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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
  • Margaret Birch ’79
  • Gary and Tooie Garber
  • 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
  • Bill and Terrie Crawley
  • David and Lisa Durham
  • Marilyn and Jack Farrington
  • Scott and Diann Harris
  • Lucy G. Harman
  • Martha Kimball Hearn ’58
  • Mary Katherine Greenlaw ’61
  • John and Rosemarie McKeown
  • Norma Kay McKinney
  • Sammy and Betty Merrill
  • Paul and Debra Simpson
  • Archer C. Williams ’88
  • Alan L. Zirkle

Friends

  • Jack Apperson
  • Bulent and Carol Atalay ’65
  • Jack Bales
  • Robert and Patricia Baney
  • Susan R. Barnes ’87
  • Lisa Joann Bibel ’91
  • Hon. and Mrs. H. Harrison Braxton
  • Roberta Brogden
  • James and Jo Ann Brown
  • Martha Ann Manner-Brown
  • Jim and Ann Brynes
  • Norma Vande Bunte
  • Charlotte G. Burrill
  • John and Gaye Copley
  • Dr. and Mrs. James Creech
  • 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
  • David and Judith Garland
  • Carolee C. Harlin
  • Jay and Bernadine Arnn Hayes ’66
  • Janet Hedrick ’73
  • Dana and Raymond Herlong
  • Lisa Herman
  • David and Jean Graham Hunt ’72
  • Bonnie L. Jewell ’98
  • Ralph and Elizabeth Joseph
  • Marc Kelley
  • Linda and Milton Kline
  • Richard and Shelley Lawson
  • Terry and Kathleen Love
  • Peggy Lundry
  • Ann and Paul Lusher
  • Charles A. and Ellen Lynn
  • Michael & Lynne McCay
  • Kathleen M. Mahoney
  • Wayland and Melissa Marks
  • Walter and Mary Mathews
  • Monica Wysolmerski McClanahan ’74
  • Bill and Margaret L. Mock ’99
  • David and Nancy Montgomery
  • Kenneth and Julia Moore
  • Regina Moriarty
  • Marceline Weatherly Morris ’50
  • Carol Mullins ’80
  • Robert and Peggy Neel
  • Thomas and Jane Neubig
  • Martin and Ruth Poch
  • Susan Purks
  • William and Marinda Sasser
  • Paul T. and De’Onne Stone Scott ’99
  • David and Anne Tilghman Scott ’64
  • Caroline Seawell
  • 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
  • Susan Carter Tyler ’64
  • Richard and Lynn Unser
  • 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.