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2024-2025 Donors

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2024-2025 Donors

The following supporters of education have given generously to keep the Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series free and open to the public.

Founding Patron

Mr. John Chappell established a substantial operating endowment that enabled the creation of the Great Lives Lecture Series, and his subsequent gifts each year have continued to enhance the program immeasurably.

Series Sustaining Sponsors

  • Chancellor’s Village
  • Coldwell Banker Elite
  • Davenport & Company LLC
  • The Gemini 3 Group
  • Jubilation by Silver Companies
  • Roxanne M. Kaufman
  • Russ Mait and Barbara Mait ’79
  • Synergy Periodontics and Implants

Program Sponsors

  • Irene and Curry Roberts
  • John and Linda Coker
  • Stephen Gaske and Patricia Powers Gaske ’75
  • Walter Jervis Sheffield
  • UMW Dining Services
  • UMW Museums
  • Yuh Prosthodontics

Presenters

  • Arthur, Jr. and Lloyd Tilton Backstrom ’61
  • Jack Bales
  • Margaret Birch ’79
  • Bill and Terrie Crawley
  • Gary and Tooie Garber
  • Scott and Diann Harris
  • Janet Hedrick ’73
  • Thomas H. Jackson
  • Nancy A. Kaiser ’82
  • Forrest and Kathleen Kennedy
  • Fred and Barbara Rankin
  • Joanna Reynolds
  • Joseph Nordsieck and Melanie Ringer
  • Kathleen Nagy Schabacker ’68
  • William and Carol Wachter

Supporters

  • Ed and Joyce Allison
  • Charles Blackmon
  • Darlene Calandra ’77
  • Brian and Teresa D’Orazio
  • David and Lisa Durham
  • Marilyn and Jack Farrington
  • Mary Katherine Greenlaw ’61
  • Lucy G. Harman
  • Martha Kimball Hearn ’58
  • Heather Gebbia Knapp ’93
  • Kathleen M. Mahoney
  • John and Rosemarie McKeown
  • Norma Kay McKinney
  • Sammy and Betty Merrill
  • Thomas and Jane Neubig
  • Larry and Rosemary Pitts
  • Carolyn Roberts ’76
  • Paul and Debra Simpson
  • Mildred B. Vittoria ’88
  • Archer C. Williams ’88
  • Alan L. Zirkle

Friends

  • Johnny and Beverly Almond
  • Jack Apperson
  • Bulent and Carol Atalay ’65
  • Thomas Bailer and Susan Petty-Bailer
  • Robert and Patricia Baney
  • Susan R. Barnes ’87
  • Lisa Joann Bibel ’91
  • Clyde and Deborah Bingham
  • Hon. and Mrs. H. Harrison Braxton
  • Charles and Helen Brewer
  • Roberta Brogden
  • James and Jo Ann Brown
  • Martha Ann Manner-Brown
  • Jim and Ann Brynes
  • Norma Vande Bunte
  • Charlotte G. Burrill
  • Christian Moore and Mary Ann Buscher
  • Mike and Sheila Carney
  • John and Gaye Copley
  • Ruth Creech
  • Thomas and Martha Crimmins
  • Elizabeth Daly
  • James Davis
  • Marian and Stan Dawgert
  • Barry and Linda Dillon
  • Dorothy Downs
  • Jack and Janet Ervin
  • Shawn and Cynthia Etter
  • William H. Farr
  • Charles and Laura Fennemore
  • Mike Fray
  • Paul and Andi Gabler
  • Maura Johnson Gardner ’10
  • David and Judith Garland
  • Mike and Kelly Haden
  • Carolee C. Harlin
  • Tracy Houck Harris
  • Jay and Bernadine Arnn Hayes ’66
  • Shelley Heeder
  • Dana and Raymond Herlong
  • Lisa Herman
  • Bonnie L. Jewell ’98
  • Ralph and Elizabeth Joseph
  • Marc Kelley
  • Kaye Mitchell Kingsbury ’70
  • Anne Kline
  • Linda and Milton Kline
  • Jason Kunkler
  • Dr. James Creech and Valli Laneve
  • Kurt and Marcia Lauer
  • Richard and Shelley Lawson
  • Terry and Kathleen Love
  • Peggy Lundry
  • Ann and Paul Lusher
  • Lucy C. Lutterbie ’70
  • Charles A. and Ellen Lynn
  • Michael & Lynne McCay
  • Jim McCown
  • Wayland and Melissa Marks
  • Walter and Mary Mathews
  • Monica Wysolmerski McClanahan ’74
  • Marilynn Mendell
  • Thomas and Mary Miller
  • Karen H. Mittura
  • Bill and Margaret L. Mock ’99
  • David and Nancy Montgomery
  • Kenneth and Julia Moore
  • Roger Leland Engels and Nancy Moore
  • Keith and Karen Morganheim
  • Regina Moriarty
  • Marceline Weatherly Morris ’50
  • Carol Mullins ’80
  • Peggy & Bob Neel
  • Martin and Ruth Poch
  • Susan Purks
  • Venkatarao Rao
  • Leslie Raterman
  • Thomas and Jacqueline Rorrer
  • William and Marinda Sasser
  • Clint Schemmer
  • Paul T. and De’Onne Stone Scott ’99
  • David and Anne Tilghman Scott ’64
  • Caroline Seawell
  • Catherine Shalaby
  • Richard and Terry Shea
  • Bev and Ed Shelesky
  • Victoria Haynie Silver ’67
  • Carol Johnson Sitzman ’69
  • Marta A. Smith ’04
  • Gyles Norwood and Marie Somma
  • Linda Wiatt Spratt ’73
  • Donna Stanton
  • Rita Morgan Stone ’52
  • Carolyn Sulima
  • Marjorie Roszmann Tankersley ’69
  • Imogene Treble
  • Catherine Turcotte
  • Susan Carter Tyler ’64
  • Richard and Lynn Unser
  • Thomas and Jessica Waltz
  • Roy and Lolly Weinstock
  • John and Laura Westermeier
  • Michael Whitford
  • Stuart and Sylvia McJilton Woodcock ’61
  • ”The Bad Girls Book Club”

Great Lives

Help Great Lives Live On

This compelling lecture series offers insight into a wide and diverse range of figures of historical and cultural significance. These presentations are delivered by eminent authorities from throughout this country — and abroad. Thanks to a substantial initial endowment and continuing annual support from John Chappell, the program is open to the public free of charge and no admission tickets are required. Public support — via attendance, donations, and ideas about future lecture topics — is vital to the continuation of this program.

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Weather Cancellations

When the University of Mary Washington is closed due to inclement weather the Great Lives Lecture is cancelled for that evening. To check for cancellations due to inclement weather, visit the Campus Advisories page, or the UMW Information Line at 540-654-2424.