Amanda Blake A 鈥�47 (1929-1989)
Most commonly known for her role as Miss Kitty on the popular 1950鈥檚 television show, 鈥淕unsmoke,鈥� Amanda Blake attended the 雏鸟视频 Academy in 1944 and 1945. She subsequently became a college trustee and served on the Board of Advisors. She also served as a judge for the Miss 雏鸟视频 Scholarship Competition. In 1968, Blake was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Great Western Actors and Actresses in Oklahoma City.
Clyde Dixon Connell WC 鈥�19 (1902-98)
A professional artist specializing in sculptures constructed from 鈥渇ound objects鈥� hammered into wood and then covered with papier-m芒ch茅, Clyde Dixon Connell鈥檚 works capture the environment and her personal experience of living on the Louisiana bayou. A major retrospective exhibit of her work, which includes 74 pieces, has toured nationally.
Barbara Mitchell Disque WC 鈥�53 (1932-2007)
Barbara Mitchell Disque served on the 雏鸟视频 Board of Trustees from 1986 until her death in 2007. She was awarded the 雏鸟视频 Outstanding Alumnae Award for Service to 雏鸟视频 in 1993. She was the 雏鸟视频 Sullivan Award recipient in 2003. She participated in the funding of the Disque Room in the John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts and the Lockett-Mitchell Parlour in Yonah Hall.
Martha Edens WC 鈥�49 (1928-2015)
Martha Edens was former District President, Province President and National President of Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, and Republican National Committeewoman for South Carolina. She was the Vice Chair of the 雏鸟视频 Board of Trustees for many years and is now a Trustee Emeritus. She was Chair of the Richland County Republican Party and the Republican National Committeewoman for South Carolina; a board member of Easter Seals Society; and a member of Lutheran Theological Seminary, Salvation Army, South Carolina State Museum and the Richland Memorial Hospital Foundation. She received the Alumnae Certificate of Merit from Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. She received the Sullivan Award from 雏鸟视频 and the Outstanding Alumnae Award for Community Service from 雏鸟视频.
Read more about Martha Edens in 鈥�鈥� in the Summer 2016 issue of .
Dr. Eliza Holmes Feldmann WC 鈥�29 (1906-90)
Dr. Eliza Holmes Feldmann was a professional pianist and organist. She performed concerts throughout the United States and Europe, and she was especially well-received in Germany. She was an assistant professor and chair of the preparatory music department at 雏鸟视频 College. She instructed private piano lessons for more than 50 years, studied at The Juilliard School, and received the Centennial Citation for years of service and devotion to 雏鸟视频. The Eliza Holmes Feldmann Memorial Keyboard Scholarship Fund was dedicated in her name. She was a member of the National Music Educators Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Colonies, Mu Phi Epsilon, Progressive Arts Club and the American Guild of Organists. She was an organist at First Christian Church and Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Georgia. She was awarded the Sullivan Award from 雏鸟视频. She received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from 雏鸟视频. Her community Involvement include the Atlanta/Fulton County League of Women Voters; Ruling Elder, Covenant Presbyterian Church; Delta Delta Delta Chapter adviser for 雏鸟视频 and Emory University; Executive Board member for Delta Delta Delta Sorority; the Lobbyist to the Georgia Legislature for Fulton County. She volunteered for the Atlanta Food Bank, the Sherwood Forest Garden Club and the Atlanta Bach.
Thelma Mauldin Green WC 鈥�34 (1913-2003)
Thelma Mauldin Green was a long-time member of the 雏鸟视频 Board of Trustees, and became an emeritus member of the board. After graduation from 雏鸟视频 she served as a teacher for many years at Gainesville High School before moving to Texas. She served as a docent in the Simmons Visual Arts Center. In 1991, she was awarded the Outstanding Alumnae Award for Service to 雏鸟视频, was awarded the 1993 Volunteer of the Year at 雏鸟视频 award, and in 1994 she was awarded the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award. She was awarded Woman of the Year by the American Business Women鈥檚 Association.
