When Marilyn Shull Black ’69 remembers Mary Washington, she pictures herself back in chemistry class in Combs Hall listening to an enthusiastic professor with a funny, Bostonian accent. The accent was especially noticeable to Marilyn since she was a southern girl from Rock Hill, S.C. – but it was more than the accent that caught […]
Dean of Women Nina Bushnell is infamous among Mary Washington alumni for enforcing strict dinner etiquette, approving students’ dates, and upholding rigid decorum in all things. Many alumni laughingly tell stories of wearing rolled-up pants underneath a raincoat or crawling out between tables to escape a formal dinner in Seacobeck. For Virginia Colwell Read ’49, […]
The first Amphitheatre located in the grove on the Mary Washington campus was built around 1913. At that time, it was a simple wooden structure with wooden benches. A major reconstruction was begun in the 1920s, and the new “open-air theatre” was dedicated May 11, 1923. Through the years, the facility was enlarged to enhance […]
2018 Heritage and Washington Society Listing 2018 Scholarship Honor Roll
CLICK HERE TO READ the latest publication featuring articles about: * James C. Llewellyn ’87 * Carolyn Eldred ’66 * Martha Keegan ’18 *Margaret Sutton 1926 and Alfred Levitt *Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Donald E. Glover *Helpful tips for estate planning For more information, contact Jan Clarke at jclarke@umw.edu or 540-654-2064.
