Elizabeth Chitty, Sewanee, TN
Pen & Ink
20"×24"
2004
Elizabeth Chitty (known for decades as "Betty Nick" to friends, and to students as "MRS. Chitty") was (among the posts she held during her years at Sewanee) the Financial Aid Director. You don't have do more than scratch among the Sewanee alumni to immediately fetch up with at least twenty people (from every year's class) who'll say "Oh....that was the year Mrs. Chitty told me "Give us some time. We'll find a way to pay for this, but you are NOT going to have to leave Sewanee....don't you worry..."
It's gratifying to see, these days, how many folks still recall her QUITe distinctly and with utterly complete gratitude for her many kindnesses, to many people and over many years.
I drew the picture a few years ago and donated it to Sewanee, where I gather it hangs in their newfangled alumni-center.