Missives to and from the Hill
The Legacy Tree is located in Ensor Lounge on the upper level of the Roj Student Center. Stop by the next time you’re on the Hill to see the names of those who have invested in the college through legacy giving!
Thank you to all who submitted responses:
Meghan Callis ’19
Robin Stifler Cooney ’77
Corynne Courpas ’76
Kate Cramer ’23
Kaitlyn DeLong ’15
Stephanie Golub ’18
Nik James ’26
Ameerah Johnson ’26
Louise Herrera Scalzi ’81, M.S. ’88
For more information on making McDaniel a part of your estate planning, go to mcdaniel.edu/GiveLegacyGift or email planmylegacy@mcdaniel.edu.
Usually, I just skim The Hill, but the [spring 2024] issue was great and perfect for Women’s History Month. I enjoyed learning about the short-lived Feminist Alliance’s “Woman’s Guide to WMC” (wish I had known of it during my tenure!), the advocacy of Jasmin Chavez Cruz ’19 and Christina Walter Wingert ’03, the growth of the McDaniel Women’s Leadership Network, and 1965 alum Dianne Briggs Martin’s awesome career in computer science. Great quote from her about working for IBM on the Apollo project:
“I had to watch the moon landing on the television like everybody else. I was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time, and they wouldn’t allow women — especially pregnant women — in Mission Control. I wanted to go back and work for IBM after having my first child, but they wouldn’t allow women to work part time at that point. They lost a lot of good talent that way.”
I’d like to think things have changed, but sadly a lot of good talent is still lost that way (assuming they got through the door in the first place).
I stopped by the Hill in mid-December with my then-10-year-old who was adamant that he hated school and absolutely was not going to college. That brief visit to the Hill, even though no one was around and most of the buildings were locked, convinced him that he did want to go to college — to study computer science. I advised that maybe a liberal arts school wasn’t the best place for that course of study. Your profile of Dianne Briggs Martin makes me reevaluate that advice!
Keep up the great work!
Sara Beth Reyburn Kohut ’98
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