In Memoriam

Sarah Lawrence College expresses its condolences to the family and friends of the following members of our community who died since the publication of our Winter 2006 issue:

Elizabeth Drisler Berry ’31 February 5, 2006

Barbara Humes Euston ’31 February 17, 2006

Bruna Bergonzi Stevens ’31 May 26, 2005

McDowell Smith Reynolds ’31 December 29, 2005

Elsie Wilson Blackwell ’35 November 25, 2005

Meredith Shelton Carson ’37 November 23, 2005

Mary Brim Hess’37 December 9, 2005

Jane Gilbert Townsend ’37 November 30, 2005

Margery Bavier Donald ’38 January 6, 2006

Elsie Earle Lawson ’38 November 18, 2005

Sallie Slawson Townsend ’39 February 18, 2006

Marguerite Merrick Wick ’39 December 19, 2005

Helen Larmon Benziger ’40 July 26, 2005

Alice Judd Simpich ’40 January 21, 2006

Margaret Titus Yates ’40 January 22, 2006

Anne Wolfson Gross ’41 September 8, 2005

Patricia Malloy White ’41 April 12, 2005

Virginia Ball Gotham ’43 August 24, 2005

Natalie Bliss Beshany ’44 August 13, 2005

Cynthia Brants ’45 Jnauary 11, 2006

Charlotte Anglim Saunders ’45 July 23, 2005

Anne Haskell Ellis ’46 February 14, 2006

Nancy Chisholm Martin ’47 February 26, 2006

Sally Sample Aall ’48 October 1, 2005

Charlotte Hannaford Drake ’48 February 3, 2006

June White Simms ’48 March 4, 2005

Henry L. Wolff ’51 November 6, 2005

Alice Lowenbraun Funk ’57 January 20, 2006

Rachel Palley Kaufman ’58 November 5, 2005

Elaine L. Kreizman ’69 August 15, 2005

Cynthia Kaufman Ritter MS ’70 September 12, 2005

William W. Jones ’75 January 28, 2006

Philip M. Dee MFA ’78 January 2, 2006

Thelma Dailey-Stout ’81 November 1, 2005

We also acknowledge the deaths of the following alumnae/i of which we’ve only recently received word:

Eleanor Beardslee Glendinning ’31 May 11, 2004 Burleigh Wolferman James ’38 February 27, 2004 Frances Reid Sims ’39 December 16, 2004 Evelyn Cary Clark ’41 August 13, 2004 Andrea Melvin Prentice ’61 Fall 2003 Janet D. H. Austrian ’86 July 19, 2003

We remember the following faculty and staff members who were vital members of the Sarah Lawrence community:

Regina Arnold, who came to SLC in 1979, served as a sociology faculty member and associate dean of studies until her death on February 16, 2006. More about Regina Arnold.

Harriet Brown served the College administration from 1968 to 1987, as secretary of the alumnae/i office, secretary to the alumnae/i director and secretary in the president's office, among other positions. She died on September 2, 2005.

Peter F. Drucker, who taught economics from 1940 to 1942, died on November 11, 2005.

Mary E. Hotte, the assistant community organizer for the Institute of Community Studies in 1968-69, died on January 23, 2006.

William Rubin, who taught art history at the College from 1952 to 1967 and served as a trustee from 1979 to 1986, died at home in northern Westchester County on January 22, 2006. A private collector as well as a scholar, he had a long curatorial career at the Museum of Modern Art after leaving Sarah Lawrence, rising eventually to direct MOMA's celebrated and powerful department of painting and sculpture. At Sarah Lawrence, he helped establish the discipline of art history as integral to the College's curriculum. Sarah Lawrence awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2000.

Priscilla Terraforte, the College's telephone operator from 1982 to 1994, died on February 7, 2006.