Photo of Jeanne Antoinette Fernandez Bruno
Jeanne Antoinette Fernandez Bruno graduated from Newcomb College in 1947, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduation, she continued supporting the College as a dedicated and loyal volunteer.
Ballet was Jeanne’s lifelong passion, and she was an accomplished ballerina. During her summers at the prestigious School of American Ballet in New York City, she graced the stages of New Orleans as a soloist in productions by the New Orleans Opera House Association and the Summer Pops. Jeanne’s love for ballet even took her to Bogotá, Colombia, where she performed and taught as a ballet instructor.
While Jeanne served her country as a dedicated Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) member for over a decade, her heart always belonged to the arts. She redirected her creative energy and boundless enthusiasm to enriching lives in New Orleans and beyond. Her volunteer efforts extended over five decades, benefiting organizations like the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony, Delta Festival Ballet, and many more.
Mrs. Bruno served as a liaison between the Newcomb Alumnae Office and the community at Lambeth House for over a decade, organizing teas, luncheons, and other events in support of connection with her alma mater.
Jeanne will be greatly missed, but her legacy of love for the arts, dedication to the community, and boundless warmth will forever inspire us.
The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute remembers the Newcomb College alumnae who have
passed away in the last year.
Isabel Ochsner Mann
Emily Elizabeth Lackey Cox
Patricia Greco Parentela
Anne DeRussy Leonard
Ursula Anne Von Rydingsvard
Jean Brandin Hall
Shirley Ann Bell Kruse
Judith Ellen Meister Reich
Carole Joy Rambach Breen
Jeanenne Pridgen Riecken
Margaretha Yvonne Laan Viguerie
Cynthia Marie Perrone
Margaret Virginia Stewart Dickey
Shirley Bernice Tanenbaum Seelig
Aysen Kutalp Young, Ph.D.
Betty Bloch Kohn
Mary Carolyn Thomas, Ph.D.
Linda Lee Ineichen Geiermann
Bobbie Sue Blanchard Miller-Honour, Ph.D.
Peggy Ann Mullen Kruger, Ph.D.
Mary Freeman Keller Zervigon
Barbara Mooney Abaunza Gibbons
Fyrne Marie Francioni Bemiller
Sylvia Ann Seiferth Brannen
Joyce Mildred Myers Dixon
Sylvia Earline Viavant Mason
Patricia Henican McIntyre
Rose Pearl Fraser Jacobson
Mollie Blakeney Fraser
Frances Preston Smith Graves
Etheldra Smith Scoggin
Mary Minor Bush Fargason
Sabina Sumintra Ramdas
Kathryn Anne Eckerlein Errington
Adrienne Davis
Mary Alice Harrington Tucker, Ph.D.
Emilie Russell Dietrich Griffin
Dorothy Bass Grant Poitevent
Suzanne McLeod Moorhead Hess
Grace Hirn Pelton
Rose Margaret Fratello
Nicole Suzanne Granet Friedlander
Nancy Fink Leeds
Grace Marie Puls Santa Cruz
Rachel C. Gee Nuttall, DVM
Elise Elizabeth Hamlett Peavy, Ph.D.
Winifred Margaret Kelly Delery
Kathryn Elizabeth Bohnstorff Evans
Catherine Louise Fritchie Franklin
Margaret Burr Leonard
Betty Turner Treen
Jessie Morse Hebert Heitzmann
Irene Buchanan Norris
Kathleen Delery Baxter
Kitty Bliss Haspel
Virginia Colebeck Mond, M.D.
Lynn Carnahan Carey Dazet Lipsey
Ninette Perrilliat Webster
Roberta Lynne Haddock Harris
Cecelia M. Hemphill Kreff
Martha Hayes Hunter
Katherine Pope Livingston
Elizabeth Williams Andrews
Charlene S. Podas Levy
Sonia Lee Winer Young
Bettina Euart Muelling Barnes, Ph.D.
Marie Eleanora Battalora Seiler
Julia Elaine Hixon Johnson
Salome Thoman Hein
Jean Hirsch Frank
Gloria Virginia Johnson Irvin
Joan Helene Renken McKee
Gladys F. Gay LeBreton
Carol Ann Curet Suhren
Mildred Olive Webb Campbell
Natalie Edith Alexander Greenberg
Dolores Sturcken Cheairs
Caroline Lyman Hartt
Flora McIver Kelly
Penelope Fox Brown
Sally Foster
Melba Denesa Weinberger McSwain
Anne Winston Thomas Phillipy
Eve Egger
Margaret Anne Greene
Robin Dale Berckes Richmond
Wilma Baker Malhiot
Jane Biederman Emling
Jeanne Marie Cavaroc Ryan
Rosalie Woolfley Johness
Marjorie Leverich Moran
Regan Grace Carney
Holly Ann Chetta
Florence Lanier Hall
Dolores Josephine Culotta Craven
Patricia Joy Boudreau Calhoun
Lillian Oden Breard
Julia Bonita Lewis Miller
Carolyn Strong Woodson
Suzanne Stamps Rheinstein
Nancy Covington Jackson Bulloch
Albertine Avice Wyler Verlander
Norma Vaughan Lewis Freiberg
Sandy Goldberg Schwartz
Deborah Hitt Lane
Frances Weaver Nohren
Marianne Lipscombe Marshall
Natalie Spigel Winowich
Jane Davis Doggett
Elizabeth Rhodes Holloway
Judy Dorothy Ann Conley Talbot
Harriet Hyman Handelman
Virginia Elizabeth Lind Dekker
Phyllis Alexander Kaplan
Anna-Katrin Roth
Flora Talmage Landwehr
Anne Saunders Porteous Vickery
Helen Cassanova Bieda
Julia Frances Callaway
Aline Waguespack Davis
Denise Marie Rita Reinecke
Mary Helen Allen
Patrica Ann Herrington Dickmann Sheehan
Janice Kay Reinders McArdle
Calista Anna Rault Schneidau
Christine Holcomb Mitchell
Margaret Eileen Booker
Susan Jo Tipery Deter
Dolores Krasne Neustadt
Julanne Rose Isaacson
Esther Ewing
Harriet Hardin Mccallum McCallum
Theresa Lillie Gardner Burnes
Mary Nix Hartel Anderson
Judith Lewis Lemoine
Elizabeth Sarah Spencer Ruppert, M.D.
Sara Hall Nelson
Sybil Muths Favrot
Ann Giraitis Queen
Helen Elizabeth Zurad Wetzel
Mary Beth Elizabeth Von Oehsen Jenkins
Ruth Radin-Legum
Martha Lillian Armistead McHale
Carolyn Nancy Odell
Patricia Ann Patterson Langhorne
Clemence Elizabeth O’Kelley Palcso
Alumnae are listed in order of the date of their passing. This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of August 1, 2023.