winter 2011: working together

“The kids are already in the real world, so shame on us if we don’t bring the real world into the classroom.”

– Cathy Murphree, Assistant Head

for Academic Affairs and Provost HoCkaday Magazine is a publiCation of tHe HoCkaday sCHool / Winter 2011

Working Together

HoCkaday Magazine – Winter 2011

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Features8 Working togetHer

12 CoMMunity outreaCH

14 professional developMent and tHe ela HoCkaday fund for faCulty exCellenCe

16 aluMna profile louise stevenson ’05

18 aluMna profile dealey deCHerd Herndon ’65

tHe HoCkaday sCHool does not discriminate on the

basis of race, color, creed, sexual orientation, religion,

national or ethnic origin in the administration of its

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athletic programs and other administered activities.

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tHe HoCkaday sCHool retains the right to determine

editorial content and manner of presentation.

The opinions expressed in the Hockaday Magazine

do not necessarily reflect official school policy.

Residence students decorate the tree in Great Hall each year in an annual ornament ceremony.

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4 sCHool Calendar

6 a Message froM Jeanne p. WHitMan

Eugene McDermott Headmistress

20 brusHstrokes and MusiCal notes

22 tHe HoCkaday sCHool introduCes

tHe next Head of sCHool kiM Wargo

23 Centennial CHair announCed

25 CaMpus neWs

27 benefit kiCk-off

29 on tHe playing field

Additions to 2009–2010 Annual ReportMiriam Mason Wood ’57 gave a gift to Hockaday at the Jade ($5,000 – $9,999) donor level.

Parents bill and kerry radford p’10 ’13 gave at the Daisy Level ($500 – $1,499) to the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence in Honor of Jackie Girard.

Grandparents and past parents Colin and Judy rorrie gave at the Donor Level ($1 – $499) to the 2009–2010 Annual Fund.

Lower School social studies teacher pat Coggan has given to Hockaday consecutively for five or more years.

30 developMent neWs

32 1913 soCiety lunCHeon

35 a Message froM katHryn Walker franCis ’94

President of the Hockaday Alumnae Association

36 aluMnae assoCiation Calendar

37 tips for keeping your Class togetHer

38 fall aluMnae dinner

40 Class notes

70 Milestones

74 HoCkaday board of trustees

74 HoCkaday staff

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January

January 17

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

No Classes

January 18–21

International Week

January 18

All-School Speaker Series

Guest: Brené Brown, Ph.D.

7:00 p.m.

January 20–21

8th Grade Exams

January 25 – February 15

Upper School Ceramic Show

Purnell Gallery

January 29

FIRST Lego League

Competition

february

February 2

HAARTS for Students

11:25 a.m.

HAARTS

Hockaday Alumnae in the Arts

“The Art of Diplomacy”

6:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

February 4–5

Upper School Musical

“Seussical the Musical”

February 5

8th Grade Valentine’s Dance

February 9

Race Relations Forum

Upper School

February 10

Sweetheart Tea

Hockaday Alumnae Association

3:00 p.m.

February 11–14

Winter Break

No Classes

February 11–12

SPC Tournament

February 14

Valentine’s Day

February 15–18

Spring Sports Tryouts

Upper School

February 17

Residence Dress Dinner and

Community Service

6:00 p.m.

February 21

Upper School Black History

Assembly

11:25 a.m.

February 23

Board of Trustees Meeting

4:00 p.m.

February 25–26

Upper School One-Act Plays

February 28 – March 21

Upper School Photo Show

Purnell Gallery

Calendar Bebe Sullivan (5th grade) teaches children in the Child Development Center about Hanukkah.


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March 1

Grandparents’ Day

Lower School

9:00 a.m.

Cum Laude Assembly

Form IV

11:25 a.m.

Upper School Photo Show

Reception

12:00 p.m.

Uniform Resale

3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

March 2

Senior Dinner

6:30 p.m.

March 5

Habitat for Humanity

Building Dedication

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

“Hockaday Goes Hollywood”

The Hockaday Parents’

Association Benefit

6:30 p.m.

March 7

Headmistress Brown Bag

Luncheon

11:30 a.m.

March 10–11

Upper School Exams

March 12

Miss Hockaday’s Birthday

March 13–19

Spring Break

March 23

4th Grade Musical

March 24

Founder’s Day Assembly

and Reception

2:30 p.m.

March 25

New Student Social

4:00 p.m.

March 26

8th Grade Community

Service Project

March 29 – April 15

Upper School AP Art Show

Purnell Gallery

april

April 7

Career Day

Middle School

April 13

Orchestra Performance

Upper School

April 14

Roman Banquet

April 18

Boarder House Picnic

April 20

Dance Performance

April 25–26

SPC Golf Tournament

April 16

Honor the Visual Arts

Reception

April 28 – May 1

Upper School Spring Play

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

April 29

Alumnae Day

We’ve Got An App for That!

Hockaday’s iPhone App is available for free on iTunes.

Go to iTunes, or visit the App Store on your iPhone and search for “Hockaday.”

With the Hockaday iPhone App you can perform name searches in the Hockaday Online Directory. You can access Hockaday’s Calendar, bookmark events and even search by departments and divisions. You can also find athletics scores and results for every sport.

The information on Hockaday’s iPhone App is password protected.

You must have student, faculty, staff, alumnae or parent login credentials to access the information.

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A Message from Jeanne P. Whitmaneugene MCderMott HeadMistress

As Hockaday nears its 100th birthday, I believe a surprised Miss Ela Hockaday – were she able to re-join an equally surprised constituency – would pronounce her school forever young. Our freshness, and the myriad changes over the decades that ensure that freshness, are the result of the constancy of her original vision. Ela Hockaday founded her school with the intention of preparing girls to thrive and lead in an ever-changing world. Everything we do at Hockaday is guided by that vision. In the last seven years, Hockaday has continued its strongly established upward trajectory by any number of measures: admissions and financial aid, college admission and academics, endowment and fund raising. In addition to these external measures, which are indicative of how secure we are fiscally and financially, Hockaday has been hard at work providing foundational structure that supports our faculty, our students and our School.

adMissions

Admission numbers have remained strong even through a recent economic downturn. While our peers have seen lower application rates, Hockaday has seen an increase in applications with each year. We enrolled 1,087 students this fall, an increase from 1,018 in 2004. Financial aid has increased to $2.92 million, from $1.52, in the same time period. Hockaday’s Residence Department has increased to 85 boarders, the largest boarding

population in 24 years. Thirty-seven percent of our student body are students of color, an increase of more than 10 percent since 2004.

College adMission and aCadeMiCs

Our college admission continues to see 100 percent of our graduating class accepted into prestigious colleges and universities. In 2010, 123 students were admitted into 193 colleges and universities, including Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Claremont McKenna College, Duke University, George Washington University, Harvard University, McGill University (Canada), Middlebury College, Northwestern University, Princeton University, Southern Methodist University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Oxford (England), The University of Texas at Austin, Vanderbilt University, Wake Forest University, Washington University (St. Louis) and Yale University, among others. In the last few years, several students and young alumnae have received academic honors, including Hockaday’s first Rhodes Scholar, a Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Fellow, a Jefferson Scholar, three Morehead-Cain Scholars, two Marshall Scholars and a Truman Scholar. Since 2004, Hockaday’s national scores such as SAT and Advanced Placement have increased in all categories.

Dear Members of the Hockaday Community:


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endoWMent and fundraising

Although the last few years have been a climate of economic uncertainty, Hockaday remains financially secure. The Annual Fund nearly doubled, increasing from $1.08 million to $2.09 million. Domestic parents reached 100 percent participation in

giving to the Annual Fund in 2010, and alumnae participation increased from 20 percent to 30 percent, placing Hockaday 18th in the nation among girls’ schools for alumnae participation – up from 44th in 2004. Hockaday’s endowment grew from $82 million to a high of $114 million before the downturn. While peer schools, as well as colleges and universities, saw endowment losses in excess of 20 percent, Hockaday’s endowment experienced a decline of 15.6 percent. The endowment rebounded strongly with a gain of 13.5 percent in fiscal year 2010. With the sale of 12.66 acres to

The Lamplighter School, Hockaday’s endowment was at $116 million as of September 30, 2010. In addition to the value of our endowment, several endowed funds focusing on classroom and faculty excellence have been established, including:

• TheSusanandLincolnEldredgeFamilyEndowedFund for Financial Aid Student Travel,

• AckermanFamilyEndowmentforFacultySupport and Recognition,

• Classof2008EndowmentforFacultyProfessional Development,

• ComptonFamilyEndowmentforFacultyExcellence,

• ElaHockadayFundforFacultyExcellence,

• MaryAnnandEdwardHydeEndowmentfor Faculty Support,

• JacquelinSewellEndowmentforFacultySupport,

• StewartFamilyEndowmentforFacultyGraduateStudy,

• Classof2007EndowmentFundforFacultyDevelopment,

• Classof1956MemorialEndowedFinancialAidFund,

• Valda’33andSallie’57McCutcheonArchivalFund,

• McManeminEndowedFinancialAidFund,andthe

• EllenHigginbothamRogersAwardsEndowment.

sCHool and adMinistration

Members of the Board of Trustees, parents, faculty and staff volunteered their time to serve on the School’s committees. Thanks to their expertise and knowledge, Hockaday successfully:

• Completedareaccreditation;

• CreatedanadhocTechnologyCommitteethatoversaw the launch of a laptop program for grades 6 – 12 and encouragedtheintegrationoftechnologyintheclassroom;

• CreatedanadhocBoardingCommitteethatcompleteda Boarding Study setting measurable goals for the Residence Department’ssuccess;

• CreatedaProgramCommitteethatencouragedinter- divisional coordination and completed an extensive review ofHockadaycurriculumandgraduationrequirements;

• Rolled out a branding campaign that reinforced Hockaday’s positionasaplaceforbrightgirlswhowillleadbrilliantlives;

• CreatedtheFacultyCommitteeonLoadandCompensation that tackled a review of the faculty evaluation process and setintomotiontheTenetsofFacultyExcellence;andmost recently,

• CompletedaLongRangePlanthatguidesHockadayinto its Centennial celebration and second century.

Our emphasis on excellence in academics, faculty and students confidently positions Hockaday as the premier girls’ school in the nation. As we move forward, we do so with clarity and purpose. Hockaday women will assume positions of responsibility and leadership in a rapidly changing world, as they have for nearly a century. Our calling is to prepare each of them for their part in changing the world. Thank you for this opportunity to serve Hockaday. My work is a rare privilege and joy. I find myself overwhelmed with gratitude to you for this opportunity to do work of lasting importance in a place that is well and truly loved.

Very truly yours,

Jeanne P. WhitmanEugene McDermott Headmistress

“Ela Hockaday founded her

school with the intention of

preparing girls to thrive and

lead in an ever-changing world.

Everything we do at Hockaday

is guided by that vision.”

Jeanne p. WHitMan

Eugene McDermott Headmistress

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They have been reading Yi Min’s Great Wall, a story set in China featuring two elementary students who need a way to protect their garden from a rabbit. In the book, the students visit the Great Wall, talk to an engineer and learn how problem solving with technologies as simple as bricks and mortar can help them build a wall for the garden. At Hockaday, students created various types of mortar to find the right balance of soil, sticks, rocks and water, then began building bricks. The most innovative part of this brick-and-mortar lesson is not the new way of engaging young girls in the idea of engineering, but the fact that the lesson is taking place in multiple classrooms to achieve a lesson on global community. What may seem like one of Lead Science Chair Richard Abbondanzio’s lessons on

engineering and nature has now expanded into a creative project in Dee Mayes’ Lower School art classes where they are using the newly formed bricks to build schools – very special schools. Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, has initiated a Pennies for Peace campaign to promote peace by building schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Lower School and even Middle School took on this campaign as their mission for the fall semester. The first graders are making bricks that will be used to demonstrate building schools, representing those built by the Pennies for Peace project. The lesson is not limited to science and art. As the Lower School and Middle School raise funds by collecting pennies, the Lower School math classes will learn to graph the amounts earned.


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The Pennies for Peace project is not the only place where we see cross-disciplinary collaboration. Lower School teachers are given half-days to spend time observing a fellow teacher’s classroom of another grade and subject. “We are bringing down the walls of curricular boundaries,” said Lisa Holekamp, Head of Lower School. “Opening doors encourages us to teach students that everything is related.” In February, Lower School math and science classes will come together for a full day of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) hands-on activities. While pursuing inter-curricular education is an idea that is growing at Hockaday, we see teachers crossing curriculum more overtly in

Lower School because teaching basics also lends the lessons to include broader concepts. As a means to stay proactive in blending curriculum and cross-pollinating ideas, two or more faculty from different departments are now encouraged to attend professional development

conferences together. At the Education Innovation Summit held this year at Hathaway Brown School in Ohio, several faculty from different departments and divisions attended, including science faculty Barb Fishel and Richard Abbondanzio, fine arts teachers Susan Sanders-Rosenberg and Robert Kallos, Middle School English teacher Melissa Allan, and Head of Upper School John Ashton. A recent conference for library professionals was attended by a librarian and a technology staff member from Hockaday to encourage collaboration. “Conferences are opportunities to get inspired and hear from the best minds, and we are now taking more initiative to get people out of their areas,” said Cathy Murphree, Assistant Head for Academic Affairs and Provost. Education is much bigger than the classroom, and Murphree envisions faculty taking fuller advantage of the resources we have in Dallas – teaching history lessons in a museum, for example, where the students are surrounded by artifacts. With the expectation that education will look dramatically different 10 years from now, Murphree says, “You can’t hang your hat on how learning has worked in the past. What Hockaday does best is getting outside the box and thinking broadly. The kids are already in the real world, so shame on us if we don’t bring the real world to the classroom.”Working

Together

Across Curriculum

Boys benefit from Central Asia Institute’s Pennies for Peace campaign, which builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Lower School students carry a jug of coins as they rally for the fall Pennies for Peace fundraiser for international education.


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Venturing into the community beyond Hockaday to share ideas strengthens the education we provide and allows our teachers to more rapidly evolve their practices to keep up with the changes taking place outside our doors. By collaborating, teachers gain real-life tips and advice for best practices in the classroom. Five Hockaday teachers in the English, math and science departments joined 15 teachers from other schools in a digital course provided by Online School for Girls (OSG) last summer. The topic was teaching with blended classroom pedagogy, meaning to include both online and face-to-face components in the curriculum. Chair of the Mathematics Department Jeri Sutton, participated in the OSG course on blended classroom pedagogy. For the last two years, she has been videotaping her classroom lessons for students to have access as needed. As a homework assignment, Sutton has had students watch online videos to visually reinforce the basic properties of concepts they have already uncovered in the classroom. “I am slowly integrating more online technology into the math curriculum,” Sutton said. “Whatever concept the students will be learning, I now ask myself if there is a way to use the many tools I learned about during the OSG summer course that will enhance the learning experience and their understanding.” Following the OSG course, several of the teachers across the country have stayed connected and shared ideas on Ning, a Web site for building customized social networks. On Ning, teachers from all of the schools share their experiences using online tools such as haiku LMS [Learning Management System]. Teachers from Hockaday and other participating schools around the country are able to compare different tools so they can utilize those that meet their needs and keep everyone informed of new

ideas and resources. The teachers talk about what works and whatdoesn’t;andSuttonfoundthatifsheposesaquestion,shewill receive multiple responses to help guide her to a solution. Following the OSG summer course, Upper School biology teacher Murry Gans says he has completely reversed what happens in his classroom, integrating more online tools and freeing up more time to introduce new topics through experimentation – such as studying plants hands-on. He sees blended learning as the future and expects to see rapid innovation for years to come. “The best way to continue to grow as a blended teacher will not be listening to a pitch from a software provider,” Gans said, “but by collaborating with other teachers who are actually using the software.” Lower School teachers are collaborating with their peers in the Metroplex as well. The first Teachers Teaching Teachers conference in April 2010 was hosted at Hockaday but led by teachers from all of the schools involved. It was attended by approximately 300 lower school teachers from Parish Episcopal School, Good Shepherd Episcopal School, St. John’s Episcopal School, The Lamplighter School, the da Vinci School, Hockaday, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Episcopal School of Dallas and Greenhill School. Before the conference, teachers made proposals to lead sessions and, in the end, 30 sessions were offered covering a range of topics specifically for lower school teachers. The majority of Hockaday’s Lower School teachers attended to learn from their peers. Of course, the community surrounding Hockaday is bigger than Dallas, and our teachers are enjoying new partnerships with the Beijing National Day School (BNDS) and Online School for Girls to teach us more about their areas of expertise. Director of College Counseling Carol Wasden and Associate

Beyond Hockaday

Students collaborate with guests from the Beijing National Day School during their visit to Hockaday in September.


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Director Heath Einstein traveled to BNDS to talk about college counseling and learn more about education in Beijing, helping Hockaday faculty better understand the backgrounds of their boarding students from China. Subsequently, 16 colleagues from BNDS came to Hockaday the last week in September. We are arranging for 12 students and two teachers to travel to Beijing over Spring Break or early summer, and teacher exchanges are a possibility as well. Additionally, two girls from BNDS are staying at Hockaday as boarding students this year. Global citizenship is an idea that pervades the School in the lessons we aim to teach our students. In Lower School, social studies classes teach citizenship from the most basic level. We teach citizenship from the smallest group, one’s family, through bigger and bigger communities including the classroom, school, city and world. In many ways, the idea of collaborating as community members extends to our teachers who explore the classrooms around them and work together to create the best education for our 21st century students. “We can’t afford to graduate girls who live in their own worlds and stay narrow-minded,” said Murphree. “Any time you can make learning more authentic, it is more successful.”

Middle School English teacher Diane Glaser brings relevant culture into the classroom, such as Taylor Swift songs, to connect life beyond the classroom to classic literature.

Middle School history teacher and Assistant Director of Community Service alicia Carter ’97 shares tales of her days as an archaeologist with Lower School students.


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Starfield has her French-speaking family members in southern France and pen pals in Guadeloupe and Martinique call her on Skype during class. The second, third and fourth graders ask questions and listen to the responses in a live conversation. Another student raises her hand. “Quelle est votre couleur preferee?” Arabelle asks, wondering the woman’s favorite color. The conversation continues, and the woman begins to ask questions of the students. “Where are you from?” They answer

Dallas. “What is your name?” One student raises her hand then responds Isabelle. The woman says, “Ah, Isabelle. Bien.” Technology plays a large role in how we build communities and cross barriers. In Dean of Studies and Upper School science teacher Barb Fishel’s Human Diseases class, her students are participating in malaria research in Botswana through iEARN (International Education and Resource Network), a global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world. The girls are gathering data

that they will post to a blog to share with the researchers in Botswana. Upper School English and science classes are representing different points of view and connecting to other parts of the world in real time. Thanks to the Internet in our classrooms, we can watch political figures speak, hear from scientists and explore the arts. One major aspect of providing a “21st-century education” at Hockaday is teaching a broader perspective on subjects that may tend to be isolated in each classroom. By communicating with others across the world, students gain an understanding of life in others’ shoes. Hockaday aims to teach this lesson not only through global efforts, but in Dallas as well, where we have formed relationships with many community service organizations to partner the energy of our students with the needs of those outside Hockaday. The same mind-broadening education gained when communicating with those in France or Botswana occurs when Hockaday girls and St. Mark’s boys spend time with the Dallas community, and here, too, community is built. “Kids are staying involved in community service in college, and that is our mission,” Director of Community Service at Hockaday and St. Mark’s Jeanie Laube said. “They are also learning, for instance at the Genesis Women’s Shelter, that every type of person may find themselves needing help.”

In a classroom surrounded by French posters, fabrics and decorations, Lower School girls sit on the floor looking up at a bright projection on the wall where a woman appears. She is smiling at the class from the projection screen and awaiting their next question. One student raises her hand eagerly, and Lower School French teacher Agnes Starfield calls on the student using her French name, Madeleine. “Ou habitez-vous?” Fourth-grader Madeleine asks in the direction of the projection on the wall. Where do you live? “Dans le sud de la France,” the woman responds.

Community Outreach

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Students tutor and mentor children and teach parents English as a second language every Saturday at Jubilee Park in inner-city Dallas. They serve lunch to 500 people living at the Salvation Army Carr P. Collins Social Service Center once per quarter and make seasonal centerpieces to decorate the tables at the center. Once a week, students visit the Genesis Women’s Shelter at lunch to play bingo with the kids and deliver lunches provided by the Hockaday cafeteria. We greet returning military troops at the airport, and a fall food drive collected nonperishable foods to deliver overseas. Upper Schoolers are building their fourth house for Habitat for Humanity this January. Middle Schoolers sort and package foods at the North Texas Food Bank and Goodwill. Students collect candy after Halloween for the Salvation Army and spring goodies for baskets to deliver to Head Start of Greater Dallas and Jubilee Park. At the Salvation Army, students annually see the holiday Angel Tree drive from its infancy to its final execution, as they participate in all phases, from drive preparation to gathering, sorting and distributing gifts. Hockaday has been a partner of the Salvation Army for more than 22 years because they provide so

many opportunities for our students to get involved. We also have service-based relationships with Special Olympics, The Legacy at Preston Hollow nursing home, North Dallas Shared Ministries, Trinity River environmental cleanup group Groundwork Dallas, SPCA, and many more local and nationwide organizations that provide service opportunities of every interest to students.

Through increasing the opportunities for our students to interact with those outside their natural walls, we aim to create a more integrated community where our young learners grow into healthy members of society.

Hockaday and St. Mark’s Upper School students began building their fourth house with Habitat for Humanity in January 2011.

Lower School students practice French and talk to a friend in Provence via Skype.


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“Miss Ela Hockaday found and kept unusually able people to teach and to demonstrate the magnificent implications of those important guide words: Character, Courtesy, Scholarship and Athletics.”

– Ruth Johnson Kyle ’18

Faculty Excellence


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Hamilton’s America – Jefferson’s America by National Humanities CenterDvorak in America: In Search of the New World by the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer InstituteBlended Learning Theory and Practice by Online School for GirlsThe Heat Is On! Confront Climate Change in the Classroom by Penn State Science Workshops for EducatorsGlobal Issues at Ohio State UniversityNature of Light by National Science Teachers AssociationFelix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” at SMULegacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Dallas Institute of Humanities and CultureThe Epic Tradition: Literature as a Mode of Knowledge by Dallas Institute of Humanities and CultureRiting Myth, Mythic Riting: A Writing Retreat by Dallas Institute of Humanities and CultureEquity Collaborative at Georgetown Day SchoolUrsuline Academy’s Global Educators Conference Teachers Teaching Teachers Get Set for School WorkshopREAL School GardensTexas Association of the Gifted and Talented Bard College Institute for Writing and ThinkingNational Council of Teachers of EnglishSt. Mark’s Teacher Institute AP Summer Institute for English TeachersPeople of Color ConferenceTexas Art Education Association Museum Forum for Teachers of Modern and Contemporary ArtU.S. Institute for Theatre Technology Creativity and Madness Texas Speech Communication Association Advanced Alternative Photographic Processes Society of Photographic EducationTeaching of History at University of North TexasTexas Council for the Social StudiesSMU Legacies Dallas History

ISAS Biennial Teachers ConferenceAmerican Association of School Librarians Poynter Institute Boot Camp for Scholastic Journalism AdvisorsSociety for News Design Conference & Web Design SeminarSociety for News Editors Journalism Institute at Arizona State UniversityConference for the Advancement of Mathematics TeachingsSTEM 2009National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls Leadership The National Coalition of Girls’ SchoolsAP Summer Institute for French TeachersThinking Maps: A Language for LearningU.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NSTA Conferences on Science EducationAmerican Association of Physics Teachers Laying the Foundations Teacher Training SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) E-Learning ISAS Technology Celebration of Teaching and Learning Texas Foreign Language Association American Association of Teachers of French NY State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Texas Foreign Language AssociationTexas Classical Association for Teachers of the ClassicsTeaching Proficiency through Reading & Story Telling for World Language TeachersTexas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other LanguagesOxbridge Teacher Seminar

Professional Development and the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence

Established in 2008, the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence gives Hockaday a competitive edge to attract and retain the best and brightest faculty who help prepare our girls to lead exceptional lives. The Fund supports professional development, graduate studies, faculty salaries and other compensation. Faculty support is Hockaday’s most significant fundraising priority because excellent teachers enrich our girls’ education. During the 2009–2010 school year, thanks to the Fund, nearly all faculty and staff attended professional development conferences in every field, and more than 10 faculty and staff members are currently pursuing higher degrees.

