Past Recipients of Alumni Awards
FIFTY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HONORED IN 1972
- Glenda Arentzen ’62
- Joyce Macwatty Black ’48
- Caroline Klinker Bush ’26
- Nancy Axelrad Comer ’65
- Suzanne Haddow Conrad ’51
- Gladys Emerson Cook ’21
- Janet MacFarlane Cooley ’33
- Helen Corbitt ’28
- Maryetta Davidson ’41
- Dorothy Dehner ’52
- Nancy B. D’Wolf ’48
- Jane Powell Dwyer ’52
- Barbara Estabrook ’43
- Gertrude Hunt Evans ’28
- Arline M. Fisch ’52
- Beth Leibowitz Flusser ’55
- Pauline Schorer Gilligan ’40
- Dee Dion Hardie ’48
- Ruby Puryear Hearn ’60
- Cornelia Eskesen Hollander ’37
- Christine Hope ’19
- Virginia Waner Hunt ’47
- Penny Kaniclides ’59
- Helen Filene Ladd ’22
- Dorothy Lally ’31
- Claire LaVigna ’64
- Elizabeth Banks MacRury ’37
- Moreen O’Brien Maser ’26
- Elizabeth Honness McKaughan ’26
- Grace Mirabella ’50
- Alice Moshier ’22
- Gail Kornreich Patt ’58
- Elizabeth Paulsen ’44
- Olivia Daeubler Raisbeck ’30
- Edith N. Rathbun ’40
- Eleanor McHenry Rieger ’25
- Doris Spector Rome ’47
- Jean Poskanzer Rudnick ’44
- Dorothy Blair Shimer ’32
- Ann McHarg Smith ’25
- Margaret Halsey Stern ’30
- Hazel K. Stiebeling ’15
- Beth Benton Sutherland ’21
- Oretta Davis Todd ’54
- Ruth Gold West ’49
- Anne Levy Wexler ’51
- Esther Case Williams ’24
- Louise Beinetti Wise ’40
- Phyllis Taylor Wofford ’30
- Virginia Yans-McLaughlin ’64
LUCY SKIDMORE SCRIBNER MEDAL
- 2003 The Dake family
- 2003 The Wait family
- 2004 Anne T. Palamountain
- 2012 Marylou Whitney and John Hendrickson
- 2015 Helen L. Porter
- 2020 Philip A. Glotzbach and Marie B. Glotzbach
THREE ALUMNI CITED FOR DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE
- Margaret Mullane Reardon ’21
- Helen Filene Ladd ’22
- Ann McHarg Smith ’25
HONORARY MEMBERS of the SKIDMORE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
- Jean E. Aikins
- Mary Lou W. Bates
- Charles B. Buchanan
- George H. Colton
- Ruth S. Colton
- Allan Crocker
- Marie B. Glotzbach
- Philip A. Glotzbach
- Nathan Goldsmith
- Irving Harris, P’76, P’79
- Christine R. Hoek
- Marny M. Krause
- Robert M. Ladd
- Anne T. Palamountain
- Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr.
