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As AADC President, the connections I have made during my leadership and involvement in AADC programs, events and initiatives have enriched me, above and beyond. I am proud to lead at this critical time as we move Forward Together.

The AADC has so much to offer as we celebrate nearly 100 years of providing educational, social and leadership opportunities that connect and advance Douglass alumnae! As we have said, “We are students for four years, but alumnae forever.”

Together, we encourage and support one another. Together, we will capitalize on 95 years of successfully empowering women by continuing to promote and develop alumnae connections and women leaders.

The holistic, personal and leadership education that began at alma mater should be a life-long pursuit. The AADC allows for our diverse alumnae to remain connected while learning through all stages of life. We call this connection our Sisterhood. With more than 37,000 alumnae, the AADC represents the vast and rich expertise of our alumnae sisters and friends. Each alumna’s personal and professional growth strengthens our association as a whole.

This year, we celebrate the 95th Anniversary of the alumnae association’s founding by sharpening our focus and creating dynamic new initiatives to serve and connect alumnae and friends. Look for these initiatives:

The Women’s Life-Long Learning Initiative - This suite of educational opportunities was developed for alumnae at every stage of life. The second year of both the AADC Mabel’s Alumnae Mentoring Program and the Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42 Workplace and Professional Development Symposium have been held. We also welcomed Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristoff for this year’s L’Hommedius Lecture, which was inspiting.

Next, the AADC will implement workshops and lectures so that alumnae will continue the personal and professional development started during our college years while engaging with other smart and savvy Douglass alumnae. Possible topics are: changing careers; women’s health and wellness; negotiating compensation; dealing with work-life balance; preparing for retirement and other subjects relevant to women’s personal and professional development. While we will predominately host these on-site in New Jersey, we also seek to utilize the expertise of alumnae in other regions and live stream whenever possible to alumnae sisters and friends near and far.

Special Anniversary Initiatives - During our anniversary year of 2017/18, every AADC program and initiative will be bigger, bolder and branded. We will also disseminate the 95th anniversary themes and graphics that herald our AADC pride at all events and in all publications. We will plan and execute the AADC 95th Anniversary Weekend Celebration and Alumnae Reunion Weekend,

April 19-21, 2018, which includes our AADC Forward Together Gala: From Our Founding Into Our Future, on Saturday, April 21, at New Brunswick’s Heldrich Hotel, which will honor the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs GFWC, founders of NJC/Douglass.

Awarding of Alumnae Fellowships - Currently, 22 fellowships are available for graduating seniors and alumnae who are seeking an advanced degree. With the growing and competitive market place, a post-baccalaureate degree is becoming essential in many fields.

Join us in moving Forward Together - It is not like a Douglass Alumna to rest or slow down, even at 95! The 95th anniversary year is the right time to connect or reconnect and to spur even greater success for your alumnae association and our alumnae sisterhood. Be a part of the celebration. Be a part of our next century of success.

F O R WA R D T O G E T H E R

AADCFa l l 2017

NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNAE & Friends

Message from the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College President Jeanne M. Fox ’75, Esq.

B E P A R T O F

Our New Era of Success

The AADC presented the second annual Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42 Workplace and Professional Development Symposium in September. Above, left to right: AADC President Jeanne Fox ’75, Board member Tina Gordon ’72, Victoria, Keynote Speaker Beena Kavalam ’98, Executive Director Valerie Anderson ’81 and Symposium Chair Lisa Kaado ’03.

Above, the profile image from one of the two Facebook pages recently launched to facilitate communication and connect Mentors and Mentees participating in the second year of the AADC Mabel’s Alumnae Mentoring Program. Clockwise from top left: Gail Walker ’73, Marissa Rodriguez ’11, Karen Torian ’73, Cecile Edwards ’04, Sarah Schwartz ’15 and Jeanette Bergeron ’85.

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Associate Alumnae of Douglass College (AADC) Organizational Structure

AADC Trusteesfor the

Douglass FundBoard

President*w Chief Officer and

Presiding Officerw Co-trustee of the

Douglass Fund

Executive Director*w Chief Executive Officer

for the Associationw Co-trustee of the

Douglass Fund

Treasurer*w Financial

Reportsw Revenue

and Expense Reports

w Audit Reports

VP for Alumnae Relations*

w Major Programs and Events, including Reunion

w Women’s Life-long Learning Initiatives

w Mabel’s Mentoringw Regional Groups and

Affinity Networksw Alumnae Awardsw Memorabiliaw Class Officers

VP for Administration*w Governance,

including Bylawsw Preparation of

Financial and Budget Reports

w Human Resourcesw Operational

Systems

VP for Development*w Annual Appealw Major Eventsw Special Appealsw Gift Planningw Fellowships

VP for Marketing& Communications*w Alumnae

Communications (Newsletter, e-News, Social Media)

w AADC Websitew Program & Event

Promotionw Class Notesw Oral History

* Denotes members of the Executive Committee

The AADC Executive Director is an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and all departments and committees of the AADC. AADC staff work in partnership with Board members and other volunteers to carry out the functions listed in this chart.

Alumnae Council

• NOMINATIONS SOUGHT •

Secretary*w Association

Minutes and Correspondence

AADC Board of Directors Finding and selecting appropriate candidates for Associate Alumnae of Douglass College Board of Directors positions is critical to the success and leadership of the AADC. We invite you to nominate an alumna for the Board or to an open officer position for the next term, including President, Vice President for Administration and Treasurer. Please visit www.douglassalumnae.org/about/board-of-directors to download a PDF of either the “Self Nomination Form” or the “Nominate an Alumnae Form.” Submit nominations for consideration by November 30, 2017 deadline. Mail to: Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, 181 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, Attn: Chair of the Nominating Committee for consideration as noted on the forms.

Standing Committeesof the Board

w Executive Committeew Investment Committee

Nominating Committee

AADC Staff

AADC Alumnae Awards & Society of Excellence The AADC Awards Committee is seeking nominations. Nominate an alumna or friend of the AADC for an Alumnae Award, which includes: AADC Society of Excellence, Margaret T. Corwin Award, Alumnae Rec-ognition Award, Young Alumnae Mabel Award, Vanguard Service Award and the AADC Medal. Please visit www.douglassalumnae.org/alumnae/awards-for-alumnae for the Awards Criteria and for an AADC Award Nomination Form. Please note Alumnae Awards nomination deadline is December 15, 2017; and the deadline for the 2018 Society of Excel-lence is April 27, 2018. Please mail completed form(s) to: Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, Attn: Erika Toth/Awards Commit-tee, 181 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Contact the AADC if you would like the criteria and form mailed mailed to you.

