List Detail
Past ARA Recipients
2020 | Distinguished Alumna | Claire Lucas '80 |
2020 | Distinguished Young Alumna | Abigail Wilpers '05 |
2020 | Career Achievement | Andrea Hanley '95 |
2020 | Career Achievement | Karen Holl '85 |
2020 | Humanitarian and Global Service | Rebecca Martin Evarts '70 |
2020 | Humanitarian and Global Service | Hillary Mackenzie-Brown Savoie '00 |
2020 | Service to Emma Willard | Wendy Graham '85 |
2020 | Service to Emma Willard | Katy Haight Milford '65 |
| 2019 | Distinguished Alumna | Rev. Dr. Nancy S. Taylor ’74 |
| 2019 | Distinguished Young Alumna | Dr. Heidi K. Knobluch ’04 |
| 2019 | Humanitarian and Global Service | Dr. Ann Aldershof Helmus ’79 |
| 2019 | Humanitarian and Global Service | Judith A. Kleiner ’74 |
| 2019 | Humanitarian and Global Service | Drusilla Escher Malavase ’54 |
| 2019 | Career Achievement | Dr. Emelia J. Benjamin ’74 |
| 2019 | Career Achievement | Jan Windmiller Midgley ’64 |
| 2019 | Service to Emma Willard | Dennett Page ’69 |
| 2018 | Distinguished Alumna | Emily Morse Camp ’63 |
| 2018 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Laura Reyes ’03 |
| 2018 | Service to Emma Willard | Lisa Allen LeFort ’72 |
| 2017 | Distinguished Alumna | Nancy Spector ’77 |
| 2017 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Emily Steinberg ’97 |
| 2017 | Service to Emma Willard | Samantha Jones ’92 |
| 2016 | Distinguished Alumna | Ann V. Beach ’76 |
| 2016 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Jamila Best ’06 |
| 2016 | Service to Emma Willard | Anne F. Collins ’56 |
| 2015 | Distinguished Alumna | Jennifer Newell Easton ’65 |
| 2015 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Amelia Marstaller ’09 |
| 2015 | Service to Emma Willard | Erica Ling ’75 |
| 2013 | Distinguished Alumna | Rebecca Jones ’88 |
| 2013 | Service to Emma Willard | Anne DePrez ’73 |
| 2013 | Young Alumna | Jessica Harper ’93 |
| 2012 | Accomplished Alumna | Sarah Soule ’77 |
| 2012 | Humanitarian | Linda LeSourd Lader ’67 |
| 2012 | Life Achievement | Martha Stauffer ’52 |
| 2012 | No service award given | |
| 2011 | Accomplished Alumna | Mary Price Taylor Harrison ’76 |
| 2011 | Humanitarian | Anne F. Collins 1956 |
| 2011 | Life Achievement | Susan Doyle Knowles 1961 |
| 2011 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Rebekah Strock Layton 2001 |
| 2011 | Service to Emma Willard | Tina Neighbors Hardenbergh 1951 |
| 2010 | Accomplished Alumna | Erica Ling 1975 |
| 2010 | Humanitarian | Evelyn Reading 1950 |
| 2010 | Life Achievement | Susan Williams O’Sullivan 1965 |
| 2010 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Emily Neubauer 2000 |
| 2010 | Service to Emma Willard | Michal Colby Wadsworth 1965 |
| 2009 | Accomplished Alumna | Kirsten Rutnik Gillibrand 1984 |
| 2009 | Humanitarian | Nandita Sugandhi 1994 |
| 2009 | Life Achievement | Lilian Armstrong 1954 |
| 2009 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Susan Moss Burch 1989 |
| 2009 | Service to Emma Willard | Deborah Dodds 1979 |
| 2008 | Accomplished Alumna | Vanessa George 1983 |
| 2008 | Humanitarian | Barbara Nabrit-Stephens 1968 |
| 2008 | Life Achievement | Bonnie Scott Jelinek 1963 |
