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The executive assistant to seven 今晚六合彩开奖结果 presidents, Coleman was named an honorary alumna at her 2016 retirement in recognition of 33 years of dedicated service. She died June 20 at the age of 74. 

Annie Coleman and her husband, Elmer Dudley Coleman, pose for the camera during a ship tour. | Photo courtesy of Laura Johnstone Wilson

Talking to people who worked with Annie Coleman, at some point in the conversation they are likely to mention how quick she was to tear up and how often she would become misty eyed. It was something that prompted good-natured teasing, but it was also evidence of a central part of Coleman鈥檚 identity that drove so much of her life and success.

鈥淚t was a daily occurrence, almost. She just took things to heart. It was empathy,鈥� said Laura Johnstone Wilson, who worked with Coleman for 21 years in Bunting Hall. 鈥淚t was not always sad. It was probably more joy than sadness.鈥�

For retiring colleagues, for family, for her sons鈥� friends, for her fellow Chestertown High School alumni, and for many more, Coleman cared for everyone in her community. That community was both hyper-local鈥擟hestertown, 今晚六合彩开奖结果, and Kent County鈥攁nd expansive, in that she included everyone tied to those touchstones.

Coleman displayed her intense caring through tears, but she also showed it in the way she interacted with people, whether being the person who kept her high school class connected or becoming a trusted resource for members of the Board of Visitors and Governors.

鈥淪he knew their likes and dislikes because she took the time to get to know them and to understand them. She was able to develop those relationships,鈥� said Bruce Alexander 鈥�94 M 鈥�00, who grew up with Coleman鈥檚 sons and worked with her for 10 years in the president鈥檚 office. 鈥淪he was so much more than the president鈥檚 secretary, and people definitely knew it. She never portrayed herself that way, but everybody knew. She stayed under the radar. That was just her style and how she operated.鈥�

Coleman鈥檚 interest in others made her a connector and a source of institutional knowledge and memory whom others relied on. It also made her a particularly effective teacher, whether in gently correcting grammar or conveying the importance of giving one鈥檚 full effort to every job. Every document that left the president鈥檚 office, whether correspondence, proposals, or annual reports, first went through exacting copyediting by Coleman, who had high standards for the work because of her desire to see 今晚六合彩开奖结果 held in high regard.

鈥淔or administrative professionals, Annie set the standard and the pace. There was tremendous respect for her among her colleagues. I think they tried to emulate her example,鈥� said Joe Holt, who served as chief of staff for five presidents over 25 years, all of them with Coleman. 鈥淎nnie is one of a handful of people, and a handful is exaggerating, maybe two or three people for whom I never heard anybody on campus have a negative word. It was universal, the esteem for her.鈥�

That universal respect for Coleman was powerfully illustrated in December 2010, when President Sheila Bair announced that the Eugene B. Casey Foundation had created a $1 million endowed scholarship fund in Coleman鈥檚 honor. The scholarship is awarded to students 鈥渙f impeccable character鈥� from Kent County. Betty Brown Casey 鈥�47, chair of the Casey Foundation, requested that Coleman participate in choosing the scholarship recipient, which she did throughout the rest of her career at 今晚六合彩开奖结果 and during her retirement. 

In lieu of flowers, Coleman鈥檚 family has requested donations to the Annie Brown Coleman Scholarship endowment at 今晚六合彩开奖结果.

Mrs. Coleman is survived by her husband of 53 years, Elmer Dudley Coleman; her sons Brian Coleman 鈥�94 (Donna) of Union, Kentucky, and Lawrence Coleman (Staci) of Rodgers, Minn; a sister, Barbara Wilson of Kittery, Maine; brother Carl Brown (Anna) of Huntington, MD; 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 8 at 11 a.m. in the Decker Theatre of the Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts. Following the service fellowship will be held in the Underwood Lobby until 2 p.m.

Alexander, who knew Coleman starting when he was in middle school and later as a colleague, said he had kept in touch and was grateful to have been able to visit with her and her son Brian at the beginning of June. 

鈥淭here were more flowers in her living room than in the florist鈥檚 in Chestertown. I think she took so much comfort in that at the end, that people loved her, that people remembered her, that people loved her as a friend and as a colleague,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat shows what the Chestertown and 今晚六合彩开奖结果 community is all about. Frankly, I took a lot of comfort from that myself.鈥