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louise stevenson ’05 has traveled with her family to Kennebunkport, Maine, every summer since she was one month old. Sharing a house with her dad’s siblings and their families, she lived by the ocean for months, playing in tide pools and developing a curiosity and concern for the animals living in the marine ecosystem. Now she hopes to conserve the environments of aquatic animals and look at the contaminants that affect them. Recently Louise earned a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, providing three years of funding for her graduate studies and research at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) with support from the Obama administration aiming to fund younger scientists. “Mr. Patrizi’s chemistry is hard, but it was a great preparation for college,” Louise said. Louise attended Hockaday for 15 years and credits the School with fueling her interest in science. “And Mr. Gans’ honors biology course even made protein structures interesting. I spent more time on the rat, shark and frog dissections in Mr. Gans’ vertebrate anatomy class at Hockaday than any other dissection I performed at college, and I still refer to those dissections when thinking about biological systems now.” Louise started playing field hockey at Hockaday in seventh grade and continued her love for the sport with the field hockey team at Amherst College in Massachusetts, captaining the team in her senior year. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in biology in 2009. Louise has always had an interest in marine biology, and traveling brought her awareness of a need for conservation of marine ecosystems. For her senior project at Hockaday, she visited Padre Island National Seashore to study sea turtle conservation. Louise also worked with a manatee conservation program at the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida.

During her senior year at Amherst, Louise wrote an undergraduate honors thesis looking at the effects of environmental contaminants on fish. This work led to a scientific paper accepted by The Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology for publication by the end of the year. Further, Louise’s undergraduate thesis work shifted her focus from aquatic animals to the human creations that affect them. Louise worked as a lab technician and research assistant at UCSB in a marine conservation biology lab. Here she found a niche that she loves. Her work included dissecting urchins, studying the effect of climate change on intertidal community ecology and developing fluorescent DNA hybridizing probes to analyze larval dispersal. Louise is now a full-time graduate student in the Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology program at UCSB, focusing on ecotoxicology. Her research examines the effects of nanoparticles on freshwater ecosystems. Nanoparticles have been developed to serve a wide variety of functions, she explains, ranging from transportation of antibiotics through the body to blocking hazardous UV rays in sunscreen. UCSB is home to the UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), which brings together scientists across disciplines interested in looking at consumer use of nanotechnology and attempts to stay ahead of mass consumer effects, rather than conducting reactionary research. “There is a wide variety of research going on at UCSB, and through the UC CEIN, biologists are collaborating with engineers and chemists and crossing fields,” Louise said. “Nanoparticles are of particular interest because they introduce new elements and characteristics when trying to predict their potential toxicity in natural environments.” By studying model organisms in freshwater ecosystems, such as algae and the sea flea Daphnia, Louise hopes to utilize her small-scale findings to predict potential ecosystem-wide effects of nanoparticles. “We are trying to get enough basic data using lab organisms to build a quantitative model to predict effects on larger animals,” Louise said. “Contaminants can travel up and be amplified through the food chain, and our goal is to gather enough data to understand nanoparticles’ potential effects on whole ecosystems.”

Alumna Profile:

Louise Stevenson ’05

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Louise Stevenson ’05 gets her feet wet in the Pacific Ocean while gathering research.


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“Mr. Gans’ honors biology

course even made protein

structures interesting.

I spent more time on the rat,

shark and frog dissections in

Mr. Gans’ vertebrate anatomy

class at Hockaday than

any other dissection

I performed at college, and

I still refer to those dissections

when thinking about

biological systems now.”

LouISE StEvEnSon ’05


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dealey decherd Herndon ’65 has government and historic preservation in her blood. Her mother, Isabelle Decherd, worked with Mary Aldridge, a classic preservationist who would stand in front of a bulldozer to save a building, to form the Dallas County Heritage Society. Dealey’s great-grandfather was a state senator in 1888, and her grandfather was Texas Speaker of the House in the early 1920s. Dealey remembers her time at Hockaday as an interesting time of learning, with wonderful teachers who challenged her and her peers in developing every part of their potential. She recalls being encouraged to try things and figure out who she was. Throughout her Hockaday years, she was taught to lead and allowed to learn from her successes and failures. Dealey believes in Hockaday as a place that provides the opportunity to try many things in a safe environment with support from every direction, a gift she wishes every child could experience.

“Hockaday is a gateway to opportunities to get involved in interesting things, and I constantly meet other Hockaday graduates I have not known before,” Dealey said. “There is an immediate bond and common understanding when you meet someone else who went to Hockaday.” Dealey and her husband, David, moved to Austin in 1979 to join Bill Clements’ Governor’s Office team. She worked with Hockaday alumna rita Crocker Clements ’49, supporting her initiative to restore the Governor’s Mansion. In 1987, the Texas Capitol sought a major renovation and a restoration plan following a devastating fire in 1983. From her mid-20s, Dealey spent her time volunteering for education and preservation causes. When she moved to Austin, she began her first state-level volunteer job, curating the Governor’s Mansion furnishings. A decade later, her involvement led to her role in restoring and renovating the Texas State Capitol, a project she calls her “third child.”

Alumna Profile:

Dealey Decherd Herndon ’65

Dealey Decherd Herndon ’65 at the Texas State Capitol. Dealey led the Capitol Restoration project in the 1990s.


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Because of her passion for and experience with historic preservation, Governor Clements appointed Dealey to the State Preservation Board. Dealey became the communicator between the board and Texas state leadership to bring the Capitol Restoration to fruition over the following eight years. “That job was the most incredible opportunity,” Dealey said. “It was one of those things you get to do when you are making other plans. The job was bigger than I aspired to or was totally qualified for in those early months in 1991.” Dealey had experience in most areas required by her new assignment, but major construction was not one of them. The project served as an amazing education in commercial construction. After leaving the board when the restoration was complete, she began a project management and construction management business to manage and build large non-profit and public projects. In Dallas, she managed the Women’s Museum Project at Fair Park and three projects for the Communities Foundation of Texas, among others. She sold her share of her business to an Austin engineering firm in 2006. Today, Dealey is back with the state managing the Texas Governor’s Mansion Restoration, following the arson attack and major fire of June 8, 2008. In her work with the Texas Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion, Dealey has seen firsthand how historic architecture inspires Texans and reflects our history. After attending Hockaday, Dealey earned a bachelor’s in government at The University of Texas at Austin. She holds the belief that good government is our salvation. “Good people, serving the people and making responsible decisions, is what public service and politics should be about,” Dealey said. “The Capitol was built by the people of Texas for the people of Texas. It was built in a small town in the middle of nowhere in 1888 because of a belief in Texas and its future.”

This past summer, an exhibit of the Mansion’s history and construction was on display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. The exhibit featured interviews with former Hockaday students barbara bush ’00 and Jenna bush Hager ’00, First Lady Anita Perry, and the Mansion gardener, as well as memorabilia such as Ann Richards’ motorcycle and artifacts from the fire. Many of the museum-quality antiques collected in 1980 through the efforts of Life Trustee rita Crocker Clements ’49, past Hockaday parent and Board Member the late ashley H. priddy, Life Trustee Margot

perot and other Hockaday and statewide leaders were highlighted. A smaller version of the exhibit is currently on display at the State Capitol Visitors Center.

“Hockaday is a gateway to opportunities

to get involved in interesting things,

and I constantly meet other Hockaday

graduates I have not known before.

there is an immediate bond and common

understanding when you meet someone

else who went to Hockaday.”

DEALEy DECHErD HErnDon ’65

Dealey Decherd Herndon ’65 (center right, wearing black) with Hockaday Life Trustee Linda Pitts Custard, Vester Hughes of K&L Gates (formerly Hughes & Luce) law firm and Communities Foundations of Texas President and CEO Brent Christopher at the reopening of the Caruth Homeplace, a meticulous restoration project on which Dealey worked for almost nine years.

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The Hockaday School is pleased to announce Kim Wargo as the new Eugene McDermott Headmistress. Wargo is the eleventh person to head the School in the nearly 100 years since the School’s founding in 1913. “Kim Wargo is a person of outstanding achievement, intellect and warmth. She embodies every goal of our search – she is the educator, role model, visionary and inspirational leader that we set out to find,” said Search Committee Chair talley dunn ’86. Wargo comes to Hockaday from the Katherine Delmar Burke School in San Francisco, where she is currently Head of School. Previously, Wargo was the Head of Upper School at the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans. Wargo had spent time at Hockaday before, serving on the ISAS Re-accreditation Team. However, it was not until the tragedy and devastation of Hurricane Katrina, in August 2005, that Wargo came to know Hockaday on a completely different level. McGehee students, families, faculty and staff were scattered after Katrina hit New Orleans. Wargo and her family settled in Houston after a series of moves in a short time-span. Wargo and key McGehee School staff created a “war room” in Houston and worked tirelessly to provide assistance to their students, helping them find enrollment in other schools across the country and internationally.

Hockaday accepted more students from McGehee than any other school in the country. More than half of McGehee’s senior class and girls from all grade levels could be seen on the Hockaday campus after Katrina. Wargo said, “The Hockaday communitywasamazing;theyimmediatelymadethegirlsfeelwelcome, providing each of them uniforms and gift certificates to purchase needed items.” “The storm presented us with unprecedented institutional and management challenges. My growth as a communicator, leader, problem-solver and institutional thinker was sharpened andtestedthroughthisexperience;anexperiencethatwaslife-changing and irreplaceable,” said Wargo. Wargo joins Hockaday as its next academic and community leader, responsible for nurturing and building its human, intellectual and financial capital with integrity, energy and vision. She will lead the way in creating a distinctive position for Hockaday that is both true to its long-standing traditions and relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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Centennial Newssara MelniCk albert ’73

to CHair HoCkaday Centennial

Hockaday being Hockaday, we have known since we first discussed the approaching Centennial that it would be a commemoration like no other; done with a sense of purposeand style that is uniquely Hockaday. From the beginning, we knew that the Centennial Chair must be someone with a vision for the way that the founding of Hockaday implies its future;someone with the imagination to conceive of a Hockaday that is as yet unseen, but is implicit in its Cornerstones and in the women who have

learnedandlivedinthegreenandwhite;someonepassionate,articulate, visionary, and supremely organized. It is our great pleasure to announce that sara Melnick albert ’73 has accepted the role of Centennial Chair. For the many of us who know Sara – her family’s deep connections to Hockaday, her superb organizational skills, and her ability to inspire and move people – the reasoning behind her selection is clear. As Centennial Chair, she will be that master strategist, designing a celebration that reaches not only from coast to coast but also internationally. The celebration will, of course, feature a number of parties, but more importantly, Hockaday’s Centennial will have community-building, service

and academic components. We are delighted and grateful that Sara has agreed to serve. It bodes well for Hockaday’s second century. Sara has been an active volunteer at Hockaday as a member of the Board of Trustees, co-chair of the Annual Fund and assisted with efforts for the Hockaday Tomorrow Campaign. She also served as president of The Hockaday Parents’ Association. Sara and her husband, Mark Albert, have two children, Claire ’06 and Joseph. Sara’s two sisters, leslie Melnick diers ’74 and Julie Melnick

dearien ’79, attended Hockaday as well as her nieces, Jessica

dearien ’04, Meredith diers ’05 and tracy diers ’08.

As Hockaday approaches its 100th year in 2013–2014, we look back to the beginning of the School, once named The Miss Hockaday School for Girls. This logo appears on a viewbook printed in 1923.

Miss ela HoCkaday’s library

Housed in the School’s library is a great institutional memory of Hockaday’s earliest days. The collection includes more than 1,500 books that provide great insight into the lives of Miss Hockaday and her life-long friends and fellow instructors, Miriam Mary Meredith Morgan and Sarah B. Trent. These books, many of them first editions and extremely rare, show the breadth of subject matter the three women studied. These books are a looking glass into the many influences on Miss Hockaday’s ideas on education. It is for this reason that ellen Higginbotham rogers ’59, Life Trustee and Chair of the Decorative Arts Committee, and her classmate, suzanne

McCrum Marshall ’59, have undertaken the great task of cataloging and preserving these books, which are now available for your perusal on campus.

CREATIVE ARTS CAMP, SPORTS, MUSIC, DRAMA, COMPUTER, ACADEMIC COURSES, SCIENCE, SAT REVIEW, CHESS CAMP AND MORE!

BOYS AND GIRLS – AGES 3–18SESSIONS FROM JUNE 13 – JULY 22EXTENDED DAYS AVAILABLE

LOWER SCHOOLSESSION I: JUNE 13 – JUNE 24SESSION II: JUNE 27 – JULY 8SESSION III: JULY 11 – JULY 22EXTENDED DAYS AVAILABLE

MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOLSESSION I: JUNE 13 – JULY 1SESSION II: JULY 5 – JULY 22

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT NANCY GALE AT 214.360.6586 OR [email protected]

2O11 COED SUMMER SESSIONTHE HOCKADAY SCHOOL

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HoCkaday and laMpligHter sCHool

strengtHen tHe nortH dallas

eduCational CoMMunity

The Hockaday School and The Lamplighter School closed on a land-use agreement that strengthens the educational community in North Dallas. For more than 40 years, Hockaday and Lamplighter have been neighbors, sharing a long history of excellent education for students in the greater Dallas community. The relationship continues with Lamplighter’s purchase of 12.66 acres of land upon which it has been situated since 1969 and currently leases from Hockaday. “Hockaday is delighted that Lamplighter will now have the permanent location it deserves for many years to come,” said Bob Kaminski, Board Chair of The Hockaday School. The Lamplighter School is an independent, co-educational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. Since 1953 it has offered Dallas a nurturing educational environment, which inspires interest, enthusiasm and self-confidence while pursuing academic excellence.

students attend diversity

leadersHip ConferenCe

The Student Diversity Leadership Conference is a multiracial, multicultural gathering of Upper School student leaders from across the country that

focuses on self-reflection, forming allies and building community. Candee Keen Fellows Claudia benitez (Form IV), lauren

savage (Form IV), Caroline porter (Form III), isabel vazquez (Form III), Claire zhang (Form III), nguhi Muturi (Form II), tiffanie

tovar (Form II) and ansley Carlisle (Form I) represented Hockaday in the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in San Diego, California, December 2–4, 2010. Led by a diverse team of adult and peer facilitators, the students developed effective cross-cultural communication skills, better understood the nature and development of effective strategies for social justice, practiced expression through the arts, and learned networking principles and strategies.

student invited to prinCeton

HuManities syMposiuM

Form IV student vivian ludford was selected to participate in Princeton University’s Creative Arts and Humanities Symposium for high school students. She was the only student attending from Texas. Roughly 80 students from across the country attended the symposium. At Princeton, Vivian attended lectures and precepts (smaller, more intimate discussions) led by Princeton professors on film studies, the stories and representations of Pygmalion and Narcissus, an intensive study of pieces in the Princeton museum and a workshop on 19th century Russian composers.

HoCkaday faCulty MeMber sHares

past experienCes in tHe Cia and

fbi WitH Her students

Upper School history teacher Tracy Walder spent four years with the CIA and one year with the FBI. After her stint with these federal agencies and obtaining her master’s degree, Tracy applied for a job at Hockaday. John Ashton, the head of Upper School at Hockaday, says he knew right away he wanted to hire her because of her cultural understanding. Tracy likes bringing her background into the classroom by dressing up in burqas and other clothing worn by women in countries she’s visited, she says. Once, she paired an Israeli and Palestinian student on a team to find resolutions to some of the Mideast tensions. Some faiths or cultures, such as Islam, are misunderstood and, she says, “Kids need to see that, feel it and understand it. There’s always more to the story.”

HoCkaday teaCHer Makes biofuel

froM used Cooking oil

Jennifer Stimpson, an Upper School science teacher at The Hockaday School, showed fairgoers the three-step process of making biofuel from used household cooking oil. Stimpson led several demonstrations at the 2010 State Fair of Texas. As an educator, innovator and scientist, Stimpson brings a festive approach to chemistry by blending style, intelligence and key subject matter. Stimpson’s self-designed program, “Get a ‘KIC’ out of Science: An Innovative Strategy to Attract Students to Chemistry,” demonstrates how science curriculum should be applicable and meaningful for today’s youth. Her work has garnered numerous accolades including an appearance in O: The Oprah Magazine and a grant from the Jordan Fundamentals Schools, Inc. Used oil collected as part of the Dallas Water Utilities’ “Cease the Grease” program is given to the Dallas County School District which turns the oil into biofuel that is used to help power over 1,000 school buses.

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HoCkadebate Makes History

Hockaday Debate made team history at the Grapevine Classic, earning its first ever bid to the national Tournament of Champions (TOC) in Public Forum. While located in the DFW area, the Grapevine Classic is a TOC-qualifying tournament featuring competition from all over the nation including 114 varsity Lincoln-Douglas debaters and 41 varsity Public Forum teams. HockaDebate has continued to build momentum by posting impressive results at a number of local and national tournaments. In the fall, the team qualified five Lincoln-Douglas debaters and four Public Forum teams to the state tournament. Hockaday has the most students to qualify in both events. Our debaters are a team committed to excellence while still having a good time.

THe FourcAsT naMed finalist

The Fourcast has been named a Pacemaker Award finalist. The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) awards Pacemakers for excellence in student journalism; they have beengiven annually since 1927. The awards are considered to be one of the highest honors in student journalism. Judges select Pacemakers based on: coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics. Pacemakers are selected by journalism professionals. Winners will be announced at the Fall NSPA convention in Kansas City.

students Host Club fair

Once a year in early fall, the Hockaday campus seems to be an open-air market as Upper School Club organizers hold their annual Club Fair to promote their activities, causes and raise social awareness to potential new members. More than 75 clubs were submitted to the Dean for Student Affairs for approval this year, ranging from Dallas Area Diversity Youth Organization, Astro Club, Environmental Club, Math, JETS, Baking, Quiz Bowl, Culture, Movies, Knitting & Crochet, Gospel Choir, Model UN and Orff, to name a few.

upper sCHool students

spend suMMer at aviation CaMp

During summer 2010, five Hockaday Upper School students attended the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Air Academy camp in Wisconsin. The students, grace Howard (Form II), alexis

Jones (Form I), noopi Herle (Form I) and daisy tackett (Form I), gained first-hand experience in aviation and furthered their interest in science. The girls were able to attend the camp as recipients of the Dr. Richard Weiner Scholarship. The camp, which had more than 350 attendees, showed students the different aspects of aviation including how an airplane works and how it is constructed. The students were able to fly an airplane as well. Because of their experiences at the EAA Air Academy camp, Alexis plans to earn her private pilot’s license, Noopi wants to earn her sports license and Daisy wants to take flight lessons.

suMMer interns: in tHe neWs

Two Hockaday students, kristy

gudmundsson (Form IV) and Caroline

sydney (Form III) interned with The Dallas Morning News this summer. Kristy wrote local news, while Caroline was the Style Intern for FD Luxe.

HoCkaday sCientists publisHed

A class of Hockaday students, led by Upper School Science teacher Pete Lohstreter, will have their paper “Issues Related to Reproducibility in CMNS Experiment” published in Vol. 4 of the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. The paper is the result of an experimental investigation conducted in September 2009. The students replicated the experiment first done by Dr. Richard Oriana from The University of Minnesota, who claimed he was able to produce nuclear particles from a simple electrolysis system.

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Faculty ExcellenceHoCkaday naMed to

top 100 plaCes to Work

The Hockaday School was chosen as one of the Top 100 Places to Work by The Dallas Morning News. The newspaper surveyed area workplaces earlier in the year, and the survey rated six areas: Direction, Execution, Career Advancement/Training, Management, Working Conditions, Pay and Benefits.

CoMMunity serviCes direCtor

Jeanie laube Honored

Hockaday’s Community Service Director Jeanie Laube is one of 100 recipients of the first Each Moment Matters award. The award, presented by the Presbyterian Communities and Services Foundation, is given to individuals who have impacted the lives of others through wisdom, courage, energy and faith. Mrs. Laube, who starts her 25th year at Hockaday this fall, is also the Community Service Director at St. Mark’s School of Texas. Hockaday alumna Mary ann Jackson Hyde ’49 ’51JC is also a recipient of the Each Moment Matters award.

ed long naMed reCipient of

dallas HistoriCal soCiety aWard

Ed Long, Lead Chair of the Fine Arts Department and Dean of Upper School, is a recipient of the Dallas Historical Society’s 2010 Award for Excellence in Teaching. Mr. Long, known for his famous “History of Art and Music” class (which every student since 1971 has taken) has been teaching at Hockaday for 39 years. Mr. Long was selected by the Society for his contribution to education, teaching such diverse courses as “History of the 20th-Century Arts” and “Digital Music and Composition.” He was honored November 9 during a luncheon at the Fairmont Dallas along with 10 other recipients.

Eugene McDermott Headmistress Jeanne P. Whitman, Benefit Chair Therese Rourk and Honorary Chair Linda Custard enjoy the outdoor patio at the Kick-Off.

Benefit Kick-OffParents, faculty and staff kicked off The Hockaday Parents’ Association’s “Hockaday Goes Hollywood” benefit by coming to the Kick-Off and Gift Gathering Party at Kelli and Jerry Ford’s beautiful home September 30.

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Kate Hoffman (Form II) and Anase Asom (Form II)

Students Soaring in National Examsnational Merit sCHolarsHip prograM

Over 1.5 million students entered the 2011 competition by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Fifteen Hockaday students were among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists announced in the 56th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The Hockaday School has more National Merit Finalists than any other girls school in the nation. The 2011 Semifinalists include sarah

alexander, Megan ernst, emily frank, neha

gagasani, kristy gudmundsson, Meredith

gunn, katherine Hebeler, Margaret Hood,

trishla Jain, allison kirchhofer, Caitlyn le,

blake osborn, samantha pillsbury, sarah

ridout and victoria tarpley. We are pleased to announce that 26 students have been named Commended Students in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. These seniors have

demonstrated their outstanding academic excellence in this highly competitive program: sarah axmann, laura bass,

Courtney brock, antonia buban, Madeline

burch, karen Chen, yu-Chen Chien, anne

Cromwell, Helen eikenberg, Mallory french,

lara gatehouse, katelyn Hall, katharine Halle,

Caroline Hunt, sarah kee, katherine knight,

vivian ludford, Meghan Moreland, Jessica

pei, emily satinsky, andrea shiakolas,

Chelsea snipes, keely timms, Casey Watters,

laura Weil and katherine Wood.

senior poised for

national aCHieveMent sCHolarsHip

Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 1,600 Black American high school seniors who have been designated Semifinalists in the 47th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program. Hockaday Form IV student sarah

alexander was named a Semifinalist. She will continue in the competition for approximately 800 Achievement Scholarship awards, worth more than $2.5 million, to be offered next spring.

In addition, three of our seniors are named among 3,100 Outstanding Participants in the National Achievement® Scholarship Program. alexandra foote, irene

opoku-acheampong and elizabeth Walker

scored in the top three percent of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2011 National Achievement Program when they took the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

national HispaniC reCognition prograM

reCognizes tWo HoCkaday seniors

Congratulations to seniors victoria

tarpley and Meredith Menache for being honored by the 2010–2011 National Hispanic Recognition Program. The NHRP was initiated in 1983 to identify outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students. This year, the NHRP is recognizing nearly 5,000 students selected from a pool of over 200,000 students who took the 2009 PSAT/NMSQT®/PAA™ and identified themselves as Hispanic/Latino.

outstanding perforManCe

on ap exaMs

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. At Hockaday, 134 students earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. Five students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of four or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are alexandra boehrer ’10, katherine boehrer ’10,

Mariel pettee ’10, kathryn squiers ’10 and victoria tarpley (Form IV).

