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  • A photo portrait of poet and professor David Ferry in front of a crowded bookcase

    David Ferry

    Winter 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    David Ferry, Sophie Chantal Hart Professor Emeritus of English, died on Nov. 5, 2023, at 99. He taught at Wellesley from 1952 to 1989. David was an exemplary scholar and teacher, a giant of our faculty, a translator and poet of the highest order, and a major figure in American literature.

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Fall 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • Jeanne Olson Darlington M.A. ’72

    Jeanne Olson Darlington

    Fall 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Jeanne Olson Darlington M.A. ’72, former instructor in science laboratory in the chemistry department, died on July 27 at the age of 99.

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Summer 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • Photography of a Wellesley lantern with Alumnae Hall in the background

    Alumnae Memorials

    Spring 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • Black and white portrait of Elizabeth “Betty” J. Rock

    Elizabeth J. Rock

    Spring 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Betty, professor of chemistry until her retirement in 1992, was a formidable individual, but she was a warm and caring person. In 1969, when some faculty were outraged by student rebellion and Vietnam protests, Betty saw hope. She said of the protesters, “They want to change the world, and it is our business to help them find the ways.”

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Winter 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • A ohoto of Louis O'Neal looking on at an athletic event

    Louise O’Neal

    Winter 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Wellesley College Athletics mourns the passing of former athletic director and Wellesley Athletics Hall of Famer Louise O’Neal, who passed away on Sept. 17, 2022, in Plymouth, Mass. She was 83 years old.

  • In Memoriam

    Fall 2022

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends