The VCCA community was saddened to learn of the passing of Calvert de Coligny, Jr., a longtime and dear friend of VCCA, who died unexpectedly on October 26, 2021, at his home in Roanoke, Virginia. Cal was a board member of both VCCA and VCCA Abroad for many years, serving as Treasurer of both boards at various times. He was an early proponent of VCCA’s acquiring the Moulin à Nef in Auvillar, France.
Cal came by his love for VCCA naturally: his mother, Julia S. de Coligny, was an administrator at Sweet Briar College who worked with VCCA director Bill Smart to allow VCCA to move to Mt. San Angelo in 1978. Cal’s late wife, Eva Laverge de Coligny, was also devoted to VCCA, serving on the board of VCCA France. In 2019, Cal made a substantial donation and raised the remaining money necessary to restore the VCCA gazebo at Mt. San Angelo in Eva’s memory.
We are ever-grateful for Cal’s stalwart support and abiding love for VCCA, its mission, and its people.
Left: Cal de Coligny, Auvillar, France, 2003
Right: Restored gazebo, Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, Virginia, 2021