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 Fall 2007 issue.
Brita Neilson Blauvelt ’30 September 8, 2007
Elsa Glaser Webber ’31 February 22, 2007
Miriam Cooper Cuddihy ’31 August 31, 2007
Jenny Coleman Smith ’32 December 12, 2007
Louisiana Wood Simpson ’33 September 20, 2007
Elizabeth Gawthrop Bush ’38 November 13, 2007
Helen Mellon Schmidt ’38 September 19, 2007
Sybil Alger Pickett ’39 March 19, 2007
Josephine O’Connor Agather ’41 September 22, 2007
Mary Prudence Chipman Petre ’42 August 9, 2007
Elizabeth Thayer Sansalone ’42 October 23, 2007
Mary Holton Beane ’44 September 7, 2007
Peggy Kristensen Brazier ’44 August 1, 2007
Martha Pease Bronson ’44 December 30, 2007
Adeline Thoms Greene ’44 October 11, 2007
Eleanor Rogers Oliver ’44 October 27, 2007
Anne Reynolds Kittredge ’45 August 27, 2007
Marsh McLeod Rorick ’46 July 3, 2007
Elizabeth Ravdin Bergus ’49 December 18, 2007
Carroll Arrott Taylor ’49 August 18, 2007
Martha Sherwin Stewart ’50 October 22, 2007
Mary Jane Foster Mann ’51 June 4, 2007
Margaret Hamsworth Phillips ’51 May 26, 2007
Ursula Steiner Karelsen ’54 September 5, 2007
Jane Beber Abramson ’55 November 21, 2007
Jacqueline Cashman Federman ’58 June 26, 2007
Sue Moorhead Smythe ’60 September 25, 2007
Clare French Shepley ’91 December 9, 2007
Seth Loren Lichtine ’05 December 1, 2007
Elizabeth Sarah Atkins ’07 November 19, 2007
We also acknowledge the deaths of the following alumnae/i of which we’ve only recently received word:
Natalie Shreve Crow ’30 July 19, 2001
Molly Bruce Jacobs ’51 September 19, 2006
Judith Ross George ’53 December 31, 2006
Judith Rosen Rubin ’53 October 9, 1997
Cynthia Ellis Stewart ’56 January 16, 2007
Marlene Mack-Anderson ’77 June 21, 1999
Allison C. Moore ’81 January 15, 2007
Alexandria Hatcher ’88 November 13, 2004
Allegra Margaret Peyton ’91 June 18, 1998
Joan Barnes-Touart ’94 June 23, 2006
We remember the following faculty who were vital members of the Sarah Lawrence community:
Faculty Emerita Jane Cooper, who taught writing, literature, and poetry from 1950 to 1987, died October 26, 2007. Click here for a tribute to Cooper.
Frank Melville, member of the Board of Trustees from 1981–89 and honorary trustee since 1994, died on December 5, 2007.
Elspeth Rostow, who taught history and politics from 1945–47 and was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1951–58, died on December 9, 2007.
Arthur Sainer, who taught theatre from 1991–98, died on November 18, 2007.
Ray Seidelman, who taught political science from 1982 to 2007, died on October 30, 2007. Click here for a tribute to Seidelman.
Laurence F. Whittemore, a trustee from 1988 to 2000, honorary trustee thereafter, and parent of three SLC alumnae, passed away on December 24, 2007.