Alumnae Award Recipients

Bonnie Anderson

Alumnae Award winner, 2011

          

Ann Cameron Haley

Graduate Fellowship winner, 2011

          

Roshni Brahmbhatt

Graduate Fellowship winner, 2011

          

Emma Dutton

Graduate Fellowship winner, 2011

          

Meredith (Merrie) Aaron

Senior Woman's Award for Volunteer Service winner, 2011

Meredith (Merrie) Aaron, a senior in the School of Education and Social Policy, is the recipient of the 2010-2011 Alumnae Senior Woman’s Award. 

Merrie, from Port Washington, New York, is majoring in Human Development and Psychological Services, maintaining a GPA of 3.7 throughout her undergraduate years, which includes committed volunteer work and involvement in campus life and its organizations.


          

Sandy Neville Haggart

Alumnae Award winner, 2010

Sandy Neville Haggart, an international volunteer whose “Feed the Dream” program serves a thousand Guatemalan children and adults every day,was honored Sunday, October 3, with the 2010 Alumnae Award.  To learn more visit www.FeedTheDream.org.

Sandy Haggart is the 34th Northwestern woman to receive the annual award, given to “an outstanding alumna who has made significant contributions in her field and who has attained national recognition.”


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Marie Arana

Alumnae Award winner, 2009

Award-Winning Author Journalist


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Teresa Woodruff

Alumnae Award winner, 2009
Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Director of the Institute of Women's Health Research, Northwestern University

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Nancy Gustafson

Alumnae Award winner, 2007
Opera Singer Artist-in-Residence, Northwestern University

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Christine Brennan

Alumnae Award winner, 2006
Sports Writer Author

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Carole Segal

Alumnae Award winner, 2005
Co-founder, Crate & Barrel Founder, Foodstuffs

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Martha Lavey

Alumnae Award winner, 2004
Artistic Director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

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Lois Weisberg

Alumnae Award winner, 2003
Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

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Laura Washington

Alumnae Award winner, 2002
Print and Broadcast Journalist

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Barbara Gaines

Alumnae Award winner, 2001
Founder and Artistic Director, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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Augusta Reed Thomas

Alumnae Award winner, 2000
Composer-in-Residence, Chicago Symphony

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Mary Zimmerman

Alumnae Award winner, 1999
Director Playwright MacArthur Genius Grant Award Recipient

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Grace Bumbry

Alumnae Award winner, 1997

Opera Star


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Geneva Overholser

Alumnae Award winner, 1996
Newspaper Executive, The Washington Post

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Jeanette Wagner

Alumnae Award winner, 1995
President and CEO, Estee Lauder International

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Lynn Nesbit

Alumnae Award winner, 1994
Partner, Janklow & Nesbit Literary Agent, Janklow & Nesbit

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Phyllis Elliott Oakley

Alumnae Award winner, 1993
State Department Spokesperson

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Sondra Gair

Alumnae Award winner, 1992
Actress Singer Talk Show HostPublic Radio Host

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Nancy Dussault

Alumnae Award winner, 1990

Actress
Singer
Talk Show Host


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Sherry Lansing

Alumnae Award winner, 1989
Hollywood Film Producer

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Wendy Lee Gramm

Alumnae Award winner, 1988

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair


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Neena Schwartz

Alumnae Award winner, 1987

Deering Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University


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Lois Willie

Alumnae Award winner, 1986

Pulitzer Prize Winner Journalist


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Barbara Uehling

Alumnae Award winner, 1985
Chancellor, University of Missouri

          

Maria Comnineau

Alumnae Award winner, 1984
Civil Engineer

          

Mable Smythe

Alumnae Award winner, 1983

Ambassador

Educator

Author

Lecturer


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Ardis Krainik

Alumnae Award winner, 1982
Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago

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Georgie Anne Geyer

Alumnae Award winner, 1981

Journalist

Author

Columnist


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Patricia Neal

Alumnae Award winner, 1980
Actress

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Olga Jonnasson

Alumnae Award winner, 1979
Physician, Cook County Hospital Chief of Surgery

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Carole Kamin Bellows

Alumnae Award winner, 1978

Attorney

President, Illinois Bar Association


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Joan Beck

Alumnae Award winner, 1977

Journalist
Columnist


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Lee Philip

Alumnae Award winner, 1976

Television Personality


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