Amy Jean Adams '99Bertha Lee Aiken '81Joyce Albers-Schonberg '65Barbara Albu-Lehman '72Valerie Lynn Anderson '81Jennifer L. Ansbach '93Elaine A. Auerbach '67Carol Spence Auletta '64Diana P. Avella '67Kathleen Skettini Bailey '78Esther Schachter Barcun '63Ellin Fennessy Barker '53Lois R. Battersby '75Jennifer C. Bender '93Anne Kathleen Berry '67Joel Vollmer Bogdan '65Rhonda D. Borlaza-Colby '90Elizabeth Elsman Bowater '67Jocelyn D. Briddell '81Maria Brodeur Ludwig '82Denise K. Busby '76Cornelia A. Calerone '70Melissa Chedid '11Mary Zimmerman Chyb '71Linda P. Clark '70Robert H. Conway Alice Le Borgne Corven '54Eileen M. Cotter Flora Buchbinder Cowen '59Margaret Cartlidge Creegan '65Barbara Poti Crooker '67Margaret P. Cunningham '85Robyn D. Curry '02Jean D’Amore '09Ann E. Darby '77Constance O. Dayton '50Lois Ann De Julio '69Mary Kelleher DiMartino '85Isabel Goll Drzewiecki '61Gretchen E. Dykstra '92

Suzanne E. Estler '66Barbara L. F. Faison-Plummer '76Lydia A. Falk '82Mary Lou Fenili '67Marianne A. Ficarra '88 Cathleen Fitzgerald Jeanne M. Fox '75Phyllis Moskowitz Frakt '67Helen J. Galt '69Helen Zarhardt Garretson '47Joan Metcalfe Gengaro '65Julissa S. Germosen '93Irene Dale Goldfarb '50Marjorie Magod Goldstein '67Tina B. Gordon '72Josephine Costanzo Grubelich '50Carol Hansmann Hamlin '61Sheila Kelly Hampton '70Rosa I. Hanco '99Lynne Whitford Hansen '52M. Wilma Harris '66Christina Vassiliou Harvey '00Ellen Shopowich Horowitz '75Gail Phillips Houlihan '58Amanda A. Hugelmeyer '04Mary Joan Hulsart '63Susan N. Hume '74Rachel E. Ingber '83Gretchen Wittenborn Johnson '63Anne Schneider Keenan '53Melinda Raso Kirstein '77Harriet Farber Klein '70Janet Doris Knapp '79Jennifer M. Kosakowski '03Sheila Levin Kremer '63Sheila McWeeney La Magra '84Theresa Sciacchetano Langley '98Ikecia Lenese Mapp '01Aimee Slabinski Linke '02Kristin R. Long '78

Dawn Lospaluto '64Kathi D. Love '75Joan Duggan Lucas '74Mary Borghi Luther '65Maija M. Lutz '61Karen Lynch '79Debra Lynch '79Priscilla A. Marek '49Lil Marsh '53Gwendolyn M. Marshall '76Felicia McGinty Dianne Mills McKay '69Mary Cunningham Mickus '67Carole A. Miller '65Evelyn Friedman Miller '58Lori Krevsky Miskoff '74Lisa Mizrahi-Kaado '03Jacqueline Y. Montgomery '73Karin N. Moulton '55Lauren M. Nathan-LaRusso '03Mary Elizabeth Neary '71Sarah E. Noddings '65Sheila Smith Noonan '84Carol Petersen Oakes '52Ferris Olin '70Jennifer L. O'Neill '95Amy K. Owen '96Patricia L. Parsons '80Victoria Sonshine Pasher '90Valerie Smith Paul '73Irene Figarotta Pearse '59Janet L. Pegg '78Yesenia Perez '12Barbara Pietrowiak '73Eileen L. Poiani '65Lois Poule Mary Cunliffe Rapaport '45Joan James Rapp '58Natalie Dorfman Raskin '66Lena L. Repousis '00

Gina Rizza '14Elizabeth Middleton Rizzotti '89Renee Linda Robinson '76Ann C. Rock '82Marissa Rodriguez '11Elena Anastasiou Rossi '78Lisa Dorio Ruch '89Carole Sampson-Landers '69Carol McClure Sanzalone '69Nancy Baier Schmehl '64Michele Ann Senko '73Judith E. Shapiro '65Sandra L. Simpson '78Linda J. Snead '73Jean Spies '74Barbara Castellano Stasiak '68Marilyn Marolda Steiner '65Maureen Strazdon '70Susan S. Sturgill Barbara A. Sutphin '51Paula Syby Buchak '59Maritza M. Taylor '82Tacy Cook Telego '68Barbara L. Tischler '71Tiffany E.M. Toliver '04Doris FitzGerald Tomer '68Frances Schantz Trott '60Helena Gempf Van Deroef '68Robert B. WaltonEileen A. Ward '69Sharon Gant Yorlano '79Roberta Cain Zakarian '56Marilyn Barbisch Zawoyski '64Valerie Hughes Zieniuk '05

Thank you to all those who made a commitment to inspire another 95 years of impact during the AADC’s 95 hours for 95 Years appeal. We are thrilled to have received $70,571.62 from 154 alumnae and friends! Your contributions will continue the 95-year legacy of educating, empowering, and engaging all alumnae.

A special thank you to our dollar-matching challengers Tina Gordon ‘72 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ‘65 who inspired others to give through their generosity and leadership. We thank Jennifer O’Neill ‘95 for her generosity in offering a challenge to the class of 1995 and for her support to the future of our alumnae association.

Our goal was surpassed because of your dedication to advancing our sister alumnae and staying connected to one another. Thank you for your passion and generosity.

The AADC is committed to providing programs and initiatives that allow alumnae to achieve their ambitions and continue a lifelong journey of learning and connecting to sister alumnae. Your unrestricted gifts allow the AADC the

flexibility to seize unique opportunities which empower and strengthen our sisterhood, to direct support to alumnae initiatives that are of the greatest priority, and to support the general operations which allow us to be a best-in-class alumnae organization.

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Thank You

Members of the Class of 1965 were inducted into the Vanguard Fifty Society at the Vanguard Luncheon on June 5, 2015, and posed on the next day on steps of Voorhees Chapel before Reunion Convocation. Previously, the AADC digitally published this class photo in the Fall 2015 AADC Class Notes. We are happy to take this opportunity now to publish this class milestone and caption here.

Standing in first row, from left to right: Karen Hirschfeld Ralston, Karen Hoffman Bryson, Roberta Krolick Perlin, Judith S. Hirsch Nebenzahl, Helen Lee Hunter Macaleer Potter, Marilyn Marolda Steiner, Eileen Choborda Miller, Judith E. Shapiro, Barbara “Bobbie” Woller, Eileen L. Poiani, Adrienne Byer Gallagher, Robin Raffaniello Di Maio.

Second row: Elizabeth Rowland Franck, Sally Lord Stillwell, Eleanor Ney Bradway Hanna, Merry Silver Bodner, Irene Etkin Goldman,

Judy Kelley Alger, Susan Siemanowski Maddox, Judy Kosakoff Gafner, Patricia Poulson Finn, Joyce Hodges Randolph.

Third row: Charlotte Rathgeber Humphreys, Suhaila Hishmeh Haddad, Carol Oman Urban, Joan Shulman Leavy, Kathleen Hahn Bossy, Clara Kantor Balog, Helen Nygaard Harper, Nancy Bott Bruch, Susan Sprecher Baker.

Fourth row: Elaine Wodzinski Fass, Patricia Smith Marks, Joan Maurine Moss, Cynthia Hirschfield Appel, Joyce Kovatch Albers-Schonberg, Karen Anderson Coghlan, Carol Starkman Still, Sarah Noddings, Rochelle Stulzaft Most, Nancy Spence Morrow.