- Helen L. Porter
- Donald E. Reutershan
- James C. Ricker
- Phyllis A. Roth
- Katherine Scranton Rozendaal
- Oscar Tang
- Linda G. Toohey
- Patricia A. Totten
- Anita Pohndorff Yates
RECIPIENTS OF THE ALUMNI PERICLEAN AWARD
- 1992 Ellen McKeefe ’66
- 1993 Lauren Ewing ’68
- 1994 Terry Thomas Fulmer ’76
- 1995 Sharon Burdge Lockwood ’62
- 1996 Leslie Ullman ’69
- 1997 Frances Malino ’61
- 1998 Virginia Yans-McLaughlin ’64
- 1999 Helen Halpin Schauffler ’73
- 2000 Rosanne Brody Raab ’55
- 2001 Margaret Baker Rennels ’67
- 2002 Felicia B. Axelrod ’62
- 2003 Karolynn Siegel ’71
- 2004 Jean M. Bidlack ’75
- 2005 Alice A. Wilder ’88
- 2006 Heather L. Hurst ’97
- 2007 Andrew HaLevi ’88
- 2008 Penny Chisholm ’69
RECIPIENTS OF THE JOSEPH C. PALAMOUNTAIN AWARD FOR YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT
- 1987 Brian K. Gabriel ’79
- 1988 Linda J. Beck ’85
- 1989 Linda J. Borish ’83
- 1990 Steven J. Rosenbaum ’83
- 1991 Richard C. Harwood ’82
- 1992 Lisa S. Fithian ’83
- 1993 Dana Williams Dudley ’85
- 1994 Amy Briggs Dissanayake ’89
- 1995 Kimberley Lasher Mitchell ’91
- 1997 Jeffrey Treuhaft ’91
- 1998 David Miner ’91
- 1999 David M. Abroms ’90
- 2000 Julianne Kelley Jordan ’91
- 2001 Peter Stiepleman ’97
- 2002 Juleyka Lantigua Williams ’96
- 2003 Emily B. Lazar Stein ’93
- 2004 Joshua E. Chambers ’98
- 2005 Christopher McGrath ’99
- 2006 Roni A. Kopelman ’00
- 2007 Darren Herman ’04
- 2008 Camilo Alvarez ’98
- 2009 Amanda Larson ’99
- 2010 Jeremiah Frei-Pearson ’00
- 2011 Jessa S. Blades ’01
- 2012 Kareen Thorpe ’02
- 2013 Jonathan Brestoff Parker ’08
- 2014 Seth McEachron ’04
- 2015 Rachael Beard ’05
- 2016 Jessyca D. Dudley ’06
- 2017 Melvis Langyintuo ’12
- 2018 Courtney C. Mattison ’08
- 2020 Elissa Nadworny ’10
- 2021 Michael Letko ’11
- 2022 Christina Fagan Pardy ’12
- 2024 Alina Bazarian, MD ‘14
RECIPIENTS OF THE DAVID H. PORTER AWARD FOR YOUNG ALUMNI SERVICE
- 1998 Justin Model ’91
- 1999 Amy O’Leary ’92
- 2000 Peter Wan ’95
- 2001 Anthony Llano ’97
- 2002 Jeffrey Anderson ’93
- 2003 Spencer C. Goldin ’93
- 2004 Kiernan Conroy Klosek ’95
- 2005 Maria Klink Bridge ’97
- 2006 Davis T. Bradford ’96
- 2007 Neil Astmann ’00
- 2008 Elizabeth Low Bertoni ’03
- 2009 Emily Rover ’99
- 2010 Craig Hyland ’05
- 2012 Kate Nedelman Herbst ’02
- 2013 Patrick McEvoy ’03
- 2015 Claire Solomon ’01
- 2017 Emily R. Mopsik ’07
- 2018 Romy H. Kushnick ’13
- 2019 Stephen P. Giacolone ’09
- 2020 Erik Morrison ’15
- 2021 Jared Leigh Greenbaum ’11
- 2022 Matthew J. Lueckheide ’17
- 2023 Rachael Thomeer ’18
- 2024 Nigel Smith ‘19
RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- 1984 Anne Levy Wexler ’51
- 1985 Penny Kaniclides ’59
- 1986 Arline M. Fisch ’52
- 1987 Elizabeth H. McKaughan ’26
- 1988 Joyce Macwatty Black ’48
- 1989 Jeanne M. Brescianni ’72
- 1990 Mary C. Avery Gessner ’58
- 1991 Diane Burko ’66
- 1992 Hilda Hertz Golden ’42
