SUMMER 2023 TWO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION


Mathieu (Mat) Stephen Fretschel ’03, a boy, Owen James Fretschel


MARRIAGES


Renee Amadi Cave ’10 to Joseph Patton


IN MEMORIAM


1940s Helen McCuen Bennett ’40 Iris McCaskill Estridge ’42 Mary McIntosh Roach ’42 Ida Crawford Stewart ’43 Daniel Hinson Eaddy ’44 Wynona Weeks Genco ’44 Mary Frances Crawford Fitch ’45 Sarah (Mayrant) Alexander Lojewski ’45


Mary (Opal) Copeland Underwood ’45


Emily Team Whitfield ’45 Wanda English Jeffers ’46 Carolinda McClimon Robison ’46 Hannah Cox Smallwood ’46 Isabelle Ford Brooks ’48


1950s Lydia Hay Pedersen ’50 Margaret (Betty) Owen Williamson ’50 Colleen Holland Yates ’50 Elizabeth Brailsford Patterson ’51 Nira Smith Horton ’52 Helen Conrad Deas ’53 Ruth (Ann) Cogdell Tucker ’53 Lillian Jones Gibson ’54 Elizabeth Mills Thomas ’54 Annette Price Gardner ’55 Shirley Slaughter Bledsoe ’56


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Vivian Loyrea Holliday ’57 Ann Campbell Tennant ’57 Nancy Poarch Ghent ’59 Martha Owens Howe ’59


1960s


Jacquelin (Allison) Bair Davis ’60


Margaret Anne Dickert ’60 Douglas Abernethy Hollingsworth ’61 Margaret Smith May ’61 Margaret Whaley McCarley ’61 Ruth Abernethy Evans ’62 Janet Lyman Heinhold ’63 Joan Lewis O’Briant ’63 Lillian (Carol) Hallock Gualtieri ’64


Juanita Smith Phillips ’64 Ellen Huffstetler Ringer ’64 Paula Marie Cargill ’65 Donna Pounder Leblanc ’67 Claire Chassereau Smoak ’67 Martha (Becky) Barnes Francis ’68


Mary Morris Kollarik ’68 Jean Parker O’Kelley ’69 Lillian (Suzy) Goodson Taylor ’69


Elizabeth Lucille Tipton ’69


1970s Stephanie Blackman Carter ’70 Judith Ann Miller ’70 Julie Anne Armstrong Bivens ’71


Veda Esther Ford ’71 Grady Eugene Ghent ’75


1980s


Jimmy Donald Hinson ’80 Ronald E. Kelley Jr. ’80 Gladys Stitt Robinson ’81 Arlene Hill Woodruff ’81 Jane Burns Parrish ’82 Roger Ervin Barnes ’83 Anne Smith Pratt ’84 Thomas Michael Lewis ’85 Virginia Lee Borell ’87


1990s John (Jack) Stuart Holladay ’91 Theodore Roosevelt Hopper ’93


Abbigail Jefferson Armstrong ’95


2010s


Gregory Cunningham Dailey ’16


Hannah Elizabeth Buckner ’21 to Jacob Leland Mathis ’21


Jordan Lynn Drewello ’22 to Daimen Joshua Hoover ’19


Brittany Nicole Guilfoyle ’11, a girl, Savannah Lillie Lafontaine


Ziiana Sy’mone Garrett ’22, a boy, Zy’Aire Garrett Thomason


FACULTY MEMBERS PASS AWAY The Richard W. Riley College of Education and the Winthrop community mourned the loss of two faculty members - Abbigail Armstrong ’95, ’02 and Kristi Schoepfer - this spring.


Abbigail Armstrong, an associate professor, was a devoted middle-level education advocate who joined the Winthrop faculty in 2005. She passed away May 2.


“Memories of her joyful spirit, infectious smile and abounding energy will remain with us always,” said Beth Costner, dean of the Richard W. Riley College of Education.


Stacy Martin and David Vawter, fellow faculty in the middle-level education program, shared that her family and faith were the most important aspects of her life. Professionally she put her students first. “She cared deeply for her students and in turn they cared deeply for her,” the colleagues said. She will be remembered for her willingness to help faculty, staff and students however she could.


Armstrong earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in middle- level education from Winthrop, where she also proudly pledged the Xi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She also earned a Ph.D. from Gardner-Webb University in 2010.


Profes- sor Kristi Schoep- fer, chair of the Depart- ment of Physical Education, Sport and Human Performance, was remembered as a passion- ate educator who loved her students. She passed away April 29.


“Kristi was a fervent advocate for our faculty, an engaging teacher, prolific scholar, and compassionate friend to many at our university,” said Beth Cost- ner, dean of the college. “The memories of her quick wit, so- cial media memes, dog stories, and love for all things New York City will make us smile again soon, but for now we will grieve her loss collectively.”


Lauren McCoy Coffey, an assis- tant professor of sport manage- ment, said Schoepfer was an incredible person who motivat- ed others through her dedica- tion and enthusiasm. “She was a shining example of how a leader should be and an amazing friend,” she said. “Personally, she had an incalculable impact on my life, and I’m grateful and better for knowing and working with her.”


Schoepfer joined the Winthrop faculty in 2006 and specialized in risk management and sport law.


MILESTONES


CRAFTSMAN AND ARTIST ALF WARD PASSES AWAY


The College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Winthrop community grieved the May 20 passing of Professor Emeritus Alfred D. Ward, a long-time colleague and mentor within the college.


“Alf was generous with his time and expertise, and he relished his work with students. His involvement in the university community and the community at large continued well after his official retirement,” CVPA Interim Dean Karen Oremus noted. “His contributions through teaching, financial support and mentorship were significant.”


An internationally recognized designer, craftsman, fine artist and design educator, Ward joined the Winthrop community in 1989 as a department chair until he returned to teaching full time in 1996. Even after his appointment as professor emeritus in 2006, he continued to teach and mentor students. He received Winthrop’s Distinguished Professor of the Year Award in 1998 and the Medal of Honor in the Arts in 2011. Ward designed the Medal of Honor as well as the Winthrop mace that is displayed at each Commencement ceremony.


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