Carol Leone received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Rochester in 1964. During her undergraduate years she was active in student theater and was one of three women to travel with the Yellowjackets on their 1963 summer USO tour in Europe.

Judith Ruderman graduated from the University of Rochester in 1964 with a B.A (summa cum laude) in English in the Honors Program. She married Robert Ruderman (1963, 1968M) shortly after commencement in 1964. In 1965 she received her M.A.