Ashley Doherty

I worked with Ashley at the FDIC. She was my mentor, my hero. If not for Ashley, I would have never had the kind of career I do now. Ashley believed in me and my skills. Ashley helped me to get ahead in the very difficult law profession. I owe Ashley so much. I will miss her very. Fly high Ashley, I will always be grateful for your help and mentoring at the FDIC. Until we meet again good friend.

I wrote the music for "The Faerie Queene", the last Student-Faculty musical done at Bryn Mawr. Ashley co-wrote the script (with friend Sharon Werner). The lyrics, which Ashley primarily wrote, were so brilliantly clever that the tunes nearly wrote themselves. She was down-to-earth, kind, and respectful. Although I went into medicine rather than law, I often remembered her pleasant demeanor as I was learning my own version of "bedside manner". She was a role model for all who met her. My...

In my first semester at Bryn Mawr, the college was visited by an illustrious guest speaker, and I clearly remember Ashley Doherty asking supremely intelligent questions. This inspired me to purchase a dictionary, so I might aspire to use language as well as she did, and later, to become a journalist and ultimately, a professor, both of which involve asking excellent questions. I will never forget her formative influence on my life.

My deepest condolences to your family on the loss of Ashley -- she was a fascinating and always *fun* person. I had the honor and pleasure of working with her (in her various capacities) from almost the moent she stepped into the FDIC until the day she retired. And when days were long or hard, she always brought a smile to my face to reinvigorate me. Some of funniest moments in staff meetings became so emblazoned in our minds that friends and I bring them up to this day, enjoying them as...