequality. 

Margaret Granbery, ’05, graduated from 

Furman University this spring and was 

awarded the Daughters of the American 

Revolution Prize in American History and 

the Montaigne in French award. She will be 

teaching English in France this coming year. 

Anna Marchetti, ’08, achieved the 

academic honor roll for the Southern 

Collegiate Athletic Conference, which 

requires students to maintain a 3.25 grade 

point average while also being active 

member of a varsity soccer team 

sponsored by the conference. Anna attends 

Sewanee: The University of the South. 

Class of 2009 and Alumnae Moms 

Eight members of the Class of 

2009 have mothers who are St. 

Cecilia Academy alumnae. They 

are, from left, Reed Richardson 

and her mother Mary Manuszak, 

’80, Amelia Nelson and her 

mother Lynne Nourse Maynor, 

’80, Alexandra Koehn and her 

mother Melissa Yokom, ’78, 

Caroline Worley and her mother 

Nancy Johnson, ’77, Jessica Volz 

and her mother Norma 

Trauernicht, ’77, Anne Clair 

Hamilton and her mother Karen 

Trauernicht, ’69, Ali Saxon and 

her mother Georgina Noble, ’80, 

and Clare Simpson and her 

mother Margaret Derrick, ’79. 


HARPSTRINGS 25

Memorials 

The following SCA alumnae 

and immediate family members 

passed away recently. Please 

keep them in your prayers. 

ALUMNAE 

Rora Chauncey Ashley, ’41 

Helen Gates Carson, ’36 

Marie Fitzgerald Doyle, ’39, sister of 

Catherine F. Connolly (deceased) SCA, 

’35, aunt of Marie Connolly Hirst, AC 

’86. 

Mary Elizabeth Fyke, ’38, sister of Mae 

Jean Fyke Moody, (deceased), ’42 

Lucille Hannifin Haltaman, ’47, sister 

of Sr. Mary Jerome, O.P., ’45, and Edith 

Hannifin Jarnagin, ’45 

Irene Dillon Pickering, ’37, sister of 

Eleanor Dillon Walker (deceased), ’35, 

and Mary Lee Dillon Riebling, ’45; 

