JULIA WU TRETHAWAY ’80

JULIA WU TRETHAWAY, 55, a history teacher and administrator at the Hotchkiss School, died July 9, 2014. An East Asian and Modern European studies major, she joined the Hotchkiss faculty in the fall of 1980. After teaching there for several years she studied in the PhD program in East Asian studies at the University of Michigan and returned to Hotchkiss two years later when she married fellow Hotchkiss teacher Tom Trethaway. She later received a MALS from Dartmouth College. She served as a class dean and founded the Hotchkiss faculty women’s ice hockey team, in addition to being a well-known and respected presence on the campus. Survivors include her husband, Tom Trethaway, two children, and her mother.