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SALEM COLLEGE MagazineJulianne Still Thrift,PresidentAnn McElaney-Johnson,Vice President for Academic and StudentAffairsWayne Burkette,Vice President and Academy Head ofSchoolVicki Williams Sheppard,Director of Institutional AdvancementEditorJulie Larison,Director of CommunicationsAssistant EditorSara Butner C’04,Assistant Director of Public RelationsDesignerJane Rudd HughesThe Salem College Alumnae Magazine ispublished each summer by Salem College,Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108.This publication is mailed to alumnae,faculty, staff, parents and friends of Salem.Salem welcomes qualified studentsregardless of race, color, national origin,sexual orientation, religion or disabilityto all the rights, privileges, programs andactivities of this institution.For additional information about anyprograms or events mentioned in thispublication, please write or call:Alumnae OfficeSalem CollegePO Box 10548Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108336-721-2608E-mail: alumnae@salem.eduOn the cover:Blixt Field celebrationA Message from the PresidentAs I welcome young womento the College in my 15thyear as president, manyexciting events are unfolding.Each day brings a newdiscovery as we work toimprove our beautiful campusand our many historicbuildings.The clinking of heavy machineryfills the air as crews work hard toinstall a new chiller plant (and loop)that will provide air conditioningto most of the campus and to theAcademy. And that’s not all; severalprojects are underway that will helpus recruit students and provide a better Salem experience for all.Digging in a such a historic area occasionally unearths a few surprises, which isexactly what happened one May morning with the discovery of stones and potteryshards (see story page 16 ) next to the Single Sisters House. What a gloriousreminder of Salem’s presence in early America and our role as caretakers of thisdistinguished past.Celebrating what makes Salem a special place for women to learn and grow isimportant for all of us. We invite you to help us build a stronger presence for Salemin your community. Please proudly display the enclosed sticker that launches our newtagline Reach within. Shape the future. (see story page 8). This is just one step in anumber of initiatives the College will start this year in order to create more awarenessand build enrollment.Your help is critical! We appreciate all that you do in supporting the Collegeyear after year. Please also remember that one of the greatest gifts you can give is areferral of a prospective College student (or students). A first person endorsementgoes a long way in encouraging women of all ages to take advantage of the single-sexeducation at Salem.I look forward to making my last “official” year at Salem the College’s best! Again,thank you for embracing the College and offering your generous support. We willcontinue to share with you the important projects being funded through the upcomingcampaign and ask that you join us in celebrating these very important milestones.Julianne Still Thrift

ContentsBack Porch News 2Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran 6Branding Program Launched 8Nadia Bakhireva C’08 10Women in Math and Science 12Development News 14Alumnae News 18Class Notes 21Magazine 20 05 1

Back Porch NewsBest-Selling Author SharesInspiration for WritingThe Center for WomenWriters enjoyed a record crowdin March, when best-sellingnovelist Sharyn McCrumbgave the inaugural William M.Hendricks Reading.At Salem, McCrumb readfrom her newest novel, St. Dale,a modern “Canterbury Tales”that features a busload of disparate NASCARfans on a pilgrimage to honor the late racecardriver Dale Earnhardt. McCrumb, who hasa master’s degree in English from VirginiaTech, has been fascinated with the idea ofwhat she calls “secular saints” like Elvis Presley,Princess Diana and Earnhardt for some time.Recognizing that Earnhardt remains a folkhero to many, McCrumb set about studyingthe unique and rich culture of NASCAR fans,which was a world entirely new to her.To write St. Dale, McCrumb became fluentin the terminology of stock car racing. Itwasn’t the first time she had tackled traditionallymasculine subject matter; her novel GhostRiders offers frank and intense depictions ofsectarian violence during the Civil War.McCrumb said she never felt out of placetouring race shops and interviewing NASCARfigures. “The key to stepping out of one’scomfort zone as a writer is to respect your subjectenough to know it well,” she said. Beingprepared is also key, she added. “You’d bettershow people that you’ve done your homework.You don’t go ask (Civil War historian) ShelbyFoote, ‘So, who won that war, anyway?’”Most of McCrumb’s books take place inthe Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee,North Carolina and Virginia, the area whereher family has lived for more than two centuries.Her stories often confront the negativestereotypes of southerners, particularly ofmountain southerners. Like other Southernwriters, McCrumb’s goal is to introduce readersall over the world to this region and its culture.But Southern writers do struggleto gain acceptance outside a regionalaudience, she said. McCrumb,whose books have appeared on theNew York Times best-seller list, stillbattles with her publishers over themarketing of her novels and the viabilityof some story ideas. When shesuggested a novel about the world ofNASCAR one industry player toldher to just make six copies, “because that willtake care of all the NASCAR fans who can read.”Both the New York Times and the Los AngelesTimes have named McCrumb’s works NotableBooks of the Year. The Appalachian Writers Associationhas given her two Best Appalachian NovelAwards and, in 1997, honored McCrumb for OutstandingContributions to Appalachian Literature.In her most recent novels, including Ghost Riders,The Songcatcher and The Ballad of Frankie Silver,McCrumb has incorporated real-life Appalachianhistorical figures and her own family’s legends.McCrumb was the first author to appear atThe William M. Hendricks Reading. Endowedby the William M. Hendricks Family Foundation,the program’s purpose is to bring Southernwriters and poets to Salem each year to teach aclass and offer a public reading of their work.Cincia Brooks NamedOesterlein Award WinnerEach year at Founders Day, Salem grants theElisabeth Oesterlein Award to a senior who, duringher four years at Salem, has made notable andlasting contributions to the campus’s quality oflife. This year’s award went to Cincia L. BrooksC’05, the daughter of Gregory and Wanda MarieDunn Brooks of New Orleans, La.Brooks was active in all aspects of campus lifethroughout her four years at Salem, most notablyas the president of the Student GovernmentAssociation her senior year, and as secretarythe year before. Prior to this, Brooks was aco-chair of the Campus Activities Committee,where the college sophomore manageda budget of over $10,000. She was also amember of Fremdendienerin all four years,offering campus tours, advice and correspondencewith prospective students. This year sherepresented the student body on the searchcommittee for the vice president of the institution,where her input had a very real impacton Salem’s future direction.As a communication major with a doubleminor in psychology and dance, Brooksachieved a cumulative grade point average of3.7 and was a fixture on the Dean’s List fromher first year on. In addition, she qualified forthe College Honors program and the honorssocieties Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), MortarBoard and Lambda Pi Eta.Brooks incorporated her academic interestsinto her extracurricular pursuits, chiefly in thearea of dance, where she chaired the Fall Festdance performance each of her four years andalso joined the Wake Forest Danceline andSalem College Dance Company. Her honorssenior thesis, entitled “Women, Athletics andSalem: Why We NeedEach Other,” createda samplepublicityplan for Salem’supcoming DivisionIII athleticprogram. Brooksexcelled in theareas of academics,athletics andservice to thecampus, makingher a rolemodel manytimes over.Cincia Brooks2 Salem College

Algernon Sydney Sullivan AwardThis year for the first time Salem honoredtwo people with the prestigious AlgernonSydney Sullivan Award at Founders DayConvocation. The Sullivan Awards, grantedannually at 54 colleges and universities inthe southeastern United States, recognize theleadership and charity of one college studentas well as a non-student member of the collegecommunity.Senior Elizabeth Jane Smart A’01 C’05 wasthe student recipient of the Sullivan Award.Smart attended Salem Academy before enrollingat Salem College, where she graduatedwith a double major in Spanish and internationalrelations and a political science minor.She is the daughter of Elizabeth D. Smart ofGreenville and Tony Smart of Winterville;her two sisters Catherine C’00 and MaryC’02 also attended Salem.John McKinnonThe other Sullivan Award was granted toJohn McKinnon, a longtime Salem Academyand College Trustee whose professional experiencein business helped guide the institutionto sustained financial security. McKinnon isthe former president of Sara Lee Corp. anddean of Wake Forest University’s BabcockSchool of Management. McKinnon andhis wife Grace live in Winston-Salem; hisdaughters Grace A’86 and Margaret A’84 arealumnae of Salem Academy.The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundationendows the annual awards and requires thatthe award recipients embody the qualities of19th century businessman Algernon Sullivan,who encouraged personal charity andphilanthropy.Elizabeth Jane Smart and President ThriftPfohl AwardAt Honors Convocation, Salem presented theH.A. Pfohl Award to a longtime faculty memberTodd Fay and to graduating senior Mary RuthBarnhardt C’05.The Pfohl Award, established bythe children and grandchildren ofa longtime Salem College trustee,is given annually to a senior whoexemplifies strong campus citizenship,Christian character, loyalty and effectiveservice to the college, and to afaculty member who has demonstratedsound service, loyalty, Christianinfluence and effective teaching.Fay will retire at the end of thisschool year after teaching psychologyat Salem College since 1976. Heholds a B.A. from the University ofMichigan and a M.S. and Ph.D. from NorthwesternUniversity.Barnhardt graduated with a double major inarts management and Spanish and a double minorin musical theatre and not-for-profit management.She is the daughter of Roland and Emilie G. Barnhardtof Winston-Salem. Her sister, Sarah, is arising sophomore at Salem and her sister ChristinC’02 is a graduate.Alumnae Alert!Watch your local newsstands for the August 2005issue of Our State magazine, which features aspecial article about Salem’s heritage and theSingle Sisters House.Race for the CureAt Salem, breast cancer awareness and preventionaren’t just lofty goals. The students in thecampus group C.H.I.C.S. (Creating Hope in CancerSurvival) know that breast cancer is the leadingcancer among women and that it has touchedalumnae, faculty, their friends and family, and evenfellow students. This year, the Susan G. KomenFoundation’s Race for the Cure was staged onSalem’s campus, so the Salem community (whichhad always fielded teams) was able to participatelike never before.After a rousing rendition of “God Bless America”by voice professor Barbara Caprilli, Dean EileenWilson-Oyelaran and Academy Head of SchoolWayne Burkette (left) sounded the starting hornsfor the “Salem College Mile,” a one-mile funrun through the College campus. The practicefield became a sea of hospitality tents clusteredaround the main stage and finish line. In all,Salem hosted an estimated 8,000 people, includingSalem teams of Academy and Collegestudents, faculty, staff, alumnae and theirfamilies.Magazine 20 05 3

Back PorchNewsBack Porch PartyThe year-end Continuing Studies Back PorchParty is always a favorite celebration, bringingtogether students, graduates of the programand faculty in a unique garden party atmosphereof summery hats and champagnetoasts. Continuing Studies students and staffhost this annual event as an addition to theCollege’s graduation festivities.Variety of Lectures SlatedSalem sends its students and alumnae all overthe world to work and to serve, but this year theworld will come to Salem in the form of lectures,films, and other events.The Center forWomen Writers willsponsor a reading ofpoetry and children’sliterature by NaomiShihab Nye on September15. As a Palestinian-Americanlivingin Texas, Nye’s writing has a unique flavor thatreflects the growing cultural diversity in the southeasternUnited States. A Guggenheim Fellow, Nyehas received a Lavan Award from the Academyof American Poets, four Pushcart Prizes andnumerous prizes for her children’s literature,including two Jane Addams Children’s BookAwards.Iranian-bornjournalist AfshinMolavi will give alecture on September27 in theFine Arts Center.Molavi coveredthe Middle East for the Reuters news agencyfrom 1998-2000 and has also written forthe Washington Post, The Christian ScienceMonitor, The Nation and The New Republicin the United States and in the widely readArab news outlets Arab News (Saudi Arabia),Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) and AsharqAl-Awsat, a pan-Arabic daily newspaper. Heis the author of Persian Pilgrimages: JourneysAcross Iran.Another lectureon March 1 willintroduce PaulRusesabagina, bestknown as the Kigalihotel manager whosheltered thousandsof Tutsi men, womenand children during the 1994 genocidein Rwanda. Rusesabagina’s advocacy for hisfamily, neighbors, and even perfect strangershas earned him Amnesty International’s“Enduring Spirit” Award and the ImmortalChaplains Prize for Humanity. His story wasrecounted in the Oscar-nominated 2004 film“Hotel Rwanda,” which will be screened inconjunction with the lecture.In addition, lunchtime and afternoonlectures scheduled throughout the year willexplore a variety of topics. Many of these lecturesare organized by individual academic departmentsand student groups, ensuring thatSalem’s yearly slate of public events reflects thewide variety of interests and specialties thatabound within the Salem community. Visitwww.salem.edu for the latest news on eventsthroughout the year.4 Salem College

McElaney-Johnson NamedVice PresidentAnn McElaney-Johnson has been namedVice President for Academic and StudentAffairs, replacing outgoing dean Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran.As associate dean since 1998, McElaney-Johnson worked with faculty and studentscoordinating the College’s curriculum, andshe is eager to take on a greater leadershiprole in bolstering Salem’s academics. “Myguiding principle is to continue to strengthenthe value we place on intellectual curiosityon our campus,” McElaney-Johnson says. “Iam excited about working with the students,faculty and staff as we move forward.”McElaney-Johnson says she wants tocapitalize on the strong foundation on whichSalem has built its reputation as an outstandingeducational institution. She is particularlyfocused on the continued success of someof the College’s innovative programs suchas the Women in Mathematics and ScienceProgram; the international business programat Oxford University; the Center for WomenWriters; new degrees in the School of Music;and the expansion of graduate programs.“I was delighted to hear of Dean McElaney-Johnson’sselection,” says Wilson-Oyelaran.“She brings a passion for Salem’smission and a commitment to our studentsthat will stand this institution in good stead. Ithink she will do an outstanding job!”A native of Boston, Mass., McElaney-Johnsonholds a B.A. in French from the Collegeof the Holy Cross, an M.A. from MiddleburyCollege and a Ph.D. from the University ofWisconsin-Madison. She and her husband,David, live with their three daughters inKernersville.Faculty NewsOn Friday, April 22, in Shirley Recital Hall,the Salem College Chorale and ChamberChoir, under the direction of David D. Wells,presented “A Memorial Concert” for thevictims of the December 2004 Asian tsunamiand their families. The program includedworks by Debussy, Thompson, Copland,Fauré, and Elgar. The evening concluded withThe Snow by Elgar, and was dedicated to DuliniDeSilva C’06, a Salem College studentfrom Sri Lanka who lost three relatives andher father and sister’s home. The dedicationincluded a slide show of original photographsof the devastated areas of Sri Lanka.Debra Reuter-Pivetta, flute instructor,will be the featured soloist on the October15 Western Piedmont Symphony concertperforming the Flute Concerto by ChristopherRouse. Go to www.wpsymphony.org/masterworks.cfm for details.Barbara Lister-Sink, artist-in-residenceand professor of piano, will be trainingvarious keyboard professionals from aroundthe world this summer, including participantsfrom Iceland, Alaska, New Yorkand Minnesota, in her WINGSOUNDInternational Intensive Technique TrainingWorkshop. She will also attend the 2005National Pedagogy Conference in Chicagoin August to meet with the NationalCommittee on Pianistic Wellness, to whichshe has just been appointed. Further summeractivities will include teaching at theBrevard Music Center, as well as practicing,gardening and painting pastels.Barbara DeMaio Caprilli will sing at SalemOctober 21 with Richard Heard, tenor andprofessor at Wake Forest, and with PamelaHowland at the piano.Caprilli WeddingAssistant Professor ofVoice Barbara DeMaioCaprilli married AngeloCaprilli July 3 at St.Anne’s Episcopal Churchin Winston Salem.Craig Richardson, associate professor ofeconomics, has been selected to be a VisitingFellow at the American Institute forEconomic Research, in Great Barrington,Mass., for the month of July. Duringthat time, he will continue studying theeconomic collapse of Zimbabwe, as well asresearching how a lack of property rightsin Africa keeps most citizens poor. He isalso collaborating with Peruvian economistHernando de Soto in a new book whichexplores the links between property rightsand human rights around the world.Heidi Godfrey, assistant professor ofdance, presented her choreography inWashington, DC in June at the JackGuidone Theatre. The concert was a collaborationwith Amanda Kinzer, a facultymember at Old Dominion University.Tasha Rushing, associate professor andchair of the Department of Religion andPhilosophy, was awarded a sabbatical leavefor the fall. Rushing will be researchingparanormal and mystical experiences todetermine what they may reveal about thenature of reality.Associate Professor of CommunicationCarol Dykers is creating a documentaryabout the restoration of Single SistersHouse. She would like to hear fromalumnae who have lived in the house. Ifyou lived in the house and will be visitingcampus this year, please let Carol knowso she can photograph you in the housewhile you’re on campus. Carol also says, “Iwill be doing some traveling this summer,so if anyone is amenable to a face-to-faceinterview of about 30 minutes to discussmemories of living in Single Sisters, I willtravel to talk to you and audio tape theinterview for historical purposes.”If anyone has a story to share or a photographyou would allow Carol to copyand use in the documentary, please sendthem to:Dr. Carol Reese DykersAssociate Professor of CommunicationSalem CollegeP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108336-721-2740 • dykers@salem.eduMagazine 20 055

Dean Wilson-Oyelaran: 10 YearsDean Wilson-Oyelaran: 10 Yearsby Rachel BarronDoug Borwick, professor of arts managementand music, vividly remembersserving on the search committeeto find a new Dean of Salem College in 1995.While reviewing the candidates’ references, hecouldn’t help but be amused at what someonehad said about Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran. “Hedescribed her as ‘one of the few adults I know,’”Borwick recalls with a chuckle.Perhaps the reference was commenting onher gift for logical decision-making. Or the wayshe peers at you over the rim of her glasses whenyou’ve gotten out of line. Or her willingnessto hear many points of view. Or her profoundcaring for faculty and students. Wilson-Oyelarandemonstrated all of those things and much moreduring her 10-year tenure as dean.“I think that one of Eileen’s many strengthsis her ability to understand and facilitate theprocess of decision-making,” said Dr. WayneBurkette, who served with Wilson-Oyelaran as aVice President of the Academy and College. “Oftenin higher education, the process used to makea decision is just as important as the decisionitself. Eileen can manage a process with fairness,attention to detail, and a willingness to hear differentpoints of view and learn from all of them.At the same time, she knowsdefinitely more learned.”when process has to yield toOne of her proudest accomplishmentsat Salem was bringingdecisiveness, and that’s an invaluablequality in a leader. Imore diversity to the campus,think that’s why folks respectWilson-Oyelaran said. Salem’sEileen so much. Even if theystudent body currently has representativesfrom 38 countries.don’t necessarily agree (withher decision), they realizeEncouraging dialogue amongthey’ve been dealt with fairlystudents and building a greaterand the process was open tosense of community on theall concerned.”campus has been a major focus ofThis spring, Wilson-her tenure, she said. This includedOyelaran said goodbye tobridging the gap between theSalem and prepared forCollege’s traditional-age studentsa new chapter in her life:and the adults in the ContinuingEileen with her husband andher first college presidency,Studies program. “The relationshipsbetween the two groups arefather (seated).at Kalamazoo College inKalamazoo, Michigan. As spring semester wound much more solidified now. There seemed to bedown, Wilson-Oyelaran reflected bittersweetly on some tension between them when I first came.her time at Salem.Now I think we are more of a community. IThe things she’ll miss most are the people credit Dean (Alice) Patterson (of the Continuing– students, faculty and alumnae – as well as the Studies program) for much of that.”beauty of the campus, she said. “You can’t spend There were many other achievements under10 years at a place and not be deeply impacted. Dean Wilson-Oyelaran: Enrollment in theI’ve made wonderful friends, learned a tremendousamount, and I have a deep, deep respect departments are now considering adding gradu-graduate education program doubled, and otherfor what is accomplished at a women’s college. ate study. Overall enrollment among traditionalI don’t know that I’d say I’m wiser, but I am students increased 16 percent, and the number of6 Salem College

full-time Continuing Studies students also grew.The College completely renovated the sciencelaboratories, developed an international businessprogram at Oxford University, created theWomen in Science program and established theSalem College Center for Women Writers andnew degrees in the School of Music.Caring for Students and FacultyRebecca Dunn, associate professor of biologyand coordinator of the Women in Scienceprogram, said what she will miss most aboutWilson-Oyelaran is her deep compassion forSalem students and faculty. Her devotion wasespecially evident last year when biology labassistant Donna Holder passed away after beingdiagnosed with leukemia just two weeks earlier.The dean came to the hospital every day, notonly showing concern for Holder and her family,of Growth and ChangeWilson-Oyelaran speaking with international students.but also the faculty and students who were keeping will encourage the students to come together fora bedside vigil, Dunn said. “She sat with us, and dialogue. “The world that these students are goingher presence was such a welcome warmth. When out to is a very, very multicultural world, andshe found out the hospital chaplain had only visitedonce, she arranged for (interim Salem campus from your own is crucial. I’m concerned that, aslearning with people whose views are very differentminister) Laura Elliott to come. She arranged for a culture, we don’t listen well to each other. Wethe entire funeral to be at Salem. She went far often only want to talk to people who think theabove and beyond a dean’s responsibilities. Not same way we do. What will happen to us as a cultureif we don’t listen to each other and rationallymany deans would have done what she did.”Wilson-Oyelaran has a lighter side to her as think about what a person tells us?”well, Dunn said. “The way she keeps us all inline, looking at us over those glasses, is just precious,”Dunn said.Wilson-Oyelaran came to Salem with manyExpanding Beyond AcademicsDuring her first semester of teaching at Salem, scholarly achievements already under her belt. BornDunn said, she was summoned to the Dean’s office. in Los Angeles, she earned her B.A. in sociologyShe went with some trepidation, wondering what from Pomona College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. inshe might have done wrong. “She told me I needed education from the Claremont Graduate Universitya wardrobe change. She said, ‘I saw you over the in California. She served as associate professor andweekend wearing a shirt with another college’s chair of the department of education at Winstonnameon it!’ The next day, I bought a Salem t-shirt Salem State University and as a visiting scholar inand wore it over to her office for inspection!” education at North Carolina Wesleyan College. SheAt Kalamazoo, Wilson-Oyelaran will once again also taught in the departments of education andbe challenged to build community on a college psychology at the University of Ife (now known ascampus. Although the college has a superb reputationfor sending students abroad – more than 80 years, serving as acting head of the department ofObafemi Awolowo University) in Nigeria for 14percent study overseas during their junior year psychology there for five years. While in Nigeria– the campus itself is not very diverse, she said. Reintegratingthe seniors into campus life after they the area of early childhood development.she served as a consultant for UNICEF (Nigeria) inhave been away is a particular challenge, she said. Her numerous awards included the AmericanJust as she did at Salem, Wilson-Oyelaran Council on Education Fellowship, one of themost prestigious leadership training programs inhigher education. She spent her fellowship yearworking with the President and Provost of WakeForest University. Other honors included theKent Fellowship; the Ford Foundation NationalFellowship for graduate study; the Gender EquityArchitect Award by the American Association ofColleges of Teacher Education, and the SalvationArmy’s Strong, Smart, Bold Award in recognitionof her service to women and girls in Winston-Salemand Forsyth County.Expanding beyond academics has been oneof her most invaluable experiences at Salem, shesaid. “I assumed responsibility for Student Affairsfive years ago, and then being named a VicePresident of the Academy and College allowedme to impact the campus in a more global way. Ihave had to step back and see the whole institution,not just the academic part of it.” DuringPresident Julianne Still Thrift’s sabbatical duringpart of the 2003-2004 academic year, Wilson-Oyelaran and fellow Vice President Burketteserved as acting presidents. Wilson-Oyelaran hasalso had a hand in fund-raising, student recruitmentand applying for grants – all things shemust oversee and participate in at Kalamazoo.She is well equipped to make the transition,President Thrift said. “Eileen is a woman ofextraordinary intellect, unwavering courage of herconvictions, passionate dedication to her studentsand her colleagues and undaunted optimism. Inher ten years at Salem, she has created stability andbuilt high expectations. She has allowed all of us todream bigger and to trust our capacity to achieveour greatest goals. She is a shining star!”Magazine 20 057

Leadership •Integrity • Respect • Spirit •Confi dence • Honesty •Friendship • Determination •8 Salem College

Salem College LaunchesBranding ProgramReach within. Shape the future.By creating a tag line or theme line,we help set Salem apart from its many competitors.These days it’s not uncommon to hear people talk about“branding” a business or an organization. No, it’s not asbrutal as it sounds: It’s marketing jargon for what businessesand organizations are doing to make themselves stand outamong their competitors.Salem needs your help to “build our brand” (another marketingphrase). In this magazine we have enclosed a special gift to help you getstarted: a window cling for your car.Why is this important? Because by doing somethingas simple as placing a sticker on your car,you can show you’re proud of Salem. At thesame time, you are “increasing our visibility”and helping Salem be “top of mind” amongprospective students!There are thousands of small, privateliberal arts colleges in the United States,and several hundred in the Southeast alone.Although we would love to believe that being awomen’s college makes us an attractive choice forhigh school seniors, most young women still gravitatetoward co-ed institutions. In fact, only 3 percent of graduating highschool seniors pursue their educations at women’s colleges.Information about colleges is bombarding today’s talented youngwomen. Salem will be only one of dozens, even hundreds, of schoolsappealing to each of these prospective students. By creating a “tag line”or “theme line” (more jargon that basically means “a brief descriptionof the experience students will have at Salem”), we help set Salem apartfrom its many competitors. Oh, and there’s one more catch: yourtheme line has to be different from every other college’s theme line!This is much more challenging than you might suspect.Ready, Set, BrandIn spring 2004, Salem Academy and College contracted withCognitive Marketing (of New York) to kick off the brandingprocess. After interviewing more than 177 administrators, currentstudents, alumnae, trustees and parents, CM crafted the essentialbranding tools: “the position statement,” the “brand promise,” andthe “brand theme line.”Essentially this is what branding is all about: Tellyour story consistently and thoroughly. Over timepeople will remember what is best about you,and ultimately, why they should choose youover a similar competitor. CM introduced— and Salem faculty, staff and trusteeshave approved — the theme line “Reachwithin. Shape the future.” This is ourway of explaining, in just a few words,that a Salem education will compel a youngwoman to look deeply into herself. Her timeat Salem will be not only dedicated to educatingthe mind, but knowing herself and how she can makeher own unique contribution to the world.Now it’s time to “move the brand forward.” We will be sharingour progress with you, and we may even ask you to help out fromtime to time.In the meantime, please put this “sticker” on your car. It mayseem like a trivial thing to do, but it will go a long way in buildingthe College’s presence in your community.Magazine 20 059

Reach within. Shape the Future.St. Petersburg...Japan...Russian CS student follows her formerteacher to Salem’s School of MusicWhen you meet Nadia Bakhireva C’08 onthe Salem College campus for the first time, sheseems soft-spoken, even shy. The ContinuingStudies student, who just finished her first yearat Salem, smiles easily and speaks quiet Englishwith a rich and lilting Russian accent. Fewwould guess that Salem is only the latest stop ofan adventurous life that has taken her from St.Petersburg to Japan to Rome, and now to thepractice rooms of the Salem Fine Arts Center.Bakhireva grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia,a world mecca for the performing arts, andattended a theatre academy where she says theemphasis “was more on acting than music. It wasa little of musical theatre, but not much.”After earning the equivalent of a master’sdegree, Bakhireva started workingwith professional musical theatres.A natural curiosity about the worldemerged, inspiring her to seek positionsall over the world.It was while working for a ballet company inJapan that Bakhireva began seriously consideringtaking time off to get more extensive vocal training,which she’d never really had. As the ballet’sonly singer, Bakhireva performed in shows everyday, sometimes more than one, and also did concertsin other cities. One time, Bakhireva was togive a concert by herself in a distant city. She traveledto her destination by bus, and was told thatsomeone would meet her at the station. “Theytold me the bus had a few stops in the other city,and they told me the name of my stop.” When sheheard the name of the stop, she got off the bus.“I waited, and nobody came, nobody met me.It was my first time in a strange city in Japansomewhere. I didn’t know what to do. Fortunatelyat that time I spoke some Japanese, and Iasked some of the people around. They said, ‘Youknow, actually with this name there are threestops. Which do you need?’ I said, ‘Oh my God,I have no idea!’ I had no money. I only came tosing. I had a performance that evening. I had tobe there somehow.”Bakhireva began picking her way through thecity looking for the correct station. Each person10Salem College

she talked to got her a block or two farther along lessons. There was only one problem: Caprilli nountil finally she found the people who were to longer lived in Rome. By this time, she had takenmeet her. “I was on time at least for the concert,” the teaching position at Salem College. Rathershe says.than giving up on her tentative plans, or perhapsThe more she worked, the more she regretted finding another voice teacher (“impossible,”her lack of vocal training. “I felt like I needed Bakhireva says), she uprooted herself again, thisa music education, the voice technique and time destined for Winston-Salem.everything,” she says. The ballet company’s producertold her about maestro Joseph Giardina, difficult. Like most of Salem’sThe move to America wasa renowned pianist and teacher working out of international students, it tookRome. Without question, Bakhireva (who says several months for Bakhirevashe spoke “about five words” of Italian) traveled to obtain the proper visas.to Rome to meet with the legendary teacher. Figuring out the equivalenciesGiardina noted Bakhireva’s self-taught vocal between the American andtechnique immediately, and referred her to an foreign educational systemsacquaintance with more experience teaching singers:an American opera performer living in Rome Eventually Salem grantedis always a lengthy process.named Barbara Caprilli. Caprilli, now head of Bakhireva a semester’s worthSalem’s voice department, remembers that “The of credits toward her chosen bachelor’s degree inpeople she’d worked with had gotten her into music.some bad habits,” mainly Bakhireva’s inclination Caprilli says, “I was a bit concerned becauseto constrict her throat muscles. “When I started I didn’t know how good her English was. We’dworking with her, she couldn’t comfortably singRome...Salem?always spoken Italian together.” She was pleas-an entire octave,”antly surprised to findCaprilli says. “It wasn’tthat Bakhireva hadthat the voice wasn’tbeen working on herright, it’s always beenown to improve hera good voice. She justEnglish, in additiondidn’t know how toto continuingdo it. But she got itto practice singing.almost immediately.Interestingly,Right away, she startedBakhireva’s focus hasto change, but it’s veryshifted from musicalhard to break old musculartheatre to opera.habits.”When sheBakhireva workedcompletes school,with Caprilli for a fewBakhireva says, “Mymonths, during whichdream is to live inCaprilli says her studentItaly, just becausemade “tremendousI love that countryprogress,” and then returnedvery much.” However,to Russia to singshe is open tofor the Moscow Circus.staying in this area,“In Japan I sang mostlyshould she find work. She says that her mainRussian folk songs, and some French, and in theconcern is finding a job doing what she loves.circus I sang classical pieces – much harder.”“It’s a second question for me, the where,” sheTwo years ago, she emailed Caprilli, asking if says. The veteran traveler of some of the world’sshe could return to Rome to resume her voice great cities says that Winston-Salem is a pleasantSummer 20 05place to live. “I like this place,” she says. “I heardbefore that it has beautiful nature, the mountainsand the ocean and everything, but it’s reallybeautiful. People here are very nice, very kind. Iwould say it’s the most help which I’ve receivedin my life! People just passing by – ‘Oh, youdon’t have a dollar? I have, I can give you’ – I’venever had it before.”Other students are oftensurprised to learn how Bakhirevacame to Salem. Even in acommunity of driven, adventurouslearners, she stands out forher nonchalant willingness tofollow her passions, whereverthey might take her. Caprilli saysthat’s just who Bakhireva is. “Shewants to explore something thatis interesting to her, and so she’s going to do it.She is a wonderful performer, but she knows thatthe more she learns, the better performer she willbe. She wants to learn as much as she can abouteverything she can.”Bakhireva learned long agonot to be intimidated byunfamiliar people and places,or even of situations like herblind journey throughthat unknown Japanesecity. “Thereare so many scarythings in life,”she says. “I wasso frightenedthat I alreadywasn’t frightenedanymore. So manyemotions, so many impressions,people…Itpushes me to expressmyself and to findsomething new inmyself.”11

Reach within. Shape the Future.Salem Alumnae Defy Harvard President’sComments About Women in Math and ScienceBy Bernadette Harris C’05Early this year, President LawrenceBetsy Smith Menefree C’58, who graduated been honored with many awards, including theH. Summers of Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, was initially 1991 Alumnae Leadership Award from Salem.suggested that because of biological a stay-at-home mother. Then she found work in When Summers made his now infamousdifferences between men and woman, the 1980s as a chemist and data processor at Lancastercomments on January 14, Cramer was workingfewer women are successful inmath and science. Ironically, OyindaOyelaran C’97, daughter ofDean Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran,received her Ph.D. in syntheticorganic chemistry from Harvardjust a few months later.Summers’ commentswere nothing she hadn’t heardLaboratories, Inc. in Pennsylvania,where she still works.In the past 20 yearsMenefree has seen her companygrow from 50 employeesto its current 750, mostlyfemale. The company now hasa daycare center and offers afamily-friendly schedule: 32with IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technologyto educate middle-school girls from localAtlanta schools about careers in engineering aspart of National Engineers’ Week. Noting thenumerous bright women in engineering whowere at Georgia Tech for the program, Cramerfound Summers’ comments amusing. Regardlessof whether women choose to pursue careers inthese fields, they should not allow themselves tobefore, Oyelaran says. ThoughOyinda Oyelaranhours a week is considered be deterred from math or science just because ofshe feels that his comments were “irresponsible,”she is happy that they have sparked debate andchanges in thinking.Elizabeth Lynch Lashley C’61, who majoredin mathematics, received her master’s degree ineducation from Clemson University and is nowa Special Projects Development Consultant atClemson, organizing an “out of the box” mathcurriculum for elementary-aged students.When she began teaching high school,women were paid less than their male counterparts,and it was hard work for women to provethemselves, Lashley said. Although her malefull-time. According to its website, LancasterLaboratories has been on Working Mother’s list of“Best Companies for Working Mothers” 11 timessince 1989.Ann Wilson Cramer C’66,another mathematics major,has worked with IBM since shegraduated from Salem College.Today she is director of IBMCorporate Community Relationsand Public Affairs.She argues that single-sexeducation prepared her to workgender, she said.Following in these women’s footsteps areSalem’s class of 2005, with 30 majors in biology,chemistry, and mathematics.Three of the seniors weresurprised, but not discouraged, bySummers’ remarks.Maha Kadafour C’05, achemistry major, will attend theUniversity of California at SanFrancisco to seek a pharmacydegree and a Ph.D. in pharmacology.colleagues accepted her, their expectations for in a mostly male environment.Ann Wilson Cramer According to Kadafour, thewomen were lower. They were “willing to accept “Single-sex education not onlypharmacy field is now composedyou as a teacher, but they did not expect you tohave the content,” she said.She credits Salem for her strong math background,which helped her establish herself in amale-dominated field. In 1983 Lashley was the firstSouth Carolina recipient of the Presidential Awardfor Excellence in Science and Math Teaching.gave me the confidence to pursue mathematics,[but also the] competence,” Cramer says.A campus leader during her education atSalem, she is now active in civic leadership in Atlanta,currently chairing Communities in Schools— Georgia, as well as the Georgia Chamber’sEducation Committee, among others. She hasof 67 percent women due to the flexible workschedule many pharmacies offer of 12-hourdays for four days a week She noted, however,that most of her supervisors during collegeinternships have been men. “The number ofgraduate students that are women are definitelyon the rise.”12Salem College

Edelman Inspires 2005 GraduatesKadafour said that coming to a women’s college“strengthened my confidence… Just becauseI’m a woman doesn’t mean I can’t be [in the sciences],”she explained.Kadafour’s roommate, Nida Rauf C’05, is abiology major with a chemistry minor. She plansto attend medical school at some point and haslooked at programs in Virginia, Philadelphia,New York and London.One reason she finds the sciences excitingis because they are male-dominated, making hersuccess in the field a challenge. Rauf said she likesto confront “archaic beliefs.”She appreciates Salem’s influence. “Nothingseems impossible or that difficult. I’m already doingthings [at Salem] I didn’t think I’d do.”Beth Haymore C’05, also a biology majorwith a chemistry minor, is concentrating onbotany. She has held three internships in a neonatalintensive care unit, a pathology lab, and abiochemistry lab. She is now a teaching assistantin Salem’s biology department.During her internships, Haymore hasworked with more men than women (interns aswell as supervisors), but the biochemistry lab atWake Forest University was evenly divided lastsummer, she said. Haymore said she enjoyed thatexperience. “You have to work just as hard andjust as long, to prove you know what you’re doing(as a woman).”Though Summers may have outraged peopleacross the nation, Salem alumnae defy his commentsevery day. As Oyelaran said, “I didn’t take[his comments] personally, because I’ve done it!”Salem’s Class of 2005 was fortunate tohost legendary civil rights attorneyMarian Wright Edelman as its commencementspeaker. Edelman, the founder ofthe Washington, D.C.-based Children’s DefenseFund, was of special interest to manyof the graduates, who considered her a rolemodel in their prospective careers and lives.Niya Fonville C’05, a communicationmajor from New Bern, N.C., was on thecommittee that chose the commencementspeaker. When Edelman was named as a possibility,Fonville says she was determined tosee the children’s advocate at Salem. “She’s atrailblazer,” says Fonville, who will concentrateon children’s rights at the Universityof Miami law school this fall. “It was someaningful to be able to look up and seesomeone who is one of the forerunners, inmy opinion, to see what she’s done and knowthat I can do it, too, that it’s not impossible.”Edelman, a native of South Carolina,went to Spelman College and Yale LawSchool, graduating at the height of the CivilRights movement. She went to work for theNAACP in New York and in Jackson, Miss.,where she became the first African-Americanwoman admitted to that state’s bar. “Thinkabout what that represented at that time,”says Fonville. “Not only was she the firstAfrican-American woman to practice law in acertain state, but that state was Mississippi.”Edelman founded the Children’s DefenseFund in 1973 with the goal of representingthe civil rights of children in the legal system.The CDF focuses on helping children miredin poverty, disability, or discrimination, andalso researches solutions to problems such aspoor access to health care and education. Asthe organization’s head, Edelman personallylobbies Congress on behalf of children’s issues.In her commencement speech, Edelmanspoke strongly against what she sees as an inversionof traditional priorities and the effectit has on the weakest members of society. “Ibelieve that we have lost our sense of what isimportant as a people,” Edelman said. “Toomany young people of all races and classesare growing up unable to handle life, in hardplaces, without hope, and without steadycompasses to navigate a world that is reinventingitself at an unpredictable pace both technologicallyand politically.My generation learned that to accomplishanything, we had to get off the dime—your generationmust learn to get off the paradigm, overand over, and to be flexible, quick, and smartabout it.”One of the graduates, Aquita Burrus C’05,found those words truly meaningful. “Whenshe said that, I thought to myself, ‘Yes, we reallydo.’ That’s kind of the foundation of my heart.”Burrus, a Continuing Students student, earneda business administration major and sociologyminor. She had volunteered with youth in hernative Brooklyn, N.Y., and since moving toWinston-Salem in 1990, but it wasn’t until shebegan fieldwork for her sociology classes thather passion for working with at-risk childrenemerged. She now plans to get a master’s degreein sociology and work in the child welfare field.Hearing Edelman speak, she says, “gave mesomething to shoot for.”The class of 2005 included more than 200 traditionaland Continuing Studies undergraduateand graduate students. Edelman’s words inspiredand challenged, a fitting send-off to graduateswho understand that their education in the widerworld will never truly end.Magazine 20 0513