mother of Vicki P. Sayle, ’67, and 

Margaret P. Tidwell, ’69; and grandmother 

of Anne W. Brackman, ’91 

Betty Johnson Richardson, ’45 

Anne Marie Corbitt Thompson, ’51 

Anne Watson Willis, ’50, sister of 

Winifred “Winnie” Watson McKenzie 

(deceased), ’47 

Georgia Laws Wilson, ’56 

Susan “Shooby” Fox, ’87, sister of Mary 

Fox, ’85, and Ginger Fox, ’89 

FAMILY OF ALUMNAE 

’30s-’40s 

Dee Johnson Ayers Jr., husband of Nelle 

Claire Schindler Ayers, ’40 

John T. Conners Jr., brother of Anne 

Conners Broden, ’39, and Catherine 

Conners, ’40; father of Ginny Conners 

Ripley, ’68, Elly Conners McLain, ’71, 

Jeanne Conners Schaedle, ’73, and Nancy 

Conners Golden,’78 

J. Horace Hornberger Sr., husband of 

Rose Otto Hornberger, ’49; stepfather 

of Angela Thoni Power, ’73; and 

grandfather of Sara Hornberger, 

current SCA senior 

Clara McFarland Shacklett, sister of Ann 

McFarland Smith, ’48 

Lawrence “Larry” J. Smith, husband of 

Jean Holthouse Smith, ’47 

Walton “Walt” C. Thompson, husband of 

Margaret “Bitsy” Higgins Thompson, ’48 

Patrick J. Warner, husband of Mary 

Elizabeth Corkran Warner, ’45 

Jean Hix Worden, sister of Gayle Hix 

(deceased), ’46, and Carolyn Hix 

Formosa (deceased), ’49 

’50s-’60s 

Marie S. Aden, mother of Lorelei Aden, 

’66, grandmother of Molly K. Munden, ’93 

Kathryn Gallagher Bevington, mother of 

Mary Leyden Bevington Johnson, ’68, and 

Michael B. Sayles, ’72; grandmother of 

Emily Johnson, ’01; sister of Edith 

Gallagher Vasu, ’56 

Cornelius “Neil” A. Craig II, husband of 

Debbie Wallace Craig, ’65 

Jud G. Collins, father of Kay Collins 

McGivaren, ’64 

Ruth Marie Conquest, mother of Sharon 

Conquest Stoutt, ’63 

William E. Donlon, father of Mary Lee 

Donlon Bunch, ’68, and Teresa Donlon 

Avery, ’71 

Gwendolyn Getz, mother of Laura 

Sanders Christy, ’57; and grandmother 

of Pam Christy, ’85 

Catherine “Kay” C. Keras, mother of 

Gretchen Keras Hart, ’65 

James Joseph Keras Sr., father of 

Gretchen Keras Hart, ’65 

Magdalene Lesley, mother of Peggy 

Lesley White, ’57 

Mary Jo Davis Levine, sister of Sr. Philip 

Joseph, O.P., ’62 

Edna McCaffrey, mother of Jean M. 

Stout, ’66, and Becky M. Page, ’69; 

and grandmother of Rachel Stafford 

Kennedy, ’90, and Ginny Page, ’06 

Gerald Anthony Sullivan, brother of Nell 

Sullivan Brown, ’53, Stella Sullivan 

Shiber, ’54, Mildred Sullivan, ’57, and 

Linda Sullivan Langdon, ’65 

’70s-’80s 

James M. Barr, father of Michelle Barr 

Haase, ’79; and father-in-law of Chris 

Buenahora Barr, ’83 

Shirley G. Brantley, mother of Dr. Kelley 

Brantley Harris, ’82 

Diana Burns, mother of Karen Burns 

Malone,’83 

Joseph N. Coleman, father, and Elizabeth 

“Bette” Coleman, mother, of Laura 

Coleman Giuggio, ’85 

Gretchen Copp, mother of Cathy Copp, 

’78 

Dr. George B. Crafton, father of Missy 

Crafton Banko, ’76 

Richard S. Crichton, husband of Gigi 

Beneke Crichton, ’73 

Joanne B. Ewing, mother of Elizabeth 

Elliston Josephson, ’75 

Mary Frances N. Formosa, mother of 

Nancy Formosa Malone, ’71; 