Fifth row: Arlene Venza Carollo, Karen F. Hansen, Margaret Cartlidge Creegan, Irene B. Hopkins, Merle Citron, Linda Punchatz Cole, Virginia Carollo Rubin, Joan Metcalfe Gengaro, Ronna Sullivan Storm, Linda Baker Hossenlopp, Vita Zids Ferlanti.

Sixth Row: Elizabeth “Liz” Fogas Storms, Joyce Hinsley Kroeker Tricomi, Marian Ruth Shilstone, Margot Ellen Reiner, Karen Marie Pedersen Schlue, Annette Epstein Radick, Karen Hufnagel Votava, Alice Schwartz Gavin, Elyse Territo Connery, Barbara Weiss Daku Sorace, Mary Borghi Luther, Sandra Kirschner Walker, Kathleen “Kappy” Erbe Berenbroick, Mary Jo Rega Staruch, Lorraine Masi-Donovan, Leslie Alrich Roster.


Class of 1965 Inducted into the Vanguard Fifty Societyat Alumnae Reunion Weekend 2015

Congratulations to our 2017 AADC Alumnae Awards recipients for their outstanding service and contributions to the AADC. The Vanguard Service Award was presented to Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42 at the Reunion Vanguard Luncheon on June 2; the Margaret T. Corwin Award will be presented to Debbie Lynch ’79 at Fall Alumnae Council on November 11; Alumnae Recognition Awards were presented to Mary Elizabeth Neary ’71 and Elena Anastasiou Rossi ’78 at Reunion Convocation on June 3, and to Donna Coulson ’77 at the Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42 Workplace and Professional Development Symposium on September 16; the Young Alumnae Mabel Award was presented to Heather Tedesco ’12 at Reunion Convocation.

AADC Medals were presented to Valerie L. Anderson ’81, Jennifer C. Bender ’93, Jeanne M. Fox ’75, Helen M. Galt ’69 and M. Wilma Harris ’66 at Reunion Convocation. Special thanks to the AADC Awards Committee members and Chair Isabel Goll Drzewiecki ’61 for their work.

Alumnae Honoredwith 2017 AADCAlumnae AwardsWe are pleased to announce that the proposed amended AADC bylaws have

been approved by an overwhelming majority of the more than 560 votes cast by eligible voters. Therefore, the revised bylaws will go into effect on November 1, 2017.

These changes are being made partly as a result of the Agreement we signed with the Rutgers parties in July, 2016, that defines our role in serving alumnae going forward. Changes were also made to clarify many governance aspects of our organization and, in fact, were in the works prior to the mediation/negotiation with the University.

Our revised mission statement now accurately depicts the AADC’s primary areas of focus and will help us achieve our goal to be a best-in-class alumnae

organization that is alumnae-created, alumnae-led, alumnae-driven and alumnae-supported. To read the revised bylaws, please visit our website at: www.douglassalumnae.org/about/bylaws.

We thank AADC Vice President of Administration Helen Galt ’69 and her entire Bylaws Committee for more than two years of diligent work on this initiative. Also, thanks to those of you who reviewed the new Bylaws and returned your ballot. With your continued support, we will proceed FORWARD TOGETHER to an exciting future for the AADC. Please help us to celebrate the 95th anniversary of our vibrant community at our Forward Together Gala: From Our Founding Into Our Future on April 21, 2018, held during our Alumnae Reunion Weekend, from April 19 - 21.

Amended AADC Bylaws Approved

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Rosalie B. Cooper ’52 earned a Bachelor’s Degree from NJC, followed by a Masters of Laws (LLM) in 1953 and a Juris Doctor Degree (JD) in 1954, both from Rutgers Law

School. She was the only female student in her law school class where she served on the Law Review and graduated first in her class. She was

the first female to serve as an associate attorney at any large NJ law firm, joining the McCarter & English law firm in 1953. In spite of a serious disability that left her confined to a wheelchair for the last 36 years of her life, Rosalie became the first female Assistant Prosecutor and then the first female Superior Court Judge in Ocean County. For her career achievements and her devotion to Douglass alumnae, she was honored by the AADC by being selected to the Douglass Society (now the AADC Society of Excellence) in 1994.

Upon her passing in 2011, her husband, Dwight N. Halpern, M.D., generously created a fellowship in her memory. The Honorable Rosalie B. Cooper ’52 Fellowship provides

tuition assistance to a deserving Douglass alumna attending law school. Through this impactful support, five deserving young women have been able to follow in Rosalie’s esteemed footsteps in the legal field. Dr. Halpern also planned for a generous increase to the Fellowship to be provided by a charitable foundation established in his Will. Therefore, upon his passing last fall, an additional generous grant was received for the Fellowship.

Judge Cooper’s passion for the law and belief in the power of our alumnae sisterhood live on through the Fellowship, assisting future generations of Douglass alumnae to achieve their own “firsts” as attorneys and Jurists.

Create a Lasting LegacyThe Honorable Rosalie B. Cooper ’52 Fellowship“Judge Rosalie B. Cooper was the most courageous, determined, indomitable woman I have ever known.

She trail blazed for women. She treasured her love for family and law and excelled in both.” Dwight N. Halpern M.D.

Members of the Class of 1967 gathered at AADC Alumnae Reunion Weekend inside Voorhees Chapel for their 50th Reunion photo on Saturday, June 3, becoming the newest class to be inducted into the Vanguard Fifty Society.

In front row, from left: Elaine Auerbach, Gail Elizabeth Price, Diane Alberti Gallo, Nancy Bell Hohnstine, Carol Trovato, Mary Cunningham Mickus.

Second row, from left: Barbara Poti Crooker, Janet Redemann Sage, Armida Marucchi Macri, Monica Birch-Min, Diana P. Avella, Ellen Koponen Wilson, Elena Caruso Worrall, Elizabeth Hodgins Schiesswohl, Susan Geddes Roth, Holly Elissa Bruno.

Third row, from left: Sally Jo Beddoe Weber, Susan Talmadge Kheel, Madeline Takash Grabowski, Nancy J. Schumann, Kathleen Bojak Loux, Elizabeth Elsman Bowater, Judith D. Shapiro.

Fourth row, from left: Zita Marie Hyde Millichap, Margaret L. Smith, Susan D. Goldey, Carol Weidman Ohlandt.

Fifth row, from left: Anne Roach Hunter, Eleanor Rand Giovanielli, Cheryl G. Masingill, Barbara Ranalli Hogan, Kathleen Corkery Quaid, Rhoda Bilow McFadden, Rita Trez Bradley.

Sixth row, from left: Phyllis Moskowitz Frakt, Ruth Krosin Henn, Lana Friedman Brach, Jane Schwanwede Cowan, Majorie Magod Goldstein, Jean Stolz Johnson, Valerie Newby Stratton, Laura Ruth Keene Peschi, Mary Lou Fenili, Phyllis Koczela Wolfe, Susan Lipton Malin.

Welcome Class of 1967 into the Vanguard Fifty Society

Fall 2017 Class Notes are published in PDF and available online at www.douglassalumnae.og/publication

For more information on creating your legacy, contact Eileen Cotter, Director of Development, at 732-246-1600 or [email protected]. All inquiries are confidential and without obligation. This appeal is not on behalf of NJC, DRC, or Rutgers.

