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Vicki Wendt West-Peek
- Passed away on February 17, 2020 -
There she is at our 25th Reunion in 1983 *
1993 - our 15th Reunion
Photos she sent when going on an exotic trek
Our 50th Reunion - 1998
1998--our 50th Reunion
2003 - our 55th Reunion
2013 - 65th Reunion
Vicki attends with her beloved son Christian
Her typed 2019 Christmas card was mailed on Jan. 22, 2020
along with a difficult hand-written note signed "with Hollins Love."
The Christmas card tells about what the members of her family are doing and ends with her own situation:
"I have had a couple of nasty setbacks from my fall and just plain dumb luck, but I am trying to keep a few of my habits as a child such as breathing, walking and laughing. One of my falls was a beaut: I landed head-on into the wall but did not make the football team. It kind of squashed the rods that hold my head on so that even though my head was on straight it seems like I have a screw loose. The rods now clink - with practice I can almost play Jingle Bells in Morse code. I have been through two million tests to see where the screw is, even the fun pyelogram, but no one can find that damn screw. I even swallowed a camera. I won't tell you how much fun the preps were, but rest assured I am not gutless. I can show you a picture (upon request) of the inside of my stomach; it looks so much like the surface of the moon I can't figure out if I need more blood trans-fusions or a spacesuit. - My fervent wish for you is a joyous New Year with a hope that you might visit us soon!"
Please notify [email protected] for further information
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Eleanor "Skippy" Meeker Charles Knight
- Passed away on August 8, 2019 -
Some favorite photos taken through the years
1983
While on Hollins Abroad in 1957
we shared a wash n' wear dress
and she could still fit into it
at our Hollins Abroad reunion in 1996!
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June 4, 2018 from Kathleen Redfern
- daughter of Anne Keck Redfern
Dear Ladies,
Thank you for the warm welcome over the weekend.
Mom and I had a wonderful time and I so appreciate your loving attention and kindness In your interactions with her. She wants to call all of you to thank you, but I told her that email is best.
Mom and a caregiver check her email about every two weeks ([email protected]) But the best and most efficient way is to write to me at [email protected].
You are welcome in Norfolk in your transmigrations and we have a spare downstairs guest room. Keep us in mind when you are coming through.
I have posted the class picture on Facebook without naming you, so please forgive that I did not ask your permission.
The amazing dinner at Sibby’s and the chapel service were certainly the highlights.
Adopted Hollins Love, Kathleen
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May 2018 - Elizabeth Richardson Curlin
Beth and Bill Curlin had planned to come to reunion from Kentucky but then learned that a granddaughter was graduating that same weekend. Beth sent some photos as a consolation prize:
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May 30, 2018 - from Elaine Thatcher Smith
HEMMIE:
Have a great time. Wish I could go.
I did locate Pat Dinwiddie Timms. She is living in Va Beach, not traveling. ... Fondly, Elaine
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May 30, 2018 from "Pooh" Charlotte Marston Blow Pope
Oh Hemmie- WONDERFUL! Made me cry - with the joy of rememberances- with the sadness of not being able to be with y’all in body! I am totally there in spirit! So much of me is Holly Colly. I am constantly passing on memories to family and friends. Pooh Bear is sad and sends to y’all all love and a million hugs!
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May 15, 2018 from Dale Murray Quinn - [email protected]
As you know I won’t be attending the reunion. I’m sure everyone will have a wonderful time. I will be anxious to see pictures and hear all the news.
Hollins love, Dale Murray Quinn
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May 9, 2018- from Martha Alsop Faulkner in response to Liz Vann Hobbs' request for memorial comments on deceased classmates:
Ruth Townes Frye Paty was very smart and a good student , but I remember her most lounging on her bed looking into space thinking of Harry Starr whom I never met.She was not a big talker. She met her first husband ,whom I adored , and who was also smart but not "bookie"smart when she was staying with me at Va. Beach. I was in her July 1958 wedding in Mississippi and she and her husband and two girls camped out a lot in Highland County where our family had a wee spot of land in the middle of a National Forest. In 2016 I was was taking one of my four grandsons to San Francisco and we stayed with Ruth's daughter for five days, Tish Rosalis , beautiful woman in every way and. U.Va Law School Graduate. Ruth was a kind , loyal , and fun friend. I loved her very much.
