Acknowledgments

Without the enthusiastic assistance of Premali Wijenaike Munasinha ’81, I doubt the other seven Sweeney scholars, or many of the others we’ve found, would have cooperated so readily for this article. Premali’s relentless personal and social media skills helped expand Wilson’s list of 21 Sri Lankan alumnae to 35. Amy Ensley, director of the Hankey Center, provided considerable background and research. I am deeply grateful to both. 

Katie Shank in Alumnae Relations also helped search for former students, as did my husband, Bill, who spent several hours at the Hankey Center pouring through old yearbooks. There are many others to thank. Past presidents Donald Bletz, Mary Linda Meriam Armacost, Gwen Jensen, and Lorna Edmondson, former Alumnae Relations director Rita Dibble who visited Sri Lanka in 2011, and former board members Nancy Besch ’48, Ellen Van Looy Reed ’53, and Martha Baum Walker ’69, gladly spoke with me. Chief of Staff Melissa Imes helped reach out to many. Outside the Wilson network Colleen Schokman, widow of Larry Schokman Sweeney’s son-in-law Eric Fraunfelter. Deb Kuntzi, Executive Director of the Hauberg Estate, and The Kampong staff contributed.