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Mildred “Neale” Baltz (Educ ’32) celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 23, 2009, with 150 family members and friends. After receiving a master’s degree from Columbia University, Ms. Baltz was a reading consultant with Macmillan Publishing from 1936-1946, lecturing across 32 states. In 1946-1947, she supervised the Berlin school for children of U.S. Army personnel. She married Richard Baltz in 1947. Ms. Baltz lives in her Hagerstown, Md., home of 45 years and was an avid golfer until this year. She is a founding member of the Beta Alpha chapter of Kappa Delta at University of Virginia and has one daughter, Mary Baltz Curran (Engr ’80 L/M), who is also a Beta Alpha Kappa Delta.

Posted 12/22/2009

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