Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld

On March 26, 2011, Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld (A&S’54), wife of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, broke a bottle of champagne to christen the USS Arlington. Joyce is the ship sponsor of the Arlington, one of three vessels named in honor of the heroes and victims of 9/11. The vessel is named for Arlington County, Va., where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. She lives in Chicago.