DevelopmentNewsBLIXT FIELD CELEBRATION:Blixt FieldSalem celebrated the much-anticipatedopening of Blixt Field in April with alarge community celebration, whichincluded free games and refreshments,raffled prizes and an entertainingAcademy and College “studentsvs. faculty” softball game. The newsoftball, field hockey, and soccer fieldsalso add nearly seven acres to Salem’scampus. The field is named for ChuckBlixt, the Salem Trustee whose family’sgift made the land purchase possible.Chuck and Leslie Blixt’s daughtersAllison A’96 and Katie A’00 were bothactive in sports at Salem Academy.14 Salem College

Gifts and GrantsRichard J. Reynolds III andMarie M. Reynolds Foundation, Inc.The Richard J. Reynolds, III and MarieMallouk Reynolds Foundation, Inc. ofWinston-Salem awarded Salem Academyand College a grant of $235,000 in supportof the restoration of Single SistersHouse. The foundation awards grants tononprofit organizations in North Carolinafor broad charitable purposes.Fitness CenterSalem students, faculty and staff joined in the celebration at theunveiling of the new and improved Fitness Center this spring. At thegrand opening on March 31, students marveled at the brand newtreadmills, stationary bikes and weight training equipment and alsosigned up for tours, watched demonstrations of the equipment andeven tried a few machines themselves. The new Fitness Center, a giftfrom an anonymous donor, is one part of an on-campus initiative toimprove health and wellness at Salem.The Dickson FoundationThe Dickson Foundation of Charlotte,N.C. announced a $200,000 grant insupport of Salem Academy and College’scapital campaign. Salem requested grantfunding for either the Dickson LeadershipFund at Salem or the Single SistersHouse restoration project. The DicksonFoundation has awarded the grant asunrestricted in support of Salem’s capitalcampaign.Winston-Salem FoundationThe Winston-Salem Foundation provideda grant in support of the play “Sojournto Freedom: An African-AmericanHistory of Winston-Salem and ForsythCounty.” The play was written and performedby Leshea Agnew C’08 and hermother, Sharon Agnew, who directedthe production.Summer 20 0515

DevelopmentNewsDigging up the Past:Construction Crew Finds Sisters House ArtifactsA work crew digging near the Single SistersHouse in May made a surprising discovery– stones and pottery shards that serve as tangiblereminders of Salem’s rich history, even as theschool moves into its third century.A construction crew began bulldozing theasphalt drive that cuts through the center ofcampus in order to install a chiller loop thatwill bring air conditioning to Bitting Dorm andthe front campus buildings. Looking at a 1787map of the area, project leaders realized that theconstruction might unearth parts of 18th and19th century outbuildings. With that in mind,the digging proceeded carefully until one daywhen the crew struck “gold” – a four-foot longstack of stones.Based on the locationof the stones, SistersHouse project coordinatorGwynne Stephens TaylorC’72 believes that they arepart of the foundation forthe washing and ironinghouse, which recordsindicate was used between1787 and the 1840s. Thewash house, behind the16,000-square foot SingleSisters House, was part ofa complex of outbuildingsstretching down the hill all the way to the present-daygymnasium. A “necessary” (outhouse)stood behind the wash house; a kitchen gardengrew where Bitting now stands, and the cowshedoccupied the site of the Refectory. The unmarriedwomen living in the Single Sisters Houseoperated a number of businesses from theirproperty, including the highly lucrative laundryservice for students at the Salem girls’ school andthe community. By the 1840s, the school for girlshad grown so large that a new wash building wasconstructed. The smaller wash house may havebeen torn down at that point, or used for storage.Though Taylor and others suspected that someartifacts might turn up during the construction,no one was expecting to find such a well-preservedsection of the outbuilding wall. Nearbywere dozens of chunks of 18th and 19th centurypottery (often used as land-fill during that era),broken roof tiles that date from the Single SistersHouse’s original 1785 construction and an unattachedbrick wall that may be part of anotheroutbuilding.“It has been kind of amazing because there hasbeen both a brick road and an asphalt road puton top of it,” she said. “It’s one of those incredible,tangible pieces of history that you discover.”Taylor says she is grateful that “our communityhas the records that allow us to know what thesestones are.”Excavation for the chiller loop will continuethrough the summer, with careful attention paidto the discovery of otherpossible artifacts. The walland other artifacts will beremoved and preserved,perhaps for display in theplanned museum space inthe restored Single SistersHouse.For more news andinformation about theSingle Sisters House restorationproject, visit www.salem.edu/sisters.16 Salem College

Tlater, the original laying of the cornerstone forhanks to meticulous recordskept by the early Moravians,Salem Academy and Collegerecently re-enacted, 220 yearsthe Single Sisters House on March 31, 1785.On March 31, 2005, Salem marked the 220thanniversary with a rededication ceremony thatincluded hymns and a parade with the MoravianBand. It was a timely ceremony, given thatSisters is currently undergoing a majorrestoration. Daniel Crews of theMoravian Archives and NolaReed Knouse of the MoravianMusic Foundationhelped Salem plan afun and historicallyrelevant event.The recordedhistory shows thaton March 31, 1785,the entire congregationof Moraviansin Salem gathered inthe Gemeinhaus (whereMain Hall at Salem Collegenow stands) at 9 a.m.They sang hymns and placedtwo documents into a leaden box tobe placed inside the cornerstone at the southwestcorner of the excavation for the Single SistersHouse. The first document was a beautifullyscripted German certificate acknowledging theimportance of this event “in the third year of thethirteen United States according to the Treaty ofParis” and giving the daily Biblical text for theday, along with the hope that the building wouldbe erected safely and in peace. The second papercontained a listing of all of the church officialsand the Single Sisters, Older Girls and Great Girls(younger children) in Wachovia on March 31,1785.220th Anniversary of the Laying of theCornerstone for Single Sisters HouseAfter singing several more hymns, theymarched to the site of the new building in thefollowing order: the trombonists, the boys, theElders Conference (with Frederick William Marshallcarrying the lead box), the Single Sisters,Older Girls and little girls, the other womenand the men. Then, the Elders Conference,Single Sisters, Older Girls and little girlswent down into the excavation and formeda circle around the cornerstone. Marshallplaced the box into the cornerstone, and a pastorreferred to as “Brother Koehler” helped him tocover it with another stone. The members of theElders Conference and the Single Sisters thenparticipated in the ceremonial striking of thehammer. Standing on the cornerstone, BrotherKoehler prayed for God’s blessing upon theerection of the house and on all whowould live there.So on March 31, 2005,Salem Academy andCollege faculty, staff,students, alumnae andfriends gathered infront of Main Hall tosing the same hymnsand read the cornerstonecertificate copyfrom the Moravianarchives. They thenmarched down ChurchStreet, accompanied byDonna Rothrock and otherMoravian brass instrumentalists,to the Single Sisters Housein the same order as our predecessorsin 1785. Our “Elders Conference” was led byPresident Julianne Still Thrift, the Rev. (and headof Salem Academy) Wayne Burkette and DeanEileen Wilson-Oyelaran.Inzer Byers,professor emeritaof history, led theSingle Sisters choir.After gatheringaround thesouthwest cornerof Single SistersHouse, they sangmore hymns, andrededicated thebuilding through aceremony that blessedthe restoration andnew life of the SingleSisters. House.Congregation ReturnsChest to Single Sisters HouseThe Salem Congregation, which includes 12Moravian churches in Winston-Salem, recentlydonated an antique blanket chest to Salem Academyand College for the Single Sisters House.The chest was discovered in the attic ofthe Vosterer’s House on Main Street by MarkLeinbach, the business manager of the SalemCongregation. Charles Hemrick, a member ofthe Salem Congregation Board of Trustees, andLeinbach noticed the words “Single Sisters”written on the bottom. Wayne Shugart, presidentof the Salem Congregation Board of Trustees,notified President Julianne Still Thrift that theCongregation wanted to return the chest.“Salem Academy and College is delighted tohave this wonderful antique chest, which willbe displayed with a plaque commemorating thegift. Records tell us the ‘Salem Congregationmade a great gift of the Sisters House to SalemAcademy and College in 1910.’ This blanket chestis yet another great gift from the Salem Congregation,”said Thrift.Limited Edition Salem PrintsThe Salem Academy and College DevelopmentOffice is pleased to offer these limited editionsigned prints to President’s Council memberswho increase their giving to Salem. Each piece issigned and numbered by the artist.The original textile work was createdby Elaine O’Neill of Raleigh, and wasgiven to Salem by Elizabeth CarterGray C’71 and Caroline Pfohl CarterC’39. For more information, contactthe Salem Development office at336-721-2607.Summer 20 0517

AlumnaeNewsThe Quest for theRingRby Sandy Kelley Johnson C’70President, Salem College Alumnae Boardskjohnson01@carolina.rr.comIpeered into the jewelry case of an antiquejewelry dealer, scanning the filigreed rings,the amethyst and garnet rings, the old signetrings, the large oval onyx rings, so popular late inthe 19th and early 20th centuries, when my eyesrested on a ring in the front corner of the case, agold ring with a gold crest on onyx.“What’s that?” I asked.She opened the case and handed it to me. Thecrest looked familiar. “Can you read the smallletters on the bottom of the crest?” I inquired.She raised the ring to her eye and peered throughthe jeweler’s loop. “S-A-L”, she said. My eyesgot huge and my heart sped up, “E-M”, she continued.“Salem College”, she announced, “1924,A.B. Degree.”A tear began seeping from the corner of myeyes. “Can I try it on?” I asked. It fit as if I hadordered it. “What’s your best Sunday price?” Ibargained, after having seen the $90 price tag. “Seventy-five dollars,” she answered. “How about$65? I offered. “I tell you what, I will meet youhalfway at $70,” she said, smiling agreeably. Thetears may have been visible as I tried to remaincalm and show no emotion. “I’ll take it,” I confirmed.I now wear the ring of Eleanor CarolineShaffner Guthrie C’24, who passed away in 1981.My yearlong quest for a Salem ring was over.This wasn’t the first Salem ring I had purchasedin the past year. I kept asking myself whyit was important to me. I didn’t have to haveit. But I had been elected President-Elect of theAlumnae Association at Reunion Weekend in2004, a job I would have for a year before I tookover the position of President from GwynneStephens Taylor C’72. And I wanted a Salemring on my finger. I didn’t have one. I had lostmy ring years ago, who knows how.I would be traveling some as President, meetingwith individuals, small alumnae groups, andalumnae clubs. So, in May 2004 I went to theSalem Bookstore, where I found I could purchasea 10-karat ring like the one I lost for $450. Iwasn’t sure I wanted it that bad.Gwynne Taylor had suggested eBay. I began tocheck the listings. Not just “Salem College” but“Salem 1772,” “Salem Class ring,” etc. Then, inDecember 2004, I had a “Eureka” moment! Thereit was on eBay. Class of ’69, going for a minimumbid of $15. Size 3, a pinky ring. There was oneother bidder. I waited until the last moment andgot it for $25. I knew I could find out whosering it was. I was in the Class of ’70 and had allmy yearbooks. I wondered if I might have foundthe ring of a deceased member of the class of ’69.Or maybe it had been lost or stolen. My jewelerfriend said it would be a miracle if a stolen ringsurvived. Jewelry thieves usually pry out or crushthe stones, then melt the ring for the gold.When it arrived, it fit me perfectly and I lovedit. I knew I had to track down the owner. Theinitials inside said JWB. I got out the yearbooks.Four girls had the same first and last initial, twohad no middle initial and another was JWB. Iknew I had to track her down but I enjoyed herring for the moment.After Christmas, I got out my directory andfound her listing, she was now Jannet WilsonBowers Kramer, with a Florida address. The alumnaeoffice told me she had moved to Wilmington(isn’t it nice to have a place to go to find your oldfriends and schoolmates?). I sent her a letter sothat if she had sold it on purpose, she could ignoremy letter. I gave her my e-mail address.A couple of days later: “Ding….You’ve gotmail!” “I can’t believe you found my ring….Itwas stolen in 1979 when I lived in Winston-Salem along with my baby cup and some otherprecious pieces…. I’d love to have it back andpay you for it…. Thank you so much.”That’s what sisters do for each other. I havebeen a Salem Sister since August 1966 when I arrivedon campus. I will be one until I die. We dofor each other. We help each other. We welcomeeach other when we move. We have a bond.And, we have a trust, too, to make sure Salem isthere for our daughters, our granddaughters, ournieces, our neighbors, the next generation and thenext. That’s what I’ll be working on the next twoyears as your president, your sister: keeping thosebonds between us strong, keeping Salem’s futuresure. Invite me to your towns when alumnaegather. Let me bring my Power Point projectorand tell you about what we’ve found and what weplan for the Single Sisters’ House renovation andabout other improvements at Salem. Why don’tyou take the initiative to assemble alumnae in arestaurant back room or in your home? Just a littlegathering of sisters.18Salem College

Leadership Banquet Speech 2005By Margaret Pike C’94Good evening everyone. It’s an honor and a pleasureto be here with you tonight. Thank you PresidentThrift for the kind introduction. About 12years ago at this very event, Dr. Thrift introducedme as the incoming SGA president, and I was askedto make some remarks and to thank the outgoingSGA officers. I was a very nervous junior who hadnot done a whole lot of public speaking. However,that did not stop Dr. Thrift from pulling a fast oneon me, but I will admit I completely deserved it.Back in those days, I had a bit of a reputation forbeing able to do a pretty decent imitation of thepresident’s voice and I used that talent to make afew prank phone calls and play a few tricks of myown. That night, she turned the tables on me. Iknew I was next on the program and I knew thatshe was going to introduce me, but instead she tookthe podium and said my name and then sighed andshook her head – completely exasperated. I did notknow whether to go to the podium or run for thedoor. But after a very long dramatic, butterfly-inducingpause she introduced me as the person shehad been impersonating the whole night. I mustconfess she got a lot of laughs and it’s just a theorybut I think the loudest ones came from the people Ihad played pranks on the most.Just like that night 12 years ago, tonight wegather here to recognize the past year’s accomplishmentsof Salem’s leaders. And actually, we arecelebrating more than just what you have done. Ithink it is more appropriate to say that we are hereto salute you for the difference that you make. Bycoming together to pay tribute to those who havestepped up and stepped into leadership roles, werecognize the importance of taking responsibility, oftaking the lead.Having served as a student leader here in thepast, I think it’s safe to assume serving in a leadershiprole is important to those who choose to doso. It mattered to me and I feel sure it mattersto you. You take on the job because you have aninterest in an area like campus events or drama orathletics. You step up and take charge because youwant to gain experience, you want to see changeon your campus, maybe you want to add a lineto your resumé – and unless things have changeda lot around here, I know you don’t do it for thepay. In all seriousness, the desire to change orimprove Salem and to change or improve yourselfare very valid reasons for becoming a student leader.However, I hope you realize that the significance ofwhat you are doing is even greater than the sum ofthose things.If you are anything like me, when you firstarrived on this campus, your main concerns were‘where do I go for my chemistry lab’ or ‘what isthis Pit where I am supposed to park my car.’ Intime, you may have decided to become a memberof a campus organization and then a little lateron you may have decided to take on a leadershiprole. If you haven’t already noticed this, then Iwill point out something that the seniors probablyalready know: Look Out, your time here can fly.Most of you have four years on this campus andon the day you move in, the clock starts ticking.I don’t intend for that to have an ominous toneto it, but it’s important to realize that each of youhas about four years to make your mark fromwithin this student body. This is your time; theseare your years to play a hands-on role in shapingstudent life at this college.Tonight, we celebrate the fact that you havetaken advantage of this opportunity and part of mymessage to you is simple — keep it up. What youdo has enormous impact. It goes beyond handingdown thoughtful honor council or interdorm decisionsthat set precedents for the future. It’s morethan creating yearbooks or a campus newspaper. Iknow firsthand that the SGA officers must carefullyand efficiently allocate funds to campus organizations.That is an important task, but what youofficers are doing is bigger than tackling a budget.When the social chairs plan successful and entertainingmixers or formals, it’s vital to making this adynamic campus, but you are doing more than justthrowing a party. In working to accomplish thesecountless things as leaders or members of campusorganizations, you do much more than self-governand put on events. You set Salem apart and youput Salem on the map.By operating under an honor code that isrespected and enforced by students, you create asense of responsibility shared by every member ofthis community to make Salem a decent and honestenvironment in which to live and learn. By hostingsocial events or speakers on campus, you attract visitorsfrom beyond this community and from othercampuses near and far. When many of you hop onplanes and jet off to do semesters abroad or at sea orinternships around the globe, or when you finallywalk away in your cap and gown — you know thatyou take Salem’s name with you. But because ofwhat you do here — on this campus — you makeSalem’s name synonymous with integrity, intellect,and success. It all starts here — with you.So as we pay tribute the efforts made by each ofyou tonight, I say thank you to every one of youwho has volunteered to serve as a class officer, towrite an article forThe Salemite ortake a photo forSights and Insights,to participate inan academic organization,to captaina sports team,to run for SGA office, to serve on a judicial board,to be a member of any organization on this campusthat makes a difference and they all do. I say thanksto you for serving in these roles because as an alum,I no longer can. Sure, I can volunteer my time andsupport Salem financially. And I do and I believe itis important to continue to do so. But my time asa student leader on this campus is up. Now, I havean eleven-year-old degree hanging on my wall andits value is measured in what Salem represents today.You are in control of that. So, I am so grateful forthe opportunity to be here tonight to see all of youface to face and to say thank you because you are theones who shape Salem now.I want to thank especially the seniors because Irecall this point in my senior year and know thateach of you can look back over your time here andbe proud of what you and your alma mater havebecome during your tenure. The rest of my messageis directed toward those who have a little moretime here. To you, I issue a challenge. As you lookaround and see the faces of the soon-to-be alums,make a commitment to them and to yourselves thatyou will carry on and keep giving your time and energyto making Salem better. My challenge to youis simple: Leave Salem a better place than she waswhen you found her. If you do that, you set a newstandard. Each of you; each class. You can set thebar higher and higher. And as you do, that degreethat will soon hang on your wall will become moreand more valuable as you improve Salem’s reputationin the world. If you see a need on this campus,find a way to fill it. If you find a system that doesnot work effectively, create a better way and implementit. Remember, it’s your campus and it’s yourtime. If you think your sports team should defeatyour competitors, train harder and go out and win.If you believe you deserve a job or an internship orgraduate school spot more than any other studentfrom any other school, stand up and show the decision-makerswhy that is true. By doing your bestand achieving all that you can during your timehere, you will leave Salem a better place than shewas when you found her. And we will all be betteroff for your efforts. Thank you and congratulationson another successful year.Summer 20 0519

AlumnaeNewsAlumnae Association Welcomes Its New Board OfficersRosemary Hege C’79Alumnae Relations Vice PresidentThe alumnaerelations vicepresident isresponsible forcoordinating volunteersfor ReunionWeekend,something atwhich RosemaryHege will easilyexcel. As seniorvice president inbusiness development at Wachovia Bank, she isno stranger to building and working in a teamenvironment. Rosemary has been with Wachoviasince 1996. She graduated from Salem in 1979with a B.A. in history and a second concentrationin economics and management. In her freetime, Rosemary enjoys volunteering, gardening,antiques shopping, the arts, traveling and goingto ACC basketball games.Keesa Schreane C’97Student Awards ChairKeesa knowswhat it takes toachieve goals,which makes hera perfect fit forher new role asstudent awardschair. Currentlyresiding in NewYork City, Keesagraduated fromSalem in 1997with a B.A. in communication and minor inbusiness administration. She earned a M.A. injournalism and French studies in 2000 fromNew York University. She joined Smith BarneyCitigroup as assistant vice-president of marketingin the asset management division, where herduties range from marketing writing to projectmanagement and developing communicationsstrategy. In addition, Keesa has freelanced forvarious publications. Most recently, she wrotethe January 2005 cover story for Black EnterpriseMagazine entitled “My First Home.” She isalso an adjunct professor at The College of NewRochelle in Harlem.Mary Salem Thacker C’72Recording SecretaryAs the new recordingsecretaryfor the AlumnaeBoard, Mary SalemThacker willhave no problemkeeping trackof informationduring meetings.The attentionto detail herprofessional andvolunteer workhas demanded over the years will make this joba breeze. Mary graduated from Salem in 1972with a degree in sociology. She is currently theowner of Etiquette Inc., a social and businessetiquette consulting group in Greensboro. Maryhas worked as director of marketing and communicationsfor KPMG and owned and operatedCharles Salem Ltd., a direct mail marketing salescorporation. Her dedication to her communityhas been constant. Mary has worked with theJohn Motley Morehead Blandwood MansionCommission, the Community Foundation ofGreater Greensboro and the United Arts Council,just to name a few. Mary and her husbandBill live in Greensboro and have two sons.Theresa Kanter C’98Student Services ChairTheresaKanter is knownfor her energy,ideas and gettingthings done. Asstudent servicechair, this combinationwill bea great benefitto the students.After graduatingfrom Salemin 1998 with a B.A. in international relationsand economics, Theresa received her masters inurban and regional planning in 2003. She hasworked for the Institute for Community Health,New River Valley Planning District Commission,Virginia Center for Housing Research and theJapan Exchange and Teaching Program. Theresais passionate about her community as well,volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, AtlantaBotanical Gardens and Room to Read. Shecurrently resides in Atlanta where she works as apublic health program Analyst for the Centers forDisease Control (CDC).Kathryn Wilson Mansfield C’67Regional RepresentativeKathryn WilsonMansfield’s effortsto rejuvenate theWinston-SalemAlumnae Clubblend perfectlywith her role asregional representative.She graduatedfrom Salemin 1967 with aB.A. in psychologyand primary education. Kathryn retired as anearly childhood educator from the Winston-Salem/ForsythCounty Public Schools after 23 yearsof service. She has been a constant volunteerfor Salem, as class correspondent and memberof class reunion giving and planning committee,alumnae weekend volunteer and phonathoncaller. Kathryn has been active within her communityand her church, volunteering with theSt. Paul’s church summer enrichment program,Episcopal Church Women Bazaar Committeesand Habitat for Humanity. Kathryn has a longlegacy at Salem – her grandmother graduated in1902, her mother in 1926 and her daughter in1996. Kathryn and husband Jim live in Winston-Salem. They have two children, Anna Katharine(31) and Haynes (27).20 Salem College

2005 Alumnae Award RecipientsDuring the 2005 Reunion Weekend,Salem College and the Alumnae Associationhonored the following alumnae with awards.Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients.Deana Bass C ’95Young Alumna AwardThe Salem CollegeYoung AlumnaAward recognizes analumna who, within15 years of hergraduation from theCollege, exemplifiesoutstanding leadershipqualities in herprofessional andvolunteer services and who demonstrates continuedservice to Salem. There is no doubt that thisyear’s recipient has made Salem a priority in a lifethat leaves very little time for outside work.Deana Bass C’95 graduated from Salem with aB.A. in communication and international affairsand went on to earn an M.F.A. in film productionat Ohio University. She worked as a grantwriter for the Talbot County Interagency Counciland did media relations work for The ChezGroup, later working with the Warm SpringsInstitute for Rehabilitation, Mission to the Worldand National Public Radio (NPR).Bass has worked on Capitol Hill since March2002, first as press secretary for U.S. RepresentativeHoward P. Buck McKeon, then as thedirector of minority outreach for the House RepublicanConference. She is currently the deputydirector of coalitions for the Republican NationalCommittee. Her work on Capitol Hill obviouslykeeps her very busy, yet Bass still donates timein her community and for organizations close toher heart. She has volunteered for McLean BibleChurch as a hiking leader, and as a Reunion GivingChair for her Salem College class. Bass alsofounded Media Arts in the Classroom, and shecurrently sits on the boards of The Voice Behindin Washington, D.C. and Salem Academy andCollege.Paige French C ’70Distinguished Alumna AwardThe alumnaeawards committee wasthrilled to honor PaigeFrench C’70 with thisyear’s DistinguishedAlumna Award,which recognizes analumna’s outstandingachievements in herprofessional endeavorsand/or her volunteer service.French graduated from Salem, cum laude, with aB.A. in Music and went on to Florida State Universityfor graduate studies in music theory. She thenreceived her master of arts in education from WakeForest University in 1977. French started her professionalcareer as a music instructor and departmentchair at Forsyth Country Day School. She thenreturned to Salem where she held several positions,including director of financial aid and career services;executive assistant to the president; dean of admissionsand director of institutional advancement.In 1988, she left Salem to start FMS Associates, acontracting and consulting services company.Salem was fortunate to lure her back for a secondtime. This time, French covered a few departmentsshe had missed the first time, serving as director ofacademic services, director of administration andplanning and as chief planning officer. She remainedat Salem officially until July 2004, when sheretired and went back to her consulting business.But she still comes back to campus about one day aweek to help ‘in whatever way Salem needs.’In addition to her outstanding contributions toSalem, French is an active volunteer in the Winston-Salem community. She has been involved with theArts Council, Piedmont Opera Theatre, St. Anne’sEpiscopal Church, Hospice, Samaritan Ministriesand Habitat for Humanity – just to name a few!Susan Maddox C ’65Alumna Service AwardThe Alumna ServiceAward is presentedto an alumna whohas made outstandingcontributionsto Salem College inthe areas of leadership,fundraising,admissions recruitment,publicity orother efforts that promote Salem’s mission. Thisyear the Alumna Service Award honored SusanMaddox C’65.After earning a B.S. in chemistry at Salem,Maddox taught math and science in juniorhigh school, and later high school algebra. Shethen went to work as the director of laboratoryservices for a chemical company that serves theoil and gas industry. She is a true volunteer in hercommunity of Hobbs, N.M., where she serveson several boards including the J.F. MaddoxFoundation and First United Methodist Church.In addition, she currently chairs Hobbs Beautiful(part of Keep America Beautiful) as well as Committeefor Hobbs.Maddox is also a tireless supporter of Salem.Since graduating, she has been a Reunion GivingChair for her class, served on the Board of Visitorsand also chaired the Board of Visitors. Shehas also had a lasting impact on the College’sscience department, securing funding for JanTerm travel for students and new equipment forthe Women in Science program.In addition to her work in her community,Maddox enjoys painting decorative art pieces.She and her husband The Honorable Don Maddoxhave two children, Ann and Ben.Summer 20 05 21

ClassNotesWhat’s in a Name?Please – if your name islisted incorrectly in theClass Notes, please contactthe Alumnae Office. We appreciateknowing wheneveryou have a name change.Thank you!Salem College AlumnaeOfficePO Box 10548Winston-Salem,NC 27108336-721-2608alumnae@salem.edu221930Salem College Alumnae OfficeP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0548alumnae@salem.eduAlthough no members of the classcould attend reunion we did hearfrom Mary Brewer Barkley, who hasbeen performing as part of a multiyearstudy examining the healthbenefits of creativity. The group thatMary sings with, the Levine Schoolof Music’s Senior Chorale, has performedtwice at the Kennedy Center.Mary says, “My doctors say I’m aninspiration to us all.”1937Salem College Alumnae OfficeP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0548alumnae@salem.eduIt is with sadness that we report thedeath of M. Garnett Saunders inJanuary 2005, husband of GeorgiaGoodson Saunders. Our thoughtsare with Georgia and her family fortheir loss.1938Salem College Alumnae OfficeP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0548alumnae@salem.eduMarianna Redding Weiler lost herhusband, retired U.S. Navy Capt.Herold “Hank” Weiler, Jr., on August22, 2004.Class of 1940Mattie May Reavis, Ann WatsonCoogler, Helen Savage Cornwall,Katherine Ledbetter BrownClass of 1935Elizabeth Gray Sarle, Libby Jerome Holder, Cockey Preston Creech1939Salem College Alumnae OfficeP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0548alumnae@salem.eduForrest Mosby Vogler lost her grandsonBlanton Miley Vogler, who diedunexpectedly at age 34. JosephineHutchison Fitts and Sanford losttheir son Sanford Burton Fitts III onSeptember 25, 2005. And, CatherineBrandon Weidner lost husbandMervin on May 14, 2005. Our sympathygoes out to all these alumnae andtheir families.1940Salem College Alumnae OfficeP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0548alumnae@salem.eduFor Reunion Weekend, the class of1940 was four strong.Katherine LedbetterBrown brought sisterCora and daughterPriscilla for the weekend,and they had asmuch fun as Katherine.Katherine keeps busywith projects in herretirement communityin Springfield, VA,including startinga wholesale/retailbusiness. Katherinehas four children andsix grandsons! AnnWatson Cooglerand Helen SavageCornwall, roommatesat Salem, enjoyedreminiscing about dorm days. Annlives in an independent living retirementcommunity in Hickory, NC andHelen still lives in her Winston-Salemhome. Helen also enjoyed a visit withher goddaughter Alice Coogler, Ann’sdaughter. Mattie May Reavis retiredin 1979 after 39 years in hospital andschool food service. For the past threeyears she has lived in an independentliving community in Winston-Salem.There was news from classmates whocould not attend the reunion. MabelPitzer Shaw, a retired social worker,lives in Mount Airy, NC. She writesthat since she was fortunate enoughto attend Salem she appreciates thecare and attention given to campusand scholastic improvements. JaneBennett Mendenhall lost her husbandEdwin in January of this year. Oursympathy goes to Jane and her family.Sarah Burrell Jordan writes thatdespite a bout with congestive heartfailure she is doing very well andstill in her home in Athens, GA. Shedoesn’t travel now but son Jim tookher to Florida for Christmas. Jim, atheologian, teaches in Russia, Poland,South America, and the U.S. SonBill is associate dean at the Universityof Calgary, Canada. Sarah has fourgrandchildren. The Alumnae Officelearned of the death of classmateHelen Lineback Chardwick on January23, 2005. Our sympathy goes to theChadwick family.1942Marguerite Bettinger Walker23 Clipper CourtSavanna, GA 31410-2104margueritega@webtv.netDot McLean McCormick gatheredmost of this news for me. She workspart-time. Dot plans a cruise to Alaskawith her niece in August. She checkson Martha Bowman McKinnon regularly.Minnie Louise WestmorelandSmith cruised in March to the Caribbean,is looking forward to a crosscountry to San Francisco and a cruiseto Alaska. She keeps busy and active atCentenary Methodist Church. MaryO’Keefe Miller and Pete enjoy livingSalem College

at Covenant Towers in Myrtle Beach.They have friends there and plentyactivities. Peggy Garth Bissette plansanother summer in Blowing Rock.She plays duplicate bridge, paints, andswims. She’s planning a show of herpaintings at Blowing Rock CountryClub. She reported that Sara HesterAiken died in April. Lib Weldon Slyand Jack enjoy life at StonegatesRetirement in Greenville, DE. Theymake several trips a year to Seattle,WA to visit their sons. Alene HarrisonTaylor and Pete represented theirretirement facility of Brandermills,Midlothian, VA, at a C.R.S. conventionin Atlanta this May. MarionNorris Grabarek reports that Wensestill works, but enjoys their place atthe beach. Dorothy Dixon McAllisterplans to go on an Artic cruise in Juneleaving from Iceland. Phyllis GosselinSlawter stays busy in her yard, playingbridge, and garden club. MargaretVardell Sandresky still composes.Alice Purcell is caretaker to her sisterand to her brother in Davidson. Shehas fond memories of her music classeswith Mayme Porter, Miss Cash andDr. Vardell. Jim and I will spend thesummer at the farm in Gap Mills, WVcelebrating our 60th anniversary inJune with a family gathering.1943Sara Henry Ward2206 Barker StreetLumberton, NC 28358-3624dewardjr@webtv.netI need for each of you to send me acard or letter and let me know whatyou are doing. The only news receivedwas sad news. Classmate MarjorieWilson Gardner died Easter morning,March 27, 2005 surrounded byloved ones. Our sympathy goes to herfamily.1944Doris Schaum Walston1000 West Nash StreetWilson, NC 27893-2910Erleen Lawson Wheeling writes that2004 was a year of troubles and joy.Two grandchildren were married butdaughter Lynn was diagnosed withlung cancer. Lynn had chemotherapyand radiation and after a year the testsshow her cancer free, thanks to manyprayers and skillful doctors. MaryLewis Lawhon lost husband Watsonin October 2004, Dot Langdon Kinglost husband Peter in April 2005,and I lost Stuart in September 2004.Classmate Jacquelyn West Kerr diedNovember 15, 2004. We extend oursympathy to all these classmates andtheir families.1945Hazel Watts Flack110 Homestead Hills CircleWinston-Salem, NC 27103-6446tdfhwf@aol.comOur 60th reunion was great fun.Twelve of us were present: EmilyHarris Amburgey-Pidgeon, MollyBoseman Bailey, Mildred GarrisonCash, Helen Phillips Cothran,Josephine McLauchlin Crenshaw,Nell Denning, Jane Strohm Fay,Hazel Watts Flack, Jane FrazierGray, Luanne Davis Harris, MargaretBullock Knox and ElizabethGudger Williamson. Some of usattended Founders’ Day Convocationon Friday and received ourGolden Alumnae Pins from accompanyingSalem Ambassadors. At Saturday’slunch eight of us did a parodyof “Those Were the Days” and hada class meeting before returning forthe president’s dinner that night. Welearned that Nancy Rawlings Baity’soldest grandson married in March andher granddaughter finished her firstyear of medical school at Chapel Hill.The ever-vivacious Mildred GarrisonCash brought husband Paul, wholooked well after heart surgery. HelenPhillips Cothran and Bill were pleasedwith his improvement after receivingthe pacemaker. Their granddaughterwill attend Elon this fall, three milesfrom their home in Burlington. NellDenning is a bocce champion at herretirement home in Albemarle. MollyBoseman Bailey enjoys traveling,especially to Charlotte to visit hersons and their families. Jane StrohmFay enjoys traveling and attendingelderhostels. Margaret Bullock Knox,despite rheumotoid arthritis, hasaccepted a two-year term as regentfor the Battle of Charlotte chapter ofthe DAR. She often travels to Floridato see daughter Lynn Knox Poole ’77and granddaughter Caroline, almostten. Josephine McLauchlin Crenshawcontinues teaching piano students inMontgomery. She has ten grandchildrenand enjoys an annual familygathering each summer at PawleysIsland, SC. Luanne Davis Harrischerishes living in Memphis near herchildren, Mark and Frances, and herfive grandchildren. Emily Harris Pidgeonfeels fortunate to have her twochildren and five grandchildren livingnear her and Charles in Savannah.She and Charles spend summers inthe North Carolina mountains wherethey see Mildred and Paul Cash. JaneFrazier Gray is active in Winston-Salem and travels to Chicago andColumbia, SC to visit Gianna andWalter. She went to Peru in 2004. For2005, her family will visit RolandiClass of 1945Front row: Nell Efird Denning, Emily Harris Amburgey-Pidgeon, MargaretBullock Knox, Luanne Davis Harris, Josephine McLauchlin Crenshaw,Helen Phillips Cothran Second row: Jane Frazier Gray, Hazel WattsFlack, Elizabeth Gudger Williamson, Jane Strohm Fay, Molly BosemanBailey, Mildred Garrison Cashrelatives in Italy. She lives next doorto Lucile Newman at the Moravianretirement center, Salemtowne. Lucilehad knee replacement but still putsout the Salemtowne newsletter bymoving around in a motorized wheelchair.Elizabeth Gudger Williamson“Gudge” boasts ten grandchildrenand three great grandchildren. BettyJean Jones Holmes and Jim live atArbor Acres, the Methodist retirementcenter. BJ was unable to attend due toa family wedding in Charleston. Sheproudly boasts of a great grandchild.She hears from Betty GranthamBarnes who lives in a retirementcenter in Lumberton, NC. NancyBean Pitt often sees Molly Bailey inRocky Mount and reported that sheregretted being unable to attend ourreunion, as did Nancy Moss Vick.Marguerite Mullin Valdo has fivegrandchildren aged 22 to 12. She andAlex live in Sun Lakes, AZ. AdeleChase Seligman and Mack moved toa retirement center in Rye, NY. Theycould not attend since she had kneereplacement surgery in January. MarieGriffin Snoddy and her husband livein Summit, NJ enabling them to getto NYC often. Marilyn Strelow Silverhappily reported that after being widowed,she reconnected with Dr. JohnGroel, a widower she knew in hertwenties. They were married in March2003. They divide their time betweenMadison, NJ and Naples, FL. DeWittand I enjoy the pleasant lifestyle ofour retirement community. I stilldo volunteer work and am gratefulfor good health. It is a blessing tokeep in touch with Jane Gray, LucileNewman, BJ Holmes, and NancyHelsabeck Fowler locally and some ofthe rest of you by mail. Salem receivedthe sad news that Carrie Day Davishad died. Our sympathy goes out toher family and also to Lucile Newmanin the death of her sister ElsieNewman Stampfli ’42 and ElizabethGudger Williamson in the death ofher brother Lamar. It would be goodto be able to report news about thoseof you who weren’t here. You missedSalem in all her springtime glory anda lot of fun!1946“Wink” Wall Cottam301 Hillcrest DriveHigh Point, NC 27262-2933In July 2004, Salemites met in Wilsonfor lunch and fun. From the classof ’46 were Ann Douthit Curry, DorisLittle Wilson, Senora Lindsey Carrow,Betsy Thomas Patterson, MaryLou Stack Husk, Bet Hancock Hackney,Mary Lib Allen Wood, and WinkWall Cottam. Ann Curry’s daughter,Winn Currie Ballenger ’74 and MayLib Allen Wood’s daughter joinedus. Also attending were Nancy MossVick ’45; Jean Moss Fleming ’47;Jean Sullivan Proctor ’47; Bernice“Bunny” Bunn Pell ’47, Mary HunterHackney Brame ’47, Becky CozartSmith ’44; Betsy Schaum Lamm ’49;Mary Patience McFalls Dibrell ’49;and Katherine Manning Skinner’45. Mary Heefner Whitmire enjoysgardening at her home in Salem, VA.Magazine 20 0523