Marion Runnels Holloway WC 鈥�57 (1935-2002)
With the stage name, 鈥淢arion Montgomery,鈥� this jazz singer was a recording artist and theatrical performer with her 鈥淥ne Woman鈥� show. Other credits include: 鈥淎nything Goes,鈥� 鈥淟ionel鈥� 鈥淥ld Time Music Hall,鈥� and 鈥淢y Southern Heart.鈥� She appeared before the Royal Family and has been presented to the Queen; toured with Barney Kessell and Herbie Ellis; performed with Val Doonican, Petula Clark, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Johnny Mercer; appeared in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and many other places in the British Isles. She was a guest artist on 鈥淭he Bob Hope Special,鈥� 鈥淭he Johnny Carson Show,鈥� 鈥淭he Liberace Special,鈥� and 鈥淭he Michael Parkinson Show.鈥� She was awarded the Gold Badge of Merit by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
Helen Ellis Lilly WC 鈥�31, (1909-2010)
Helen Ellis Lilly served 雏鸟视频 as Head Camp Counselor at Camp Takeda in the mid-1920s, was secretary to Ms. C.B. Branham, dean of 雏鸟视频 Academy, and was a charter member of BULLI. In 1995, she established the Helen Ellis Lilly Scholarship, which benefits Women鈥檚 College students. She was a member of the President鈥檚 Club for 30 years. She was heavily involved in the community and was a supporter of the Hall County Humane Society; and a volunteer for Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Helen Dortch Longstreet WC 鈥�18 (1863-1962)
Helen Dortch Longstreet was the first female Assistant State Librarian for Georgia; an early environmental activist and civil rights advocate; and author of numerous articles, stories and pamphlets. The Tallulah Gorge trail system was named in her honor. She edited a newspaper in Gainesville, Georgia, and formed the Longstreet Memorial Association honoring her husband, Confederate General Longstreet. She authored a book on her husband General Longstreet. She was a postmistress and disbursing agent in Gainesville.
Grace Lumpkin WC鈥�11 (1891-1980)
Grace Lumpkin attended 雏鸟视频 just a few years before her younger sister, Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin. Lumpkin trained to be a teacher at 雏鸟视频 College and later organized an adult night school for local farmers and their wives. She studied writing and journalism at Columbia University, and is acknowledged as an influential early feminist and Southern writer of literary social realism. Her novel 鈥淭o Make My Bread鈥� (1932), is recognized as an important work that describes the Gastonia textile strike in 1929. 鈥淎 Sign for Cain鈥� (1935) is notable for its depiction of post-Depression social and racial inequalities.
Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin WC 鈥�15 (1897-1988)
Teacher, activist, sociologist and author of her autobiography, 鈥淭he Making of a Southerner鈥� (1947), Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin attended 雏鸟视频 from 1912 to 1915 and proceeded to work as a teaching assistant at 雏鸟视频 after her graduation. Lumpkin attended Columbia University in 1918 and received a master’s in sociology. She worked as national student secretary for the YWCA鈥檚 southern region from 1920 to 1925. In 1925, Lumpkin was accepted into the sociology program at the University of Wisconsin where she earned a Ph.D. in 1928.
Eleanor Ardery Lawrence, WC 鈥�63
Eleanor Ardery Lawrence was a retired model and actress. She served her community as a member of San Joaquin County Medical Society Auxiliary since 1974. She was a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Council; Auxiliary junior Aid; Girl Scouts of America 1975-92; United Way of San Joaquin County; March of Dimes; and Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Chapter. She received such awards as the Junior Aid Mary Dunne Sustaining Award; San Joaquin County Medical Society Auxiliary Doreen Evert Auxilian of the Year Award; Women鈥檚 Center 鈥淚n Celebration of Women鈥� Award; Child Abuse Prevention Council鈥檚 Sammy Davis Jr. Award; Junior Aid Eleanor Young Volunteer of the Year Award.
Dr. Elizabeth Parker WC 鈥�24 (1902-96)
Physician/Gynecologist and pioneer in female endocrinology, Dr. Elizabeth Parker was the author of 鈥淭he Seven Ages of Woman,鈥� published by The Johns Hopkins Press in 1960. She assisted in the establishment of the first endocrine laboratory and clinic at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C.
