Remembering Kathryn Davis ’28

Remembering Kathryn Davis ’28

Keohane, Walsh, and Bottomly remember Davis in the chapel on April 23.

Photo by Michael Lutch

Keohane, Walsh, and Bottomly remember Davis in the chapel on April 23.

Photo by Michael Lutch

Throughout her long life, Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 had a way of bringing people together. This spring, a year after Davis’s passing at the age of 106, the College community gathered to honor her legacy, drawing together three Wellesley presidents—Nan Overholser Keohane ’61, Diana Chapman Walsh ’66, and Kim Bottomly. The presidents remembered the former trustee and champion of the College as “a QWW”—a Quintessential Wellesley Woman. They shared stories of Davis’s vision for the future and activism for peace, as well as her love for Wellesley and her moments on campus, including her experience boating on Lake Waban at age 105. “She was able to inspire and touch multiple thousands of lives, bringing her message of peace, of caring, of love. And, too, her message of responsibility for our actions, including our impact on the sustainability of life on the planet,” said Walsh. “It was an enormous privilege to be under Kathryn’s protective wing, as I always felt I was during my presidency and after, as this College of ours was, to its great benefit.”

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