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We received this sad news from Marnee (Phillips) Foldoe about Harriet Wrye.
Harriet Kimble Wrye, former faculty member in the English Department, passed away in June 2022 following an accident at her home in the mountains.
After graduating from San Marino High School, Harriet attended Vassar University for her first two years of college and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1962. She earned a Masters' degree in English and her high school teaching credential from Harvard.
After leaving her teaching career at Beverly, Harriet earned a PhD at The Right Institute in Los Angeles, and became a well-known and respected psychoanalyst and author.
Her travels were extensive, as well as her interests. She practiced Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Naht Hahn and became a member of the Order of Interbeing, which is a community of dharma teachers. She incorporated Buddhism into her work as a therapist. She wrote, "I am a psychologist, wife, mom, cyclist, horsewoman, hiker, yogi, a mindfulness practitioner, world traveler, equine therapist and writer."
Harriet lived in Los Angeles until the mid-2000s, then moved, with her husband Jim Wheeler to Aptos, California, near Santa Cruz, and moved again, to a retirement community in Portola Valley. They alternated between living in their homes in the Sierras and Portola Valley where she continued to be extremely active in work, volunteering, horse riding, etc.
Harriet was predeceased by her husband Jim Wheeler in March 2022 and her son Gabriel Wrye in May 2021.
She is survived by her daughter Ariel Wrye and wife Katherine Morrison and their son, Kagan Kennedy Morrison-Wrye (8); daughter-in-law Cara Brophy and grandson Ruckus Ever Wrye (4); stepdaughter Brooke Wheeler Coates and husband Phillip Coates, and granddaughters Chloe Isabelle Coates (17) and Tatum Coates (15).
There will be a Celebration of Life honoring Harriet on Saturday, April 8, 2023 in Santa Cruz. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact Marnee (Phillips) Foldoe for information. Her email is mfoldoe51@hotmail.com. Please put "Harriet Wrye" in the subject line.
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Marnee Phillips (Foldoe)
I had Harriet for 11th grade English in Team Teaching. She did an excellent job teaching expository writing. I credit my interest and skill in writing to her. When I wrote my Masters thesis, she was one of the people to whom it was dedicated. As I embark on writing a series of children's books, I thank her for this new chapter of my life.
After high school, Harriet and I corresponded and saw each other a couple times. For decades, we exchanged winter holiday cards and greetings. She achieved a great deal in her life, and I am glad to be able to say that she touched my life and made it better.