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May 9, 2018 -Elaine Arnold Saugstad - [email protected]
Wish I could be there. Hugs, Elaine
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May 9, 2018 - from Shirley Petrossi Shumway
Thanks, Will miss you all. Have fun
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May 9, 2018 from Ann Osborn Hartzell - [email protected] Thank you for sending the list. So many memories as I read the names. I loved my years at Hollins. I also loved my years at the University of Michigan. It was the right fit for me to go to both schools. I drove into the Hollins campus two years ago while visiting my brother who was in rehab in Roanoke. I couldn't go into East, but I did go upstairs in Main and saw my old room. I was surprised at how tiny it was. Sara Stewart Wilder and I managed just fine. We were young and adaptable, weren't we all?
I am sorry that I can't be at Reunion. I will be thinking of all of you and sending love.
Ann
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May 9, 2018 from MG Galway Kapp - [email protected]
Dear Hemmie,
My goodness, you have done a lot of research in finding about all those classmates who were with us during years of inspiration, seeking knowledge, understanding ourselves, and anticipating the future. Although much of that continues with those of us who have enjoyed the extra years, our memories reflect on our youth, and how quickly it passes and paths we have all chosen. However, the love of sharing the college years together will never be forgotten. When perusing the list I think of all the wonderful moments shared with so many which makes it all so bittersweet, because they are not longer among us
I will be thinking of you all during reunion and wishing I were there.
Love MG
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May 7, 2018 - from Justine Bailey Lynch
<[email protected]>
HI, HEMMY. REALLY CUTE EMAIL! I REALLY REGRET THAT I WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE REUNION. I AM SURE A GREAT TIME WILL BE HAD BY ALL!
THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY YEAR FOR ME WITH THE DISCOVERY OF MY SECOND BREAST CANCER. MY FIRST ONE WAS SIX YEARS AGO AND ESTROGEN DRIVEN SO I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE CHEMO. THIS ONE WAS HR2 POSITIVE WHICH NECESSITATED BOTH CHEMO AND RADIATION AND A YEAR FOLLOW UP OF HERCEPTIN INFUSIONS. MY TREATMENT WILL BE COMPLETE THIS AUGUST AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT SEEING DOCTORS AGAIN FOR AWHILE AND LIFE RETURNING TO NORMAL. BOTH CANCERS WERE CAUGHT EARLY SO I HAVE A GOOD PROGNOSIS AND BOTH OF MY LADY PARTS RELATIVELY INTACT. I DID ALL MY CHEMO IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA AND RADIATION TREATMENTS AT EISENHOWER HOSPITAL IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CA.
CHARLIE AND I HAVE A HOME IN INDIAN WELLS AND BELONG TO THE VINTAGE CLUB THERE, WHERE WE SPEND SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR. FROM JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER WE LIVE IN A TOWN HOUSE IN MENLO PARK, CA. I FEEL WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN TWO AMAZING PLACES WITH MANY GOOD FRIENDS IN BOTH. I AM BACK TO PLAYING GOLF FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK AND JUST STARTED SWIMMING AGAIN. CHARLIE TURNED NINETY THIS PAST FALL BUT HAS MORE ENERGY THAN MOST 60 YEAR OLDS . WE BOTH HAVE JUST RECENTLY ADMITTED TO RETIRING FROM OUR BUSINESSES, THO I AM KEEPING MY AFFILIATION WITH ASID AND STILL DO SOME DESIGN CONSULTING. WE GO ON GOLF TRIPS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR TO EUROPE OR HAWAII, THO HAD TO CANCEL OUR TRIP LAST FALL DUE TO THE BIG “C.”
