Suzanne Kelley Doswell

After college, I worked in retail management for Woodward and Lothrup for several years and married Bill Johncox’70.- Bill and I parted ways a bit later, and I moved on to volunteer in the Education Department of American University and then began my years as a teacher at The Potomac School, McLean, VA. After private day school teaching, my husband, Bill Doswell, and I held administrative and teaching positions in two boarding schools in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.

While traveling for work in 1992, I was in a multiple trauma auto accident. I transitioned into the field of brain injury and have had the opportunity to serve on a number of boards, including the Brain Injury Association of America. I have subsequently traveled throughout the United States as an advocate for those with brain injury and became a certified brain injury specialist. I served as the first Western Regional Manager of the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts and left in 2014 when we relocated to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. I currently sit on Florida’s Brain and Spinal Cord Advisory Council.

My mother, father and brother (Bruce KELLEY) passed away a few years ago and our home on Falls Road has been sold. My Potomac connections are few now, but Bill Johncox, and his family came to a memorial event for my mother and I had a chance to catch up with them and relive some wonderful days past. I have endless memories of Old Potomac, new Potomac, the building of Herbert Hoover and Churchill, and the move from Potomac Elementary to the "new schools."

I have a wonderful life and I have had two very different careers. I remain involved in art, in great part due to the superb instruction and encouragement from Mrs. Simpson. Larry Jeweler's biology pops up frequently as I married a biology teacher and everyone knows that there is always something biological to comment upon! I had the joy of being an advisor to student governments in two schools and drew upon all I learned as a student in that position, at Churchill. The classmates I had from various parts of the world taught me to value the diversity of thought, ethnicity and culture that I continue to appreciate in my friendships, today.

I have returned to watercolor painting with a new collection of works influenced by Martha’s Vineyard, my love of the sea and mountains. My new website showcasing current works will be complete in the summer of 2019.

Lastly, I have two fabulous daughters, sons in law, and grandchildren who push me to continue learning, exploring and sharing my talents as I move forward on life's journey. I will be looking for the all of you along the way!

All my best to my classmates of '70,
Suzanne

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