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TIDMARSH, Karen M. Beloved Dean of the College at Bryn Mawr College (1990-2010), died at home in Haverford, PA, March 2, 2013, of carcinoid syndrome. An only child born in Newton, MA, she was 63. After earning a BA from Bryn Mawr in 1971 and a PhD in English from the Univ. of Virginia, she was a Bryn Mawr administrator from 1979 until her death, as well as an English faculty member. Interment private. Contributions to the Karen Tidmarsh Scholarship can be sent to Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.
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What a kind and gentle spirit. She will be missed, but her good works will live on through all she touched.
C. Shedd
April 2, 2013
Celebration of a Life Well-Lived. You will be missed.
Alan and Elaine Southwick
March 27, 2013
Celebrating a life well lived. We will cherish the memories forever.
March 27, 2013
She made a profound imact on those of us who were fortunate enough to call her "Professor." She personified integrity and independence of spirit. Thank you, Dean Tidmarsh, for encouraging us to find our own voices in writing and in life.
Claudia Callaway
March 7, 2013
A truly special human being. Adored by generations of Bryn Mawr students. A terrible loss.
Cate Hancock
March 5, 2013
Karen wasn't the dean when I was a student -- she was the assistant director of admissions, and I was lucky enough to work there as a junior. No one meant more to me as a student and as an alum than she did. No one was as wise, or sensible, or kind, or funny as she was. No one was as understanding. When I applied to law school ten years after graduating, with a great record from a masters program and a mediocre record from Bryn Mawr, Karen backed me. I knew that she had been ill some time ago, but I was not aware it had recurred, and she was the sort of person who remains so present in your life that you always think there will be another time to talk. I'm so sorry she's gone.
Ellen Berkowitz
March 4, 2013
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