Betsy Thomas Patterson and Jacklook forward to the 2005 Pinehurstgolf tournament. Peggy WitheringtonHester and Elliott moved to a beautifulretirement home in 2004 in BlackMountain. Several of their childrenlive nearby and visit often. HelenThomas Gulledge lives in Charlestonhas 13 descendants. Says she feelsyoung, no wrinkles, but has troublewalking. Also says her handwritingwas ruined by taking history notesfrom Dr. Anscomb. Barbara WatkinsHesselman visits their children inAtlanta and Beaufort and travelNorth to their cottage in July andAugust to get out of Chapel Hill heat.Jenny Jenkins Todd and Tom arebusy with grandchildren graduating,and performing in her son’s productionsat ECU, and visiting family inCalifornia. Gloria Holmes Long wroteall is well with her in Pinehurst. SenoraLindsey Carrow and Doris LittleWilson get together every few weeksin Greenville, NC for lunch andwould love to have anyone join them.Our sympathy goes to the families ofVawter Steele Paull who died in Savannah,GA in December 2004, and,to Hazel Newman Nading whosesister, Margaret Newman Stroup ’48,also died in December 2004. Bob andI are well and enjoy our four granddaughters.The oldest one graduatedfrom Chapel Hill this May.1947Carol Gregory Hodnett2106 Sugar Top DriveBanner Elk, NC 28604Not much news to report from thesealmost 80 year-old gals but I surelyappreciate all the news I do receive.We lost one of our favorite classmatesin November 2004 when Betsy JohnForrest Dunwoody passed away aftera long courageous battle with cancer.Surviving are her husband Brookeand three sons. Connie Scoggin Nicholsand Bill are the proud new grandparentsof twin girls born to theirson Tony and wife Kimberly. SaraCoe Hunsucker Marshall and Jim’syoungest son Frank was married recently.He and his wife Lauren live inAsheville. Ticka Senter Morrow andJohn are well and attended their oldestgrandson’s graduation for UNC inMay. Mae Noble McPhail and SallyBoswell Coffer took a cruise on theQEII together and reported it wasfun to be roommates again. HenriettaWalton McKenzie lost her eyesightdue to macular degeneration. Sheand Bill are doing well in spite ofeverything and she is looking forwardto her family’s yearly vacation at thebeach. Lucy Scott O’Brien sounds justlike she did at Salem. She has healthproblems but she and Ed are doingwell. Hallie McClain Parker and Jimare planning to sell their home inthe North Carolina mountains andmove to a retirement home in ChapelHill. Jane Mulhollem Longino alwayssends a nice newsy letter at Christmas.She enjoys lots of trips with herfamily and visits to their summerhome in Maggie Valley. MargaretWest Paul will be spending severalweeks at her mountain home at SkyValley. Jim and I are well and are goingto the mountains for the summer.I wish I had more news but at our ageI guess this is pretty good.1948Barbara Ward Hall207 John Wesley RoadGreenville, NC 27858-1668colmrsh@geeksnet.comI am sorry to report the deaths of fourclass members: Jane Morris Saunieron August 6, 2004; Beverly HancockFreeman on October 27, 2004; RubyMoye in 2004; and Betty Jean HollemanKelsey on May 9, 2005. Now,I encourage you ladies to send yournews to me or to Salem. Mary WellsAndrews Thomas and Harold lookedgreat when Ellis and I saw them inApril at an ECU Alumni Associationdinner where Ellis received an awardfor Distinguished Service for ECU,the first to an honorary alumnus.Our oldest grandson graduated fromUMD in May and we were there.Lomie Lou Cooke Bazemore and Carlare renting a small cottage in Francefor 3 weeks, her fifth trip to Normandy.She says Nancy Lutz Wood andCarver have moved to Sylvania, OHto be near daughter, but still have ahouse at North Myrtle Beach. “Sal,”Page Daniel Hill and Fred, MargaretFisher McIver, Barbara Fisher A’48,C’53, and Judy Sampson got togetherthis spring. Genevra “Genny” BeaverKelly is fine after knee surgery in Mayand is remodeling her home. Shereminded me that Kathryn WagonerTerry has been ill but is doing better.Her husband died in January 2004.Nancy Carlton Burchard and Prestonare moving to a Presbyterian Homein Harrisonburg, VA. Barbara FolgerChatham’s newest great grandchildbrings her total 14 “grands” andtwo “greats”. Her shop is in RoaringGap, but she lives in Ronda, NC.Elaine McNeely Leight had a grandreunion with Margaret Fisher McIverand Peggy Gray Sharp at Peggy’sdaughter’s home at Lake Norman,near Mooresville. I saw Frances MillerSowers Vogler and Herbert at HomeMoravian Church on Easter.1949Nell Penn Watt Spencer3231 Turnberry CourtWinston-Salem, NC 27104Jeanne Dugan Greear and Cal, NancyWray White and Gib, along withCandy United Hare and Andy had agreat get together in Williamsburg,VA in April. The gals had lunch withJanie Fowlkes Lake, who lives there.Betty Wolfe Boyd, Augusta GarthMcDonald and I visited Martha BrannockMickey and husband Mick inHouston, TX in April. Patsy MoserSumner’s daughter Stacy married JohnJesso of Charlotte, NC in October2004. Saso Morris Jones leads theclass with three great grandchildren.Boots Lambeth Hinkle was the firstdirector of Greensboro Beautificationin 1976 and continues to lendher expertise. We extend sympathyto Garnet Clairborne Martin whosehusband Bob died in September 2004,to Bitsy Green Elrod on the death ofher husband Stanley and Molly DarrMessner lost her brother, Ed Darr Jr.Do your exercise, stay well, and SENDME NEWS!!1950Ruth Lenkoski AdamsApt. 245, 300 Valencia Drive SEAlbuquerque, NM 87108-3090Ann Linville Burns and husband Kentlive in Raleigh, NC. They have twochildren and two grandchildren. SusanJohnson Hardage and Frank arein Charlotte, NC where Susan enjoyscooking, traveling, and walking. Theyhave three children and six grandchildren.Connie Neamand Kick andhusband Edward live in West Brandywine,PA. Mary Jane Hurt Littlejohnis a piano teacher in Birmingham.She and husband James are sellingtheir home and moving to AldersgateRetirement Community in Charlotte.Bonnie Stonestreet Sturkey’s husbandLawrence has been in an Alzheimer’sfacility for three years in Charlotteand Bonnie is being treated for spinalstenosis. Son Jeff and his wife livein Durham and daughter Beth andfamily live in Charlotte. Bonnie says itnice having them all close by. Mary HillTaylor attended Salem 1946-48 thengraduated from UNC in 1950 with anAB in English. She and husband Johnlived in Jacksonville, FL for 23 yearsand after John retired from SCL Railroadthey moved back to Wilmington,NC where they reside now. They havetwo children and six grandchildren.Sara Hamrick Thompson and husbandDavid live in Columbia, SC. Theyhave two children and five grandchildren,including twins.1951Wylma Pooser Davis7 Estill StreetLexington, VA 24450Mary Faith Carson visited here overnighton her way to daughter Jamie’shouse in Maryland. Jamie is studyingtoward a degree in early childhood development.Squeaky glows with pride!Clinky Clinkscales Seabrook andCordes stay busy with community andchurch. Their oldest grand has her firstjob at Kiawah. Clinky, Cacky PearsonMoser and Rosalyn Fogel Silversteinare planning a beach trip to Pawleysthis summer. Cammy LovelaceWheless and Jim moved to a housein South Carolina close to daughterCarol. Lee Rosenbloom Fritz and Billreport two delightful grandchildrenat Boston University. They skippedtheir usual London trip this year butare considering sunny Italy instead.Clara Belle LeGrand Barnard and Bobare headed to Russia as well as themountains and beach with childrenthis summer. They continue theirgardening work. Betty Gwen BeckMcPherson and Don admit slowingdown a bit. Daughter Karen providedthe celebration for Betty Gwen’s 75thbirthday. My three children, Keith,Anne, and Pete helped celebrate my75th. WOW! How did we all suddenlyget so old? Grandson Stuart is asenior at Wake Forest. Saddest news isof Nancy Lea Florence Rice’s death inJune 2003. Her friends rallied aroundto help with her daughter’s weddingin 2004. Our belated sympathy todaughter Betsy.1952Carol Stortz Howells1446 Riverwood LanePhoenixville, PA 19460-2620prpaul1@msn.comCan you believe that most of us in theclass of 1952 are, or will soon be threequarters of a century old this year? I’msaddened to report that Bobbie LeeWilson’s husband Jim died last July.Bobbie lives at Salemtowne RetirementCommunity in Winston-Salem.Our belated sympathies go to Bobbieand her family. Also, Kitty Burris Feltslost husband John last October. Wesend our condolences to Kitty and herfamily. We also send our sympathiesto the family of Lahoma PoindexterGray, a member of our freshman class.She died in February 2005. Our classcomedian, Lola Dawson Gillebaardwas a “warm-up” for Bill Cosby at aUniversity of California fund-raiser inOctober 2004. She also serves on theadvisory board of their School of Medicine.Martha Thies Winn and husband24 Salem College

John have moved to a condominiumin Atlanta. I had a delightful phonevisit with Anne Blackwell McEnteerecently. She moved to a retirementcommunity in Richmond, VA closeto the church where she is very active.I had a letter from Randy WurrPleuger who was a German exchangestudent in the fall of 1951. She has 2daughters and 4 grandchildren. Aftermany delays our villa in the FrederickRetirement Community will be underconstruction in the fall, and we hopeto move in by year’s end.1953Betty Lou Kipe Pfohl15305 Clover Hill RoadWaterford, VA 20197-1413The Alumnae Office writes to let theclass know that Betty Lou was unableto do class notes this year because ofher husband’s health. Sadly we haveto report that Bruce Pfohl was buriedMay 13, 2005. Our sympathy goesto Betty and her family for their loss.Sally Anne Knight Seabury livesin Iowa City, IA and would love tohear from classmates. Fae Deaton isworking on a B.S. in grapic designand a B.A. in art therapy. She is alsoon the board of a local not-for-profitprogram, Artszone. Fae, diagnosed inDecember 2004 with diabetes type B,is working to control it by diet.1954Betsy Forest Jones9 Maxwell StreetBath, ME 04530betsydj@juno.comVirginia “Boots” Hudson Beamanand husband John, son Stuart, his wifeChristine and daughter-in-law Jane(daughter of Priscilla Hendrich Quinn)and granddaughter Katie took a familyvacation to watch son Mike competein Hawaiian Ironman Triahalon in fall2004. Mable Taylor Hesmer downsizedby swapping her home with a youngercouple. Phyllis Forrest Sinclair movedin December 2004 to Cary, NC. SelmaJean Calhoun Turlington, who sentregrets for missing our last reunion,continues her valuable contributionto Clinton, NC with her work on theCity Council. Carol Glaser Deweseand Sam celebrated their 50th weddinganniversary October 2004. SarahSue Tisdale Ferrell, daughter Sarah,son Vernon III and grandsons (13 and16) stays fit with her exercise regimebeginning at 5 a.m. Marcia ZacharyRendleman is doing well after treatmentfor small cell lung cancer, whichshe discovered after our last reunion.Doris McMillan Eller and Jimmymoved into a new home in November2004 and continueto enjoy their time inRoaring Gap and theirgolf trips to St. John’sand Florida and a vacationin Mexico. JeanEdwards Riddick andRoyce and Virginia“Boots” Hudson Beamanand John are offin November for Mississippivoyage. Jeanand Royce will spendThanksgiving in WestMemphis, AK whereRoyce was born. Joeand I celebrated our40th wedding anniversarywith a June tripto London and Greeceand a July family weekendin Maine with allfive children and eightof ten grandchildren.Granddaughter Sarahis working in the PeaceCorps in Zambia andgrandson Jesse is studyingin Buenos Aires. Asalways I welcome anynews so I can keep thiscolumn updated. Besure to send any newe-mail address changes to me.1955Lynn Wilson Robinson406 Carmen AvenueJacksonville, NC 28540-7426Class of 1955How wonderful to be together atSalem for our 50th class reunion andto feel again the closeness we felt forone another. I know that all who camecherished the time we had together.And my goodness! Didn’t we lookgrand? We carried our years withgrace, dignity, beauty and a keen eyefor our futures. I spoke with FredaSiler McCombs trying to get her toreunion, I even offered to sendsomebody to pick her up, but shecouldn’t make it. She is widowed, andleads a pretty quiet life. Her threechildren are not too far away. A warmnote from Jessie Krepps Farringtonsays, “I will be thinking of my year atSalem with fond memories. I attributefollowing an academic career toattention and nurturing I received atSalem, so it certainly had a profoundeffect on my life.” Mary ScottLivingston Stegall sent a note sayingshe was not doing well and would beunable to attend reunion. We do hopeshe is doing better by now. AudreyLindley Norwood Hart has been retiredfor some years so she and hubby staybusy in the community, at the five artgalleries in St. Petersburg, teaching andFront row: Irma Gatewood Goldberg, Bonnie Hall Stuart, Ann Mixon Reeves, FlorenceSwindell Mitchell, Lynn Wilson Robinson, Sue Jones Davis, Sally ReilandSecond row: Emily Hall Bigger, Barbara White Peacock, Mary Todd Smith Warren, AnnLang Blackmon, Kay Cunningham Morshead, Emily Gunn Craddock, Audrey LindleyNorwood, Nancy Florance Benjamin Third row: Gertrude Johnson Revelle, JaneLittle Gibson, Marguerite Blanton York, Sara Outland DeLoache, Pat Marsh Sasser,Lousie Fike, Many Anne Raines Goslen, Pat Noah Jones Fourth row: Rooney BarnesRobison, Barbara Kuss Ward Stabile, Francine Pitts Bachman, Allison Long Hughs,Jane Brown Pritchard, Ernstine Kapp Studer, Norma Ansell Hahn, Betsy Liles Ganttraveling. Coming to reunion for thefirst time in years were Louise Fike andJane Brown Pritchard. Lou drove upfrom Orlando, spent the night withJane and they came on to Salem. Theyboth looked like they were having fun.Ann Mixon Reeves and Ned returnedto Salem after being absent from ourgatherings for 25 years. They claimfive children and 13 grandkids. Theyare selling their home in Charlestonand have bought land in a retirementcenter in Maine. They plan to build asettle down spot to which they canreturn after traveling. Their last traveldestination was Trieste; Ned commentedthey had been most everyother place. The week followingreunion, Phil and I traveled to BrynMawr to visit our daughter Amanda’79 and family. Our grandson Wilsonand Ann and Ned’s grandson Timothyhad arranged for Ann, Ned, Phil and Ito have lunch together with Reevesdaughter, Disty. Disty and Amandabecame acquainted when one saw theother’s Salem car sticker. Thegrandsons are good friends….what anice world. Ditsy’s husband is headmaster at Wilson’s school. Bonnie HallStuart and Hal were with us. Bonnieworked very hard as chair of our classfund raising. We were so proud whenannouncement came to all at luncheonthat our class had donated $50,000 toSalem. Thanks everyone for your gifts.Jane Little Gibson made arrangementsfor a daughter to check in on husbandBob who was recovering from kneesurgery. He, too, has been a frequentreunion attendee all these years. She isdefinitely on the way to breaking herMom’s 105 years. Jane had kneereplacement in March and was backon the tennis courts one month later.Sally Bowen Reiland has truly finallyretired after 25 years as a CertifiedAddiction Counselor, and prior to thatprobably 25 years news media,newspapers, radio, TV and publicrelations/information. She is nowpampering age health problems andtrying to enjoy the time left; we agreedwe were doing the same. Sara OutlandDeLoach and Tommy gathered with usand livened things up considerably.They are such a fun couple and sharethe grandchildren stories with us. Theyare proud grandparents of threebeautiful girls and one little boy.Tommy still sells socks. Emily GunnCraddock was “pretty in pink” andlooked at least 29. Her grandchildren,as are ours, are growing up. Emily andJohn’s daughter Ann Carter graduatedfrom the same year as Amanda. HelenCarole Watkins and John Thompsoncame up for Saturday, and it waswonderful seeing them. They have twograndsons to go with the two fine sonsthey have. Marguerite Blanton Yorkand Mike arrived on Friday like mostof our eager classmates. Their two boyshave six children and live close tolucky parents. Kudos to Betsy LilesGant and her awesome husbandMagazine 20 0525

Eddie. She was chair of our weekendand did a thorough and fine job.Friday night we held our class dinnerat the Rondthaler-Gramley House,with appropriate wines, foods, flowers,and willing guests. We visited ingroups all over the house, and enjoyedmore of everything. It could not havebeen a better time. Betsy and Eddiehave four children, and ten grandchildren,and a mountain house. Afterdinner, Betty Carol JohnstonGermany, Jane Little Gibson, NancyFlorence Benjamin, Irma GatewoodGoldberg led everyone in a sing-alongthat was pretty nostalgic, and we knewlots of the words! Irma’s daughterDeborah and husband have returnedto North Carolina from Honolulu.She is happy to have them near. Irmais planning a voice recital at Salem, isinstructing in piano and is a churchorganist. Betty Carol and husband Regare from Tennessee, where she movedafter two years at Salem, graduatedwith a BuMS from Rhodes College,married Reg, had three sons (a doctor,a lawyer, and a computer companyowner), taught piano for 45 years –whew! Sue Jones Davis and Royarrived on Friday, and Sue had to leaveon Saturday after lunch to join Roy atDavidson for his reunion. Roygraciously and generously honored Sueand Salem by contributing $500,000to Salem. Roy’s and Sue’s sons are nowrunning the coffee company, so theywill be sailing on the Queen Mary IIto London, visiting Paris and Salzburgbefore flying home. It was good to seeAnn Lang Blackmon from Montgomery,AL. Her daughter Lang and hertwo children are in Montgomery; sonLee is with Ann and Bob and has MS,but gets about and out frequently.Francine Pitts Bachman had to leavehusband Jack at home fighting a fluvirus. Jack had a rare blood connectedtransplant in January 2004. He hasdone quite well, but this virus has beendifficult. Kay Cunningham Morsheadflew in from California. She has soldthe rest of the ranch and really settledin to playing with tarantulas, growinggrapes for superb wines, being near hertwo grandchildren, and chairing theTarantula Festival in Gilroy, CA. Wehad not seen Pat Noah Jones in years,but she came Saturday. Pat is retiredfrom medical technology. She andHarry have three children and fivegrands. Gertrude Johnson Revelle andGuy were present. Guy is a two-timecancer survivor, Gertrude is like manyin our class – we are survivors. Theyare planning a jaunt to Australia andNew Zealand. Mary Anne RainesGoslen was back and forth fromGreensboro, bringing Nancy FlorenceBenjamin. Mary Anne gave a goodtestimonial to life, living and the wayGod gives what we need. She lostFrank last year, had fallopian tubecancer when Frank was sickest, lost asix-year-old grandson suddenly, hasrecuperated from the chemo, and isbuilding a new house, and there is anew baby grandson. Life goes on! JeanJennings has just retired from her variouspositions, alumni secretary ofBowman Gray School of Medicine, 23years in public relations at EasternAirlines, and 10 years in real estate inWinter Park, FL. After some years ofnot being around for reunion, PatMarsh Sasser and Dr. Patrick Sassercame to see us again. They retiredfrom medicine five years ago, areplaying duplicate bridge and travelingevery chance they get. They are basedin Goldsboro and have one daughterand 2 sons. Edith Howell Miller sentnews of two grandsons, and a son anddaughter. Edie lives in Ohio and saysshe has never forgotten her classmatesat Salem and she loved us all. She hashad a year of ups and downs, but willthink of us during our reunion. NancyFlorence VanKirk came fromSherpherdstown, WV. Bob is in anursing home, but close enough thatshe sees him most every day. One ofher sons is plagued with back paincaused by a wreck 6 years ago. NormaAnsell Hahn and Bill came fromPittsburgh again. They have fourchildren and 6 grandchildren. One sonis recovering from a very rare cancer.They too enjoy traveling. RoonieBarnes Robison came up for the dayand she was a delight to be around, asusual and had a good visit with herroommate Bobbie Kuss Stabile.Bobbie has been to most reunions andis still in the hot knitting market.Barbara White Peacock and Ward werehere again. I don’t believe she hasmissed a single reunion. They continueto travel and Barbara is still very activein her church’s adult activities, arrangesworship for Alzheimer’s patients, andteaches three courses at her church.She and Ward are taking their 15-member family west to celebrate 50years of marriage; in October they willcruise the Hawaiian Isles for twoweeks. Mary Todd “Toddy” Warren andLindsay enjoy traveling, visiting oldfriends and their large combinedfamilies. Between them, six childrenand thirteen grandchildren. Anotherprominent reunion “couple” is Bill andEmily Hall Bigger. Bill toughed out 5years waiting for Emily to get out ofSalem, so they could get married. Theywill celebrate 50 years of marriage inAugust. They have two fine sons andtwo grandchildren. And speaking ofcouples, I must mention Phil and me.Phil believes he is a Salem graduate,showing up for all our reunions,reading the Alumnae News before hegives it to me, etc. I don’t know howmany times he thumbed to Salem onFriday nights along with Bill Bigger,and then they thumbed back toRaleigh on Sunday nights, so theycould thumb back to Salem onWednesday. And did you know theystayed in the Dean of Studentsapartment on many weekends at herinvitation? And do you remember halfof our class boarding the plane whenPhil and I took off on our honeymoon?Can’t you see that happeningnow? We are still celebrating our 50thwedding anniversary (I plan to make ita lifelong affair). We have two deathsto report. Virginia Hamrick Millicandied in Fort Lauderdale on April 11,2005. I had spoken with her twiceduring the past year and hoped thatshe could make it to reunion. She hadtold me traveling was difficult for herbut she would like to come. Additionally,Emily Heard Moore’s husbandJimmy passed in early April 2005.Jimmy was also a regular at reunions.Although we live very close toKinston, I did not know of his passinguntil several weeks later. Bonnie andHal Stuart attended the funeral. Oursympathy to Emily, Caroline andSuzanne.1956Sara Huff Tuck5029 Crossbow CircleRoanoke, VA 24014tucksh@aol.comWe regret to announce the passingof Sara Pate Chambers’ husbandRobert in August, 2004. Bob was agreat supporter of Salem and all ofSara’s Salem activities. Two monthsafter his death, Sara was blessed withtheir fifth grandchild. Daughter Denagraduated from Salem in 1992, andgranddaughter Sara Stanley graduatedthis year. Ann Campbell Dortch is thepastoral care assistant at Holy TrinityEpiscopal Church. Many Salemwomen are members at Holy Trinity,including Ann London Vaughn ’72,who she works with at church. Sheis also the “surrogate mother” toMarty Pratt Keeton ’79, and her sisterLibby Pratt. Other Salem friendsinclude: Lib Prince Wentz ’47 andher daughter Martha Wentz Peete ’75.Ann says, “There is an immediateconnection (with Salem women) anda sisterhood which is quite remarkableand for which I am most grateful.”Ann is planning trips to New York,Denmark and Norway. Nellie AnneBarrow Everman enjoys her threegrandchildren in Greer, SC. She seesAnn Williams Walker and Roy whenthey visit their son’s family. TempleDaniels Pearson and husband Joe alsovisit their son and family there. BothTemple and Joe are great and enjoytraveling. Nellie Anne had lunch withPhyllis Sherwell Froneberger who“is as beautiful as always” after somany years. Nellie would love to seeyou. Marianne Boyd Gore enjoyeda trip to California to visit daughterRosemary, an actress. Marianne visitedL.A., Catalina Island, Coronado inSan Diego and the Joshua Tree desert.Marianne reminds us to reserve April21-23, 2006 for our 50th reunion.Visitors are always welcome at hernew home in Banner Elk, NC.Dayl Dawson Hester still does flooraerobics, water exercise twice a week,and yoga once a week. She enjoysplaying the dollar slots at the casino.Sounds like Dayl has enough spunkfor all of us! Emma McCotten Lathamenjoys her new living room-bedroomaddition. Husband Joe has an officeat home and still brokers health insurance.Their son Steve and his familyhave moved back to Charlotte, nearWaxhaw. Emma’s arthritis keeps themfrom traveling much, but they areplanning to attend Joe’s 50th reunionat Carolina in May. Our condolencesto Patsy Robertson Miller in the passingof her husband John in January2005. Bible study and the book “APurpose Driven Life” helped Patsyfocus after the death of her husband,as well as the Red Hat Club; “mykind of organization,” Patsy adds.Marian Myers Murphy and husbandJim love to travel. They traveled tothe Canadian Rockies, San Franciscoand the wine country. This June, theyplanned trips to Angel Fire and SantaFe, New Mexico. Betty Cash Smithcontinues to teach piano and providepiano and organ music in church. Sheand husband Lloyd are active in theirchurch choir and host Bible Studies intheir home. They have three marriedchildren and six grandchildren, twofamilies living in North Carolina andone in Indianapolis. Agnes RennieSmith recently visited her son anddaughter-in-law in Hawaii (Navy) andher doctor daughter (also Navy) inSan Diego. The visit included a 5-daywhale encounter that was the “experienceof a lifetime!” She volunteers at alocal elementary school, in the churchchoir and teaches fourth grade SundaySchool. Summer plans include helpinga vacation Bible school in Russia andan Elderhostel excursion. Dot TyndalBenner is busy as program chairmanof Philanthropy Education Organization.She and Earl travel a great dealand took their 6 grandchildren andfamilies on a cruise. Sara Huff Tucknow has ten grandchildren ages 626 Salem College

months to 25 years. In my news, Kenstill works full time and serves onthe AMPAC board of the AmericanMedical Association and is presidentof the local Rotary Club. His activitieshave taken us to several cities including:Portland, MA, New Orleans, LA,Orlando, FL and Osaka, Japan. I hopeto see all of you in April 2006!1957Jo Smitherman DawsonApt. 3, 1101 West Fourth StreetWinston-Salem, NC 27101jdawson2@triad.rr.comSeveral classmates, including BeckyMcCord King and Juanita Efird,visited Nell Newby Stallings in themonths before she died of cancer inFebruary. Nell had a stroke in her 50sand had been in a nursing home inRaleigh ever since. Kate Cobb McGinnisand Bernie were greatly saddenedby the death of their grandson Thomas12 days after his birth in January2005. Kate writes they are coping anddoing well. David and Beverly BrownStone use their flex-time share tovacation in every state — near MountWashington, NH, and recently,Wisconsin Dells and Macinac Island.Alaska is next. Home is Cumming,GA where Beverly is the organist inresidence at the Lutheran church.Juanita Efird, on the go selling realestate, was honored with a 70th-birthdayparty. The guest list included PatFlynt, Peggy Daniel Young, Ellen SummerellMack and next door neighborCloss Jennette Gilmer ’54. Juanita’stravel plans include a week at OxfordUniversity to study English countryhouses. Juanita enlisted Madeline “Sissie”Allen and Pat Flynt to join her onSalem’s Friends of the School of Mucicboard. Sissie moved back to Troy eightyears ago to care for ailing parents,both of whom have since died. Sissieworked in student development andservices at several small colleges, mostrecently at Shorter College in Rome,Ga., where she was a vice presidentwhen she retired and moved back toNC. Sandy and Marcia Stanley Clarkspend seven months of the year inSarasota and summers in Connecticut.Katherine Scales Lethgo and Waynevisited the Clarks for a week this pastwinter. Nina Skinner Upchurch’ssecond son Charles was married in August2004. Nina attended a birthdayparty that Bren Bunch Cheatham gavein Chapel Hill for her sister-in-law.Nina grew up with the Cheathams inGreenville. Charles and Ann DardenWebb Hill enjoy their 13 grandchildren(ages 5 to 25) and their retirement,except that Ann misses schooland is subbing at two high schools.Spring plans included a literary conferencein Jamaica, a church conferencein Fayetteville, and family reunions inJuly and October. Barbara DurhamPlumlee reported all quiet at herhousehold. One granddaughter choseConverse College in Spartanburg andhad a happy freshman year there. ForBob and Mary Hendrix Showfety,holidays are major family happenings— five children, five spouses and 10grandchildren for Thanksgiving inBlowing Rock, Christmas in Atlantaand spring breaks in Vero Beach, FL.Clifton and Carolyn Miller Paynewalked among the penguins at CapeHorn during a trip around SouthAmerica; Chile and Patagonia weretops, Carolyn said. Charley and ToniGill Horton enjoy Naples, FL, fromNovember through May and thenhead for their cabin in Boone. Theirdaughter is in Greensboro; son Chuckand family, in Sammamish, WA.Frances Proctor, with our class for twoyears (before UNC Chapel Hill andAppalachian State), moved back to herhometown of Marion after retirementfrom teaching. At Christmas 2004 shemoved into a retirement community.John and Meredith Stringfield Oateslove their hilltop house in the woods.Two years of physical therapy havealmost completed Meredith’s recoveryfrom two broken-bone incidents intwo consecutive years. R.E. and CeciliaCorbett Black, retired in Wilmington,were in Winston-Salem for the weddingof their granddaughter, Kristen.A grandson is a sophomore at UNCChapel Hill. The family gathered atFearrington House in Chapel Hillfor Cecilia and R.E.’s 50th weddinganniversary.1958Claudia Milham Cox600 North Currie DriveSanford, NC 27330-9349Sethc@wave-net.netA dear friend and loyal Salemite JudyGolden Upchurch died on April 19.Judy lived with an outpouring oflove from family and friends in hernew mountain dream house after shelearned in January of her pancreaticcancer. Judy loved Salem so much thatshe requested memorials to Salem.I hope one of you will volunteer tocontinue in Judy’s roll as reunionfund chair. Barbara Roland Adams’husband Ralph has had some healthproblems. Son Will and his family arestaying with them while rebuildingtheir home, which burned. Son Grahamand his family just bought a newhome on Lake Murray. After attendingher 50th high school reunion, MaryBritt Ballard and Marion spent a weekin Myrtle Beach with their sons andtheir families. Their son Paul receivedhis D.M. and lives in Columbia, SC.Anne Fordham Baldridge Cox wrote:“What outstanding contributions Judymade to our world. The children ofNorth Carolina are better for her. Iwas a bridesmaid in Judy and Fred’swedding. My late husband, JohnnyBaldridge and I had been dating forseveral months. At the rehearsal party,he told me in all seriousness, butwith a twinkle in his eye, that I hadseen the last of him if I caught thebridal bouquet. And guess what? Idid catch the bouquet; I was the nextbride, and we lived happily ever after.”Anne is back at work as a real estatebroker after disk surgery. Anne andCharlie each have three children and18 grandchildren combined. MarthaJarvis Buck said that Judy was MissByrd’s best English major and expectedJudy to become an author someday.Martha and Jim’s daughter Miggy, anartist in NYC, was married to a Swissoceanographer who is with ColumbiaUniversity. The June 23rd ceremonywas in Rapperswil, Switzerland. Thewhole Buck family and some of theirfriends went. Barbara McMann Daanekept her family’s house in Danville,VA hoping to get there from timeto time, but finds it difficult to findtime to do so very often. She stillspends much time fund raising forvarious organizations, especially forPark Center, an agency that serves thementally ill. Her daughter Whitneyis a music publisher. Olivia is still inAspen, CO with Ki-lin (5). She usedDhu Jeannette Johnston’s son’s movie“The Angel Doll” for her literaryclub program. Dhu still works ather nursing job even though she hashad health problems. Amory MarritKing’s looms are singing! She is on herfourth altar cloth this year. Her nextproject is for the chancel of a churchin Winston-Salem where Kale oftenhelps out. It is always a treat to hearfrom Dianne Byers Button and seepictures of her beautiful family. Sethand I still spend time in Ocean Drive,SC. Daughter Anne has taken over asmajority stockholder in the constructionbusiness, and she makes sure herdad takes some time off. We spent aweek in Spain with daughter Marjorie,her business partner, my cousin andher husband. Marjorie still lives inPrague where her marketing companyis doing well. Please step up to takeon the job of reunion fund chairman,so we can honor Judy’s memory witha big 50th! Please notify Salem if younow have e-mail or have changed youraddress.1959Marcille Van Liere Deane243 Tranquil AvenueCharlotte, NC 28209-2113marcilled@earthlink.netOur sympathy goes to Marcille forthe death of her sister, Vicki Van LiereHelms ’62, in August 2004.1960Outgoing CorrespondentAnn Luttrell BurtonIncoming CorrespondentNita Kendrick Wall2155 Commerce Drive, Apt. 103Monroe, NC 28110-6730nitawall@hotmail.comOur 45th reunion was greatly enjoyedby 24 class members. We missed all ofyou who were absent. Hope everyonewill make the 50th in 2010! Thosewho arrived on Friday got togetherfor dinner at a restaurant. NancyGwaltney Dennis planned this for us.Thanks, Nancy. Many thanks to NancyNeese Bragg and husband Nickfor a fantastic dinner at their homeon Saturday night. We loved seeingNick’s wonderful artwork throughoutthe house. Our class meeting Saturdayafternoon was held in the RondthalerGramley House. President JoanBrooks Troy called us to order, andwe elected new officers: Joan agreedto serve as president again. Thankyou, Joan! Nita Kendrick Wall willserve as class correspondent. CarolynRay Bennett will chair the ReunionGiving committee. A new positionwas formed, the Sunshine committee,headed by Gwen Dickerson Infantino.She will be the contact person forreporting illnesses of classmates, deathof loved ones, etc. After new businesswas completed, we went around theroom giving each one a chance toshare their personal news. Mary AlicePowell Adams is acting, trying to findwork in films. She has two children,one in Winston-Salem and one inSeattle. Gwen Dickerson Infantino isquite proud of her three redheadedgrandchildren. She sees Mary StewartMoss Darden at church. She is alsoin touch with Ann Dunn JoynerRandolph, who still works full time.Elizabeth McLean Brice is doinggreat after suffering a heart attackthree years ago. She enjoys her threegrandchildren. Suzie CabanissFarabow and Butch celebrated their46th anniversary this year! They staybusy with their nine grandchildren.Katherine Kline Collins retired fromthe Carlisle Collection after 20 years.She fundraises for Elon Homes forChildren and the Regional AIDSInterfaith Network. She has nineMagazine 20 0527

Class of 1960Front row: Joday Litton Blevins, Ann Luttrell Burton, Suzanne CabanissFarabow, Jo Anne Hudson Kinnamon, Gwen Dickerson Infantino, LouScales Freemon, Nancy Gwaltney Dennis Second row: Joan BrooksTroy, Sally Townsend Hart, Anne Beck Bevan, Joan Currie Yelverton,Nancy Neese Bragg, Carolyn Ray Bennett, Elizabeth McLean Brice,Evelyn Vincent Riley Third row: Mallie Beroth Graham, Rosemary LaneyCrow, Caroline Easley Alday, Nita Kendrick Wall, Gene Wagoner, MaryAlice Powell Adams, Anne Thompson Geyer, Betsey Guerrant Arnettgrandchildren and enjoys traveling.Our one co-ed, Gene Wagoner,attended all of our events and wasgreat fun. He plays numerous musicalinstruments and sings, too. He taughtpublic school music for 35 years.Nancy Gwaltney Dennis works parttime. She enjoys her reading groupled by retired Salem professor DudleyShearburn and playing bridge. Sheand retired husband, Bucky, live in adowntown loft just a few blocks fromSalem. They have three grandchildrenand their daughter is gettingher Ph.D. Mallie Beroth Graham hastwo married sons and one grandchild.She volunteers at Salemtowneand teaches adults to read throughthe Sunnyside literacy program. Shereports that Marie Stimpson Pressonand daughter have opened a spacalled “Impressions.” We were sorryto learn from Mallie that GeraldineMcIlroy Kope lost her husband. She isa member of the choir at the HomeChurch. Betsy Guerrant Arnett hada successful spinal fusion surgery in2004, and she’s back in the gardens,fishing with family and friends andworking out at the “Y.” Lou ScalesFreemon has three children and ninegrandchildren. Husband Wally stillworks, and she spends time betweenGreensboro and the beach house inSouth Carolina. Anne Beck Bevan isretired, living one and a half blocksfrom downtown Lexington, NC. Shementors at a local high school. Herdaughter lives in Connecticut and hastwo children. Nita Kendrick Wall is retiredwith three sons living respectivelyin California, Texas and Wisconsin.She has one grandson. She writes anostalgia column for the InquirerJournal, which makes her very qualifiedto be our class correspondent! Wewere told that Sally Bovard Thompsonis planning a trip to St. Louis tovisit Frances Adkins Gay. Carolyn RayBennett retired after teaching kindergartenfor 25 years. She volunteerswith civic and charitable groups. Afterserving two terms as a Thomasville,NC city councilman, husband, Joewas elected mayor last year. Their twochildren and four grandchildren livenearby. Sally Townsend Hart and Jacklive on a farm in Hanover, VA. She isa patient advocate. JoAnne HudsonKinnamon and Bill volunteer oncea week reading to handicapped children.Jody Litton Blevins plays tennisand mahjong. When Bob retires, theyplan to travel. Evelyn Vincent Rileystill teaches piano in Houston. Sheloves that her former students are nowteachers. She has eight grandchildren.Anne Thompson Geyer enjoys herfour children and nine grandchildren.She is the executive assistant at the Institutefor Advanced Learning and Researchin Danville. She says she is theonly senior citizen on the board! Herfather (95) dates, drives, is a gourmetcook and dances! CarolineEasley Alday and I traveledto the reunion togetherand had a wonderful visitthere and back. She travelsa lot; visits her daughter inProvidence, RI, her son inCharlotte and of course, hersecond home on Pawley’s Island.Rosemary Laney Crowand husband Sam dividetheir time between Ashevilleand Boynton Beach, FL, asthey have condos in eachcity. She continues to playtennis and bridge. BetsyGatling Holmes and Bobenjoy trips to Raleigh andAtlanta to visit grandchildren.Daughter Carolineis getting a second degreein dental hygiene. Bob loves birding,and Betsy visits her mother (93) inWindsor often. Word comes thatHarriette Dwelle Powel promises toattend the 50th reunion! MeribethBunch Dayne relocated from Englandto France. Sarah Tesch Salzwedelretired in 2003 after 32 years on thelibrary staff of the NC School of theArts. She especially enjoys her sixgranddaughters after raising threesons! Barbara Payne Nanney writesfrom Florida that they survived threehurricanes last August and September.The house made it through, butthe debris clean up continues. Shevolunteers tutoring children andadults. Harriett Lang Hornthal soldher business in December 2003. Shestays busy with grandchildren andloves to garden and travel. This springshe visited Australia, New Zelandand Tasmania. Norwood DennisGrinalds sent word that after eightyears as president of The Citadel,John is stepping down. They willhave a sabbatical year until June 2006when John will become headmaster ofPorter-Gauld School in Charleston.As for Norwood, she is trying to settleinto their new home and loving everyminute of it. She and Bob went toAlaska last year and missed all thehurricanes. Norwood belongs to agarden club, a book club and the BigCanoe Artists’ Group, although herproduction of watercolors has slackedoff a bit. Last, but not least, we allwish to thank Joan Curry Yelverton,Ann Dunn Joyner Randolph and theircommittee for doing such a greatjob with the reunion giving fund.We raised over $25,000, with 60%of the class contributing! Thanks toeveryone! I’ve enjoyed being your classcorrespondent and wish Nita the bestas she takes over the job. Let’s keepher informed of all our news. See youall at the 50th in 2010!1961Joanne Doremus Hooker3415 Medford RoadDurham, NC 27705jdhooker@earthlink.netThe class of 1961 was well representedat the Christmas CandlelightConcert at Salem. Missy AllenBrown, Cynthia Hiatt Kratt, IreneNoell Turner, Suzannah Parker Early,Dotty Thompson Whitlock and Ienjoyed the concert after attendingthe Christmas Putz at the BrothersHouse. Many of us had not beenback for a visit since our time asstudents. After the concert we also attendeda reception at the Rondthaler-Gramley House. What a wonderfulway to start the holiday season! InJanuary Cynthia hosted a gatheringat Lake Norman. It was great to beable to visit with Velva WhitescarverWoollen, who was anticipating kneesurgery, Sara Lou Richardson Rose,who has been building her counselingpractice in Charlotte and JackieReeves Timms in addition to thegroup who had gone to campus inDecember. Marilew Hunter Hord hasretired and after living in Texas for 31years, has moved to Connecticut tobe closer to children and grandchildren.She visited with Sally GillespieReid during a stop in Winston-Salemin November. Cathy Gilchrist Walserand Joe have had a busy year travelingand visiting family. Missy Brownand Henry spent time with KatieKochtitzky Ellis and Aaron on theGulf Coast in October. Missy sawSally Wood Creech’s daughter duringa trip to Raleigh. Mary OettingerBooe’s daughter and her family liveright down the street from Missy.Remember that next spring it will betime for our 45th reunion. It is greatto visit on campus and renew Salemfriendships. I hope to see all of youthen.1962Edith Storey Stadler4415 Gladwood PlaceLynchburg, VA 24503-2019begladwood@aol.comJudy Shannon Ambrose lives inFort Lauderdale, FL and reports sheretired in June 2004 after 14 yearsas wedding coordinator of ChristChurch United Methodist. She andhusband Jim took a two-week cruiseto Alaska in July 2004. Sadly wereport the death of classmate VickiVan Liere Helms. She died in August2004 of lung cancer diagnosed inFebruary 2004.28 Salem College