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Gifts To HonorDecember 8, 2016 - August 18, 2017

Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42, in recognition of receiving the Vanguard Service Award, and for her generosity and vision for the establishment of the successful Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42 Workplace and Professional Development Symposium, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Mary

Kelleher DiMartino ’85 and Marianne Ficarra ’88

Shulamith Berlin Weisman ’49, from Lois S. Weisman ‘74

Irene Dale Goldfarb ’50, from Wilma Solomon ‘69

Marlene Hiedewohl Ciklamini ’56, from Sharon A. Fordham ’75

Ruth Zemel Easley ’57, from Irene Dale Goldfarb ’50

Betsy Dumbroff Lewinson ’57, from Elaine Nochumson Powell ’57

Gail Phillips Houlihan ’58, for her leadership and service as Chair of the Planned Giving Committee,

from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Sondra Liebman Siegel ’58, from Alan Siegel

Lillian Zeisel Cohen ’59, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the New York Alumnae

Connection Group, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Carole Kurzawa Kurtz ’59, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the Florida Alumnae


Lois Rabinowitz Steinberg ’59, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the

Florida Alumnae Connection Group, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Isabel Goll Drzewiecki ’61, in recognition of serving as Chair of the Awards and Founders Day Committees, and for her leadership and service to the AADC, from Valerie Anderson ’81 and Marilyn

Marolda Steiner ’65

Carol Hansmann Hamlin ’61, in recognition of her service as a former staff member of the

AADC, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Marie Siewierski ’61, for her leadership as Chair of the AADC Memorabilia Committee, from Valerie

Anderson ‘81

Harriet Zemel Teasdale ’61, from her sister, Ruth Zemel Easley ‘59

Susan Goldfine ’63, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the New York Alumnae


Joyce Kovatch Albers-Schonberg ’65, in recognition of being inducted into the AADC Society of Excellence, and for her leadership,

generosity and support to the AADC, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65 and

Annmarie Previte Sabb ’64

Barbara Little Britt ’65, for her generosity and support to the AADC, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Karen Hansen ’65 and Mary Lou Fenili ’67, in honor of their marriage, from Ruth Happel

Mamunes ’64

Karen Hansen ’65, from Mary Lou Fenili ‘67

Michele Hoffnung ’65, in recognition of being inducted into the AADC Society of Excellence,

from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Shirley Parker Levine ’65, in recognition of being inducted into the AADC Society of

Excellence, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

M. Wilma Harris ’66, in recognition of being inducted into the Rutgers African American

Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame, receiving the AADC Medal, celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Black Alumnae Network as one of its founding

sisters, and for her dedication to the AADC, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Julie Kour Eisdorfer ’77, Marianne Ficarra

’88, Roberta Shulman Kanarick ’64 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Marsha Edelman Malberg ’66, from her sister, Susan Holly Edelman ‘72

Juanita Wade Wilson ’66, a founding sister of the Black Alumnae Network, in recognition of its 35th Anniversary, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner

’65

Mary Lou Fenili ’67, as she celebrates the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1967, from Marilyn


Diane Gerofsky ’67, as she celebrates the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1967, from Marilyn


Madeline Takash Grabowski ’67, as she celebrates the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1967,

from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Sharon Matlofsky Karmazin ’67, as she celebrates the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1967, for her generosity and support to the AADC, from

Valerie Anderson ‘81 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Sharon Perlman Krefetz ’67, in recognition of being inducted into the AADC Society of

Excellence, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Margaret “Peg” ’67 and Bill Smith, in honor of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, from Nancy J.

Schumann ’67

Helen Galt ’69, in recognition of receiving the AADC Medal, and for her dedication to the AADC

from Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Marianne Ficarra ’88, Lauren Nathan-LaRusso ’03 and

Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Carol McClure Sanzalone ‘69, from Julia McClure

Myra Dimetrosky Slachetka ’69, from Lois J. Gregory ‘69

Laura Zagoren Baron ’70, for her generosity and support to the AADC, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Diane Roberts Easton ’70, from Lois J. Gregory ‘69

Sheila Kelly Hampton ’70, in her honor, and in recognition of 25 years of service as an AADC

officer and Board of Directors member, from W. Michael Murphy, Kathryn Mills Roettger ’70 and


Alice Herman ’70, in recognition of being inducted into the AADC Society of Excellence, from Linda P. Clark ’70, Marianne Ficarra ’88, Sheila Kelly Hampton ’70, Sharon Matlofsky

Karmazin ’67 and David Greene and Carol Thomas Nied ’64

Diane Menditto ’70, from Lois J. Gregory ‘69

Alice Herman ’70 and Arthur Rubinstein, for their leadership, generosity and support to the

AADC, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

C. Maxene Summey ’70, for being a role model for many students and alumnae, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59,

Jeanne M. Fox ’75 and Ferris Olin ‘70

Mary-Elizabeth Neary ’71, in recognition of receiving the Alumnae Recognition Award from

Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85 and Marianne Ficarra ’88

Tina B. Gordon ’72, for her unwavering generosity, leadership and support to the AADC, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Amanda Hugelmeyer

’04 and Lauren Nathan-LaRusso ‘03

Sally Slobodien ’72, in honor of her birthday, from Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59

Linda Caldwell Epps ’73, for her leadership as Chair of the AADC’s 95th Anniversary Planning

Committee, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Karen McLane Torian ’73, for serving as Chair of the AADC’s Black Alumnae Network’s successful

Sisters Conference, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Jeanne M. Fox ’75, from Lauren Nathan-LaRusso ’03

Jeanne M. Fox ’75, in recognition of receiving the AADC Medal, from Valerie Anderson ’81,

Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Julie Kour Eisdorfer ’77, Marianne Ficarra ’88 and Roberta Shulman

Kanarick ’64

Margaret Gillis ’75, in recognition of being inducted into the Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame, from Valerie

Anderson ‘81

Belle Pretter Liss ’75, from Lois J. Gregory ‘69

Kathleen Love ’75, for her unwavering support and leadership to the AADC, from Valerie

Anderson ‘81

Kathleen Whitehead Ludwig ’75, for her leadership, generosity and support to the AADC,


Donna Sackett Coulson ’77, in recognition of receiving the Alumnae Recognition Award, and for her leadership and service to the AADC and the AADC North Carolina Regional Connection

Groups, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85 and Marianne Ficarra ’88

Mindy Raso-Kirstein ’77, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the AADC New Jersey

Regional Connection Group, as she celebrates the 40th Reunion of the Class of 1977, from Valerie Anderson ’81 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Kristin Long ’78, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the New Jersey Alumnae


Elena Anastasiou Rossi ’78, in recognition of receiving the Alumnae Recognition Award, and

for her leadership of the Reunion Committee and the AADC’s 95th Anniversary Planning Committee, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Kathleen Skettini Bailey

’78, Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Marianne Ficarra ’88 and Debbie Lynch ‘79

Debbie Lynch ’79, in honor of her 60th birthday, and in recognition of receiving the Margaret T. Corwin Award, from Valerie Anderson ’81, Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, James Falstrom, Marianne Ficarra