I KEEP LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON RHYS AND WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SEEN OR TALKED TO HER. ... Have you heard anything from Nancy Collins? Another good friend. She was at our 50th. Love hearing all the news. ... I MISS ALL OUR CLASSMATES AND STILL LOOK BACK ON MY YEARS AT HOLLINS AS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES IN MY LIFE.
HOWEVER I AM VERY GLAD TO BE SITTING HERE WRITING TO YOU AND THANKING THE GOOD LORD FOR A LIFE BLESSED WITH GOOD FORTUNE AND HAPPINESS. HOLLINS LOVE TO ALL. JUSTINE
P.S. - I moved to California months after graduating and unfortunately over time, lost touch with almost everyone on the east coast. Sybil Tyrrell, Mary Cheek McCullough and Betsy Speer were my roomies on Green Street in San Francisco before we all got married. Sybil and I are still in touch.
Charlie and Justine Bailey Lynch
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May 2, 2018 from Eleanor O'Meara Hare
The Reunion sounds exciting. Wish I could be with you. Unfortunately, South Carolina primary elections are June 12 and, as Co-President, I'm committed to helping our local League of Women Voters (Clemson) provide candidate forums during that week. I also serve on the Board of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, where my speciality is voting technology. The League is a big part of my retirement life. We have effectively lobbied for ethics in government and are working for voter-marked ballots to replace our old voting machines. I participated in the investigation that disclosed thousands of uncounted votes in South Carolina elections. After that disclosure, the Election Commission instituted a post-election audit, which is posted to their web site. It's rewarding to find that my computer science education is so useful in retirement.
I also enjoy playing duplicate bridge and miss seeing Mary Bern at tournaments. Her bridge-playing friends from Charleston (SC) told me that she was just a few points short of Life Master. She was, as you would expect, a very highly respected and dearly loved member of her community.
Ellie O'Meara Hare ([email protected]) Eleanor Hare
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May 2, 2018 - from Jean Groseclose Peyton -
Hemmie - loved your email about the reunion, and your green and gold outfit is to die for, especially the knee socks!!!!
I have recently moved to Santa Fe to be nearer my daughter and her family, and am still settling in but love it so far. Hated to leave Virginia and the proximity of Gordon's 2 kids ( Richmond and Charlottesville) and a granddaughter starting graduate school at VCU, but the house was too big, I was tired of taking care of yard and pool, and I had to move somewhere - the traffic in Northern VA and DC just gets worse and worse, and the political noise louder and all consuming, so I decided on a more relaxed situation. Just wasn't ready for a typical retirement community where you have to take an elevator to leave your floor or go anywhere.
I will miss this reunion, sad to say, but look forward to our 70th (CORRECTION: 65th) - good grief! Sending Hollins love to all who get there - know you will have a wonderful time. Jean Peyton
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May 2, 2018 - [email protected] from Lila Sadler Foster: Dear One, Your e-mails and reminders have been grand. I do wish I could join all those of you who are lucky enough to attend. Ann Shepard Bullis lives here and when it was her 60th, only 3 could be present!! I know our class will do so much better than that. But ,sadly, I will not be among them...
Thank you and keep me in the loop! I wish you all the best for this very special event and regret more that you can know that I cannot be with all of you. Much love, Lila
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Mid-April, 2018 - A fun, long telephone conversation with Vickie Wendt West Peek. She has come to most of our reunions. Her son Christian guided her wheel chair five years ago. This year, however, her health issues have worsened. Everything from her eyes, hearing, arms and legs, to her immune system and her head are affected. Rods in her head do not allow her to lay flat. She wouldn't travel easily nor find it comfortable trying to sleep in the dorm! Christian is taking good care of her and will also be missed at our reunion. He stays busy in their community, has been ordained as a minister, is the Constable for Chippawa Township, V-P of the bowling league, and has raised $$ for the Merrick Museum. Her 6-paged hand-written Christmas/New Year Letter arrived in April containing family news and her indomitable spirit sprinkled with her delightful sense of humor.
