Wellesley in 150

Wellesley in 150

Welcome to Wellesley in 150—a collection of 150-word stories that capture the unique spirit of Wellesley through memories of friendships, classes, professors, staff, and places on campus.

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Sigurd's gravestone

E.B. Bartels ’10

  • Staff
A headshot of a woman with chin length hair and dark-rimmed glasses.

Susan Z. Robins ’84

  • 1980s

Vivien Davis Tsu ’69

  • 1960s
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A crowd of alums during reunion dressed in white.

Ruth Li ’13

  • 2010s
A woman dressed in white and holds a red umbrella. Behind her are others dressed in white with red hats or flowers.

Rebecca Sher DS ’00

  • 2000s

Val Mahar DS ’24

  • 2020s
Members of Dead Serious pose for a photo after their last show in 2024.

Elizabeth Ray ’24

  • 2020s
Grace and Bryn as students, reflected in a full length mirror

Grace Ramsdell ’22

  • 2020s
Black and white image of two young women standing, looking at camera. One has her arm on the shoulders of the other. Both wear hats.

Faye Sinclair ’72

  • 1970s
Yearbook spread of black and white portraits

Johanna Lee ’26

  • 2020s
Sigurd's gravestone

E.B. Bartels ’10

  • Staff
Winter scene with bare trees and snow cover in foreground of Lake Waban

Jessica (Planos) Sirizzotti ’10

  • 2010s

Joan Prichard Cudhea ’54

  • 1950s
School portrait of a young girl labeled with Chung, Deborah

Deborah Chung ’74

  • 1970s
A woman leans over and pretends to kiss her friend who is leaning away from her and smiling.

Diane Planer Lovejoy ’78

  • 1970s
Low rock wall and the remnants of the foundation of a small building in the middle of the forest

Aurora Daniel ’23

  • 2020s

Risa Goldman McDade ’77

  • 1970s
A woman wearing dark rimmed circular glasses with her hair in two buns on each side of her head holds her hand with her index and pinkie fingers extended in the horns symbol and pokes her tongue out at the camera.

Toy Lei ’88

  • 1980s
A section of the Davis museum building.

Mary Hammond Norton ’54

  • 1950s
Four women and a little girl dressed in white pose for a photo during reunion

Georgia Murphy Johnson ’75

  • 1970s
A mother stands flanked by two daughters and they smile at the camera.

Luella Gross Goldberg ’58

  • 1950s

Barbara Morry Fraumeni ’72

  • 1970s

Doris Ablard Perl ’54

  • 1950s
Araceli and her neuroscience peers sit around a table display their decorated brain cookies

Araceli Munoz ’25

  • 2020s
A headshot of a woman with chin length hair and dark-rimmed glasses.

Susan Z. Robins ’84

  • 1980s
Lucy Brodman Lehman poses with one of her daughters for a photo at commencement.

Lucy Brodman Lehman ’63

  • 1960s
A woman with long dark hair takes a selfie on a coastline with a large rock in the background.

Jessie Fan ’94

  • 1990s

Vivien Davis Tsu ’69

  • 1960s
Nine women pose for a photo with the bride in the center holding a Wellesley banner.

Melody Pao ’11

  • 2010s
A portrait of a woman in a blue button-up shirt, turned to the side and looking toward the camera. She wears glasses, short, curly hair, and a purse slung across her shoulder.

Marjorie Sussman ’88

  • 1980s
Two students stand on the roof of Tower Hall.

Fran Decker ’80

  • 1980s
An action shot of two women inside a cardboard box, surrounded by classmates who are preparing to push them down a hill.

Haley Harris ’12

  • 2010s
Looking through a window at trees, flowering bushes, and a brick building (Founders Hall)

Sarah Moazeni ’10

  • Staff

Molla Donaldson ’66

  • 1960s
A woman smiles at the camera while standing near a classroom blackboard.

Kay Lehman Schlozman ’68

  • 1960s
A woman in a yellow dress with a green sweater takes a selfie while sitting on a bench near Lake Waban.

Kwan Kew Lai ’74

  • 1970s
Erin stands against a stone wall

Erin Fina ’27

  • 2020s
A group of young women cluster together in ball with their arms around each other. One face is visible in the center, looking at the camera. One face is visible in profile, looking to the left.

Marianne Montgomery ’99

  • 1990s
Woman with short blonde hair and glasses smiles at the camera. She is in front of a blue background.

