The Honorable Cynthia Newman was born Cynthia Stair Dalrymple on March 24, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN to John Dalrymple and Bernice Barber. John Dalrymple was a prominent North Dakota bonanza farmer. Cynthia had a brother, John and sister, Anne. She attended the Northrop Collegiate School in Minneapolis and transferred to Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, MA where she graduated in 1939. She attended Smith College as an undergraduate and earned a law degree in two years from the Law School of the University of Virginia in 1944. She married Edward Zimmerman in 1943 and had three children. Her second marriage was to Carson Boru Newman in 1958 with whom she had two more children. She was widowed in 1966 and never remarried. After attending law school, Cynthia worked for The United Nations and then as the assistant to the campaign chairman for The Republican Party in the U.S. Senate. From 1946 to 1948 she headed the National Republican Open Forums. She worked extensively throughout her life for the Virginia Republican Party, holding many offices within the state party including vice chair and finance director and three terms, beginning in 1956, as Republican Committee National Woman for Virginia. She ran twice for the Virginia General Assembly, once for the House and once for the Senate. She was appointed in 1970 by Virginia Governor Linwood Holton as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia and served four years. She worked closely with Governor Holton to increase the geographic, gender, and racial diversity of the appointments made by the Governor to Virginia’s many governing boards and commissions. She was an active alumna for both Smith College (serving a term as president of the Smith Club of Washington, D.C.) and Miss Hall’s (trustee for eight years). She was a former board member of The National Symphony Orchestra as well as the YWCA of The National Capitol Area, and Bryce Resort in Basye, VA. She owned and enthusiastically operated Waters Travel Service (Washington, D.C.’s oldest privately owned travel agency) for over 40 years. Cynthia is survived by her sister Anne Hull of Minneapolis and five children: Robert Zimmerman and Stair Calhoun of Virginia, Pamela Brislin of Massachusetts, Tracy Mestres of California and Christopher Newman of Montana. She leaves also 11 grandchildren, 1 great grandson and her dog Happy. Since 1958, Cynthia lived in her home on Lake Barcroft in Fairfax County, Virginia. Her children remember her: Our mother was the most dynamic woman we ever knew. She radiated a true joie de vivre. She grew up playing games and hosting creative theme parties and continued sharing this joy her entire life. This joy was shared with countless friends and her family over 30 years at her home in Bryce Mountain, while soaking up the sun in Antigua and in every other location on the globe. Mom traveled the world with a sense of adventure and seemed to be the first to know and do everything. Her travel agency’s motto was “Ask us, we’ve been there”, and she had! She was fun, smart, kind and generous. Above all, she loved her children and extended family; they were her pride and joy.