That’s how the school viewbook describes the St. Mary’s girls of today, and these words ring true of alumnae as well.
It is encouraging to see St. Mary’s - the #1 girls' school in the Southeast region - continue its tradition of providing an outstanding education which enables each student to reach her potential and instills in girls a sense of responsibility to others and a belief that they can make the world better.
It is also delightful to be part of a community of capable, hard-working, and fun-loving women. St. Mary’s welcomes alumnae back to campus for our annual Alumnae Weekend and brings together alumnae for events throughout the year and across the country, including book clubs, alumnae chapel speakers, decades parties, and gatherings of alumnae in other cities.
The financial support of alumnae is vital to the school. More than half of our alumnae give to the Annual Fund, with gifts ranging from $50 to $50,000. All gifts are essential as we ensure that today’s girls receive an exemplary education in a supportive community, just as we did. Please know that we are grateful for every single gift, regardless of size, as we are grateful for you as a member of the
St. Mary's family.
Please contact us to learn more about upcoming events, to share an idea, or to get more involved in volunteering or leadership.
We hope to see you soon!
Anna Snyder Rojas '01
Alumnae Board President
Gigi Gould ’70
Alumnae Relations Manager
Anna Snyder Rojas ’01 President
Elizabeth Middlecoff Allen ’91
Essie Arrindell-Williams ’98
Morgan Beckford ’06
Jenay Gipson Boggs ’06
Lynn Bledsoe Buhler ’67
McKenzie Aiken Crisp ’85
Madge Logan Deacon ’69
Elizabeth Cashman Dickinson ’86
Beth Brown Dunn ’79
Lida Kruchten Ewald ’13
Courtney Ellis Felts ’96
Whitney Baer Foster ’00
Hayley Bower Gerber ’01
Grayce Gordon ’10
Gigi Gould ’70
Austin Hasenmueller ‘12
Angie King Keesee ’72
Kristen Thompson Keegan ’90
Sharlene Sidhu Keithley ’96
Emma Less ’13
Kate Smith Mallory ‘07
Kelly McCracken ‘84
Bethany Mays Owen ’93
Polly Klyce Pennoyer ’02
Jekka Ashman Pinckney ‘77
Patti Person Ray ’65
Amy Reinhardt Robinson ’00
Jenny Jones Savage ‘99
Jordan Upton Schieffler ’12
Tricia Hood Thomas ‘90
Falconer Robbins Warren ’05
If you have news to share with your classmates, simply contact your class secretary. Names are included in the information below.
1963 - Jenny Emison Ewing
1964 - Phyllis Wills
1965 - Julia Malone
1966 - Diane Taylor Newton
1967 - Bette West Bush
1968 - Jan Cone Davis
1969 - Pam McNeely Williams
1970 - Cristina Brescia Michta
1971 - Carolyn Cockroft
1972 - Christine Mayer Todd
1973 - Olivia Montgomery
1974 - Ruth Gordon White
1975 - Laurie Walpole
1976 - Allison Brown Coates
1977 - Janey Butler Newton
1978 - Tracy DeBacco Balton
1979 - Elizabeth Brown Dunn
1980 - Margaret Stone Graham
1981 - Katherine Lucas Hall and Carey Stanton
1982 - Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz
1983 - Bonnie Bolton Lopez
1984 - Vanessa Allen Dobbins
1985 - Polly Piper Rickard
1986 - Jean Vaughan McGhee
1987 - Allison Tonkin
1988 - Anna McQuiston Holtzclaw
1989 - Mary Elizabeth Treadwell Pittman
1990 - Miriam Kriegel
1991 - Camellia Koleyni Sharma
1992 - Alison Roesler Coons
1993 - Kristen Mistretta Wilson
1994 - Kathryn Leigh DeRossitt
1995 - Carrie Sue Casey Hanback
1996 - Jaime Newsom
1997 - Hollye Ferguson Stigler
1998 - Laurin Maddux
1999 - Kelly Buckner Dallas
2000 - Whitney Baer
2001 - Lauren Anderson Stone
2002 - Polly Klyce Pennoyer
2003 - Alexandra Bicks and Laurence Goodwin
2004 - Victoria Luke Morich
2005 - Sarah Atkinson Ball and Lauren Wiygul Riley
2006 - Becky Bicks and Mamie Kostka
2007 - Caiti Clark and Caitlin Colcolough
2008 - Katelyn Ammons, Margaret Liddon, and Edie Miller
2009 - Bailey Bethell and Sylvia Brookoff
2010 - Erin Stuart
2011 - Meg Cornaghie and Allyson Patterson
2012 - Ellery Ammons and Chandler Roberts
2013 - Anna Stukenborg and Anna Utley
2014 - Lacy Chaum and Miles Schaeffer
2015 - Michelle Chu and Emma Farris
2016 - A'Doriann Bradley and Grace Ugwueke
2017- Rachel Chin, Jean Jackson, and Anar Parmar
2018- Olivia Nielsen, Keith Ellis Prest, and Julia Preston
2019 - Faith Bradley, Arabella McGowan
2020 - Gabriella Couloubaritsis '20, Sarah Bratton '20
On Tuesday, September 12, we will honor the inaugural St. Mary’s Young Alumna Award recipient at the annual Founders’ Day celebration. This annual award, established in honor of the Sisters of St. Mary, recognizes a recent graduate who has attained distinguished achievements in a professional or volunteer capacity during her first 15 years after graduation.