| 2008 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Deborah Frease Geraghty 1988 |
| 2008 | Service to Emma Willard | Ellen Braestrup Strickler 1953 |
| 2007 | Accomplished Alumna | Lyne Johnson Pitts 1972 |
| 2007 | Humanitarian | Nancy Van Wie 1982 |
| 2007 | Life Achievement | Tonnie Schwartz Katz 1962 |
| 2007 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Amy Chiaro 1992 |
| 2007 | Service to Emma Willard | Margaret Caney Conant 1967 |
| 2007 | Service to Emma Willard | Susan Blackwell McNamara 1957 |
| 2007 | Service to Emma Willard | Diane Drew 1967 |
| 2007 | Service to Emma Willard | Kathrin Phelan Midgley 1992 |
| 2006 | Accomplished Alumna | Elizabeth Colton 1966 |
| 2006 | Life Achievement | Priscilla Smart Weck 1951 |
| 2006 | Life Achievement | Nancy Linkroum Pennell 1961 |
| 2006 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Kishwer Nehal 1986 |
| 2006 | Service to Emma Willard | Ann V. Beach 1976 |
| 2006 | Service to Emma Willard | Ruth Kramer Ziony 1961 |
| 2006 | Service to Emma Willard | Diane Wynne Mercer 1961 |
| 2005 | Accomplished Alumna | Nancy Veeder 1955 |
| 2005 | Humanitarian | Susan Murcott 1970 |
| 2005 | Life Achievement | Libby Pockman Hughes 1950 |
| 2005 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Kristen Lepore 1995 |
| 2005 | Service to Emma Willard | Martha McMasters Pearson 1970 |
| 2005 | Service to Emma Willard | Beverly Burke Gunther 1960 |
| 2005 | Service to Emma Willard | Laura Bedford O’Donnell 1985 |
| 2005 | Service to Emma Willard | Sally Klingenstein Martell 1985 |
| 2004 | Accomplished Alumna | Jaclyn Canning Murphy 1964 |
| 2004 | Humanitarian * | Betsy Upton Stover 1969 |
| 2004 | Life Achievement | Carol Heeks Brice 1954 |
| 2004 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Erin Crotty 1984 |
| 2004 | Service to Emma Willard | Wendy Pestel Lehmann 1964 |
| 2004 | Service to Emma Willard | Anno Bent Murphy 1969 |
| 2004 | Service to Emma Willard | Mary Hough Blair 1949 |
| 2003 | Accomplished Alumna | Ronna S. Cohen 1973 |
| 2003 | Accomplished Alumna | Ruth A. Scovill 1968 |
| 2003 | Life Achievement | Emira (Florence) Habiby Browne 1958 |
| 2003 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Alicia Hafner 1993 |
| 2003 | Service to Emma Willard | Betts Howes Murray 1973 |
| 2003 | Service to Emma Willard | Elizabeth "Biddy" Harte Owens 1968 |
| 2003 | Service to Emma Willard | Katharine Mills Berry 1953 |
| 2002 | Accomplished Alumna | Hannah Chase Kinney 1967 |
| 2002 | Life Achievement | Sarah Schemm McDermott 1952 |
| 2002 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Roseanne Bell 1982 |
| 2002 | Service to Emma Willard | Maryann Mettler Croner 1957 |
| 2001 | Accomplished Alumna | Eleanor Shatsky Lazarus 1951 |
| 2001 | Accomplished Alumna | Bonnie Caspar Winston 1966 |
| 2001 | Life Achievement | Polly Ormsby Longsworth 1951 |
| 2001 | Life Achievement | Jane Seddon Willson 1941 |
| 2001 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Elizabeth Walsh 1981 |
| 2001 | Service to Emma Willard | Patrica A. Connally 1941 |
| 2000 | Accomplished Alumna | Jennifer Bergin von Mayrhauser Cottrell 1965 |
| 2000 | Accomplished Alumna | Alisa Cahill Henderson 1970 |
