A native of St. Augustine, Nancy Calhoun Birchall, SAHS Class of 1963, is the daughter of Noble Putnam Calhoun and Mary (Betty) Elizabeth Calhoun. She and her younger sisters, Ann and Kate, lived on Anastasia Island. Noble Calhoun, a KHS graduate, was a partner with the Curtan-Calhoun Insurance Agency. Mrs. Birchall attended R.B. Hunt Elementary School where she was involved with publishing the neighborhood newspaper, loved playing tennis and was asked to be involved in the Code of Ethics for the school system. Her favorite memories included the Teen Town Club where she wrote a weekly Record article called Teen Town Chatter. While at SAHS, Mrs. Birchall was a member of many clubs, the Jacket Journal editor in chief, President of National Honor Society, Cheerleader, won Miss SAHS her junior year, voted Miss Sophomore and voted best all-around her senior year.

Mrs. Birchall attended the University of Florida (UF) to study advertising where she would receive a Bachelor of Science degree. At graduation, Mrs. Birchall received the Repress Award for the Most Outstanding Advertising Graduate in the School of Journalism and was named Outstanding Senior Women for the UF Class of 1967. For the many activities and work done at UF, she was inducted into the UF Hall of Fame. Mrs. Birchall worked as a math, science and English teacher for the Florida School of the Deaf and Blind. Mrs. Birchall and husband Ronald Birchall moved to Lakeland where Mrs. Birchall taught anti-drug classes in the Polk County School System. In 1995, Mr. and Mrs. Birchall returned to St. Augustine where she was hired by the St. Johns County Health Department as the Tobacco Prevention Coordinator.

Mrs. Birchall has been a volunteer for various organizations such as co-director of St. Augustine 450th Youth Ambassadors Program, co-founder and Secretary of Forward March, Inc., past president and co-founder of PACT Prevention Coalition. Mrs. Birchall was awarded the Enterprising Women’s Leadership Award in 2002, St. Johns County School Board Learning Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 and St. Augustine Record Ten Who Make A Difference Award in 2014.

Mr. and Mrs. Birchall have two sons, Michael and Andrew, and one daughter Kelly who passed away in 2004. The Kelly Fund at Flagler College was established in her daughter’s name to honor her time at Flagler College.