Bruni Ridgway's 90th Birthday Celebration

Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, a distinguished authority on Greek sculpture and a legendary longtime faculty member at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, is celebrating her 90th birthday on Nov. 14, 2019. Alumnae/i, colleagues, and friends worldwide were invited to send greetings to Bruni and to share their recollections.
Bruni took her Italian doctorate at the University of Messina and received her Ph.D. in 1958 from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥. She began teaching at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ in 1957. In 1977, she was named Rhys Carpenter Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, which she held until her retirement in 1994. Among her many career highlights, in 1988, she won the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Messages From Well-Wishers

Messages from well-wishers were sent from:

Luann Wilkins Abrahams '87
Gianfranco Adornato
Lynn Ahwesh '68
Sheba Akhtar '84
Susan Alexander '78
Rebecca Miller Ammerman '76
Dimitra Andrianou, Ph.D. '03
Ann Harnwell Ashmead '51, M.A. '54, Ph.D. '59
Harry Avery

Allyson Shepard Bailey '84
Elizabeth Barber '62
Michael Barich (HC '77)
Maureen Basedow '83
Marshall Joseph Becker
Janer Danforth Belson, M.A. '78, Ph.D. '81

Christiane Biermann '65
Cynthia Bisman
Amy Bogaard '94 
Anne Bonn, M.A. '66, Ph.D. '76
Nancy Bookidis '67
Miriam (Mimsy) Brenaman '60
Shannon Leigh Broughton-Smith '80

Carol W. Campbell
Martha Carlin '75
Miriam Caskey '52, M.A. '54, Ph.D. '73
Alexis Castor, M.A. '94, Ph.D. '99
Alice Chasan '70
Joan Bretton Connelly M.A. '79, Ph.D. '84
Alan H. Cooper, M.A. '73
Stephen Cordi (HC '65)
Bill Crawford and Maria Luisa (Weecha) Crawford '60

Anne Stainton Dane (Roo) '61
Jack Davis
Leslie Preston Day '66
Marina De Franceschini, M.A. '81
Frank De Mita (HC '81)
Richard Daniel De Puma, M.A. '67, Ph.D. '69
Eleanor Dickey '89
Sandra Dollar '71
A.A. Donohue '72
Dian Duryea '72 Ph.D.

Mary Ann Eaverly '79
Ingrid Edlund-Berry, M.A. '69, Ph.D. '71
Margaret Eighan '82
Aleta Glaseroff Estreicher '70

Sarah Whitley Ferguson '79
Sarah George Figueira
Jane Francis, Ph.D. '95

Catherine Spotswood Gibbes, M.A. '73, Ph.D. '78
Michael Giden (HC '84)
Marilyn Y. Goldberg '69, Ph.D. '77
Julie Goodman '71

Nancy Halli '71
Margaret Hannigan '74
Craig Hardiman
Erika Harnett, PhD. '87
Sarah Morgan Harvey '90
Peg Healy, Ph.D. '69
Guy Hedreen, Ph.D. '88
Artemis Hionides '82
Nicolle Hirschfeld '85
Tamar Hodos '90
Antonia Holden, Ph.D. '86 
Mary Berg Hollinshead '69, Ph.D. '79 
Michael Hornum, Ph.D. '91
Liane Houghtalin, M.A. '80, Ph.D. '93
John Humphrey, Ph.D. '75
Jeffrey Hurwit
Susan Becker Broughton Hussein '60

Salima Ikram '85

Susan Kane
Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou '89
Kim Kindya '90
Dale Kinney
David Kriebel (HC '83)

Kenneth Lapatin
Nancy Leinwand, Ph.D. '84
Elissa Lewis, M.A. '80
Andrea R. Lurie '68

Camilla MacKay '91
Michelle Mancini '91
Elaine "Rikki" Mangrum '84
Ira S. Mark
Eileen Markson
Harriet Osborn Martin '65
Yuuna Mathew '93
Carol Mattusch '69
Jeremy McInerney
Theresa (Tee) Michel '79
Stephen Mihm (HC '91)
Penny Milbouer '67
Dottie Monaghan
James Muhly
Polymnia Muhly, Ph.D. '81

Claire Neely '69
Ruth Nelson '58
Lucia Nixon '71

John H. Oakley
Claudia Ocello '88
Stacie Olson '86
Lada Onyshkevych
Sara Orel '84
Mary Osirim

Nassos Papalexandrou
Nicholas Patruno
Valerie Hutchinson Pennanen '77
Ellen Simonoff Picard '67
John Pikala

François Queyrel

Thomas Roby (HC '79)
Lynn Emrich Roller '69, M.A. '73
Jennifer Ross '89
Tamara Ohr Ross '87
Lynn Rozental '79
David W. Rupp, Ph.D. '74
Emily Baillargeon Russin '91
Jeremy Rutter (HC '67)

Marian Sagan '62
Danuta Shanzer '77
Lisa Kuchman Sabbahy '72
Paul Scotton
Kris Seaman
Grace Seiberling '65
Beth Severy-Hoven '90
Maria Coutroubaki Shaw '67
Phoebe Sheftel '64
Kathleen Slane '71, '73 M.A., '78 Ph.D.
Joanna S. Smith, '89 M.A., '94 Ph.D.
Kennedy Smith '89
Gregory Staley
Diana Stein '77
Arthur Steinburg
Ann Steiner, Ph.D. '81
Andrew Stewart
Mary Sturgeon, M.A. '68, Ph.D. '71

Laning Pepper Thompson '62
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, Ph.D. '74

Catherine D. Vanderpool '66
Marc Vincent (HC '80)
Kaddee Vitelli
Maria Vlachou

Betsy Havens Watkins '61
Pamela Webb, M.A. '83, Ph.D. '89
Anne Weis, Ph.D. '76
Martha Heath Wiencke '52
David G. Wilkins
Ann Thomas Wilkins
Bina Williams '75
Nancy A. Winter, Ph.D. '74
Sarah Wisseman, '81 Ph.D.
Bea Witten '62
Lisa Woodside '73

John Younger
 
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