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Every year, the Cross Country team runs the Susan G. Komen Dallas Race for the Cure. In addition to supporting a great cause, the 5K run fits right into the team’s training schedule.

On the Playing Field

not your typiCal HoCkaday atHletiCs

Most girls may not consider signing up for Roller Derby. Meg Weathers ’00 is not one of those girls. Weathers, known as “Daisy Shoots” on the rink, has been playing in the Assassination City Roller Derby League for about a year with the team known as the “Deadly Kennedys.” “There is more to it than skating around in a circle and trying to hammer each other,” saysWeathers.“Thereisalotofstrategybehindskating;youfindacoupleofthingsinwhichyou excel and you capitalize on those.” When Weathers is not working her day job at a local marketing firm, she practices with the team two days a week and does yoga in her spare time to stay flexible. She says roller derby is a sport where people who are non-athletes become athletes, and being involved with the roller derby league has given her more confidence. To read more on Meg Weathers, see Preston Hollow’s Advocate Magazine September 2010 issue.

fenCing

In the first tournament at the St. Mark’s Open, Senior Mixed Foil (for men and women) Michelle Wang placed third, rebecca yoon placed fourth, sandy Moon placed sixth and Hyewon Chio took eighth place. In the Senior Women’s Epee, zoe

kim placed seventh and sarah dagher

placed eighth. In the Senior Women’s Foil, Michelle Wang came in first, emily satinsky

second, sandy Moon third and Mimi li fifth. In the Senior Women’s Saber, isabella so took first place and in the Senior Mixed Saber, avery youngblood placed seventh and isabella so placed 13th out of 32 competitors. The Longhorn Open was promising for the Hockadaisies. In a “C and under” rated Mixed Saber event with 26 competitors isabella so placed sixth. In a “B and under” rated Mixed Saber event avery youngblood

placed sixth and annabel lyman placed 20th out of 32 competitors.

The girls were invited to hold the American flag before the race.

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2010 – 2011 Annual Fund Updateparents

Parents demonstrated Hockaday’s tradition of excellence this year and achieved 99 percent participation in the Annual Fund by the November 19 deadline. Lower School and Middle School reached the 100 percent milestone, and Upper School secured a strong 98 percent participation in the Annual Fund.

aluMnae

Hockaday introduced the Fast Forward campaign to alumnae this year. The Fast Forward campaign gives donors the opportunity to pledge early and opt out of being solicited for the remainder of this year’s giving cycle. Members of the Alumnae Board took advantage of this new opportunity and attained 100 percent Alumnae Board participation by the fast forward deadline. This milestone is a demonstration of the enthusiastic dedication of this year’s Alumnae Association. Thank you for your generous support!

Development News

top five aluMnae Classes in

annual fund partiCipation (as of December 1, 2010)

Class year aMount pledged

1960 $47,7851982 $38,0101986* $28,6951978 $23,2601975 $22,080* Denotes reunion year

top five aluMnae Classes in

annual fund donations (as of December 1, 2010)

Class year perCent partiCipation

1948 45%1957 45%2010 40%1953 38%1951* 34%* Denotes reunion year

inspired by aluMnae and

perforMed by students A gift to Hockaday from two alumnae, shannon blount ’99 and Callan

blount ’02, enables students in Upper School dance classes to study under some of the most talented dancers and choreographers in the country. Each year a notable performer comes to Hockaday to spend several days working with students on a dance to be performed later in the year. This year, Kate Walker, founder and artistic director of DekaDance, a Dallas-based company, developed a program that pushed students to new limits in their dance repertoire. Previous guest instructors made possible by this and other donor gifts have included Jamal Story, who performed on Broadway in Lion King, Darrell Cleveland and Amy Marshall.

Kate Walker, founder of DekaDance, with dance teacher Christie Browning Sullivan ’95 (left) and Chair of Performing Arts Beth Wortley (right), taught original choreography to students during her visit to Hockaday this fall.

HelpHockadayShine Brighter.

Help Hockaday Shine Brighter.Because we are Hockaday, striving comes naturally to us. It’s inherent in the character of our community to challenge ourselves by setting standards of excellence that are beyond our reach – and then exceeding them.

You keep us moving forward when you donate to the Annual Fund. The goal for the 2010 – 2011 Annual Fund is $2.15 million. To achieve this goal, we count on contributions from parents and grandparents, alumnae and parents of alumnae, trustees, faculty, staff and friends.

Because of your support, Hockaday will continue our spirited journey beyond the expected – and challenge our girls to do the same.

Please support the 2010 – 2011 Annual Fund.Make a gift online: www.hockaday.orgMake a gift by phone: 214.360.6587

the Hockaday School Bright Girls. Brilliant Lives.

strengthen

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1913 Society Luncheon Hockaday honored members of the 1913 Society at its annual luncheon Friday, October 1. Society members include those who have made provisions for Hockaday in their estate plans.

For more information on the 1913 Society, please visit our website or contact Kathy Limmer, Director of Development, at [email protected] or 214.360.6579.

Left: Brett Giroir and Jill Shorey Giroir ’80

Right: Stephen Holloway and Bethany Elliott Holloway ’98

Left: Diane Montgomery and Ann Hubbard McIntyre ’74

Eugene McDermott Headmistress Jeanne P. Whitman welcomes the 1913 Society members.

Left to Right: Chandler Roosevelt Lindsley ’52, Jim Spellings and Susan Swan Smith

Above: Members of the 1913 Society dine in Great Hall.

Planned GivingPlanned gifts are sometimes referred to as “stop-and-think” gifts because they require

some planning and often help from your professional advisors. Unlike cash donations, they

are typically made from assets in your estate rather than disposable income, and come to

fruition upon your death.

Types of Planned Gifts include:

For more information about Planned Giving, contact:

Kathy Limmer, Director of Development at

[email protected] or 214.360.6579.

“I feel privileged to have received

a Hockaday education and

grateful for the positive impact the

Hockaday experience has had on

my life. The School has made, and

continues to make, great strides

to be a leader in educating and

encouraging exceptional young

women. Including Hockaday

in my estate plan allows me to

continue to support the School’s

commitment to excellence and

the future generations of young

women who will benefit from it.”

– Elizabeth Schoellkopf Dal Piaz ’91

Bequest in your will or living trust

Charitable gift annuity

Charitable remainder trust

Charitable lead trust

Endowment fund

Retirement plan assets

Life insurance policies

Remainder interest in your home

Elizabeth Schoellkopf Dal Piaz ’91 with her two children, Henry and Catherine, and her niece Grace Emanuelson (Class of 2024)


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Dear Hockaday Alumnae,

It is a pleasure to serve as your Alumnae Association President for 2010–2011. The Alumnae Board of Directors is 59 women strong and, in my opinion, one of most impressive and multitalented groups you could hope to assemble. As we implement the respective 2009–2014 Long Range Plan, the School and the Alumnae Association have both chosen to spotlight partnerships. Hockaday’s partnerships are varied and strong. The School is sharing knowledge and resources with other institutions, classrooms, community entities, schools across the country and, likewise, the School is open to the perspectives, knowledge and resources from their partners. In a similar vein, the Alumnae Association Long Range Plan focuses on Networking and Connections as one of our five overarching goals for the next five years. We must strive to strengthen the connections between the more than 6,500 alumnae worldwide and our partnership with the School. Opening the lines of communication within our network will enable us and Hockaday to continue learning and growing. Mentoring programs such as Daisy Chain and Net Pals allow alumnae to share their experiences and knowledge with current students and our youngest alumnae. From the simplest advice such as the best local eateries to more in-depth discussions of career choices, alumnae are able to provide support to other Hockadaisies. The Alumnae Association continues to produce local and national programs and events which bring us together. This year’s HAARTS (Hockaday Alumnae in the Arts) program will showcase the art of diplomacy with presentations by amazing members of the Hockaday community whose work often takes place on an international level. Other events, such as community service opportunities, give alumnae the chance to connect with our community whether it is by cheering on runners in the White Rock Marathon or assisting the Salvation Army with the Angel Tree program. Nationally, we will host gatherings in San Francisco, Houston, Lubbock, Washington, D.C., New York City and Santa Fe over the course of the year. Most of all we hope each of you will consider returning to campus for Alumnae Day on April 29. A crowd favorite last year, we will once again offer lectures by Hockaday’s amazing faculty. I encourage you to take part in the many Hockaday programs and events mentioned above. I have found each Hockaday alumna I have run across to be remarkable, yet it is when I sit in a group of alumnae that I am simply in awe. Our Hockaday educations developed our individual potentials, but it is as a group that we provide a broad spectrum of talent and abilities which serve to strengthen each other and Hockaday.

Sincerely,

kathryn Walker francis ’94

2010–2011 PresidentHockaday Alumnae Association

A Message from Kathryn Walker Francis ’94 president of tHe HoCkaday aluMnae assoCiation

“Our Hockaday

educations developed

our individual potentials,

but it is as a group that

we provide a broad

spectrum of talent and

abilities which serve to

strengthen each other

and Hockaday.”

katHryn Walker franCis ’94


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Hockaday Alumnae Association Calendar

February 2HAARTSHockaday Alumnae in the Arts“The Art of Diplomacy”6:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Liza Lee Academic Research Center February 10Sweetheart Tea3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Great Hall

March 10Alumnae Luncheon 11:30 a.m.The Doubles ClubNew York City

April 9–10 Alumnae ReceptionsWashington, D.C.

April 27Board of Visitors Reception6:30 p.m.Great Hall April 28Board of Visitors Meeting8:00 a.m.Liza Lee Academic Research Center

April 29Alumnae Day

April 30Alumnae Boarder Reunion Breakfast9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.Tarry House April 30Alumnae Family Picnic11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Lower School Playground and Picnic AreaLunch catered by Goff ’s Hamburgers

Save the Date!aluMnae day 2011Friday, April 298:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Alumnae Day activities will include alumnae lectures, Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, Luncheon, Campus Tours and Classroom Visits

forMer boarder reunion breakfastSaturday, April 309:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.Tarry House

aluMnae faMily piCniCSaturday, April 3011:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Lower School Playground and Picnic Area Lunch catered by Goff ’s Hamburgers

Reunion classes are all years that end in 1 or 6. Information about Host Hotels and Airline Discounts will be provided in future monthly e-newsletters. For more information, visit

www.hockaday.org/alumnae.

You Are Brilliant Women of HockadayTell us about the brilliant and interesting

things you, your sister, your friend, your daughter,

your granddaughter are doing. If you know a

Hockaday alumna who is making you proud,

let us know! E-mail Amy Spence at

[email protected] with news.


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Set up a Facebook page for your class year and communicate news, get-togethers and more in one central location.

The Friday evening after Thanksgiving is a good time to plan a get-together in Dallas because classmates are all in town visiting family and the holiday is over.

Let your class agent know if you are not receiving e-mails from Hockaday. The School may not have your current e-mail address. Stay in touch for news about class events and more.

Have events appropriate to your stage in life. Happy Hours are great for young alumnae. Family Dinners and Girls Nights Out are great for moms of young children.

The night before Alumnae Day is a great time to corral your class in Dallas. This breaks the ice for Alumnae Day and gives classmates extra time to spend together.

Some classes are more inclined to use e-mail, LinkedIn or Facebook to stay in touch. Know what works best for your group!

Supper Clubs at a home are a fun way to get classmates together regularly. Take turns and rotate from house to house for a chance to spend time with different classmates at their homes.

Your classmates may need a new class agent! Become a Communications Class Agent if you are interested in e-mailing your classmates to plan get-togethers and gather the latest updates to share with your class. Classes 1930–1938, 1931JC–1937JC, 1939JC, 1940, 1941JC–1943JC, 1945–1947, 1946JC–1950JC, 1950–1952, 1962, 1964, 1970 and 1979 are without a Communications Class Agent.

Become a Fundraising Class Agent if you feel strongly about giving back to the School through the Annual Fund and want to encourage your classmates to support Hockaday. Classes 1930–1938, 1931JC–1937JC, 1939JC–1943JC, 1940–1947, 1946JC, 1948JC–1952JC, 1956; 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1975–77, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, and 2003 are without a Fundraising Class Agent.

For more information or to volunteer, e-mail Amy Spence at [email protected] or call 214.360.6531.

“Being a class agent is a personal satisfaction for me, because it keeps me involved

in the School. And I enjoy ‘nosing around’ to find out what everyone is up to.” – Margot Holt Gill ’48, who has been a Class Agent for 60 years

Tips for Keeping Your Class Together


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niCole ginsburg sMall ’91 naMed

inaugural ela HoCkaday distinguisHed aluMna

Beginning at the 2010 Fall Alumnae Dinner, the Ela Hockaday Distinguished Alumna Award recognizes an alumna who – by virtue of her vocation, vision and passion – has a transformative effect on her community, profession and family. The award goes to women who can be expected to lead Hockaday girls and women well into the School’s second century. Our first honoree, nicole ginsburg small ’91, is having such a transformative effect on Dallas. Mrs. Small is the CEO of the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas where she directs all aspects of the Museum’s operation, as well as the development of its new building in Victory Park. Credited with shaping the Museum into a vibrant, growing organization, she was the guiding force during the 2006 merger of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place and the Dallas Children’s Museum to form the Museum of Nature & Science. Her leadership brought the Museum through a period of unprecedented change.

Nicole Ginsburg Small ’91 with her family

Fall Alumnae DinnerA Celebration of Friendship

David Wood, Ann Whitley Wood ’82 and featured speaker History Department Chair Steve Kramer

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“Only within the last 40 years or so have historians,

mostly women, but not a few men brought women back into history. We often find

that those women of modern history were ‘inconvenient’

but did it anyway. Miss Hockaday would be pleased

that all of you wanted to perpetuate and support this

Dallas institution where we sit tonight, one that

for almost 100 years has graduated young women

who would become the new ‘inconvenient women.’”

Steve KramerGuest Speaker

Chair, Department of HistoryThe Hockaday School

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1948Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Margot Hill gill, [email protected] dahlin Monnich, 214.363.2186

Margot Hill gill now has her back surgery in the rear-view mirror and is continuing a summer of rehab and therapy at home. Myth dahlin Monnich broke the “no climbing on a stool” rule on Memorial Day and ended up with a broken hip and ribs and a dislocated shoulder. She is now in rehab at Walnut Place. betty Jane lemmon Hein had double knee replacements in March. Certainly hope the rest of you are holding up our class tradition of being healthy and active. Sadly, we report news of the death of flamboyant and fun classmate Mary Mclain Carter in November 2009. Take care,– M & M

1952JCClass agent – CoMMuniCations:betty taylor Cox, [email protected]

Last fall was “travel time” for many of us. eva Jane potter Morgan joined a group of friends for Candlelight at the Biltmore. They spent four days at the historic Biltmore Estate, a mountainside retreat of the Vanderbilt family in Asheville, North Carolina. They also managed a trip to nearby Black Mountain, Montreat and historic Grove Park Inn. For me, betty taylor Cox, travel was an early Christmas gift. We won the Dallas Museum of Art/D Magazine’s sweepstakes trip to Egypt! The drawing was held in connection with the King Tut exhibit at the DMA. In February, alice (bert) McCart Walters, lila luckie McCall, eva Jane potter Morgan, peggy davis greenstreet and I attended Fort Worth’s Southwest Exposition and Livestock Show, where ann ferguson Williams and her family showed livestock! In late March, alice (bert) McCart Walters, eva Jane potter Morgan, peggy davis greenstreet and I drove to Wimberley to enjoy the bluebonnets at lila luckie McCall’s house. We also went down to Round Top for the spring antiques fair. In June, we met in Wimberley again at Lila’s, for the Wimberley Market and a get-together with some who couldn’t make it in April – Martha ann knapp linden from Houston, sonia Wolf Wilson from Austin and ann ferguson Williams. eva Jane potter Morgan is working on her next book – documenting her father’s noted ironwork in homes, churches and public buildings across Texas. I’ve just finished work on the 2010 Dallas Business Hall of Fame for Junior Achievement, enjoying video interviews with business honorees and producing an opener featuring Junior Achievement students and their heroes. Let us know when you’re coming to North Texas and we’ll plan a get-together with the group here. – Betty

1953Class agent – CoMMuniCations:Cynthia lavender Weichsel, [email protected]

Jane talbot writes, “Morgan and I recently spent time in Dallas to visit friends. Our entire family visited San Antonio to watch my 5-year-old granddaughter appear as Princess in the Mission Citrus Fiesta. I’m planning a genealogy trip with my son, Mark, to Tennessee and Mississippi. I spend my days playing bridge and traveling.” Jerrie Marcus smith, who lives in Fredericksburg, had lunch several months ago with betty Jo dearing and saw dolly Warner ladds at her mother’s funeral. She sees sandra rose when she visits Dallas. Jerrie’s twin granddaughters, Augusta and Alexandra, are in Form I at Hockaday. Her book, Reflections on a Man: Photographs of Stanley Marcus, which she edited with her daughter, allison v. smith ’88, has won two awards, one for book design and one for the best photo coffee table book. paula branch Holt is working on her dissertation for The Sanville Institute (Clinical Social Work) titled “Shame in the Therapeutic Session.” She keeps a small practice, while her husband, Joe, is an associate priest at a Chinese Episcopal Church in San Francisco.

1954Class agents – CoMMuniCations: Margie purnell, [email protected] armstrong adkins, [email protected]

Hello, Ladies! Our beloved class president, Margie, had a wonderful trip to California in February. The San Angelo girls (a.k.a. The Concho Pearls) went to a house party at Settler’s Crossing outside of Fredericksburg in April. lou ellen Mcginley, who wrote the definitive book on Texas wildflowers, joined us

for lunch at The Apple Tree. Lou Ellen is back at her ranch in Harper, Texas. She finally gave up horse riding at 70 years old, but is now riding a mule and a Kawasaki double-seater. lisa Meadows de lio visited our national parks in July. Judy Walker renick and her husband, Coleman, visited the newest hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and spent part of the

summer in La Jolla, California. betty olmsted taylor attended the wedding of Meg Munson ’96, the daughter of her cousin susie Weber Munson ’63, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida in April. Margie and I do so wish that you all would send us news. As for me, nita armstrong adkins, my oldest granddaughter, Meredith Adkins, graduated from The University of Texas at Austin and her brother, Russ Adkins, graduated from high school in Kansas. Until next time, we are your faithful class agents! Peace and Joy, – Margie and Nita

Four decades of Hockadaisies are represented by members of the Verlage family. Back Row from L to R: beth Morehead schluckebier ’79, gina Woods ’79, Caro emerson goettee ’78, betty Jo guthrie lastelick ’51, karen lastelick Higginbotham ’82, ellen Harris ballon ’78, irelda galvan de robles ’78, Mary McCarthy Moore ’79; Front Row from L to R: ann Whitley Wood ’82, Caroline Mullens (Class of 2011), Caroline Moore (Class of 2011), Marianna verlage ’09 and Heather goettee (Class of 2011).

Jerrie MarCus sMitH ’53

edited Reflections on a Man:

Photographs of Stanley Marcus

with her daughter,

allison v. sMitH ’88.

The book has won awards for

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1955Class agents – CoMMuniCations:natalie “schatzie” Henderson lee, [email protected] fisher tuck, [email protected]

Classmates came from Austin, Houston, Salado, San Antonio, and Waco; from Woodward,Oklahoma; Kansas City and Mount Vernon,Missouri; and Healdsburg and Kensington,California, to make our 55th reunion a truly wonderful one. The Hockaday campus looked beautiful with springtime gardens in full bloom. We relished being with one another, and we proudly celebrated the extraordinary achievements of our classmate Carroll lynn estes, PhD, the 2010 winner of the Hockaday Medal. Carroll, the fourth Hockaday Medalist from the class of 1955, is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco, the founding and first Director of the Institute for Health & Aging and the former chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Nursing, UCSF. She lectures nationally and internationally on social policy, health and aging, and has authored, coauthored, or edited 23 books. Her special guests for Alumnae Day were her aunt and mentor, Margaret Davis, her childhood friend, Tom Bywaters (an Emmy-award winner) and Harriet Miers, the former law clerk of her father, Judge Joe Estes. We missed everyone who couldn’t be here. Carroll received flowers, hugs, congratulations and good wishes from sandy smith garner, shirley klindworth singleton, lucretia nilan Cloran, deanna deaton Whitfield, Cissy abbott kelton, sandra pabst nance, Marsha segell karchmer, lynda yost lindh and sese Campbell. dulany lingo wrote, “I was looking forward to seeing everyone and getting caught up on ‘what, where, when and how’ in the ‘days of their lives.’” Classmates, along with their significant others, who were at some or all

reunion activities included linda schermerhorn brown, lynne bailey Carl, gloria Craugh Carroll, betsy slater dudley, Carroll lynn estes, Mima tally ferguson, grace Hill gentry, Janet kleinman kutner, schatzie Henderson lee, tina Weichsel Mcbee, eula lee Mcbride Miller, sally Wall McCollum, betsy buchanan oates, Jane taylor o’toole, sylvia pace-owens, donna paris porter, betty simmons regard, trudie Jackson smither and Jo fisher tuck. betsy slater dudley and betsy buchanan oates came only for the meeting and lunch at Hockaday and hurried back home to see their grandchildren participate in San Antonio’s Fiesta and Waco’s Cotton Palace, respectively. Two classmates, gloria Craugh Carroll and betty simmons regard, have granddaughters in Upper School at Hockaday. Jacqueline Carroll is a member of the Class of 2011, and Margaret Hardage (named for Betty’s mother, Margaret Simmons) is a member of the Class of 2013. donna paris porter and her husband live in Kansas City, where Donna keeps busy with a decorating business and keeps fit through golf and yoga. edna paine Wilson sent greetings from Santa Fe, adding, “For the past 10 to 15 years I have been quite the gypsy, moving from New Mexico to California to Panama, back to California and finally back to New Mexico.” Edna’s son Walton Wilson is Head of Voice and Speech and Associate Chair, Department of Acting, Yale School of Drama. Purely by accident, schatzie Henderson lee and her granddaughter Scarlett, Yale class of 2012, ran into Edna’s son in New Haven in April. Mima tally ferguson and husband Mead spent Easter 2010 in Phoenix with their son Chris, his wife Christina and their granddaughter Nicola. It was great to catch up with grace Hill gentry and her husband, Richard, during the reunion. Grace was asked to participate in an oral history interview for The Computer History Museum in Monterrey, California. On page four (of the 41 pages), Grace makes a lovely tribute to her Hockaday education. linda schermerhorn brown and husband, Gilbert, went to Egypt for a wedding. Sally and Charley McCollum went on

two pilgrimages with their church, Houston’s St. John the Divine. In June they visited Germany to see the Passion Play at Oberammergau. In October, they visited the Holy Land, and Egypt, where they visited Cairo, Aswan, Luxor and the Valley of the Kings. sylvia pace-owens, along with her partner, Joan Williams, visited San Diego to visit Sylvia’s daughter and her family.

1956 Class agent – CoMMuniCations:betty Weichsel Compton, [email protected]

Our 55th reunion is coming soon. Please put April 28 and 29, 2011, on your calendars and make a note to yourself: “Coming to Dallas for Class of ’56 Reunion.” The Dallas group is looking forward to the pleasure of your company. Madeline utay podorzer and Bill spent a month living in Tel Aviv, Israel in October 2009. They traveled to Jerusalem, Masada and Petra, and swam in the Dead Sea. In December 2009, Holly Hill gave the keynote address at a conference held by Golden Thread, the first Middle Eastern-American theatre in America, in San Francisco, where she also launched her new book, Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern American Plays. Holly co-edited with Dina Amin, who is Holly’s (honorary) Egyptian daughter. Holly is chairing the 2011 HAARTS program at Hockaday, which brings alumnae who are involved in the arts to the campus for a panel discussion each year. adelaide biggs hosted a family reunion totaling 24 people in Crested Butte over the Christmas 2009 holidays. Her new home includes a private chapel and a spectacular view of the mountains and valleys from the deck. When she is in Houston, she continues her prison ministry. – Betty

Class Notes

Carroll estes ’55, the 2010 Hockaday Medalist, holds roses from her classmate sandy smith garner ’55. Classmates Mima tally ferguson ’55, grace Hill gentry ’55, betty simmons regard ’55, Jo fisher tuck ’55 and betsy slater dudley ’55 surround Carroll before the special case of memorabilia from her life and career.