Pictured above are members of the Class of 1962 who were residents ofSisters House. This photo was taken in the spring of 1960 and was sent tous (with the individuals indenified) by Sally Harris Jurney C’62. Thank you!Seated on grass in the front row: Evelyn Dawes, Susan Lloyd, BeverlyHeward, Emily Jennings, Barbara Altman, Cynthia Randolph, SuellenSample and Ginny Sears. Along the fence in the second row: DotSmith, Jane Thompson, Sandra Gilbert, Sally Harris, Ann Saunders, GailOgburn, Carol King, Peggy Brown and Sally Spangler.1963Heather Peebles DeVries5 Live OakAmelia Island, FL 32034jnhdev@bellsouth.netWhile attempting to gather informationfor this fascinating column, I wasdismayed by all the email returns “userunknown.” Please take a few minutesto send me your new email address;I’ll pass it on to Salem. May I beginby expressing our sympathy to GigiSaunders Buxton on the loss of herdad, Garnett, in January 2005. Alsowe are so sorry Virginia Anderson Davis’dad Easley died in August 2004.Becky Boswell Smith still enjoysediting a trade publication and traveling.She had a recent trip to Indiaand will soon visit handicraft factoryowners in Vietnam. Nancy UmbergerGorham has been busy rebuilding andremodeling her Orange Beach condoafter the devastating hurricane seasonof 2004. Nancy and Matt are off tothe Norwegian fjords in June as well asParis, London, Ireland, Scotland andAmsterdam. WOW!! She also foundtime to join a gourmet club and theDAR. Martha Cole Glenn retired fromher job as a lobbyist and is remodelinga “new” home. She is involvedwith field and obedience competitionwith golden retrievers. Martha is alsoinvolved in Arlington County andVirginia Democratic politics. CatharineEller Varnedoe lives in Savannahwith husband Gordon. They have2 daughters, Nell and Elise. Catharine,an illustrator, rides her horseSweetpea as much as possible. Lovedthe short response from KatherineParrish Shelburn “still working…asa Psycho…40th year, still married tothe same guy, 38th year, same house31 years.” An athlete, she spins 3times a week, plays tennis 5-6 times.Has 3 national tennis championshipsand 16 southern championships. PlusKatherine had botanical and biologicalartwork published. She has onegranddaughter. Sylvia Gooding Rayis still director of the Women’s Centerof Fayetteville, celebrating 15 yearsof economic empowerment issues forwomen and families. Robin RhodesBrowning’s two children are now married.Daughter Christie teaches 4thgrade while husband Adam finishesmedical school. Robin’s husband,Simms, retired about a year ago andthey are having fun in those “new togethernessroles.” Sounds like Johnnyand I who have enjoyed almost 5 yearsof retirement and 40 years of marriage.Julie Johns Allen and Jim enjoyDurham, Sunset Beach, and BlowingRock. They have a new granddaughter,Charlotte, and I am sure Julie is stillenjoying painting. Marsha Ray Sherryreports retirement brings a slower paceand interests of studying oil painting,gardening, yoga, practicing ZenBuddhism, and enjoying her familyand friends. She’s excited about apainting trip to Greece in October andthen she and E.J. will travel to Egyptin December. Carroll Roberts Sittonand Larry love living at Badin Lake...the country life. Larry continuesto practice law and has gotten intogolf. They have 4 grandchildren andsay grand parenting is the best! Son,Rob was married on May 14. Carrollspends much of her time caring forher mother (91). Carroll’s gardeningis her therapy. She still plays tennisand volunteer work with the StanleyCounty Agricultural Extension Servicealong with several other neighborhoodcommunity things. Anita HatcherHelms lives close by so she and Carrollsee each other often. Send me yournew email addresses!1964Margy Harris Holt1008 Ridgewood AvenueReidsville, NC 27320-6030mholt273@bellsouth.netTravel is a top priority for DonnaRaper Stallings and husband Dallaswho snorked with sea lions in theGulf of California and look aheadto Scotland and China. Irene RoseOwen and husband Duncan live inRichmond and enjoy four grandsons.Irene visits with Barbara GottschalkWiltshire, Mary Richmond Wilson,and Anne Heath Hardage regularly. AliceReid Digilio enjoys her work at TheWashington Post and is excited aboutbeing a grandmother. Anne RomigDecker works with the National Instituteof Health focus groups developinga children’s book on aging. She andJim enjoy traveling to Michigan andOntario. It was great seeing FrancesBailey Crutchfield in Richmond. Herson Henry is director of admissionsat the College of William and Mary. Ilook forward to full retirement, enjoyingeight grandchildren, and going toWake Forest games where I will surelysee Claudia Crawford Fleming andSusie Johnson Stovall. Please e-mailme soon with news!1965Daphne DuKate ClarkP.O. Box 27506Panama City, FL 32411-7506dclarkspcbfl@aol.comCamelia Crowell Bosworth and Roblive in Annapolis, MD and haveone son, Michael. Cam works asthe assistant to the vice president ofcommunications for the US NavalAcademy Alumni Association. BethPrevost Browne and husband Joe livein Norfolk, VA and have two sons. SonEric will be married in September andson Keith is studying art education.Husband Joe is retired and workingpart-time teaching. Beth is an instructorat Tidewater Community Collegeand looks forward to retirement in thenext few years. Janet Wales Brown andhusband Richard Johnson live in Durham,NC where Janet has her own lawfirm. They have two children and onegrandchild. Robbin Causey Clark hasbeen unemployed since June 2003 andis still looking for work. While lookingshe has completed courses for AMAcertificates in Management and HRManagement and has now finishedher first semester in Medical Transcription.Daughter Joanna has boughther first house in Wilson, NC whereshe works for the Economic DevelopmentCouncil. Daughter Katie andher three boys live in Oak Ridge andkeep Robbin hopping! Mary GravesEdmundson enjoys living in Wilson,NC where husband Jimmy continuesto work. They love visits with childrenand grandchildren. Barbara BleaklyFreeman and husband Jay are inNokomis, FL. Jay has retired from hisradiology practice; Barbara retired frombeing a former art gallery owner andfree-lance consultant; they sold theirbeloved North Carolina mountainhome; and they travel as much as possible.Their children and grandchildrenhave moved close by which allowsthem to baby sit several times a weekwith grateful pleasure. Chip and JaneAllen Hall live in Richmond, VA andlike to spend a lot of time at their riverhome on the Chesapeake Bay. Janepaints with oils and keeps active withexercise and painting. She occasionallysubstitute teaches elementaryschool. They have two children andtwo grandchildren. Bitsie RichheimerHarwell and husband Tom enjoy life inGreenville, NC with work and churchtaking most of the time. She and Tomlove being with their grandchildreneither in Greenville or at their homein Alpharetta, GA. Buz and BetsyPatterson Helms divide their timebetween Ponte Vedra Beach, FL andBlowing Rock, NC. Their children andgrandchildren live in Charlotte, NC.Sandra Corbett Hiatt and husbandLarry live in Wilmington, NC butare re-acquainting themselves withWinston-Salem since son Lawrenceand wife Mandy live in Kernersville,NC. Sandra says she had a great thrillat Easter attending the wonderful SunriseService. It had been 43 years sinceher first one as a freshman in spring1962! Dottie Davis LaFar and husbandMarshall were sorry to miss reunionbecause Marshall had a reunion thesame weekend. Dottie is planning thewedding of daughter Mary Catherinefor September, son Grant andwife live in Columbia, SC, and sonDavis lives in Charlotte, NC. WendyMcGlinn Lockwood lives in Macon,GA where she has her psychologypractice and plays tennis. Son Frankis a physician in Stockbridge, GA, sonRobert is an attorney in Huntsville,Magazine 20 0529

Class of 1965Front row: Susan Smith Taylor, Susan Leigh Maddox, Betsy PattersonHelms, Babs Bodine Reideler Second row: Beth Prevost Browne, CarolWeidner Southerland, Bitsie Richheimer Harwell, Wendy McGlinn Lockwood,Jane Allen Hall Third row: Janet Wales Brown, Doris Cooper McCoy,Linda Lyon Turner, Brownie Rogers Plaster, Catherine Hubbard NewittAL, and Chris has a full scholarship atMercer University. Wendy also has twograndsons. Susan Leigh Maddox andhusband Don are still in Hobbs, NM.They have two children. Beth SullivanMatthews is a retired English teacherliving in Raleigh, NC. Husband Neilworks with Community Properties, theland development arm of Fonville-Morisey real estate. Beth was unableto make reunion due to recent surgerybut enjoyed a visit with Mary GravesEdmundson. Doris Cooper McCoylives in Durham, NC and workspart-time as a legal assistant. DaughterAmanda graduated from Duke in1999 and from UVA Law in 2004and works for a law firm in Washington,DC. Son David graduated fromWake Forest in 1998 and works forGlaxoSmithKline in the ResearchTriangle Park. Doris spent several fundays at the beach with Sandra MorganPerry last fall. Cacky Hubbard Newittand husband John live in Charlotte,NC. They welcomed their firstgrandchild in January 2005 and sadlyCacky lost her father in March 2005.Sandra Morgan Perry, a retired schoolpsychologist, and husband Mike live inBoone, NC. They spend time betweenCharlotte, NC where both childrenand two grandchildren live, and NorthMyrtle Beach, SC where they have ahome. Knox Bramlette Pierson andhusband Drew live in Wilmington,NC where Drew, PGA Master GolfProfessional, still teaches. DaughterSara and husband opened a restaurantin Wilmington – Marc’s on Marketwhile son Drew and family movedto Wrightsville Beach, NC. Knoxand Drew have two grandchildren.Brownie Rogers Plaster and husbandBubba live in Shelby, NC. They havetwo children and two grandchildren.Babs Bodine Reideler retired fromFCC in Washington, DC in 2004. Sheand husband Terry sold their home of30 years in Alexandria, VA and movedher mother out of a local nursing homeand they all moved into her mother’shome in South Dartmouth, MA wherethey are taking care of her mother.Jerry Johnson Soechting and husbandJohn were not able to come for reunionbut reports she retired as a nutritionprogram manager for Ramsey Countyin 2003, but went back to work innursing. She is an underwriter for acompany providing support services tothe long term care insurance industry.Carol Weidner Southerland and husbandI.B. live in Winston-Salem, NCwhere Carol teaches the academicallygifted in 4th and 5th grades for ForsythCounty. Jean Olive Snyder Stubbsand husband Allston are still living inWinston-Salem. No grandchildrenlisted but they have three children.Susan Smith Taylor continues as associatedirector of libraries at Salem.Linda Lyon Turner is an art consultantin Winston-Salem. Harriet HaywoodWarlick is a retired teacher in Whiteville,NC but stays busy as a pianoaccompanist for several groups andevents for her church. She is also activein garden club and Delta Kappa Gamma,an honorary teachers society. Sheand husband Jimmy travel as much aspossible and always have a new “plan”in the works. Harriet and Jimmy havetwo children and one grandson (3).Al and Patty Nash Wheeler live inBlowing Rock, NC and have two smallindependent bookstores in BlowingRock and West Jefferson, NC. Pattyhopes to retire in 2006 from her jobat Appalachian State University aslibrary development director. It is withsadness that we report the unexpecteddeath of Blanton Miley Vogler (34) inDecember 2004, son of Julia MileyVogler, and the death of Tyson Bilbroin March 2005, the father of MyrtieBilbro Davis.1966Barbara MallardP.O. Box 945Asheboro, NC 27204-09451967Kathryn Wilson Mansfield5124 Rockmont CourtWinston-Salem, NC 27104mansfieldkw@aol.comFrom the alumnae office came newsthat Betty Brock Whitaker lost hermother on March 7, 2005. We offercondolences to Betty and her family.In January, Suanne Brooks movedfrom Vero Beach, FL to Hilton HeadIsland, SC after escaping unscathedfrom two hurricanes. She is active inthe Girls and Boys Clubs. After fiveyears of bouncing between Lake Tahoeand Santa Monica, Leroy and PeggyBooker Graymer simplified their lives.They sold their Lake Tahoe residenceand now reside in Santa Monica, CA.Peggy’s son Bill is earning a Ph.D inarcheology at UC Santa Barbara and isengaged. Bebe Moore Harris works inthe chaplain’s office at Duke Hospitalin Durham and leads a women’s Sundayschool class on spiritual formationat Watts Street Baptist Church. Sheand her sister took a trip to Grenada,MS via Tennessee and drove on theNatchez Trace on the way home. SusanneBunch Hill’s second grandchild,Hannah Victoria Flannery, was bornin June 2004 to daughter Temi andhusband John Flannery in San Diego.Susanne and David took a belatedhoneymoon cruise to Bermuda last falland travel several times a year to visitboth daughters in California. Whilesailing near New Bern and Orientalthey have seen Hunter GourdonCorbett and Andy several times at theirriver cottage. She met Louise MarshParisier in Chapel Hill for lunch anda fall visit. Louise has been involvedin supporting several communitynon-profit organizations this year. Sheasks that all Salem classmates keep intouch with Salem. She adds, “we needto gather some steam for our big 40thReunion in 2007, with high attendancefrom all our classmates.” LucyMills Parsons spent a night with theHills while bringing her horses to a vetin Mocksville. Susanne also met Lucyone weekend at a large horse show inVirginia in which Lucy’s daughter wascompeting. Molly Leight is still rescuingwildflowers with master gardenersand became chair of the Old SalemLandscape Restoration Committee.She “continues to butt heads with cityand county governments over limitingsprawl, saving parks, cleaning upair quality, and fighting Wal-Mart.”During the early summer she tooktrips to Ecuador and the Galapagos.Liza White Plaster’s days begin andend with goats. Her dairy, RipshinGoat Dairy, is just a few minutes fromBlowing Rock. She is making chevre,feta and molded cheeses and yogurt,to be sold at the farmers’ market inBoone and restaurants in the area. Theactual dairy is to be built in fall 2005to be operational by spring. Any andall classmates are cordially invited tovisit. Mayme Price Tubbs writes thatsince graduation, she has worked atUNC-Pemboke, taught French toK-4 students and substituted at threeelementary schools in the field ofmusic, which she thoroughly enjoyed.Now she is busy with volunteer workat Robeson County Public Library,book clubs, bridge clubs, and as regentof the Lumberton DAR chapter.Mayme and a friend plan a fall Africansafari. Hopefully, she will travel toWinston-Salem in 2007 for our nextreunion. I have been working withChris Coile Say ’71, and the presidentof the Winston-Salem Alumnae Clubto reactivate interest locally amongCollege and Academy alumnae. Ivolunteer at Salem often and serve onthe College Alumnae Board. Jim andI have taken trips to nearby states andalso to visit daughter Anna Katharineand husband, John Emery, in Chaska,MN. For an anniversary celebrationwe look forward to a fall tour of NewEngland.1968Allyson Bullock SuggP.O. Box 8Snow Hill, NC 28580-0008mjmercsabg@aol.comPatsy Mathews Reynolds and Ozziewere busy in 2004 with a missiontrip to Zambia, the birth of grandsonChancellor, Prem’s wedding to SusanManjooran and Christmas in theFlorida Keys. Judy Pifer Haverkampand John have a 1-year-old grandsonJohn Ellis and 3-year-old Brown30 Salem College

who was at our reunion. DaughterElizabeth received her MBA fromGeorge Washington and Matt will gethis MBA from UMD next year. BetsyPayne Adams has twin grandchildren.She visited Pifer during one of ourhurricanes. Barry Thrift Brown andClark have two grandchildren now.Sallie Craig Tuton Huber and Dougwere in Afghanistan setting up a healthcare system for the country; but SallieCraig returned to Boston for breastcancer treatments, which were goingwell when I last heard. She hopedto return to Afghanistan mid-summer.Susan Jones Satzger’s daughterCasey, Casey’s husband and twochildren have a new home in WalnutCreek, CA. Son Alan lives in PalmDesert. Susan retired last year. BethTaylor Steelman and Ben traveled toAntarctica and New Zealand. Bethraised $800,000 for public radio inWilmington then resigned. Ben writesfor the Wilmington Star-News. SonWalker is at Cornell for a post-doctoralfellowship. Daughter Foy and husbandMicah are in Portland, OR for her 3rdyear of residency in internal medicine.Elizabeth McIver Hinson and Will’sson Evan was married last September.Frances Temple Civils and John haveone grandson John David, son ofDavid and Janna who are dentists inGreensboro. Son Worth lives in NewYork City and works for The WallStreet Journal Online. Daughter Lauraworks for an event-planning companyin Raleigh. Frances and I are still in thecollege routine, as Grace is a student atMeredith. We enjoyed my 40th highschool reunion along with Frances,Holly Wooten, and Cecilia Moore-Cobb. The class extends its sympathyto Cecilia, whose mother Doris Mooredied March 28 at age 102.1969Mary Jane Boren Meeker319 West University DriveChapel Hill, NC 27516-2922jmeeker@springmail.comWe had a great response from those ofyou on Salem’s e-mail list. If you aren’ton this list, please send Salem youre-mail address. Peggy Hart Shupingis playing/teaching bridge and enjoysseeing Barbara Keck Blount and MaryHarris Everett ’67 in Greenville, NC.She joined her roommate, Tina GwaltneyBaird, at Canyon Ranch Tucsonin January. Susan Shore Schwartz,ED for Action Greensboro, is proudof first grandchild, Eleanor (Ellie)Elizabeth Howard, born in Februaryto son Vince and Janet Howard inRaleigh. Son Andrew is in Greensboro.Susan retired in 1999 from 30 years ofteaching high school art. Anne WycheFowlkes now teaches part time, andEddie teaches graphic arts. DaughterMartha is a freshman at Auburn. Theylive in Decatur, but love their LakeWaccamaw house. Frances BreedenSchauss is an English instructor atNew York’s Dowling College. SonMatthew (28) graduates in May fromthe Babson College MBA program;Sarah (25) graduates in June fromthe Helsinki School of Economics.Kathy Sherrill Slattery and husbandjust returned from her 40th reunionat Ashley Hall in Charleston and sawHelen Jones, who lives in Lake Lure,NC. Mopsy Stoneburner Pattersonand David live in Greensboro wherehe practices gastroenterology. Theydownsized their home and boughta beach house, which has been successfulin luring their three marriedchildren and four grandchildren. Shebelieves Elaine Beavers Hanson livesin Jacksonville, FL. Anticipating herretirement from US Airways Midge(Ena) West Stackhouse started EnajaSafaris, which will allow her to shareher love of East Africa with othersand have more time to reconnectwith Salem. Nancy Taylor Sumner isthe new director of development forUrban Ministries of Wake County, aUnited Way agency. Older son Briangraduated from Duke Law last May,got married in August, and now worksin DC. Sarah Ulmer Wade’s grandchildren,Mac (5) and Liddy (3) keepthem very busy in Richmond. Al andCandy Stell Shivers’s oldest daughter,Allison (pediatrician), and husbandEd are moving with Patrick IngramMcBride (2) to Winston-Salem inJune. Youngest daughter, Amy, lovesworking as a market analyst in Washington,DC. Anne Plyler Lee’s joysare her three grandsons (5, 16 and 15mos.). She and her husband are buildinga condo in Charlotte, and Annewill continue her work there as a yogatherapist. Jeanette Holland works ather real estate company, Copeland& Holland Real Estate, in Beaufortand enjoys her grandchildren…six sofar. And says, life at the coast is great.Barbara Keck Blount dotes on hergrandchildren. With all boys so far,they welcomed Mary Frances Blountinto the family in February 2004,when Barbara began planning MaryFrances’ Salem education! After 17years of banking, Beverly LancasterLindsey entered seminary and wasordained in 1994. She is now pastorof Chester (NH) Congregational-Baptist Church. She tells us that MaryCrawford Booton and Dan live in awonderful 1700s house, originallyan inn, outside Richmond. Theyhave a son in Austin, TX, and one inRichmond. Anne Dukehart Lambkinlives in Towson, MD, with fiancé BillTiffany and is the business manager atNotre Dame Prep School. DaughterBeth has started law school. Kathleen“Kas” Stallings, a career and technicaleducation coordinator at Hillside HighSchool in Durham, plans to retire intwo years. She cares for her mother(96); her latest obsession is bridgeand going to tournaments. JannetBowers Kramer and Roger had a greattime at our reunion last year and hopeeveryone plans to attend the next one.Life continues to be good in NorthCarolina and they love being grandparents!Elisabeth Bosch Biggerstaff’sgranddaughter, Emily Claire Ibsen,was born last November to daughter,Lise, and Christopher. Elisabeth andDan live in Savannah where he practicesGYN and she volunteers for theTelfair Museum of Art. Mary Lou FordStott and Charlie sold their house anddownsized in the same neighborhood.Daughter Louise and granddaughterhave moved to Asheville from Seattleafter Louise completed her Doctorateof Naturopathic Medicine degree.Susan Hinkle Krissel’s son was marriedin July. Their daughter teaches kindergartenin Miami. Susan does volunteerwork and enjoys sunny south Florida.Mary Bunn Hunter Judge and Curthave settled into their dream home inMcGaheysville, VA. Their sons bothengaged are in St. Louis and NYC. Abreast cancer survivor, Mary Bunn isdoing well now. Amy Murray Orseris helping to get the Winston-Salemalumnae club going again. She andPaul recently saw Kristin JorgensonOliver and Andy in DC, while visitingdaughter Emily in Alexandria. BarbaraSmethie Griffin’s and Bennett’s sonBennett Jr. married last May andthey finally have a daughter! Son Willgraduates from USC in December.Recently, Barbara had lunch with LizaPond Rainey. Clarine Pollock Powellis finishing her eighth year of teachingtap dance at ECU. Their threechildren live in Charleston. JoannaMcGrath Reynolds went back toteaching in 2001 because of an emptynest. She plans to teach just one moreyear. Her husband has retired andtheir daughter is now finishing college.Jeanne Garner Clay still enjoysRaleigh. Her daughter was married lastOctober in a Charleston plantationwedding. Life is good again, says LiliPowers Ouzts who has remarried afterthe death of her beloved husband 10years ago. Her three sons live nearbyand she likes to garden, bike, hike, andvolunteer. Milly Daughtridge Greenecontinues with her invitation business,and husband Johnny enjoys workingat Auburn. Bradford and husbandStephen (minister) live in San Diego,and John is a marketing director atTroy University. Linda Camp McElweeis involved with choir and communityactivities in Dallas. She and Dixonhave planned trips to visit Devon atDarden, Caleigh in Fairfax, VA, andDavid in Oxford, MS. Mary JaneBoren Meeker and Kristi Scott Boykinhad a great visit with Ann CopenhaverCotton at Ann’s parents’ house atSmith Mountain Lake last summer.Mary Jane and John also enjoyed dinnerwith Ann and Phil in Charlestonlast December.1970Outgoing CorrespondentsLindsay McLaughlin JordanSandra Holder DavisIncoming CorrespondentsChris Little4129 Sharon Commons LaneCharlotte, NC 28210mersee@bellsouth.netCyndee Grant Martin8734 Taunton DriveHuntersville, NC 28078cegmartin@hotmail.comSend notes to:Salem70News@bellsouth.netA third of our class showed up for the35th (ouch) reunion. Our class gifttotaled $90,000+ and is still growingwith over 50% giving. Kudos to ourclass fund-raising chair Barbie Barton.It was great fun catching up with eachother. If you missed it, please treatyourself to our next one! We heard lotsfrom our classmates. LindsayMcLaughlin Jordan reported sonFord’s wedding in August, 2004 inDC. Daughter Klugh joined her forcamping and hiking in Sequoia andYosemite National Parks in June.Husband Sandy and she have newbikes and resolve to use them. Sheenjoys her work with Older Adults(yes, older than we are) at church andtennis with Sandra Holder Davis.Sandra Holder Davis, Nancy WetzellAlbright, Celia Watson Weston, andSterling Winstead Dougherty enjoyeda fall trip to Sneads Ferry where theywore pink matching clothes in public– all they need now is white hair andan RV, and they’ll be ready for the 4:00 cafeteria line. Sterling and John cuta mean rumba and cha-cha althoughthey’ll never be another Ginger andFred. Children Patrick and Sarah areearning graduate degrees, and Katejust accepted a position with Deverouxworking with emotionally-challengedchildren. Celia Watson Weston sendsnews of travels and filmmaking. Shehad a wonderful time at NancyWetzell Albright’s son Stuart’s weddingin Gastonia with Sandra Holder DavisMagazine 20 0531

Class of 1970Front row: Caroline Boone Alford, Lee Largen Gale, Sandy Kelley Johnson,Paige French, Beth Hunter Graham, Barbara Horney Rodgers, FerebeeAllen Kaleida Second row: Sharon Wendt Spriggs, Cyndee GrantMartin, Sally Rhodes Ahner, Minetta Newbold Moseley, Sandra PappasByrd, Sandra Holder Davis, Celia Watson Weston, Chris Little Thirdrow: “Dee Dee” Geraty Squires, Libby Griffin, Martha McMurdo Diffey,Joy Bishop Van Zandt, Debbie Lotz Walker, Karen Park Jennings, NancyWetzell Albright, Mary Joyce Beard, Pamela Anderson Hazen Fourthrow: Chylene Ferguson Robinson, Lyn Davis, Christine Davidson Cline,Palmer Smith, Annie McLeod Jenkins, Susan Fasse Montgomery, SusanKnee Smith, Lindsay McLaughlin Jordan, Sallie Wilson Ellinwoodand Ann Gibbs Blatzer. Celia’s filmJunebug, shot in Winston Salem, wasselected for the Sundance Film Festivaland opens in August. Her experienceon location in India this spring defiesdescription. Watch for Celia on Law& Order-Criminal Intent. NancyWetzell Albright runs two framegalleries in the Gastonia, NC area.Jane Loftin Hill’s newly-retiredhusband Doug kept his dental practicein the family. Daughter Caroline,mother of twins, has taken over inKinston. Beth Cronister Downsdirects Ministerial Services for theVirginia Conference of the UnitedMethodist Church. Sons William andRobert graduated and are nowworking. Matthew is a freshman atMary Washington College. LindsayWheatley Marshall and husband Frayhave eagerly embraced their home,Atlanta. While Fray chairs the urologydepartment at Emory, Lindsay ispresident at the Carlos Museum.Brooks (26) works at SunTrust inAtlanta, and Wheatley (30) is with aPR firm in Chicago. Marilyn ThorntonKiser and husband Tom in Fayetteville,where she’s a school psychologist,dream of retirement at Figure 8 andLake Norman. Another prospect forthe Charlotte alumnae club! Elizabethis at Carolina; Thomas is graduatingfrom high school. Ginny HerbstMaffitt spends most of her free timeriding. She’s a foxhunt whipper-in forthe Mecklenburg Hounds, Inc. GingerRenick Griffin’s boys have all finishedschool; one is now married. Shevolunteers and focuses on her churchwork. Jill Silverstein Gammonconsults in capacity building fornonprofits. Daughter Emily works inDC for a research firm. Son Jedmarried and works for his dad’s realestate development firm in Raleigh.Ferebee Allen Kaleida balances hertime between being librarian atDunwody High outside Atlanta andher mom (91) who lives with them.Bob is busier than ever since GEbought his company. Son David ismarried and works for Bank ofAmerica; Beth’s earning a graduatedegree in Landscape Architecture atUVA; Katie’s pursing a doctorate inphysics/astronomy at Arizona State.Sandra Culpepper is very busy withtwo sons’ graduations from NCSU.Janet Burnett McLeskey and husbandJerry celebrated their 31st weddinganniversary in September. Son Jasonteaches high school special education;wife Michelle teaches 4th grade. SonJim graduated from Wingate lastspring. Susan Fasse Montgomery stillenjoys the culinary world. She worksout with weights andcardio so she canindulge in hercreations. She andhusband Mike travel,and garden. NettaNewbold Moseleyand husband Johnenjoy the freedomsof retirement—gardening, volunteering,traveling (loveda recent tour throughEastern Europe) andreading. She’spresident of Loavesand Fishes,Charlotte’s emergencyfood ministry,this year. ChyleneFerguson Robinsonand Rolandcelebrated their 33rd weddinganniversary amid daughter Christina’sdebutante activities. She is finishingher sophomore year at Carolina.Jeanne Ross Patterson is an RN withHospice & Palliative Care of Winston-Salem. Martha Rankin is a med tech atUNC Student Health Services andalso takes care of her ailing mother.We send our deepest sympathies toBarbie Barton, Ann Kraft Woodworth,Sandra Pappas Byrd, and CyndeeGrant Martin whose fathers died lastyear, and to Louise Brock Pollard andsister Elizabeth Brock Whitaker ’67,who lost their mother Nell this spring.Leigh Harvey McNairy works inRaleigh helping save and promotemilitary bases. Cam Voss Dillardteaches English as a Second Languagein Huntington Beach, CA. WendyYeatts Kinlaw stayed with daughterMallory at Wake while at the reunion.She’s retired from her ESL career.When The Reverend Barbara HorneyRodgers attended the annual SpruntLectures at Union TheologicalSeminary in Richmond in January, shevisited Union’s Dean of Students, TheReverend Edna Jacobs Banes, D.Min.’71. Edna and Barbara both heldleadership roles at the conference.Martha Rasberry Sherman sellsportraits and co-chairs HistoricGarden Week in Richmond for 2006.John is vice chairman, Scott &Stringfellow Investments. DaughterJulie is a family counselor in SanFrancisco; John III is in UVA lawschool. Louise Sherrill is in her finalyear teaching reading in Englewood,CO. She and husband Neil Sullivanare renovating a home. She feels luckyhaving Barbie Barton so near throughall this. Her tennis team scrapped itsway to playoffs. Louise heard fromLinda Larkin Boyer, an environmentaleducator, potter and painter inWashington, NC. She and Ross havebeen married 37 years and have twochildren. Barbie Barton travels anddesigns from the Colorado sunshine.Church and fundraising keep Barbiebusy! Palmer Smith practices law inMontgomery as a partner of Capell &Howard. Susan Knee Smith’s sonClaude negotiated a Salem mergerwhen he married Saunders Campbell,daughter of Muffin SaundersCampbell ’74 and sister of WintersCampbell ’05. Susan has a thrivingreal estate business in Charlotte.Susan Ryburn Sofia travels worldwideincluding a trip to France this summerand a visit to China in the fall. She’spresently chair, Ohio Arts Council.Debbie Lotz Walker survived yetanother wedding, this time fordaughter Sue. Her family and SharonWendt Spriggs gathered for theirannual tradition at a Moravian LoveFeast Christmas Eve in Kernersville.Sharon holds certification as anInternational Board CertifiedLactation Consultant and is breastfeedingprogram coordinator for WICat the SC Dept. of Health andEnvironmental Control in MountPleasant. After 10 years there, she andCharles are calling it home—thelongest either has lived in one place.Son Kenny is in Evanston outside Chicago.Sharon is happy to report she iscurrently healthy and thanks everyonefor supporting her during difficulttimes. Dee Dee Geraty Squires andfamily are moving to husband Patrick’shome state of Missouri. Their sonshave obviously inherited Mother’sartistic talent: Louis is in college, Chrishas been accepted at Juilliard in NYCfor study in dance; and Jonathan is ajunior percussion major at CharlestonCollege School of the Arts. Joy BishopVanZandt still loves a challenge.Daughter Kimberly was married inSeptember on Beech Mtn., NC duringHurricane Ivan and now lives inSeattle where her husband is earning aPh.D. Son John is a high schoolSpanish teacher in Winston-Salem.Beth Hunter Graham is leaving herposition as college counselor at Boys’Latin School to assist husband Gary inhis law practice. Daughter Charlotte(25) is a financial advisor for LeggMason in Baltimore. Hunter (20) is asophomore at College of Charleston.Beth enjoyed the mini-reunion andhurricane celebration at Joy VanZandt’sdaughter’s wedding last fall. KathyRose Kobos has started a businessprinting personalized stationery. SonJohn-Thomas graduated fromHouston Baptist University. MelindaYarborough works at NC BaptistHospital in W-S and plays clarinet forher church band. Sally Rhodes Ahner32 Salem College

trained extensively in the AlexanderTechnique and healing work andteaches at Vanderbilt and Belmont andis in private practice. She is alsoestablishing a healing ministry and iscantor/worship planner for services inthe Taizé style at her church. CordeliaParks Bergamo and husband Fredmissed the reunion to be withdaughter Elizabeth for her crew teambanquet at Colgate University. SonThomas works in Charlotte and liveswith wife Michelle-Marie in Cornelius.A classical music teacher topreschoolers for three decades, Cordywas the musical advisor for Disney’smovie The Little Einsteins due out thissummer. Marty Dickerson andhusband Doug Fox also had parentalduties reunion weekend at West Pointwhere son Alex is a junior. Marty andDoug are West Point Parent Leaders inColorado. Mary Wiggins JoyceBeard’s husband Hoyt retired fromR.J. Reynolds after 43 years. SonRandy graduates in May fromPrinceton. Alice Cline Rullman andAndy moved home to Hickory fromthe West Coast. She earned hermasters in reading education andspecial ed certification at AppalachianState. Her son graduated from UNC-Charlotte and works in Charlotte. Herdaughter and her husband met atWake Forest medical school and areboth ENT-Head and Neck surgeryresidents in San Antonio. Sally StoweBashant retired to North Carolinafrom Florida. Reunion weekend shesang in Charleston with Nova Voce, aCharlotte women’s chamber choir. SonDavid and Amanda live in Belmont,and Michael is in Tampa. Whilevisiting DC with daughter Catherine,a sophomore at Wingate, they sawElaine Spicer Friebele, Sally’s Salemroommate. Caroline Boone Alford andhusband Roy digitally documentedour reunion and captured somepriceless photos. They continue to staybusy with work and volunteeractivities and travel every chance theyget. Meme Harper Asserson and Boenjoy retirement at Folly Beach, SCand extended an invitation for all tovisit. Meme has two wonderfuldaughters-in-law. Walker and Betsylive in Bozeman, MT, and Bowen andLiza are in Greensboro. Karen ParkJennings made her first reunion! AsCEO/owner of Park Seed Co., she hastraveled to China to set up productionof hard goods. She serves on the SCCouncil on Competitiveness and inher spare time sings in the PresbyterianChurch choir, gardens, and visits herchildren. Kathy Wilson Bell and EllenFord Terry enjoyed their children’s weddingas mothers of the bride. Thenewlyweds discovered their momsknew each other when they noticed aSights and Insights at Ellen’s while theywere students dating in Chapel Hill.They work with Young Life in RockHill. Kathy and George’s daughterLaura and husband Brandon areYoung Life counselors at WildhorseCanyon, OR. Sandra Pappas Byrdrecently received UNC-Asheville’sRuth and Leon Feldman Professorship,in recognition of outstandingscholarship and university service. LynDavis and partner Jannit Rabinovitchare restoring a 1910 Victorian houseby the water in Victoria, VancouverIsland. Lyn teaches at the University ofVictoria and is writing a novel. DoreeKoontz Fisher and Richard are inRockport, ME where Doree teacheschild development in high school.Their son Ben is at Carolina. PaigeFrench runs a management consultantbusiness, FMS Associates. We’re soproud of her recognition as recipientof Salem’s Distinguished AlumnaAward at the reunion. Annie McLeodJenkins’ daughter Sarah is in NewYork City beginning the “long hardrow” of finding work as an actress.Celia Watson Weston has been a fairygodmother for Sarah, advising andencouraging her, and taking her towonderful events. Annie’s son Gordonis a junior at the University ofRichmond where he’s majoring intheater and rowing with Richmondcrew. Annie keeps busy with the usualcommunity and church activities, andis transcribing her great grandfather’sdiary of travel in Europe in 1851. LeeLargen Gale is an early interventionservice coordinator for the Children’sDevelopmental Services Agency of theSmokies. Husband Russ is thepresident and CEO of NantahalaBank and Trust, a newly formedcommunity bank headquartered inFranklin. Both daughters live inWinston-Salem. Meredith teachesEnglish at Forsyth Country Day anddaughter Casey is a corporate eventplanner with Quantum Events. SonRussell is a sophomore at AppalachianState. Pam Anderson Hazen andhusband Robert are still in BrooklynHeights. Pam commutes to Morris-Jumel Mansion in Harlem Heights,putting her skills as librarian andarchivist to work on an excitingresearch project. Wedding bells rangfor Libby Griffin and new husband LeeChambers in Charlotte. Libby wasrecently recognized for over 20 yearsteaching math (and also coordinatesthe Distinguished Guest Series) atCharlotte Country Day. Cyndee GrantMartin and Doug married in the fall inAsheville, where they grew uptogether. Doug is a partner withPoyner-Spruill in Charlotte and anindependent filmmaker. They andthree teenagers live in Huntersville,NC. Chris Little’s son Geoff and wifeSusan had a baby boy named Cooperin January. Son Tom and wife Andi areexpecting a boy in August. Chris hasmoved to Charlotte where she coachestennis and helps run summer camp atOlde Providence Racquet Club. SallieBarham Nolan and husband Clyde livein Greensboro where he is a dermatologistand Sallie is an operatic castingdirector and raises horses in Kentucky.Many thanks to Sandra Holder Davisand Lindsay McLaughlin Jordan forserving as class correspondents thesemany years! We hope you all willcontinue to update us with your lifehappenings for this next year. The newe-mailbox was created just for you:Salem70News@bellsouth.net. Use it!1971Anne Berger Salisbury102 West Gerrell CourtCary, NC 27511-5882anneeb49@aol.comThank you for all your cards and lettersat Christmas. Hard to believe thatnext year will be our 35th reunion! Ihope everyone will make an effort tocome; the last one was fabulous! GayMurrill is back in Charleston and hasopened a yarn shop with daughterMollie. Gay recalls classmates knittingin math class at Salem and having asweater at semester’s end. Beth CarterGray’s daughter Carter married inChapel Hill. She also welcomed herfirst grandchild to daughter Allison.Beth goes to the Pit on the UNCcampus daily to check out the action.Melene Tuton Patchel attended DencieReynold’s wedding in February 2004.Dencie and Melene make an annualholiday trip to Winston-Salem to shopand stay at the Rondthaler-Gramleyhouse on campus. Pam HardisonBraxton traveled to the CzechRepublic and British Columbia andjoined the Red Hat Society. SandraBartholomew Greene de-stressedfrom her daughter’s wedding by goingto Paris with her older daughter whofinishes law school this year. Cil MillerCooney bravely chaperoned the eighthgrade school trip to Europe. She andhusband Jim also went to Panama andthe Pearl Islands. Helen Massey Randall’sdaughter got married and Helentook off to Cozumel the week after torelax. She is the plans examiner for theCity of Aiken and does architecturalhouse plans on the side. Nancy RivesSams is supervisor for two counties’welfare benefits departments. Shehelps with her toddler granddaughterwhile her son finishes his CPA requirements.Anne King Silver spent sixweeks in the winter in Puerto Aventuras,Mexico. She also traveled to Bermuda,Canada, Alaska, Hilton Head,\and the Bahamas. Anne lost hermother in June 2004. Marilu PittmanSchnitzer makes beaded necklacesand key chains for sale on line and inspecialty shops. She also volunteers ata public charter boarding school for atriskyouth. She is learning to knit fromFran Hicks. Fran took daughter Baileyto New York for her 16th birthday forshows and shopping. She still workspart-time as a psychologist. Congratulationsto Edna Jacobs Barneswho finished her Doctor of Ministryand teaches a bit at the seminary inaddition to her duties as Dean ofStudents and chaplain. Allison WhiteParker welcomed her first grandchildin February. Her daughter clerkedin our office while in law school andis now an attorney in Atlanta. LynnGayle Caputo was planning to movefrom Arizona back to North Carolina.Louise Wilbur Caldwell teaches at theWaldorf School where she says sheis a little “suspect” as a mainstreameducator. Lynn Jones Ledbetter andRhette have a new grandson and allthe children live nearby in the Atlantaarea. I understand that Mary FullerPropes’ husband Daschiel suffereda mild stroke but is recovering well.Martha Howe Thorne continues tobe a leader in real estate sales in theTampa area. My year has been busyat work as the caseloads keep growingand the resources shrinking. I haveenjoyed serving as a vice-president ofthe North Carolina Bar Associationthis year and despite what the mediawould have people believe, I amvery proud to be a lawyer as I see theworthwhile contributions the membersmake to their communities. Fromyour cards and letter I see what wehave in common at 55: empty nests,weddings, new grandchildren, agingparents, losing parents, travels put offtoo long and a spirit of adventure thatwe nurtured together. See you in thespring of 2006!1972Beth Bencini IskanderApt. 613, 531 Main StreetNew York, NY 10044-0156BBIskander@aol.comPeggy Williford Murray writes fromDurham. She and John still work atthe Duke University Medical Center.Daughter Margaret, a junior atDurham Academy, is beginning hercollege search. Peggy will be a docentat the new campus museum andattributes her knowledge of art historybasics to roommate Sandy McGlinnFetter. Debbie Burdick Drozen andMagazine 20 0533

