My gift. My way.
Cornelia Lee Clifford Wareham ’74 Learning specialist, the Chapin School, New York Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center board chair for eight years; honoree at 2011 benefit Wife of Raymond Wareham for...
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Roberta “Bobbi” Lane Benson ’76 Spanish teacher, General John Nixon Elementary School, Sudbury, Mass. Recipient of the 2012 Harriet Goldin Foundation Award for Excellence in Education Wheaton Fund...
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Liss featured
"The Senator Theater," oil on canvas by Rosemary Liss ’11 The work of Rosemary Liss ’11 was featured in the nationally juried exhibition “Strokes of Genius” in November at the MFA Circle Gallery...
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A Watson journey
Iraimi Mercado ’12, a 2012–2013 Thomas J. Watson Fellow, has been spending her time traveling to several countries, studying youth programs run by the YMCA. Most recently she was in Senegal, West...
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Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. ’05 co-edits Gordon Parks: Collected Works
Gordon Parks is recognized as one of the most important African American photographers of the 20th century and is noted for combining artistic style with commentary on the human condition. Peter W....
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Small world
Laura Hobbins Tschop ’07 (pictured on the left) currently teaches second grade at KIPP Philadelphia Elementary Academy in Philadelphia. She says that a big trend (especially in urban education) is...
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Ken Kristensen ’92 publishes new graphic novel
Ken Kristensen ’92 describes himself as a lifelong comic book fan. He has a collection of around 15,000 comic books to prove it. He has just added another four-volume set to his collection—this one...
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California reception
President Emerita Dale Rogers Marshall, host Deborah Alton Matthews ’78, President Ronald Crutcher, Professor Meg Kirkpatrick A Wheaton reception for Bay Area-California alumnae/i was held on November...
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Spring forward
Last fall, Boston-based online fashion company UsTrendy, which was founded by Sam Sisakhti ’05, made a fall appearance in a runway show during London Fashion Week. For the past four years, the company...
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Pitch-perfect life in music
Alexander Grover ’09 (center), a former member of the Gentlemen Callers, leads WitchPitch? in rehearsal for a concert. A young girl sits pensively on a rocky beach in Salem, Mass., haunted by lost...
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Truth and beauty in black and white
The award-winning photographer Dorothy Kerper Monnelly ’58 has been called the “Ansel Adams of the wetlands.” Like Adams before her, Monnelly works in black and white and uses a large-format camera to...
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Anne-Imelda Radice ’69 named head of American Folk Art Museum
New York City is home to many cultural institutions. But even in the crowded cultural landscape of the Big Apple, the American Folk Art Museum stands out, with its devotion to celebrating the...
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Focus on the future
Christopher Paquet ’03 NYC Department of Health, director of policy and strategic initiatives, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response 2012 NYC Distinguished Service Award recipient Wheaton Fund...
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My gift. My way.
Dellie Smith Woodring ’62 Member, Board of Directors, Marin Village (California), a nonprofit that helps senior citizens Founder and former executive director, Kentfield After School Center Former...
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Journalist Ted Nesi ’07 is the news
While Ted Nesi is best known for writing about political news in Rhode Island, he also often ends up in the news himself. On January 9, the Providence Phoenix published an article titled “WPRI’s...
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Anne Crosman’s writing attracts attention
“As a child, I kept diaries, because my mother had kept a diary for me, starting the day I was born,” recalls Anne Crosman ’66. “I still have it! I continued her tradition and I wrote every day. I...
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Margaret Gibson ’63 honored for her work in anthropology
Margaret “Greta” Gibson ’63 has been a pioneer in the field of educational anthropology for more than 30 years. Last fall she was honored with the George and Louise Spindler Award for Educational...
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Making a big deal of little things
Whether she is leaving popcorn for a Redbox video customer or donating items to her local cat shelter, Dorothy Brighton McGrath ’96 is committed to helping people through good deeds—and to making it...
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Talent, luck star in award-winning producer’s life
“A series of happy accidents,” that’s how Marion Lear Swaybill ’63 describes the journey that took her from a Wheaton freshman to Emmy Award–winning television producer and founder and president of...
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Following her passion at 80
“A bonus life.” That’s how Dorothy Weber Trogdon ’47 describes her career as a working poet, which didn’t reach full flower until she was 80 years old. Initially, her life’s path led her to design, not...
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