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Holly Hill ’56 and her Egyptian granddaughter, Dina (“Din Din”) in Cairo, January 2010

Mima tally ferguson ’55 with her granddaughter, Nicola, in Phoenix on Easter 2010

Jo fisher tuck ’55, reverend trudie Jackson smither ’55, linda schermerhorn brown ’55 and gloria Craugh Carroll ’55 celebrate Alumnae Day 2010 and their 55th reunion.

sandra pabst nance ’55 with grandchildren, Jake, Alex “The Rose” and Cody

pat kerby Hanne ’55 and sally Wall McCollum ’55 enjoy the 2010 Alumnae Day luncheon.

Madeline utay podorzer ’56 and her husband, Bill, at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem in fall 2009

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1958 Class agent – CoMMuniCations:Jane Woodward elioseff, [email protected]

brenda vaccaro played Jack Kevorkian’s sister in last spring’s HBO biopic, You Don’t Know Jack. Harriet schock’s ninth album, Breakdown on Memory Lane, came out this past April. She also performed in Henry Jaglom’s 2009 stage comedy, Just 45 Minutes from Broadway. Just after Christmas 2009, Margaret anne Cullum and peggy simmons dear traveled to Southeast Asia with the Stanford Alumni Association. Margaret Anne writes, “Angkor, Cambodia is the most magical place.” Peggy and Margaret Anne have made three earlier trips to China. In February, the Dallas chapter of the League of Women Voters honored Julie goldberg lowenberg with its Susan B. Anthony Award, not only for her work with the League in Texas but also for her lifetime dedication to social justice and human rights. louise shanks de la Cruz is living in University City (a San Diego suburb just east of La Jolla) with her daughter Kay and two of Kay’s three children. She says she spends most of her time in her flower and vegetable garden and cooking for Kay’s boys. alice shelburne neild writes that she is still playing lots of duplicate bridge and was made a Life Master last year. Marilyn Munger Watson attended cooking school in North Carolina last spring. barrie niehuss gravel is now a realtor with Virginia Cook in Dallas. She and her husband recently moved into a condominium and, having gone through it herself, specializes in helping couples downsize. Barrie’s daughter married Carol Moore diehl’s son, and they share three grandchildren. As for

me, Jane Woodward elioseff, I’m still writing reviews for the Internet Review of Books. A brief biography of your class agent appears in Feminists Who Changed America, 1963–1975. Much love to you each. Please send me your news!

1959Class agent – CoMMuniCations: allie stemmons simon, [email protected]

Greetings to the Class of ’59! A whole year later we’re still getting rave reviews on our 50th reunion in 2009! amy Worthington davis was so inspired that she tracked down George Germany, our class sponsor that so many “had a crush on,” who lives in Berkeley, California, and at almost 80 is still teaching at San Francisco State University. alison taylor (note: back to her maiden name) and her friend, Marty Nemirow, attended the spring meeting of the American Philosophical Society, where they enjoyed presentations by several Nobel prize-winning scientists, three former University presidents and top-level representatives from NASA, among others. susan schaenan gould reports that after a long association with The Philadelphia Orchestra she has joined the staff of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation as Assistant VP of External Affairs. ellen kleinman banner and emily patterson pantaleoni are neighbors in New York City and frequently power walk in Central Park. Constance Hill and her husband visited Kauai, Hawaii, in August, one of their favorite vacation spots. Connie continues her counseling practice on a part-time basis and also does premarital counseling for her church. Traveling to the other side of the world, patsy parkin lipscomb and her husband are taking a spring Baltic cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria

and are planning a trip to South Africa next year. Traveling closer to home, kathleen brooks verschoyle and Jim drove through the Texas Hill Country and visited taffy redman Cameron and Curtis in Fredericksburg. fran raborn bandy reports that she broke her hip

this past winter, but the highlight of her year was the wedding of her son, Carter – and her 95-year-old father was able to fly down for the wedding! Mary lou bowser Headlee had knee replacement surgery a few days after our 50th reunion and in August was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but is improving with medication. Janet spencer shaw and Lewis are building a new development close to nearby Crested Butte. nancy kaplan lubar is volunteering at “The Bridge,” the Dallas homeless shelter, furnishing the start-up

apartments which are provided for deserving homeless individuals. betty Harris o’neill enjoys bird-watching and quilting at her country home in Arkansas. Since 1997, sue ann bryant Holland and her husband, Jim, have lived at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Florida, in a high-rise condominium overlooking the white sand beach. rosalind redfern grover came to our reunion, although she attended Hockaday for only one year. Rosalind recently received two awesome awards – a Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the Top Hand Award given by the Permian Basin Petroleum Association. While writing her autobiography for the awards, she realized how important that one year at Hockaday was to her life. She says, “It shaped the person I have become in ways that I had not recognized before. At this age I can look back and see the Hockaday footprint in my life, and because of the appreciation I have for what Hockaday gave me I have joined the 1913 Society to give back to Hockaday.” Rosalind has a namesake granddaughter, rozzi, who graduated with Hockaday’s Class of 2010. Best wishes to all and keep the news coming! – Allie

1960

Class agent – CoMMuniCations: Marilyn Mason Jensen, [email protected]

Our 50th was such a success and the Dallas gals stepped up to the plate to make it so meaningful! Marilyn Mason Jensen went to France with three other girlfriends in June.

1961Class agents – CoMMuniCations: becky beasley, [email protected] addyman lawrence, [email protected]

kay fowler kelton and becky beasley served together on the 2009–2010 Hockaday Alumnae Board. They are busy tracking down all of our classmates from 1961 for our 50th reunion. vicki pernell Williams says it seems like it was just a few short years ago that we were playing field hockey. Even though she is not gray and does not use a walker, cataract surgery and degenerative arthritis in her neck make her feel that she may be pushing it! rena goodson Winfield is busy volunteer-teaching Bible study at Medallion Assisted Living and helping ESOL students learn to read at Prestonwood Elementary.

Class Notes

A brief biography of

Jane WoodWard elioseff ’58

appears in Feminists Who Changed

America, 1963–1975.

The Dallas chapter of the League of Women Voters honored Julie goldberg lowenberg ’58 with its Susan B. Anthony Award, not only for her work with the League in Texas but also for her lifetime dedication to social justice and human rights.


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1963Class agents – CoMMuniCations:penelope yates lary, [email protected] Jordan logan, [email protected]

Meg Munson ’96, the daughter of susie Weber Munson, was married in Palm Beach, Florida at Mar-a-Lago on April 10, 2010. Classmates who helped them celebrate were Carol friedman dressler, betty Walker Creech, anne Jordan logan, Jeanne Weil shelton, betty sanford Crawford, Cynthia Wood Marston and alinda Hill Wikert ’66.

1968Class agent – CoMMuniCations: angier peavy, [email protected]

Twenty-six members of the Class of ’68 descended on Austin for a mass 60th birthday party. Adorned with tiaras, feather boas, sequined wands and Wonder Woman bracelets, we paraded around the South Congress area and had a fine time. kathy Mack won the prize for distance covered as she came from Australia. She screened a video for us taken during our junior and senior years. We were, of course, absolutely adorable, and non-attendees bitsie Jennings rubi and pat richardson will want to get custody of footage of their cheerleading moment. kay leftwich dohanyos has maintained her thoroughly elegant persona and even wore her tiara at breakfast. Jan Woodward fox organized a welcome gathering at the San Jose Hotel Courtyard which segued into a most enjoyable dinner at Guero’s. There was a band playing, but we were even more entertaining, particularly during the boarders’ rendition of our theme song “Asparagus.” Mandy Mayhew dealey acquired an amazingly tacky princess piñata and packed it with wonderful candy. She hung it on a tree in the courtyard, and we all lined up to whack the princess with a green and white stick. susie strauss breen, kathy Howard, suanne eisen lubin and Molly Hobson zipped down from Dallas for Friday only, and they took every advantage of the opportunity to celebrate. Jan put in a call to swanee Hunt who was amazingly enough in the U.S.A. (but not in Austin) and whose birthday was also during the weekend, and we sang Happy Birthday to her. Suanne reported on Candy Curtis dunn, who was not able to come because she is busy with a zillion projects. susan lively came in from Washington, D.C., where she lives when she is not jetting around the world filling in at embassies. Susan is looking at the Peace Corps as a post-career career. Mary Jo Waits plans to take time off and spend a year or two in Paris. Jennie inge came in from Creede, Colorado, where she has a fantastic store and makes beautiful jewelry. lainy luckadoo abbott is also celebrating her creative bent making nifty beaded jewelry. anna galt markets singing quartz and notes that, although it is a niche market, she is big in the niche. frances aronson is occasionally lighting, sometimes editing, and also taking courses on 3D drafting. As for me, angier peavy, I recently spent time working at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.

rena goodson Winfield ’61 on Mother’s Day 2010 with her grandchildren, from L to R: William (4), Wesley (3), White (8) and Meredith (6)

Madelon david Cohen ’65 with her two daughters, Jennifer and Stephanie, and husband, Eddie

Group photo of the Class of 1968 celebrating their 60th birthday in Austin, Texas.


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Marianne Wells is back in Plano and trying to have half of the state declared a national monument. pam pitzer Willeford worked on the recent refurbishment of the Texas Capitol and took us on a tour Saturday morning. Pam raised funds to restore some areas to their original state. After the tour, we headed off to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center. We did not set up a formal tour as we had two experts in our midst, lynn Woodward, who does landscaping in Waco and elizabeth Murphey Milam, who is a Master Gardener and President of the Rose Society. nita smith took some time off from an extensive renovation project on a duplex and met us at the Center for a visit. We also managed to lure Mopsy Hopkins Casstevens out for the first time in decades. She is retired from the law and loving it. tricia Wilson is in the midst of several real estate projects and keeps ending up running committees at her church. bev scott is planning a trip to Greece and Turkey. ann Wessel was tour guide, party consultant, chauffeur and scheduler for fellow out-of-towners and managed to keep her charges and herself in the middle of everything. vicki vanston rothschild came in to Austin a bit early to have some doting time with grandson, Charlie, and organized an event Saturday night at Vespaio’s. We raised a glass to ourselves and solved most of the problems of the world during dinner. Those who could not attend but sent regards include andrea nasher, vicki Michaelis bartholow, Jackie Miller stewart, laurel ornish and Cathy Castleman greene, who was too busy organizing relief efforts in Haiti to make it. nancy leake abelanet had to be coaxed to attend with the guarantee that we would keep perkiness to a minimum, and she reported that we had succeeded. We all exchanged and showed off photos of children, grandchildren, pets, gardens and houses. What fun to celebrate our birthdays and our long-term and very precious friendships!

1969 Class agents – CoMMuniCations: Carole bond Jordan, [email protected] skeeters barnett, [email protected]

In April 2010, our classmate Cheryl Milkes Jerome Moore passed away. Our hearts go out to her daughter, elizabeth Milkes applbaum ’01, and her sister, lynn Milkes frank ’71. Cheryl was a talented, highly intelligent, contemporary woman who cared about her community and her family. She was a successful lawyer, a community volunteer, a devoted mother, and the kind of person who never stopped learning and stretching so she could do more. Cheryl was also highly irreverent, funny and a breath of fresh air. She cared deeply, maybe too deeply, about the world around her. We will remember her, laughing and smiling, as the true friend we knew in the spring of ’69.

1972Class agent – CoMMuniCations: Markeeta Mcnatt brown, [email protected]

sandy brunow writes: “My three sons graduated at the same time in May 2010. Michael and I could not be prouder.” blair baldwin Hudson writes: “My daughter, Lenore Grayson Hudson, married William Edwards Clark. They will live in Dallas and I am thrilled to have a psychiatrist in the family!” kathryn leslie gomberg reports: “Our daughter, Anna, who teaches chemistry in an inner-city London high school, and our musician son, Peter, have announced their engagements;both weddings are due to take place in 2011. Middle son, Stephen, has just graduated from Manchester University with a history degree. Our youngest son, Simon, continues with his medical studies at Oxford University.”

1975Class agents – CoMMuniCations:leslie ann Crozier, [email protected] barr Whitman, [email protected]

In April the Class of ’75 celebrated our 35th class reunion in ’75 style – two nights of lots of love, laughter and girlfriend giggles. Thursday night barbara glazer rosenblatt graciously hosted a girls’ night out at her lovely home. We had more than 25 classmates attend, and we enjoyed a wonderful evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and catching up. Friday we had three tables of classmates at the Hockaday luncheon, and then Friday night we all headed to my place at The Plaza Turtle Creek for the grand finale celebration party with our favorite St. Mark’s Class of ’75 classmates. More than 75 Hockaday and St. Mark’s Class of ’75ers sipped margaritas, took pictures and dined on yummy fajitas. The evening culminated

with dancing the night away to our favorite tunes from the 70s! One of our favorite faculty members and dance teacher, Buster Cooper, also made an appearance. It was so great to hang out with all of our Hockaday classmates, but hands down, the highlight of the weekend was surprise appearances from three of our classmates who most of us haven’t seen in decades: diane taylor depoi, Heidi Hall and Jacque dutton. Diane lives and works in the Preston Center area, Heidi also lives in the Preston Hollow area, and Jacque drove in from Fayetteville, Arkansas. sue ann plum bacheller traveled the farthest, arriving from Jakarta, Indonesia and yes, Sue Ann looks exactly like she did 35 years ago! suzie Haas McCann couldn’t make the reunion, but she was in Dallas visiting friends a couple weeks ago, and Jana Hayes and I enjoyed dinner at Mi Cocina with Suzie. She will be back in October, and I promised her we’ll do a mini reunion with all the DFW gang. Mark your calendar for April 2011. I’m already planning the Hockaday and St. Mark’s Class of ’75 36th reunion! Big girlfriend hugs to all of y’all, – Leslie Ann (& Betty too!)

1976Class agent - CoMMuniCations:sharron Hunt Munson, [email protected]

Wendy leer Campbell writes: “I now work at Houston Hospice as a volunteer coordinator but am interviewing to be the pediatric hospice worker. I have always been an advocate for children as a teacher and dyslexia specialist. I want to be an advocate for children at the end of life as well.” trish Mairs klestadt writes: “I am married and live in Scarsdale, New York in Westchester County. I am still a practicing lawyer but I try to work as little as possible. Peter travels for business to Europe and I tag along as much as possible. We have a weekend

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sissy best Cullum ’75, sue ann plum bacheller ’75, Martha Maclay sweezey ’75, bonnie bass smith ’75 and barbara glaser rosenblatt ’75 at Alumnae Day 2010


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More than 75 Hockaday and St. Mark’s Class of 1975 alumni celebrated their 35th reunion with dinner and dancing at the condo of leslie ann Crozier.

Heidi Hall bass ’75, leslie ann Crozier ’75 and diane taylor depoi ’75 at their 35th Hockaday reunion

Members of the Class of 1975 at their 35th reunion

leslie ann Crozier ’75, Jana Hayes ’75 and suzie Haas McCann ’75 at Mi Cocina

Members of the Class of 1975 at their 35th reunion

Members of the Class of 1975 at “Girlfriend Happy Hour” at the home of classmate barbara glazer rosenblatt

Mary Hay ’75, betty barr Whitman ’75 and Jacque dutton ’75 celebrate their 35th reunion during Alumnae Day 2010.

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home in Stratton, Vermont. The most notable Hockaday event in the past several years is that my daughters surprised me with two guests for my 50th birthday at Gramercy Tavern, Jean self Monte and lisa treigle pratt.” lynn easley drury writes: “After six years as associate vice chancellor for university communications at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, I am waiting for the next adventure to unfold. My husband, Doug, is completing his doctorate in psychology in Adelaide, Australia, and I have been going back and forth to visit him for the last 2 ½ years. Our children have four legs and fur. If anybody heads to Blowing Rock, let me know!” Mary Clutts writes: “My big accomplishment this month is learning to walk again – after stepping off the curb in San Francisco and successfully taking out two legs in one accident. I am happy to report that I am on track for not only walking, but my longer term goal of skiing next season at the same level as last season! kathy Martin oberthier and I have talked about a ladies weekend in the wine country.” aimee Church sheppard writes: “My husband Wayne and I celebrated our 30th anniversary this October. I have two daughters. I work for a home infusion pharmacy in Houston as a regional procurement manager.” Maggie oman shannon writes: “For the last 15 years, I’ve lived in San Francisco. I got married at age 40 to Scott Shannon, an architect, and became a mom at 45 when we adopted our daughter from China. I was recently ordained as an interfaith minister, and Carol Cleaveland attended my commencement ceremony. Currently I serve as the Spiritual Director of Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco. I have lunch from time to time with Mary Clutts, who works in downtown San Francisco.” ainslie taylor nibert writes: “I live in Houston where I run the nursing and allied health testing division for a medical publishing company. My husband, Earl (who is a CPA/senior accounting manager for KBR), and I have been married for 28 years, and we have two daughters.” barbara tayloe Jarratt writes: “We are still in Marietta, Georgia. My husband, Jess, is president of a Timberland REIT, and I am pursuing a master’s in marriage and family therapy and Christian counseling.” leslie Heape Hopkins writes: “In October, my husband, Larry, and I celebrated our 29th anniversary. We have three children. I’ve worked for New York direct-sales fashion company Etcetera for the last 10 years. We attend Watermark Church, where I am a community Bible study leader.” Martha vail Myre writes: “Currently, I am Senior Pastor at Leonard United Methodist Church (Leonard is a beautiful little town 30 miles northeast of McKinney). My husband, Chris, is a software engineer. I homeschooled three kids, now grown, and write a blog: http://pastormarthablog.blogspot.com.” karen veninga driscoll writes: “After college in California and law school in Austin, I practiced law for a while in Dallas. In 1996, I moved to Washington, D.C. I got an LLM, became a trade lawyer, married and now I have a 10-year-old daughter. In my heart of hearts, I am still the same.” Carol Cleaveland writes: “I am now an

assistant professor at George Mason University, where I am studying Latino immigration. I live in Philadelphia with my partner of 10 years.” elisabeth king seibold writes: “In December 2009 I eloped to Sedona with John Seibold. We have a 4-year-old Weimaraner, Max. Currently, we are remodeling my M Street home. Life is an adventure, and we love trying it all!” sharron Hunt Munson writes: “I live just down Welch Road from Hockaday. My husband, a Greenhill graduate, and I have four children together. We did it the hard way by meeting at age 35 and starting with our first child when I was 36. I serve on the boards of two non-profits: Soul’s Harbor, a homeless shelter for men with addiction issues (started by my grandfather in 1956) and Dallas Children’s Theater. See you at the reunion. Party chez-moi?”

1977Class agents - CoMMuniCations:sarah longinotti rosenthal, [email protected] lydia Connally McClanahan, [email protected] angie thomas, [email protected]

Janice schwarz writes: “Besides working full time as Director of Operations at American Beacon Advisors for almost 20 years, and mom of a 7-year-old and 8-year-old, I have been a political activist. I was elected as a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which was a lifetime experience. I am currently the President of the Far North Dallas Democrats Club. Our club was responsible for recruiting and providing the initial campaign staff for Carol Kent, who defeated a 20-year Texas State House incumbent.” Jodi Hadsell has been performing standup comedy for two years. She took a comedy class in 2008 on a lark and ended up actually liking it. Although she just recently became a comedian, she has been training for it all of her life. She says, “I guess when you feel like you were dropped from an alien ship into your family, you see things a little differently from most people.” Jodi was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Funniest Comic contest in Dallas at the Addison Improv, and she is a regular performer in “Four Funny Females” in both Dallas and McKinney. Jennie smith Wilson still lives in Ridgewood and sees lisa garvey frequently. sandy flippo: “I left advertising in 2009 and have become an Indian art and jewelry dealer. I sell mainly in Texas, California and New Mexico and collaborate with a long-time trader who is in her 90’s. There is never a dull moment and I meet many strange and fascinating people.” Helen graeber overstreet writes: “We are traveling when not keeping Mike’s grandkids. He has six so we stay busy since they live in three different states – Kentucky, Colorado and Wisconsin. I have studied the Bible very faithfully through Explorer’s Bible Study program for 10 years, and Mike and I took a three-week trip to the Holy Land in March. We went to Jordan, Israel and Egypt.” vicki bixler gill writes: “Our daughter Larkin has been eventing since she was 8 and dreams of riding for the US Olympic team some day. Most of our weekends

are spent at horse shows, or doing something with our horses, Harley and Butler, whose registered name is “When it Counts.” Mike and I stay busy with our respective companies: his software firm and my furniture showroom in the Dallas World Trade Center.” As for me, sarah longinotti rosenthal, my husband and I are now empty nesters!

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priss benbow had case studies of two clients profiled in Marketing Public Relations, a college marketing textbook published by Prentice Hall. kate belknap ’79 lives in Grand Junction, Colorado, teaches English at Mesa State College and manages the Powderhorn Ski and Snowboard School and Rental.

1982Class agents - CoMMuniCations: polly dossett Whittle, [email protected] thalia sarris banowsky, [email protected]

phyllis Whiteside fredricksen and her family took a European cruise in the summer of 2009, where they visited London, Copenhagen, Taalin, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Helsinki, then spent 10 days in Norway. presley stokes troyer says that she is a busy mom of three, living in the Bay Area, substitute teaching, driving a lot, running a lacrosse club, and doing yoga when she can. kendall burney recently got married to Rick Wilson, who is a retired career Marine who works as an engineer for Sigma Valves. They married at Lee Park with a reception at Arlington Hall. Since Kendall left teaching at Hockaday two years ago, she has been tutoring English and Spanish and helping high school seniors with their college applications. Her daughter Lauren is in Form IV, and her daughter

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lauren savage (Class of 2011), kendall burney Wilson ’82, Rick Wilson and Jessica savage (Class of 2015) at Kendall and Rick’s wedding


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polly dossett Whittle ’82, Jenna brasch Woodberry ’82, Cuqui Chiriboga ’82, elly sachs Holder ’82 and Julie philipson boren ’82

Class of 1975 alumnae at Girlfriend Happy Hour in Dallas.

From L to R: In purple are laura bloom gordon ’81, angelique foster ’82, kendall burney Wilson ’82, lauren savage (Class of 2011) and Julie philipson boren ’82. Also pictured are anika bandarpalle (Class of 2020) in black and Jessica savage (Class of 2015) in pink, among other Daisies and Hockaday teachers at Kendall’s wedding to Rick Wilson.

Jessica is in 8th grade at Hockaday. In February 2010, Cuqui Chiriboga came to Dallas for a visit from her home in Ecuador. She brought her nephews Guido and Diego with her and stayed at karen gilbertson Cowden’s house. She saw lots of friends, including sandra standifer fennell, Mary smith Waller and Jenna brasch Woodberry. Haley Woodberry (Class of 2012), daughter of Jenna brasch Woodberry, received Hockaday’s Sudie Duncan Award in spring 2010. ann Whitley Wood spoke at the ceremony and Haley’s aunt, sarah Woodberry, flew in for the event. Catherine baxter sidamon-eristoff reports that her husband Andrew was appointed Treasurer of the State of New Jersey and they have moved to Princeton. Their children will be attending the Princeton Day School. Catherine will continue to work at Constellation Wealth Advisors in New York and will learn all about train commuting! Claire McCracken galetti e-mailed from Seoul, Korea, where she was spending several months working on a multi-billion dollar project for the US Army. Heather dunbar’s life is full of giggles and hugs with her three daughters: Collen Audra (16 months), Sylvia Lynette (3) and Judy (5). Carol Marzuola is on a much-needed hiatus. After 15 years of political insanity in Venezuela, she followed her beau to Cheltenham in southwest England, where she works from home and enjoys visiting the lovely Cotswolds countryside and other parts of the UK. karen gilbertson Cowden recently married John Reoch, Jr. in a small church on St. Barth’s. Karen and John are both real estate attorneys in Dallas. – Polly

1983Class agent – CoMMuniCations:Caroline Haynes lopez, [email protected]

Three of nell fullinwider bush’s daughters are at Hockaday: abby (5th grade), ellie (7th grade) and Hannah (Form II). Nell’s son Joseph is a junior at St. Mark’s. laura anderson running writes that her oldest daughter, Kathryn, who graduated high school in May 2010, is at The University of Chicago. nancy Wynne saustad is now the Director of Development for the Dallas Zoo, which opened its new exhibit, “Giants of the Savannah” in May 2010. Congratulations to all on these accomplishments!