- 1993 Elizabeth French Lathem ’43
- 1993 Wendy W. Cudmore ’72
- 1994 Judith Whipple Oehler ’68
- 1995 Susan Spevack Carlson ’67
- 1996 Diana Giragossian Hellinger ’70
- 1997 Robert Tracy ’77
- 1998 Judith Allen Wilson ’69
- 1999 Constance Masciale Carino ’58
- 2000 John Howley ’80
- 2001 Gail M. Dudack ’70
- 2002 Patricia Fox Sacks ’62
- 2003 Patrick Harran ’90
- 2004 Molly Brister Haley ’64
- 2005 Thea Karasch Flaum ’60
- 2006 Marlene Oberkotter Fowler ’61
- 2007 Robert Resnick ’88
- 2008 Cynthia Blum Carroll ’78
- 2009 Steven J. Rosenbaum ’83
- 2010 Nelle Nugent ’60
- 2011 Terry Thomas Fulmer ’76
- 2012 Scott Hamilton Kennedy ’87
- 2013 Shep Murray ’93
- 2014 Penny Chisholm ’69
- 2015 Neil Kaye ’80
- 2016 Jill A. Schuker ’66
- 2018 Andrew S. Warner ’83
- 2019 Maxine Isaacs ’69
- 2020 Andrew Rubin ’90
- 2021 Angelina Chambers ’76
- 2022 Felicia B. Axelrod-Porges ’62
- 2023 Scott Jacoby ’93
- 2024 Susan Marsh Elliott ‘74
RECIPIENTS OF THE CREATIVE THOUGHT MATTERS AWARD OF DISTINCTION
- 2008 Charlotte “Pixie†Cram Elsberry ’63
- 2009 Patricia McAuley Kolff ’64
- 2010 Sharon Pfau Whiteley ’70
- 2011 David S. Luks ’96
- 2012 Jane Baldwin Henzerling ’97
- 2013 Jill Holler Durovsik ’78
- 2014 Winnie Wan ’74
- 2015 I. Elaine Allen ’70
- 2016 Elizabeth M. Lowe ’76
- 2017 Margaret Gentile McKeown ’72
- 2018 Alice A. Wilder ’88
- 2019 Jocelyn R. Arem ’04
- 2020 Zaria Forman ’05
- 2021 David Miner ’91
- 2022 Patricia Passmore Alley ’72
- 2023 Fred Guttenberg ’88
- 2024 Gregory Kahn Melitonov ‘04
RECIPIENTS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DIVERSITY & INCLUSION LEADERSHIP AWARD
- 2021 Wendy L. Wilson ’96
- 2022 Rashawnda J. Williams ’17
- 2023 Angel B. Pérez ’98
- 2024 Diana V. Perry, MD, MPH ‘89
RECIPIENTS OF THE JACQUELINE M. JUNG ’61 LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
- 2017 Florence Andresen ’57
- 2017 Barbara Underhill Collyer ’52
- 2018 Wilma “Billie†Stein Tisch ’48
- 2019 Beverly Sanders Payne ’59
- 2019 Janet Lucas Whitman ’59
- 2020 Jean Sillick Robertson "Hadley" ’60
- 2020 Rosemary E. Bourne ’60
- 2021 Sibyl Waterman Haley ’71
- 2022 Suzanne Corbet Thomas ’62
- 2022 Nancy A. Brennan ’72
- 2023 Joan Layng Dayton ’63, P’93, ’91
- 2024 Judith Pick Eissner ‘64
- 2024 Beverly Fuhrmann Gregory ‘64
RECIPIENTS OF THE 50TH REUNION SERVICE AWARD
- 2008 Monica Reis de Janosi ’58
- 2009 Evalyn Zoda Shippee ’59
- 2010 Jean “Hadley†Sillick Robertson ’60
- 2011 Jacqueline M. Jung ’61
- 2012 Mollie Klee Heron ’62
- 2013 Joan Layng Dayton ’63
- 2014 Judith Pick Eissner ’64
- 2015 Sue Steele Isbell ’65
- 2016 Betsey Wattenberg Selkowitz ’66
- 2017 Susan Gottlieb Beckerman ’67
- 2018 Jeanne Shipp Waldinger ’68
- 2019 Barbara Herbert von der Groeben ’69
- 2020 Pam Schick Kelsey ’70
- 2021 Ellen Tanner ’71
- 2022 Deborah Sehl Coons ’72
- 2023 Linda Jackson-Chalmers ’73
- 2024 Denise Marcil ‘74
RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
