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R a f f i e t 8. l e i c h a f d s A lu l H l 1 a e A s s o c i a t i o N_ .. _ .. _ .. _ .. _ ..- .._ ..- .. _ .._ .. _ .._ .. _ .. _ .. _ ..- .._ .._ .CFallfWinter 2005

Let ter ( 1 0 m th e H E ' R H R 'Pre s iden t

This year I am again privileged to be elected as your President, a position that I have held over the past two decadeswith intervals in which recent graduates of the House have taken the helm. Dam Concagh has also been re-elected toher post of Database Secretary and Newsletter Editor. We have been quite a consistent core of the HERAA Board forabout half a decade. Dare's contribution to the membership is extensive enough, but this year again she is co-treasurerwith me. This arrangement is working well; she deposits our dues and contributions, I pay the bills and get bankstatements! The other Alumnae Board members this year are Jill Passano, an active Vice President and Luba Zhaurova,our conscientious Recording Secretary. Both are welcome additions, with their energetic and enthusiastic participationin our meetings! From the House, we have for the second year the House Director, Sarah Williams, always informativeand supportive of House residents and a fine liaision to HERAA, and two Students, House President Juliana Chan andMary Pike, HER Vice-President. Board meetings are a pleasure, with all of the group actively engaged with settinggoals and priorities.

Coming events: The Annual Tea will be on April 1,2006, a Saturday, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. You will be receivingyour invitation early enough to make travel arrangements. We hope that you will be able come and enjoy both theformal meeting and the talents of students who present music, dance, and readings. Also, we encourage alums to bringtheir artistic and literary productions to share. We hope those of you who live nearby will consider joining the Board.

A primary goal this year is to increase the active membership of HERAA. Although everyone we know of receivesa Newsletter, we do not hear from all of you. I would like to encourage everyone to be actively involved by writing ore-mailing us about what is going on in your life as you respond to the dues/contribution part of this Newsletter. Yourdues of $25 a year help with Newsletter expenses. Others who have lived at HER but do not hear from us should send anote to Dara Concagh, clo HERAA at 191 Bay State Road with your current address, e-mail, and/or phone number,and your news.

We want you to know how much the House appreciates all that you have contributed to keep the furnishings lookinggood. Our goals now are 1) to replace the dining room drapes (now more than 10 years old), 2) buy new sofas for thefoyer, and 3) develop a corner of the foyer as a study nook with table and chairs. We bought a small buffet for thefoyer last spring. 4) We are looking into the possibility of new French doors between the dining room and Foyerbecause the pocket doors do not open and close properly. 5) We are waiting to see what the House wants for its annualHoliday gift. 6) The frescoes in the foyer still need evaluation. You have already heard that there is a new kitcheninstalled by BU that cost about $40,000 and was paid for out of the Endowment Fund that BU controls but was alsosubsidized by BU.

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{continuedfrom page 1)What about the budget? This year we received a

bequest of$10,000 that went through the Alumnae givingoffice to the HER Endowment Fund. We thank the donor(as yet unknown to us). While the executive board of theHouse has input into how this money is used, the HERAAhas no say in how it will be spent. Several years ago,HERAA was incorporated as an independent tax-freeorganization so that we could receive contributions andhave, in conjunction with HER, direct knowledge of howthe funds were spent; thus, we encourage considerationthat potential bequests go to HERAA. On the other hand,we realize that BU has an annuity program ($10,000 ormore) in which the contributor receives a percentage of themoney back each year. HERAA does not have thisarrangement, but it is possible for bequests to be sent toBU for the HER Endowment Fund. Please be aware thatthe House and the HERAA Board are very grateful tothose (to borrow a term from the Red Sox) in our "HERNation" who pay dues and make contributions. We keepbequests and large donations in a special fund forperpetuity: This means the interest that accrues can bespent on special proj ects for the House while the principleis kept intact.

Our current funds for refurbishing and annual expensesare $6,000 accumulated over the past two years frominterest on a former bequest and from your contributionsand dues. Annual expenses run about $2,000-$2200including awards to students, gift to House, support fundsfor the Tea, the website, and xeroxing and mailing theNewsletter. The remainder is for current house renewal.

On behalf of the Board, may I wish you a HappyHoliday season, good health, and happiness, even in thisday of coping with high gasoline prices, many tragicnatural disasters, and the ongoing war in Iraq. Let's beresilient and hope for the best.

