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Linda Brandt Fritzinger ’62 is honoring Mount Holyoke’s commitment to women through a generous bequest. Her hope is that the gift will help sustain the College’s legacy of graduating students who believe in themselves.

For Maria Mossaides ’73, the decision to establish a deferred charitable gift annuity wasn’t just about supplementing her income later in life.

Recipients of the Vong-ling Lee 1919 Scholarship Fund, named for Tsun-yu “Chinnie” Kawn ’54’s mother, will come to know how their MHC journeys were paved by the legacy of a truly “uncommon woman” of remarkable humility, integrity, faith, perseverance and grace.

Norma Barrett ’04 is determined to help Mount Holyoke continue to open doors for women who are defying the odds.

Judy Shepherd DeBrandt ’66 recalls seeing a T-shirt imprinted with the words “Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.”

Cornelia “Connie” Griffin Farmer ’67’s career has taken her from one coast to another, and wherever she relocated, it was Mount Holyoke alums who made it feel like home.

Donna Dube Hryb ’67, an Army veteran and retired social worker, credits Mount Holyoke with “opening her world.”

In her Mount Holyoke classes, Meg Harlor ’65, then known as Mickey Herz, always knew that her voice would be heard.

Julie C. Van Camp ’69 was a junior high student in Davenport, Iowa, when she first heard of Mount Holyoke, after stumbling upon a Good Housekeeping article about the Seven Sisters. Receiving a scholarship to Mount Holyoke “opened up a whole new world for me.”

Joo-Yun “Julie” Oh Ybarra ’90 believes that it’s never too early to start planning for retirement.