{"id":27,"date":"2016-08-10T17:57:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T17:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/?p=27"},"modified":"2016-08-10T17:57:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T17:57:28","slug":"priscilla-ruder-lucier-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/2016\/08\/10\/priscilla-ruder-lucier-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Priscilla Ruder Lucier \u201950"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From a fresh start at NSFG to a happy career and home at Williston. Photo courtesy of Chattman Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At NSFG, Priscilla Lucier \u201950 dated only Amherst College \u201cboys,\u201d but she ended up marrying a Williston graduate: Joe Lucier \u201950. Together, the couple returned to Williston in 1977 to work in the develop\u00adment office and to revitalize the school\u2019s fundraising efforts, creating a partnership that would prove a boon for them and the school. All four of their children also attended Williston. Ms. Lucier says her time at both NSFG and Williston were \u201chighlights in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why did you attend NSFG?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My parents got divorced and the family moved in with my grand\u00adparents. We saw that it just wasn\u2019t right. My aunt and uncle were over in Amherst, and we thought that\u2019s the place we ought to go. My grades were failing, and I didn\u2019t know what I was doing and where I was going to go. So they decided I should go to NSFG. My mother and I went over and we talked to Ms. Whitaker and she accepted me. And I loved it. It was the best time of my life in the school. It came at a wonderful time when I really needed help.<\/p>\n

How would you describe Ms. Whitaker?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Whitaker was something else. I\u2019ve never met a woman like her. She was so lovely with us all. She treated us so well. We could do no wrong. She had a lot of messages about going out into the world and so forth. She was a very gentle soul. Ms. Bement was the opposite. But obviously they worked well together.<\/p>\n

What was your role working at Williston Northampton?<\/p>\n

Bob Ward was the headmaster. When he called Joe, to see if he would come to be director of development, he said, \u2018There\u2019ll be something for Priscilla to do. Don\u2019t worry. She\u2019ll be my hostess for parties and so forth. We\u2019ll keep her busy.\u2019 So I went up there not know\u00ading what I was going to do, but I saw quickly that I was going to be Joe\u2019s secretary and business manager. We were a great team, and I learned a lot from Joe. It wasn\u2019t easy because there were a lot of changes that had to be made. I think both of us made that happen and we\u2019re very proud of that.<\/p>\n

Did you work side-by-side with your husband every day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes! We had the old Victorian house down by the library. We had ninth grade girls on our third floor. So we had a dormitory and a beautiful house to live in. We ate our meals down in the dining hall. We were treated like faculty, which was a wonderful thing for them to do. Our dog, Sadie, slept at the top of the stairs of the office, and she would go down to the admissions office to get a few pats and a piece of candy. The thing I miss most is the kids. They were just wonderful and fun. I miss them to this day. It was a great ex\u00adperience. It was a lifesaver for all of us. And our children went to school for free, and that was a great gift. I\u2019m almost in tears here.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s one of the biggest changes you made together?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The school had no money. They weren\u2019t getting any money in. Joe pulled it together. There were mo\u00adments that he had to really fight to do what needed to be done. He\u2019s got every award that\u2019s ever been given by Williston. Thankfully they rec\u00adognized that what he did was very important. I\u2019m proud of what he did and I\u2019m proud that I helped him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At NSFG, Priscilla Lucier \u201950 dated only Amherst College \u201cboys,\u201d but she ended up marrying a Williston graduate: Joe Lucier \u201950. Together, the couple returned to Williston in 1977 to work in the develop\u00adment office and to revitalize the school\u2019s fundraising efforts, creating a partnership that would prove a boon for them and the school. … Continue reading Priscilla Ruder Lucier \u201950<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}