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Parks Cohen ’45, a nationally known actress with a multi-faceted
career, died Oct. 7 in New Jersey from complications following a stroke. She
was 78.
Not only did she appear on Broadway and in television programs, Cohen also
wrote the script for the first 20 Tony Awards telecasts. The two-time Emmy
Award winner appeared in nearly every Mary Washington theatrical production
during her undergraduate days.
In 1978, the MWC Alumni Association presented her with its Distinguished Alumni
Award. Ten years later, Cohen chaired the institution’s first fundraising
campaign; the Alumni Association again rewarded her achievements by presenting
her with the first Washington Medal.
She returned to campus in 1998 to address the graduating class. At that time,
the College awarded her an honorary doctorate of humane letters.
Anna Scott “Scotty” Hoye, a former
Mary Washington College biology professor, died July 16 of complications following
heart surgery.
Dr. Hoye’s MWC teaching career dates back to 1941. She taught for three
years before becoming a commissioned officer in the WACS during World War
II.
Having earned her pilot’s license, she served as a trained instructor.
In 1951, Hoye made her way back to Mary Washington to resume teaching until
1960.
During those nine years, she created a degree program in physical therapy
for Mary Washington in conjunction with Virginia Commonwealth University’s
Medical College of Virginia. She also established a Fundamentals of Movement
class in which students read her own published text.
She left in 1962 to obtain her Ph.D. in physiology at the University of Wisconsin.
Afterwards, she returned to MWC and became the biology department’s
chairperson. Hoye also hosted a six-week summer marine biology course for
Mary Washington students at her home in Deltaville.
She received the Simpson Award for Excellence in undergraduate teaching and
retired in 1977 as professor emeritus.