| 2000 | Life Achievement | Eleanor Kinney Clark 1965 |
| 2000 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Meredith Manning 1980 |
| 2000 | Service to Emma Willard | Mary Lawrence Crawford 1950 |
| 1999 | Accomplished Alumna | Sarah M. Stearns 1969 |
| 1999 | Life Achievement | Julia Andrus Aubry 1933 |
| 1999 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Marianne Gunther 1979 |
| 1999 | Service to Emma Willard | Elizabeth Ffolliott Swoyer 1929 |
| 1998 | Accomplished Alumna | Sara Lubin Schupf 1958 |
| 1998 | Life Achievement | Jean Bernhard Buttner 1953 |
| 1998 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Cynthia E. Skripak 1978 |
| 1998 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Coleman Hough 1978 |
| 1998 | Service to Emma Willard | Fae MacChesney Page 1938 |
| 1997 | Accomplished Alumna | Laurie Burt 1967 |
| 1997 | Life Achievement | Dorothy Sayce Falk 1947 |
| 1997 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Jyoti P. Srivastava 1977 |
| 1997 | Service to Emma Willard | Elissa Robison Prout 1952 |
| 1996 | Accomplished Alumna | Jane M. Wales 1966 |
| 1996 | Accomplished Alumna | Michael Gage 1961 |
| 1996 | Life Achievement | Joan Morrisey Altekruse 1946 |
| 1996 | Life Achievement | Elizabeth ("Bunt") Whitman Karter 1941 |
| 1996 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Dr. Robin Bell 1976 |
| 1996 | Service to Emma Willard | Victoria Thompson Winterer 1961 |
| 1995 | Accomplished Alumna | Nancy Woodrow McKelvy 1960 |
| 1995 | Accomplished Alumna | Betsey Rubin Rosenbaum 1960 |
| 1995 | Life Achievement | Margo Warncke Krause 1950 |
| 1995 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Antonia Stolper 1995 |
| 1995 | Service to Emma Willard | Clementine Miller Tangeman 1923 |
| 1994 | Life Achievement | Elizabeth Fessenden Washburn 1932 |
| 1994 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Joanne Loewy Antoniello 1979 |
| 1994 | Service to Emma Willard | Jameson Adkins Baxter 1961 |
| 1993 | Life Achievement | Allelu Beal Kurten 1993 |
| 1993 | Life Achievement | Mary Lake Polan 1961 |
| 1993 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Susan Gawler 1973 |
| 1993 | Service to Emma Willard | Irene Mennen Hunter 1935 |
| 1992 | Life Achievement | Mary Hart Keeley 1937 |
| 1992 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh 1972 |
| 1992 | Service to Emma Willard | Ruth A. Scherm 1942 |
| 1992 | Service to Emma Willard | Joyce Wyman Hyde 1942 |
| 1991 | Life Achievement | Sarah Hooker Knutti 1931 |
| 1991 | Outstanding Young Alumna | M. Parker Anderson 1971 |
| 1991 | Service to Emma Willard | Kathleen Howell 1958 |
| 1990 | Life Achievement | Hope McEldowney Kobak 1940 |
| 1990 | Life Achievement | Margaret Newton 1945 |
| 1990 | Outstanding Young Alumna | Donna Krupkin Whitney 1970 |
| 1990 | Service to Emma Willard | Josephine Clapp Osbun 1940 |
| 1989 | Life Achievement* | Jane Fonda 1955 |
| 1989 | Life Achievement* | Kendra Stearns O'Donnell 1960 |
| 1989 | Outstanding Young Alumna* | Dennett Page 1969 |
| 1989 | Service to Emma Willard* | Linda Remington Dietel 1948 |
* Inaugural Award
-No awards were given during the Bicentennial year
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