Class Notes

Nina Giera Schmidt sent news hoping to catch up with fellow alumna. She summarized the past sixty-six years in an email, report that her first job was as a research technician at New York Hospital NYC; the research project was muscular dystrophy. Two years later, she met and married a wonderful man, Don Schmidt. They raised four children who were and are very successful in their respective careers. All have married, and have collectively produced seven lovely grandchildren. Because Don’s career was in the shipping industry, she was afforded many trips: New Zealand, Australia, Africa, France, Switzerland, England, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Nassau, Jamaica and Hawaii. They toured with a church group to Hungary, Austria and Poland, and took part in a one week bicycle tour on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She still has a passion for golf three days a week and another day on a short course, and can still beat some young whipper-snappers. She spends time in the gym the other three days a week. Her church activities keep her busy, with being a Eucharistic Minister, Rosary maker, member of the Council of Catholic Women, baking for bake sales, participating in a small faith sharing group and Bible study. She is ever so grateful for the wonderful education and experiences she gained at MWC, now UMW. “Hey, 48ers where are you and what are you up to?”

The Ellen Alvey Montllor ’48 Scholarship had a value of $61,216 as of June 30, 2014. Freshmen Meghan Fens of North Chesterfield, Virginia, Justin Ford of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Emma Stanley of Ashland, Virginia, each received $940 scholarships.