grandmother of Rachel Formosa 

Coleman, ’93, and Jessica Malone, ’02 

Betty C. Graham, mother of Bebe 

Graham Whittemore, ’73 

Al Jordan, father of Jenny Jordan,’80 

Frances Hailey Lawrence, grandmother of 

Rebecca Hill Rosenblatt, ’89, and 

Kristina Hill Dunlap, ’90 

Elizabeth Frazier McNamara, 

grandmother of Margaret McNamara 

Tezak, ’82, Betsy McNamara Wills, 

’85, and Cathy McNamara Grier, ’87 

Eugene G. Mulloy Sr., father of Mary 

Katherine Mulloy, ’76 and husband of 

Mary Evelyn Harper Mulloy, former SCA 

piano teacher 

Karole Sumner Buchanan Pinson, mother 

of Leigh Pinson Sinks, ’88 

John Patrick Rowan, father of Ann 

Rowan (deceased), ’73 

Dr. William D. Salmon Jr., father of Susan 

Salmon Trotman, ’79 


Memorials 

Louise Meier Smith, mother of 

Marie-Louise Smith, ’81, and Erika 

Smith, ’84 

James B. Veach, brother of Donna 

Veach, ’83 

Will Warren, son of Julie Dunn Koss, ’79 

James L. White, father of Margaret 

White McCutcheon, ’73, and Anne 

White Walker, ’74 

’90s-’00s 

Patricia I. Barry, grandmother of Kensie 

Burt, ’07, and Lucy Burt, current SCA 

sophomore 

Faye B. Binns, grandmother of Chandelle 

Binns, ’92 

James M. Conlin, grandfather of Lindsey 

Conlin, ’01 

Christine H. Derryberry, grandmother of 

Christine Moore, ’07 

Kamla A. Fanta, mother of Nadia Fanta, 

’02 

Walter W. Heckman Jr., grandfather of 

Katie Ellistan, ’04 

Gustave C. “Gus” Hinueber Jr., 

grandfather of Emily Dicks, current SCA 

senior 

Dr. Robert S. Jackson, father of Cynthia 

Jackson, ’01 

Nancy McKisson Johnson, grandmother 

of Emily Johnson, ’01 

Morgan Jones, father of Susan Jones 

Sasser, ’93, and Whitney Jones 

Ashley, ’96 

Mary Josephine W. Kornmeyer, 

grandmother of Meghan Traughber, ’98, 

and Cathy Kornmeyer Walls, ’99 

Cecilia C. Martin, grandmother of 

Margaret Martin Holleman, ’95 

Carol Mastrapasqua, grandmother of 

Hope Erlenborn, ’06 

Jean Dell Landreth Miller, grandmother of 

Katelyn Miller, current SCA senior 

Ila M. Sair Molteni, grandmother of Laura 

Molteni McKay, ’00, and Anna Molteni, 

’04 

Stanley G. Moore, grandfather of 

Jordan Moore, ’01, and Schuyler 

Moore, ’03 

Benjamin Alexander Pitts, grandfather 

of Lauren Pitts, ’04 

Thomas Quigley, grandfather of Ann 

Quigley, current SCA senior 

Marry Ann Farris Robbins, grandmother 

of Marianne Stuart, ’94, and Catherine 

Stuart Vrettos, ’98 

Betty Jane W. Rodgers, grandmother of 

Anna Burnett, ’05 

Elizabeth Smith, grandmother of Shea 

Vaughn, ’06, and Anna Vaughn, current 

SCA junior 

Patricia S. Sneed, grandmother of Lara 

Sneed, ’03, and Caroline Johnston, ’08 

James A. Webb, Jr., grandfather of Carter 

Bass, ’97 

Mary Wesley, grandmother of Graham 

Wesley, ’07, and Mary Wesley, current 

SCA sophomore 

Fred Young, grandfather of Brittany 

Dobbs, ’04, and Hayley Dobbs, ’08 

Friends of St. Cecilia Academy 

Robert Fields Chambers, father of 

Debbi Sanders, SCA registrar 

Sister Mary David Harlow, O.P., former 

teacher at SCA for 21 years 

Monsignor James R. Hitchcock, 

special friend of The Dominican 

Campus 

Barbara Izard, former drama teacher 

at SCA and Aquinas College 

(Memorials printed here were as of Oct. 1, 2009) 

Calendar of Events 

NOVEMBER 

6-15 

The Wizard of Oz, 

SCA fall musical 

14 

The Wizard of Oz 

Munchkin Tea 

8 

Alumnae Memorial 

Mass 

19 

SCA Alumnae 

Vespers 

20 

St. Cecilia Day 

(Mass at 10 a.m. followed by Fine Arts 

Assembly and Mother-Daughter Tea) 

DECEMBER 

10 

SCA Holiday 

Music Program 

MARCH 

27 

Alumnae Easter 

Egg Hunt 

JANUARY 

2 

Homecoming 

MAY 

1 

150th Kick-off/May 

Crowning 


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Nearly 150 years of memories ... 

Four St. Cecilia Academy 

students tap into their musical gifts. 

They are, from bottom left: 

Judy Wilson, ’68, 

Debbie Koch Saia, ’68, 

Phyllis Smith Iwinski, ’68, 

and Laura Baur Tinney, ’70.

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