Class Notes

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ALUMNAE PROFILES

A photo of Jennie Gerard '66 working in the landscape around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif.

Jennie Gerard ’66

On the last Saturday of each month, Jennie Gerard ’66 joins the Lake Merritt Weed Warriors, an all-volunteer band of gardeners she co-founded, to supplement public works staff by tackling much-needed weeding, planting, and mulching in the urban oasis in Oakland, Calif.More
A photo portrait of Deborah Chung '74

Deborah Chung ’74

A distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Deborah Chung ’74 developed a building product called “smart concrete.”More
 A photo portrait of Charlotee  Ashamu ’01

Charlotte Ashamu ’01

Charlotte Ashamu ’01 began her career working in global economic development before moving into the cultural heritage realm. She is now the director of international programs at the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at Yale University. Her big push in this new role has been…More
A photo portrait of Sara Simon '13

Sara Simon ’13

For almost a decade, Sara Simon ’13 built a career as a data journalist, with positions at the New York Times , Vermont Public Radio, and Spotlight PA, an investigate newsroom covering Pennsylvania. But this fall, she began a Ph.D. in history at Northwestern University.More

In Memoriam

A photo portrait of Nelson J. Darling, Jr.

1920–2024

The “Boston gentlemen” have played a key role throughout Wellesley’s history. Henry Durant, the Hunnewells, the Kidders, the Stones, and others were the movers and shakers downtown who brought their time and talent to Wellesley to build and strengthen the world’s exceptional college for the education of women. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., was one of those gentlemen.More
Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friendsMore