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In celebration of it 125th Anniversary, Curry College held an Academic Convocation in the Miller Gymnasium on the Milton campus on Tuesday, September 21, 2004.
Curry College welcomed and honored the following decendants of founders Anna Bright Curry and Samuel Silas Curry who were in attendance at the Convocation: Anne Porter Cooper, Great Granddaughter, joined by husband Henry Cooper; Samuel Curry Porter - Great Gandson; and Chryss Hernandez, Great Granddaughter, joined by husband Felix Hernandez. Also recognized were two great granddaughters - Abbey and Rachel Porter - who were not able attend the convocation ceremony but had visited the campus the previous evening.
Curry College faculty, in full regalia, were joined by Adam Hochschild, dsistinguished author and parent of Curry alumnus Gabriel Hochschild '99, who received and honorary degree and served as the Convocation's keynote speaker. Curry College awarded Mr. Hochschild a Doctor of Humane Letters.
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Curry Descendant Offers Gift of
Family Heirloom for Historical Archive
As the Academic Convocation ceremony and celebration was drawing near conclusion, Anne Cooper Porter, Great Granddaughter of Anna Baright and Samuel Silas Curry, privately presented President Quigley with a gift to the College - a silver cup which had been passed down through four generations of the Curry family.
“I give this heirloom to Curry College as token of my appreciation and the appreciation of our family for all who have carried on the mission of Anna and Sam Curry with such a sincere passion as I have just had the pleasure to witness during the 125th Convocation events,” wrote Anne Cooper Porter of her gift.
“The silver inscribed cup was handed down from mother to daughter for four generations. I believe that this cup was a gift to the Currys from The School of Expression in celebration of the birth of Presnell Baright Curry, their first son. Presnell would have been my mother's uncle had he survived his birth. The cup came into my possession after my mother, Priscilla Dean Galassi Porter, died. Before that I believe my grandmother, Mabel Curry, the daughter of Samuel Silas Curry and Anna Baright Curry had the cup. The inscription on the cup reads For Presnell Baright Curry from
the School of Expression, November 27, 1890.
“I continue to be so moved by the good people I met and the good work being done at Curry College. With this cup I hope that the entire [historical] exhibit, created by Kresten Jesperson, will continue to grow along with Curry College itself.
“It's a wonder that as we look back at the intentions of Sam and Anna Curry and the beginnings of The School of Expression, we can right now feel the movement going forward with the mission of the Currys expressing itself in all facets of the college,. I believe, the future of Curry College will continue to shine brighter and brighter.
“I'm very proud to be a part of Curry College.” |
 Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty, David A. Fedo remarks on the 125th Anniversary at Convocation ceremony Anne Porter Cooper (right) presents Curry family heirloom to President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr. as Samuel Curry Porter looks on (left) L to R: Samuel Curry Porter, Chryss Hernandez, and Anne Porter Cooper cut the 125th Anniversary cake |