1984
- Hilda Bashevkin Betten ’39
- Jane Zirinsky Haskell ’44
- Millicent Mercer Johnsen ’44
- Judith Pick Eissner ’64
- Henry C. Galant, Professor of Government
1985
- Eleanor McHenry Rieger ’25
- Charlotte Smith King ’35
- Gail Moran Morton ’60
- Louise Beinetti Wise ’40
- Nancy B. Davis, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Dance
1986
- Caroline Klinker Bush ’26
- Leston Somers Leitch ’36
- Ruth Purdy Frenzel ’51
- Anne T. Palamountain, Honorary Alumna
1987
- Ella VanDyke Tuthill ’32
- Agnes Dunn Mackenzie ’37
- Laura C. Howie ’52
- Inez Zagoreos Scribner ’62
- Jean E. Aikins, Honorary Alumna
1988
- Laura C. Allen ’33
- Jessica Weis Warren ’48
- Elizabeth Jennison Brady ’58
- Elizabeth L. Hailer ’78
- Erwin L. Levine, Professor of Government
1989
- Marjorie Kirk ’39
- Nancy MacGilpin Garrison ’44
- Joanna Davenport ’54
- Denise Marcil ’74
- E. Darnell Rucker, Professor of Philosophy
1990
- Dorothy G. Niles ’20
- Ruth Wood Bagg ’35
- Margaret Mackey Lawrence ’40
- Ellen Domin Reutershan ’45
- Rosemary E. Bourne ’60
1991
- Lucille Hogan Burkhardt ’36
- Geneve Williams Vincent ’41
- Carole Kaspin Polacsek ’61
- Mary-Pat Roggenburg ’76
- David W. Marcell, Provost
1992
- Beatrice Swartfigure Sweeney ’37
- Emily Johnson Magoon ’47
- Margaret O’Meara Storrs ’57
- Barbara McGrew Jenkel ’62
- Lori A. Leman ’82
1993
- Mary Roberts Teare ’28
- Esther Anderson Lacey ’48
- Patricia Burgett Longman ’58
- Joan Layng Dayton ’63
- Samuel W. Croll III ’73
1994
- Agnes Ritchie Talcott ’29
- Elizabeth Willard Thomas ’34
- Beverly Sanders Payne ’59
- Sheila DeNadal Salvo ’59
- Judith Roberts Kunisch ’69
1995
- Elizabeth Norlander Newell ’35
- Nancy Blood Perry ’45
- Pamela Schick Kelsey ’70
- Susan Thompson McNamee ’75
- James Kettlewell, Associate Professor of Art History
1996
- Neva Mahoney ’36
- Ann Moses Douglas ’56
- Jacqueline Jung ’61
- Candace Carlucci Backus ’66
- Beverly J. Becker, Professor Emerita of Physical Education
1997
- Betty Noyes McMath ’47
- Doris Dunkel Jerman ’47
- Dorothy Dodd O’Meara ’57
- Polly Skogsberg Kisiel ’62
- Donald J. McCormack, Dean of Special Programs
1998
- Wilma Stein Tisch ’48
- Beverly Beatson Grossman ’58
- Nancy Wiedenman Lester ’58
- Jill R. King ’78
- Helen L. Porter, Honorary Alumna
1999
- Evelyn Mitchell Blackhall ’49
- Janet Lucas Whitman ’59
- Susan Kettering Williamson ’59
- Dale Owen Coxe ’64
- Victoria Greene Aldrich ’74
2000
- Susan Rabinowitz Malloy ’45
- Jean “Hadley†Sillick Robertson ’60
- Katharine Coulter Steeger ’80
- Joseph Napolitano ’85
- Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Psychology
2001
- Marjorie Boutilier ’46
- Barbara McIlveen Baldwin ’61
- Susan Law Dake ’71
- Leland A. Peyser ’81
- Mary C. Lynn, Professor of American Studies
2002
- Florence Andresen ’57
- Susan Gottlieb Beckerman ’67
- Barbara Underhill Collyer ’52
- Judy Goldstein Landman ’82
- Suzanne Corbet Thomas ’62
