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Patricia Bennett ’98

February 22, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland, of breast cancer.

Patricia Hope Bennett was born in Boston in 1976. She studied physics at Reed, writing her thesis, “The Silicon Exciton,” with advising from Professor John Essick [physics 1993–2022].

After graduating, Patricia attended the Chicago Art Institute and the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore. She ultimately chose a career as an event planner, becoming known for her paintings of wedding receptions with the bride and groom as the central focus.

Patricia was also an artist in residence at the Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore for a year, as well as a singer in the choir at the Anglican Church of the Resurrection in Timonium, Maryland. Her passing is mourned by her two children, Arabella and Atlas Mosson; her mother, Diane Davis Whitney; and her father, Dr. G. Vann Bennett.

Appeared in Reed magazine: Winter 2025

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