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Maryanna Kieffer

High school was generally excruciating for me. After BCC,I received a BA in philosophy from Washington College and an MA in philosophy from George Washington Univ., and an M.Phil. at Columbia, which was even more excruciating than high school.

I was married for 23 years to Charles Bruce (BCC �63). We have two daughters, Laura and Mary, both married and in interesting careers. Laura and husband had twin girls in Feb. 2015. I love being a grandmother. Laura also is managing director of Sun Edison, an alternative energy company. Mary is Congressional Correspondent for ABC News. You can see her on the evening news and Good Morning America.

I now live happily with Jim Nations, a retired anthropologist and ecologist, who spent his career creating and conserving national parks in the U.S. and abroad. He currently is writing a dictionary of Lacandon Maya and a field guide to the tropical forest of this community of 1,000 people in southern Mexico.

I began my career as an adjunct professor in philosophy and women's studies at GW and Hood College, while the girls were young. Unable to find a tenure track teaching position in DC in philosophy, I held several positions at GW (in student affairs, academic affairs, and development). I also worked in development at New Jersey Public Broadcasting Network, the National Parks Conservation Association, and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Currently, I am executive director of The Volgenau Foundation, a Virginia-based family foundation that funds conservation, education, and fine music. Giving is definitely more blessed than begging. When I retire in two years, Jim and I will tour the U.S. in an RV. Perhaps we'll visit you.

I�ve served on numerous nonprofit boards and volunteered for many years feeding the homeless and cleaning up the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. I�m currently on the board of City Wildlife, which rescues and rehabilitates wild beasties in DC, mostly birds, squirrels, possums and other small animals.

Like many of my BCC classmates, I cared for aging parents and am now orphaned. I also lost a brother in an automobile accident while I was in college.

I enjoyed our 50th reunion and was amused to see that no one seemed offended that others didn�t recognize them. The pressure was off. Thanks to Glenn, Pat, and Wes for all their hard work and to Bill and Anne Sherrier for their hospitality. I hope to see you all again in ten years!

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