Linda Esslinger Heusser ’54, an adjunct research scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, wants women to continue seeing science as a career optionMore
Class Notes
Class Notes By Year
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1977
Anne Spader Byerly ’77 was resplendent in emerald in the alumnae parade on June 5.
ALUMNAE PROFILES
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Kathryn Bishop ’79
Kathryn Bishop ’79 has held many titles in her life: program director, university fellow, board chair, published author. This spring, she added a new one to the list: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, an honor that makes her Kathryn Bishop CBE.More
![A photo portrait of Erika Willacy '99](https://magazine.wellesley.edu/sites/magazine/files/styles/teaser/public/imported_files/Summer_2022_images/Erika%20Wallacy2.jpg?itok=Q_D4a-5F)
Erika Willacy ’99
COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic for Erika Willacy ’99. She has spent years at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) managing outbreak responses around the world, with a particular focus on those who are systematically disadvantaged and shut out of health care systems—people of…More
![A photo portrait of Sukin “Dylan” Sim ’15](https://magazine.wellesley.edu/sites/magazine/files/styles/teaser/public/imported_files/Summer_2022_images/Dylan%20Sim.jpg?itok=f8057AnR)
Sukin “Dylan” Sim ’15
In high school, Sukin “Dylan” Sim ’15 found themselves captivated by a science textbook excerpt about computational chemistry, a type of chemistry that uses computer simulation to help solve problems. At Wellesley, they sought out professors working on research in the field, then…More