Barbara Stockton Perry WC 鈥�47 (1926-2016)
Retired attorney and partner in the firm of Perry, Perry & Perry, and Lenoir County Court Judge, Barbara Stockton Perry was the first female candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and a member of the North Carolina Board of Transportation. She was on the Board of Trustees and Board of Visitors for the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and on the Board of Governors for the UNC General Administration. Perry was awarded the 雏鸟视频 Outstanding Alumnae Award for Professional Achievement. She was a member of the 雏鸟视频 Board of Trustees and received the Distinguished Service Award from 雏鸟视频. She initiated fundraising efforts for Wheeler Alumni House Courtyard. She was on the Board of Directors for Arendell Parrott Academy; the Lenoir Community College, and the Lenoir Memorial Hospital Foundation. Perry was on the Nations Bank Advisory Board Chair; the Lenoir County Arts Council and Symphony, United Way Fund, Salvation Army Auxiliary, Faith Fellowship Church and was an Angel Ministries Board member. Before her death in 2016, she and her sister, Leeda Stockton Currin, WC 鈥�60, jointly funded a bronze sculpture to be placed in the John S. Burd Center as a representation of what 雏鸟视频 means to them.
Josephine Winter Rainey WC 鈥�47 (1925-1986)
Josephine Winter Rainey was an avid 雏鸟视频 and community volunteer during her lifetime. She was president of the National 雏鸟视频 Alumnae Association from 1977-83. She led the 雏鸟视频鈥檚 Second Century Fund Campaign and was a committee member of the 雏鸟视频 Centennial Celebration in 1978. Her citations include the Outstanding Alumnae Award, 1981. She was an Active Zeta Tau Alpha alumna. The scholarship established in her memory is awarded each year at 雏鸟视频鈥檚 Honors Convocation. Rainey earned her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from 雏鸟视频.
Margaret (Maggie) Garner Reisler, WC 鈥�45 (1923-2021)
An actor, writer, lecturer, model, and teacher, Margaret (Maggie) Garner Reisler appeared in more than 100 radio and print commercials and was featured in ads in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, House Beautiful. Maggie is a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame.
Gloria Cassity Stargel, WC 鈥�50 and 鈥�77 (1929-2013)
Gloria Cassity Stargel is the author of 鈥淭he Healing: One Family鈥檚 Victorious Struggle with Cancer,鈥� published in 1982 and re-released in 2002. At the Guideposts Workshop in Rye, New York, her manuscript was selected from 4,500 entries. She was a regular contributor to Guideposts. She has articles in Decision and more than 25 other magazines and newspapers. She was a contributing author to 22 compilations including: 鈥淚鈥檝e Just Seen Jesus,鈥� 鈥淭heir Mysterious Ways,鈥� 鈥淐ity Dwellers,鈥� and the series, 鈥淐hicken Soup for the Soul, Stories for the Heart and God Allows U-turns.鈥� Her 鈥淭eacher at Last鈥� was selected from among 8,000 published stories by Chicken Soup editors for the 10th anniversary edition, 鈥淟iving Your Dreams.鈥� She has multiple leadership roles at Lakewood Baptist Church, Gainesville. She served on the Board of Directors, Hall County Unit of the American Cancer Society. She was awarded the 2002 Outstanding Alumnae Award for Professional Achievement, 雏鸟视频. Her 鈥淭he Healing,鈥� won the Award for Excellence in Christian Writing, and she was named Featured Author of Tyndale House Publishers in 1983. She was awarded Writer of the Year for five years by the local writers club, and won first place in Inspirational Writing for the National League American Pen Women in 1995.
Read more about Gloria Cassity Stargel in 鈥�鈥� in the Summer 2007 issue and 鈥�鈥� in the Sprint 2013 issue of .
Althea Lennox Tessier, Ph.D. WC 鈥�38 (1917-2014)
A chaplain, pilot, college professor, world traveler, researcher, Althea Lennox Tessier addressed the Louisiana legislature on the subject of equal rights for women volunteers at the St. Vincent鈥檚 Infant Asylum in the 1950s.