Christina Baker McKenrick ’79

Christina Baker McKenrick ’79, of Seekonk, Mass.; Feb. 14, after a 12-year battle with breast cancer. She met her future husband during Brown’s orientation week and they married after graduation. She worked as an administrative assistant for a typing instruction company prior to joining the staff at Brown. She first worked for the Brown University Admission Office as the computer systems coordinator and then for the Brown University Management Information Services department. She took a few years off to raise a family and returned to the workforce teaching math and science at School One in Providence. She was involved with numerous boards, committees, and missions. Her mission work led her to multiple trips to Haiti. Subsequently, she enjoyed spending time with her husband traveling to England, Italy, Paris, Normandy, and later in life to the West Coast to see family and friends, though her “happy place” was Briggs Beach in Little Compton, R.I. In addition to raising her family, she welcomed a foster son and extended her home to countless family members and exchange students. She also enjoyed dancing and gardening. She is survived by her husband, Ross ’79; three children; a foster child; two grandchildren; and two brothers.