Vickie still keeps in touch with Betsy Jones Perrow who lives in an assisted living facility in Lynchburg, VA. Vickie still can wrap gifts (for which she has won many awards), knit scarves for charity and Visiting Nurse Baskets for the homebound (hers are voted to be the prettiest), and volunteers occasionally at the Merrick Museum.
"Laffy" was a special cat and very much a part of the family. He passed away recently. These photos were taken 2 years ago. There was an "amazing bond between him and Christian."
Vickie's letter took her five days to write but sends her best wishes: "Remember our door is open and would be delighted for a visit. -- So sorry we are not able to attend 60th. ... Getting to the bathroom and other places would be a big nuisance ... Hope it is spectacular and great fun. Have a wonderful time. Hollins Love, Vickie"
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April 4, 2018
Connie Browne Maverick wrote:
Hi Hemmie.
Well, believe it or not, I am showing up again and have registered. I came to the 40th and 50th so I seem to do this every 10 years even though I was just there for one year. But something about Hollins seems to draw me back once a decade or so. Joe is coming with me. We will fly into Baltimore to see our grandson and his wife and from there will drive to Roanoke for the reunion.
At this point we have 12 grandchildren, 7 of whom are married (making it 19 grandchildren!) and 10 great grandchildren. I feel sure there will be more.
We are still traveling a lot. In 2016 we celebrated our 60th anniversary with our second Queen Mary 2 trip - the first was when we celebrated our 50th anniversary. On this one we sailed from New York to Hamburg, spent 4 days with some German friends and from there went to Portugal where we took a Tauck tour of Lisbon and southern Spain. We highly recommend the Tauck tours. So far we have taken a lot of Viking River cruises including Europe, Russia, the Ukraine, China, Egypt, Vietnam and Cambodia. This last year we went on our 9th Viking river cruise to the Bordeau and Provence areas of France which included going to Normandy. Normandy was on our bucket list and we were very moved by the experience. In November we will take one of the new Viking ocean liners on a cruise which includes the Amazon - another bucket list area. Now that we are in our 80s we seem to have arrived at the bucket list time in our life. We have been to every continent except for Antartica - so who knows?
I am looking forward to the reunion even though I know not too many people will remember me. I really appreciate all of the effort you have done. See you in June.
Connie Browne Maverick
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March 30, 2018 - Polly K. Garnett talked with Charlotte "Pooh" Marston Pope: Pooh and her husband are living a nomadic life traveling from state of Washington to Virginia, Montana to New Orleans in their well equipped RV, following the seasons as they visit their nine children and 38 grands and great-grands from combined marriages, family and friends. When I caught up with her in late February, she was attending an herbal conference in Florida, then yesterday was in northern VA. They soon will be heading to Idaho to be campground hosts at Swiftwater Park located on the Salmon River. She is very sorry that this commitment will prevent her from attending our 60th.
March 2, 2018 - [email protected] - Pooh sent some photos of her, her husband and her daughter, Marston. Marston is an "amazing" potter in Asheville, NC, creating "Singing Bowls" from clay. Look her up at www.ceramicsingingbowl.com.
Photo is of Me - Lloyd - Bella.
Wanted some part of me to go to
reunion- so- photo. We have
begun our wearetooyoungtoretire
camphost job on the Salmon river
in Whitebird Id.
But I will be wearing green and gold that whole weekend. Love and hugs all round. Thanks for all you do Hemmie!!!
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February 21, 2018 - M.G. Galway Kapp writes: (from [email protected]) - Sorry I wont be with you all, but will have you in my thoughts. I'm preparing for total knee replacement in late May and in the meantime have had successful cataract surgery in both eyes.
--- one knee at a time. The Doctor said he would not do two knees at one time as "one leg needs to be stable". I had X-rays which show "bone on bone" in both knees. In other words no cushioning in either knee. I will have one knee done at a time and by then I will be a bionic woman with 2 new hips, 2 new knees, 2 cataracts removed and goodness I,hope,I will have enough years to enjoy all the surgery.
