July 2016 PrideNotes

1917 Echo

The 2016-2017 academic year is being celebrated as the Year of the Fountain.
It was given to the college by the Class of 1917 and turns 100 this year.  

Cities in North Carolina unless noted otherwise.

General

Dr. Jann Haynes Gilmore 1968, Alexandria, VA, has written her most recent biography on 20th-century artist Olive Rush.  Her book will be launched in Santa Fe, NM in October.  Published by the Museum of New Mexico Press, this is the first scholarly study of  Rush, who was born into an Indiana Quaker family with roots in North Carolina.  She studied art at the Corcoran Museum School in Washington, D.C., and in New York and Europe.  Rush moved to Santa Fe's art colony in 1920 and became the dean of the women artists in that renowned art community until her death in 1966.  The title of the biography is "Olive Rush: Finding Her Place in the Santa Fe Art Colony."  Dr. Gilmore has been invited to give a talk on her book during Alumni Weekend in April 2017.

Karrie Cook Mutterback 1998, was recently named the director of case management by HealthSouth Treasure Coast Rehabilitation Hospital in Vero Beach, FL.

Jean Bennewitz Wood 1998, Buffalo, NY, was recently named Professor/Department Head of the Radiation Therapy Technology Department at SUNY Erie Community College.

Andy Scott 2013, Silver Spring, MD, directed the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's production of Rent which was performed during the month of July.

Marriages

Elizabeth M. Morton 2012, married Justin Gerringer on September 21, 2015 in Bermuda Run, NC.

Deaths

Nell Webb Mohney 1943, passed away on July 19, 2016.  OBITUARY

Joan Plint Ross 1949, passed away on July 28, 2016.  OBITUARY

Janette Davidson Winston 1954, passed away on July 5, 2016.  OBITUARY

Sue Robinson Lamb 1955, passed away on July 8, 2016.  OBITUARY

Starr Starling Coble 1958, passed away on July 12, 2016.  OBITUARY

Jean F. Taylor 1959, passed away on July 5, 2016.  OBITUARY

Sympathy Extended to

Rebecca Wallace Brown 1958, in the passing of her husband, Robert A. Brown, on July 30, 2016.

Amber Morris King 1959, in the passing of her cousin, Starr Starling Coble 1958, on July 12, 2016.