’88, Tina B. Gordon ’72, Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65, Robin and Gregg Tabakin, and Carolyn Treffinger

Sharon Gant Yorlano ’79, in recognition of her service as a member of the AADC Board of

Directors, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Valerie Anderson ’81, in her honor, and in recognition of receiving the AADC Medal, from Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Marianne Ficarra ’88, Helen Galt ’69, Tina B. Gordon ’72, Roberta

Shulman Kanarick ’64, Kathi Love ’75 and Lauren Nathan-LaRusso ’03

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November 11 - 28, 2017

WHAT IS THE AADC ANNUAL APPEAL?The AADC Annual Appeal is a yearly fundraising effort, which runs throughout the fiscal year from July 1 to June 30. Supporting the AADC is a long-standing tradition for alumnae. When the AADC was founded by the first graduation class of 1922, alumnae were asked to pledge a penny a day. This evolved to what now exists as the AADC Annual Appeal. The Annual Appeal is not on behalf of NJC, DRC, Douglass or Rutgers. The Annual Appeal is on behalf of the AADC and supports the educational, social, and leadership opportunities that connect and advance Douglass alumnae.

HOW CAN I JOIN THE AADC ON GIVING TUESDAY?All alumnae and friends, including class officers, board members and leaders, are asked to participate as AADC ambassadors. Alumnae and friends will kick-off Giving Tuesday during Fall Alumnae Council by: Y Making your Giving Tuesday gift through

our crowdfunding page together.douglassalumnae.org/givingtuesday

or mail your check made payable to “the AADC” (Associate Alumnae of Douglass College) on or before November 28.

Y Taking your unselfie with your reason for giving (see AADC unselfie handout)

Y Showing you are joining the AADC on Giving Tuesday by sharing on your personal social media your unselfie and tagging the alumnae sisters you are challenging!

WHAT IS GIVING TUESDAY?#Giving Tuesday is a national day of philanthropy on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving to kick-off the giving season. The AADC will launch its Giving Tuesday appeal at Fall Alumnae Council on Saturday, November 11, 2017 and will run until Giving Tuesday on

November 28, 2017. Alumnae and friends are asked to join the movement and show they are moving Forward Together with the AADC by making an unrestricted gift to the AADC Annual Appeal and advocating for the AADC to classmates, friends and family.

WHAT SHOULD I INCLUDE IN MY GIVING TUESDAY POSTS?Y Use the trending hashtags #GivingTuesday,

#AADCForwardTogether, and #unselfieY Tag the alumnae sisters and friends who

you are challengingY Include the link to our crowdfunding

page together.douglassalumnae.org/givingtuesday

Y Download, pick up a copy or make your own unselfie sign which says: “This #GivingTuesday I am supporting the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College because __________.”

FORWARD TOGETHERJoin the global movement and make an impact on your alumnae organization!


Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, in recognition of receiving the NJSFWC of GFWC 2017 New Jersey Women of Achievement Award, from her mother,

Marie E. Kelleher, her sister, Elizabeth Kelleher, Amy Guiney Adams ’99, Debbie Lynch ’79, Dianne Mills McKay ’69, Lisa Mizrahi-Kaado ’03, Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65 and Sharon Gant Yorlano ‘79

Shireen Lewis ’86, for her leadership and service to the AADC and the Washington, D.C. Alumnae Connections Group, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Julie Stern-Delfiner ’89, from Elizabeth Middleton Rizzotti ’89

Maureen Phillips-Houser ’89, in honor of her milestone birthday, from Janine Flamer

Elizabeth Middleton Rizzotti ’89, for her outstanding leadership and service as Chair of the AADC Annual Appeal, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Caprice Jenerson ’90, for her leadership and service as Chair of the AADC’s Black Alumnae

Network, from Valerie Anderson ‘81

Jennifer C. Bender ’93, in recognition of receiving the AADC Medal, and her dedication to the AADC, from Jennifer L. Ansbach ’93, Mary

Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Marianne Ficarra ’88 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Amy Guiney Adams ’99, in recognition of her service as a member of the AADC Board of Directors, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Vickie Kozo ’01, from Lisa Mizrahi-Kaado ‘03

Patricia A. Teffenhart 01, from Julia McClure

Jenny Binaghi Lichtenwalner ’02, from Aimee Slabinski Linke ’02

Lauren Nathan-LaRusso ’03, in recognition of her service as Secretary to the AADC Board of

Directors, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Valerie Hughes Zieniuk ’05, in recognition of her fifth anniversary serving sister alumnae, from

herself

Suzan Sanal ’10, from Brielle Nalence ’09

Heather Tedesco ’12, in recognition of receiving the AADC Young Alumna Mabel Award, and for her leadership and service as Chair of the AADC Young Alumnae Network, from Valerie Anderson

’81, Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85, Marianne Ficarra ’88 and Debbie Lynch ‘79

Nicole Palmarozza ’13, from Susan Palmarozza

1977/1978 Sophians, from Donna Sackett Coulson ‘77

AADC’s 95th Anniversary and 95 years of supporting alumnae, from Mary Lou Fenili ’67 and Karen Hansen ’65, Susan Nachtigal ’74 and

John Hume, Julissa Germosen ’93, Amanda Hugelmeyer ’04, Eileen Poiani ’65 and Sheila Kelly

Hampton ’70

AADC Black Alumnae Network, from Flora Buchbinder Cowen ‘59

AADC Board of Directors, Executive Director and AADC Staff, in recognition of their outstanding teamwork and support, who continues to support the mission of the AADC,

with best wishes for a Happy New Year and many thanks for their outstanding efforts on behalf of the association, from Amy Guiney Adams ’99, Valerie Anderson ’81, Julie Kour Eisdorfer ’77,

Rachel E. Ingber ’83, Kathi Love ’75 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

AADC Bylaws Committee, in recognition of its dedication to the AADC, from Marilyn Marolda

Steiner ’65

AADC’s Courage, from Holly Elissa Bruno ’67

AADC Memorabilia Committee, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ‘65

AADC Sisters, from Amanda Hugelmeyer ‘04

Amazing AADC Reunion Committee, from Elena Anastasiou Rossi ’78

Amazing Douglass Women, from Keisha Dabrowski

Arlene Beckman, from Gail Beckman Buchbinder ’74

Rudy Behrens RC ’50, still a member of the Rutgers Glee Club, in honor of his book,

“Philidioms and Other Thoughts to Live and Laugh By,” from M.L. Siano ‘59

Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, for its partnership and support to the AADC, from Valerie

Anderson ‘81

Mr. and Mrs. David and Mary Ellen Bowen, from Harold Borkan RC ’50

Class of 1952’s 65th Reunion, from Marjorie Tower Fisher ’52 and Joyce Pommer Tobenkin ’52

Class of 1957’s 60th Reunion, from Ruth Zemel Easley ’57 and Elaine Nochumson Powell ’57

Class of 1962’s 55th Reunion, from Julie Kour Eisdorfer ’77

Class of 1965, for its continuing College Spirit and support of one another for 56 continuous

years, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Class of 1966, in honor of the 95th Anniversary of the AADC, from Janice Donelon Ballou ’66