Allison Cowden, Solo Reoch, karen gilbertson Cowden ’82, John Reoch Jr. and John Cowden at John and Karen’s wedding in St. Bart’s

Swim team reunion with alyssa gilmore ’84, Julie Mayer turnbull ’84, laura Henderson spikes ’83, leslie Henderson Harrell ’89 and denise paul shavandy ’88


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1984 Class agent – CoMMuniCations:sydney Hall, [email protected]

victoria larroca left The Richards Group last January after almost nine years and is now on her own after 20 years of working for “the man.” She is a freelance marketing consultant and copywriter. Carolyn Herkimer Cooper is working at Hockaday this year. “I am teaching Lower School Spanish. I team-teach with Marcela Gerber (the other Lower School Spanish teacher) and love every minute! My duties include kindergarten, primer and 1st grade Spanish as well as assisting Señora Gerber with 2nd and 3rd grade Spanish classes. It’s really strange being on the other side as a ‘faculty member.’ As I stroll through the halls and eat in the lunchroom, I have lots of déjà vu’s of my own days as a student.” Chesie Hortenstine breen writes: “We recently moved from Houston to East Hampton, New York. I launched an e-magazine, Clover (www.clovermag.com), which is devoted to design, art, fashion and culture. I’m also a contributing editor for House Beautiful.” katsy boyd continues to work with her mom and sister at Boyd & Taylor Resources, a temporary- and permanent-placement agency. kay Wills Wyma writes: “Our family has grown since I last saw you. We have five kids, ages 2 through 13. Jon works at Ernst & Young. The kids are in school at Cambridge & Providence. In February I started my own blog, www.themoatblog.com. It follows our family as I try to move my kids from ‘enabled’ to ‘equipped’ – all the things a human needs to know in order to function independently. It’s pretty funny. I have guest bloggers (including local and national speakers) each week who share wisdom on tween/teen issues.” lynne page Clarke writes: “I have gone back to work practicing law on a part-time, contract basis. I continue to stay busy with my three boys.” stacey lane, husband Steve, and daughter Julie Ma (4), are still living in Boston. Stacey and Steve work in marketing for TJX Companies (parent company of T.J. Maxx, Marshall’s and HomeGoods). leslie stoneman Cornog writes: “My husband, Bill, works for the private equity firm KKR and was given the opportunity to head up the team in Europe to structure it more like their US model. So after four years in Menlo Park, California, we are in London for a bit. Our children, daughter Quinn (7) and son William (5), have both been accepted to The American School in London. I am excited and overwhelmed at the same time, and look forward to traveling around Europe and showing my kids another part of the world. Given the smaller geographic area, my husband should also be traveling less, which will be a lovely thing for all of us.” karen sheinberg pollock writes: “My daughter, Katherine, graduated from Lamplighter and is now in the 5th grade at Hockaday. Matthew will be a senior at Lamplighter next year. Katherine has loved being in school with Candace Campbell swango’s daughter Campbell Swango and it has been fun watching the girls play together over the

last seven years.” elizabeth nicholson king and her family are in Tucson. “Funny thing – at last year’s Hockaday get-together, I met a woman named tamara stern Hundley ’80. Not only did she go to Hockaday, but she went to Camp Longhorn as well – small world! When I’m not shuttling kids from one place to another, I’m leading a Girl Scout Daisy troop, co-chairing the local Symphony Cotillion, helping our church in the search for a new rector and spending a lot of time in classrooms.” Jill robinowitz Clay writes: “All is great over here. I’m enjoying life in Fort Worth and staying busy with family, friends and kids’ school.” alyssa gilmore writes: “I have lived in Austin for the past 15 years. I have been in the healthcare industry for about 20 years and currently work as a medical supply sales rep for facial cosmetic surgery products. I’ve been with my boyfriend, Matt, for four years. I’m very involved in the Austin music scene, volunteering for music organizations such as Austin Music Foundation. I’m also pursuing my own musical interests on the side. I saw Julie Mayer turnbull, laura Henderson spikes ’83, leslie Henderson Harrell ’89 and denise paul shavandy ’88 at the end of April. We hosted a synchronized swim team reunion at Julie’s house. Most of us hadn’t seen each other in 20 years. pam rowlett Mcintosh writes that their “biggest news this year was welcoming Foster McIntosh into our family. We adopted her from the Military Working Dog Program. Check out the website if you are interested in adopting, www.militaryworkingdogs.com.” kim Martin grant has been living in Austin for six years after moving back from the Atlanta area. “I live five minutes from my sister, Joanie, and Rob and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in September 2009. I play and work for Austin’s USTA tennis association as the adult leagues coordinator.” kelly Welborn and her family moved to Edina, a Minneapolis suburb last summer. Jennifer Hocking writes, “The H boys keep us on our toes and there is never a dull moment. Sam continues to travel a lot, as he now works for the French bank, BNP Paribas. We

really like living in San Francisco and all the Bay Area has to offer. We also like to spend time in Glen Ellen, where we have a home – it’s a perfect venue for sun and country air. Juggling the three boys, along with a husband who is on the road all the time is more than enough to keep me busy, but I’ve met some nice friends through schools, church and various groups. I can say that I miss the warmth and good manners of Texans. We have been able to connect with leslie stoneman Cornog and her family over the past few years. I have had the opportunity to see amy spence ’87 and Headmistress Jeanne Whitman on their trips to SF and it’s always nice to catch up on Hockaday news. I even run into kate Mullen banfield ’86 every once in a while, though usually at the bus stop, 7:15 a.m., me possibly in a bathrobe and both rushing to get kids to school on time!” During the summer, Candace Campbell swango’s children went to Camp Longhorn, and the family spent the rest of the summer in Coronado, California. As for me, sydney Hall, I have done a lot of community service work with my daughter Sydney, a freshman at ESD, and I have really enjoyed spending that time with her. Like Pam, my biggest news is that our family has a dog now – her name is Charly and she is a 2-year-old Mini Australian Shepherd. – Sydney

1985

Class agents – CoMMuniCations:tracy bassman kaye, [email protected] elise black parteli, [email protected]

The illustrious class of 1985 celebrated its 25th reunion last April. The weekend was jam-packed with events from start to finish. The festivities began on Alumnae Day. Many of us enjoyed tours of the campus and a few got to chat with their most favorite teachers. linley young got to visit and take pictures with several teachers – Madame Cavitt, Mr. Long

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Members of the Class of 1985 celebrate their 25th reunion, from L to R: irene stalcup forero, laura bonnett lohr, stacey scott schmier, Cappi Copeland northcutt, kelly bryan, tracy bassman kaye, amy Castle gray, brenda o’neal and elise black parteli.


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Upper School French teacher Madame Beverly Cavitt and linley young ’85 on Alumnae Day 2010

Alumnae Class of 1985 celebrating 25 years. Pictured are lauren sheppard, Jo ellen Mason, tracy Williams, irene stalcup forero, Christy alvord eveland, linley young, laura Miller Mosso, elizabeth shockney phipps and Claire Hughes lynch.

stacey scott schmierer ’85, rebecca enloe fletcher ’85 and geri greenlee Hooks ’85

Alumnae Class of 1985 celebrating 25 years. Pictured are liz georgoulis, linley young, Cheryl Callewart Morgan, kathy berry, laura Coats, laura belknap Calley, kartaka “kay” bell allen, tracy bassman kaye and kelly bryan.

Cheryl Callewart Morgan ’85, irene stalcup forero ’85, kathy berry ’85 and lulu pumarejo ’85

Members of the Class of 1985 at Alumnae Day Picnic 2010: lauren sheppard, Cheryl Callewart Morgan, Claire Hughes lynch, laura Miller Mosso, Jessica “teddy” brown pfau, linley young, amy Castle gray, laura belknap Calley, Jo ellen Mason and lulu pumarejo

Janie dunne Cooke ’85, rebecca enloe fletcher ’85 and elizabeth oldham Collett ’85

Members of the Class of 1985 celebrate their 25th reunion, from L to R: emmy ferrier patterson, irene stalcup forero, tracy bassman kaye, Margaret flanagan soloman, kit richardson sawers and Melinda bell nugent.


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and Dr. Saxon. tracy bassman kaye and I went on a hunt for Señora Butcher. Tracy just had to find her and was thrilled to engage in a long conversation about their travels and what a huge role Señora played in Tracy’s life. We then had our picture taken and we were off for chess pie and cornbread muffins. I wish that I had taken notes of everyone’s adventures but I only got a few bits of information and was amazed at the ones with older kids and younger kids. elizabeth oldham Collett’s son, Porter, is going to boarding school at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA. Her two girls, Elizabeth (13) and Margaret (10), are in 7th and 4th grades, respectively. They all go to Camp Balcones Springs in Marble Falls, Texas. Elizabeth and Wendy Washmon thompson were lucky enough to celebrate their 25th reunions with their moms, neall grinnan rose ’60 and sandra sweeney Wilson ’60, who were celebrating their 50th reunion! Cheryl Callewart Morgan’s family recently moved to Danville, California (just outside San Francisco) after eight years overseas. They have adorable 3-year-old fraternal twins who keep her very busy as a stay-at-home mom. We were so blessed to have two awesome parties for the weekend and some “after party parties” with the St. Mark’s class of 1985. Friday night’s party was at the home of Margaret flanagan solomon for “Girls Only Curry and Cocktails.” It was a perfect spring evening and the food and conversation was wonderful. We had to literally push everyone out the door – we were so engaged in conversation! – in order to meet the St Mark’s guys at the Barley House. It was fun to catch up with the guys and it turned into a late night for some after the spectacular spring storm and lightning show! On Saturday kids and family members joined together on the Lower School playground for the Alumnae Family Picnic. Afterwards, we were lucky enough to have one of our own, Claire Hughes lynch, signing copies of her book Children with High-Functioning Autism: A Parents’ Guide, at Barnes & Noble in Preston Royal. Claire is a professor of special education as well as the mother of a child with

high-functioning autism, and she wrote the book that she wanted to read when she was looking for help – a book incorporating the knowledge of a professional but with a mother’s heart. That evening we were treated to a Mexican fiesta at the home of rebecca enloe fletcher and her husband, Barron. It was a great night with lots of picture-taking, and our celebrity classmate, Mattie Caldwell roberts, entertaining us with six different poses during our photo op. Again, we had to move the herd of people to yet another St. Mark’s party just a block away at the home of Nita and Cullum Clark. The weekend could not have been more perfect, and thank you to everyone who came fromnearandfar;andaspecialthankstoeveryonefor putting up with my cheesy nametags that I insisted on. tracy bassman kaye reports that she, her husband Jeff and their three kids have continued their travels and spent three weeks in the summer visiting London, Sweden, Russia, Estonia, Finland and Denmark. They then spent winter break in Thailand and China. Tracy and Jeff (St. Mark’s ’85) recently celebrated their 20-year wedding anniversary in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. A special thank you once again to our hostesses, Rebecca and Margaret. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait another five years to reconnect, but there is always Facebook. Those in attendance: kartaka bell allen, laura belknap Calley, kathy berry, kelly bryan, donna Casey, laura Coats, elizabeth oldham Collett, Janie dunne Cooke, geri greenlee Hooks, Christy alvord eveland, patricia barlerin farman-farmaian, rebecca enloe fletcher, irene stalcup forero, liz georgoulis, deidra Wilson graves, amy Castle gray, tracy bassman kaye, susan Maclay keene, Wendy prideaux kumpf, brenda o’neal, brett Cohen levy, laura bonnett lohr, natalie spencer lorio, Claire Hughes lynch, Jo ellen Mason, Cheryl Callewart Morgan, laura Miller Mosso, Cappi Copeland northcutt, Melinda bell nugent, elise black parteli, emmy ferrier patterson, Jessica brown pfau, elizabeth shockney phipps, lourdes pumarejo, Mattie Caldwell roberts, kit richardson sawers, stacey scott schmierer, lauren sheppard, Margaret flanagan solomon, susan Hagler thompson, Wendy Washmon thompson, laurie Watel, tracy Williams, Claire taylor Winn and linley young. Keep in touch! – Elise

1986

Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Margaret Herndon, [email protected] susan Mcginnis Mcallister, [email protected] Carolyn perot rathjen, [email protected] kristin kessler schell, [email protected]

As always, this is an exciting time in the lives of our classmates. There is more news than ever to report, as we move toward our 25th reunion this coming spring! Living in New York, rebecca block is completing her PhD in psychology. Judy Choi recently made a big move from New York to Los Angeles with her husband, Michael, and son, Jonah (3). Misty thrash Walters lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three children. Cory sebastian is living in Portland, Oregon with husband, Andrew, and toddler, Nicholas. And Margaret Herndon is enjoying work and family here in Dallas with her husband, Kurt, and sons, Sebby and Leo. lisa loeb and husband, Roey Hershkovitz, welcomed baby, Lyla Rose, to their family in December 2009. Lisa and Roey moved to Los Angeles following their wedding in New York City in early 2009. Classmates alma doll pratt, Margaret Herndon, adrienne gruben, and talley dunn joined in the festive wedding celebration. Lisa continues to make appearances and perform across the country; she recentlydebuted her latest musical endeavor, Camp Kappawanna, this past summer. Seen regularly on the Hockaday campus, angela berry roberson has been active on the Hockaday Alumnae Board and as a participant in the recent HAARTS panel, which focused on the Dallas Arts District. Angie lives in Dallas with her husband, Sherman, and her two daughters, Chloe (11) and Kayla (9). In addition to managing her consulting firm, Angie stays busy with family and as an active alumna of Rice University. We have several classmates that have recently joined the Hockaday parent community. Daughters of tamara rorrie Campbell and amy sanders kerber recently completed their first year at Hockaday as 5th graders. Other Hockaday moms from our class include elizabeth enloe Malakoff, elizabeth ostrow smith, bailey ann simms broughton, stephanie glickman Harmon, and Jody plotkin rudman. As for myself, talley dunn, I am staying busy with my sweet baby girl Virginia (3), the gallery, and my new and exciting responsibilities at Hockaday. I am honored to be the chair of the Head of School Search for Hockaday as well as chair-elect to the Board of Trustees. With my new commitments to Hockaday, I have decided that it is time for me to step down as class agent. We have an absolutely amazing class, and our 25th reunion is just around the corner. This is the perfect time for additional 1986 classmates to become involved as class agents! It’s a fantastic way to remain connected to the school and our extraordinary class. See you at the reunion! – Talley

High school graduation of Dylan Kaye, son of tracy bassman kaye ’85 on May 30, 2010.

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amanda McHugh boyd ’87 with her twins, Oliver and Charlotte

1987Class agent – CoMMuniCations:kathy Mclane gersch, [email protected]

amanda McHugh boyd is continuing to celebrate her successful fight against breast cancer. She is well on the path to recovery and reconstruction! katya Jestin, her husband, Kit, and their three kids Samuel, Madeleine and James are well in NYC. Katya just returned from a trip representing a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, which was fascinating. Kit is still working on his book. kelly McClennahan barnett is busy making plans to move to Seoul with her family for a couple of years. We will miss her stateside! angela ards is starting a sabbatical from SMU and spending a year at Harvard University. She is doing some very exciting research. Thanks to Facebook, valentine de preux can contact us and give us news from little Switzerland after about 23 years! Her children Grégoire (14 ½) and Charlotte (13) are doing just fine, growing up fast. Valentine is still working as the Director of the school in Prangins and teaching English to 15-year-old students. She rides horses every day and competes in Europe. kristin kessler schell ’86 spent the summer with us in the Pacific Northwest at our beach house on Whidbey Island. We would love more of you to come up and visit! Keep the updates coming and don’t forget to join our Hockaday Class of 1987 Facebook page.

1988Class agent - CoMMuniCations:adrian Harris forman, [email protected]

shana intille Wilcox writes that she is escaping Dallas more frequently these days with trips to Sedona, Santa Fe and Disney World with her husband Barry, daughters Zoe (6) and Amy (3), and her parents. Courtney nichols, entrepreneur and marketing CEO, has gone live with another new business venture: SmartyPants Gummy Vitamins (http://www.wearesmartypants.com). They have a philanthropic edge to their business as well: For every bottle of vitamins they sell, two needy children will receive two months’ worth of nutrients through her company’s partnership


katey thomas Martus ’88, kimberly Haley-Coleman ’88, Margaret Herndon ’86 and shana intille Wilcox ’88 in Costa Rica

diane tedrow bode ’87 with her sons, Ryan and Collin

beth brand stromberg ’87 with her family

kennera Mullen Melanson ’88 and Gilles Melanson on their honeymoon


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with Vitamin Angels (very similar to the TOMS shoes initiative). kimberley Haley-Coleman writes: “A number of Daisies came to Costa Rica in January to celebrate 40th birthdays, where we zip-lined, hiked volcanoes, hiked hanging bridges, endured spa treatments, lots of wine and finished conversations, with no husbands or kids! Hope to do a Part II soon.” Meg allen temple is back in Dallas, with husband Chris and daughters Mia and Libby. Before Dallas, Meg and Chris had lived in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Seattle. nicki allen writes: “We had our first annual Allen Ranch Round Up, where we worked cows and put on a steer-roping contest for the cowboys.” ellen dutta writes: “My daughter, Adele Frances Viswanathan (15 mo), is an experienced traveler already. She has been to Paris, London, L.A., NYC, Nantucket and of course, Dallas. I’m still working full-time in the allergy department at Massachusetts General Hospital. My husband Anand and I are very happy living in Brookline, Massachusetts.” kennera Mullen Melanson writes: “I live in Northern Virginia, just outside D.C., where I’ve been for almost 8 years. About two years ago I met a man at work, Gilles Melanson, and we fell in love. Madame Cavitt would be proud, since I still get to speak French – although I don’t understand a word of French Canadian, or worse, Acadian, the utterly foreign French dialect my new grandmother-in-law speaks! For our honeymoon we went to Paris and Nice and had a fabulous time.” erika bruce writes: “Still plugging away here with the working and mommying to Sarah (2) and Zachary (4). I enjoyed catching up with Julie ann sklaver and her son Eli (4) when they were in town, and ran into Mandy ginsburg at a birthday party.” After two years of bouncing around Long Island, I, adrian Harris forman, am thrilled to report that my hubby and I bought a charming 100-year-old Victorian house in Westchester. I attended the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference in August in Middlebury, Vermont, which was thrilling. I hope these notes find you all doing well and that you will keep in touch. Take care of yourselves and those around you! Your dutiful class agent, – Adrian

1989

Class agent – CoMMuniCations:allison Campfield taten, [email protected]

kimberly fahrenbrook rich and tiffany newsom Melvin recently became next-door neighbors! They both live near ESD, and Tiffany is living in the house that her family had back in middle school. rogers Hartmann continues to work tirelessly to raise awareness about dystonia through the organization she founded, Beat Dystonia. Rogers was honored by the Hockaday Class of 2010 by being selected as the Commencement Speaker. Miwa Mills o’sullivan has been living in London, England since 2002 with her family, including son Andrew Michael (11 mo), and is working for The Coca-Cola Company as a financial analyst. An interview of Michelle rauch was included in a two-hour documentary on Tim McVeigh that aired on MSNBC on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Michelle talked about her 1993 interview with a then-unknown McVeigh during the Waco Branch Davidian siege. The 1993 interview was part of an article Michelle wrote in college for the SMU Daily Campus. renee north Hallgarth and husband Dan now have four daughters: Hannah, Aspen, Sydney and Kristen. katherine Moore Madeira began work earlier this year with ACS, with many exciting opportunities in the future due to their recent acquisition by Xerox. Although she officially retired as a skater with the Atlanta Rollergirls, Kat remains an active retiree attending bouts and league events. There was lots of travel in 2010 including visits to Boston, Dallas, New Orleans and Maryland. leslie Henderson Harrell and family cheered on her husband as he ran the 2009 ING New York City Marathon. Leslie works part-time at Brenham Abstract and Title. She organized the Habitat for Humanity Gingerbread House Auction for Washington County once again. This year, Leslie ran in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon and the Livestrong Austin Marathon. She still sits on the Board of Directors for the

Chamber of Commerce of Washington County and the Main Street Board for Downtown Brenham. Her kids are involved with soccer and Little League, among other things. beth bankhead writes: “I resigned from First Southwest in July. As for my new endeavors, when I get back from a photographic safari in Africa, I will be couch-surfing and camping across America for a year while completing Reader’s Digest “The Most Scenic Drives of America – 120 Spectacular Road Trips.” This is a link to my blog: http://sites.google.com/site/memoirsofacouchsurfer/. Hope you will follow along, perhaps lend a couch or go on a road trip with me. kristal snelson thurmond graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in May 2010. Please consider joining our class Facebook group, “Hockaday Class of 1989.” Did you know we have an amazing 77 members? Please keep me up to date on any e-mail changes or moves so you will always remain in the loop with our wonderful class! Note: My e-mail has changed recently. See above. – Allison

1990Class agent – CoMMuniCations:leigh allbritton, [email protected]

It was great to see so many of you at our 20th reunion! Not sure I can list everyone that attended but I’ll get as many as I can: Melissa thomas allan, leigh allbritton, erin sudbury ashby, alisha bell, Catherine Crutcher bohigian, anna Jordan burbano de lara, Julia Campbell, tara flowers Carleo, Jennifer Hazelwood Cronin, lillian Huang Cummins, Christi thompson dean, rebecca eldredge, tracy Haymann elliott, ronnetta fagan, karyn abroms ferber, Jennifer Williams ferguson, Missy blevins folsom, elizabeth smith gray, Melinda Hartnett, Michelle Harvey-Mahlo, Channing Henry, emily Herndon, elizabeth tucker Johnson, stephanie zimmerman kanary, elizabeth Hairston keogh, erin Wagner kinard, Jennifer Childs kugler, dana lawrence, Jenny Mcdowell lichty, Christian anderson love, nicole Maclean McCauley, leeat

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laura talley ’89 on her wedding day in New Orleans

leslie Henderson Harrell ’89 (center) with two friends running in the 2010 Austin Marathon

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Meyerovitz, alexis Connally noack, kate Hoak power, Jenna salwen, Jessica setnick schon, leslie rubin skanberg, anna underwood small, Carrie shepperd butler, Jill sachson trattler, april lane Wegman, elizabeth anderson Wilson, Courtney Comer Wunderlick, and blair Johnson Wylie. Hope to see many of you again in five years! Now on with the little bit of news I received for Class Notes. dana lawrence is a Director of Marketing at Frito-Lay, Inc. and recently went on a great trip to Egypt. leigh allbritton started a new job as Program Director for Meredith Integrated Marketing in April 2010, and traveled to Santa Barbara, California, with Jennifer Hazlewood Cronin and elizabeth smith gray in July 2010. nicole Maclean McCauley and her family visited California in May. emily Herndon, who recently became a first-time homeowner, is working at UTSW in neuropathy, which continues to be interesting and challenging. rajani kapu is at Zale University Hospital where she is an anesthesiologist and Sheila Haffar is on staff as a hematologist/oncologist. Melissa korby fordyce is busy with her two kids, Abby and Sam, and working part-time after nine years off. nicole Maclean McCauley and her husband, Jimmy, celebrated their 10-year anniversary in August 2009 with a trip to Mexico, where they enjoyed some much needed relaxation (i.e. kid-free) time. tania gardere Macleod is busy with her four kids, Cade, Kayla, Kit and Claire, and selling real estate in Atlanta. elizabeth tucker Johnson is busy with her children, Price and Betsy, who fill their family with such joy. Her husband, Ken, is studying at Kellogg and is still practicing cardiology. leigh allbritton is Vice President, Account Director at RAPP, where she manages the Macy’s H-E-B and Amway accounts. I, Melinda Hartnett, am busy with Sienna (6), Christopher (5), Tabitha (4) and Sophia (2) and still working full-time with my family at The Hartnett Law Firm. I’ve really enjoyed being your class agent for these five years. Thanks to leigh allbritton who has agreed to serve next!

