Joanie. Joanie has been my role model since I can remember. She made me think about my future; she made me realize that I could be more than what was expected of me. I could become a professional, independent woman. This began in the mid-1960s when Charlotte McCullough, PHS Dean of Women, told me the most I could ever hope to be was a hairdresser. Now, there's nothing wrong with being a hairdresser, but it seemed kinda boring to me. So 20 years later, when I held an executive position in New York City, I had the inspiration of Joanie to thank. I remember once, when she was visiting Maude at Westview, we talked of how each of us learned computers on the "ground floor" and put that knowledge to use: thirty years later, Joanie was still my role model. I guess she always will be. The thing I'm most happy about is that I told her that. And true to her nature, Joanie brushed it aside. Always humble. But always my role model. I will be looking for you, Joanie, around every unexpected corner, for the rest of my life, thanking you. Thank you, Joan.
