Awards Program
2009 Recipients
Honorary Alumna | Alumnae Achievement | Medal of Honor
Elizabeth Topham Kennan | Loyalty Award | Mary Lyon Award
Honorary Member of the Alumnae Association
This year, President Joanne V. Creighton was awarded an honorary membership in the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College.
Joanne V. Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College
Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients
The Alumnae Achievement Award was presented to each of the following alumnae in 2009.
Diane Fuller Doherty ’59
Barbara Tarbell Zeckhousen ’59
Elizabeth Masten Hammill ’65
Medal of Honor Recipients
The Alumnae Association’s prestigious medal of honor was presented to each of the following alumnae during the Reunion 2009 weekends.
Phyllis Carlson Freeman ’59
Mary M. Casey ’84
Lily Klebanoff Blake ’64
Carole D. LaMond ’74
Melinda A. Mann ’79
Edith Swanson Middleton ’54
Linda Giannasi O'Connell ’69
Barbara Smith ’69
Mary Lyon Award Recipients
Tahmima Anam ’97
Elizabeth Topham Kennan Award Recipients
This award is given to outstandting alumnae educators to honor the service given to Mount Holyoke, and to education in general, by former Mount Holyoke president Elizabeth Topham Kennan ‘60.
Nancy Ahlberg Mellor ’59
Elaine Tuttle Hansen ’69
Anne Conger McCants ’84
Loyalty Award Recipients
The Loyalty Award, or the Young Loyalty Award, was presented to each of the following alumnae during the Alumnae Council 2009 awards ceremony.
Arzu G. Abay ’94
Elizabeth Worman Bauer ’59
Carmen Boston ’84
Virginia Couch Jensen ’59
Marjorie E. Stewart ’39
Katherine M. Axt ’01
Katherine K. Gordon ’99
Markeisha J. Miner ’99
Marcia Lepri Coleman ’69
Margaret Bliss Harms ’49
Lucille Mandalian Blocksom ’49
Sandra Fulton Rosenthal ’79
Muriel Kent Graham ’44