husband Mel reports that daughterAllison is a freshman at St. Joseph’s inPhiladelphia and daughter Sarah is ahigh school freshman. Pelham LylesSpong is executive director of FairfieldCounty Museum in Winnsboro, SC,where she lives with younger daughterShelby. Daughter Pelham, a student atthe College of Charleston, will attendthe Sorbonne next year. Pelham isregularly in touch with Vernessa RileyFoelix ’73 and Sarah DorrierMcMaster ’73. Corinne LittleNicholson is very busy at St. AndrewsPresbyterian College, where she is cochairof the department of businessand economics, associate professor ofmanagement, and director of theAcademic Internship Program.Eleanor Harrell Blakely and husbandJerry are on the faculty at WVUniversity in Morgantown, whereEleanie is Associate Professor of SocialWork. They will enjoy their secondsummer in Asolo, Italy, where Jerrywill be teaching. Writing from Sanfordwhere she lives with husband MichaelMason, Nancy Watkins manages herreal estate and volunteers for civic andnon-profit organizations. ChildrenWhitney, Bradford, and MarthaSimpson are an accountant, a generalcontractor, and an elementary schoolteacher, respectively. Marcia McDade isa busy artist traveling between herstudios in Cedar Grove, NC coast andStuart, VA. Marcia was part of JimMoon’s annual show at Lincoln Centerthis year, and she and I had a goodvisit in New York. In July, her show‘Tails of Domestic Bliss-Dogs andTheir People’ will be at the NewElements Gallery in Wilmington.Marcia also creates rag dolls and had aFebruary show at the NC CraftsGallery in Carrboro. Joining her andhusband Bill McMann at dinnerfollowing the opening were SuzanneWyatt Higgins and husband John.Suzanne has a new studio andcontinues to paint, draw and exhibither work. Elder daughter Elizabeth, afilm major, has just graduated fromthe University of Michigan andyounger daughter Rachel is startingher college search. Marcia hears fromPatty Key Williams, who lives inNashville, where she, husband Buckand son Hunter are involved in themusic business. Daughter Sarah worksin graphic design and marketing. Thefamily spends as much time as theycan during the summers at FigureEight Island. Shelley CastleberryDembicks and husband Andy live inRaleigh, spend time with theirgranddaughter (13) and travel toHong Kong where their other twograndchildren live. They see MargaretBramham Nicholson and Gilliamoften. Two weeks ago, they attendedNancy Warren Dixon’s son’s wedding inAtlanta. Nancy and her husband livein Roanoke. Their daughter NancyElizabeth was married last year. Also atthe wedding was Ann CadenheadMcNutt, who lives in Dallas. LisaChiles lives in Islamabad, where she isthe director of the $1.5 billion U.S.foreign aid program to Pakistan. Atruly global family, Lisa’s husbandAustin Pulle teaches law at SingaporeManagement University. DaughterRoshani is getting a master’s degree inlaw, having graduated last year fromthe London School of Economics. SonJulian is majoring in biochemistry atthe University of California, SantaBarbara. In May, Leigh Wood Pate’sdaughters all graduated, Virginia fromthe University of Georgia, Elizabethfrom UNC law school, and Scottiefrom UNC medical school. Virginiawill enter the PhD program inbiostatistics at UNC in the fall.Elizabeth is looking for a job inWashington. Charlie still enjoysteaching at Salem, and Leigh teachesmath at Forsyth Technical CommunityCollege and just received her realestate license. Katharine Manning andhusband Thomas Mueller live inPasadena, CA with her daughterChristiane Weis (16), and stepdaughtersJulie (17) and Lisa (10). Kathy is apsychotherapist and minister andwrites, studies, and teaches aboutalternative health and spirituality.Judith Simpson White is nowpresident/executive director of HigherEducation Resource Services, aneducational non-profit organizationoffering management and leadershipdevelopment programs for women inhigher education. Husband SydNathans will teach this fall at Duke,and will then move to Denver, retiringto become a full-time researcher andwriter. Judith would love to hear fromany classmates heading to Denver.Karen Peterson McKinnon and Huntlive in Hillsborough. Karen works atthe Lineberger Comprehensive CancerCenter at UNC, and Hunt, anarchitect, teaches in the undergrad andgrad programs at ECU and thegraduate school of design at NCSU.Daughter Krista (18) loves OberlinCollege. Carol Hewitt Melvin’s son “J,”a doctoral student at the University ofPennsylvania, married a fellowstudent. Carol is a trustee of theRockingham County Public Librarysystem and continues her communityservice work. Margee Beeler Gunterteaches secondary school English inMartinsville, VA, where she andhusband Robert live with daughterElizabeth, who will attend WoffordCollege this fall. Outgoing SalemAlumnae Association president andclassmate Gwynne Stephens Taylor isleading the restoration/renovation ofSingle Sisters House. She taught aJanuary term course about the SingleSisters House and enjoyed getting toknow the 18 students who took theclass. She asks anyone who lived inSisters to send photographs, stories ormomentos of years in Sisters to her at700 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, NC27104. Gwynne and Dan’s sonsWinslow and Brinson are rising seniorand freshman, at UNC-CH. Gwynnesees Mary Salem Thacker and AnnLondon Vaughn, both in Greensboro,every month or two. Mary’s etiquettebusiness is going well, and Ann is busywith her job at Holy Trinity EpiscopalChurch and her floral business.Daughter Caroline teaches nurseryschool, and son Worth loves ASU.Gwynne reports that Mary Davis Holtdoes an excellent job as chair of theSalem Academy and College Board ofTrustees. Mary and I had an enjoyablecatch-up lunch together in January.Mary and David just moved again–into another historic house in OldTown Alexandria, reminding me ofthe constant re-arranging of furniturein Mary’s dorm rooms at Salem! Theyhave a new grandson, Samuel Charles.Mary loves freedom from full-timework and looks forward to spendingthe summer at their house in Duck.Laura Huddleston Snyder and Bill livein Cary. Laura is coordinator of StateImprovement Grants for the NCDepartment of Public Instruction inRaleigh. Son Will graduated fromNYU and is an associate editor withOutdoor Life magazine, and daughterElizabeth is at ASU. As I write thisnews in May, Anne Burckhardt Claussand daughters Elizabeth, a law studentat USC, and Salem seniors and soonto-begrads Kate and Lauren areplanning an all-girls’ trip to Italy inJune. Errol will hold down the fort athome. Janet Ward Duffy and husbandEd also plan travels to Alaska for their30th anniversary. Janet teacheskindergarten in Rock Hill, wheredaughter Elizabeth (21) is a student atWinthrop. Son William is a graduatestudent at UNC-G. Amy Arendell andpartner Robert Anders live in Ashevillewhere she is an educational consultantand instructor for Brain GymConsulting. Son Louis, is an artist/singer-songwriter, graduated fromBard College and daughter Wheeler isstudying furniture making at Collegeof the Redwoods, CA. Margaret Earle(Vernon) Mondul writes fromWilliamsburg, VA, where she andhusband Steve have lived since herretirement from the Navy. She is busywith her new business, HouseholdDocument Organization. Not muchnew to report in our household. I stilllove my job at Sotheby’s, where I aman assistant vice president andphotographs specialist. Son Peter (19)is crazy about Dickinson College andson Michael (16) attends the UNSchool. Celia Watson Weston, SallieBarham Nolan, both ’70, and Sallie’shusband Clyde recently had dinnerwith Farid and me. I would love tohear from those of you for whom Ihave no email addresses. Please sendemail to me at the address I’veindicated, and I will happily includeany news you send.1973Linda Kelly Flunker7424 SE County Road 234Gainsville, FL 32641-1608jjflunker@att.netMargaret Rose Faust and husbandRick are busy remodeling after 25years in the same house. She workspart time as a physical therapist. Thisspring Margaret ran in the Bostonmarathon but was injured and couldnot finish so she plans to try again nextyear. She has one son at AppalachianState and one at Western Carolina.Alden Hanson lives outside Wake Forest,NC and has taught elementary artin the area for 20 years. She is marriedand has two sons. Within a few yearsshe hopes to move to the mountains.She’d especially like to hear from Cori,Jan and Jorie. Melinda Vick Wilsonmoved her dad to Charlotte so she cancare for him. She and husband Bill aregoing to Italy in the fall to see theirdaughter during her semester there.Her middle child moved to Chattanoogain real estate development for ashopping center firm. Her oldest son isin the real estate business in Charlotte.Catherine Cooper Williamson is withthe city attorney’s office in Charlotte,NC, but dreams of all the possibilitiesnow the children are out of the nest.Daughter Alice graduated form Dukethis spring, and will teach specialeducation with Teach For America inLos Angeles. Son Sam will be a juniorat Furman, majoring in business. HusbandLane has a litigation firm, Garlitzand Williamson. Carol Franklin worksin telecommunications managementfor Tollgrade Communications, Inc.often traveling to Pittsburgh, PA andSarasota, FL. She still enjoys horsebackriding. Susan Gravely appeared in theFebruary 2004 issue of Business Leadermagazine. The magazine named herEntrebizneur of the Year for her roleas CEO of Vietri, Inc., which is thebusiness she started after an Italianvacation. Lynne Cannady has livedin Sacramento, CA since 1983 and34 Salem College

keeps in touch with Kristen DanburyWhatley as well as other formerclassmates in the Atlanta area. LaneCrawford is director of development atthe Paramount Theater in Charlottesville,VA. Daughter Elizabeth isalmost done with her masters degreeat Longwood University, and sonPaul graduated from UVA in 2004.Paul is also the father of Lane’s twograndchildren, Quentin and Asiah.Lisa Herron Bankoff had a busy yearwith son Christopher graduating formSavannah College of Art and Designthen moving to Dallas to start his firstjob with Reel FX Studios. DaughterMargaret a junior at University of SanDiego, chose a study abroad programthat had her sailing around the world.Lisa traveled to Kenya to visit herdaughter for “parent’s weekend” andmade a whole vacation of it. Lisa’shusband Joe keeps busy with his legalwork and traveling with Lisa. LaurieDaltroff Triplette and other Salemitesare putting together a comprehensivelist of all the residents of SistersHouse and start an outreach programcentered around social gatherings ofthese women. Contact her if you havean interest in this and want moreinformation. Ruth Powell Campbelllost her father in January. Son Kylewas married in December. She is inher fifth term as president of an 800player Little League. Sally Pinto Krapfhopes to graduate in 2006 with amasters degree for Community Counseling.Her internship will be done atthe VA in Wilmington, DE workingwith combat vets suffering PTSD.Older son Tom is married. Youngerson John is a student at Ohio WesleyanUniversity in Delaware, OH.Sally had lunch with Charlene SewellFisher for “take a Salemite to lunchday” and they had a great time. JessRoper McLamb has finally moved herbusiness out of her home and hiredan employee. Marsha Wood Joyceoperates her Eldercare business and isa distributor for Clever-ring. DaughterMelanie and son-in-law live in KansasCity, KS and recently made Marsha afirst time grandmother. Son Mark runshis father’s farming business in southFlorida. Peggy Melvin Perkins andhusband Tom recently moved. Theyhave two children: Andrew is districtmanager for Abercrombie and Fitch,and James is a student at AppalachianState College. Vernessa Riley Foelix,an artist and teacher is married to anuniversity professor in Switzerland,and mother of Pascal (17). SarahDorrier McMaster is director of countylibraries in Winnsboro, SC. LindaKelly Flunker regularly rides horseswith daughter Kelly. She still fencesalso. Her daughter will be a junior inhigh school and hopes to land a collegescholarship for competitive horsebackriding. Husband Jerry retiredfrom food sales, but keeps busier thanever with a field mowing business,and driving the school bus for Kelly’sschool field trips.1974Julie Barton Collins309 North StreetAnderson, SC 29621-5814harperh@carol.netMany thanks to those who have sentor e-mailed news. In 2004, our classsuffered the loss of one of our favoriteand most unique classmates. MarthaAnne “Mopsy” Nesmith passed awayat her home in Wilmington, NC onDecember 4, 2004. We celebrated herindividuality and contribution to ourclass with a memorial gift toward therenovation of Sisters. Julieanne KiddAngel performed with son John’s (15)choir for High Mass at the SalzburgCathedral during summer 2004, anindescribable experience she writes.Harriet Willson Bosiak’s Christmasphoto featured grown childrenWillson, Ann, and Sarah. Beth PollardBuechner e-mailed of lunch withBecky Hewit Rauenhorst in Tampa,with Ellen Rucker Plyler at their mothers’retirement community, and thenagain with Margaret Brinkley Sigmon,Peggy Bullard, and Chris MinterDowd in Washington. Carol PerrinCobb and Nancy Adams Quinn joinedme for lunch in Greenville, SC. MaryAnn Campbell Davis’ 2004 was filledwith weddings and travels to GulfShores, AL, San Antonio, TX, WildDunes, SC, and the Homestead, VA.Her children both live in Winston-Salem. In 2005, Trey will completeDivinity studies, and Chrissy beginsa 2-3 year MA in Teaching at Salem.Congratulations to Dee-Dee AndersonDietrich who celebrated both children’sweddings in 2004 as well as the birthof grandson, Ethan Anderson Ralls.Le Newell Erwin sent a Christmasphoto of her four college kids! Clark(26); Margaret (24); Leila (23); andGinny (20). Le and Ginny traveled toItaly in mid-December with a Salemgroup to study the arts, architecture,cuisine, etc. Kudos to Frere SandsFrench who’s back in school to studynutrition/sports medicine. Son Lee(24) is an investment banker forWachovia in Charlotte; Marshall (19)is following his father’s and brother’sfootsteps at Washington and Lee. Billconsults with several East Coast companies.Beth Perry Granger surviveda 5-month home renovation projectto create living space for husbandGary’s mother. Daughter Julie hasshoulder surgery in 2004 and hopes toreturn to competitive swimming forDuke University. Daughter Elizabeth,graduate of the University of Georgia,will continue her education in thedoctor of physical therapy departmentat Emory University. Beth continuesto teach English to speakers of otherlanguages. Karen Johnson Hillman’sson David is engaged, and plans toattend law school at his father’s almamater Washington and Lee. Son John,a Dean’s List student, plays soccer forUNC-Asheville. Karen teaches Spanishat NCSU. Cathy Hunsucker and Ijoined Becky Hewit Rauenhorst withdaughter Rebecca, Winn Currie Ballenger,Nancy Adams Quinn, BetsyHester, and Mary Dashiell for thetraditional Asheville lunch in October.In early December we were joined byLynne Mappus, Nancy Boyd, and KimRoyster for the Christmas CandlelightService at Salem followed by theChristmastide drop-in at the Rondthaler-GramleyHouse. Julie Kidd Angeland Clark Kitchin Larson joined usfor dinner. My favorite husbandRobert, joined us to celebrate. Also atthe Candlelight Service were MuffinSaunders Campbell with her motherand daughter, Winters ’05. If I’veomitted anyone, please forgive. Congratulationsto Camille Murphy Jones,associate director of public relationsfor the NC School of the Arts. LauraTurnage McNair and husband Frankwrote that their parents are well. Lauraorganized the restructuring of severalnon-profits, and Frank publishedYou Can Sell It! They serve at FirstPresbyterian and St. Paul’s Episcopalrespectively as lay persons. Manythanks to Lynne Mappus who hosteda S.A.L.E.M. (Salem Alumnae LunchEvent in March) in Columbia. Getwell wishes to Jean Wetzel Nance whounderwent an emergency appendectomyin early April. Susan Noble reportsthat with family, two nieces andnephews, and church activities, she hasno time to work! She plans to retirefrom the Extension Service in threeyears. She and her mother enjoyed atrip to Italy in November 2004. SallyPhillips regretted missing our 30threunion, but reported a successfulprom. Chris Minter Dowd showed herreunion photos. Nancy Adams Quinn’sChristmas photo featured grownchildren Liza, a kindergarten teacherin Guilford County, NC, and Woody,CNN executive by day; jazz musicianby night in New York City! Condolencesto Becky Hewit Rauenhorstwhose father passed away in April.Gin-Gin Bruce Scott’s daughter Lillianwill attend University of Kentucky asan invited walk-on in soccer. Gin-Ginplans to reconnect with freshmanroommate and current Lexingtonresident Janet Ross Ockers. AnneManly Smith and Grant enjoyed theholidays at home with daughter Jannaand son Grant Jr. They visited GrantJr. in Cape Coral, FL and stoppedin Tampa for a Josh Grobin concert.Bebe Gravely Sullivan’s youngest sonCharlie was in a production of the“Christmas Revels” in Washington,DC while Will busied himself withcollege applications. Caroline GaverTrefzger wrote from Hickory that sonHunter attends the Citadel; daughterEleanor, Davidson, and that herhusband and son Henderson did a70-mile trek to Philmont Scout Ranchin New Mexico. Her family celebratedthe New Year on Sullivan’s Island.Condolences to Deborah Warner onthe sudden death of her mother onMarch 30th. On my home front,rising Sewanee junior Harper willassume full proctor duties for a co-eddorm (gulp!) this fall while pursuinga double major in Anthropologyand French, and participating on theEquestrian Team. Robert and I garden,cook, and entertain. I close with bestwishes to the Class of ’74.1975Incoming CorrespondentSusan Wooten Gaines2325 Woodrow DriveRaleigh, NC 27609-7626swgaines@bellsouth.netsgaines@us.ibm.comThe “Virgin Trees of 75” were wellrepresented at our 30th class reunion.After the events on campus, we hada wonderful class party at the homeof Leigh Thurston Myers on Saturdayevening and had lots of time tocatch up and visit. Lynda CasanovaLumpkin, a lifelong Presbyterian, ischairman of the Deacons at LouisburgBaptist Church. In the last year Lyndawas fulltime caregiver to her fatherwho recently passed away and to hermother-in-law. Ann Tillett works forthe Winston-Salem Foundation and isplanning her annual summer getawayto Wyoming along with several otherexciting jaunts to visit family andfriends. Also working at the Winston-Salem Foundation is Annette PerrittLynch who works to build assets andprovide good donor services. HusbandJohn is a residential real estate appraiser.Daughter Caroline is workingin architectural services in Charlotte,and son John is a junior at UNCmajoring in economics. LuAnne ChadwickWood is director of admissions atForsyth Country Day School. She andJeff have three children: Ben, finishinghis second year of medical school atMagazine 20 05 35

Class of 1975Front row: Peggy Fulghum Matthews, Susan Wooten Gaines, Ann AultmanJohnston, Carolyn Edris Shultzaberger, Lee Simmons Bernstein,Elaine Foster Behl Second row: LuAnne Chadwick Wood, Lynda CasanovaLumpkin, Ann Tillett, Leigh Thurston Myers, Katie Allen Allen Third row:Cindy Lovin McArthur, Sarah Longino, Annette Perritt Lynch, Julie SmithSparks, Tricia Daniel Nimocks, Mary Dorsett Salem, Leslie Bass WalkerWFU; Chris, a rising senior at UNC;and Leslie, is a rising sophomore atUNC-G. Leslie Bass Walker has goneback to high school! She is workingwith handicapped students andfinding it very fulfilling. Ann AultmanJohnson is executive vice presidentof human resources for ReynoldsAmerican in Winston Salem. She tookclassmates Lee Simmons Bernstein,Elaine Foster Behl and Katie Allenup to check out life on the executivefloor at work. Sarah Longino teachesscience at Timber Creek High Schoolin Orange County, FL where she isscience department chair. Cindy LovinMcArthur works for NASA facilitatinglive events with crews in orbit andhelping with the educational payloads.Husband Bill is slated to be on a RussianSoyuz launch in September 2005headed for a six month stay in the InternationalSpace Station. If you headto Manteo, NC look up Mary DorsettSalem who recently moved there.She works at The Christmas Shopand enjoys the life very much. TriciaDaniels Nimrocks plays golf regularlyand owns and operates a flower shop,The Greenery, in Charleston, SC.Peggy Fulghum Matthews graduatedfrom WFU Divinity School in 2002.She completed a two year residency aschaplain at Moses Cone Hospital inGreensboro, was ordained in the fall of2004 and now serves as parish chaplainand director of pastoral care forFirst Presbyterian Church in Greensboro.Peggy’s granddaughter graduatedfrom Salem in 2005. Carolyn EdrisSchultzaberger combined her love ofhorses and education with a career as atherapeutic riding instructor, workingwith handicapped children and adultsto enjoy the mobility of the horseswhile learning life coping skills. Sheand husband Rick’s son Matt willgraduate soon from NCSU. LeighThurston Myers opened her home toour class Alumnae weekend. DaughterElizabeth is working with dad Brad atSalem Electric and daughter Katherineis a rising senior at Furman University.Leigh enjoys playing bridge, workingin her garden, and volunteeringin Winston Salem. To help Leighprepare for the weekend, Julie SmithSparks arrived several days earlyfrom northern Virginia. Her oldestdaughter Laura is at UVA. Emily (9thgrade) loves lacrosse and basketball.Leigh credited Denni Hill Peebles withhelp for our party, but Denni missedthe fun as she was ferrying dates upto Woodberry Forrest. Together TerryLaPrade O’Donohue and husbandhave eight children keeping thembusy. If that is not enough, Terry is theproud proprietor of her own servicestation which she assumed runningseveral years ago to help her father.Her daughter is a proud memberof the Salem College Class of 2005.Betty McCollum Isaacs stopped byour class gathering. She lives in Richmondand has an exciting new personin her life. Unable to attendbut sending news for us werethe following: Cabell SmithLongan is in Richmond withhusband Bill. Daughter Mollyis a rising senior at UNC-Wwhere she is on the dive team,and son Robert recently graduatedhigh school. Lee DaltonHanes and husband Bill live inWinston-Salem where Lee is asenior vice president at Calibre,a division of Wachovia.Lee travels back and forth toKinston several times a monthtaking care of her motherthere. Claire McCommonSmith and Boone are workingto keep up with their children.Boone, IV, graduated fromWFU and is in law schoolat Mercer. Ginny graduatedfrom the London Academyof Music and Dramatic Arts with adegree in drama. Claire and Boonerecently traveled to NYC to see herstage debut. Leigh McDonald livesand works in Charlotte as an artist.Daughter Katie Jordan enjoys SalemAcademy and all of the activitiesthere. Bethlene Clark is retiring fromYadkin County Schools after teaching30 years of world and U.S. history inhigh school there. Now she is lookingforward to time on the golf course.Pam Ritter Patton runs the kidney andpancreas transplant program for theDepartment of Surgery at UF as is theassociate clinical director. She could beseen atop a 2004 Victory Vegas drivenby husband Tom, at Daytona’s AnnualBike Week. Mary Lou CunninghamDodd continues to work as a physicaltherapist for Wake County Schools.Son Michael is a rising junior at Furman.Anna is a rising senior in highschool and Margaret is a rising 7thgrader. Cyndy Patterson Chapmanand her family spent two weeks in thePhilippines reconnecting with theirson’s past while enjoying the naturalbeauty there. She has seen TaylorBidgood Randolph several times inthe past few months and they haveexchanged parenting tips and updateson Salem friends. Katherine FranklinShapinski had the best excuse for notattending the reunion: she is busyraising twins Olivia Irene and ArianaIris (3). Since our last reunion, sheand Ian have gotten married, and haveobviously been very busy. Katherinestill works for Hormel Foods but putbeing church organist on hold fornow. Congratulations, Katherine andIan. I still work for IBM and livingin Raleigh. Daughter Kate will be afreshman at Duke this fall. After a tripto Africa, she and I plan to enjoy thesummer taking care of the horses andgetting her ready for school. I hopeher new skydiving venture is just apassing fancy. I look forward to beingour class correspondent. Please sendme any updates on yourselves andyour families or our classmates eitherby conventional or email so I can keepeveryone posted.1976Cindy CothranUnit 6, 1121 Sherwood DriveBurlington, N.C. 27215-3595mlc1121@netpath.netAccording to all the e-mails, many inour class have been busy with highschool and college graduations thisspring. Sarah Johnston Hudson’sson Greg will go to Clemson. He wasa member of the state championshipband, and Sarah loved all thefootball games and band competitions.Brandon Boyd Chapman’s son Chrisis a freshman at NCSU; son Willgraduates from Davidson, and sonMatt is finishing a masters degree atGeorgetown. Brandon is a real estateagent, volunteers, plays tennis, andhas a new puppy. Linda Judy Martin,in her 28th year of teaching hearingimpaired children, is in her eighthyear with a cochlear implant whichhas helped her hear much better. Oneson (WFU 2002) will soon graduatefrom the University of GeorgiaSchool of Law. Her other son graduatesfrom the University of Tennessee inDecember. Daughter Carrie, a highschool freshman, also benefited from acochlear implant. Linda ran into LoriFurches Thrailkill at Myrtle Beach lastOctober and found she hasn’t changeda bit since Salem. Anne CopelandPittard is less than a year from possibleretirement as US probation officer inCharleston. She enjoyed great tripsto Europe in the past few years andis going to Canada this summer. Heryounger daughter graduates fromColumbia College, and will pursue amaster’s degree at the Medical Universityof SC. Elizabeth Foust Mason’soldest child graduates from UNC-CHand youngest is a high school senior.Elizabeth began teaching children whofall behind in reading skills and loves itso much she is looking for a full-timeposition. She received flower arrangingtips from Carolyn Davis Anderson,and visited with Dee Stout Pence,Sally Burnett Sweeney and EstelleMcElwee Stinchcomb at the home ofLaura Keith Brown in Charlotte. Lauracelebrated twenty years with Bank ofAmerica; she is a SVP, CurriculumDesign and Development Manager inConsumer Skill Building. HusbandTony and son Thomas (14) capturewhat time Laura has left available.36 Salem College

Marti Russell Byrum is in Greenville,NC where her husband practices medicine.Her daughter works for SenatorBurr in DC, and her son is a walk-onrelief pitcher for WFU. Her youngestson is a freshman at UNC-G. Sherecently saw Scottie Boardman Housewho teaches at Reynolds High School,and also Beth Gayle Clough who is beginningthe college search with her son.Sally Jordan Patterson helps childrenof military personnel in her positionas school liaison officer for the Armyat Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC. Heroldest son graduated from Davidsonin 2003, and is a Lieutenant in theAir Force in Albuquerque, serving asa physicist. Son Jonathan is a junior atClemson, and daughter Sarah is a highschool junior and plays on the varsitysoccer team. Bebe Aycock Krewsonstill loves teaching fourth grade atSummit School. Daughter Liz (17)recently made the National HonorSociety and Mu Alpha Theta MathHonor Society, and also achieved herGirl Scout Gold Award. Daughter Emily(14) is also an honor student, andwas voted MVP of basketball at SummitSchool. Husband Scott is businessadministrator for radiology oncology atWake Forest Medical Center. MarilynTurner Hedgpeth has a two-pastorfamily: she serves as associate pastor atFirst Presbyterian Church in Durham,and Hedge is pastor at Mt. BethelPresbyterian Church in Durham. Theiroldest, Emily, graduated from WFUthis May. Laura Sutphin Brouse-Longcontinues fundraising for the Smithsonianin Washington. She and husbandBill enjoy their two granddaughterswho live in Maryland. Laura was gratefulfor the care and concern of Salemfriends following her mother’s deathin November. Jane Howell Sharpebegan her fifth year in the Office ofAcademic Affairs in the College ofEngineering at NCSU. Daughter Ellieis a senior at NCSU, and son Wynnegraduated from Washington and Leein 2003. Mary Hoffman Inglis has fourchildren and works as communicationscoordinator for her Catholic church inBeaufort, SC. Beth Zobel Small is busyas co-chair for 2005 for the SymphonyGuild of Charlotte ASID Showhouse.Nikki Pratt Wilson is serving as anurse practitioner in the Air ForceReserves. Last spring, she transferredfrom Headquarters Surgeon GeneralBuilding AFB to Little Rock AFB inArkansas. They live near Memphis.Daughter Sarah (14) keeps her busydriving to activities. Kathy GedeonSoza is pleased that son Michael excelsin violin as well as art. Husband Markenjoys teaching the fifth grade. I hopethat everyone will have a wonderfulsummer, and we’ll see each other at thebig 30th next year.1977Kathy Watkinson Ivins9900 Kingsbridge RoadRichmond, VA 23233-5714kathy.ivins@thalhimer.comI can’t write any news if I don’t receiveany. Come on ladies I need to hearfrom you.1978Anne Piedmont2102 Wycliffe Avenue, SWRoanoke, VA 24014-1729anne@roanoke.orgBetty Shull Butler recruits for BB&TBank in Winston-Salem. Work andteenage girls (17 & 14) keep her busy.Our sympathy goes to Betty, who losther father in January, 18 months afterthe death of her brother. Julia McMillanFallon and husband Denis havemoved to Blacksburg, VA. DaughterJill is at Tulane and son Archie atUniversity of Tennessee Law School.Jenny Eury is in her 24th year atIBM in Raleigh. She recently cruisedto the Bahamas for a nice vacation,volunteered last October for SallyRide Festival, and taught 300 younggirls binary math. Susan LeonardFonville is in Raleigh. Her son graduatedthis year from Broughton HighSchool, heading to Carolina. Theyjoined a school group over springbreak for a trip to Europe and hostedan exchange student from Francelast fall. Stell Snowdon Brown flewwith Piedmont/US Airways for 21years and has been selling real estatein Lake Norman/Charlotte area for5 years. She is married to Sayle andhas two grown step-daughters. SarahParsons Davis and husband Mikecelebrated their 25th anniversary witha long weekend at The Homestead.Daughter Bess finished her freshmanyear at Elon where she is a NorthCarolina Teaching Fellow. Belle MaloyFosbury and husband Michael movedfrom Louisville, KY to Binghamton,NY. Michael is with Columbian FinanceGroup and Belle has been busysettling in. She took up tennis again,but tore her Achilles tendon! MarieCamp Hansen works at NorthernTrust Bank in Ft. Lauderdale as awealth strategist and was promotedto the regional sales manager. She andhusband Leo moved into a new house.Lynn Hill Blankenship and husbandDan have become DINKs (double incomeno kids!). Jason graduated fromHigh School; Alex from communitycollege. Janet Kaduck Sawyer’s sonWill was accepted into the 5 year Mastersof Accountancy Program at WakeForest. Adrienne Warren Northington’sdaughter Grace finished her first yearat UNC. Two other daughters are in9th and 8th grades. She is christianeducation director for St. Stephen’sEpiscopal in Goldsboro, NC. Shesays that Ann Fidler has moved toGoldsboro. Kathy Kirkpatrick Oates’oldest son Hunter graduated fromGeorgia Tech, is heading to M.I.T.on a fellowship to get his Ph.D inchemical oceanography! Campbellsurvived his first year at Wofford.Idalyn Stoll Brown still has a pediatricneuropsychology practice in Mt.Pleasant, SC. She and her husbandare raising three grandchildren whiletheir parents open a medical practicein Kentucky. Liz Rhodes Perritt lives inWilmington, NC and stays busy withthree teenagers. Jennifer Coe lives inMt Pleasant, SC, where she teacheshistory and travels quite a bit with herfree summers. Ann Beidleman lives inWinter Park, FL and is an integrationproject manager for The Hartford.She recently was certified as an openwater scuba diver and dove the reefoff of West Palm Beach. Lee HackneyIngram lives between Rocky Mountand Cedar Island, NC. DaughterMary Wesley is a high school junior.Husband Larry builds sport fishingboats and has a charter boat out ofAtlantic Beach. Bettsy Edgar Heggie isin Richmond. Son Tom teaches sixthgrade English and daughter Caroline isa high school junior now is looking atcolleges, playing travel volleyball. JulieHettiger is commuting from Houstonto San Diego where her husbandworks. She’s still doing food stylingand consulting, media tours, recipetesting and development. RebeccaLasley paints seriously these days,getting up at 4:30 a.m. to put in hoursbefore work. She played the femalelead in a murder mystery producedfor Friends of the High Point Theatre.Jane Dittmann Atkins recently gottogether with Laura Benfield Thompson,Betty Shull Butler and BetsyBrooks Custer. Jane passed alongthe following news: Laura, an emptynester with one daughter at Davidsonand the other at NCSU, teachesEnglish at the local community collegeand works in a bookstore. Betsy hastwo girls as well and teaches part-timesince moving to Raleigh from RockyMount. The move was necessitated byhusband Scott becoming the CEO ofRBC Centura Bank. Sally LowndesLong works in development. Her onedaughter Sarah will begin her freshmanyear at the American Universityin London in the fall. Libby Shull ofGreensboro, NC and Sally Basonof Reidsville, NC went to DaytonaBeach, FL for Biker’s Week in March2005. They wanted to do somethingvery different this year for their SalemAlum March get together. Libby,known as Tangerine on her bike,reports a good time was had by all! Iam still in Roanoke, busy with work(traveling too much!), doing projectsaround the house and throwing potsat pottery. I spent a week in Februaryskiing at Lake Tahoe. Nothing broken!1979Susan Miller Brink1118 Cedar Ridge DriveMebane, NC 27302brinkfamily@mindspring.comAnn Miller Pardue has 3 daughters,Jessica, at Tulane University, Hannah,a high school senior, and Blythe, asophomore. Connie Caldwell Breeser’schildren Robert and Hayley are 4 .Connie is in-house counsel at PRG-Schultz International and is finishingher 6-year term as a Salem Collegetrustee. Our sympathy is extendedto Jennie Mauney Hinshaw on thedeaths of her brother and mother in2004. Daughter Catherine is in thefifth grade.1980Outgoing CorrespondentMishew Williams PaynterIncoming CorrespondentMarsha Sanders McNamara1501 Farmington CourtRaleigh, NC 27615-5402marshamc@nc.rr.comWow! What a year! Katherine KnappWatts has a new job as director ofdevelopment for Salem College. EllenNewton Auten’s daughter Mary Ellenis a junior at Salem majoring in mathand working toward a secondaryteaching license. Her other daughters,Laura and Rebecca (11th and6th grades respectively), continue tokeep Ellen very busy. We extend ourdeepest sympathy to Martha WalkerFullington whose mother died inApril 2004. Martha is writing grants,directing the restoration of her historicchurch in Biltmore, NC, editingnon-fiction and historical fiction,and serving on the State HistoricPreservation Advisory Committee.Her daughter Katie is a junior atUNC-CH. Rebecca Baggett recentlyhad poems published in several publications.Daughter Morgan graduatesin May, and daughter Emma plansto transfer to UGA as a historymajor. Mary Lynnette Delbridge andhusband Andrew Meckstroth haveadopted their second daughter, CarolLinnea Fuliang Delbridge. She sayslife as a pastor continues to be veryfulfilling. Mary Foster BeisswengerMagazine 20 0537

