Isabelle Bland Dry

Isabelle Heard Bland Dry was born July 7, 1912. She received a scholarship from her high school in St. Louis in 1931 and received her A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1935. She was a teacher for fourteen years before marrying John Dry in 1948. She had a stepdaughter, Sarah Dry Hoyt, and a daughter, Marion Dry. An active participant in Class of '35 alumnae activities, Dry was College Marshall for nine years, president of the Radcliffe Club of Boston, chairman of the Centennial Exhibitions Committee, chairman of the Class of 1935 from 1960, and was chair, or co-chair of every class reunion from the 25th on. In 1983, Radcliffe recognized her contributions by awarding her the Distinguished Service Award. From 1978 until her death, she volunteered in the Radcliffe College Archives. Dry died August 30, 2004.

From the guide to the Papers, 1931-2004, (Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)