I will be thinking of you all and will miss you, love, M.G."
MG Kapp
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February 5, 2018 - (sent from Elizabeth Vann Hobbs)
Nancy Gilmore Stovall 1938 - 2018 Nancy Gilmore Stovall died at Tresevant Episcopal Home on January 15, 2018 at the age of 80. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Gilmore and the wife of the late Matthew Carter Stovall. She is survived by her sons, William Howard Stovall IV (Baylor) and Laurence Gilmore Stovall and her step-daughter Meriwether Stovall McGettigan (Charles). She is also survived by her beloved grandchildren, Margaret Carter Stovall and William Howard Stovall V and step-granddaughter Meriwether Lewis Fay McGettigan. Mrs. Stovall attended Hollins University for two years before transferring to the University of Arkansas, from which she graduated. She was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. She was a member of Saint George's Episcopal Church in Clarksdale, MS, the Memphis Country Club and the Clarksdale Country Club. Mrs. Stovall's passion in life was entertaining and being with her friends. She was a consummate hostess, epitomizing the Delta elegance of a bygone era. She was a member of the Antiquarians Society, and she had been very active in St. George's Episcopal Church of Clarksdale, serving at one time as president of the Women of the Church. She served on the board of directors of the Carnegie Public Library in Clarksdale; as Board Chair she oversaw the library's absorption of the nascent Delta Blues Museum in 1981. She also dearly loved her time with The Sewing Club of Clarksdale. She was a lover of animals and always had a house full of pets of varying pedigrees and provenance. The funeral service will be 2:00 pm Thursday, January 18th at Saint George's Episcopal Church in Clarksdale, MS, with burial to follow at the family cemetery at 3326 Stovall Road. A reception will follow at the family home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to St. George's Episcopal Church, 106 Sharkey Ave, Clarksdale, MS 38614 or to the Clarksdale Animal Rescue Effort & Shelter, 1645 Desoto Avenue, Clarksdale, MS, 38614. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is in charge of arrangements.
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January 31, 2018 - from Kay -
Kathleen Dismore Bullock - [email protected]-
Dear Hemmie,
Since I have never written I will give you the short version. I was married for 50 years though the last 10 Stanley suffered with Alzheimer’s. He died in 2008 and since then I have traveled and stayed busy with 7 grandchildren and now 1 great grandchild. I am happily situated in the home we built in 1998 on the St Johns river in Mandarin (Jacksonville). I “work” at yoga three times a week so I can continue to climb my stairs! I am only 5 minutes away from my church where I am treasurer of our DOK chapter.
Hemmie, feel free to edit etc. I wish I could say I am planning to come to the reunion but I have a granddaughter graduating at the same time. That has been my situation for the last 2 years. The cousins are all close in age and to each other. I have been blessed .
Kay Bullock
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December 17, 2017
Sue Switzer Dunlap
- Passed away on December 17, 2017
Sue and daughter Sarah created this 2017 Christmas Card - inspired by a window in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, NH.
Sue and Sarah
Sue with her manuscript of her "crowning life work,"
Mary Baker Eddy: A Source Book to the Golden Thread of Her Life.
Mary Baker Eddy: A Source Book to the Golden Thread of Her Life.
Note: Scroll down to see photos of me with Sue in 2013.
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November 16, 2013 - Lunch with Sue Switzer Dunlap at her home in Massachusetts. She is busy writing a major book about the life of Mary Baker Eddy.
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Photos taken with Sue while on Hollins Abroad in 1956-7
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Sally "Corky" Lonegren can be found on Facebook.
She's moved from Vermont to Colorado.
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2013
Wyndham Robertson in named to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame
(copied from the Hollins University Alumnae web site)
Wyndham Robertson is the former assistant managing editor of Fortune magazine and former business editor of Time magazine.