Class of 1980Front row: Martha Walker Fullington, Nancy Haynie Cheatham, GiselleThompson, Katherine Knapp Watts, Rebecca Baggett, Betsy Bryan Blair,Mary Elizabeth Barnes Sells Second row: Leigh Padgett, Jean FlemingHarris, Laurie Johnson Inabinet, Cherry Baity Greene, Susan Maley Rash,Arie Tubb Motschman, Ellen Newton Auten, Pam Snyder Corum Thirdrow: Stephanie Porter-Cavender, Anne Carter Craddock, Marsha SandersMcNamara, Cameron Frey, Mary Bryant Elliott, Elizabeth Toney Melvin,Mary Foster Beisswenger, Elizabeth Whitehurst Turner, Carol Crawfordkeeps busy with church activities andhelping at daughter Sara’s school. Sheis a “barn mom” with Sara’s horsebackriding and showing in the hunter/jumper class. Paula Young Chambleemarried Mack Roebuck December31, 2004 at the Single BrothersHouse in Old Salem. She is the directorof annual giving for Old Salem.Nancy Haynie Cheatham teaches atan “inclusive” preschool – specialneeds children are incorporated intoeach classroom. Twins Blake andSarah are at Furman and Wake Forest,respectively. Daughter Elizabethis in high school. Pam Snyder Corumis busy keeping up with her twodaughters’ (16 and 2) schedules.She is also the owner of her familybusiness, Snyder Photography. SusanPeele Crofton lives in Durham,NC, and is on the cooking schoolstaff at A Southern Season. MishewSmith Edwards still enjoys life in thecountry. She and husband Chip runRock Cabin Farm in Bahama, NC.Catherine Fuller is a physician in privatepractice in Los Angeles, CA. Sheis also an associate clinical instructorat UCLA. She invites all to come seeher on the West Coast. Caroline CellaMarker really enjoys being a familypractice physician in Midlothian, VA.Husband Daryl stays at home withtheir 2 sons, Michael and Robert.Jane Hatley Smoak lives on EdistoIsland, SC where she is the propertymanager for vacation rentals at EdistoSales & Rentals Realty. HusbandBill is a commercial fisherman. Theyhave a daughter, Sarah and a son,Wightman. I’d like to extend a special“thank you” to Carol Crawford andBetsy Bryan Blair for their fabulouswork as our co-class presidents. As forme, Mishew Williams Paynter, I havethoroughly enjoyed being your classcorrespondent. Thanks to everyonewho sent news each year. You mademy task very easy. Marsha SandersMcNamara will be taking over thisendeavor. I look forward to seeingeveryone in 5 years (if not sooner).Have a great summer!1981Mary Allen Waller6709 Wessex LaneRichmond, VA 23226-3405sammaw@aol.comI saw Julia Owen Baker last fall.She and husband Phillip have twochildren: Marsh (13) and Marjorie(10) and are immersed in the kids’tennis, dance, baseball, basketball,Girl Scouts, and guitar. I also sawMeggins Reinhardt Tuchmann. Sheand husband Tom have two girlswho keep them busy. Meggins, stillin Portland, OR, recently met withMorgan Stanley colleague, Nanette deGroot Erdtmann’87. Megginsread a newspaperarticle aboutHarriet CalhounStephensand husbandWarren hosting alarge art exhibit,“Tabriz” in LittleRock, AK. HollyDyer met SarahSledd Glenn andhusband Reese,and Ellen Cullerin Las Vegas inOct. 2004 tocelebrate Sarahand Reese’s 20thanniversary.They had frontrow seats tosee Gladys Knight who recognizedthe big anniversary! Ellen and Hollyshared a room and it was just like oldtimes. Holly commutes to Cincinnatifor Delta. A big thanks to LizLee Lacy for helping get updates fromeveryone. Liz and husband Ray stillenjoy Atlanta. Liz is a sales rep withDHR & Company. Liz heard fromAnn Appich Harrison whose familywent to Czechoslovakia for Christmasthen went to New Orleans for theSugar Bowl. Ann keeps busy with herthree children, one already in collegeat SMU. Liz also visited Betsy WalkerGrimball in Charleston last summer.Betsy is busy with her husband andthree girls and in her spare time isquite the gourmet chef. While inCharleston, Liz and Betsy ran intoStephanie King Wright and RuthieClark Alig who were vacationing withtheir families in Seabrook. Liz alsoheard from Frances Gregg Johnson.Frances and husband Les just soldtheir house in Colorado and lookforward to spending more time inMurrell’s Inlet. They recently gottogether with Missy Akien Ascikand her husband Mark in Florida.Missy enjoys her nursing career. Ijust moved to a new house out inthe country and was promoted toCFO of Markel Insurance Company.I would love to hear more alumnaeupdates from everyone.1982Allison Buice Askins4619 Furman AvenueColumbia, SC 29206-4447aaskins@thestate.comCarol Ann Moorhead, husband Luke,and son Hunter (7) traveled to Chinalast summer to receive their adopteddaughter, Ai-Li Ann. All are “smitten,”she writes. Garrett Ross Clark’soldest daughter, Cameron is headed toVanderbilt, where she was recruited toplay lacrosse. Maryanne Tuggle Paynecontinues to do well selling real estatein Atlanta. She traveled to Germany,Las Vegas and Jacksonville in the pastyear, and recommends seeing Cirquede Soleil. Kimberly King-Burns splitsher time among her Los Angelesbasednews media consulting agency,Briland.com, and her Bahamas-basedcommunity technology foundation.Kimberly periodically enjoys a KrispyKreme doughnut with Julie Singletary,who works in the digital worldin Burbank. Betsy Hasty Gustafsonof Charlotte has been active withthe local autism society for whomshe has served as community eventscoordinator. Melanie Mann wrotefrom Japan, where she has lived forthree years. She would love to have astudent board with her for a JanuaryTerm. She teaches at Sullivan’s Basein Yokosuka, Japan. Gail Moore isdoing well in Arlington and welcomesguests anytime as does Allison WhiteUnnerstall, who is entering into herfamily’s third year in the Surrrey areaof England. The family will travelto Italy, Egypt, Turkey and Greecethis summer. Kathy Glover and RobRobison married in December. She’salso been busy with a mentoringprogram she initiated last year withSalem’s Board of Visitors. You may behearing from her as she seeks morementors for Salem students. JamieCredle is the director of the DavenportHouse in Savannah, GA. Shewas recently recognized by PresidentBush and the First Lady at the WhiteHouse. I recently enjoyed a visit withAnn Biswell Leibel of Chapel Hilland husband Kevin who joined myhusband, Bob and me in hosting aninternational dinner at our house inColumbia. Among our guests weremen from Jordan, Tunisia and Baghdad.Jerry Pubantz would have beenproud! Please send news and updatesto the address or email above.1983Vicki Estes Lucas2503 Anne TerraceWall, NJ 07719-3837vickilucas@optonline.netIt has been a whirl of a year formany of us! Children are growingup quickly and jobs are filling ourlives with obligations. Karen FarmerBrannan teaches preschool. HusbandWyatt graduated last September fromthe Kenan-Flagler MBA program andshe’s enjoyed having him home moreoften. She takes daughters Hannahand Miriam on “girls weekend” tovisit with Sarah Helen Hinkle, Shari38 Salem College

White Dallas, Ellen Brown Meihausand Beth Koontz White in Charleston.Thanks to Jo StephensonBrown for sending us those amusingSalem ’83 Reunion postcards andnews blurbs. Seems they always arrivejust when we need a dose of Salemsisterhood! Julia Councell Robersonand Joe are celebrating 22 years ofbliss in Palo Alto, CA with Caitlin, asophomore at UCLA; Baxter, a highschool junior; and Haley, startinghigh school in the fall. Julia is happyto be a wife, mom and teacher in aBSF class. Johanna Miller Lewis andMichael send word from Little Rock,AK, that his mother passed away lastDecember from a battle with pancreaticcancer. Our heartfelt condolencesgo out to Michael and Johanna.Johanna is with the University ofArkansas as a historian. Liz DentonBaird has changed positions at theNC Museum of Natural Sciences andis now the director of school programs,delivering programs to schoolsand teacher across the state. DaughterMadeline and Liz enjoyed a visit toSalem during the Junior Open Houselast December. Amanda Mays Buddenjoys living in Winston-Salem andseeing Salem alumnae everywhere,from the carpool line to church togarden club. Sarah (14), Richard(12), Alex (9), and Mary Grace (9)keep Joe and her busy, although theystill find time to walk their 3 dogsand shoot sporting clays. ClaiborneMiller-Davis sends word that Mike,Elizabeth (4) and puppy Penny residein beautiful, historic Frederick, MD.Claiborne is with NIH in Bethesda asa researcher on quality of life issues,pain and palliative care and relaxesby riding and showing her horse.Daughter Elizabeth is developingthat same love for horses and riding!I have recovered from a nasty boutwith double pulmonary emboli lastyear. My boys and husband Steve areall doing well in health and activities.Add me to your holiday card lists andbe sure to send your news!1984Kathy Little McCormack164 Terry RoadHartford, CT 06105kathymac@snet.netThanks to those of you who respondedso promptly to my plea for news.It made me realize why I volunteeredfor this job again! Kim O’Brien movedback to the DC area where she will bea physician assistant at the Children’sNational Medical Center. She spenta week there last June serving onPresident Reagan’s funeral events staff,which was an incredible experiencefor her. Elise Brigham Wall isbusy in Newport News withher family and working withyouth at church. She speaksto Susan-Britt MurphreyMacon frequently. SumnerBrown, at her job of almost20 years, is busy with herfamily and is a radio DJ onthe weekends. Lee Heffernanhas moved to Hilton Headafter seven years in NYC.She started her own marketing/advertisingagencyspecializing in the television/mediaindustry. SusanGreenberg Jones is goingon a mission trip to the DominicanRepublic with 40seniors from the high schoolwhere she teaches. She willalso go to India in July withher daughter (16) to help the tsunamivictims. Paula Blanchard marriedLarry Pressnell in August 2004 and isa faculty member at Chowan College.She is also a church organist and choirdirector. She got to visit with Mary EllenWilkerson Radford and Pat PhilipsCaviness while recently on a choirtour. Neal McArthur Orgain stays busywith her family, church, and othervolunteer work. She enjoys watchingdaughter Anne (10) ice skate. CatherineGhoneim Whitney is in Charlottedesigning kitchens. Daughters Annieand Hunter will both attend CampSeafarer this summer, while Frankand Catherine sail the Outer Banks.She had dinner with Valerie ReibelPortugal, Bonnie Lewis Clark andElizabeth Carver Morrow ’83 whileValerie was visiting from Peru to lookat colleges with her daughter. Bonniepurchased a stationery business calledSouthern Stationers. She is usingthe calligraphy that she learned JanTerm freshman year! She is busy astaxi driver to Elizabeth (13) and Will(9). Kelly Carpenter stays busy withher farm and tutoring. She bought apony aptly named Shorty! DeborahBradford, in Richmond works as atrader for Wachovia Securities FixedIncome and says all is well. JeanelleHamilton Lovett says all is well withher gang. Her oldest child is gettingready to start high school and driver’sed. Mary Anne Craven Moldenhaueris media director at Bojangles whilejuggling son Henry (5) and John(3). She tried to see as much of theCharlotte Salem crowd as possible.Lee Ann Manning is putting us all toshame with her running. Last summershe competed in an Ultimate Runnerevent and finished, but it was only forthe t-shirt, she says! She enjoys herjob as a personal assistant to a localbusinessman and still helps at SalemClass of 1985Front row: Terri Rushatz Dussault, Marjorie Riggs Pike, Kendra CastoKidby, Lyn Turner Hardway, Dove Brown, Beth Ann Cosby Brown, LauraArrowood Gibbs Second row: Mary Risher Osteen, Angie BostromSmith, Mona Motz, Ellen Anastasi Patterson, Molly Harrover Lane, MaryCatherine Furst Jones, Suzanne Edwards Hayward Third row: CathyBernheisel Barkley, Leigh Flippin Krause, Anne Prather, Carla LitakerHearst, May Sherrod Reed, Beverly Bradford Serral, Angie Dixon Wilson,Kate Weatherman Brownreunion weekend. Paula CorbettSimmons enjoys staying at home withTrevor (5) and Wilson (2) as well asconsulting on some interior designprojects. She sees Elise Brigham Walland Chris Marks Suit every now andthen. I had a phone call from EnglishRay Rand who is thrilled to be movingfrom Michigan back to NorthCarolina in June. English and herhusband have three girls (10, 8, and4) and all are looking forward to beingin Asheville where they have family.I was so happy to get an updatefrom Tord, widower of our dear lateclassmate Janet Niblock Eide. Tord,Alexandra (14) and Amanda (11) arein Norway and doing well. The girlsspend their summers in Concordwith Janet’s family, enjoying the farm.Many of us have great memories ofJanet’s farm parties! Laura VincentCamp keeps busy attending WFUsports events with Rob and the boys.As for me, and my family, we are alittle busy with the usual activity oftwo jobs and four kids. My oldest willbe a junior in high school and amtrying desperately to talk her into goingto Salem. Jim and I will celebrateour 20th Anniversary this August andonce again I am a rugger hugger asJim is playing rugby with an old boysleague! Remember to send me, andSalem (fill out a bio updated on thewebsite) any new e-mail addresses andalso Christmas cards so I can see thosecute family photos!1985Outgoing CorrespondentHolly Fowler StraussIncoming CorrespondentMay Sherrod Reed12624 Hidden Oaks LaneRichmond, VA 23233mayreed@hometownrealtyservices.comIt seems like just yesterday we werewaiting patiently for the refectory toopen for lunch and now we celebratedour 20th reunion! Terri RushatzDussault has settled into married lifewith husband and son Adam. LauraArrowood Gibbs attended the weddingof Angie Dixon Dalton-Wilsonin the spring of 2004. Lyn TurnerHardway has remarried and livesin Greensboro. Suzanne EdwardsHayward is home-schooling two sonswhile her twins keep her just as busy.Mary Catherine Furst Jones is remodelingher home in Maryland. Congratulationsto Kendra Casto Kidby oncompleting her MBA at Wake Forest.Mona Motz lives in Florida where sheand husband operate an animal rescueshelter. Mary Risher Osteen is busyoutside Charlotte with volunteer work,car pool, and home-schooling herchildren. Kudos goes to Ellen AnastasiPatterson on her promotion to JuvenileProbations Supervisor. BeverlyBradford Serral relocated to HiltonMagazine 20 0539

Head Island and formed Carolina RealtyGroup. Beverly has two daughtersactive in dancing and horse shows.Angie Bostrom Smith remarriedand lives in Apex. It was great to seeso many at reunion. Marjorie RiggsPike, Cathy Bernheisel Barkely, DoveBrown, Molly Harrover Lane, CarlaLitaker Hearst all were there. MegWendt Holden made it for late dayactivities. She is busy with children,horses, and raising Labrador retrieversin Charlottesville. Congratulations toBetsy Jones who married Dr. WarrenLudwig in January 2005. Vicki GainesAhnrud, Jin Jin Garrett Davis, CindyLeonard and Jennifer Matney Ruckerhosted a bridal shower for Betsy. LeighAnn Goodwin Butts sends her bestand was sorry to have missed reunion.Frances Buist Byars hosted a mini reunionat her home in Charleston witha limo to lunch and shopping on KingStreet. Leigh Flippin Krause, MarileeEagles Reed and I drove down for theweekend. We had a grand time catchingup with Libby Glenn Lanier, JenniferMatney Rucker, Sherri McMillanHambright, Nina Anderson Cheney,Liza Robinson Hart, and MadelineGilbert. Anna Lane Tatum Swing hasstarted a personal furniture shoppingcompany, annadesigns resources, whileher husband has stared a residency inpathology. I am busy with my twins(9) and selling real estate. I am lookingforward to keeping up with our classand keeping you informed of whateveryone is doing since graduation.Please keep the information coming.1986Colbert Lashley Trotter4 Westminster CourtGreensboro, NC 27410colbert@triad.rr.comHope this edition finds all ourclassmates doing well! If you did notreceive a note from me, please send meyour e-mail address. Lisa Councilmanand husband Kevin live in Westlake,TX with Tristan (8), Heath (6), andSage (3). She’s been with Sprint 14years and is responsible for the businessmarket in 5 states. For Lisa’s 40thbirthday, Kevin hosted a surprise partyand guest included Lewis Lum, SydmaHatzopolous, and Debbie Harrell,who came from Oregon, West Virginiaand Winston-Salem wearing shirtsthat said “Everything Lisa knows, shelearned from us at Salem College.”Lisa said it was a marvelous surprise!Susan Muncy Hildebrandt re-marriedin 2004 to Donald Hildebrandt, andthey live in King, NC with her son,Bradley (11) who is active with BoyScouts. She works part-time in aninsurance agency in Winston-Salemand serves as executive secretary for theWinston-Salem Association of Insuranceand Financial Advisors. CharlotteDaves Benson and Craig are doingwell in Austin TX, and enjoying theirchildren. Thomas Garland was bornDecember 14, 2004 and Christiane(3) loves being a big sister. Charlotteis a full time mom, and Craig runsa biotech company based in Austin.Patti Haste Chiacchiero lives in HiltonHead Island where she started twobusinesses about 5 years ago: a realestate company and a company thatsponsors visas for students to come tothe U.S. to train in their field of study.She and John have been married for14 years. It was great to hear fromEmily Mitchiner Knuckley who lives inWendell, NC with husband George,twins Edward and Samara (10), andJames (3). She works part time at herhusband’s family clothing store. Shekeeps in touch with Kathryn FerraraFleming in Smithfield, NC and JillHaly Owen in Dunwoody, GA. Jillstays busy with her sons (3, 5, and 7).Emily also occasionally gets to visitwith Lisa Austin Moseley. MargaretHasty Elliott and husband Jeff havebeen in Jackson, MS for the past 15years. She loves teaching kindergartenat a private K-12 school. She alsowrites freelance for The EducationCenter in Greensboro, which publishesteachers’ magazines and resourcematerials. Lisa Farrior Chappell isbusy with Ben (12) and Matthew(6) and their baseball games, church,school and volunteer work. JulieHight Nickens enjoys her career as asenior account rep at the News andObserver in Raleigh. Husband Eddie,a magazine writer, often travels toexciting places. Daughter Markie (9)has been on a year-round swim teamfor two years now. Jack (6) is involvedin soccer, basketball and now tee-ball.Jack and Eliza Krause (Leigh FlippinKrause’s daughter) were in the samekindergarten class this year. RachaelPickus Hamilton still practices environmentallaw in Louisville, KY, andis the proud mother of Aron (7) andwife of Bill. I enjoyed hearing fromPenny Fowler Westmoreland whostarted a faux painting business, “FauxShow.” She and Greg live in Winston-Salem where Greg is at United andthe boys are in 1st and 3rd grades. Sheis on the PTA Board at their schooland the Homeowners Board in herneighborhood. She always enjoys theannual beach gathering with Nancy AllenCarlton, Elizabeth Booke Vaughn,Beth Perry Bullock, Mary DixonPresbey Smith and Ellen Taylor. ReneIvey sends greetings from Winston-Salem where she teaches 3rd grade andworks in the media relations office atWake Forest. Maryanne Downs Lisciohas lived in Orange County, CA for 6years. Henry (9) and Andrew (5) keepher on the go for baseball, basketballand swimming. She also works on theSTYLE network show Modern GirlsGuide to Life. Cathy Duckwall Dupontwarns all Forsyth County, NCD driversto beware: she has a teenage driver!!Elizabeth had a great first year ofhigh school and started on her JVbasketball team! Ben (11) had a great5th grade year, and Sarah (10) is theforever princess of the family. Cathy isa kindergarten assistant at at MeadowlarkElementary School. Our thoughtsgo out to Julie Trabue Hanes, husbandScott and family. Their beautifuldaughter Madeline suffered a strokein December 2004. Please pray forMadeline as she continues the recoveryprocess. Julie is also staying busywith Cory (12) and sends her love toeveryone! Marcy Svoboda Doak announcedthe arrival of Maxwell Greeron September 8, 2004. Marcy, Travisand sister Abby are thankful for his additionto their family. Tripp and I havehad a very busy year managing theactivities of Susanna (11), Logan (8)and Garrison (3). My organizationaldevelopment consulting business,Southern Services Group, has hit its 5year anniversary. Tripp and I enjoyeda wonderful visit to Boston last springto see Carla Blakley McDonough ’85and husband Paul. It was a pleasure tohear from you this year. I hope that Iwill see many of you next April as wecelebrate our 20th reunion! Keep thenews coming and don’t forget to sendme your e-mail address.1987Ziana Wiemer ClintonSubbing for Susan Gillespie Elliott6605 Horseshoe Bend CourtSummerfield, NC 27358selliott4@triad.rr.comFirst, to answer your question whyis Ziana Wiemer Clinton is doingthe classnotes… Susan GillespieElliott asked me to substitute for herthis time. Susan celebrated her 40thbirthday by taking a girl’s trip to SantaFe, NM with her mother and sister inApril. Then in May, a routie mammogramfound breast cancer, so Susanis undergoing treatment right now.Her prognosis is excellent, and Susanencourages everyone to give themselvesthe best 40th birthday present,a mammogram. She appreciates yourthoughts and prayers. In my family,my oldest Ryan will enter kindergartenand Zachary starts preschool. We areinvolved at our church in Gastonia,NC. Mom is still going strong andkeeping my kids in line. My 40thbirthday involved a surprise party,black flowers, and a black birthdaycake. Nannette de Groot Erdtmannis still in California working as aninvestment broker. Cindy Tarrant lovesher life in Texas. Kelly Barnes Lathanhas three children, and I spoke to BrettAshcraft Pesce, who seems as a brightas ever. Jamie Jabbarpour Via has addeda new son to her family. RobinnetteTurner Wrobel lives in Richmond, VA.She and her husband are home schoolingtheir sons (kindergarten, 2nd, and4th grades). Laney Frick just bought ahouse on the golf course in Easley, SCand says visitors are always welcome.She works in radio advertising salesand was named salesperson of theyear, 2004 for Entercom Greenville.Suzanne Via Dillon will celebrate her40th birthday with a trip to Hawaii.Her sons (11, 13) will go to CampSeagull this summer. They both loveto play baseball. Suzanne, Mary WhiteRights and Amanda Shute Sullivanhave dinner each month to catch up.She also keeps up with Sterling TalleyWheless who is very busy with threesmall boys. Sissy Mebane Schoettelkottecelebrated turning 40 with a spatrip to Barnsley Gardens with friends.Sissy, Bill, and the twins are excitedto be moving back to Wilmington.She looks forward to catching upwith Laura Shearin who also livesthere. Beth Salsbery Gebhart and hermother went to Italy last fall for Beth’s39th birthday. Daughter Amandastarts high school next fall, and Beth’sson (13, and 6’4!) plays basketball andeats her out of house and home. LucyCheshire Minter and Sterling TalleyWheless surprised Posey MeanorStitcher at a dinner party in Charlottein honor of Posey’s 40th Birthday.They later joined Posey, Beth RankinSherrill, Stephanie Shannon Mannen,and Claire Lashely Bryant for a weekendin Pinehurst to celebrate theirbirthdays. Elizabeth Spencer Hoodand husband Frank both resignedfrom Krispy Kreme. Frank has takena job with Quizno’s, headquartered inDenver. Once they move, Elizabethwill be able to spend quality time withSpencer and stepson Ethan will livewith them. Andrea Barbian is planninga trip to England for her 40thbirthday. She visited Bali in January.She is still a patent paralegal at Coke.Catherine Miller Pappas spent her40th with Bill Clinton, who happenedto be at the same restaurant in theBahamas as Catherine! Catherine’sfriends made their way to the formerpresident and explained the celebration.To Catherine’s horror, Clintonmotioned her over to have her photomade with him! Ann Winfree Nugentand husband Todd welcomed their 3rd40 Salem College

daughter, Emily Peyton, on September27th. Ann reports that big sisters Kateand Sarah help keep them busy. ElizabethHill Gulley plans to celebrate herbirthday with husband John, Cecelia(9), and Marcus (7), on a trip out westthis summer. Molly Riley Buquo writesthat Molly Moore Green and JessieTomlinson Jones are working on aweekend together to celebrate their40th. She doesn’t see a lot of Salemitesliving in Cincinnati. In closing, I amincluding Marlene Welte Fraehmke’sletter to the class. Thank you to everyonewho responded with pages andmemories for the scrapbook we preparedand sent to Marlene. It was greatfun, and as you’ll see, means muchto Marlene. Marlene writes, “Thankyou for your prayers – I know Godis listening – just waiting for how Heis going to answer them is hard. I amdoing well – not going to give up thefight. I was officially diagnosed withALS about one year ago. So much hashappened this past year. We bought aranch in August, did extensive renovationto make it handicap accessibleand moved in December. We hope tofinish our addition next month – addinga bedroom, bathroom, laundryroom, and family room. Everything ison one floor. This has kept me ratherbusy. In September I appeared, withmy family, on the Jane Pauley Show.I contacted them asking for help indocumenting my life – they were wonderful.It reaired in March. We wereworking on a follow-up show on ALSright before it was cancelled. There isalways Oprah! I am living everydayand not looking to far into the future.I spend my time being a mother– what I have always wanted to be. Ihad wonderful jobs and did well – butlooking back it was all so unimportant.My last job was with Bloombergas a Foreign Exchange Sales Specialist.They have been so good to me – evenstill paying my bonuses and insurance.Physically, I have gotten weaker sincethe airing of the show. I am typing thiswith pencils and recently bought myselfa scooter. The scooter has given meback some mobility that I have lost. Ijust use it outside to go to the librarywith Christian, take him to school,and go for walks. I spent my 40thbirthday on surprise vacation with myfamily in Florida. It climaxed when Iwas surprised by my sister, Janet WelteRusyniak ’93, and her family alongwith my parents on a Disney Cruise. Ispent my birthday on Castaway Islandin the Bahamas surrounded by family.It was wonderful. Turning 40 is great– I cannot wait until I am 50, then60 and then 70!! Getting old is great– gray hair is wonderful; wrinkles, Iwill take them – it means you are livingand life is good. This past year hasalso lead me one many spiritual journeys– Lourdes, France and Calabrua,Italy. The Blessed Mary has appearedin both places – I am putting much ofmy hope in God for a miracle. I willbe returning to Italy with my familyin September. God will guide usthrough our sadness – I just hope getthe response I am looking for. Familyand friends have been fundraising forALS. There are many walks startingthis month – www.alsa.org. ALS isconsidered an orphan disease so itdoes not get the funding we need.As many people are diagnosed withALS as MS every year – but peoplewith MS live longer therefore thereare more patients and drug companieswant to invest. I would like tothank my fellow Salem Sisters for thebeautiful scrapbook put together byZiana – you touched a nerve and I cryjust thinking about your kindness formy son. He is everything to me. Myhusband has put a website together:www.marlenesangels.org. Please passit on. Also, I ask my class to keep myfamily and me in your prayers and onprayer lists. God WILL help, I justknow it and that keeps me going. Inlove and friendship. – Marlene”1988Catherine Penry Rhodes2632 Westminster AvenueDallas, TX 75205-1503cprhodes@charter.netIt was so fun to hear from all of you byemail and telephone; thanks for all theexciting news. Kathleen Braff Brownstays busy with her business, husbandand 4 kids. Twins Carson and Parks(11) will be in middle school in thefall. Davis is 8, and Grace (5) will startkindergarten in the fall. Carolyn PhillipsBreese enjoys her work with TheSusan G. Komen Breast CancerFoundation where she serves as boardpresident for The North CarolinaTriad affiliate. The 6th annual KomenNC Triad Race for the Cure was heldat Salem on May 7th. It was excitingfor her to watch the campus on Raceday be transformed into a venue ofhope and celebration of breast cancersurvivorship. On her home front, herchildren Megan (13) and Matt (10)keep her busy and entertained. EllenMincer bought a house in ForsythCounty and moved from downtownWinston-Salem to the “country.”She still teaches first grade at SpeasElementary. Mary Hollis BowmanReyes’ son Nicholas is in the 2ndgrade. She is working as an LD specialistat Forsyth Country Day School.Last year, she won an award for Professionalof the Year from the AutismSociety of North Carolina. She enjoystraveling, working on the computer,reading, and shopping, especially on e-bay! Joanna Winecoff Wells shared lotsof news after enjoying a mini-reunionat Bald Head Island, NC with all ofher Salem friends including HopieDerby Carmichael, Sarah GranthamWilliams, Molly Allen Grady, ToccoaPowell Mayhew, Dawn Oatman Ellis,Muzette Fitts Kiger, Laura ConnellySprings, Caroline Hines Batten. Carolineand husband Curt celebrated thebirth of their son, Raike Curtis Batten,born June 23, 2004. Besides spendingtime with Raike, Caroline is busy withher appraisal business and remodelinghouses. Muzette has moved withher family away from Raleigh toWeldon, NC. They are renovating anolder home, and her business withher brother continues to grow. Sarah,husband Peter, and sons Nicholasand Grantham have moved back toRaleigh. Hopie is most happy to haveher back because Sarah is working forHopie as a part-time legal assistant! Joannaalso reports that Hopie’s mother,Anna Potter Derby A’62 passed awayMay 19th, 2004 after a brave fightwith lung cancer. We extend ourdeepest sympathies to Hopie and herfamily. Judy Diane Fungaroli worksas a mental health senior practitionerat The Guilford Center in High Pointand is raising two of her four grandchildren.She expressed that SalemCollege was one of the best experiencesof her life. Debbie West lovesworking for Our State magazine! Shesees Ellen Smallwood Peete aroundtown and at church. She is active inthe community including the UnitedArts Council, Junior League, and anew project with the Natural ScienceCenter and Animal Discovery. MelissaHaneline Hall and husband Howardlive in Morganton, NC. Melissastays busy with church, Bible StudyFellowship and home schooling hertwo sons, Hayes (7) and Leighton (5).Melissa keeps in touch with RosemaryFinger Routszong and Emily MillerKirkpatrick. Rosemary lives with herhusband Steve in Dallas, NC. Theyhave two daughters Kathleen (4) andHope (2). We would like to also sendour sympathies to Rosemary and herfamily as her father died last year.Emily and Ron live in Gastonia, NC.She is also home schooling her threeboys Will, Ian and Neil. Janice PoeBrantingham and Dave are living inWinneconne, WI where Janice is thedirector of operations for UW Oshkosh.Ann Meyer recently publisheda book entitled Medieval Allegory andthe Building of New Jerusalem. She isan associate professor of literature atClaremont McKenna College. EmilyJohnson Kellar, husband Dave, andtheir three children Emma (14),Edward (12), Ross (10) moved to Boston,MA. Robin Riach McGlade livesin South Queensferry, UK. ElizabethMullins Gamble and husband Jameslive in El Paso, TX with their childrenCharles (13) and Callie (9). Mary MarthaWhitner Beecy and husband Stevestay busy with their three children,Elizabeth (9), Mary Catherine (6),and John (4). She volunteers with herchurch, the children’s school and theCharlotte Children’s Theatre. MaryMartha hosted Stacy Little Gourlay,Kelly Zappa Thompson, Lynn Turpin,Elizabeth Carmichael Burton, LauraArndt Fladeland and Margaret Mays.Stacy lives in Asheville. She hastwo sons, Cy (10) and Mac (6). Shevolunteers for many organizations andcompetes in sprint triathlons, centurybike rides and 5K runs. Kelly and husbandDean live in Mountain Lakes,NJ with their three children, Davis(8), Kelsey (6), and Harrison (4).She loves cooking, entertaining andvolunteering. Elizabeth is associatedirector of citizenship and Service-Learning at Missouri State University.Her three children, Martha Scott (12),Will (10) and Elizabeth Campbell (9),keep her busy with school, sports andmusic activities. In October 2004,she completed her first marathon inDes Moines, Iowa. Laura works in theOffice of Student Academic Affairs atFranklin and Marshall College. Shehas two boys, George (9) and Ross(7), and they live in Millersville, PA.Margaret lives in Charleston, SC andhas been working in pharmaceuticalsales for Pfizer over the last 10 years.Ironically, Lynn Turpin and I have bothended up in Dallas, TX, living onemile apart, and we see each other everymorning to walk. Lynn likes Dallasbecause she can spend more time withher niece and nephew. She is currentlyworking for a non-profit organization.She is active with the Junior League,bible study and meeting new friends.I am happy living in Dallas with myhusband, Greg, and two children, Will(5) and Cate (2). They keep me verybusy. I enjoy volunteering at Will’spreschool and being active in ourchurch. After recently spending timewith my dear Salem friends, I realizeeven more how Salem was the catalystfor lifetime friendships – friendshipsthat are more special each year, andones I will always treasure.1989Julia Carpenter1613 Nasturtium WayApex, NC 27539-9763julia.carpenter@aol.comMagazine 20 0541

Allison Hughes Beard and husbandPat live in Winston-Salem withchildren Kenzie (8), Caroline (5), andPatterson (3). She teaches Sundayschool classes for her three children,works some at St. Paul’s Preschool, andtravels to see her old roommate JillThomas Gilliam who lives in Charlotteraising her three children Thomas(10), Daniel (6), and Kathleen (3).Dawn Phelps Doray finished her postdoctoratein Honolulu, HI inSeptember of 2003 and was hired as afaculty member at the University ofArkansas. She is an assistant professorand clinical psychologist within thedepartment and works on theArkansas Children’s Hospital campus.She provides clinical services tochildren and their families and also is asupervisor for their psychology internswhere she has started a children andadolescent trauma program for childmaltreatment issues and grief and lossissue. She and her husband justbought a new home in Maumelle, AR.They celebrated their 9th anniversarywith a hiking trip to the CanadianRockies. Bekah Little works as anoffice manager for the BrassRing inWaltham, MA. She sings in the churchchoir at the First CongregationalChurch. A guitar player, she enjoysplaying and singing both covers andher own originals. She recorded onesong entitled “Mother,” written for hermom before she died in 2002. BethAdams Alexander works at AppalachianState University as ExecutiveAssistant to the Chancellor. She is stillinvolved in development as well.Daughter Katie is in 2nd grade andWeb works for a recruitment companyin Blowing Rock. They hope to be in anew house by the end of the year. Shegets together frequently with SusanWaters Hauser ’88 who lives inWinston-Salem. Alison CrowsonTalbert and husband Pat live inWilmington with two children JohnPatrick (9) and Sarah (7). She is activein the Junior League and volunteers ather kids’ school. Michelle BrennanPrince is in Arlington, VA. Brice isattorney at SEC. Her boys are 9 and 5this year. She works part-time fromhome for the medical journal,Obstetrics & Gynecology, as an editorialassistant. Sheila Elliott Parker andhusband Joe enjoy everyday andkeeping up with her son Tripp (1). Sheowns Elliott Interiors and is a salesmanager with World Stone, sellinggranite. Meg Cox Stott works atMedical College of Virginia. She is anoffice manager for the department ofpediatrics. She is also involved inseveral organization including SalemSTARS and the Junior League ofRichmond. Lesley PrillamanKassinger has two daughters and isdoing great. Rosalie Hill Bland workspart-time in the development office atSalem and loves it! She says that it is sogreat being back on campus andinteracting with both students andalums. The renovation work they aredoing to Sisters is incredible! BesidesSalem, she and Edwin stay busy withIda (9), Lincoln (7), and Fred (3).Leigh Whetstone Throckmorton isteaching in her Title 1 classroom. Sheis creating lessons using Word,PowerPoint, Kidspiration, Notebookand Write:Outloud. She says it ischallenging and a lot of fun. BridgetMaley and husband David Cannonbought an 1894 Victorian flat in SanFrancisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood.They found time to escape toSayulita, Mexico for Christmas 2004.This year, Mayor Gavin Newsomappointed Bridget to the city’sLandmarks Preservation AdvisoryBoard. Lea Daughtridge is back in NCafter two years in Boston and nine inNew York. She works at McKinney, anational advertising agency inDurham, as Senior Vice President. Sherecently judged a marketing competitionat WFU’s MBA program. Shesays it was hard to believe the girl whonever went to class and was quite arebel is judging an academic competition!In her free time she volunteers asa guardian ad litem for the courtsystem, works on Habitat forHumanity projects and gardens. MaryPoole Reese and husband Bill are theproud parents of Patrick, born inNovember. He joins William (3). Theymoved to the Atlanta suburbs this fallafter many years of living downtown.Kim Harris McInnis enjoys being amother to her daughter Harris (1). Sheis also busy launching a photographybusiness out of her home in Wilmington.Elizabeth Guss Kiernan moved toIreland this year with husband Noeland children, Madison and Liam.Susan Hamlet Birdsong enjoysworking with the children’s clothingline Jacadi, and is busy with daughtersAshton (11), and Greyson (8). LeslieCrow Flanagan’s youngest Eliza startedkindergarten this year. Laney is in 2ndgrade and Houghton is in 6th. Leslie isbusy with their school’s parentassociation, playing tennis, enjoyingher garden and painting again. BetsyHine Davis, the owner of Today andTomorrow Interiors, in business for 26years, is getting ready to startremodeling her home by raising theroof. Cherry Newsom enjoys life withher two beautiful granddaughters.Copeland Baker married Britt Boyd inJuly 2004. They have a blended familyof seven. Currently a practice managerfor a local physician at Lanier FamilyHealthcare, Copeland has also ownedher own company, CorporateCleaning Services, for over 12 years.Ginger Saunders Delegal is thegeneral counsel for the FloridaAssociation of Counties, Inc. Gingerand husband Mark have three growingdaughters: Mary Katherine (7),Elizabeth (5), and Caroline (2). SusanBynum Grider and David reside inAtlanta with children, John David III(8), and Grace (4). She is very involvedwith PTA and will direct VacationBible School at her church thissummer. She met Addie Jo LinusGwin ’87; as Addie Jo’s son Lott isplaying baseball with John David thisspring. Ellen Mixon Walston works atPitt County Memorial Hospital inGreenville, NC and was recentlyelected to serve a 2-year term aspresident of the NC Oncology SocialWork Group. She loves spending timewith Joshua (8) and husband Tommy.She still works part-time at a pastoralcounseling center. Alison Gill Falkoff isa vice president of multi-nationalbusiness travel for American Express.Helene (3) is doing well. They spend alot of time in Southern Florida and inMcLean, VA, their primary residence.Allison spent a long weekend withCathy O’Mally Ferrara in Houston,TX and they had a great timediscussing our Salem days. Meg CoxStott and Lesley Prillaman Kasingerwere together in Tampa for a weekendand she wished that she could havebeen with them! Tiffany RutledgeWilten left Salem to attend TrinityUniversity in Texas. She graduatedwith education and sociology degrees.In 1997, she reconnected with herhigh school boyfriend, Mark and forthe last eight years they have lived inLondon, England. Mark and she havethree amazing little girls, Sloane (6),Brooke (5) and Reese (1). LizaAbernethy Stamey is mom to fouractive children, Chaz (11), Craver(10), Eliza Jane (5), Ellie (3). She stilldoes interior design work when shehas the time. She and Chip arebuilding a new house. Julie Lindseylives and practices medicine in theHendersonville area. Paul and shespend a lot of time keeping up withtheir children, Rachel and Bryan.Atticia Bundy, a classmate whoattended Salem for 2 years, completedher PhD in career counseling at UNC-G and is working at East Carolina.Ruth Lenger received M. Div degreefrom Union Theological Seminary.Spencer Presbyterian Church (Spencer,NC) for seven years. She recently tookleave from work to spend time withher family, as her son lost his wife andis father to a 4-year-old child. She hassix grandchildren in three states, sospends much time with them. ParkerHubbard Cohen’s children Jesse (6)and Allison (4) are busy with school,preschool, friends, and sports. Herfamily just celebrated five years inBucks County, PA. In her free timeshe teaches preschool music classes andis involved with her church on severalactivities. Her husband Fred is tryingto establish his own business inpharmaceuticals and business. MaryPoole Reese enjoys her career withBellSouth in Atlanta. In November shehad her second boy, Patrick NelsonReese, and has moved to the suburbs.While she misses the town, she isenjoys having a big closet anddriveway. Julia Carpenter, our newclass correspondent, is a projectmanager at SAS Institute. She isbuilding her first home.1990Outgoing CorrespondentJennifer Muench LaneyIncoming CorrespondentKaren Timmons Ellison511 Roberts AvenueYork, SC 29745-1308Kdte111@hotmail.comSiri Wilkins Johnson, husband Jim,son James (5) and daughter Camille(18) live in Mobile, AL, where Jimowns his own golf instruction business,and Siri works part-time doingmarketing and physician recruitmentfor a private cardiology practice. Theybought a new house early in the yearand completed an update on it thisfall. Lee Manuel Marcus received amasters degree in social work fromthe University of South Carolina. Sheand husband David live in Winston-Salem, where Lee is a renal socialworker at Piedmont Dialysis Center.Rebecca Bobbitt lives in Clemmons,NC with husband Keith and daughterCaroline (11). Son Will is a sophomoreat NCSU. After earning herMLIS, she became a media coordinatorat Brunson Elementary Schoolin Winston-Salem. Tammy TaylorHaywood closed her gift and stationarystore, but is still selling stationaryout of the house. She loves being afull time mom to son Clark! RebeccaMiller Saunders is a wife to Jim and amom raising Peter (9), Nathan (7) andMatthew (4). Rebecca sings in churchand professionally with Carolina ProMusica, which will tour England inJune. Cristi Phillips married MichaelDriver on August 27, 2004 in Greensboro,NC at an outdoor ceremony athistoric Blandwood Mansion. Cristiis a promotions coordinator for VolvoTrucks NA, and Michael is a Realtorwith RE/MAX of Greensboro. WandaHucthinson is assistant superintendent42 Salem College

