Cottey Viewpoint, Summer 2009
Class Notes
 Notable People
1960s
Kulsum Sunderji Davidson ‘64 updated the College on her life and reminisced about the influence Dr. Dow had on her and the many other international students at Cottey in the 1960s. Originally from Tanzania, Kulsum transferred to Carlow University in Pittsburg, Pennsyvania, for a degree in history, and also has a master’s degree in child and youth care administration from Nova University, Orlando, Florida. She currently serves as director of Wesley Spectrum, providing family therapy and care services to dependent, neglected, and delinquent youth throughout Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Kulsum has four children of her own in Ohio, Hawaii, Georgia, and Texas. Since Hollis Davidson, her husband of 36 years, died in 2001, she has spent more time supporting the battered women’s movement, visiting grandchildren, and traveling. Recent trips include returning to Tanzania, going on safari in the Serengeti, and visiting India, the country of her ancestors. Kulsum would like help getting in touch with Noriko Arai ‘64 and Leslie (Merry Luedtke) Zondervan-Droz ‘63 who have both lost contact with the College.

 
1970s
Joyce (Rosen) Hemphill ‘77 received the University of Wisconsin School of Education Distinguished Academic Staff Award. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology at UW-Madison. After Cottey Joyce earned her bachelor’s in economics at Indiana State University and then her M.S. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology at The Ohio State University. She has been teaching at UW for nine years now.
1980s

Dr. Dawn Larsen ‘81, received a research stipend for the summer to study Mexican tent shows (carpas Mexicanas) in south Texas and Mexico. She plans to write a book on Toby shows with a chapter on carpas and the Pellado character because she finds they have a direct relationship to Toby shows. As well, there is little formal scholarship about them. Her plans are to fly to Texas from Missouri around June 17 and visit Texas A&M, Austin, and San Antonio. She will then fly into Mexico City about June 29 to do research at the library at the university in Mexico City. Interested friends can keep up with Dawn’s adventures through her blog: http://profesoracaliente.blogspot.com/

 
2000s

Cassandra Bales ‘07 graduated from College of Notre Dame of Maryland majoring in international relations. She was fortunate to receive a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for Indonesia and will be leaving on August 30 for 10 months. Her e-mail address is TheBookKeeper212@sbcglobal.net

 

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