Elizabeth (Jester) Fellows ’66

From the Washington Post, Nov 2000Elizabeth Jester Fellows, an Environmental Protection Agency administrator who successfully led an effort this summer to revise regulatory requirements identifying water bodies with pollution problems and the sources of the contaminants, died of cardiac arrest November 11.Mrs. Fellows, director of the Assessment and Watershed Protection Division in the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, worked on the pollution limit rule known as “total maximum daily loads.”  The rule, which sets limits on the amount of pollutant a lake, river or stream can receive and still meet water quality standards, was the a point of contention between the Senate and the White House.She was born in Boston and received a degree in English from Carleton College.She was a public relations official for the Massachusetts Audubon Society and a liaison offer of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection before moving to the Washing area in 1973 to work on water quality issues for the Metropolitan Council of Governments.  In 1979, she joined the U.S. Regulatory Council of the Office of Management and Budget.She joined the EPA in 1988 with a policy staff position in the Office of Water.  She also chaired the Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality, for which she was awarded the EPA’s gold medal.From 1997 to 1999, she was deputy director of the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.Her main interest beyond work was music.  She had trained and sung as a soprano since high school.  In 1977, she established Exultate, a madrigal group that performed in the Washington area.  She also sang in the chorus for Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia.Her marriage to her first husband, Dallas Miner, ended in divorce.Survivors include her husband of eight years, Jay Fellows, her parents and two brothers.————————————————————————————————————————All who knew Liz loved her for her personality, rich in cheer and support. And her singing! She immensely encouraged my own singing, and you didn’t say no to her. She leaves a gap in my life and in our world. What a contributor!Bill Stanley ’66Liz sang like an angel and had a heart of gold. Hearing her sing the solo in Sanctus in the Carleton Choir and each year at reunions was always a thrill. Liz was a dear friend and her early death was a tragedy for all of us.Arch Hopkins————————————————————————————————————————Beloved song bird, since you’ve flown homePoem submitted by Chris Cleeland Erenberg ’66…