Claudia Newcorn ’81

  • 1980s
Six women gather for a group photo and all smile at the camera

Sandra Kulli ’68

  • 1960s
Soccer net on a soccer field.

Megan Turchi ’13

  • 2010s
Two women pose for a photo and smile. One woman drapes her arm around the other.

Karina Verma ’14

  • 2010s
A collage of four photos showing two women at various points in their lives and friendship, including one of them as college students.

Karen Body Brennan ’89

  • 1980s
A black and white image of College Hall.

Jayne Crosby Giles ’78

  • 1970s
Duygu and Inci Atrek ’10 smiling and cheek to cheek

Inci Atrek ’10

  • 2010s
A black and white photo showing a woman in graduate regalia facing a man in regalia. In between them is a woman wearing a hat with a veil over her face and a dark dress.

Maria Cooper Ward ’56

  • 1950s
A headshot of a smiling woman looking at the camera.

Dawn Kramer ’67

  • 1960s
Students in black dresses pose while holding CD cases

Katie Colaneri ’10

  • 2010s
A woman looks at the camera and smiles. She has shoulder-length hair that frames her face and wears glasses.

Stephanie Peek ’61

  • 1960s
A woman sits in a chair surrounded by trees and plants. She wears a pink bucket hat and smiles at the camera.

Linda Mascetti ’68

  • 1960s

Laurie Breitkopf ’75

  • 1970s

Margaret Reeve ’71

  • 1970s
A hand holds a small plastic bag with a gum wrapper inside. On the bag is written WCHAP 1002-1 9/30/2017 gum wrapper f17-1002

Caylee Pallatto ’21

  • 2020s
A professor and four students pose with Trader Joe's tote bags

Lubeyda Lopez Lopez ’28

  • 2020s
Kate and Claire smiling while holding copies of Kate's book Greenwich

Kate Broad ’06

  • 2000s
People seating on couches and chairs around a low table full of beverages

Kendra Tanacea ’88

  • 1980s
A womans laughs as a person in a poncho and sombrero and mask sits on her lap.

Jeannie Kim Harden ’05

  • 2000s
Three students wear winter clothes and smile at the camera. Snow falls around them.

Caroline Min ’27

  • 2020s
The classes of 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 form a human W on Severance Green.

Diane Speare Triant ’68

  • 1960s
Two students dressed in Halloween costumes

Katherine Stabile ’26

  • 2020s
Students carrying banners for Wellesley, Radcliffe, and Swarthmore participate in a march for suffrage in Philadelphia in 1915.

Anne-Marie Soulliere ’69

  • 1960s

Carolyn A. Kerr ’80

  • 1980s

Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer ’60

A woman in a black dress stands in front of an exhibition showing comic-style art work.

Heide Abelli ’88

  • 1980s
One woman stands with her foot on the belly of another woman lying on the floor. Four women sit on a couch looking serious and some of them look at the camera

Pamela Price ’66

  • 1960s

Ruth Tanner Carleton ’51

  • 1950s

Anna Despoena Seraphimidou ’61

  • 1960s
A young woman wearing her commencement gown and mortar board looks up at the camera as she processes during graduation. Behind her is a line of alumnae dressed in white.

Katherine Hall Page ’69

  • 1960s

Kristine Wilson

  • Staff
Barbara Bush sits smiling in regalia and flanked by two women smiling at each other.

Sumaira Chowdhury ’98

  • 1990s
A head shot of a woman with her hair pulled back, wearing a pearl necklace and a plum-colored jacket.

Ann Gilbert Wylie ’66

  • 1960s
A group of women stand together next to a 5K sign with details about the race. They each have a racing bib on and a photo of two people taped to their shirts.

Angelina Del Balzo ’11

  • 2010s
Three women wearing formal dresses and head turbans each hold their hands up to form a W.

Funlola Osinupebi ’10

  • 2010s
Soha and friends

Soha Khan ’28

  • 2020s
A black and white photo of a woman seated, looking at the camera and holding a book in her lap.

Barbara Furne Simmons ’69

  • 1960s

Cynthia D. Shapira ’77

  • 1970s

Jennifer Phillips ’73

  • 1970s
Headshot of Laurie Wilson who has short brown hair, glasses and wears a black sweater with a pendant.

Laurie Wilson ’62:

  • 1960s

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