for administration and communicationfor Wilkes CountySchools. Her Ed.D. from AppalachianState University willbe complete in December 2005.Husband Walter is serving aspastor of Little Stone MountainBaptist Church in theircommunity. Jennifer MuenchLaney, a stay at home mom,put together a cookbook for thelocal MOPS group, and helpedto create a Franklinton communityLittle Theatre. HusbandNeill is a contractor for IBMand Joann (2) is in pre-school.Ashley Neill Stamper lives inKnoxville, TN with husband Todd,Riley (8) and Jones (5). She volunteersat their schools and at their church.Ashley will begin selling the WorthCollection of clothes via trunk shows.Stephanie Hines Warren and familywelcomed Christian on July 12, 2004.Stephanie, a stay at home mom, whoseems to live in the car dropping offand picking up her kids. Rita GaleYoung Cruise is the regional directorof Self Help Services Corporation.She is also part of the Piedmont TriadLeadership Network. Paige GozaSimmons lives near Athens, GA whileRobert finishes his Ph.D. work inforestry and wildlife management.Elizabeth is in first grade; Robert W.and Georgia Blue (2). After Robert’sgraduation, the Simmons don’t knowwhere they’ll head. Carol RomigBrecht’s second child, CameronElizabeth was born May 5, 2004. Thefamily visited Mindy Worrell Spillerin Centreville, VA in September. InJanuary, Carol, Mindy, Sally LemmonBugg, Mathilde Dumond White, andJill Starling Britt met on the Isle ofPalms for a weekend. Sally Pierce Corpeninghosted our 15th reunion classdinner at her home. Heather LewisohnBarton lives in Atlanta, closerto family. She and Philip stay busywith the kids, Anna (5) and Graham(3). Sue Ellen Crocker Bennett livesin Winston-Salem. She has two sons,Daniel (7) and Thomas (18 mos.). SueEllen teaches 4 year olds 3 mornings aweek at Messiah Moravian. StratfordNewitt Kiger and Kipp’s daughter CarsonBlake was born January 14, 2005.Carson is already looking forward toher first Salem visit. April EdmondsonPeacock and Todd live in Blacksburg,VA with Emily (5) and Oliver (3).April volunteers with her daughter’sclass, Jr. Women’s Club, MOPS,church and children’s choirs, baseball,soccer teams and makes stained glass.Julie Meyer Pope moved to Arizonalast year. Melissa Kirk Oliverio’s sonstarted kindergarten. She is activewith his school and works part-timeClass of 1990Front row: Jennifer Muench Laney, Lynn White Savage, Elizabeth RansonParks, Christy Barley Hilpert, Karen Timmons Ellison, Lee Manuel Marcus,Meredith Davies Resener, Sue Ellen Crocker Bennett, B.J. Brown BucklandSecond row: Mary Beth Wilson, Amy Bain Cooter, Melissa RobinsonParris, Julie Meyer Pope, Sally Pierce Corpening, Kerry Stovall Garrett,Laura Jones Stevenson, Stratford Newitt Kiger Third row: Kristen Johnson,Kathryn Swing Smith, Casey Hoerner Gressette, Heather LewisohnBarton, Amy Cass Millikan, Ashley Neill Stamper, Jennifer Morgan Racut,Virginia Edmundson Sutton, Melissa Kirk Oliverioas an attorney. Jill Starling Britt hasfun with twin daughters (3)! Shepractices law part-time in Burlingtonand volunteers with Alamance CountyMothers of Multiples, Young Life,church activities and serves on localrape crisis/sexual assault board. SallyLemmon Bugg retires as developmentdirector on June 30. Bill has beennamed as headmaster of the schoolwhere they both work. Sally is also aPampered chef consultant and volunteerswith Junior League and Salem’sAlumnae Board. Amy Bain Cooterhas three children – Andrew Griffinwas born March 5, 2003. Amy livesin Greenville, SC and will soon moveto a new home to accommodate hergrowing family! Casey Hoerner Gressettehelps husband David with theOld Post Office Restaurant and SunsetGrill on Edisto Island, SC. ElizabethRanson Parks and family moved toApex, NC, and their new house willbe finished this summer. Michaellikes his new job at Wyeth, and Liz ishappy with the shorter commute toRaleigh! Melissa Robinson Parris wasnamed Woodland Heights Teacher ofthe Year (2003-2004), and SpartanburgSchool District 6 teacher of theYear (2004-2005). Congratulations!Meredith Davies Resener keeps busycaring for children Megan (9), Peter(5), and John (2). She works part-timeas a nurse. Laura Elizabeth Jones Stevensonmoved to Atlanta, GA. Scottworks at Emory University buildingan internal audit department for themedical facilities. Virginia EdmundsonSutton and husband Jim staybusy with the boys’ activities! Virginiavolunteers and chauffeurs the children!Shannon Stone Wells’ youngestturned one this year. Shannon is ahuman resource manager. Alex, inkindergarten, has lots of activities andShannon and husband Roy love totravel. Mary Elizabeth Wilson is ploddingaway on her dissertation betweenher full-time job and part-time teaching.She is so busy that she doesn’thave any other news! Wendy WeilerTomlinson has three children: Charlotte(4), Matthew (3)and Lucy (bornJanuary 6, 2005. Wendy is a majorgift fundraiser for Texas Children’sHopsital. She is president-elect of theWomen’s Home in Houston. She regrettedmissing out reunion which fellon her 10th wedding anniversary. AmyCass Millikan’s son, William Andrews,Jr. was born October 4, 2004. LauraSisler de Morais lives in Roanoke, VA,where she teaches English as a secondlanguage in the public school systemand does some private tutoring. Laura,mother of Jordan (6) is working onher master’s degree from Virginia Tech.1991Camille Flippin Wilson295 Gartin PlaceMadison Heights, VA 24572htwilson@aol.comEnjoy the following update from ourclassmates. Don’t forget you can getnext year’s scoop first hand at our 15threunion in April 2006. Congratulationsto Susan Murphy on herJune 2004 marriage to SpencerBarrett Broadfoot! Susan andhusband live in Wilmington,NC with Hannah (12), Seth(10) and Lizzie (1). Susan is astay-at-home mom who enjoysgardening, surfing, volunteeringat church and with her children’sextracurricular activities. LibbyBrown and spouse Charlottelive in Atlanta, GA. Libby is vicepresident of project managementbanking at Wachovia. She hastraveled to London, Paris, Hawaiiand New York. Carol Boling Chaffin,husband Mark, Benjamin (6)and Matthew (2) live in hurricane-proneJacksonville, FL. They arerenovating a 45 year old home. Carolis a part-time marketing communicationsspecialist. Congratulations toTolly Callaway on her marriage toThomas A. Beckett in June 2004!Mary Elizabeth Beckman was an attendantin the wedding. Tolly lives inSanta Monica, CA. Tolly, a memberof the Alliance Repertory TheatreCompany, was nominated for “BestSupporting Actress” for ADA Awards(2004). Wendy Nace Castro, Arthurand Benjamin (3) welcomed ElaineGardner (born May 2004). Wendy, afull-time mom, is training for Race forthe Cure. Michelle Johns Culp, Steveand Alexander (3) live in Inkster, MI.Michelle, a customer service managerfor The Nailco Group, performsfolkoric, Middle Eastern dance atfestivals. Heather Inge DeVincentis,Richard, and Anthony (6) live inWalkersville, MD. Heather is a doctorof veterinary medicine and is involvedin T-ball with her son. Shelia CarrerasGee, Toby, Madelyn (8) and Hayden(5) continue to live in Glen Allen, VA.Jill Webb Halverson, Andrew, Lars (7)and Wise (3) live in Winston-Salem.Jill chairs the Junior League’s nominatingcommittee. Mary Stuart BrughHardy, Chip, Landon (8) and Mac (6)live in Columbia, SC. Mary Stuart is ateacher at Heathwood Hall EpiscipalSchool. Kathryn White Hauser,Sam, Seth (9) and Jacob (4) live inKernersville, NC. Kathryn a part-timepreschool director, also volunteers ather son’s school. Kathryn is constantlylearning about education and therapyfor the special needs population sinceson Jacob’s diagnosis of cerebral palsy.Lee Fauber Hicks, Tom, Patrick (8)and Carter (7) live in Charlottesville,VA, where Lee substitute teaches, volunteersand runs. Mary Beth SchroederHunter, Jim, Sam (8), Elizabeth (6)and Will (3) have moved to a homein Forest, VA. Mary Beth teaches preschooland is involved in her children’sactivities. Melissa Fox Jones, Keith,Magazine 20 0543

and stepdaughter Erin (12) live inGraham, NC. Melissa is a DARmember and works on her businessof addressing and framing weddinginvitations. Catherine Davis Lane,Patrick, Rebecca (7), Elizabeth (5) andMary Margaret (4) live in Belmont,NC. Catherine’s home business, PrettyRibbons, makes handmade bows forgirls. She is a Deacon in her church.Pam Austin Moore, Andy, Will (9)and Mary Austin (7) live in King, NC.Pam, a substitute teacher, is a PTOpresident and president of their swimclub. She and Andy will celebrate their12th anniversary with a Carribeancruise. Betsy Saxman Orgain, Marc,and twins Peter and Jack (6) live inNorfolk, VA but will soon return toPensacola, FL. Betsy loves being a stayat-homemom and looks forward toher pilot husband’s return from Iraq.Denise Decker Pacula and husbandTucker moved to Oak Island, NCwhere Denise has a real estate company.Betsy Wood Poole, Bynum, Weeks(4) and Carlisle (3) live in Greenville,SC. Betsy stays at home with herchildren. She loves playing on a USTALeague team. Betsy sees Katy GlenSmith when their kids play together.Jennifer Callahan Seifert, Brent, Sarah(10), Mary (8) and Rachel (4) live inSalisbury, NC. Jennifer, a homemaker,enjoys horseback riding with her girls,camping, hiking and other outdooractivities. Elaine Evans Fowler Sharpand husband Will live with their sonWilliam Zachary (2) in Ypsilanti, MI.Elaine is a self-employed web designer,a member of the Junior League, andlikes running and knitting. Congratulationsto Jenni Haskins Shrewsburyand husband Chris on the birth of sonJason Christopher (September 2004).Jenni and family live in Durham, NCwhere she is a clinical social worker forJohn Umstead Hospital. She enjoystraveling and volunteering with theAmerican Red Cross. Katy GlennSmith, Charles, and son Charles (4)moved to Greenville, SC. Katy playstennis and paints. She designs and sellsdecorative automobile magnets. MillerVick Stanley, Bobby, daughter Holden(9) and son Jimbo (6) live in Raleigh,NC. Miller is involved in Bible studyfellowship and her children’s school.Miller sees Deanna Pollard Ivey whoalso lives in Raleigh and has three children.Miller still talks to Gena BurneySmith often. Gena’s twins Augusta andFulton are four. Sonya Cobb Terjanian,Pierre, Violette (3) and Remy (1) livein Philadelphia, PA. Sonya is a freelancecopywriter. Diane Davis Thomas,Joe, Hannah (6), Will (4), and Sam(2) live in Charlotte, NC but plan tomove to Alexandria, VA. Heidi Z. Weilbaecherrelocated from San Franciscoto Seattle where she continues to workfor General Motors in management inmarketing and sales. Heidi frequentlyreturns to North Carolina to visitSalem friends. She lets us know thatLaura Workman Rosenbaum lives inWitchita, KS with her husband Wayneand their two children; and JoanPearce Bates lives in Winston-Salemwith her husband John and theirdaughter. I started part-time tutoringat Charlie (8) and Perkins’s (6) school.My children’s extracurricular activitieskeep Todd and me on the go. I willbe raising cut flowers again during thesummer and look forward to seeingclassmates face-to-face in spring 2006!1992Beth Murray Leverton2309 Rosewood AvenueWinston-Salem, NC 27103bethleverton@triad.rr.comIt has been wonderful to heareveryone’s updates! We had an excitingyear with many ups and downs. Ourdeepest sympathy goes to Mary Mc-Ginnis Schultz and her family for theloss of her son, Thomas. Mary thankseveryone for their support. KimberlyGregg and many Salem friends placeda bench and tree at Salem in his honor.Mary, our thoughts and prayers arewith you and your family! StephanCrone Dutcher lives in Asheville withchildren Kalya (4) and Cassie (2),reports that Nell Nordin Marler wasmarried in July 2004 at the BiltmoreEstate. Bridesmaids included KarrieStansfield and Angie Ingram. Jill BennettMartin lives in Belews Creek, NCand works in accounting at Vulcan.New daughter Martha-Ruth Isabelle(Belle) joined big brother Jake (8) thispast year. Jill and husband Todd arebuilding a new house. Debbie BruceNixon quit her teaching job to helpAndy. She will be director of educationat the church, teaching bible studiesand training leaders. Anna just completed4th grade and Noah kindergarten.Karen Lewis Taylor and family(which includes two kids) moved to anew house in Apex and looks forwardto having Salem friends over soon! JulietDyal Gray and husband Christianlive in NYC. A senior editor and beautydirector of Gotham and HamptonsMagazines, Juliet is also the associateproducer and company member withBack House Productions. She is developingone of her regular columns intoa TV show! Laura Beth Henry Caseyand Kirk welcomed John Needham(Jack), September 23. She recentlysold her catering business to be homewith Jack. She has seen CarolineSwope, Kristin Miller, Jenni Haskins’91 and Meredith Jarrell Phillips ’91.She stays busy with Jack, the KiwanisClub, and church. Banner GregoryHuggins living in San Antonio withhusband of 11 years, Craig and sonCole (1). She works for Club Corporationof America as the membershipdirector of the Plaza Club downtown.Valerie Wickersham Markland andPaul welcomed son, Alexander inOctober 2004. They moved to Hawaiiin July. She misses friends and familybut says Hawaii is beautiful! TaraNewton Jennette, Mike, and Ben (3)welcomed Mallory Elizabeth on April15, 2004. Tara works part time as aphysical therapist at WakeMed. Shegets together often with Karen LewisTaylor, Melissa Murray Fletcher, andPatricia Earnhardt Tyndall ’91. She hasdinner with Amy Williamson, KarenStephenson Shore and Liz Butler Mc-Daniel every couple of months. After11 years of teaching elementary andhigh school Abrenna Walker Tompkinsis now an instructor in the developmentalstudies department of SurryCommunity College. She completedher Ed.S. administrative degree fromLiberty University and is working onher doctorate in instruction, planningto begin her dissertation in thespring. Dena Free enjoyed a 3 weektrip/class traveling by train across thenorthern US and part of southernCanada. After 10 years teaching 1stgraders she is now teaches 2nd gradersin the Fairfax County Public SchoolSystem and loves it! Kimberly WilliamsGregg is moving this summer to anew house, in Winston-Salem! AllisonRohe Waters and husband Lee, a Captainin the US Air Force JAG Corps,celebrated their 12th anniversary. Theywill move to McGuire AFB, NJ thisyear. She stays busy staying at homewith Alexander (4), works with theOfficers Civilian Spouses Club, andteaches preschool. Caroline Swopeteaches art and architectural historyat a local Seattle college and doingarchitectural design consulting. Herfirst book with be published this summer,Classic Homes of Seattle —keepyour eyes open for it on Amazon! Stillbusy restoring her house, she hopesto get it listed on the state registerLegaciesSisters Catherine Smart Keech ’00, Mary Lynn Smart ’05 andElizabeth Jane Smart A’01 C’0544 Salem College

soon. She made a few trips back toNC to visit Laura Beth Henry. SusanCombs Segui and Phillips welcomedOlivia McIntyre March 30. Phillipcontinues to practice law and she lovesher work as a clinical social worker foradolescent pregnant single mothers.Amy Rauch Shorey and her husbandwelcomed Regan Elizabeth on July23. They live in Orlando where Amyis a pharmaceutical sales representative.Melissa Murray Fletcher andhusband Stewart celebrated their 10thanniversary with a trip to Maui. Shespends her time with children Amelia(5) and Patrick (2) and works parttime for Dow-Reinchhold SpecialtyLatex. She sees Karen Lewis Taylor,Patricia Earnhart Tyndall ’91 andTara Newton Jennette. She also hearsfrom Melanie McRae, Amy Williamson,Sonya Cobb Terjanian ’91, andLiz Butler McDaniel. Jean WilliamsPal-Freeman, Chris and Cate (4) livein Portland, OR where she works forNike, Inc. A business systems analystsupporting human resource systemsfor the Europe, Middle East and AfricaRegion, she spends time traveling allover Europe. She met Jennifer Fedor’01 who started working for Nikelast spring. Mary McMahan Frail andhusband welcomed Regan ElizabethFebruary 9. Betsy Mebane Farmer,Eric, and daughters Sarah Carter andMary Banks welcomed Lee BentonFarmer III (Ben) November 26.They live in Winston Salem. JennyBritt Denny, Joel, and Emma (2)live in Rocky Mount. They recentlycelebrated their 6th anniversary. Jennyenjoys stays home with Emma. LatanyaGary Gray, Al, Jasmine (5) areliving in Chesapeake, VA where she isa family physician in a solo practice.Al is from Winston Salem so they areable to visit often. Our thoughts andprayers are with Dena Chambers Stanleywho lost her father this past year.Mary Lawson Stephens Day, Daniel,Samuel (5), Tripp (2) live in Macon,GA and Mary Lawson is getting hermasters of Science in Social Work. Irecently got back from a beach tripwith Juliet Dyal Gray, Elizabeth Gianini,Banner Gregory Huggins, JeanWilliams Pal-Freeman and MargaretPike ’94. My stomach hurt from allthe laughing we did...reminded me ofcollege days! Bill and I are doing great.I stay home with Stephen (5) andParker (3) who are a good handful! Icontinue my business of hand paintedfurniture and accessories. What a greatupdate I got from everyone! If youdon’t see your name in here, go to theSalem website (www.salem.edu), fillout a bio update on the alumnae andfriends page so I’ll have your contactinformation.1993Laura Dossinger Slawter2985 Wesleyan LaneWinston-Salem, NC 27106slawter@salem.eduThank you to everyone for yourupdates. Hester Haverkamp Daviesand Rutledge live in Columbia, SC,where Hester is a stay-at-home momto Brown (3) and Ellis (1). Congratulationsto Anita Brinkley Keenanand husband Steve on the birth ofson Preston Michael, Nov. 9, 2004.Anita’s new position at Bain Capital,helping launch their legal department,gives her a more flexible schedule andallows her more time with her family.Heather Carlin Beard and Marklive in Maiden, NC and welcomeddaughter Autumn in 2004. HeatherMorgan Zifchak enjoys married life inWinston-Salem with Pete. Heather, ananny, spends many hours scrapbooking,knitting, and volunteering withthe Junior League. Congratulations toCarolyn Bullock, recently promotedto regional account manager at hercompany in Raleigh. She is runningmarathons and competed in the NewYork City marathon the past twoyears. Heather Nelson Wiggins enjoysbeing a stay-at-home mom to Nell(2) and James (1) in Lexington, NC.Erin Garden Baldecchi and Chuckwelcomed son Alex in August of 2004.Alex joins big sister Bella (2). Erinand Chuck enjoy their new life inLexington, KY! Tina Gutshall worksat the Mariners’ Museum in NewportNews, VA. Tina works in the conservationdepartment, which is responsiblefor conserving recovered artifactsfrom the USS Monitor naval ironcladshipwreck. Allison Burkette teaches inOle Miss’s English department. Allisonand husband Greg Tschumper arethe proud parents of Anne Paige (2).Jennie “Spaz” Thomas Bushey andhusband Peter enjoy living in Atlantawhere Spaz loves being stay-at-homemom to William (2). Amanda LongRamseur and Bobby are in Raleighwhere Amanda stays busy with Robert(4) and Walker (2). Congratulationsto Lara Moore who married Joe Howeon April 23. They will live in Wilson.Salem bridesmaids were Amanda LongRamseur, Beth Monroe, ElizabethBennett Scott ’92, Margaret LambSilly ’92, Amy Faulk Welton ’94, andAshley Mattox ’94. Ashley FletcherVaughn and Hillary Black Hornthalwere greeters. Ashley Fletcher Vaughnand husband Harris live in Raleighwith daughter Ella Reaves (4) and sonHarry (2). Ashley works part-time sellingads for a bridal magazine. HillaryBlack Hornthal lives in Greensborowith sons Will (4) and Alexander (3).Hillary is an interior designer. BethMorgan Pierce and husband Morganlive in Richmond. Beth works forCavalier Telephone handling all thecompany training. Kate Hargett Williamsand husband Miles welcomedson Hugh Edward on November 7,2004. Kate enjoys her new career asa stay-at-home mom! Emily O’BrienMarlowe and Christopher are stillin San Francisco. Emily is busy withCaroline (4) and Louise (2). When Ilast heard, Jane Fisher was working inUganda, for the Wildlife ConservationSociety, writing a business plan fora national park in Uganda. She saysUganda is one of the most overwhelmingplaces you could imagine. BeforeUganda, Jane worked in Zambia withthe same company. Ann Davis lovesher work as an interior designer inDuck, NC. Ann Pollard Bell and Davidlive in Black Mountain, NC whereAnn is a special education teacher andstays busy with Allen (6) and Emma(1). Ann Dyar Denton lives close toAnn Pollard Bell. Ann and Wes areparents to Tamsen (5) and Tate (1).Stacy Dillon Tomkins and Richardlive in Gallatin, TN where Stacy stayshome with Gracen (5) and Ava (4). Asfor me, Michael and I live in Winston-Salem. I was recently promoted todirector of donor relations in Salem’sdevelopment office. James (4) keepsme on my toes! It’s fun being at Salemand seeing all the classes come back fortheir reunions! Don’t forget to send meyour updates over the year.1994Lisa Findlay Merrill940 Harmony Hill RoadWest Chester, PA 19380-1842LFMerrill@aol.comAllison Bruce Anderson loves beinghome with Caroline (1). She’s keepingher employment options open, andpassed her P.A. re-certification examrecently. Allison and Jennifer Prattenjoyed seeing each other at a recentalumnae function in Atlanta. FrancesDodson Beasley and husband Jamieare having fun with Gracie ElizabethGrandmother Peggy Fulghum Matthews ’75 andGranddaughter Shannon Matthews ’05Mother Ellen Newton Auten ’80 and Daughter Mary Ellen Auten ’06Summer 20 05 45

(1). Frances is the assistant directorfor annual giving at the NC Schoolof the Arts. Allison Spears Boylemoved to Charlotte, NC. She andBill’s second daughter, Mary Michaelwas born in January 2005. Allison hasbeen with TEK Systems as a senioraccount executive for 11 years. VickieCollins is volunteer coordinator atAIDS Care Service in Winston-Salem.She loves meeting new peoplethrough its community outreachprograms. Glenda Pugh Dirienzo, aparalegal, and husband Charles live inWinston-Salem with children Katelyn(14), and Alexander (9). Susan Griffin-Stocktonbegan teaching K-8thgrade music at Our Lady of Mercy inWinston-Salem in August 2004. Shealso teaches private piano lessons. AmyWoodard Kemp still enjoys her jobin Greensboro as a meeting plannerwith the NC Association of Realtors.Julie Smith Klingman and Rosslive in Charlotte where Julie enjoysbeing home with son Harrison (2).Kendra Jones Mabon and Bill, livingin Kensington, MD, recently enjoyeda visit from Susan Cochran Moserand husband Craig! Shannon SmithMcFarland enjoys her new job asAmos Cottage’s pediatric speech-languagepathologist for developmentallydelayed infants and toddlers. ElaineSmith Montgomery and husband,Louis Allen, live in Greensboro whereElaine has had an interpreting businessfor over 10 years now. Susan CochranMoser is in her fourth year as publicservices librarian and is the interimLibrary Director at Tri-County TechnicalCollege in Anderson, SC. Fortheir 2nd anniversary, she and Craigenjoyed a trip to Cozumel. Britt BiggsMyers and Tem live in Rocky Mount,NC with Eliza Douglas (3), and infantBess Davidson. Britt enjoys whateverinterior design work she has time forand plays tennis and bridge occasionallywith Jenny Britt Denny ’92. BetsyBarber Pace received her M.Ed. inelementary ed. and is now workingtowards her National Boards Certification.She teaches 3rd grade languagearts in Knoxville, TN where she andhusband John live with their children,Charles (5), and Sara (3). MargaretPike practices law in Winston-Salemand enjoys co-directing and playing ina local soccer league. She is a memberof Salem’s Board of Visitors and amentor; Margaret recently gave thekeynote address at Salem’s LeadershipBanquet. She and husband DavidWerle enjoy gardening and look forwardto living in Manhattan next fallwhere David will complete his surgicalrotation. Jennifer Pratt and Frankmoved to Atlanta. Jennifer misses theocean but visits Myrtle Beach to flyher airplane. She is playing lots of tennisand has joined a team in Atlanta.Stephanie Peede Sorrells and Jamielove Littleton, CO where they can ski,snow-shoe, bike, hike, and enjoy timewith sons Walker (6), and Brayden (3).Stephanie started her own adventuretravel agency last year and loves it!Betsy Johnson Touma and Yano livein Louisville, KY with three childrenMaddie (5), Mason (2), and Parker(1). Shan Woolard enjoys her workas a career counselor at Wake ForestUniversity. She had fun at the reunionand is looking forward to the next one!Lastly, I, Lisa Findlay Merrill, had agreat time at our 10th reunion in May2004! Grant and I live in West Chester,PA where I stay home with Lucy(5), and Will (3). I’m happy to besinging again, on my church’s contemporaryworship team, playing tennis,gardening, or doing home-improvementprojects! Thanks for trusting meas your new class correspondent andplease feel free to keep in touch withClass of 1995Front row: Sarah Woody Smith, Amy White Rose, Mara Kelly Second row:Emily Estes, Shannon Sides Kvam, Deana Bass Third row: Meredith Snellings,Cindie Burnette Riedingerupdates throughout the year!1995Outgoing CorrespondentShannon Sides KvamIncoming CorrespondentSarah Woody Smith1030 Deepwood CourtWinston-Salem, NC 27104Sarahsmith1030@yahoo.comWe had a great 10th reunion thispast April and missed everyone whocould not be there. Our new classleaders are: Shannon Sides Kvam,president; Amy White Rose, reuniongiving chair; Sarah Woody Smith,correspondent. Anne Green is apsychiatric social worker in St. Louis,where she stayed since earning hermasters in social work at WashingtonUniversity. She is working to becomea licensed clinical social worker. AnnmarieCarter is also a social worker,living in Burlington, NC and workingat Alamance Regional MedicalCenter. Shannon Sides Kvam livesin Columbia, SC, where she is ateacher at Heathwood Hall EpiscopalSchool and also owns Cerce. Shemarried Brian Kvam in November2004. I was her matron of honor,Diane Conley and Jenny Stokes, both’96, were also in the wedding! BrittLawrence Melton and husband Andyhave just moved to Findlay, OH andenjoy small town life. Cindie BurnetteRiedinger lives in Charlotte, NC withhusband Eric and children Hailey(2) and Joseph (1). She is workingon a nursing degree and staying busyat home with her kids! Amy WhiteAlison Hughes Beard ’89 with mother Allison Long Hughes ’55Sisters Anne Redding Andrews ’93 and Katie Redding ‘0046 Salem College

Rose and husband Mike have been inRichmond, VA for a little more thanfour years. She is an account executivein the marketing department ofthe Martin Agency. Amy travels a lotto see her Salem friends! MeredithSnellings also lives in Richmondwhere she works for the JuniorLeague. Last December she marriedStephen Moegling. Jill Sallee Swillinglives in West Roxbury, MA, whereshe is a part time physical therapistwith Boston’s VA Medical Center. Jilland husband Nathan are busy raisingdaughter Sydney Julia (7 mos).She frequently visits with GretchenWilliams ’96. Jennifer CrowlMounce enjoys staying at home withdaughters, Jillian Colleen (6), LydiaClare (4), and Lillie Camille (3). Sheand husband Brian are happy to beback in North Carolina, living inElkin. Sarahann Williams Wicker livesin Summerfield, NC, with husbandJeff and son Jackson (2). Andy ClarkBrooks is a science teacher with theW-S/Forsyth County schools. Sheand Matthew have two children; EmilyGrace (3) and Hannah Elizabeth,(4 mos.) Leigh Camp also lives inWinston-Salem with husband JohnWilkinson. Emily Estes earned amaster’s in neonatal and pediatricnursing from Duke University andworks at Brenner Children’s Hospitalin Winston-Salem as the assistantunit manager of the Intensive andIntermediate Care Nurseries. LeslieHoward Smith and husband Edwelcomed son, Richard Dominic,December 2004, joining big brotherHenry (3). Leslie enjoys being inWinston-Salem and staying homewith the boys. Neili Cole Akridge livesin Virginia Beach with husband Davidand children Buddy (4) and Katie(1). Michael Morton has moved fromWinston-Salem to Glen Allen, VA.Brenda Hughes Tucolda works forBlue Cross Blue Shield of NC but hertrue passion is her oil painting. Whennot painting, she is practicing yogaand playing with her granddaughterKayla (2.) I live in Winston-Salemwith my husband Carter, and ourson Rhodes (14 mos.) I enjoy stayinghome with Rhodes, who keeps mevery busy! If you have any informationabout yourself or a classmate,please feel free to contact me. I wouldlove to hear from you!1996Elizabeth HaverkampApt. 129, 2500 Q StreetWashington, DC 20007elizabeth_haverkamp@hotmail.comTerri Elizabeth de los Santos(formerly Weathersbee-Kardash)finished her M.S. in sociology and isa candidate in the Ph.D. program.She will teach social psychology asan associate lecturer at the Universityof Wisconsin. On April 21, 2005she married Ernest de los Santos,Jr. Gretchen Brandies Covine andTony welcomed second son, DavidMatthew, (between hurricanes inTampa) on September 20th. They’veenjoyed sharing time with Alice Joplinand her husband Chuck since theymoved to the area. Gretchen is stayingat home with the boys and intermittentlyworking on freelance marketingprojects. Holly Barnes Hofbauer andhusband Steve enjoy watching EmmaCaffery (2) grow. In May, JenniferDailey Morrison, Carrie Mobley Seck,Deborah Coxe Hensley, Holly BarnesHofbauer, Amanda Carver Hiatt,Caroline McLean, Elizabeth EubankJohnson, Emery Boyd Bettis andBrooke Smith spent a girls’ weekendin Blowing Rock. Elizabeth EubankJohnson lives in Geneva, NY, withhusband TW and daughter Abigail(born April 2004). Jennifer DaileyMorrison and husband Aaron welcomedson, Blan Hamilton Morrison,May 2003. Jennifer left her sales jobwith Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to stayhome with Blan. Jennifer WintersRatcliff graduated last May fromMoravian Theological Seminary witha M.Div. She works part-time whilefinishing her master of pastoral careand counseling. She and husbandMichael live in Kernersville, NC. JenniferReeves Needham is a chemistfor RJR. Husband Darin is a firemanin Winston-Salem, and daughter Malloryis 8. Ellen Woytowich is activein her local sailing club and won theNovice Series last year. She teachesspecial education in fourth grade.Ellen and Stacey vacationed togetherlast summer – a tradition. Theytoured northern Florida and attendedCamp Jeep in the Blue Ridge Mountains.Stacey Sharpe is a social workerfor the school district and volunteersfor Big Brothers/Big Sisters. CarolineMcLean’s business is moving into anew office at ADAC West in Atlanta.She still lives in Buckhead and keepsup with Kristin Epting, and AlisonBruce, both ’94, Catherine Wolfe ’97and Lisa Malone ’95 in Atlanta. AnnaKatharine Mansfield conducts winearoma research as Enology ProjectLeader at the U of Minnesota. Shevisited Quincy Howell Bruckerhoffin Sarasota, FL. this spring to escapethe cold Minnesota winter. Quincyand husband Jeff bought a house inthe DC area last fall. A freelance stagemanager, she spends most of the yearon the road. Anna Parkes Barfield andhusband Todd moved to Oceanport,NJ. They enjoy their new house andGriffin (18 mos). Anna stays homewith Griffin, but mentors to teachersand tutors children after school.Mischa Gipson Sell is a memberservice specialist with Truliant FederalCredit Union. She is going back toschool for a B.S. in nursing and isbalancing work, school and family lifewith hubby, David and Trevor (6).Shawnda Adams Pacheco is workingon her masters degree at the Universidadde Salamanca in Spain. She andCarlos are proud parents of RobertMikhail, born September 2004.Courtney Misel Pearson and husbandmoved to Indianapolis for one yearwhile he completes a fellowship atthe Children’s Hospital. She runs herstationery business out of the home.In July, Anna Katharine Mansfieldstayed with her while she judged theIndy wine show. She caught up withLissa Holmes at this year’s AmericanCleft Palate-Craniofacial Associationmeeting in Myrtle Beach and JenniferClaus Burenga in Philadelphia.Kris Porazzi Sorrells loves teachingmath at Salem Academy. Breanna(4) is enthralled by brother MatthewTaylor, born November 2004. Kris isworking on her doctorate at UNCGin curriculum and instruction andvolunteers with her church, where herhusband is the minister of educationand youth. Peaches Van Every May,married in Key West in May 2003 enjoysevery minute of married life! Anevent planner for the Carolinas Chapterof the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation,she just finished a certification innon-profit management from DukeUniversity. Jennifer Young Conradand husband will live in Kansas forthe next year while he runs the 2006U.S. Senior Open golf tournament.She is a stay at home mom for Elizabeth(3) and Sam (2). Jennifer andCourtney Misel Pearson have beenvisiting each other. She was able tosee Becky Jones when they both livedin Denver. Katrina Cowley Elsea,finishing up the final few hours of herM.Div at Southwestern Seminary,continues to work in the seminary’sSchool of Music. Husband David justcompleted his first year as a children’sminister in their church. They visitedfriends in China last summer. PamButts moved to Atlanta after finishingher M.Div. at Duke Divinity Schoolin 2001, and is now the staff chaplainof oncology services at Emory UniversityHospital and the Winship CancerInstitute. An ordained minister, shehas served as assistant minister at herchurch. She visited Winston-Salemin March to celebrate her collegeroommate, Mischa Gipson Sell’s son’sbirthday. Dianne Conley bought ahouse in Winston-Salem and is abiopharmaceutical sales representativefor Amgen. Melissa Colburnmoved to Atlanta last February. Sheworks for ADP in Alpharetta, GA.Marisa Berdeja married ThompsonPatrick Rippey III (Tom) onNovember 24, 2004 on the beach inthe Bahamas. Daughter Marisol (5)now has a stepbrother Dominic (8).Marisa teaches 8th grade Spanish atColumbus School for Girls. Marisa istraining for the Columbus Marathon,and Tom is training for the Wendy’sTriatholon in Columbus. Susie BrockVanlandingham gave birth to EmilyMarie on March 25, 2005, bringingMadeline a younger sister. Susie is onmaternity leave from teaching musicclasses at Gymboree, and Josh is goingto school at night for his ExecutiveMBA. Melissa Moss Mason andhusband Kelsey had a little girl,Lillian Grace (Lilly), on October 6.Yvonne Marsan works in the Biologydepartment at UNCG takes postgraduatecourses. She helped AliceJoplin move out of her Greensborohome over the past year and visitedGretchen Brandies Covine severaltimes. She attended Natalie Plank’swedding April 30, 2005 along withAlice and Kate Flowers ’98. JennyStokes is moving to Greensboro nearher job with Action Greensboro. Sheworks with Turner South network inAtlanta to promote Greensboro andthe abundance of college students inthe area. Alice Joplin and husbandCharles Ellis recently purchased theirfirst home together in historical St.Petersburg, FL. She works for CardinalHealth in the Quality Assurancedepartment, and Charles is with theDepartment of Veteran Affairs. Sincemoving to Florida, she has visitedGretchen Brandies Covine frequently.Gretchen Williams graduated fromGordon-Conwell TheologicalSeminary with a MA in Counseling.She finished an internship in mentalhealth counseling and has been in theBoston area for the past few years. Shecontinues to teach piano and remainsinvolved with music ministry in Cambridge,MA. Susan Deans Irving livesin Wilmington with husband Brian.They have twins, Ella Grace and LoganElizabeth (1), and Susan is a stayat home mom. Jule Rainey Wagoner’shusband Chuck died unexpectedlyon February 2, 2005. NumerousSalem sisters attended the memorial.We extend our sympathy to Jule andher daughter Riley. I am finishingup my MBA at George WashingtonUniversity and am starting the alwaysfun job search. Please keep Salem andme updated on your whereabouts. Ican’t wait to see everyone for our 10thSummer Magazine47

