BRYN MAWR COLLEGE CLASS OF 1955

JUDITH RUSSELL CATLIN, 1955

Judith Russell Catlin died on June 20, 2008 of cancer.  She was a descendant of George Catlin, the well-known painter of American Indian life.  A lifelong resident of Washington, D.C., Judith attended Sidwell Friends School and then Bryn Mawr where she lived in Radnor and majored in Russian.  At Harvard in 1956 she earned a master’s degree in Slavic studies.   Judith was employed at the U.S. Information Agency where she was a writer and picture editor on the magazine America Illustrated and assistant editor at Al-Hayat Fi America, a magazine sent to Arab countries.  Later she worked as a freelance writer and editor.  Judy loved Bryn Mawr and was active in the class of 1955, serving a term as class president, many terms as a class fundraiser, and as editor of the class’s 40^th reunion booklet Voices of 1955.  She also served as president of the Bryn Mawr Club of Washington, where she established its book club.  She was active in the Sidwell Friends Alumni Association and the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church and choir.  She is survived by her husband, Miles Jones, and cousin Bonnie Atkins, 1826 Oklahoma Avenue NE, St.Petersburg, FL 33703.  Judy’s Bryn Mawr friends remember her avid interest in photography, her commitment to the book club, and her wit, candor and generosity, as well as her easy-going ability to talk people into helping out whatever worthy organization she was supporting.