Phyllis Elliott Oakley
Recipient, 1993
State Department Spokesperson
Lynn Nesbit
Recipient, 1994
Partner, Janklow & Nesbit
Literary Agent, Janklow & Nesbit
Geneva Overholser, Alumnae Award Recipient
Alumnae Award Recipient, 1996
The Alumnae Award recognizes a woman who has brought honor to Northwestern University through outstanding professional contributions in her field and who has attained national recognition. Established in 1976, the Alumnae Award has been presented every year to an alumna who has had a significant impact in her field of endeavor. Educators, journalists, doctors, scientists, and artists are included among The Alumnae’s roster of awardees.
Geneva Overholser just accepted an appointment as Senior Fellow with the Democracy Fund, working on how to enrich informed participation in our democracy. She is currently a senior fellow at the Center for Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She was until July 2013 director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, and is now an independent journalist in New York City. She currently serves on the boards of several groups and has been an ombudsman of The Washington Post, a member of the editorial board of The New York Times, a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post Writers Group, and a reporter for the Colorado Sun Springs. She also spent five years overseas, working and writing in Paris and Kinshasa.
Grace Bumbry
Recipient, 1997
Opera Star
The Founding Members and Original Professors of the Northwestern Alumnae Continuing Education Program
Recipient, 1998
Mary Zimmerman
Recipient, 1999
Director
Playwright
MacArthur Genius Grant Award Recipient
Augusta Read Thomas, Alumnae Award Recipient
Alumnae Award Recipient, 2000
The Alumnae Award recognizes a woman who has brought honor to Northwestern University through outstanding professional contributions in her field and who has attained national recognition. Established in 1976, the Alumnae Award has been presented every year to an alumna who has had a significant impact in her field of endeavor. Educators, journalists, doctors, scientists, and artists are included among The Alumnae’s roster of awardees.
August Read Thomas, a University of Chicago professor, has secured for herself a permanent place in the pantheon of American composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. She has had four major world premieres for her compositions and received a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She also received the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Awards Order of Lincoln, the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service.
Barbara Gaines, Alumnae Award Recipient
Alumnae Award Recipient, 2001
The Alumnae Award recognizes a woman who has brought honor to Northwestern University through outstanding professional contributions in her field and who has attained national recognition. Established in 1976, the Alumnae Award has been presented every year to an alumna who has had a significant impact in her field of endeavor. Educators, journalists, doctors, scientists, and artists are included among The Alumnae’s roster of awardees.
Founder and Artistic Director, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Laura Washington
Recipient, 2002
Print and Broadcast Journalist
Lois Weisberg
Recipient, 2003
Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs