great lives

2024-2025 Donors

Great Lives Support Great Lives Series Sponsors 2024-2025 Donors

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
  • Linda Blakemore’s Gemini 3 Group
  • Jubilation by Silver Companies
  • Roxanne M. Kaufman
  • Russell Mait and Barbara Stone 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
  • Gary and Tooie Garber
  • Joanna Reynolds
  • Joseph Nordsieck and Melanie Ringer
  • Kathleen Nagy Schabacker ’68
  • William and Carol Wachter

Supporters

  • Ed and Joyce Allison
  • David and Lisa Durham
  • Scott and Diann Harris
  • Lucy G. Harman
  • Martha Kimball Hearn ’58
  • Mary Katherine ’61
  • John and Rosemarie McKeown
  • Norma Kay McKinney
  • Sammy and Betty Merrill
  • Archer C. Williams ’88

Friends

  • Jack Apperson
  • Jack Bales
  • Susan R. Barnes ’87
  • Roberta Brogden
  • James and Jo Ann Brown
  • Norma Vande Bunte
  • John and Gaye Copley
  • Charlotte G. Burrill
  • Elizabeth Daly
  • James Davis
  • Marian and Stan Dawgert
  • Barry and Linda Dillon
  • Mike Fray
  • Lisa Herman
  • David and Jean Graham Hunt ’72
  • Bonnie L. Jewell ’98
  • Ralph and Elizabeth Joseph
  • Marc Kelly
  • Linda and Milton Kline
  • Richard and Shelley Lawson
  • Terry and Kathleen Love
  • Peggy Lundry
  • Ann and Paul Lusher
  • Charles A. and Ellen Lynn
  • Kathleen M. Mahoney
  • Wayland and Melissa Marks
  • Monica Wysolmerski McClanahan ’74
  • Bill and Margaret L. Mock ’99
  • David and Nancy Montgomery
  • Carol Mullins ’80
  • Thomas and Jane Neubig
  • Martin and Ruth Poch
  • William and Marinda Sasser
  • David and Anne Tilghman Scott ’64
  • Caroline Seawell
  • Victoria Haynie Silver ’67
  • Carol Johnson Sitzman ’69
  • Linda Wiatt Spratt ’73
  • Donna Stanton
  • Carolyn Sulima
  • Susan Carter Tyler ’64
  • Roy and Lolly Weinstock
  • John and Laura Westermeier
  • Stuart and Sylvia McJilton Woodcock ’61

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.