The 2023 Young Alumna Award recipient is Chandler Roberts Cummins ’12. Cummins is a nurse practitioner at Sutherland Cardiology in Memphis. She worked as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. As an ICU nurse, Cummins exhibited compassion and determination to provide her patients the best possible care, especially during the height of the Covid pandemic. Cummins attended Texas Christian University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2016 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice in May 2023.
The Outstanding Alumna Award is given each year to an alumna who exhibits the qualities inherent in the St. Mary’s philosophy: integrity, spirituality, loyalty, and service.
It is time to submit your nominations for St. Mary's 2024 Outstanding Alumna. The Outstanding Alumna Award is given each year to an alumna who has distinguished herself through the qualities of service, courage, compassion, and leadership. The Outstanding Alumna will be honored at Alumnae Weekend, April 12-13, 2024.
The deadline to submit your nomination is Monday, October 16. Download and complete the nomination form linked below and return it to the Chair of the Outstanding Alumna Selection Committee Bethany Mays Owen '93. Below is the list of all the previous award recipients.
The St. Mary’s Alumnae Association presents the Creative Teacher Award each year to a teacher who exemplifies the high ideals of the school and who embodies a spirit of wonder and imagination. The award rotates among divisions and is selected by the division head.
2023: Gretchen Carstens
2022: Molly Logan
2021: Andrea Zimmerman
2020: Carrie Ruhland
2019: Meagan Michael
2018: Sarah Trimm
2017: Kari Duncan
2016: Allison Warren
2015: Sally Mansberg Rosenberg '80
2014: Jeanine Akers
2013: Jessica Lancaster
2012: Shelley Kuykendall Herzke '90
2011: Caroline Goodman
2010: Middle School Robotics Team
2009: Jan Cone Davis '68
2008: Josie McNeely Walker '76
2007: Becky Jacks
2006: Lain Whitaker
2005: Leigh Mansberg
2004: Nancy Miller
2003: Jenny Madden
2002: Michael Volpe
2001: Jeanne Wilson
2000: Allyson Raymer
1999: Marsha Stemmler
1998: Ann Wright
1997: Mary Lou Entzminger
1996: Kathleen McElroy
1995: Eighth Grade ENSEMBLE Team
1994: Linda Goodwin
1993: Nanette Quinn
1992: Gwenice McLaughlin
1991: Kay Betts
1990: Rhendle Millen
1989: Laurel Eskridge
1988: Anne Reiners
1987: Kay Humphreys
1986: Sheila Patrick
1985: Laura Brewer
1984: Emily Townes
1983: Richard Tanner
1982: Lee McMahon
1981: Barbara Mansberg
Gretchen Carstens
Creative Teacher 2023
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For the last seven years, Chandler Roberts Cummins ’12 has dedicated her career to being a comforting presence to patients while providing the highest level of care. As a nurse, Cummins knows that patients are often in their most vulnerable state during a hospital stay or doctor’s visit and are in need of extraordinary empathy and compassion.
Years after her own graduation in 1983, 2023 Outstanding Alumna Brandon Garrott Morrison is clear-eyed about what makes her long-standing relationship with St. Mary’s so special. It’s not just one thing, of course.
Ginny Waller Zanca ’76 expresses her gratitude by giving back
Participation in St. Mary's unique research program set a career in medicine in motion for Meg Cornaghie, MD ’11. Now, Cornaghie is in her fourth year of orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.
Meet Sherronda Johnson ’82, Admission Coordinator and North Campus Registrar. Sherronda first came to St. Mary's as a student in 7th grade. After graduating in 1982, she obtained a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.
Peggy Wilson Lawrence didn’t graduate from St. Mary’s, but you couldn’t tell that to Lawrence or any of her classmates from the class of 1973, who consider her a fellow alumna. Lawrence and her older sister spent their formative years at St. Mary’s. She remains grateful for her time at St. Mary’s and the friendships that began there.
When it was time to apply to college, Addie Heehs ’22 wanted an experience that extended beyond the classroom. The Haslam Scholars program at the University of Tennessee has exceeded all her expectations. The highly-competitive scholarship includes study abroad, a paid internship, a stipend scholarship, an intensive thesis project, and a full scholarship.
For Amina Dilawari ’95, there was no question where Noora ’36 and Nadiya ’34 would attend school. “We make a lot of difficult choices as parents; fortunately for us, choosing the right school for our girls was easy. It was always St. Mary’s,” Amina said.
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