Class of 1967’s 50th Reunion, from Elizabeth Elsman Bowater ’67, Nancy Bell Hohnstine ’67, Sharon Perlman Krefetz ’67, Mary Cunningham

Mickus ’67 and Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Class of 1977’s 40th Reunion, from Julie Kour Eisdorfer ’77

Renaissance Women of the Class of 1978, from Elena Anastasiou Rossi ’78

Class of 2000 – To Infinity and Beyond! from Evangelia L. Repousis ’00

Class of 2002, from Alyssa Robertson-Gleaner ’02

Class of 2012, from Alexis J. Gipson ’12

Class of 2017, from Alice Pancza Milchanoski ’64 and June Rosener Wessel ’53

Class of 2017 Bunting Graduates, from Lisa Mizrahi-Kaado ’03

Hillary Rodham Clinton, from Evangelia Repousis ‘00

Douglass Alumnae Moving Forward Together, from Valerie Anderson ’81

Kendall Hall, for her outstanding leadership of the Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance,


Professor Mary Hartman, from Lisa Hetfield

Marie Kish, in recognition of her 39 years of dedication and service as a former staff member of the AADC, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Stephanie Kujawski and Kyle Winnick, in honor of their marriage, from their mother,

Elizabeth A. Szancer ’72

Felicia McGinty, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at Rutgers, for her outstanding leadership

serving students at Rutgers University, from Valerie Anderson ’81

Kathleen Middleton, from Elizabeth Middleton Rizzotti ‘89

Rosemarie Miller, in recognition of her service as a former staff member of the AADC, from


Marjorie “Marge” Munson, from Jocelyn Briddell ’81

Naomi Olin, in honor of her 95th birthday in September, from her daughter, Ferris Olin ’70

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Riesenbach, in honor of their 65th wedding anniversary, from Harold

Borkan RC '50 and Hazel Stix

Samantha and William Sheehan, in celebration of their marriage on May 20, 2017, from Jane and

Patrick Sheehan

Robert Bruce Walton, in honor of his 101st birthday celebration, from his family, Wendy Walton ’74, Seth and Anastasia Reichenbach

Sonya Williams, in recognition of her service as a former staff member of the AADC, from Marilyn


Wonderful Douglass College Buddies, from Valerie Smith Paul ‘73

Janet E. Yocum, from Jocelyn Briddell ’81

••• “Gifts To Honor” from page 7

Memorial GiftsDecember 8, 2016 - August 18, 2017

Madeleine Schetty ’27, from Flora Buchbinder Cowen ‘59

Frances Estelle Thomson Hansen ’35, from Karen Hansen ‘65

Evelyn E. Leary ’36, from Karen S. Solitaire ‘70

Catherine Law Salas ’38, from Helena Gempf Van Deroef ’68

Phyllis C. Eisenberg ’40, from her cousin, Flora Buchbinder Cowen ‘59

Adelaide Marcus Zagoren ’40, from Carol McClure Sanzalone ’69

Bernice Adler Luxemburg ’41, from Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59

Jeanette Whitner '41 and Boyd Woodruff, from the Bergen County United Way's Charitable

Flex Fund

Louise Morris ’43, from Sheila Kelly Hampton ‘70

Mary Moore Shannon ’43, from Chad Battaglia

Elizabeth Sullivan Murphy Hughes ’44, from W. Michael Murphy

Ruth Morgan Kurtz '45, from her children, Martha and James Grant, Laura and Jim

Bravyak, Carol Hansmann Hamlin ’61 and Sheila Kelly Hampton ’70

Isabelle Armstrong McCabe ’46, from her husband, Douglas L. McCabe

Barbara M. Smith ’46, from Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59, Beth DeMauro and Sheila Kelly

Hampton ’70

Paula Cohen Shanholtz ’48, from her daughter, Susan Kabot

Evelyn Sermons Field ’49, from Carole Sampson-Landers ’69

Betty "BJ" Garthwaite '50, from Phyllis Cryan Reynolds ’50

Margaret “Penny” Gilman Checkur ’51, from Jane Hunter Rosenthal ’51

Jean Coghlan Griswold ’52, from Lynne Whitford Hansen ’52

Rosalie Baker Cooper Halpern ’52, from Peter C. Tierney

Elizabeth Toy Lorey ’52, from Joan Nulton Aichroth ’52, Jean Boyd Fleck ’52, Nona Pearce Gregory ’52 and Lenore Heeneman Sloate ‘52

Mary Drake Reitze ’53, from Norma Marston Hockenjos ’53

Jean Lo Truglio Ambrose ’54, from Susan Dorothy Goldey ’67, Nancy Bell Hohnstine ’67

and Barbara Lawrence

Elizabeth Schenk Garretson ’55, from Beatrice Di Francesco ‘55

Claire A. Krucher ’55, from Beatrice Di Francesco ‘55

Carrol Kemp Florkiewicz ’56, from Roberta Cain Zakarian ’56

Elizabeth Bohannon ’57, from Richard A. Bohannon

Bonnie Amerman McCoy '57, from Janet Stettbacher Anderson ’57 and Lois Brown

Ennis ’57

Julia Toler Preis '57, from Janet Stettbacher Anderson ’57 and Marjory Lockie Bradshaw ’57

Barbara Beidleman Cogan ’58, from Gail Phillips Houlihan ‘58

Maie Kuuskvere ’58, from her friend, Susan Koszeghy Naef ’58

Nancy Farrell Robinson ’58, from Tam Martinides Gray ’58 and Gail Phillips Houlihan ‘58

V. Kathleen Niemeck Springer ’59, from Dolores Dooley Newman ‘60

E. Joyce Zimmerman ’60, from Mary Zimmerman Chyb ’71

Edna Lynne Kour Kunze ’62, in honor of the 55th anniversary of the Class of 1962, from Julie

Kour Eisdorfer ’77

Barbara Mackin Kondras ’63, from Yolan Grund Arlett ’63, Sheila Levin Kremer ’63, Eleanor Kwik Letcher ’63, Joyce Reinert Ochs-Parkinson

’63 and Betsy Westermaier ’63

Felice Rifkin Kardos ’64, from Sydelle Nebb Grobe ‘64

Jean Marie Westcott ’64, from Suzanne E. Estler ’66

Charlotte Rathgeber Humphreys '65, from Elizabeth “Betty” Rowland Franck ’65

Susan Lea Spence ’65, from Rochelle Stulzaft Most ’65

Edna Hirsch Nash ’66, from Dorothy Stein Krugman ’66

Carol Weaver McCracken ’68, from Bonnie Conover Frost ‘68

Dorothy Parson Frank ’69, from Mary Zimmerman Chyb ’71

Bonnie Kestenbaum Lifchus ’69, from Cornelia Ursillo Calderone ’70

Roberta N. Morse ’69, from Elizabeth Kusha Kirk ’69

Diane Gingold ’70, from Alice B. Herman ’70 and Arthur Rubenstein

Stephanie Chalupa Daley ’71, from Mary-Elizabeth Neary ‘71

Debborah Blackwell Fuller ’71, from Lois Brunson Edwards ’70

Betsy Buckmelter Hill ’73, from Jean Buckmelter Spies ’74

Suzanne “Sunny” Claire Iverson ’74, from Linda Christine Iverson, Joan Duggan Lucas ’74

