Winter 2013 - Academy of Notre Dame de Namur

CLASS NOTES1960Meg McGarry Hollinger and her husband,Chip, became first time grandparents onDecember 12, 2012 to the first femaleHollinger born since 1875. The family wasdelighted to welcome Elason Rose Hollingerand they were featured in a January 2013Philadelphia Inquirer article. Meg, themother of three sons, including Elason’sfather, Jake, worked in Development atNotre Dame before commencing herAdvancement career at Episcopal Academyfrom which she has recently retired.The Hollinger Family1975Marti Barlow Campbell is the proudgrandmother of her first grandchild, oneyear-oldJames David.1976Jeanne Marie Laskas has published hernew book, Hidden America, which brings tolight the lives ofeveryday men andwomen who work tomake our countrylivable, from coalminers to oil rigroughnecks to one ofthe few female AfricanAmerican long haultruckers. Jeanne Marieis an award-winning journalist who writesfor GQ, Smithsonian, The Washington PostMagazine and The New York TimesMagazine, among others. She is the Directorof the Writing Program at the University ofPittsburgh.1977Dr. Andrea O’Reilly Herrera is a publishedpoet, literary critic, and the author of anumber of books, essays, and journalarticles. Her novel, The Pearl of the Antilles,was awarded the Golden Quill Book Awardin 2005. Her most recent book, CubanArtists Across the Diaspora: Setting the TentAgainst the House, continues her explorationof Cuban diasporic history and culture.Dr. Herrera was selected for theFulbright Distinguished Chair in AmericanStudies at Maria Curie SklodowskaUniversity, Lublin, Poland, in spring 2006and has received numerous awards for herteaching and research. She is the recipient ofthe 2009 University of Colorado President’sTeaching Scholar, the 2008 Elizabeth D.Gee Memorial Lectureship Award, and the2004 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence inResearch,Teaching, and Service. Dr. Herrerawas recently named a recipient of the 2012Thomas Jefferson Award. She is one of fivemembers of the University of Coloradocommunity to receive the 2012 award,among the highest honors given at theuniversity.ND Alumna to ReceiveCatholic Education AwardIn April, Camille Lewis Brown, Ph.D. ’77,Associate Superintendent of Schools for theArchdiocese of Baltimore, will receive the2013 NCEA (National Catholic EducationalAssociation) O’Neil D’Amour Award at theirconvention in Houston. This award is givento an individual in recognition of anoutstanding contribution of statewide,regional, national, or internationalsignificance in establishing and supportingcollaborative leadership through boards ofCatholic education. It is presented by theNCEA’s Department of Boards and Councils.In addition, Camille has recently revised aGlossary of Catholic Education GovernanceTerms for NCEA. Her latest publication forCatholic School Boards is entitled Vatican IICalled the Laity to Action and Catholic SchoolBoards Responded. Camille writes andpresents webinars for dioceses across thecountry. To ensure that no grass grows underher feet, each summer Camille heads to Africato work in the missions and 2013 marks her13th year engaging in this endeavor thatbrings her great joy.Camille Lewis Brown, thirdfrom left, in Africa.18 . ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR