Penny S. Pickett ’71 AM, ’73 PhD, of Washington, D.C.

Penny S. Pickett ’71 AM, ’73 PhD, of Washington, D.C.; Sept. 11, after a long illness. She worked for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). She was hired in 1980 as a journeyman editor helping the GAO communicate its findings to Congress and the public. She previously was part of the research team at the Folger Institute of Renaissance and 18th Century Studies in Washington, D.C. She also worked as a proofreader for U.S. News &World Report and for a time taught English literature at Georgetown.