My best regards,Marjorie E. Kettell, Ph.D. President and Co-Treasurer

Thanks for Paying Your DuesCecilia Krawiec Lewis 1945Elizabeth Bums Thorsson 1945

Shoshanah Rothkopf Garshick 1947Marjorie Kettell 1947Virginia Lamana 1947

Kathleen Sheehan Davenport 1949Elizabeth Beckett Farmer 1949Priscilla Putnam Rooth 1950Ann West Taylor 1951Helene Edel Buker 1953

Lorna Neumann Lecrenier 1953Irene Gesiak Kelley 1954

Deborah Griffin Kearney 1960Elaine Moore Kirk 1960Hope Reilly Tyler 1963

Laura Barros Bumpus 1965Chris Coppi Berman 1967Karen E. Daly 1967

Elizabeth Scott Waldron 1968Kathleen Foley Bennett 1969Teresa Markwordt Danley 1978

Kathleen Galvin 1978Terri MulQueeny Stem 1978Lori Calabro McGrath 1980Wendy Fitzgerald 1983Noreen Grice 1985Queenie Tan 1987

Laura Geller London 1988Kym Doherty 1992

Yvette Zi en Vandermolen 1992Jennifer Mathieu 1993

Mary Ann Cheung Lopez 1997

Our website domain name has changed.We added a hyphen.

It is www.her-house.org now.Our email address is stillheralums@hotmail.com

Contact usl!

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Greetings from the HER House! We hope you've had a wonderful year. fiward Winners2005

Dear Alumnae and Friends,

191 Bay State Road continues to be a wonderful place to live. The kitchenrenovations of summer 2003 were a great aesthetic improvement to the house, and '" Ruth Manwaring grants wereresidents have continued this work throughout the building. As a holiday gift to the given to Lauren Whitleigh andhouse last December, several house members remodeled the Alumnae Room,transforming the formerly cave-like space with new bookshelves, robin's-egg bluepaint, and decorations. Several House women have also painted their bedrooms,helping to make the house a home. The Alumnae board recentl y approved arecurring grant, proposed by House member Emily Torgrimson, which will providesemesterly funds of$50 for small, permanent improvements to the HER House.

Mary Pike worth $230 each. Inorder to receive these grants, thewomen write letters to theHERAA Board, and they arereviewed on the basis of meri t,need, and explanation of howfunds would be used.In addition to beautifying the House, we've also made substantial progress in

environmental responsibility since the last newsletter. After months ofnegotiations, the House started full recycling services in the late spring. Acompo sting program began in September. We have faucet aerators andenergy-efficient lightbulbs and are working with the University to insulate theHouse to help reduce our fuel usage (and expenses).

'"Miss Cooperative ($100),which is voted on by thewomen of the House, was alsogiven to Montana Donnell.'" The Emma Sleeper Award

Meanwhile, House members keep busy with classes, jobs, internships, ($100) in memory of a housecommunity service, artistic and athletic endeavors, and finding the next group of mother in the 1920's was givenHER women. (Fifteen of us are due to graduate this year.) We thank you for your to Rebecca Arlander.support and welcome your comments, reminiscences, and visits.Happy holidays!Juliana Chan, HER House President Sarah Williams, HER House Director

Your Contributions Support the House We All Love - THANK YOU!Cecilia Krawiec Lewis 1945 Lorna Neumann Lecrenier 1953 Karen E. Daly 1967Elizabeth Burns Thorsson 1945 Irene Gesiak Kelley 1954 Elizabeth Scott Waldron 1968Shoshanah Rothkopf Garshick 1947 Deborah Griffin Kearney 1960 Teresa Markwordt Danley 1978Virginia Lamana 1947 Elaine Moore Kirk 1960Kathleen Sheehan Davenport 1949 Hope Reilly Tyler 1963Elizabeth Beckett Farmer 1949 Laura Barros Bumpus 1965Priscilla Putnam Rooth 1950 Chris Coppi Berman 1967

Kathleen Galvin 1978Terri MulQueeny Stern 1978Noreen Grice 1985Kym Doherty 1992

Email us:heralums@hotmail.com Our website: www.her-house.org'Will we see you at the !JUumnae'Tea on Saturday, .9\.prill, 2006?