1992

Class agent – CoMMuniCations:Julie flamant Hamilton, [email protected]

Maryam toofaniam Morse and her family have moved to a new home in Dallas and her two boys are settling in nicely. Her oldest son, Sam, is in 2nd grade at Hyer Elementary, and Maryam serves on the Hyer Preschool Association Board. angela runnels andrade and her family are moving back to Dallas after living in New York for the last 12 years. karen soltero enjoyed a trip to Paris and London and is doing some culinary and photography writing, including reviews for the Los Angeles section of joonbug.com and shooting for the new blog dishkebab.com. bettina Hein continues expanding her business, Pixability.com, and recently enjoyed a much needed vacation to New Orleans with her husband, Andreas. lisa bobbitt georgalis and her husband bought the Inwood Tavern and held the grand opening in May. sarah fry Close is busy with writing, serving on the PTO, playing tennis in two leagues and going to an early morning women’s boot camp.

Members of the Class of 1990 celebrate their 20th reunion during Alumnae Day 2010.


nicole Maclean McCauley ’90 with her children Jack (4) and Olivia (6) at Disneyland

Melinda Harnett ’90 with her children Sienna (6), Tabitha (4), Sophia (2) and Christopher (5) and her husband, Chris


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Heather lawrence Hopper is leaving the classroom after nine years to pursue her dream of teaching yoga full-time. She is getting her Yoga for the Special Child certification and will be teaching yoga to children with developmental differences in conjunction with The Warren Center in Richardson. She continues to do after-school yoga classes at Lakehill and Good Shepherd Episcopal School, and tutor children with learning differences. For the work they do with children and yoga, Heather and a yoga colleague recently won the Tom’s of Maine and Yoga Journal contest to attend the Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park Colorado! nancy fallen is now Manager of Operations at MAXIMUSalliance, which is a small consulting firm that provides companies with cost savings and recovery. Nancy will oversee research and analysis and lead client management in business process improvement, communication and reports. She also recently had a great time catching up with Margaret roberts, emilie Mennel Collins, sarah fry Close, Maryam toofanian Morse, Michael greenfield, emily eldredge, stuart newsome and lisa gala. Congratulations to lexi Hart who received her graduate degree in Cinema and Television from SMU. She wrote her thesis on female television spy heroes. She recently got a Bichon puppy, Chewie. Jackie lokey kelley and her three children enjoyed a family vacation in Italy. All is well here in D.C. I got to hang out with Maya Metni pilkington and katherine smitherman at the Hockaday alumnae event in D.C., and it was great fun. I also want to give a very special thank you to nancy fallen. I have been so lucky to have made such great and enduring friendships since my Hockaday days, and Nancy sent me a care package of delicious cookies in order to survive the crazy winter we had. It was so kind and amazing and I am truly grateful. I look forward to catching up with all of you soon.

1993

Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Mary Clare Jalonick, [email protected] khamesra, [email protected] Casey brown, [email protected] Merry Munson Wyatt, [email protected]

Hello everyone! andi abrile de guala lives in Santa Fe, Argentina, where her husband Augustin is an orthopedic surgeon. Andi manages his practice, and they have two kids, Lola and Salvador. She’s also a part-time student and travels a lot between Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and Cordoba, where she grew up and where her parents still live. “I will have to look at Facebook more often to catch up with all of you,” she says. “But having little kids doesn’t give me a lot of free time!” lynn drum lanyon says she is working as fundraising chairwoman for her children’s school in Chicago. “It is time-consuming and a lot of work, but the challenge is welcome and rewarding,” she says. Hillary allbritton kokes says her daughter Hadley is beginning preschool two days a week and she’s spending part of her free time working with the Junior League of Raleigh. teel Jaffe tishgart is a running queen. She writes that she ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon with a time of 1 hour 43 minutes. She ran the whole race with Jessica gagnon Menendez. She plans to run the MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon in December. laura sotelo santellana graduated from SMU Dedman School of Law in May. Congrats! emily eldredge says she is having a wonderful time acting in commercials and films in and around Dallas. “I also host my own radio show on live365.com called ‘Consult the Muse,’ inspiring people to let go of fear and commit

to their joy,” she says. shannon Morris Warden is now living in Overland Park, Kansas. She and her husband, Brad, have two children, Jack and Ella. pamela Jaffe is still living in New York City and working in the Weight Watchers financial planning department. She says she is also working part-time as a consultant for mbaMission, an organization which helps potential business school candidates draft their applications for top-tier MBA programs. nidhi Monga nakra recently moved to Austin after living in Los Angeles for six years. She left her job at the Centers for Disease Control when her daughter, Amiya (2), was born and is now working part-time for a non-profit doing policy and advocacy work in the field of immunizations. angelica “Heli” Marin Hill is continuing her love for adventure and travel. She recently went to Tanzania with Roadmonkey Adventure Philanthropy for two weeks. She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa, and built a new kitchen with a

focus on fuel-efficient stoves for a village school. Cindy Casey brown writes: “I am working for myself part-time as an attorney and writing grants for non-profit organizations. Ed and I can’t believe how fast our son, Frank (2), is growing and changing. We are so excited

that we are expecting a new baby in October.” Julie rhoda larson returned to the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University in April 2010 as the Assistant Director for Partnerships. In the new position, she says she hopes to “continue my grandfather’s (Norman Borlaug) legacy through developing agricultural partnerships between public, private and philanthropic groups and expand upon his mission to feed the world’s hungry.” On a sad note, we were all so saddened by the death of lauren smiley, friend to so many, in March 2010.

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paMela Jaffe ’93

is still living in New York City and

working in the Weight Watchers

financial planning department.

lynde Jones schoellkopf ’90 and her daughter Willow

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rachel brakke ’93 and Hilton Matthew Holman on their wedding day Courtney elliott itson ’94 with her husband Greg and son James

Jackie lokey kelley ’92 and her son Timothy Michael Kelley III Hillary albritton kokes ’93 with her daughter Hadley

Mary breithaupt southard ’94 with James, Brett (17), Brittany (15) and Cheney (2 months) at Easter

kathryn Munson beach ’94 at the trunk show she hosted at Doubles.

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Cindy Casey brown and teel Jaffe tishgart both wrote nice tributes. Cindy: “I will always be heartbroken about the death of our dear friend and classmate, Lauren Smiley. Lauren was such a wonderful, thoughtful and giving person and we had been friends for as long as I can remember. I enjoyed all of the times I spent with her. My family and I will always miss her dearly.” Teel: “This year Hockaday lost a special woman, lauren anne smiley, sister of tracy smiley ’95. She was one of the few individuals from our class who was a friend to all, made evident through the relationships she continued to nurture well past graduation. Her sparkling personality will be sorely missed.” Please keep in touch! – Mary Clare

1994Class agent – CoMMuniCations: susannah Moore, [email protected]

rachel brakke is working at the University of Colorado in the physical medicine and rehabilitation department as an attending physician. She and her husband, Hilton Holman, live in Denver. tiernan swenson Cavanna reports that she, Kieran and their three boys have had a wonderful time in Rowayton for six years, but are moving next door to Darien, Connecticut. Courtney elliott itson and her family moved to Austin over the summer. She is teaching 10th grade art history at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, where there are already two other Hockaday alums (lisa Culbertson ’96 and Jenny Jackson Morgan ’93). kathryn Munson beach has launched an infant clothing line, Baby Bespoke by Kathryn Beach, which is featured in boutiques across the country, including MADISON in Highland Park Village. Kathryn’s sister, Merry, has played a huge part in the sales and marketing of the company, too. Also, Kathryn reports that she and abby golden ritman had a great time catching up at the Operation Smile Gala in Manhattan in May. Michelle Midyette is loving living and working in downtown Dallas. She is still head designer for Zasha and Jude Frances, among others. She has now opened Midyette Fine Jewelry offering custom jewelry design. Her website is www.midyettedesigns.com. Mary breithaupt southard and her husband, James, recently celebrated their 10-year anniversary. The family is still ranching. Jessica stokes sorvalla came by for a visit in March, and she is doing wonderful and looks great! She and her family are still in California. It’s been a great year for sara Jaffe and her family. On recommendation

of the American Theatre Critics Association, the Tony Awards selected Signature Theatre (where Sara has been Director of Development for 8 years) as the recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Sara reports, “It was such an honor to be the only theatre outside Broadway to be recognized for outstanding work.” Also, Sara recently bought a 100-year-old renovated farmhouse in Arlington, Virginia. Jessica abroms released a new iPhone app, iSnuggle, through her company Teatime Media. iSnuggle lets you create and send snuggly pictures and texts via email, MMS, Facebook or Twitter. Jessica’s first app was MASH. I hope everyone has joined the Hockaday Class of ’94 group on Facebook. It has been a great way to stay in touch and I plan to make it more interactive soon! – Susannah

1995Class agents – CoMMuniCations:karin brown shoffner, [email protected] sarah stockton, [email protected] Wilson Wagner, [email protected]

Loved seeing some of you at our 15-year reunion – can’t believe it’s been that long! We even got to catch up with some of the St. Mark’s Class of ’95 – fun times and great memories. allison geller block writes, “Charlie (5 ½) and Isabel (3 ½) are busy with school and activities and trying to get used to their new sister, Lily. I was so excited to be back for our 15th Hockaday reunion. It is always so great to come back and see how amazing Hockaday continues to be!” Meredith

Hawn married Brian Jaworowski on March 20. Lots of Hockadaisies were there: dory Hawn sjogren ’92, stephanie earhart pool ’94, Jennifer gerard, elizabeth Hooper o’Mahoney, Hadley Hicks Quagliarello, karin brown shoffner and sarah saalfield, among others. danielle lazier continues to rescue senior citizen canines through www.muttville.com and is busy building a real estate empire in San Francisco. Find her at

www.SFHotlist.com. karin brown shoffner writes, “I am staying busy with my two little ones, Reese (4) and George (1 ½). I joined a real estate group at Allie Beth Allman in Dallas, and I am definitely enjoying getting back into the real world a little bit!” Hillary peters is teaching in Frisco, and in her down-time has become a Certified Academic Language Therapist (SMU) and will complete her master’s degree in education this December. katie blaz ahearn writes, “My daughter Madeline (2) is full of energy. We are still living north of Boston. I’m continuing to enjoy my work in

government affairs at Reach Out and Read, an early literacy nonprofit organization.” erin Jones rudsenske writes, “I am now going to be a Stella andDotstylist;theperfectjobforastay-at-homemom. Their jewelry is fabulous and I am so excited to be one of their reps. Please check out my website, www.stelladot.com/erinr.” Monica nobles is still living in Mexico City working for Visa, and was recently promoted to Director of Business Development. She says, “There’s never a dull day in this city, and I’m enjoying every minute of it!” Merrie nell spence had her first cabaret show, “Lipstick and Camouflage,” which she wrote and performed off-Broadway with her best friend Heather Powell. The show was based on their story: two polar opposites who become best friends through their shared experiences as single women and actresses in New York City. Merrie Nell also served as a drama instructor at Parish Episcopal School’s theatre camp this summer. Her students ranged in age from 5th through 8th grades, and starred in a production of “Beauty and the Beast” at the end of camp. sarah price brown is still in Los Angeles, taking care of her son Noah and his baby sister, Sonia, who was born in July 2009. As for me, sarah stockton, I’m working at The University of Texas at Dallas as the Communications Manager for the School of Arts and Humanities. Keep in touch! – Sarah

1996

Class agents – CoMMuniCations:allison Hazlewood olson, [email protected] Werner epperson, [email protected] sharon spalding, [email protected] s. self, [email protected]

Lots of news to report for the Class of 1996! laura adams is still living in San Francisco and working in marketing at Google. This summer, she traveled to South Africa to experience the World Cup and a safari. Maha armush is still in the U.S. Foreign Service, on her second post now, Brazil! Maha arrived in São Paulo in early May, and will be there for two years doing a Consular-Political Rotation. After an extended maternity leave, elizabeth duffy returned to her job as an associate attorney at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell in Dallas. susan dean sends in, “I’ve spent a great deal of time volunteering for the non-profit organization Fertile Earth Foundation as Assistant Director of Development. The film Never Winter, in which I co-star, was selected for screening and premiered at the Miami International Film Festival. This spring I shot commercials for Safelight Autoglass, Auto Nation and Cleveland Clinic.” Susan continues to work in real estate in addition to acting. olivia ellis writes, “After having done fieldwork in Brazil, I just graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master’s in Latin American studies and have moved to Washington, D.C.” louise flaig emerick was married to Scott Emerick in September 2009 at the Dallas Arboretum. Louise was

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JessiCa abroMs ’94

released a new iPhone app,

iSnuggle, through her company

Teatime Media. iSnuggle lets you

create and send snuggly pictures

and texts via email, MMS,

Facebook or Twitter.

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Hockadaisies with Jamie glick lowe ’95 on her wedding day, from L to R: amy osborne White ’95, Meredith Hawn ’95, karin brown shoffner ’95, John lowe (st. Mark’s Class of ’96), Jamie glick lowe ’95, brooke robinson Howe ’97, kristin pittman ortega ’97, sara lowe nathan ’91 and Jessica Werner epperson ’96

elizabeth Hooper o’Mahoney ’95 with her husband Thomas and their daughter Ava

Jamie glick lowe ’95 with her husband John Lowe (St. Mark’s Class of ’96) katie blaz ahearn ’95 with her daughter Madeline

allison geller block ’95, elizabeth Hooper o’Mahoney ’95 and danielle lazier ’95 celebrate their 15th reunion during 2010 Alumnae Day.

Members of the Class of 1995 celebrate their 15th reunion.From L to R: karin brown shoffner, sarah saalfield, sarah stockton and allison brooks

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happy to have so many Hockadaisies with her to celebrate, including virginia alverson, brittany baird, Janet blackwell, Catherine Cody, lisa Culbertson, kelly ruff frazier, lauralee thornton gunby, liz taylor, and shirley Miller (daughter of eula lee Mcbride ’55.) Louise writes, “We’re in Boston still, and I am at America’s Test Kitchen (also known as Cook’s Illustrated) working as a cookbook editor, and volunteer teaching cooking classes on the side with a local nonprofit.” Jeanne Conner galindo is back in the United States, doing a four-year program in San Diego at Alliant International University to get her doctorate in psychology (PsyD). Jeanne sends in, “My son, Alexander, started kindergarten in the fall. He’s doing great, and is due to finish chemotherapy in August 2011.” Claire therese Heyne is living in Rome, Italy, where she is getting her license and, perhaps, doctorate in spirituality at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the “Angelicum”). In 2007, she made her public consecration as a consecrated virgin (a rite dating back to Apostolic times). brooke temple Hernandez and her husband are still running their thermal water pools tucked away in the mountains of Mexico, growing lots of crops and raising bulls on their ranch. Brooke says her son Benjamin (2) “keeps us on our toes every second of the day.” britten larue taught art history as an adjunct professor at UT Dallas in the spring. She enjoys working part-time so she has more hours for her kids, Sylvie (3) and Arden (1). kelly Johnston Middleton continues to stay busy with her two girls, Margaret (4 ½) and Charlie (2). Kelly, her sister, devonie Johnston Coble ’99, and their parents chaired the inaugural Accessible Luxury event benefiting Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Meg Munson Mcgonigle and Patrick McGonigle married on April 10 in Palm Beach, Florida at Mar-a-Lago. Her sisters, Merry Munson Wyatt ’93 and kathryn Munson beach ’94, were her Matrons of Honor. She was grateful to her mother, susie Weber Munson ’63, for all of her help with the wedding planning, and she was happy that allison Hazlewood olson was one of her bridesmaids. Hockaday friends and family from the classes of 1954, ’63, ’64, ’66, ’74, ’93, ’94, ’96, and 2011 were there to help her celebrate! In case you had not heard, Jennifer boswell pickens recently published her first book, Christmas at the White House. The 408-page book with more than 500 images was named one of the top 10 coffee table books of 2009 by USA Today. In addition to First Lady Laura Bush writing the foreword, every other living first lady including Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan all contributed personal introductions for their sections of the book. She is currently working on another White

House book and is still living in Dallas with Bryan and their two daughters, Abby and Maggie. Maya pillay and her husband, Jason, recently moved to Dallas to be closer to family. Maya says, “We are looking forward to reconnecting with everyone so feel free to FB us!” lindsay stonecipher rivers writes, “I am happily married and living in upstate New York with my family. We have two children, Maverick (5) and Presley (3). My husband is in the Army and I run a full-time daycare. I love my life, chaos and all.” Carolyn Cohen simon writes, “Our family moved to Austin in June, and I’m teaching Spanish. We’re looking forward to being back in Texas full-time.” Cynthia spalding was so excited to take a trip to St. Maarten with her friends, including tina bonsu ’95 and kathryn spitzberg. She loves staying in touch with Jenn self, Chancey Canon, elayna erick, Melanie lary, alyssa lary, and vanessa Wu. Speaking of kathryn spitzberg, she sends in that she moved into her own place in Chelsea and is working as a freelance designer/

brand architect. She began doing triathlons about five years ago with Green Storm Racing (a tri team here in New York City). Kathryn was accepted into a one-year program to get her master’s in branding at SVA (School of Visual Arts). She sees Cynthia spalding, tina bonsu ’95, and John Charles Scott (St. Mark’s ’96) all the time. Mary ann thompson-frenk sends in, “My husband and I were honored and humbled that The

Memnosyne Foundation was blessed with the opportunity to underwrite The International Summit on Indigenous Environmental Philosophy in May 2010, which culminated in the Redstone Statement issuing a call to protect the environment and means of survival of indigenous people from around the world! Our organization also brought five of the delegates (Apache, Toltec, Maya and two Maori) to speak with Hockaday science students about environmental and human rights issues. The interaction was magical as the girls connected with people from different economic, cultural, and spiritual traditions and made me proud that they asked questions showing their sensitivity and concern about the earth and the preservation of the indigenous peoples’ way of life! We are also about to launch our Mayan Clinic Project via a partnership with Hope Contained with a goal of converting shipping containers into 20 clinics throughout tiny Mayan towns!” sara Wood zedlitz recently moved to Oklahoma City to teach history at the Casady School. Sara writes, “I have two children: Isabel (5) and Grae (2). I spent time when I lived in Dallas with anastacia Wilson sadeh and Chancey burnett Canon and their wonderful families; how nice itwas to reconnect with old friends I hadn’t seen for years!” As for me, allison Hazlewood olson, my

husband and I built a house here in Austin. We had fun living in a high-rise downtown (in the same building as Cindy simmons) while our house was under construction. Cindy simmons and I have been playing doubles tennis together in a small league. I was recently named one of the Top Five Producing Realtors for 2009 for my brokerage, Diane Dopson Properties, and I still love selling residential real estate. It was great to recently see Jessica Werner epperson, her daughter Kathryn, and Jessica’s family while celebrating the graduation of her sister, rachel spradley ’06 from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2010. Julie sagalowsky got the green-light that her pilot, “What’s Up, Warthogs!” is going to series. The sitcom, developed by Julie and her fiancé, Alex, will show on the Canadian Family Channel. She’s hoping for a U.S. distribution next! I hope everyone will mark their calendar for our 15th reunion (gulp!) which will be in late April of 2011. Thanks to everyone for sending in updates.

1997Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Courtney Jones Johnson, [email protected] anne stites Herrell, [email protected]

After leaving Hockaday, anna-karin bergstrand completed her senior year of high school in Sweden. She attended the University of Uppsala and obtained a master of science in pharmacy. She currently lives in Stockholm and works as a clinic research consultant for Bayer. nicole latorre Cheng, her husband Alan and son Hudson (1) moved back to Atlanta so Alan can complete a cardiology fellowship at Emory. katherine Coleman works as a merchandise planner for Neiman Marcus Direct in Dallas. She loves working for Neiman’s and has been with them for more than five years. laura douglas dostert lives with her husband, Paul, and toddler daughter in South Carolina. In addition to being a stay-at-home mom, Laura is an adjunct math professor at Coker College, where Paul is also employed as a full-time math professor. Worth anne stites Herrell recently received a promotion to Director of Marketing at Advanced Beauty Systems in Dallas. noreen Medhi is the leasing agent at Worth Anne’s office building, and the two are often able to catch up. When she is not working, you can find Worth Anne running after her son, Mack (18 mo). Worth Anne’s sister, sarah stites (Class of 2012), is on Hockaday’s varsity softball team. Worth Anne recently had a chance to catch up with kate brantley Hooper and her two boys, Brantley and Brayden. Kate and her family still reside in Tyler, Texas, and recently became a foster family to a little boy. Maureen McCarthy resides with her husband and daughter, Anna, in New Jersey. Maureen is currently practicing law with the Federal Communication Commission. lakshmi nair is working as an anesthesiologist at Medical City Hospital in Dallas after finishing up her residency last year. Lakshmi and her husband are the

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Jennifer bosWell piCkens ’96

recently published her first book,

Christmas at the White House.

The 408-page book with more

than 500 images was named one of

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Worth anne stites Herrell ’97 with her husband Aaron and son Mack

devonie Johnston Coble ’99 with her daughter Matilda “Barrett” Coble


Members of the Class of 1999 with Meredith Casey Jarrett ’99 and Ted Jarrett on their wedding day in New Orleans

Members of the Class of 1999 with Marion abercrombie laubach ’99 at her wedding

ruk velamati ’99 on her match day

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proud parents to their daughter Maithili (17 months), who always keeps them entertained. sarah Houldey raggio was married on June 13, 2009, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and currently resides in Dallas with her husband John. dena fayad was the matron of honor. Other Hockaday attendees included leigh bailey, nihal fayad ’95 and kelly rahe silvers ’95. The couple recently purchased their first house in the Lake Highlands area and are both busy with their respective law practices. randal rauscher rhodus is in her eighth year teaching 2nd Grade at Hockaday. She and her husband have a daughter, Anderson (2), who attends Hockaday’s Child Development Center on campus. nicole stewart moved back to Dallas and is living in the M Streets area. In addition to operating a private Pilates practice out of her home, Nicole is acting in a play at Water Tower Theatre. Since moving back, Nicole has been able to catch up and get together with fellow classmates Mona rowghani and alicia Carter. lauren shawn recently completed her anesthesiology residency at UCSF in San Francisco. She and her fiancé moved to Philadelphia so Lauren can complete a one-year pediatric anesthesia fellowship.

