Patricia Kelley Cunningham ’57

Patricia Kelley Cunningham ’57, of Wilmington, Del.; Aug. 1. After Brown, she received two master’s degrees in French; one from Marquette University and one from Middlebury College. A lifelong learner, she spent most of her vacations studying in France, Spain, and Italy and took further graduate classes at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Delaware. For 40 years, she taught French, Spanish, Italian, and English. She taught world languages at Wilmington Friends School, Tatnall School, St. Edmond’s Academy, and Archmere Academy. From 1981 through 1988 she was chair of Archmere’s Foreign Language Department. After her tenure, she shared her teaching expertise as a supervising and mentor teacher, establishing a program which guided new and developing teachers. After retiring, she was instrumental in the redesign of the Spanish curriculum at Saint Edmond’s Academy. For several years she taught Spanish there to fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students and helped interview and mentor new teachers for the seventh and eighth grade middle school program. She also assisted in establishing a Spanish immersion summer program at the Escuela Idiomas de Nerja in Spain. She is survived by her husband, George.