year anniversary next year!1997Melissa McGuire Bridgman719 Dickinson StreetMemphis, TN 28107bridgmanpottery@yahoo.comMalissa McKay Arnold lives inPrinceton, NJ with husband Derickand Gibson (3). She is active withPrinceton League of Women Votersand leadership roles in her church.Barbara Berry works for RJR in Winston-Salem.Her son recently graduatedfrom flight school and is a flightinstructor. She and her husband enjoytheir grandsons’ Little League baseballgames. Tonya Cash is sales & marketingcoordinator for Waterford Homesin Atlanta. Becca Dick is a paralegalfor the Red Cross in Washington, DC.Jeanne Downs lives in Atlanta, whereshe is a sales associate with Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals. CatherineWolfe works for Aventis, as a medicalscience liaison. Hope Turpin Eversonlives in Charlotte with Jon and Brooke(4) and Cole (2). She begins her master’sin sociology at UNC Charlottethis fall. Michelle Smith Flanagan is anurse with the high-risk antepartumunit at Palmetto Health Richland. Sheand Joe recently bought a new homein Lexington, SC. Son Andrew isthree. Sharee Fowler lives in Winston-Salem with husband John Wilson.She is coordinator for the DomesticViolence Community Council withFamily Services. Beth Mabe Gianopulosis now general counsel and chiefplanning officer for Salem Academy &College. She and Mike live in Kernersvillewith Jacob (18 mos). AmandaBurkette Grimstead returned toWinston-Salem this year with husbandJamie and Emma (18 mos). She worksfor RBC Centura. Avery HarrelsonJones and Bobby recently movedback to North Carolina and boughta home in Asheville. Molly Harbinwas promoted to senior revitalizationplanner for Arlington County, VA.She sold her condo in Arlington andbought a row house in Washington,DC. Hester Meachum Lawver beginsher Master’s of Education at GeorgeMason University this summer. Sheand husband Patrick vacationed in Irelandthis summer. Aleeta Loftin Lemmand Jahir now have three sons, withNoah, born Nov. 12, 2004. She stayshome with the boys in Advance, NC.Paul and Erin Britton Macchia live inJonesboro, AR, where she is pursuinga Ph.D. in biology at Arkansas StateUniversity. Kathryn Metcalfe teaches8th grade history and is pursuing amaster’s in public relations at USFTampa. She is an active board memberwith the Florida Cattlewomen Association,promoting Florida beefand agriculture in education. LeighAnn Miller is a Ph.D. candidate ininternational health and developmentat Tulane University in New Orleans.She received an MSW from UGAand worked for the CDC in Hanoi,Vietnam. Roberta Moberg was promotedto sales coordinator for Northand South Carolina with Polo RalphLauren and will move to Charlotte.Alicia Morgan married Shawn Smithon April 23, 2005, in Conover, NC.They live in Washington, DC, whereshe is production manager at theHenry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Brandy Nelson is assistant principal atBroughton High School in Raleigh,NC. Betsy Wimer Rhodes, husbandBruce and Isabel (18 mos) movedfrom Charleston, SC to Lynchburg,VA. Holly Robinson married husbandRodney on September 11, 2004. Theylive in Hendersonville, NC where sheis sales and marketing manager forGlade Homes. Corey Ash Ross lives inColumbus, OH, with husband Matt.She is assistant to the associate deanin the College of Humanities at OhioState University. Kacee Scroggins andMike live in Denver. She works foreCollege and vacationed in Paris thisspring. Kim Stoddard married ScottWolfe on March 19 in Atlanta, GA,then honeymooned in Costa Rica.Kim is development director for theMuseum of Design Atlanta. AllisonGregory Stone received her MSWand is assistant director of a community-basedmental health programin Birmingham. Husband Jeff is apediatrician. Mandi Hall Walker earnedcertification through the NationalBoard for Professional Teaching Standards.Hilary Bogard Williams is humanresources director for The StrataGroup and is beginning a Sri-Lankanfair trade venture with SamanthiGunawardena ’96. Hilary, Lonny,and daughter Arwen Rhys (3), live inKingston, GA. Gary and I are busyrenovating our old home in midtownMemphis, chasing Nash (18 mos), andgetting Bridgman Pottery rolling afterthe 2004 baby break. I teach children’sart and joined a co-op gallery.1998Erika Nelson Francis112 Cannon CircleWinchester, VA 22602-6918erikafrancis@hotmail.comChristine Adams lives in Greensboro,NC and does in-home preservationtherapy. Maggie Crowell teaches 6thgrade in Charlotte, NC and workspart time at the Kate Spade store. AnnCarter Duncan is the associate directorof admission at Agnes Scott College inAtlanta, GA. Lynn Cundiff Dwiggins isas a senior interior designer for BB&Tin Winston-Salem, NC. Rebecca “DeeDee” Edmondson has been acceptedinto law school at Suffolk University inBoston, MA. She continues to work onBeacon Hill as a legislative aide. ErikaNelson Francis and husband Markwelcomed second son Pierce Douglason Nov. 22, 2004. Big brother Tyson isthree. Kelly Frost is a massage therapistin Winston-Salem. Beth Gantz is thedirector of recruitment and marketingfor the Ursuline College AcceleratedProgram and owns her ownbead company, Fiesta Beads. KathyGarrett-Cox and husband Jonathanand live in Richmond, VA. She is thehistorical programs assistant for theMaymont Foundation as a group tourcoordinator. Anne Dunn Hitchins livesin Richmond, VA with husband Todd.She recently started her own businessdesigning custom wedding invitations,birth announcements and personalstationary. Dana Hunter is a fashiondesigner and resides in Atlanta. Herfirst fashion show was in Atlanta inMay 2005. Cornelia “Neely” Lambertis a doctoral fellow and graduate assistantin the Department of History ofScience at the University of Oklahomain Norman, OK. Brooke Hensley Leggwelcomed her second child, Mattie onFeb. 2, 2005 and lives in Yadkinville,NC. Molly Lewis, a new homeownerin Winston-Salem, is a senior accountmanager at Wachovia. Katharine HumphreyMartin completed her secondyear of divinity school at Wake ForestUniversity and was accepted to theClinical Pastoral Education Programat Baptist Medical Center for summer2005. Shannon McKenna Micklus livesin Machias, ME with husband Danand children Torin (4) and Rita (2).She works with low-income studentsin 7th-12th grades preparing themfor post-secondary education. DeenaPatel welcomed son Jaiden Hitesh,on October 25, 2004. Sarah CecilRhodes husband Jason, and childrenEric and Will like in TwentyninePalms, CA where Jason is a Marine.Allison Lemmons Tobey and husbandNed welcomed second child, CamilleBoyd on Dec. 4, 2004. They reside inPotomac Falls, VA. Christy Toy recentlyrelocated to St. Louis, MO and isa planner/negotiator for AdamsonAdvertising. Cheryl Tuttle was recentlyaccepted into the Western CarolinaUniversity dietetic internship program.Megan Valentine lives on the coastof Maine as a freelance filmmaker.Thunder Road, a short film, for whichshe was the cinematographer, won BestShort Film in the New HampshireFilm Festival in 2004. LaVerne Walkerresides in Clemmons, NC and teachesin Winston-Salem. She received herMAT from Salem College in 2004 andis now currently enrolled in the MSAprogram at ASU. Daughter, Darcel isalso a Salem alumna, A’04. Nada BowenWerner lives in Winston-Salem withhusband Andrew and son Will. She isthe exceptional children’s case managerat Mineral Springs Middle School.Christal West lives in Washington, DCand works at the White House in theOffice of the Chief of Staff.1999Katherine FerrellApt. A, 714 Avalon RoadWinston-Salem, NC 27104Desire Edwards Carter and husbandKevin live in Greensboro, NC whereDesire is an attorney. Rebekah BokrosHatch and husband Anthony live inBaltimore, MD. Rebekah is an Episcopalpriest and associate Chaplain at St.Paul’s School in Brooklandville, MD.Shakerra Jones lives in Winston-Salem,NC. Sarah Macgregor Williamsand husband Kevin live in Leesburg,GA and Sarah is a 3rd grade teacherin Sylvester, GA. Aimee Martin is anoperations analyst for Wachovia Corporationin Charlotte, NC. ShannonLawing McGinnis and husband Brianlive in Belmont, NC. Shannon worksfor CMG, The Hearst Corporation inCharlotte, NC as a category managementanalyst. Clare Seagraves livesand works in Austin, TX as assistantdirector of Admissions for Universityof Texas at Austin. Teleia Tollison Whiteand husband Adam live in Rock Hill,SC where Teleia is assistant director ofannual giving at Winthrop University.2000Outgoing CorrespondentGina DeMasiIncoming CorrespondentsKarla Gort211 East Voorhis AvenueDeland, FL 32724kfgort@hotmail.comNicole Potts Kirk9260 Potomac LoopFort Belvoir, VA 22060nlkirk@hotmail.comThe results of our elections at our classmeeting during reunion weekend areas follows. President, Jennifer ButlerBrow; Class Correspondents, KarlaGort and Nicole Potts Kirk; Thankyou to everyone who made this sucha great reunion. We missed everyonewho could not come. Thanks to GinaDeMasi, our class correspondent,for writing our class notes for thelast five years. Jennifer Butler Browand husband Mark live in Kettering,48 Salem College

OH where she is a CAD drafter for astructural engineering group. Karen S.Kates finishes nursing school in July2005 and plans to work at ForsythMemorial Hospital. Courtney Boothgraduated May 7th with her J.D. fromNorth Carolina Central UniversitySchool of Law. Kena Stone Bowmanand husband Robert live in Advance,NC where she is a security analystfor BB&T. Tina Brooks, stationedoverseas, regretted missing our reunion.She is a captain in the militarypolice of the U.S. Army. Tracy TuckerBullock and husband Chris live inRaleigh where Tracy is general counselfor a real estate company. KatherineLeonard Campbell and husbandDavid live in Winston-Salem whereshe is a teacher. Their first daughter,Anna Jane, was born on May 1,2004. Drusilla Carter will graduatein December with a MSIS and anMA in public history. She will spendthis summer interning in Bath, ME.Carrie Pritchard Dickey married LukeAaron Dickey on May 15, 2004. Thisspring she held her first solo art showat Tessera Gallery in Winston-Salem.Carrie is an art teacher at PresbyterianPlayschool in Winston-Salem.Jennifer Twineham Dunn lives withhusband Jay in Snellville, GA. She isa medical technologist for Children’sHealthcare of Atlanta. ChristianEnochs lives in Richmond, VA whereshe is a designer for The PlanningPartnership. Karla Gort enjoys livingnear the beach in DeLand, FL whereshe is an associate director of alumnirelations at Stetson University. StacyGriffin recently graduated from WakeForest University’s PA program and isa physicians assistant at Salem ChestSpecialists in Winston-Salem. GingerHendricks enjoys her job at ElonUniversity. She just returned from amonth in Ireland with 30 Elon students!Katie Holland lives in Winston-Salem and is the executive directorof the Amani Children’s Foundation,which raises money for children withHIV and AIDS in Africa. CatherineSmart Keech lives in Washington, NCwith husband Tony. She currently isworking to complete her Clinical SocialWork License. Nicole Potts Kirk,husband Jon and daughter AubreyLynn relocated in December to FortBelvoir, VA where Nicole is pursuingher clinical social work license. EllenKitchen enjoys living in NYC, whereshe has been since graduation. Hermarketing job gives her time to hangout with fellow alums Michelle McKoyand Lena Boyeva. Jennifer Martinworks at a law firm in Winston-Salem,NC. Tameka Rosa Nathan regrettedmissing the reunion, but she, husbandWelensky and son Marcus were inthe process of moving fromColorado to Arizona. MariaParker lives in Clemmons,NC and works in marketingat Sara Lee Intimate Apparel.Jennifer Higgins Poindexterand husband Brad live inRichmond. She enjoyedorganizing the class dinnerfor the five year reunion. Sheworks in marketing for CircuitCity Stores Inc. KatherineRedding received herMFA in graphic design fromSavannah College of Artand Design. She is a graphicdesigner in Savannah. BeveRemington is happy, healthyand busy in Fredericksburg, VA whereshe is a real estate broker. JenniferGardner Shepherd and husbandJoseph welcomed son Joseph A.Shepherd V, born October 31, 2004.She enjoys being a full time momin Washington state. Monica WoodSparzak lives in Southfield, MI, andis a first year doctoral student in theSchool of Music at the University ofMichigan. Allison Toney, working onher PhD in Educational Mathematicsat University of Northern Colorado,looks forward to having two paperspublished in the next year. LindsayMayfield Wells and husband Cameronwere married last May at HomeMoravian Church in Winston-Salem.Fellow classmates Suzanne Fleming,Ellen Kitchen, Christian Enochs, KarlaGort and Courtney Booth were allbridesmaids. Blair Strickland Bergevin’99 read scripture. Jenny Cook Scottand husband Russell were marriedin October 2004, soon after openingTessera Art Gallery in downtown Winston-Salem.They encourage everyoneto stop by. Melissa Marion marriedBob Ives on May 14 in Mt. Airy, NC.Stephanie Dutton and Gina DeMasiwere bridesmaids. Melissa is a productionmanager at Carr-Hughes Productionsin NY. Heather E. Wall returnedfrom being a Peace Corps volunteerin Zambia in November 2004. Shecurrently lives near Charlotte andjust started Enterprise’s managementtraining program. Meredith Woodenjoys her job at the U.S. Departmentof Commerce in Washington,DC. In August 2004, she attended thewedding of Melanie Swain. Meredithearned her SCUBA certification andlooks forward to traveling more withher new hobby.2001Kim Byerly2824 Bromley Park DriveWinston-Salem, NC 27103k_byerly@bellsouth.netClass of 2000Front row: Jennifer Martin, Jennifer Twinham, Melanie Swain Nance,Karla Gort, Tracy Tucker Bullock, Jennifer Higgins Poindexter, NicolePotts Kirk, Lindsay Mayfield Wells, Heather E. Wall Second row: EllenKitchen, Catherine Smart Keech, Michelle McKoy, Suzanne Fleming,Meredith Wood, Christian Enochs, Stacy Griffin, Kathleen Dziak-Mc-Bride, Jenny Cook Scott Third row: Katie Holland, Carly Phillips, KatieRedding, Jennifer Butler Brow, Allison Toney, Monica Wood Sparzak,Courtney Booth, Maria Parker, Ginger HendricksIt has been a busy year for the classof 2001 and we look forward to ourfive-year reunion next spring. MimiAledo is pursuing a masters in publicpolicy at the JFK School of Governmentat Harvard University. Shereceived a Jack Kent Cooke Foundationscholarship. Kris Amidon is nowthe director of annual giving for SalemAcademy and College. Emily Barrettlives in New York City and worksas an account executive for Tahari.Gwen Blanton lives in Charleston, SC,and works in a lab at the Institute ofPsychiatry in the Center for Drug andAlcohol Programs. Lindsay Brandon isa broker associate at Coldwell BankerTriad Realtors in Winston-Salem.This year she earned the designationsof Certified New Home Specialist,Accredited Buyer’s Representative, andreceived an award from the SterlingSociety. Sally Brock Sprecco gavebirth to Gracie Marie, January 2005.Kim Byerly is the director of publicityat John F. Blair, Publisher in Winston-Salem. Dana Calder lives in Durhamand is the assistant retail manager atLensCrafters. She recently returnedfrom an optical mission with Give theGift of Sight in Paraguay. Dee DeeCarter works at Salem as an admissionsofficer. Brandy Chappell Palmer andhusband Charlie welcomed daughterMary Samuel Margaret, September2004. Brandy is a stay-at-home momand private English/writing tutor. JenniferClay Mickey teaches elementaryschool in Winston-Salem. Katie DailLong and husband Will moved to ahouse in south Charlotte in December2004. They are training for marathonsin Virginia Beach and KiawahIsland. Michlene Daoud is an accountexecutive for a clothing line calledDavid Meister. She is responsible fornationwide sales to department storesand boutiques both nationally andinternationally. Amanda Davee is inher final year of divinity school inRichmond, VA, and working towardsordination in the Presbyterian Church.Cozette Dorado Vasquez lives inHouston, TX, with husband Raul andchildren, Amaya and Joseph. HeatherDouglas Morton welcomed daughterMallory Claire, September 2004. TheMorton family returned to Winston-Salem where Heather was promoted toa loan administration officer at BB&T.Monique Farrell is an admissions officerat Salem. Jessica Faulkenberry waspromoted to assistant vice presidentof the WV central region at BB&T.She joined the Professional Women’sLeague of Charleston and worked onthe 2004 presidential campaign inWest Virginia. Jennifer Fedor boughther first home in Beaverton, OR,where she is over the entire Men’sUnited States visual presentation forNike. She is training for a marathonand volunteers to teach P.E. throughNike. Mary Gordon Jenkinsonwelcomed twins Beau and MaryBanks, October 2004. The Jenkinsonfamily lives in Walterboro, SC. AndreaHartley lives in Atlanta, GA and worksat Rabaut Design Associates. JenniJenkins graduated in August 2004Magazine 20 0549

from the UNC at Chapel Hill Schoolof Nursing with a Bachelor of Sciencein Nursing. She works at UNCHospitals in the orthopedics andtrauma department. Sarah Jones livesin Kinston and is working on a degreein social work from East CarolinaUniversity. Lynn Justice McIntoshlives in Yadkinville with husband Johnand son, Logan. She is a medical unitsecretary at Forsyth Medical Center.Kristy Keck Cannell teaches chemistryand sponsors student council atDominion High School in Sterling,VA. She and her husband Pete splittheir time between their home inAshburn, VA and their lake home nearWinchester, VA. Kennette Lawrencelives in Mount Airy, NC and teachesEnglish at Surry Community College.Harriet McCarthy received a congressionalaward for “Angels in Adoption.”Elena Perrineau Gold and husbandMarcus live in Wilmington, NC.Elena is working on a graduate degreein biology at the UNC at Wilmington.Elizabeth Richie married Jim Bowerson December 14, 2002. She works atCarolina Day School in Asheville as ateacher’s assistant. She and Jim residein Marion, NC. Hilary Robertson livesin Winston-Salem and teaches fourthgrade at Jefferson Elementary. JenniferSchleider Edney and husband Woodylive in Pleasant View, TN. Jennifer isin her last semester of perfusion schoolat Vanderbilt University. CandiceSotriffer is a residential counselor forOld Vineyard Youth Services. She ispursuing a masters degree at GardnerWebb University. Heather SouthMarks was married in Asheville, NC,on March 5th, 2005. Katie Dail Longserved as matron of honor. Alexa Starrmarried Brian Bures on June 26, 2004.Kim Byerly, Gwen Blanton, RoweCarenen ’02, and Jennie Sosnowski’99, were bridesmaids. Alexa andBrian live in Chicago where she is astudent at the Univ. of Illinois pursuinga Ph.D. in economics. KatherineVarner Shoaf and husband welcomedson James Holland, on July 9, 2004.LaDonna Williams is in her secondyear of law school at North CarolinaCentral University. She competed inthe Mike Easley Opening Statementcompetition and was a top sevenfinalist. She is also a member of theLaw Journal and is on the board ofeditors for the Law Journal, and a classrepresentative for student government.Tasha Wilson Lanier lives in Lexington,NC, with husband Casey andchildren, Alex, Payton, and Anna. Sheis a data coordinator at Wake ForestSchool of Medicine. Amy Woodalllives in Kernersville, NC and worksat Salem as mailroom/supply centermanager. Michelle Yates Becker andhusband Chrisrecently bought anew house in Cornelius,NC. Michelleteaches severelydisabled children inMooresville, NC. Asmany of you know,our class suffered aloss this year. JaimieHorn passed awayon September 17,2004. Our prayersand condolences goout to her family. Shewill be missed butnot forgotten.2002Mindy Daniel1830 South First StreetSalisbury, NC 28144mjdaniel@gmail.comErika Barnette is a production coordinatorfor American Movie Classicsin New York. Hunter Brady livesand works in Winston-Salem, NCas an operational investment analystwith Wachovia Bank. Alias Burketspends her summers working at theSuzuki Institute in Virginia and livesin Brooklyn, NY. Rowe Carenen livesin Hattiesburg, MS and works as anEnglish instructor at University ofSouthern Mississippi, a legal assistantfor Holmes and PLLC, and as afreelance editor. Holly Douglas Charlesis a graphic designer. She and husbandJoseph live in Mohnton, PA. MimsCreed lives in Elgin, SC works as developmentassistant for South CarolinaCancer Center of Palmetto HealthFoundation doing their fundraisingand event planning. Laura Dangerfieldlives in Winston-Salem and is a flutistfor Western Piedmont Symphonyand Salisbury Symphony and in herspare time is a sales rep for ElegantEnsembles. Jennie Lewis lives andworks in New York as an actor. KimberlyMelissa Moore lives and worksin Raleigh, NC as a receptionist andmedia assistant for advertising agencyHoward, Merrell & Partners. LeslieNewton lives in Saint Petersburg, FLand works as a marketing assistant forPolaris Consulting Group while shecontinues to be a student. ElizabethRogers lives in Asheville, NC. AmandaEvans Sandor and husband Marklive in Fayetteville, AR where Amandaworks as accounts receivable managerfor Athletic World Advertising.2003Rachel Rodrigues2628 Bromley Park DriveWinston-Salem, NC 27103Class of 2004Front row: Conschetta Wright, Victoria Smith, Nicole Smith, Liz Smith,Meenal Khajuria, Jessica Cecil, Allison Crooks, Meighan MahaffeySecond row: Beth Young, Andrea Falden, Katherine Biggers, DanielleBowers, Elissa Gall, Kate Pinkerton-Long, Sara Al-Jazra, Jennifer Cassels,Ashley Watts Third row: Alison Graham, Anna Walker Barry, ElizabethBlackwell, Holly Palmer, Casey Kiser, Lesley Simmons, Sara Butner,Melissa Esposito, Michelle SammonsAlicia Colombo lives and works inAsheville, NC as residential counselorhandling direct care and humanservices for Eliada Homes, Inc.Laura Herrin married Ralph Craig inDecember 2004 and moved the familyto a 36-acre farm in Montana. Laura isVice President/CFO of ProTrax InvestigativeServices, Inc. Morgan GentryLasater does print and web productionat Elon Univeristy. She andhusband Walt live in Burlington, NC.Emily Leonard is an independent salesrep for Crown Sport Sales and lives inMooresville, NC. Joy Truluck recentlyaccepted a new position with AladdinTravel in Winston-Salem where sheand daughter Lili live. Kristen CaricoVarner, husband Kevin, and daughterKayla live in Archdale, NC. Kristenis a sales associate with Allred &Company Realtors. Laila Muhammadis in graduate school at NorthwesternUniversity in Illinois. Catherine Parkercompleted the masters in art historyprogram of Sotheby’s Institute inLondon October 2004 and now worksthere in a new gallery, Riflemaker Ltd.2004Jessica CecilApt. 1, 1409 Pilot View StreetWinston-Salem, NC 27101SalemCollege04@hotmail.comSara Al-Jazra will leave for Moroccoto serve in the Peace Corps in September.She currently lives in Winston-Salem. Danielle Bowers is the salesand event coordinator for Holiday Innof Manahawkin, NJ. Rebekah Brayserves as the volunteer coordinator forthe Maymont Foundation in Richmond.Katie Burge is currently livingin Winston-Salem. Sara Butner is theassistant director of public relationsfor Salem Academy & College. JenniferCassels is the sales & executivemanagement coordinator for SmithPhillips, and lives in Winston-Salem.Jessica Cecil lives in Winston-Salemand is an admissions counselor for SalemCollege. Katie Laverdure happilyreports that she married Barry Chance,and they reside in Mechanicsville, VA,where she teaches advanced Englishto sophomores and juniors. PriscillaChristensen is a field producer forWXII 12 News in Winston-Salem.Allison Crooks is a sales associate atAnn Taylor in Winston-Salem. StevieDavis is a graduate student at SalemCollege. Becka Detraz resides inWinston-Salem and attends UNCGas a graduate student. Robin DeVaneis a business office assistant for SalemCollege; she resides in Lewisville.Katie Dickson lives in Winston-Salem.Kristen Clark Dougherty is a highschool English and psychology teacherin Winston-Salem. After graduation,Melissa Esposito worked in southFlorida for EMILY’s List on the Senateand Presidential Elections. After theelections, she worked for Clean WaterAction’s Tampa office as a politicalorganizer. She and roommate MeighMahaffey live in Alexandria, VA.Andrea Falden is a graduate student atthe University of Virginia; she residesin Charlottesville, VA. Nicole Fischeris graduating from the University of50 Salem College

Virginia and will serve in the PeaceCorps in Togo, Africa. Elissa Gallis a sales associate at Home Depotin Winston-Salem. Jamie Getty isworking for the House RepublicanCampaign Committee in Camp Hill,PA. Amy Gregory is a tax analyst forR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company inWinston-Salem, where she resides.Mariana Guimares resides in Morganton,NC. We send our condolencesregarding the death of her father,Paulo Guimares last summer. KiraHasbargen is in the masters of publicpolicy graduate program at GeorgeWashington Univeristy. She residesin Silver Spring, MD. Susan Jacobsmarried Michael Lawrence on October30, 2004 at St. Paul’s EpiscopalChurch in Winston-Salem. Sara Al-Jazra, Jessica Cecil, Tsungi Hungwe,Lola Soummoni, Joy Truluck, BrandiJones, Samantha Culler and KlarissaJoemath all attended. Susan is the directorof research and special projectsfor the Downtown Winston-SalemPartnership, Inc. She and Mike residein High Point, NC. Meenal Khajuriais a graduate student at the GeorgeWashington University School ofPolitical Management; she is also thecoordinator of Founding Fathers, theWinston-Salem domestic violence preventionprogram. Casey Kiser works asa manager at Village Motorcycles; sheresides in Clemmons, NC. Casey isalso pursing a masters in business administrationdegree from High PointUniversity. Maria Lendacky currentlyresides in Aston, PA. She will be pursuingher masters of arts in teaching atthe Maryland Institute College of Artin Baltimore, MD in the fall. CarolynLukason is the gallery director forLeft of the Bank, Fine Art Gallery andFrame Store in Old Greenwich, CT,where she resides. Jessica Magelanerlives in Charlotte where she serves as alibrarian at Freedom Regional MedicalCenter. Meigh Mahaffey currentlyresides in Alexandria, VA. Perry Mauzyis pursuing post-graduate studies inthe History of Art at the University ofEdinburgh, Scotland. Rebecca Midkiffis a research intern at Cassity & Associatesin Washington, DC. She residesin Arlington, VA. Holly Palmer is a 4thgrade teacher at Lewisville ElementarySchool; she lives in Winston-Salem,NC. Jenni Penberthy married KevinThomas Buckley on July 17, 2004.Elissa Gall, Amber Barrett and AlisonGraham served her as bridesmaids;Amanda Sealy and Jennifer Dowdyattended. They live in Wilmington,DE, where Jenni is a paralegal studentat Widener University School of Law.Noni Person currently lives in SilverSpring, MD. Kate Pinkerton-Long isa learning consultant at MuskingumCollege in New Concord, OH. Sheis also a volunteer EMT-B. HannahRimmer is an intellectual propertyspecialist in Alexandria, VA for Oblon,Spivak, McClelland, Maier, & NeustadtP.C. Michelle Sammons lives inWinston-Salem. Heidi Schneble isthe assistant for institutional researchat the Stanford Washington ResearchGroup. She previously worked in theU.S. Senate for John Edwards andlives in Alexandria, VA. Amanda JoSealey married James Adam Hamiltonin 2004. They live in Winston-Salemwhere Amanda is the associate directorof finance and administration forthe Northwest NC Chapter of theAmerican Red Cross. Lesley Simmonsis a student in the Graduate SchoolJoint Masters of Social Work Programat UNC-G; she lives in Winston-Salem.Liz Smith resides in Winston-Salem, where she is a family supportspecialist & interpreter for The SpecialChildren’s School. Victoria Smith is avolunteer for Communities in Schoolsthrough AmeriCorps Vista. She livesin Reidsville, NC. Angela VenableSorrell lives in Winston-Salem. DawnAlbert Spainhour lives in Kernersville,NC, and works as a corporate accountmanager for Wachovia Bank. ColleenHogan Todd lives in Winston-Salem.Emily Ustach is entering her secondyear at the Rhode Island School of Designin Providence, RI. She also worksas an Americorps VISTA volunteer tohelp establish a concentration of artand design in the public sector. AnnaWalker married Jennings Berry, Jr. in2004. They reside in South Hamilton,MA, where Anna serves as an ophthalamictechnician for the OphthalamicConsultants of Boston, Inc. AshleyWatts is in real estate school throughColdwell Bank in Winston-Salem.Shannon Whitt lives in Lexington,NC, where she works as the operations& project assistant for Nelson, Mullins,Riley & Scarborough. ConschettaWright is a laboratory assistant forLabCorp in Birmingham, AL. She willattend Palmer College of Chiropracticin Davenport, IA beginning July2005. She is also becoming a certifiedsoccer referee. Beth Young works as afood service and catering assistant forAramark in Winston-Salem and livesin Kernersville, NC.Celebrations andIn Memory1923Alva Goswick RaifordDied April 4, 20051924Vidette Savage BassDied October 28, 20041925Jean Abell IsraelDied January 24, 2005Thelma Hedgpeth MortonDied February 23, 20051926Louise Jenkins StengelDied January 19, 20051927Marion Neely MillerDied August 14, 20041928Margaret SchwarzeDied April 6, 20051929Edith Harris PearceDied September 20, 2004Virginia Blakeney VincentDied October 18, 20041930Louise Bateman McQueenDied April 27, 20051932Katherine McCallie BrubeckDied August 13, 2004Margaret Blackburn WaltonDied July 23, 20041934George William DickiesonDied May 23, 20041935Mary Penn ThaxtonDied March 18, 20041936Estelle Dixon GillilandDied May 11, 2005Ruth KuykendallDied March 14, 2005Helen Sink MoserDied March 14, 20051938Martha Coons MitchellDied August 15, 20041939Frances Byers Watlington WilsonDied October 20, 20041940Helen Cox AtterberryDied January 26, 2005Helen Lineback ChardwickDied January 23, 20051941Ruth Hauser BinkleyDied March 20, 2005Nell Kerns WaggonerDied February 14, 20051942Sara Hester AikenDied April 5, 2005Anna Shankle McGeeDied August 31, 2004Margaret Shipp RayDied November 12, 2004Elsie Newman StampfliDied April 17, 2005Antionette Barrow SwanDied June 12, 20051943Marjorie Wilson GardnerDied March 27, 20051944Jacquelyn West KerrDied November 15, 20041945Carrie Day DavisDied September 12, 2004Marilyn Strelow SilverMarried Dr. John GroelMarch 2003Jane McNeely WheelerDied November 28, 20041946Vidette Savage BassDied October 28, 2004Vawter Steele PaullDied December 1, 20041947Betty Jane Bagby BaldeDied February 17, 2005Betsy John Forrest DunwoodyDied November 1, 20041948Beverly Hancock FreemanDied October 27, 2004Betty Jean Holleman KelseyDied May 9, 2005Jane Morris SaunierDied August 6, 2004Margaret Newman StroupeDied December 28, 20041951Effie ChonisDied November 3, 20041952Lahoma Poindexter GrayDied February 2, 20051955Barbara Lakey HardageDied October 7, 2004Barbara Smith HussDied April 19, 2005Virginia Hamrick MillicanDied April 11, 2005Jean Hamrick WeirDied February 12, 2005Magazine 20 0551

1957Nell Newby StallingsDied February 10, 20051958Judith Golden UpchurchDied April 19, 20051962Vicki Van Liere HelmsDied August 26, 20041963Louisa FreemanDied December 13, 20041970Cyndee GrantMarried Doug MartinFall 20041971Dencie ReynoldsMarried Jef LambdinFebruary 20041974Martha “Mopsy” NesmithDied December 4, 20041980Paula Young ChambleeMarried Mack RoebuckDecember 31, 20041981Susanne Hux LongDied October 5, 20041982Kathy GloverMarried Rob RobisonDecember 20041984Paula BlanchardMarried Larry PressnellAugust 20041986Charlotte Daves BensonA son, Thomas GarlandBorn December 14, 20041987Ann Winfree NugentA daughter, Emily PeytonBorn September 27, 20041988Caroline Hines BattenA son Raike CurtisBorn June 23, 20041989Copeland BakerMarried Britt BoydJuly 2004Mary Poole ReeseA son, PatrickBorn November 20041990Carol Romig BrechtA daughter, Cameron ElizabethBorn May 5, 2004Stratford Newitt KigerA daughter, Carson BlakeBorn January 14, 2005Amy Cass MillikanA son, William Andrews, Jr.Born October 4, 2004Cristi PhillipsMarried Michael DriverAugust 2004Wendy Weiler TomlinsonA daughter, LucyBorn January 6, 2005Stephanie Hines WarrenA son, ChristianBorn July 12, 20041991Tolly CallawayMarried Thomas BeckettJune 2004Wendy Nace CastroA daughter, Elaine GardnerBorn May 2004Jenni Haskins ShrewsburhA son, Jason ChristopherBorn September 20041992Laura Beth Henry CaseyA son, John Needam “Jack”Born September 23, 2004Betsy Mebane FarmerA son, Lee Benton, III “Ben”Born November 26, 2004Mary McMahan FrailA daughter, Regan ElizabethBorn February 9, 2005Tara Newton JennetteA daughter, Mallory ElizabethBorn April 15, 2004Valerie Wickersham MarklandA son, AlexanderBorn October 2004Susan Combs SeguiA daughter, Olivia McIntyreBorn March 30, 2005Amy Rauch ShoreyA daughter, Regan ElizabethBorn July 23, 20041993Erin Garden BaldecchiA son, AlexBorn in August 2004Heather Carlin BeardA daughter, AutumnBorn in 2004Anita Brinkley KeenanA son, Preston MichaelBorn November 9, 2004Lara MooreMarried Joe HoweApril 2005Kate Hargett WilliamsA son, Hugh EdwardBorn November 7, 20041994Allison Spears BoyleA daughter, Mary MichaelBorn January 20051995Britt Lawrence MeltonA son, Charles “Charlie” McReynoldsApril 26, 2005Shannon SidesMarried Brian KvamNovember 2004Leslie Howard SmithA son, Richard DominicBorn December 2004Meredith SnellingsMarried Stephen MoeglingDecember 20041996Marisa BerdejaMarried Thompson “Tom” PatrickRippey IIINovember 24,2004Gretchen Brandies CovineA son, David MatthewBorn September 20, 2004Elizabeth Eubank JohnsonA daughter, AbigailBorn April 2004Shawnda Adams PachecoA son, Robert MikhailBorn September 2004Kris Porazzi SorrellsA son, Matthew TaylorBorn November 2004Susie Brock VanlandinghamA daughter, Emily MarieBorn March 25, 2005Terri Elizabeth WeathersbeeMarried Ernest de los Santos, Jr.April 21, 20051997Aleeta Loftin LemmA son, NoahBorn November 12, 2004Alicia MorganMarried Shawn SmithApril 23, 2005Kim StoddardMarried Scott WolfeMarch 19, 20051998Erika Nelson FrancisA son, Pierce DouglasBorn November 22, 2004Brooke Hensley LeggA daughter, MattieBorn February 2, 2005Deena PatelA son, Jaiden HiteshBorn October 25, 2004Allison Lemmons TobeyA daughter, Camille BoydBorn December 4, 20042000Katherine Leonard CampbellA daughter, Anna JaneBorn May 1, 2004Jenny CookMarried Russell ScottOctober 2004Melissa MarionMarried Bob IvesMay 14, 2005Lindsay MayfieldMarried Cameron WellsMay 2004Jennifer Gardner ShepherdA son, Joseph A. Shepherd VBorn October 31, 20042001Jaime Lynn HornDied September 17, 2004Mary Gordon JenkinsonTwins, Beau & Mary BanksBorn October 2004Heather Douglas MortonA daughter, Mallory ClairBorn September 2004Brandy Chappell PalmerA daughter, Mary Samuel MargaretBorn September 2004Elizabeth RichieMarried Jim BowersDecember 2002Katherine Varner ShoafA son, James HollandBorn July 9, 2004Sally Brock SpreccoA daughter, Gracie MarieBorn January 2005Alexa StarrMarried Brian BuresJune 26, 20042003Laura HerrinMarried Ralph CraigDecember 20042004Susan JacobsMarried Michael LawrenceOctober 30, 2004Katie LaverdureMarried Barry ChanceIn 2005Jenni PenberthyMarried Kevin Thomas BuckleyJuly 17, 2004Amanda Jo SealeyMarried James Adam HamiltonIn 2004Anna WalkerMarried Jennings Berry, Jr.In 200452 Salem College

Planned Giving at SalemThe Rondthaler Circle is a society dedicated to alumnae and friendswho have included Salem in their estate plans. These gifts help tosecure Salem’s future and enable donors to make a larger philanthropicgift than might otherwise be possible.Salem is committed to increasing membership in the RondthalerCircle to ensure Salem’s financial stability for generations to come.We invite you to visit our new planned giving website for additionalinformation on how planned giving can help you achieve your financialgoals for charitable giving.For more information on ways to include Salem in your estate plansor to be recognized as a member of the Rondthaler Circle, please contactInstitutional Advancement at 336-917-5558. Go to www.salem.edu and click on Support Salem.YOUR GOAL YOUR GIFT HOW TO MAKE THE GIFT YOUR BENEFITSMake a quick and easy gift Outright gift Donate cash, securities or Income tax deduction;personal propertyavoidance of any capital gains taxMake a revocable gift Living trust Name us beneficiary of Control of trust for lifetime;during your lifetime assets in a living trust possible estate tax savingsDefer a gift until Bequest in will Name us in your will A donation exempt fromafter your lifetimefederal estate taxesMake a large gift with Life insurance gift Give a policy with us as Current income tax deduction;little cost to yourself owner and beneficiary possible future deductionsAvoid the twofold taxation Retirement plan gift Name us as beneficiary of Avoidance of heavily taxed gift toon retirement plan assets the remainder of the assets heirs, allowing less costly giftsafter your lifetimeAvoid capital gains tax Real estate gift Donate the property to us, Immediate income tax deductionon the sale of a home or or sell it to us at a bargain and avoidance of capital gains taxother real estatepriceGive your personal residence Retained life estate Designate the ownership Charitable income tax deductionor farm, but continue to of your home to us, but and lifetime use of homelive thereretain occupancySecure a fixed and often Charitable remainder Create a charitable trust that Immediate income tax deductionincreased income annuity trust pays you a set income annually and fixed income for lifeCreate a hedge against Charitable remainder Create a trust that pays a Immediate income taxinflation over the long term unitrust percentage of the trust’s assets, deduction, annual income forvalued annuallylife that has potential to increaseSupplement income with Charitable gift annuity Enter a contract with us, Current and future savings onfixed annual payments in which we’ll pay you fixed income taxes; fixed payments forpayments annuallylifeReduce gift and estate taxes Charitable lead trust Create a trust that pays a fixed Reduced size of taxable estate;on assets passing to heirs or variable income to us for a set keeps property in family,term, and then passes to heirs often with reduced gift taxes

March EventsSalem Alumnae Lunch Events in MarchSalemites from all over the country and abroad gottogether in March with old friends and roommates.They gathered in many different locations, in manydifferent ways ... Here is a photo gallery to showcasethis fabulous event.Washington D.C. (L-R) Elizabeth Haverkamp’96, Molly Harbin ’97, Anu Chettri ’03, BeccaMidkiff A’96 C’04Winston-Salem, NC (L-R) Seated: AmandaRomero ’97, Brandy Nelson ’97 Standing:Lucia Uldrick ’99, Beth Mabe Gianopulos ’97with son Jacob and Kris Porazzi Sorrells ’96Winston-Salem, NC (L-R) Kathryn Wilson Mansfield’67, Susanne Bunch Hill ’67, Pam Pruett Short ’94,Chris Coile Say ’71Charleston, S.C Class of 1985 (L-R) Back row: FrancesBuist Byer, Madeline Giltert, May Sherron Reed, LeighFlippin Krause, Sherry McMillian HambrightFront Row: Anna-Lane Tatum Swing, Nina AndersonCheney, Liza Robinson Hart, Marilee Eagles Reed,Jennifer Matney Rucker, Libby Glenn LanierGreenville, S.C. (L-R) Harriet McMurria VanHale ’71, Sidney Campen Surles ’71Greenville, S.C. (L-R) Anne Richbourg ’72and Sidney Timmons ’71Libby Shull of Greensboro, NC and Sally Basonof Reidsville, NC went to Daytona Beach, FL forBiker’s Week in March. They wanted to do somethingdifferent this year for the get together.Greenville, S.C. (L-R) Mary Jane GallowayQuattlebaum ’58 and Marie Clay Hall ’79Non-Profit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDPermit No. 31Winston-Salem, NCP.O. Box 10548Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0548