1999Class agents – CoMMuniCations: Meredith stites, [email protected] Jeffrey Williamson, [email protected] frankfurt gail, [email protected] Hewitt fischer, [email protected] Hudson, [email protected]

devonie Johnston Coble reports that she and her husband, McLean, have been enjoying time with their little girl Matilda “Barrett” Coble. ruk velamati graduated from med school in San Antonio and is starting her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Chicago! sarah White came to her Match Day and is also moving to Chicago to start journalism school at Northwestern. Ruk and Sarah are so excited to finally be living in the same city again! anne-Marie Corley completed a master’s degree in science writing at MIT in 2009. She is currently in Moscow, Russia, studying the Russian space program on a Fulbright grant. Melissa Corley is a captain in the Air Force and completing her dissertation research for her PhD in space systems engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In October she moved to Washington, D.C., for her next assignment. This past April, kelly brantley little was presented with the 2010 Symphony Award by the Dallas Chi Omega Alumnae for exemplifying the thoughts and ideals of the

Chi Omega creed. Kelly also reports that she and becca nycum elder were bridesmaids in Marion abercrombie’s wedding to Dave Laubach (Cistercian ’99) in New Orleans on March 20. Meredith Casey Jarrett also married in New Orleans on May 8 to Ted Jarrett. The two met while living in New York. Meredith stites and lesley phelan were in attendance. Ceylan yukler is still living in Amsterdam and working on the global Adidas account with TBWA advertising agency. While Charlotte Hudson, celebrating two years with local ad agency Slingshot LLC, was named Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Slingshot Foundation by the firm’s CEO, in addition to her continuing role managing media planning and strategy. andrea Choquette and anne fischer both graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, completing their MBAs. Andrea has accepted a full-time position with Clorox Brands in San Francisco, doing marketing strategy and consumer research. robyn schwartz siegel is in Los Angeles pursuing her MA in art history, focusing on contemporary art and the environment. She continues to work with her mother in fine art consulting.

2000Class agents – CoMMuniCations:sonya Mirbagheri, [email protected] rose brown, [email protected] evans decker, [email protected] pickering, [email protected] stanley-ikhilioju, [email protected]

It was so wonderful to see everyone and catch up at our 10th reunion luncheon as well as our class event at Mattito’s in April! Thanks to everyone who came (especially our classmates who came a long way such as Mariana pickering, who fortunately made it from Italy despite the volcanic ash), and thanks to amy barr patrick and Jill rosellini ombrello for their help with the planning. We have such an amazing class

of lovely ladies and there are so many congratulations in order. Congratulations to anne Catherine savage who graduated from Harvard Law School and will be spending the next year in New Haven working on domestic violence policy before starting her job at the

New York law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Congrats to abby english who graduated from Fordham Law School and moved to Dallas in the summer. We also have many new brides in our class. Congrats to natalie bayoud who married Greg Anthony earlier this year, as well as anar rathod who married Sanil Patel in Sherman, Texas, in April. olivia Carleo married Joseph Eklund on April 10, 2010 in Italy. sonya

Mirbagheri and alejandra Cejudo attended the wedding. Among the many classmates we had a great time catching up with at our reunion was tyler lown who is excited to be back in Dallas after three years in L.A. and is now working for her dad as manager of corporate operations for his three companies. It was also great catching up with Casey boyter. Casey was recently featured on Central Texas Gardener (a gardening show on PBS) discussing her passion – green roofs and their applications in Texas. She has spent the past six years researching ways to expedite the creation of the green roof industry in Texas, creating GRoWERS (green roofs: working expertise, regional solutions), a local network to further knowledge of green roofs. She is working directly with the city of Austin to create incentives for the technology. We were also able to catch up with CC Jones who received a master’s in clinical psychology (MACL) in December 2009, and is in the fourth year of her doctoral program, preparing to write her dissertation. Cassie evans married Jake Decker on September 19, 2009, at the Breakwater in Kennebunkport, Maine. brannon Cullum was Maid of Honor and sarah bartholow, emilie gioia and erica gioia kuppin were bridesmaids. Jake and Cassie reside in Dallas where both are practicing attorneys. Cassie practices commercial litigation with Beasley, Hightower & Hartmann, P.C. and Jake practices bankruptcy law with Allmand & Lee. Please contact me if you have an update for the Hockaday Magazine! – Sonya

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anne-Marie Corley ’99

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program on a Fulbright grant.

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sonya Mirbagheri ’00 and alejandra Cejudo ’00 with olivia Carleo ’00 at her wedding

Cassie evans decker ’00 with her bridesmaids including brannon Cullum ’00 (Maid of Honor), sarah bartholow ’00, emilie gioia ’00 and erica gioia kuppin ’00

From L to R: Meg Weathers ’00, rebecca kaplan ’00, gwyneth gravelle ’00, khris Jackson ’00, ib stanley-ikhilioju ’00, Matthew Clark, laura fisher Clark ’00, denman glober ’00. leesie pool ’00 and amy barr patrick ’00 at the wedding of Matthew and Laura Clark on May 23 in Boulder, Colorado

2001Class agents – CoMMuniCations: Mary Crain, [email protected] fosdick, [email protected] bailey peakes, [email protected] Meyer stoneham, [email protected] thumlert, [email protected]

Hi ladies! Mary Crain is working at the Museum of Nature & Science and is helping oversee its expansion into Victory Park. She and kristen thumlert are traveling to Italy this November for Caroline snell’s ’00 wedding. Both Mary and Mallory fosdick will be completing their Junior League of Dallas provisional year in 2010–2011. sara rowghani took a leave of absence this summer from her job at Google in London to study Scandinavian furniture making and design in Copenhagen. Melissa Cundiff-pexa, her daughter Wren Reveille (3), and husband Chris live in East Nashville. Melissa is getting an MFA in creative writing (poetry) at Vanderbilt University and will graduate in 2012. Melissa and Chris have been married for six years as of Halloween 2010. Melissa is an editor for the Nashville Review, Vanderbilt’s literature and arts journal. britt sorensen york is living in Austin with her husband Kyle and daughter, Willa Caroline (1). Britt is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom and Army wife. sarah Washburne is working in Egypt for a security firm doing risk assessment and crisis management for companies and governments operating in the Middle East/North Africa region. She completed her PhD researching Sudanese politics in June and is happy to have finished her viva voce! susan Mathai is a second-year resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is applying for fellowship programs in pulmonary and critical care. sarah penn moved to Palo Alto, California this summer to go back to business school. Jennifer Muncy started her five-year child neurology residency this July at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. She will be coming back to Dallas in 2012 to complete her residency at UT Southwestern. alicia Jones graduated in June with her doctorate of medicine and started her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical School in July. She also won a senior award, the Annelle M. Ahmed, M.D. Women’s Health Care Award. kate Holbrook is working as a nurse, and is pursuing a master of science at UCSF with a specialty in advanced community health and international nursing. She recently returned from a week of volunteering as a nurse in Haiti and spent two months in southeastern India working in a rural hospital as part of a global health program. Mae zakhour recently finished her first year of OB/GYN residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. Mallory Fosdick is currently commuting from Dallas to Minneapolis for her job as an associate with Oliver Wyman. Mallory, anita taleghani and Mary Crain took a quick trip to San Francisco in early April where they “played tourists” and visited Brandon Phillips and David Mottram (St. Mark’s ’01). stephanie frankfurt was married September 4, 2010, in Washington, D.C. kate Holbrook and


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Stephanie’s sister, sara frankfurt gail ’99, were bridesmaids in the wedding. Stephanie’s fiancé, Erik Weinberg, is from Baltimore, and they will continue to live in Chinatown with their dog Hef after the wedding. ashley gaulding graduated in May from the University of Minnesota with a second undergraduate degree, earning a BS in chemical engineering. She previously earned a BS in radio-television-film from The University of Texas in 2004. She is now doing a master’s/PhD program in material science engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interest is in renewable energy technologies. Merritt denton was recently promoted to the Director of Trade Development for Texas at Glazer’s Wholesale. She now manages Glazer’s wine and champagne business in restaurants and hotels across Texas. She was also sworn into the Dallas Chapter of CASA, an organization that works in conjunction with CPS and the courts to advocate for foster children. As for me, amy Meyer stoneham, I am still working at Hirzel Capital Management, a hedge fund here in Dallas. I am a new proud owner of a yellow Labrador retriever named “Higgy” (short for my husband’s mother’s maiden name, “Higginbotham”)!

2002Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Heather White linburg, [email protected] Miller, [email protected] elizabeth perry, [email protected]

Jacquie braun is working on her MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is enjoying the California weather after three cold years in Minneapolis. Meghan titzer is currently a second-year student at Harvard Business School, where she is in a baroque orchestra. She made it up Mt. Kilimanjaro in January – three days ahead of Justin Timberlake, who was also climbing! liz gibson is a commercial producer for Uproar!, a marketing agency in downtown Dallas. She lives with her boyfriend in Addison and in her spare time manages and reviews local bands. leann parey is in her last year at the Cumberland School of Law and is applying to receive an LLM in estate planning. laura ginsburg, stefanie smithey, and emily tang grabbed a delicious Sunday brunch on October 18. If anyone else is in the D.C. area, let them know so they can set another one up! kristina kiik graduated from SMU Dedman School of Law in May, has published two law review articles on counterterrorism, and will be practicing commercial litigation in Dallas upon graduation. lindsey noe recently received an MA in religious studies with a concentration in ethics from Yale University, and has accepted a full-time job in Yale’s Office of Development. In addition, she serves as the Assistant Cheerleading Coach. sandy barnett is living with Callan blount in New York City. Sandy works for a start-up organic baby food company called HAPPYBABY. She often sees Heather Winn, who just started her own clothing line in Brooklyn, Hedo. Callan blount

writes, “I am still working at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank, and the only major accomplishment of my past year is that I ran the 2008 NYC marathon.” On April 18, 2009, Jennifer i. law-Henry married her college sweetheart, Jeffrey D. Henry. The ceremony was held at Perkins Chapel on the campus of SMU, and the reception was held in The Empire Room. Longtime best friend and fellow Daisy talibah newman was a bridesmaid. The newlyweds honeymooned in The Maldives and Dubai, U.A.E. Jennifer resides with her husband in Jersey City, New Jersey, where she is a PhD candidate at New York University in the Center for Neural Science and owner of Lavish Couture Designs. talibah newman is studying for an MFA in film directing at Columbia University. Candace n. Williams-gamble was married June 19, 2009, to Rasmi Gamble. Mary ann bitter was a bridesmaid, and Courtney brown and Chiamaka acho attended. The couple currently resides in Sugar Land, Texas. Candace graduated from medical school at UTMB and will do her residency in pediatrics. alice sverdlik is in London, studying housing policy and urban economics, but hopes to go back to Nairobi as soon as possible. Chi-chi acho is working in Dallas and is applying for an MBA with an emphasis in health administration. elizabeth norris is in her third year of teaching kindergarten in Southlake and living in Dallas with anne Miller, who is continuing her PhD in clinical psychology at SMU. leslie Moore married Bryan Pusateri in June 2009, and is now serving as the president of the Feline Practitioners Club in her second year of veterinary school at Texas A&M. Meg bartos recently finished her MS in finance and is still living in and loving Paris, still financing energy projects in Africa, and may soon be living in Johannesburg! stephanie snell is in Dallas teaching kindergarten at Highland Park Presbyterian Day School. Caroline stevenson passed the Massachusetts bar (phew) and is enjoying her new job in Boston. Mary israel West is still in medical school and loves chasing after Benedict Thomas, who was born on January 17, 2009. After three years as an analyst in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, gigi garmendia is now at Wharton Business School getting an MBA in finance and public policy. Megan gompf is working asanaccountexecutiveatTPNinChicago;shewill continue her shopper marketing work on the Clorox account. After graduating with her master’s of divinity from Duke University in May 2009, Jessica Wong began a theology and ethics PhD in Duke’s religion department. She is currently focusing on the intersection of identity formation, Christian Scripture, and Jewish philosophy, as well as political and literary theory. Meghan Mcdonald graduated from Southwestern Medical School and will stay there for her anesthesia residency. Jill Migicovsky is working for 20th Century Fox in their Deal Analysis group in Los Angeles. lesley russell married George O’Leary this summer at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. She also received her master’s in chemistry from Rice University in December 2009 and is currently pursuing a PhD in chemistry. frances schendle and lisa

Whitaker traveled this summer to Morocco, Spain, and Greece. Frances joined gigi garmendia and Jennifer Wallace at the Wharton School of Business, and Lisa moved to NYC. After receiving a nursing degree from The University of Texas at Austin, Jennifer gaulding has spent the past two years in the critical care unit at St. David’s South Hospital in Austin. She received certification from the Red Cross and Wilderness First Responders (WFR) this past spring. During the summer she helped at a mission school in Pemba, Mozambique. She also traveled to Israel. Maryam khan left the Senate Commerce Committee in D.C. to return to Texas this summer. She is attending medical school and business school at Texas Tech University. Margaret elizabeth perry graduated from Texas Tech Law School in May and is working at Buckner International. Hannah simpson graduated from Harvard Law School in 2009 and is now living in Islamabad, Pakistan. She is working for the International Rescue Committee to improve protection and the rule of law for people who were displaced during the recent insurgency. Meredith vesledahl passed the Texas bar exam in November and is currently working in Dallas as an attorney for a public international energy company. olivia Jennings graduated from Harvard Law School in 2009 and is currently working for a federal judge in Dallas. Heather White linburg married Barrett Linburg in Grand Cayman in November 2009. Meredith vesledahl, Megan lacerte and olivia Jennings were members of the wedding party. Heather graduated from UT Southwestern with a master’s in counseling in 2009 and is currently working in Dallas. Last July, kathryn swygert moved with her fiancé to Charleston, South Carolina to begin her dermatology residency. Margarett Coleman moved

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to Southern California in August 2009 to work for a nationally recognized nonprofit in Orange County. She was quickly promoted as an advisor to the president of the company. katie ruggeri nelson graduated from SMU in December with her master’s in early childhood education. She is currently subbing in the Plano Independent School District. She married Nathan Nelson on February 13 at Christ the King in Dallas. Margarett Coleman was her maid of honor and elizabeth norris, katie ackerman rhamey and liz gibson were all bridesmaids. kathleen pedersen is working on her MBA at HEC Paris and will graduate in June 2011. leslie Moses is working at a non-profit agency while working on her master’s in counseling at UNT. Hilary simon just started fashion school at FIT in NYC and is having a wonderful time.

2003Class agent – CoMMuniCations:Casey potter, [email protected]

tiffany lee will be entering law school this fall. In the interim between graduate school and law school, Tiffany is continuing her work for two Asian music companies, one in Los Angeles and the other in Paris, France. She also works as executive editor for Korean Music Entertainment Networks and translator/writer for partner company Japanese Music Entertainment Networks. amy broussard is currently living in Addison and is working for a foster care and adoption agency in Dallas. Julia tucker-Huth has spent the past year in London studying finance and economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has traveled to France, Morocco, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium and Malta. elizabeth dreyfuss works as an analyst at E2M Partners, a private equity fund in Dallas. tina lalangas is finishing her second year in dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry and is a student dentist in the Baylor clinic. She is active in the Xi Psi Phi Dental Fraternity and is the class representative and Social Chair for the Texas Association of Women Dentists and Baylor. Jenny branson is in her final year of a joint JD/MBA program at SMU. She spent her summer clerking for a local construction and real estate law firm. Christen levering redlich, lynne norris and Jenny branson recently visited sarah stuart in San Francisco. blake lown works at Saatchi & Saatchi’s Team One Advertising, where she works on digital and social media initiatives for their Lexus account. She lives in Los Angeles with katy rozelle ’00. Joanne Hong lives in Dallas and works as a physician assistant at a hospital in Irving. kristen Hillgren has been accepted into American University’s School of International Service. This fall she began the master’s program in natural resource and sustainable development. amber Webb’s life is full of big changes. She has lost 150 pounds since December 2008 and loves her new healthier, active lifestyle. She graduated from Texas Tech law school in May and was selected as class speaker. She will return to Dallas

Hockaday alumnae gathered in Sun Valley, Idaho for Megan lacerte’s ’02 marriage to Joe Barrie-Schwarz. Pictured are Back Row from L to R: Courtney petruska ’02, laura ginsberg ’02, Meredith leyendecker ’06, Jennifer branson ’03, Cora black ’09, Jan braechlein norris ’72, olivia Jennings ’02, Meredith vesledahl ’02, anne Miller ’02, Margaret elizabeth perry ’02, Heather White linburg ’02; Front Row from L to R: Quincy lacerte ’08, elizabeth norris ’03, Megan gompf ’02, Jennifer Wallace ’02, Madison lacerte ’06, Meghan Mcdonald Michael ’02, sissy best Cullum ’75, Monroe lacerte ’07, betsy reed eiseman ’84; and kneeling: kandy Hayes White ’75 and Megan lacerte barrie-schwarz ’02.

Meredith lewis perry ’02 with her Hockadaisy bridesmaids including from L to R: lesley russell o’leary ’02, Chandler rice ’02, Meredith lewis perry ’02, Christina Crews ’02, stephanie snell ’02 and robyn sills ’02

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after the bar to work in litigation. Marguerite gabriele also graduated from Texas Tech Law in May. She now lives in D.C. and practices banking law. kim tuthill will be a third-year law student at Vanderbilt this fall. Helen Witt got married on December 19, 2009, to Patrick Slaughter, a fellow Tulane graduate. sarah villareal and kate stoddard were bridesmaids, Jayna genti did a reading and leslie Moses ’02 was part of the house party. Helen moved to New Orleans in August to pursue an MPH at Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. tess garton lives in Menlo Park, California, and works for Universal McCann, an advertising agency in San Francisco, doing customer insights research. She caught up with Christine lewis on a recent trip to Portland. austin dennard received her master’s in biosciences at KCUMB in 2009. She is in her second year of medical school in Kansas City. katherine brooks has been working at TPG Capital in San Francisco since August

2009. katherine bruce returned to the States in May after a year working and writing freelance in Japan. kathryn Mcgarr was married to JT Batson, whom she met at Stanford, in Dallas on April 10, 2010, at the home of her aunt and uncle nancy strauss Halbreich ’68 and Jeremy Halbreich. The reception was held at the home of her parents Janie strauss Mcgarr ’72 and Cappy McGarr. izabella dennis is in New York City studying industrial design at Pratt Institute and Parsons, The New School for Design. I, Casey potter, moved to Chicago in September 2009 to begin law school at the University of Chicago. I spent the summer in Dallas clerking for a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, and working at a law firm.

2004Class agent – CoMMuniCations:Marissa lau, [email protected]

katy Crow started her PhD in math at Rutgers. ashley Holland is currently living in Los Angeles, California, and has been working for Creative Artists Agency in their television department since February 2009. She enjoys hanging out with elizabeth kusin and Hannah english. Hannah is also living in Los Angeles and is Second Assistant for Film and Television Producer Lynda Obst at Lynda Obst Productions. rachel Conrad writes to us from Malaysia, one of her many stops around East Asia. “I’m leaving tomorrow to fly to Northern Vietnam and then taking a train and bus to Kunming, China, to visit emmy smith.” Emmy continued teaching university students in China until August, when she moved to Boston to start a PhD in geology. shaina goodman is in her second year of graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis, where she is working on both a law degree and a master’s in social work. She is interested in issues of domestic and sexual violence, with a focus on legal advocacy, community education and policy development. kate Macgregor is working on her master’s in international commercial law. Marissa lau continues to work in Dallas and is studying to take the GMAT, and hopes to get into UT Austin Business School for fall 2011. abby tice is still enjoying Dallas, where she works at a financial firm downtown and runs into many familiar faces almost daily! She writes, “You may catch me and my sister Katie as extras in a new movie due out in spring 2011 called Soul Surfer, starring Anna Sophia Robb, Carrie Underwood, Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid.” amanda Havard is finishing up a master’s in education at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, with a focus in curriculum research. She was offered a full research fellowship at Peabody Research Institute to study math development in early childhood, and this past spring, the research culminated in defending her thesis to complete her graduate work. She plans to stay in Nashville, pursuing several new projects after graduation. ailsa Miller has been working at Condé Nast for two years, based in London as Senior Fashion Assistant at Tatler, a 300-year-old British fashion and society magazine. She styles three pages per month and assists on all the celebrity covers and main fashion stories. Monica sanga is back in Texas pursuing her master’s in architecture at UT Austin. lauren ferebee writes that last summer she co-produced Henry IV and Henry V in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park while working on a new dance piece by Toronto choreographer Kate Hilliard. In February, the dance piece, While We Were Waiting, traveled to Vancouver during the Olympics where they performed and ran workshops with Vancouver’s Arts Umbrella organization. She has also spent some time with kate dearing and kate young. peri Wilson is living in Oklahoma City and looking for a new job while doing freelance

kathryn Mcgarr ’03 on her wedding day with Hockadaisies from L to R: Jennifer Hsieh ’03, allie polatin ’03, kathryn Mcgarr ’03, Jehan alladina ’03, stephanie Hanson ’03, ryan squires ’03, elizabeth Mcgarr ’00 and katherine brooks ’03

kate stoddard ’03, Currin berdine ’03, Jayna genti ’03, Whitney anderson ’03, shari barnett ’03, bride Helen Whitt ’03, sarah villareal ’03, anita Carleo ’03 and leslie Moses ’02


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advertising. Hayley Juster is living in Richardson and painting, currently experimenting with encaustic work, which is an art form with melted wax and collage materials. katie Hogan is working as a pediatric nurse practitioner in surgery at Children’s Medical Center. She often sees Megan Coleman and Jessie drayton on the weekends. Jessie drayton lives in Dallas and works as a geotechnical engineer with URS Corporation, working on a section of the Trinity River Levee project. katy reddin got her master’s in English from University of Virginia and works as a publicity assistant at Penguin Books in their Young Readers department in New York. Jessica Coggins writes, “I moved to New York two years ago and currently work for HBO. I’m absolutely addicted to all their shows so it’s a great fit!” Jennifer Marino is in law school at The University of Kansas. Megan Jepson started working for PepsiCo as a system specialist in the logistics department in Dallas. She also started working on a jewelry and art line called Meroje Designs. She was married October 22, 2009. sagari bette and katie escoto were in her wedding party. katie keith is at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and has just begun her third-year clerkship rotations. grace garcia got married on January 9, 2010, in Mexico. Maria bascom continues to enjoy raising her daughter, Miriam (1 ½) in Monterey, California. She recently spent time in Dallas while her husband, James Bascom, furthered his Arabic studies with the Marine Corps in Cairo, Egypt. James graduated from Arabic school in November. rachel Hall Causey married Larry Causey on April 10, 2010. She writes: “We are both card dealers (he deals craps and I deal blackjack) so we had a casino-themed wedding and gambled the night away.” As for me, nikki bruce, I’m working in nonprofit finance in Boston and have been active on volunteer committees in the Jewish community. My sisters, erika bruce ’88 and katherine bruce ’03, are trying to get me to run a half marathon with them in Dallas, so I’ve been trying to train for that.

2005Class agents – CoMMuniCations:allison richie, [email protected] rush, [email protected] lintel, [email protected] fox, [email protected] bierman, [email protected] Hoak, [email protected] parkhurst, [email protected] Manser, [email protected]

Meredith diers recently started her career with the Peace Corps. She has moved to her “permanent” placement in Albania, to the small beach village of Himare. She is the only Peace Corps volunteer in that site and the first to ever be assigned to this village. She will be teaching English to high school students who she says are very enthusiastic to learn.