After graduating from Hollins College with an economics degree, Robertson worked as a junior analyst in the Economics Department of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey before joining Fortune as a researcher and reporter in 1961. She was elected to Fortune’s board of editors in 1974 and was named assistant managing editor in 1981. She served as business editor of Time magazine from 1982-83 as part of an experimental program in which six Time Inc. editors temporarily switched magazines.
Robertson spent the last decade of her career as the vice president for communications of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system. She serves on boards that include the Media General Board of Directors, the Carolina Performing Arts national advisory board and the Full Frame Documentary Festival executive board, among others.
Her work has been honored with awards that include the Gerald M. Loeb Achievement Award for Distinguished Writing on Investment, Finance and Business and the American Journalism Historians Association Award for Breaking Gender Barriers in Journalism and Communication, among others.
After graduating from Hollins College with an economics degree, Robertson worked as a junior analyst in the Economics Department of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey before joining Fortune as a researcher and reporter in 1961. She was elected to Fortune’s board of editors in 1974 and was named assistant managing editor in 1981. She served as business editor of Time magazine from 1982-83 as part of an experimental program in which six Time Inc. editors temporarily switched magazines.
Robertson spent the last decade of her career as the vice president for communications of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system. She serves on boards that include the Media General Board of Directors, the Carolina Performing Arts national advisory board and the Full Frame Documentary Festival executive board, among others.
Her work has been honored with awards that include the Gerald M. Loeb Achievement Award for Distinguished Writing on Investment, Finance and Business and the American Journalism Historians Association Award for Breaking Gender Barriers in Journalism and Communication, among others.
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Dr. Wyndham Robertson delivers 2009 Commencement Address at Hollins and receives Degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)
Rainy and unseasonably cool weather did little to dampen the celebration as Hollins University conferred 173 bachelor’s degrees and 66 master’s degrees during the school’s 167th Commencement Exercises, held Sunday, May 17 on the historic Front Quadrangle.
Guest speaker Wyndham Robertson ’58, the first female editor at Fortune magazine and the first female vice president at the University of North Carolina, told the graduates to expect to be asked “What is Hollins?” many times in the years to come. She encouraged them to use that opportunity to talk about what makes Hollins distinctive. She praised the openness of President Nancy Gray and the faculty, and also saluted the graduates themselves.
“You are uncommon women, not crowd followers,” she said. “What could be rarer than a student body of independent thinkers, each having access to a tailor-made education?”
Robertson noted that Hollins is most distinguished by the accomplishments of its alumnae.
“Hollins alumnae are standouts, highly visible, doing transforming things,” she said, citing the university’s four Pulitzer Prize winners; trailblazers in journalism, politics, science and the arts; innovative entrepreneurs; and community volunteers.
Robertson assured the Class of 2009 that “there will always be a market for smart, hungry, talented Hollins graduates” and told them to “go out and do something wonderful with your lives.”
Following her address, Clark Hooper Baruch ’68, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, presented Robertson with the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa in recognition of her career achievements and dedication to Hollins.
Guest speaker Wyndham Robertson ’58, the first female editor at Fortune magazine and the first female vice president at the University of North Carolina, told the graduates to expect to be asked “What is Hollins?” many times in the years to come. She encouraged them to use that opportunity to talk about what makes Hollins distinctive. She praised the openness of President Nancy Gray and the faculty, and also saluted the graduates themselves.
“You are uncommon women, not crowd followers,” she said. “What could be rarer than a student body of independent thinkers, each having access to a tailor-made education?”
Robertson noted that Hollins is most distinguished by the accomplishments of its alumnae.
“Hollins alumnae are standouts, highly visible, doing transforming things,” she said, citing the university’s four Pulitzer Prize winners; trailblazers in journalism, politics, science and the arts; innovative entrepreneurs; and community volunteers.
Robertson assured the Class of 2009 that “there will always be a market for smart, hungry, talented Hollins graduates” and told them to “go out and do something wonderful with your lives.”
Following her address, Clark Hooper Baruch ’68, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, presented Robertson with the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa in recognition of her career achievements and dedication to Hollins.