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YOUR UPDATES FROM 2004Cecelia Krawiec Lewis -1945 - My husband passed away Oct. 8,2004 due to Alzeihmer's,Elizabeth Burns Thorsson - 1945 - I remember Marjorie Kettell. Sounds like she is taking the dorm in great directions.Kathleen Sheehan Davenport - 1949 - In my 8th decade, I find life amazingly agreeabl e despite inevitable infirmities.I read and study, have music and singing, my son to keep me company, and as always a marvelous smilies and climate.(No earthquakes now) Also, my MM Church and my friends, my garden. (for quite a few yearst)Lorna Neumann Lecrenier - 1953 - Hurrah for the Red Book workers! "Chapter" idea sounds good!Deborah GrljJin Kearney - 1960 - HER was a terrific experience. I served as both president(58-59) and House Clerk(59-60). I am still very good friends with my roommate of those four years - Elaine Moore Kirk. We've seen eachother often thru the years.Laura Barros Bumpus - 1965 - Enjoying our 7 grandchildren and doing some traveling.Karen Daly - 1967 - Busy year - A trip to Ireland with my sister and nieces to visit Irish relatives. Then a long trip toZion, Bryce, Grand Canyon National Parks, Monument Valley and the Navaho reservation with my husband, Richard.Also received a promotion - am now Director of the Office of Policy Development and Coordination of HUD.Kathleen F oley Bennett - 1969 - I am working as a elementary school nurse teacher in RI. We have 8 children and 8grandchildren. Youngest son is entering high school. Oldest son just returned from Iraq. He is a Marine captain andwas stationed near Fallujah.Kathleen Galvin - 1978 - I went to University of Virginia in 1983 to get an MA in Architecture. Sorry it's taken solong to contribute. After raising kids, juggling full-time! part-time work, etc. I finally had the means to give. Hope tocontinue from now on. Thanks so much.Wendy Fitzgerald - 1983 - It's great to hear news of the House. I wish there was more news from the early 80s crowd.Life in the Napa Valley continues to be beautiful. I'm teaching at a bi.lingual school and really enjoying it. We travel alot but haven't been to Boston in a long time.Queenie Tan - 1987 - Aloha from Hawaii. Great to hear about all the House news. I have one kid and am working forHawaiian Electric in Honolulu.Laura Geller London - 1988 - Cliff and I have been married 14 years and have 3 wonderful children, Sophie (11),Adam (7), and Henry (3). We took them to see HER at BU Homecoming weekend last fall and they couldn't believewhere their mom used to live! They thought the Dining Room looked like something from Harry Potter! Hope all my80s housemates are doing well. To the Board of Directors and all current residents, keep up the great work!Yvette Zien Vandermolen - 1992 - I'd love to hear from all the HER buddies I've lost rack of over the years! Lots hashappened since we last kept in touch. I married a Navy man in 2000, and I'm now preparing for another tour with himin Japan, for 3 years. I gave up my full-time career in theatre when I move to Korea in 1997, but I dabble when I can.Now I'm building a career as a freelance writer because it's more portable, and it gets me free stuff occasionally! Pleasecontact me at serendipitywrks@aol.com.

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The Women of the HouseOtylia Babiak. - back and forth between Poland and NYC. Majoring in International Relations - junior.Mary Berkeridge is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences where she majors in French Language and Literature.She will graduate this winter and plans to teach English in France.I'm Julia Brasor, Political Science major in CAS from Cambridge, MA.Viktoria Brautigam (chair, Activities Committee) - I'm a junior in Sargent College of Health and RehabilitationSciences studying Exercise Science. I'm currently personal training and teaching some classes at the BU gym and hopeto work with athletes in the future.Melissa Carr. (co-chair, Interviewing Committee) 2008. Santa Rosa, CA. Major: Psychology, minor: Women's Studies.Juliana Chan, a native New Yorker, is excited to be this year's House president. She is a senior in the College of Artsand Sciences, with a concentration in Political Science and a minor concentration in French Language and Literature.Her experience abroad in Paris this summer is described below.AlIa Clryvilova: Senior in Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. This semester's treasurer of the house.From Utah, but originally from Ukraine. Hopes to travel all around the world.Barbara (Bobbie) Dougherty (co-chair, Interviewing Committee)- Junior in CAS majoring in Sociology and minoringin Broadcast J ournalism, She hails from Silver Spring, Maryland and is hoping to study in Dublin, Ireland nextsemester.Kendra Engel (house clerk) is a senior in the School of Education.Clara Herrero is a senior from Washington, DC, studying International Relations. She also interns at Oxfam Americain the International Outreach Department.Gabriella Israel (chair, Renovations Committee) majors in Public Relations and is currently in her senior year. Shelives in Minneapolis, MN, but hopes to stay in Boston after graduation. She works two part-time jobs and volunteersaround campus during her spare time. (continued on the next page)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

lultana In Par t s Board of DirectorsIhad the best experience studying abroad in Paris this summer. As cliched as itmay sound, this really was a "once in a lifetime" experience. In my two monthsin the City of Light, I lived with a host family, interned at a well-knowncorporate law firm, and took one French class about French plays, poems, andmovies. The best part of the nights in Paris was how the sun did not set until10pm, making it ideal to have picnics with friends. We would go to the localMonoprix, pick up some wine, cheese, and baguette, and head over to the parkto watch the Eiffe1 Tower sparkle every hour. In my short time in Paris, I triedto make the city my own: wandering around with only a map in my bag, goingto museums, reading in the park, and going to mass at Notre Dame everySunday.

