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.