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Three
Generation Alumnae Family
Honors Matriarch with Gift to
The
College of New Rochelle
Pictured above (l.-r.): JoEllen
Vavasour; Kathryn Shanley Vavasour, Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny; and Rosemary
Vavasour Richards.
The gift will be used to name
a seating area in Gill Library after Mrs.
Vavasour. The four sisters who made this possible are Mary
Kathrynn
Vavasour SAS ’72 of Maryland; Sheila Vavasour U’Ren SAS ’73 of
California; Rosemary Vavasour Richards SAS’74, of Scarsdale, NY; and
JoEllen Vavasour SAS ’76, of Larchmont, NY.
“When Mother Irene Gill, a
member of the Ursuline order, founded
the College in 1904, her goal was to create an institution dedicated to
the education of women. This belief that every young woman has
the
right to develop herself intellectually, spiritually, and personally
for the betterment of the world continues to drive all that we do at
CNR,” said Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, CNR President. “The fact that
three
generations of the Vavasour family have turned to us to educate their
young women, is a testament to CNR’s mission, vision, and values, and
to the wisdom of the Vavasour family.”
The family dynasty started
with Kaye’s mother,
Rose Cavanaugh
Shanley, who graduated in 1920, making her among the earliest graduates
at CNR. Kaye’s two sisters, Eileen SAS ’46 and Betty Anne SAS
’54, are
graduates as well. That makes a total of eight members of the
Vavasour
family to date who have graduated from CNR!