and Deborah Ritter ‘74

Judi Pegg ’76, from her sister, Janet L. Pegg ’78

Margaret "Peg" Hall Haake '78, from Donna Sackett Coulson ‘77

Deborah Plick ’78, from Catherine M. Bodnar ‘78

Joanne Mary Dunaj Price ’78, from Kristin Long ’78

Cynthia Sass ’78, from Catherine M. Bodnar ‘78

Jean Sarvetnick Borkan ’79, from her husband, Harold Borkan RC ‘50

Joan Delmaster ’84, from Marianne Ficarra ‘88

Mary Elizabeth Horsley '86, from John A. Horsley

Jamie K. Marder ’87, from her mother, Ellen Marder

Judith Shafranski Hoffman ’88, from Marianne Ficarra ’88 and Shelia Kelly

Hampton ‘70

Charles Adelizzi, from Suzanne E. Estler ’66

Kenneth Austin, from Marianne Ficarra ‘88

Helene Avison, from Felice Borenstein Feldman ‘56

Joseph and Eda Polacco Borghi, from their daughter, Mary Borghi Luther ’65


Fall 2017 9


In MemoriamDecember 8, 2016 - August 18, 2017

Anna Hallanan Schreeder ‘36February 15, 2017

Ruth Feller Rosenberg ‘37December 27, 2016

Catherine Jedynak ‘38April 13, 2016

Eugenia Filbert Phelps ‘39February 26, 2017

Dorothy Pilch ‘39May 20, 2016

Grace Hanschka Pill ‘39December 15, 2015

Ida Rohrs ‘39November 18, 2014

Ruth Reamer Irwin ‘40July 12, 2015

Frances Tuchscher Nathanson

‘40June 30, 2014

Bernice Adler Luxemberg ‘41February 28, 2017

Winifred Gies Sites ‘41October 5, 2016

Jean Kidd Dunham ‘42 May 1, 2016

Margaret Lauer Farrelly ’42 April 3, 2017

Betty Steiner Heidelberger ‘42September 22, 2012

Judith Leigner ‘42April 17, 2014

Naomi Kopstein Rosenbach ‘42November 10, 2008

Edythe Bauer Shedden Cowgill ‘43

March 20, 2017

Ruth Jones ‘44August 13, 2015

Rita Rockliff Singer ‘44February 5, 2017

Marcia Wasserman Forman ‘45August 13, 2017

Ruth Morgan Kurtz ‘45July 4, 2017

Wilma Vander May Archibald ‘46December 16, 2016

Phyllis Oman Benner ‘46March 6, 2016

Doris Conklin Besperska ‘46October 18, 2016

Ellen McDermott Haase ‘46August 25, 2015

Jacqueline Rose Hott ‘46November 24, 2016

Mary Bellerjeau Knauer ‘46October 14, 2016

Isabelle Armstrong McCabe ‘46January 9, 2017

Mary Jane Schermerhorn Reynolds ‘46

November 13, 2014

Ruth Kimmelman Schochet ‘46July 21, 2016

Carmen Kenny LaForge ‘47April 3, 2016

Georgine Moritz Fagerlund ‘48October 23, 2016

Gloria Graff Reister ‘48July 20, 2016


Dr. Braulio and Carol Borlaza, from Rhonda D. Borlaza-Colby ’90

William Bowen, from Harold Borkan RC ‘50

Professor Linda Brown, from Helen A. Mollick ‘75

Walter Carlson, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Eileen Caruso, from her daughter, Felice Borenstein Feldman ’56

Dean Jewel Plummer Cobb, from Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59, Margaret P. Cunningham ’85, Marianne Ficarra ’88, Sheila Kelly Hampton

’70 and Felicia McGinty

Nancy Florio Castellano, from her daughter, Barbara Castellano Stasiak ’68

Geraldine Turner Crooms, from Cheryl Crooms Williams ’77

Robert and Janet Curry, from Robyn D. Curry ’02

Charles Dayton, from Constance Olson Dayton ’50

Helen DeMicco, the mother-in-law of Jeanne Fox ’75, from Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

Marguerite Destefano, from Valerie Raziano

Dr. Albert A. Dolin, from Gaetana Pisciotta Chilla ‘70 and Sheila Kelly Hampton ‘70

Lawrence Goldman, from Felice Borenstein Feldman ’56

Margery G. Grove, from Helena Gempf Van Deroef ’68

Ludwig Hahn, father of Sandra Hahn Lanman ‘72, from Barbara Albu-Lehman ’72

Dr. Dwight Halpern, from Barbara Albu-Lehman ’72, Alexa Cohn, Board of Directors of the New

Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR), Mary Himelstein, Pamela and Stuart Hoberman, Madelyn and Michael Kalb, Rhoda

Lazarus, Ellen Lindbay, Carol and Jeffrey Madan, Karen Pelc, Patricia B. Roe, Lisa Conti Roy, Patrick and Jane Sheehan, and Nancy Triozzi on behalf

of the David C. Abbott Early Learning Center Staff and Sunshine Club

Mrs. Ida M. James, from Brenda L. Swann-Douglas ‘74

Frieda Levin, from Sheila Levin Kremer ’63

Ida Lospaluto, from Dawn Lospaluto ’64

Kathy McLane, sister of Karen McLane Torian ’73, from Mary Zimmerman Chyb ’71 and Marilyn


Robert Mapp Jr., from Ikecia Lenese Mapp ’01

Grace Elizabeth Nelson-Francis, from Jocelyn Francis-White ’72

Oland DeRouen, from Felice Borenstein Feldman ’56

Maureen E. Quillen, from Denise Murphy Gargan ’80

Manuel Salas, from Helena Gempf Van Deroef ’68

Ruth Sarvet, from Harold Borkan RC '50 and Hazel Stix

Luigi and Philomenia Siano, from M.L. Siano ‘59

Neil Robert Smith, from Karen Smith Thiel ‘70

Dr. Nelle Smither, from Holly Elissa Bruno ’67

Emma Hortop Spence, from Rochelle Stulzaft Most ’65

Hara Steiner, from her daughter, C. Linda Steiner Howitt ‘68

Olga and Paul Syby, from Paula Syby Buchak ’59

Maria Katona Valgoczy, from Joan Duggan Lucas ’74

Viola Vitaliano, from Dawn Lospaluto ’64

Lorraine Gonzalez Westervelt, from Julissa Germosen ’93

Christine Malanga Wilson, a staunch supporter of Douglass College and the AADC, from Carol Hansmann ’61 and Judd Hamlin and Marilyn


