Class Notes

Fall 2017

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ALUMNAE PROFILES

Vivian Pinn ’62

In September, Vivian Pinn ’62—a retired physician, scientist, pathologist, administrator, and policymaker known as a champion of women’s health—was honored for her achievements by the University of Virginia, where she attended medical school.More

Waking Up To Climate Change

Judith Moore ’71

Judith Moore ’71 remembers in vivid detail the moment in 1982 when she became aware of the seriousness of climate change. She had left activist work setting up shelters for survivors of domestic violence in Boston and was living on St. John in the Virgin Islands, getting to know the land, the…More

Rebuilding the Construction Industry

Jen Carlile ’03

As a child, Jen Carlile would sometimes tag along with her father through the winding suburban subdivisions where he built homes, exploring the skeletons of half-built houses as he ran through punch lists.More

In Memoriam

René Galand

1923–2017

René Galand, professor emeritus of French, died on May 28 at the age of 94 at his home in Hingham, Mass. He was a prize-winning scholar of 19th- and 20th-century French literature, a brilliant teacher and mentor, and a prolific writer of critical and creative works in French and English…More

Marshall I. Goldman

1930–2017

Marshall Goldman, Kathryn W. Davis Professor of Russian Economics emeritus, died on Aug. 2 at the age of 87. Marshall grew up in Elgin, Ill., and received his bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his master’s and Ph.D. in economics from…More

Elizabeth Wood Knapp ’64

1943–2017

Betsy Wood Knapp, a pioneer among women in business and technology, a philanthropist, angel investor, trustee emerita of Wellesley, and devoted friend of many, died peacefully at home on June 20, with her beloved husband, Bud, at her side. The world, and especially our world of Wellesley, is…More