2006Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Jennifer zavaleta, [email protected] pon, [email protected]

Monica Hughes graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with majors in economics and government. She is now attending law school at UT Austin. eliana baker is sharing an apartment with Jacqueline kulp in New York City and is working at a consulting firm. katherine lagow is enjoying her first semester of law school at LSU. Joanna elmquist is working as a psychology research assistant for Brown University and Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Her research project focuses on examining substance abuse and intimate partner violence in female perpetrators of domestic violence. Excited to be back in Dallas, kristen Cataldo is a nurse at Children’s Medical

Center. farrell rafkin is working at Elie Tahari in New York City. alex depasse is working at an internship in Houston and looking for fellow Daisies down south. kit garton and Caroline kusin are living together and working in San Francisco. lucy reid Murchison is finishing her last year studying anthropology and Spanish. When she is not at school, she is busy being a mama to Eleanor who is 3, sewing and taking photos. shannon Carney is working for J.H. Cohn, LLP, a CPA firm in San Diego. brooks dennard is interning at The Richards Group in Dallas. elizabeth stevenson is working with The Richards Group in brand management. anjali Motgi deferred Yale Law School for a year to work for Global Health Strategies with some college roommates. ashleigh phillips is in school in L.A. and working on her thesis screenplay. rhiannon rees is living in NYC and works for Interscope Geffen A&M in radio and video promotion. angel lam is starting her master’s degree in management at the London Business School. devon youngblood moved to Cairo and is looking for anyone to visit her in North Africa. After graduating from UNC in May, nicki drawbridge is back in Dallas doing a post-bacc program at UT Dallas in bio sciences while applying to medical school. abby McCartney started teaching algebra and geometry with Teach for America at Grace King High School in Metairie, a suburb just outside New Orleans. erin Harris is the host and producer of DFW Closeup, a community affairs show, and is also now the social media reporter, covering the latest on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, the Internet, mobile apps, etc. Be sure to tune in during the 9 p.m. newscast (at around 9:40 Monday–Friday) to see Erin, and she will soon be live in the 5:00 p.m. newscast as well. rachel spradley is working in Austin at Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Meredith Mcalister is living and working in Manhattan doing freelance casting with different companies for theatre, commercials and TV. She also adopted a tabby kitten, Stuart, who is now six months old. andi pimentel is working in San Francisco for Triage Consulting Group, a healthcare consulting company in the Bay Area. She also completed a triathlon in Park City, Utah this summer. Cathy beatty is living in Durham, North Carolina while she applies to medical school. Helen Jury is in graduate school at Vanderbilt right now (master of education in organizational leadership) and will finish in May 2011. Jocelyn Huang is working at a civil rights law firm in D.C. before applying to law school. emma Miller is working on her degree at UT Austin and will graduate next May. sarah nouri and e. Warnack just started medical school in Dallas at UT Southwestern. lauren Hoffman began medical school at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. lucy durbin is back in Dallas working for CB Richard Ellis, the real-estate group. laura beavers is in Boston for the next two years, getting a master’s in art history and museum studies at Tufts University. Jennifer zavaleta is getting a master’s in agricultural education and natural resource management at Texas Tech, and works as a research assistant on the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation.

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Class Notes2007Class agent – CoMMuniCations:anna simon, [email protected]

sarah Jonson was named a US Lacrosse Collegiate All American and Defender of the Year for her conference. bailey anderson is double majoring in religion and economics, and is an active member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is excited that her sister joined her at Wake Forest this fall. At MIT, Jessica bainbridge-smith is pursuing a BS in mechanical engineering with a minor in biomedical engineering. She is VP of Risk Management for her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, and is a member of MIT’s improv comedy troupe. natalie bornowski is still at SMU and recently interned with the Office of George W. Bush. Natalie is VP of the SMU Marketing Club and is still an active member of her sorority, KKG. At Santa Clara University, tricia bryant is president of her sorority, KKG. Tricia is graduating early this fall with a major in management from the Leavey School of Business and has plans to study abroad in the winter. At Washington University in St. Louis, nicole bullock is excited to return to her freshman dorm, this time as an RA. natalie burch is double majoring in political science and history, and was recently appointed to the executive board of the Northwestern University Dance Marathon. At UC Davis, eda Chen is double majoring in political science and linguistics. She is the fundraising chair of the Prytanean Women’s Honor Society, the oldest collegiate women’s honor society in the country. At SMU, alexia garcia is majoring in marketing and French with a minor in art history. She studied in Paris last fall and spent time with sarah dockery. Last summer she participated in the SMU-in-India program, where she was based in Ahmedabad. Last year, katharine gentsch transferred to SMU from Rhodes. She’s now pursuing her BFA in theater. She performed in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Uptown Players and Bye Bye Birdie at Lyric Stage. laurence glasscock is still at Pepperdine, where she serves as president of her sorority, Delta Gamma. In 2009, she traveled to Rome to participate in an archeological dig and excavation. bayla gottesman majored in dance at the University of Arizona. She graduated in May and moved to New York in August to start auditioning for companies and project work. Last summer she lived with allie Hayes in North Carolina while attending the American Dance Festival. Chantal Hailey is at Howard University

majoring in sociology with a minor in community development. She spent last summer as a member of the Urban Institute Summer Academy, an internship program for students interested in social policy research. After studying abroad in Nepal and Maldives last fall, sarah Harris is back at Middlebury, working on completing her major in English and American literature. She is the features editor of the college paper, The Middlebury Campus. At UNC, Allie Hayes is majoring in sociology and education policy, with plans to teach ESL in a middle or high school in Texas (near the border) or in

North Carolina. Last May, she hiked Machu Picchu with her dad. At Texas A&M, amanda Holubec is majoring in b i o e nv i r o n m e n t a l science. She worked on one of Texas A&M’s latest endeavors in biophar maceutica l s , creating H1N1 vaccine from tobacco plants. Megan Hoskins is in Colorado Springs at USAFA and loving it! She is majoring in

economics with a minor in French. Megan writes, “I was supposed to deploy this summer, but was selected to be the Cadet Wing Commander. I get three weeks off to go to Hickam AFB in Hawaii to ‘intern’ as an Intel Officer.” Courtney Johnson is double majoring in economics and international studies at UNC. She spent the spring semester studying and interning at a fashion label in London. Last summer she worked for the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Last fall, Julia Jones studied abroad in Vienna, Austria. She also

sneaked into the Notre Dame program in Dublin for a week, where she visited antoinette day. The two backpacked extensively across Europe for two weeks. Back at BYU, Julia declared her pre-communications major with an emphasis on advertising. Chelsea Miller is at the University of Iowa, and about to start her senior season in field hockey. She is double majoring in interdepartmental health science with an emphasis in aging, and art with a studio emphasis. She rode in RAGBRAI, a week-long bicycle ride across Iowa. At SMU, Merritt Milliorn is an advertising major, minoring in art history, and was inducted into the inaugural group of inductees to the Tau Sigma Honor Society for Transfer Students. Last Thanksgiving, she went to Madrid with Mary bryan and danielle o’bannon to visit lauren solomon and Caroline penn, who studied abroad there. Over the summer, she studied abroad in London with an SMU program. Merritt writes, “Big shout out to Hockaday for agreeing to HockaTOMS! Can’t wait to get some!” bess Milner is majoring in Plan II and history at UT. Two summers ago she studied with the Normandy Scholars Program and toured Europe to see WWII sites and museums with her classmates and professors. Since then, she started up a small clothing business, Belle by Millicent. katie Morgan is majoring in religious studies at Rhodes, where she was recently elected president of the Rhodes Activities Board. She is applying to medical schools in Texas. Last summer she lived an entirely sustainable lifestyle. Katie writes, “I just planted a massive organic garden and I’m raising my own hens who are dutifully laying about a dozen eggs each week. No power/no nothing after June 1.” At USC, Jennifer nguyen has been deeply involved in dental activities and has applied to dental school. She has been interning for World Class Youth, which she describes as “a team of young talents ranging

Class of 2007 alumnae, from L to R: allison klion, anna simon, Julie Campbell, niyatee samudra, sarah Harris and natalie burch

katie Morgan ’07 lived an

entirely sustainable lifestyle in

summer 2009. “I just planted a

massive organic garden and I’m

raising my own hens who are

dutifully laying about a

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from makeup artists and stylists to event coordinators, and we all work together to host fashion and art productions to benefit the local community and charities.” Last spring, Maggie parker studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. Highlights of her trip include learning Xhosa (a local language with vocal clicks), traveling to Mozambique, and climbing Devil’s Peak. Maggie is still attending Wash U, majoring in urban studies with a minor in Spanish and American culture studies. kelly potter is at CU Denver pursuing a fine arts degree. She was recently named one of Denver’s youngest and most up-and-coming artists. She worked for Nomis Design and Mountain Dew, has been in multiple solo and group shows in galleries across Colorado, worked for two clothing lines, and even sold some artwork to Ashton Kutcher! At Duke grace schutze is studying international relations, economics, and Spanish. Two summers ago she worked in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, at an all-girls boarding school that Duke started, consulting for women’s businesses in the area and teaching geography. She serves as president of the organization’s student group, which recently hosted the Kenyan teachers when they came to get training on campus. Last summer she worked at the Department of Homeland Security in D.C. Last fall, kavitha surana studied in Bologna, Italy, and got to meet up with katherine novinski and Julie smith for a night. In the spring, she studied in Lima, Peru, and worked with Chirapaq, an NGO for indigenous culture and rights. In New York, Kavitha is involved with Hoot, Columbia’s new fashion magazine/blog. She has also been writing for NOW!HERE, the Columbia Journal of World Travel. taarini vohra’s Youth for Debate, an organization she founded, has expanded to include about 50 volunteers and has reached more than 250 students in New York. They are in the process of starting chapters at various schools across the nation. In addition, she is the co-director of Columbia a cappella group CU Sur, which focuses on blending Indian and Western music. Last summer she worked in New York at Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division. I, anna simon, serve as the president of the Tufts chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and recently received a Cataldo Scholarship from my department to study the occupational health of immigrants in the community surrounding Tufts. I lived in Shanghai for three months last summer, and conducted NSF-funded research on the efficiency of solar-powered air conditioners. Thank you all for sharing your good news, and please keep in touch! – Anna

2008Class agents – CoMMuniCations:Monica israel, [email protected] adrien May, [email protected] nouri, [email protected] smead, [email protected] starfield, [email protected] Wolf, [email protected]

sarah kennedy and Caroline smith traveled on school trips to Africa last summer. brooke Jefferson studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, for the fall semester. Heather Wolf, katie tice, avery zibilich and katie albritton all spent some of the summer in New York City working. Heather and Katie roomed together. rachel Wildes spent the first half of her summer in D.C. working with Congressmen Pete Sessions and Haley Huffines spent half of the summer in D.C., taking a class at Georgetown and working for Congressman Ron Paul. Molly rosenblatt was in Boston for a summer program through Harvard. kim starfield had an internship this summer with the Department of Scheduling and Advance at the White House in Washington, D.C. In addition to her duties for the office, she was given the opportunity to attend a speaker series and meet members of President Obama’s senior staff, Vice President Biden, and even the President himself. Kim plans to study abroad for her junior year in Málaga, Spain.

2009Class agents – CoMMuniCations:betty lai, [email protected] lee, [email protected]

betty lai traveled to San Francisco, where she visited Alcatraz, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and traveled on cable cars. brinni gentry made the Scripps College Dean’s Honor Roll last semester. She is a triple major with a minor in Chinese.

betty lai ’09 on a trip to San Francisco

Class Notes Photo SubmissionsWe welcome your photo submissions for Class Notes. To submit photos electronically, please send them to [email protected].

All photos must include at least one alumna. Also, please keep the following technical requirements in mind:

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Milestones

Marriages

1976 elizabeth king to John Seibold, December 2009

1982 sandra standifer to D. Christopher Fennell, July 3, 2004

1982 kendall burney to Rick Wilson, October 24, 2009

1982 karen gilbertson Cowden to John Reoch, Jr., May 1, 2010

1986 adrienne gruben to Jason Free, March 2009

1986 lisa loeb to Roey Hershkovitz, January 2009

1989 laura talley to Billy Schell, August 7, 2010

1992 tina potter to Ran McNeely, April 10, 2010

1994 rachel brakke to Hilton Matthew Holman, March 27, 2010

1995 Jaime glick to John Lowe (St. Mark’s ’96), March 2009

1995 Meredith Hawn to Brian Jaworowski, March 20, 2010

1996 louise flaig to Scott Emerick, September 2009

1996 Meg Munson to Patrick McGonigle, April 10, 2010

1997 sarah Houldey to John Raggio, June 13, 2009

1999 Marion abercrombie to David Laubach (Cistercian ’99),

March 20, 2010

1999 Meredith Casey to Ted Jarrett, May 8, 2010

2000 natalie bayoud to Greg Anthony, 2010

2000 olivia Carleo to Joseph Eklund, April 10, 2010

2000 Cassie evans to Jake Decker, September 19, 2009

2000 laura fisher to Matthew Clark, May 23, 2010

2000 anar rathod to Sanil Patel, April 2010

2001 stephanie frankfurt to Erik Weinberg, September 4, 2010

2002 Megan lacerte to Joseph Oliver Barrie-Schwarz,

September 25, 2010

2002 Meredith lewis to Griffin Perry, December 19, 2009

2002 katie ruggeri to Nathan Nelson, February 13, 2010

2002 lesley russell to George O’Leary, 2010

2003 kathryn Mcgarr to JT Batson, April 10, 2010

2003 Helen Witt to Patrick Slaughter, December 19, 2009

2004 rachel Hall to Larry Causey, April 10, 2010

2004 grace garcia to César J. Villarreal, January 9, 2010

2005 Carson glasscock to Kyle Castellaw, October 10, 2009

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1982 Heather dunbar, Colleen Audra Dunbar, August 16, 2009

1982 Heather dunbar, Sylvia Lynette Dunbar, adopted June 23, 2009

(born January 22, 2008)

1982 sandra standifer fennell, Endia Standifer Fennell,

March 21, 2009

1984 stacy lane, Julia May McCaffrey, adopted November 2009

1985 kristy alvord eveland, Sebastian, December 27, 2009

1986 lisa loeb, Lyla Rose Hershkovitz, December 2009

1987 katy Cottingham green, Nicholas, July 30, 2009

1987 lisa gilliam, Colin Henderson, March 10, 2010

1987 sharon Weed Cocco, Katie Rene Cocco, January 10, 2010

1988 ellen dutta, Adele Frances Viswanathan, September 14, 2009

1989 Mirwa Mills o’sullivan, Andrew Michael O’Sullivan,

January 7, 2010

1989 Jenny neuberger Castañeda, Grace Louise Castañeda,

June 28, 2010

1989 renee north Hallgarth, Kirsten Noelle Hallgarth,

February 20, 2010

1990 ashley bowes Cash, Carson Coble Cash, September 9, 2009


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1990 Michelle Harvey Mahlo, Maxwell, July 29, 2009

1990 Melissa thomas allen, Olivia Jane, August 25, 2009

1992 lynde Jones schoellkopf, Willow Karoline, January 8, 2010

1992 anne schwitters smith, Eugenia Cassatt, March 4, 2010

1993 andi abrile de guala, Salvador, 2009

1993 portia elmer, Avocet Genevieve MacDougall, May 21, 2010

1993 ellen gores lewis, Oliver James Lewis, January 21, 2010

1993 sharon reese niebuhr, Nina, September 2009

1993 Claire Campfield storino, Catherine Concetta Storino,

April 30, 2010

1994 Mary breithaupt southard, Cheney Morgan, February 2, 2010

1994 sarah Jaffe, Hannah Jaffee Ostroff, May 6, 2010

1994 kristen Marsh breckinridge, Caroline Bonner Breckinridge,

April 26, 2010

1994 kathryn Walker francis, Robert Priddy Francis, May 5, 2010

1995 Joanna Clack longo, Josie Longo, July 14, 2009

1995 kelly Christensen oleson, Taylor Grace Oleson,

December 31, 2009

1995 allison geller block, Josie, July 14, 2009

1995 Courtney griffiths davis, John Patrick “Jack” Davis,

January 1, 2010

1996 Carolyn Cohen simon, Harlan Ray Simon, August 13, 2010

1996 elizabeth duffy, Max Duffy Melella, December 15, 2009

1996 allison Hazlewood olson, Luke Hazlewood Olson,

November 11, 2010

1996 elayna naftis erick, Henry Naftis Erick, March 25, 2010

1996 alyssa o’reilly Constant, Reilly Marie Constant,

August 9, 2010

1996 katie stars bovo, Matthew, April 14, 2010

1997 dena fayad, Penelope Lyla Guggenheim, February 2010

1997 kristin pittman ortega, Aubrey Michelle Ortega, June 1, 2010

2002 Mary teresa israel West, Benedict Thomas, January 17, 2009


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In Memoriam

beCky storey

Former Head of Lower School

becky storey passed away on Monday, November 22, 2010. Becky taught Lower School kindergarten for 12 years before she became Head of Lower School, serving from 1996 until 2003. During her tenure as Head, she was named an Honorary Hockaday Alumna.

Becky’s impact on the Lower School and on her friends and colleagues is remarkable and lasting. In addition to her role in structuring the curriculum, inspiring the faculty and consulting with Lower School families during her tenure as Head, Becky oversaw the construction of the addition to the Ashley Priddy Lower School building. Becky and Paul (her husband, equally beloved by all at Hockaday) could often be found at the School on weekends. Paul would paint steps or build shelves, and Becky would prepare bulletin boards, supervise and contribute her part to the process. In the past few years, Becky visited campus often, many times as an admissions interviewer for Lower School. Always, she was a warm and enthusiastic champion of Hockaday. Becky was born in Xenia, Ohio. She studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Before coming to Hockaday, she taught at Wesleyan Day School in Atlanta, Georgia, and then at Phoenix Country Day School in Phoenix, Arizona. Becky was buried in Xenia, Ohio, on December 3. There will be a service in celebration of her life on Saturday, February 19, from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. at The Hockaday School in Hicks Meeting Room, followed by a reception in Hoffman Commons. Becky is survived by husband,

Paul;twodaughters,beth storey ’86 and Jennifer storey irwin ’89;son-in-law,DougIrwin;grandchildren,CharlieIrwinandWinnIrwin;andhermother, Mrs. Phyllis Buell.

in MeMoriaM

1928 Hattie louise Corley White, October 2, 2010

1929 elizabeth o’beirne bennett, December 29, 2009

1931 Jean levy stein, July 7, 2010

1934 frances Cabell aronson, 1983 Hockaday Medal recipient,

mother of frances aronson ’68 and

emilie aronson ’73, October 26, 2010

1936 Mary loving blair, June 24, 2010

1938 Jane Copeland Cleage, sister of katherine Copeland Curtis ’30

(deceased) and aunt of Candy Curtis dunn ’68,

May 17, 2010

1939 Juliann kelley dunlap, March 2, 2010

1941 Margaret newman Hill, September 13, 2010

1942JC dorothy Hawkins lesueur, June 2009

1945JC anita Craddock bigger, October 24, 2010

1946JC Caroline adriance finch, May 29, 2010

1946JC peggy thompson Harman, February 25, 2010

1947 Martha Cate newell, February 22, 2010

1947JC sally freeman Mckenzie, mother of Martha Mckenzie Hill ’76,

March 15, 2010

1948JC Carolyn Craugh, niece of frances thompson Clegg ’18 (deceased),

daughter of sara thompson Craugh ’19 (deceased), sister

of gloria Craugh Carroll ’55 and great-aunt of

Jacqueline Carroll (Class of 2011), April 4, 2010

1948JC Mary Mclain Carter, November 2009

1952 Mary ella ownby king, mother of Molly dewar froellich ’79,

Claire dewar ’75 and grandmother of

ellie king (Class of 2015), September 4, 2010

1952 susan sparks brock, March 14, 2010

1958 louise shanks de la Cruz, October 23, 2010

1967 nancy Wade bennett Craig, sister-in-law of

pamela schneider bennett ’62 and sister of

barbara bennett ’69, June 13, 2010

1969 Cheryl Milkes Jerome Moore, sister of lynn Milkes frank ’71 and

mother of elizabeth Milkes applbaum ’01, April 2010

1984 Merrill nix, April 6, 2010

1993 lauren smiley Mcnabb, sister of tracy smiley ’95, March 2010

2004 texana fisher, daughter of nancy Collins fisher ’68 and sister of

alison fisher ’98, April 26, 2010

in MeMoriaM – friends & faMily

Charles Ansbacher, husband of the Honorable swanee Hunt ’68,

September 12, 2010

Patricia Patterson Baker, former Head of Math Department

(1965-1972), March 24, 2010

Linton E. Barbee, father of lindsay barbee ’01, June 30, 2010

Paul Bolt, husband of Helen george “slug” Houston bolt ’49,

December 31, 2009

Dorothy Wilson Ferchill, mother of suma ferchill lipari ’71 and

mother-in-law of Cantey Hendricks ferchill ’65, March 29, 2010

Sydney Hall, mother of sydney Hall ’84 and grandmother of

Madeleine Hall ’07, Haley Hall ’09, francesca Hall ’10,

avery Hall (Class of 2012) and gabriella Hall (Class of 2018),

October 16, 2010

Roger Stanley Johnson, stepfather of anne Catherine savage ’00 and

elizabeth savage ’02 and grandfather of sarah McCall ’06 and

stephanie McCall ’08, May 2, 2010

Esther Wanjiku Kinyanjui, mother of Hockaday parent Irene Muturi

and grandmother of nguhi Muturi ’13, June 15, 2010

Ken Lanyon, husband of Carol Craig Cowan lanyon ’58, August 16, 2010

Antonio Arturo Lopez, father of urica lopez ’99 and adrie lopez ’02,

August 28, 2010

Edward Marvin, husband of Carol young Marvin ’65 and father of

Margaret Marvin ’98, June 10, 2010

William A. McKenzie, husband of sally freeman Mckenzie ’47JC

(deceased) and father of Martha Mckenzie Hill ’76, April 18, 2010

Linda Meyer, mother of amy Meyer stoneham ’01 and

katie Meyer speaker ’02, August 10, 2010

Joseph Thomas Orchard, Sr., father of liza orchard ’78, March 14, 2010

Don Rawson, husband of barbara spalti rawson ’47, June 2010

Tore Tollefsen, husband of Manny bergen tollefsen ’55, December 2009

Charlotte West, mother of Jana West Hacker ’74, July 8, 2010

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tHe HoCkaday sCHool2010 – 2011 board of trustees

Jamiel AkhtarAngela Ards ’87 James Bass Peggy Simmons Dear ’58Robert Dedman, Jr.Leslie Melnick Diers ’74Talley Dunn ’86 Gregg L. EnglesTucker Ford Enthoven ’79 Steve FolsomGerald J. FordKathryn Walker Francis ’94 Amy GowDavid A. GravellePeter GudmundssonDavid J. HaemiseggerCinda Hicks Frances JeterRobert KaminskiJoyce LacerteSchatzie Henderson Lee ’55 Kathryn King Marley ’83 Cynthia E. McGeochMaryann Sarris Mihalopoulos ’78 Jeanne L. PhillipsRandal Rauscher Rhodus ’97 Katherine Rogers Roberts ’89 Barbara Glazer Rosenblatt ’75 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’83

Tiffany Borlaug Rubi ’88 Nicole Ginsburg Small ’91 Judith StewartRebecca E. SzelcAllison Campfield Taten ’89 Jacquelyn ThomasMichelle Neuhoff Thomas ’83 Courtney WangStaci Williams ’77 Ann Whitley Wood ’82 Sharon Youngblood

life trustees

Edward M. AckermanRuth AltshulerRita Crocker Clements ’49 Margaret Doggett Crow ’37 Linda Custard Margaret McDermottPaula MosleEdith Jones O’Donnell ’44 John PensonMargot PerotKathryn PriddyEllen Higginbotham Rogers ’59 Richard S. RogoffMary Frances Cunningham Yancey ’31 Barney Young

tHe HoCkaday sCHool staff

Jeanne P. WhitmanEugene McDermott Headmistress

John AshtonHead of Upper School

Mary Pat HigginsAssociate Head and Chief Financial Officer

Lisa HolekampHead of Lower School

Linda KramerHead of Middle School

Jen LiggittAssistant Head for Enrollment Management and Strategic Initiatives

Cathy MurphreeAssistant Head for Academic Affairs and Provost

Tina SlinkerDirector of Physical Education and Interscholastic Athletics

Christy EarlDirector of Communications

Meg Gupton Communications Manager

Andi PickleCommunications Manager

Kathy LimmerDirector of Development

Keturi DeLong BeattyDirector of Annual Giving

Amy Spence ’87 Director of Alumnae Relations

tHe HoCkaday sCHool

11600 Welch RoadDallas, Texas 75229Tel 214.363.6311www.hockaday.org

Berkley Wood (7th grade) models her gingerbread house made in her math class as a lesson on spatial visualization and measurements.

tHe HoCkaday sCHool

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The Art of DiplomacyHockaday Alumnae in the ArtsWednesday, February 2, 6:15 p.m.The Hockaday School – Liza Lee Academic Research Center

Join us for a panel discussion featuring Hockaday alumnae and community leaders who are former U.S. Ambassadors.

RSVP by Wednesday, January [email protected] or 214.360.6530

Parking available in the Forest Lane parking area.

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