The project united our far-flung family, and brought requests for talks about him in hospitals around the country. The consuming project of her mature life was the publication of a biography of our father, Walter Dandy: The Life of a Premier Neurosurgeon, in 2002. After raising three daughters, she taught high-school science, then worked as a consultant in health education, and at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. With her Wellesley degree in zoology, Mary Ellen believed she could do anything, and she did. Mary Ellen Dandy Marmaduke ’49 died on Sept. Jeanne was predeceased by her loving husband, Woody, and son, Terry, and is survived by three children and four grandchildren. Jeanne was also distantly related to Vida Dutton Scudder, who taught English lit at Wellesley from 1887 to 1927. Marjorie’s sisters, Helen Scudder Bouchier ’23 and Kathleen Scudder Reed ’26, followed later. Her mother, Marjorie Scudder Haselton ’19, was born in India to missionary parents and was sent, alone, by ship to America to attend Wellesley. Jeanne was part of a long lineage of Wellesley women. Jeanne cherished her time at Wellesley, where she studied psychology, rowed crew, volunteered to care for WWII British evacuee children, and bonded with lifelong friends. Jeanne Haselton Rich ’44 died on April 15, 2017. She was a botanical scholar, knit intricate designs, sewed all of her own clothes, and was a veritable library of information.
Aylene’s talents were diverse and multiple. In midlife, she took up hang-gliding, which led to a move to Kitty Hawk, N.C., where she and Glendon founded a Unitarian church. After moving to Michigan, she earned two M.A.s while teaching science in Kalamazoo schools. She married Glendon Goddard in 1940, raising their three children in Vermont.
She lived 100 full years fulfilling her keen curiosity and intellect, and pursuing honest endeavor.