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Recommended Reading: Onward!: 25 Years of Advice, Exhortation, and Inspiration from America's Best Commencement Speeches by Peter J. Smith
This book is available at Amazon.com - the price range is from $95.29 to $2.85 (guess which one I bought)
Wyndham is featured on page 91 (year 1983)
Amazon.com Review
The last, and potentially most meaningful, bit of education your college throws your way comes at the very moment you're least likely to hear and comprehend it, let alone contemplate and cogitate on it. No, it's not in that 8 a.m. lecture class or evening seminar, but out among your fellow graduates on commencement day. There you are, resplendent in your cap and gown, ostensibly listening to someone famous and wise, but more likely awash in the exhilarations, fears, and hangovers of graduation. When you stride proudly into the sunset with your diploma, it's unlikely that you'll carry with you any of that carefully honed commencement address.
And that's a shame. Commencement speeches, historically, contain more nuggets of wisdom and insight than most spoken words you're likely to have heard or likely to hear. So we owe Peter J. Smith a considerable amount of gratitude for culling the best of the myriad observations and admonitions that have been aired at graduations over the last 25 years. The result is a remarkable anthology, replete with perspicacious bits that transcend the years, and imbued with historical markers that reflect the social and political changes of the past quarter century. It's a volume destined to be popular as a commencement gift and treasured as a reference tool for social scholars.
Smith includes highlights from such speakers as Art Buchwald, Isaac Asimov, George Plimpton, and Madeleine L'Engle in the 1970s, up through the Dalai Lama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Andy Rooney, and Madeleine Albright in the 1990s. You can compare the 1977 speeches of Studs Turkel and Shirley Chisholm, the 1990 speeches of Desmond Tutu and Gary Larson, the 1993 remarks of Jodie Foster and Ronald Reagan, the 1995 addresses of Annette Bening and Ann Richards, and the 1999 presentations of Alan Greenspan and Mumia Abu-Jamal. You can track the cultural shift of issues and values through the wit and exhortations of the speakers. And, if you read these snippets of sagacity in a quiet moment when you can concentrate and reflect, you might actually be able to absorb some of the acumen that was deflected by your mortarboard during your own commencement. --Stephanie Gold
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In this beguiling anthology of more than 200 excerpts from the best commencement addresses given during the last twenty-five years, editor Peter J. Smith proves that, in the right hands, the graduation speech is thriving.
Far from being a tired truism, the commencement address can be a thoughtful, heartfelt epistle, a dispatch from the front lines of adulthood to the fresh recruits of the newly graduated. In Onward! Twenty-Five Years of Advice, Exhortation, and Inspiration from America's Best Commencement Speeches, Smith has culled what the best minds (and hearts) have imparted to college graduates and in the process has created both a remarkable social history and a stirring celebration of the human spirit.
Arranged by year (and introduced with a recap of each year's cultural trends and events), the excerpts in Onward! spring from people with a wide array of talent, experience, and perspective: presidents and novelists, actors and news anchors, scientists and comedians. Their wisdom -- much of it surprising, all of it compelling -- will inform, delight, and inspire.
"We live in an age in which men have walked on the moon, have harnessed the vast power of nuclear energy, and have created enormous material wealth and riches. Yet our age is marked by ethical retardation, and by the passive tolerance of racism and poverty." -- VERNON JORDAN, 1976
"I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are." -- TONI MORRISON, 1979
"The best thing you can give yourselves for graduation is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live." -- PAUL NEWMAN, 1990
"Do not let people make you cynical. And do not think for a minute that you can have a good, full life if you don't care about what happens to the other people who share this nation and this planet with you." -- BILL CLINTON, 1995
"In all things in life, choose your conscience, and trust your instincts and lead your lives without regrets. It is simply easier that way." -- DAVID HALBERSTAM, 1996
Full of equal measures of common sense and goodwill, Onward! is the ideal companion with which to begin one's journey into adulthood.
