F&M Women & Philanthropy
Empowering Women Leaders for F&M's Future
Franklin & Marshall needs women leaders now more than ever before: As College leaders, acting as stewards for F&M today and for the decades ahead. As scholars, artists and researchers, asking questions that will shape business, define industry and celebrate culture. As emerging thinkers and agents of change, challenging each of us to do more and to do better.
Today, F&M is a more vibrant and enriching community thanks to the women who defied precedent and established our College as one that is stronger thanks to coeducation. Women have built upon an incredible tradition of academic excellence, propelling F&M to the top ranks of the nation’s greatest institutions.
Among those leaders are F&M's first cohort of full-time undergraduate women. In 1969, women enrolled as first-year students, and in 2023 we celebrated the 50th anniversary of their graduation.
In May 1973, the first four-year class of women students walked across the Commencement
stage at F&M —creating an enduring legacy and strengthening the College for the past
50 years.Honoring Legacy and Leadership
"Franklin & Marshall women are leaders—they always have been, and they always will
be. It’s up to us, as alumnae, to affirm the legacy of the women who went before us
and to secure a strong future for the women who will follow in our footsteps."
- Kathy Hay Stine ’85
Celebrating Women Who Shape Our Story
Each F&M community member can point to a woman who inspired, challenged and celebrated
them. Now is the moment to consider the women in your F&M experience who are central
to your personal story and to your relationship with our College.
Alumni, parents, faculty, professional staff and friends who support F&M Women & Philanthropy
are invited to make their gift commitments in honor of a woman who shaped their life
— faculty mentors, coaches, friends, family members and other alums. Honor those that
came before us, those who stand beside us and those who will continue to shape the
future of F&M.
Charter Members: F&M Women & Philanthropy
| Chatral A’dze ’75 | Elizabeth Alford Hogan ’86 | Mary L. Schapiro, Esq. ’77, P’16, P’18 |
| Barbara K. Altmann, Ph.D. | Catherine N. Jasons, Esq. ’76 | Patricia Lewis Shadek P’05, P’06 |
| Elizabeth G. Atterbury P’01 | JoAnn A. Kahn ’73, P’17 | Elizabeth Fuller Smith ’87 |
| Anonymous (2) | Susan Kline Klehr ’73, P’12 | June Marshall Smith ’86 |
| Veronica Miele Beard ’94 | Jessica Rile Lewis ’19 | Sharon Winston Stamm, Ph.D. ’73 |
| Margery A. Brittain ’79 | Mary Lois Little ’75 | Karen Holmes Stevenson, M.D. ’80 |
| Emma Q. Brown ’17 | Marianne Mardirossian P’24 | Kathy Hay Stine ’85 |
| Kyra L. Caffrey ’23 | Martha Rappaport Meyers ’74 | Emily Aurand Swonguer, D.C. ’00 |
| Sharon L. Caffrey P’23 | Judith C. Fishlow Minter P’19 | Susan Aronoff Van Dolsen ’80 |
| Paige A. Costigan ’00 | Heidi Hoffman Mooney ’91 | Judy S. Ware P’99 |
| Doreen Etingin Davidowitz, Esq. ’78, P’14 | Lisa S. Portnoy ’83 | Susan L. Washburn ’73 |
| Shanni C. Davidowitz ’14 | Elizabeth Feldstein Rile ’90, P’19 | Colleen Ross Weis ’85 |
| Julie Lattin DesChamps ’93, P’28 | Susan M. Ringler, Esq. ’77 | Judith M. White, Ph.D. ’ 73 |
| Joan Fishman P’17 | Annalai Wheat Rivers ’03 | Janice Kullback Wittmershaus ’78, W’78 |
| Susan Katz Gervais ’95, P’25, P’27 | Katherine Quick Rosa ’92, P’25 | Susan Penecale Zolla P’00 |
| Anne E. Grape P’25 | Amanda Atterbury Ryan, V.M.D. ’01 | |
| Patricia E. Harris ’77 | Cheryl J. Scarboro P’26 |
"Women often have a very distinct relationship to philanthropy and a very different perspective on what it means to establish a legacy. The future of institutions as venerable as Franklin & Marshall depends on the support of those women and their commitment to an outstanding undergraduate experience."
—Kathy Quick Rosa ’92, P’25Make a Difference
Join us in affirming women philanthropists as central to F&M’s future. Learn more about how you can contribute to F&M Women & Philanthropy: 50 for 50 by contacting Kristen Krista, director of major gifts, at kkrista@fandm.edu or 732-693-2215.