Marjorie KettellPresident &Co-Treasurer

Jill PassanoVice-PresidentDam Concagh

Database Secretary & Co-TreasurerLuba Zhaurova

Communication SecretaryJuliana Chan House PresidentSarah Williams House Director

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More Wotnen of the HouseRebekah. Kilman - I am a senior Psychology major adjusting to life in Boston after my study abroad excursion inMadrid, Spain last semester. I am currently catering at the Harvard Faculty Club as well as taking five classes andparticipating in Campus Crusade for Christ.Elisabetta M alangone - Senior in CAS and SED double maj oring in Math Education and Statistics. She is fromConnecticut and plans to attend graduate school for biostatistics next fall.Holly Masek, originally from Nashua, NH, is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying human geography.She enjoys traveling (especially with other HER women!) but is always happy to return home to 191 Bay State.Gabrielle Orcha is a senior in the College of Fine Arts.Mary Pike is thrilled to be this year's House vice president. She is a junior from Portland, Maine, double majoring inPsychology and Early Childhood Education. Mary is a preschool teacher who also enjoys ballet, movies and bondingwith the lovely HER ladies.Naama Rosen - I am a senior in the School of Education maj oring in Special Education. I am currently an ESL tutorworking with adults and children in Chelsea, MA and am very interested in learning more about language acquisitionand literary development.My name is Kelly Schwuchow from Hobart, IN. I am a junior in the School of Management majoring in Marketing.I'm Ashley Tibbetts, Astronomy and Earth Science major in CAS from Sanbornton, NH.Emily Torgrlmson hails from Minnesota, the land of 10,000 Lakes, and spends her summers canoeing those lakesworking at a YMCA wilderness camp. She is a senior Journalism maj or and Anthropology minor.Lauren WllitZdgll, house Steward, is ajunior in Sargent College, studying Rehabilitation Counseling. She grew up inPhiladelphia with her mom, sister, and brother, and her dream is to work in Philadelphia in the area of teen services.

Sarah Williams is thrilled to return for a second year as House director. A Rule 3:03 Student Attorney working inimmigration and refugee law, she also tutors adult ESL students. She plans to graduate in May with a J.D. and theequivalent of an Economics B.A. and hopes to practice tax or immigration law. She would love to hear from anyalumnae, especially those working in these fields.Lydia Witt (house secretary) - Senior Costume Production major in the College of Fine Arts, and minor in Italian.Lydia is from Dayton, Ohio and starting her third year in the HER House and looks forward to working in Londonthrough BUNAC when she graduates.Sercflma Zaytsev is a senior sociology maj or. She plans on moving to Atlanta, GA after graduation. She loves to givehugs and big smiles.

Please join us for the Annual Alumnae TeaSaturday, April 1, 2006 1:00-4:00 pm

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2005-2006 Pledge Sheet & Address Update FormIn an effort to maintain our Alumnae Database, we ask that, along with your dues, you also includeupdated address, phone and email information. Please also include a more personal update.First Name Maiden Name Last Name _

Address Phone( ~. _

City state Zip YearsatHER House _

Email Occupation _

Major _ School _ Graduation Year _If you or someone in your family is a professional financial adviser and would like to assist HERAA with

managing its funds, please include some contact information below. Thank you!Update or Commel1ts:

'Fund fo r the 'F u tu r e Campaig nHERAA Membership Dues: The Board of Directors decided in 2004 to update the dues andto make them uniform for aNalumnae. Please inform us if this is a problem for you.

All Alumnae $25p fe as e s up po rt tIie es ta .6 f i snment (j j u : t u f s fo r sc/io (arsn {ps an d fo r m ain te nan ce 'f tIie :J{ou s e .Giving Levels: (circle one)

$500+ Lucy Jenkins Franklin Fund $250-$400resident's Fund

$100-$249arriet E. Richards Fund Other

Specify the area for your pledge to be applied. _

Please make checks payable to H.E.RAA. All contributions are tax deductible as we are a non-profit organization.Thank you for giving! Mail any responses to: HERAA

c/o Harriet E. Richards House191 Bay state RoadBoston, MA 02215