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 2006 issue:

Anna Cuzzi Orsenigo ’31 March 3, 2007

Esther Johnson Dawes ’32 November 1, 2006

Stella Miner Moat ’32 November 16, 2006

Ruth Transue Cook ’35 February 6, 2007

Maren Lee Quinn ’38 October 2, 2006

Marjorie Frost Vander Brook ’39 November 6, 2006

Dorothy Miller Ostrom ’40 October 17, 2006

Rosalie Bangs Swansey ’40 October 28, 2006

Eleanor Bliss Calfee ’41 January 13, 2007

Nancy Landis Lucas ’43 February 16, 2007

Camille Chappell Jorgensen ’45 December 10, 2006

Jeanne Allen Smith ’53 November 11, 2006

Gretchen Ackerman Phillips ’54 January 4, 2007

Ellen Marsh Schleicher ’54 February 6, 2007

Ronnie Friedland Lippin ’68 December 4, 2006

Laura C. Gilpin ’72 February 15, 2007

Ellen Kingsley Hirschfeld ’73 March 8, 2007

Arletha Turner Doffoney ’74 November 2, 2006

Mary Catherine Gaffney MA’84 January 14, 2007

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

Harriett Lowry Rydstrom ’30 August, 2006

Alice Finch Smith ’30 May 28, 1996

Shirley Owen Sargent ’32 January 1, 2006

Katharine Van Sinderen Howe ’35 May 29, 2006

Louise Stanley Fairman ’38 January 24, 1994

Barbara Godley Keirsted ’39 October, 1976

Barbara Heller Metz ’42 June 17, 2005

Marjorie Pritchard Walters ’45 May 25, 2004

Victoria LaSala ’47 June 22, 2004

Sylvia Gilpin Coultas ’65 June 18, 2006

Naomi Winkler Rosenfeld ’66 April 19, 2006

Byrd Rutherford Cohe ’80 August 10, 2004

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

Robert Engler, who taught political science from 1951-71, died on February 23, 2007.

Julie Greene, who was the College's director of physical education from 1976-86, died on December 11, 2006.

Lydia Kesich, faculty from 1970-93 who designed and implemented the College's Russian curriculum, died on November 14, 2006.