2003
- Vincent Catalano ’83
- Patrick Harran ’90
- Betty Hauser ’53
- Jeanne Shipp Waldinger ’68
- Steve Sullivan ’78
- Tim Brown, Professor of Exercise Science, Golf Coach
2004
- Michael J. Burke ’84
- Lynne Tower Combs ’64
- Wendy Bailey Hamilton ’74
- Pat Kennedy Snyderman ’54
- Kim West ’79
2005
- Dale Conron Ahearn ’75
- Ken Freirich ’90
- Tracy Guthrie ’55
- John Howley ’80
- Judy McCormack, Director, Counseling Center
2006
- Elizabeth King Farrell ’81
- Barbara Levine Friedland ’56
- Sibyl Waterman Haley ’71
- Pamela White Leighton ’61
- Justin Model ’91
2007
- Elizabeth Hartz Hewitt ’57
- Jed Lavitt ’77
- Beverly Harrison Miller ’67
- Jill Richardson O’Brien ’92
- Carol Strickland ’72
2008
- Linda Jackson Chalmers ’73
- Nancy D’Wolf ’48
- Ellen Hannan ’78
- William Ladd ’83
- Barbara Schallehn, Coordinator, Student Affairs
2009
- E. Frits Abell ’94
- Martha Dunkel Chilcott ’49
- Steffenie Oliver Kirkpatrick ’74
- Lisa Lavieri ’79
- Ann Ballinger Wilcox ’54
2010
- Janet Atwood ’50
- Andrew Burling ’75
- Elaine Perlman Cohen ’60
- Gail Dudack ’70
- Michele Dunkerley ’80
2011
- Steven Thomas Cornell ’81
- Ellen Rein Goldin ’61
- Alexandra Linen Halsey ’56
- Sandra R. Lipson ’71
- Joan Agisim Odes ’66
- Michael C. Sposili, Executive Director, Alumni Relations and College Events
2012
- Virginia Miller Lyon ’47
- Joan Firmery ’57
- Christine Wilsey Goodwin ’67
- Nancy Brennan ’72
- Amy O’Leary ’92
2013
- Elizabeth VanNess Reid ’48
- Natalie Jones Neri ’53
- Meg Reitman Jacobs ’63
- Carrie Van Kloberg ’68
- Barbara Kahn Moller ’78
2014
- Sue Clark Jorgensen ’59
- Val Burkhardt Marier ’64
- Judy Roberts Kunisch ’69
- Meredith Eastman Principe ’94
2015
- Judy Farmer Fulton ’65
- Jane Roberts Alpert ’70
- Kim Roy ’80
- Toby Weisberg Rubenstein ’65
2016
- Judy Murdough Rollinson ’56, P’90
- Barbara Burgess Maier ’71
- Susan A. Flanagan ’76
- Merilee Mapes Perkins ’76
- Melissa Milstein Jacobsen ’81, P’10
2017
- Terry Tiffany Sullivan ’62
- Sally Huling Hilderbrand ’67
- Nancy Wells Hamilton ’77
- Angela R. Foss ’82
- Andrew F. Hughes ’92
2018
- Zilpha “Dotsie†Slosson Erskine ’48
- Connie Masciale Carino ’58
- Lynn Faught ’73
- M.L. Graeme Campbell ’98
2019
- Molly Brister Haley ’64, P’93
- Diana Clark Crookes ’69
- John S. Beckman ’94
- Adam D. Wald ’94
- Thomas C. Wilmot ’99
2020
- Lenore Bethka Wersten ’65
- Wendy Berman Bloom ’70
- Peri Snyderman ’80
- Dana Metes ’90
- Jennifer Cummings Hillery ’00
2021
- Zelda Jacobson Schwartz ’61
- Eileen Crowley Sullivan ’76
- Joshua Boyce ’81
- John Melligon ’81
- David Levine ’91
2022
- Jon Achenbaum ’77
- Millie Tan ’77
- Jennifer Aborn Hart ’82
- David A. Castle ’87
- Stephanie E. Friedman ’92
2023
- Julianne Cartwright Traylor ’68
- Debora Freedman Clower ’83
- Deborah Peavey Graves ’83
- Kim Wachenheim Wagman ’88, P’15
2024
- Carol A. Bogardus ‘69
- Harold K. Herz ‘89
- Amy Munichiello ‘94
- Aaron A. Prills ‘99