About the Author
Peter J. Smith is a fiction writer and journalist. He is the author of the novel A Good Family, and his work has appeared in a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, New York, and Life. He lives with his family in western Massachusetts.
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Amazon.com Review
The last, and potentially most meaningful, bit of education your college throws your way comes at the very moment you're least likely to hear and comprehend it, let alone contemplate and cogitate on it. No, it's not in that 8 a.m. lecture class or evening seminar, but out among your fellow graduates on commencement day. There you are, resplendent in your cap and gown, ostensibly listening to someone famous and wise, but more likely awash in the exhilarations, fears, and hangovers of graduation. When you stride proudly into the sunset with your diploma, it's unlikely that you'll carry with you any of that carefully honed commencement address.
And that's a shame. Commencement speeches, historically, contain more nuggets of wisdom and insight than most spoken words you're likely to have heard or likely to hear. So we owe Peter J. Smith a considerable amount of gratitude for culling the best of the myriad observations and admonitions that have been aired at graduations over the last 25 years. The result is a remarkable anthology, replete with perspicacious bits that transcend the years, and imbued with historical markers that reflect the social and political changes of the past quarter century. It's a volume destined to be popular as a commencement gift and treasured as a reference tool for social scholars.
Smith includes highlights from such speakers as Art Buchwald, Isaac Asimov, George Plimpton, and Madeleine L'Engle in the 1970s, up through the Dalai Lama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Andy Rooney, and Madeleine Albright in the 1990s. You can compare the 1977 speeches of Studs Turkel and Shirley Chisholm, the 1990 speeches of Desmond Tutu and Gary Larson, the 1993 remarks of Jodie Foster and Ronald Reagan, the 1995 addresses of Annette Bening and Ann Richards, and the 1999 presentations of Alan Greenspan and Mumia Abu-Jamal. You can track the cultural shift of issues and values through the wit and exhortations of the speakers. And, if you read these snippets of sagacity in a quiet moment when you can concentrate and reflect, you might actually be able to absorb some of the acumen that was deflected by your mortarboard during your own commencement. --Stephanie Gold
Product Description
In this beguiling anthology of more than 200 excerpts from the best commencement addresses given during the last twenty-five years, editor Peter J. Smith proves that, in the right hands, the graduation speech is thriving.
Far from being a tired truism, the commencement address can be a thoughtful, heartfelt epistle, a dispatch from the front lines of adulthood to the fresh recruits of the newly graduated. In Onward! Twenty-Five Years of Advice, Exhortation, and Inspiration from America's Best Commencement Speeches, Smith has culled what the best minds (and hearts) have imparted to college graduates and in the process has created both a remarkable social history and a stirring celebration of the human spirit.
Arranged by year (and introduced with a recap of each year's cultural trends and events), the excerpts in Onward! spring from people with a wide array of talent, experience, and perspective: presidents and novelists, actors and news anchors, scientists and comedians. Their wisdom -- much of it surprising, all of it compelling -- will inform, delight, and inspire.
"We live in an age in which men have walked on the moon, have harnessed the vast power of nuclear energy, and have created enormous material wealth and riches. Yet our age is marked by ethical retardation, and by the passive tolerance of racism and poverty." -- VERNON JORDAN, 1976
"I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are." -- TONI MORRISON, 1979
"The best thing you can give yourselves for graduation is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live." -- PAUL NEWMAN, 1990
"Do not let people make you cynical. And do not think for a minute that you can have a good, full life if you don't care about what happens to the other people who share this nation and this planet with you." -- BILL CLINTON, 1995
"In all things in life, choose your conscience, and trust your instincts and lead your lives without regrets. It is simply easier that way." -- DAVID HALBERSTAM, 1996
Full of equal measures of common sense and goodwill, Onward! is the ideal companion with which to begin one's journey into adulthood.
About the Author
Peter J. Smith is a fiction writer and journalist. He is the author of the novel A Good Family, and his work has appeared in a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, New York, and Life. He lives with his family in western Massachusetts.