Kelly Wilson, from Sheila Smith Noonan ‘84

Joanne Yorlano, mother-in-law of Sharon Gant Yorlano ’79, from Debbie Lynch ’79

Those We Lost from the Class of 1958, from Gail Phillips Houlihan ’58

••• “Memorial Gifts” from page 9

Dorothy Goeckeritz Snider ‘48March 5, 2017

Katherine Vlahopoulos Herbert ‘48

January 8, 2017

Marion Allen Keller ‘49March 29, 2017

Nancy Lasher Moore ‘49January 1, 2016

Clara Robba Pronio ‘49July 15, 2014

Cecilia Avon Rahner ‘49January 21, 2017

Geraldine Cohen Rosenthal ‘49August 16, 2016

Betty A. Shoemaker ‘49February 20, 2017

Ethel Vesper Cook ’50 2016

Margaret Gilman Checkur ‘51May 25, 2017

Florence Farber Abrams ‘52December 16, 2016

Lorraine Williams Anderson ‘52February 19, 2017

Catherine Foulks Hamilton ‘52November 8, 2016

Elizabeth Toy Lorey ‘52October 19, 2016

Patricia Ryan Noecker ‘52December 7, 2015

Helen Dennis Sears ‘53January 19, 2017

Jean Herrmann Trygg ‘53January 14, 2017

Dolores Magnani ‘54December 31, 2016

Annie Piskorowski Miele ‘54June 15, 2016

Lilyan Sasso Rescigno ‘54December 1, 2016

Esther Fenton Russell ‘54October 15, 2016

Carolyn Sindlinger Sebolt ‘54February 12, 2017

Dolores Sally Brandt Young ‘54December 3, 2016

Nancy Bullen Fischer ‘55October 19, 2016

Eleanor Nelson Foster ‘55September 17, 2016

Eleanor Schenck Garretson ‘55October 13, 2016

Ruth Mary Zdanewicz ‘55June 25, 2016

Betty Lou Parr Schmidt ‘56December 5, 2016

Ruth Stanton Frazee ‘57May 4, 2014

Bertha Taylor Lordi ’58 January 15, 2017

Susan Paise Campbell ‘60November 23, 2016

Yvonne Dauphers Davis ‘60November 17, 2016

Barbara Mackin Kondras ‘63July 30, 2016

Felice Rifkin Kardos ‘64January 29, 2016

Elizabeth Ferrar Newfield ‘64April 24, 2013

Sonya Koumjian Martin ‘65February 9, 2017

Diane Klein Henderson ’65 June 5, 2017

Charlotte Rathgeber Humphreys ‘65January 25, 2017

Rita Breen ‘66December 7, 2002

Marilyn Lance ‘66November 7, 2005

Edna Hirsch Nash ‘66January 20, 2017

Ethel Scammon Theriault ‘67September 22, 2016

Louise D’Agostino ‘68September 12, 2016

Anna Bozarth O’Connor ‘68February 18, 2017

Doris Bazler White ‘69June 30, 2016

Minerva Harris Reed ‘71January 16, 2017

E. Louise Amerman Thul ‘71June 12, 2016

Roberta Immordino ‘72March 12, 2017

Jacqueline Jensen King ‘74April 5, 2017

Diane Nobile Clossey ‘75May 1, 2016

Carol A. Eckert ‘75October 13, 2016

Isabel Braz Martins ‘78December 25, 2014

Sally Graham Parsons ‘81November 16, 2016

Dorothy Greene Van Decker ‘81July 22, 2016

Patricia Plechner Dunkin ‘82February 14, 2017

Wanda Brown McDuffie ‘82January 19, 2017

Karen Haboush ‘83July 27, 2016

Laura Graham Leonard ‘84January 11, 2017

Laurie Wood ‘85June 17, 2016

Carolyn Doles Froats ‘86November 21, 2016

Mary Elizabeth Horsley ‘86February 26, 2017

Judith Shafranski Hoffman ‘88December 29, 2016

Auline M. Ello-Platt ‘89March 23, 2017

Amira Batour ‘91December 15, 2016

Susan Rabinaw ‘91November 27, 2016

Tamara Anne Clark ‘93September 20, 2016

Janice Black Wisinski ‘96April 1, 2012

Jane Osisek Heinle ‘97December 31, 2014

Jennifer Abramson ‘07November 26, 2016

Gissele Sandoval ‘09July 21, 2012

Charles AdelizziFriend of Douglass

June 9, 2017

Jewel Plummer CobbDean of Douglass College

1977 – 1981January 1, 2017

Quentin KnauerFriend of DouglassSeptember 8, 2016

Norman ReitmanFriend of DouglassFebruary 27, 2017

Christine Malanga Wilson Friend of DouglassJanuary 27, 2017

••• “In Memoriam” from page 10

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AADC Board of DirectorsValerie Anderson ’81, MBA

Executive DirectorJeanne M. Fox ’75

PresidentHelen Jordan Galt ’69

Vice President for AdministrationCarol Hansmann Hamlin ’61

Vice President for DevelopmentDebra Lynch ’79Vice President for Alumnae RelationsTina B. Gordon ’72

Vice President for Marketing & Communications

Gwen Taylor Marshall ’76Secretary

Kathleen Love ’75Treasurer

Elizabeth Middleton Rizzotti ’89AADC Annual Appeal Chair

Mary Kelleher DiMartino ’85Douglass Alumna Serving as

Rutgers University Board of Trustees Representative

Other MembersJennifer C. Bender ’93

Dolores Ijames Bryant ’84Denise K. Busby ’76

Mary Zimmerman Chyb ’71Amanda Hugelmeyer ’04

Lisa Kaado ’03Lauren Nathan LaRusso ’03

Dianne Mills McKay ’69Evangelia Repousis ’00 Marissa Rodriguez ’11

Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65Karen McLane Torian ’73

AADC StaffEileen Cotter

Cathleen FitzgeraldGina Rizza ’14

Anne Marie RussoSusan Sturgill

Erika TothValerie Hughes Zieniuk ’05

Design: Patricia Downes, Dutch Hill Design

Fall 2017

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FAX: 732-932-2883

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For updates, visit www.douglassalumnae.org/aadc-95th-anniversary-reunion

Our weekend program highlights include:

Anniversary CelebrationFrom Our Founding Into Our Future

& 2018 Alumnae Reunion Weekend

u Evening to Honor AADC Benefactors | Thursday, April 19, by invitation only

u Vanguard Luncheon & Vanguard Fifty Society Induction for the Class of 1968 | Friday, April 20, followed by tours, activities and a special panel discussion on our 95 years of success.

Join sister alumnae and friends in celebrating the 95th anniversary of our alumnae association’s founding in 1922 at this once-in-a-lifetime event. The AADC hosts this grand weekend with all of the traditional events of AADC Alumnae Reunion Weekend, such as the

Vanguard Luncheon, Convocation and Class Gatherings, and featuring special events unique to this celebration to mark nearly100 years of providing educational, social and leadership opportunities that connect and advance Douglass alumnae!

Formal invitation and online registration will follow soon.

April 19 - April 21, 2018

u Alumnae Reunion Weekend Convocation, Milestone Classes Parade & Alumnae Awards | Saturday, April 21, in Voorhees Chapel, featuring Milestone classes ending in 3s and 8s. Our Sisterhood BBQ lunch, class photos, afternoon tours and activities to follow.

u Forward Together Gala: From Our Founding Into Our Future | Saturday, April 21, at New Brunswick’s Heldrich Hotel, honoring the Founders of NJC/Douglass, the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs of GFWC. Includes a cocktail reception, dinner, dancing and special keynote speakers.

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