The bridge will be named in memory of O'Keeffe's parents, James and Annie Killey O'Keeffe. In 1993 O'Keeffe established the Mary Woodrum O'Keeffe Lecture Fund that will give Hollins the resources needed to sponsor lectures by nationally recognized scholars and host seminars on contemporary issues. The fund is named in honor of O'Keeffe's grandmother, a member of the class of 1864. Previous winners include Alice McDermott, Stanley Crouch, Dennis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace. Breakin Down, his first book of short stories.
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Lilly Skok '90 is quoted in the article. Helen Hill, a chief supporter of Oregon's famed Measure 58, which gives adoptees the right to have access to their original birth certificates, was featured in the February 15th issue of Rolling Stone. The article mentions Hill's experience of being a Hollins student in the early seventies. A dancer, choreographer and teacher, Burchfield joined ADF as a student in 1982 and began working at ADF in 1984. She has been a faculty member of the ADF Four Week School for Young Dancers since 1990 and the ADF associate dean since 1997.