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Wellesley’s highest honor is presented annually to graduates of distinction who, through their achievements, have brought honor to themselves and to the College.

Photography by Richard Howard

Spring 2015

The recipients of the 2015 Alumnae Achievement Awards—Jean Kilbourne ’64, Nancy Kornblith Kopp ’65, and Suzanne Ciani ’68—are leaders and groundbreakers in their respective fields: media activism, politics, and electronic music.

 


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Sarah Ligon ’03 is a freelance writer based in Oxford, Miss.

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Gail Russell Chaddock ’72 is currently the Washington politics editor for the Christian Science Monitor, where she has covered education and Congress, after a hardship stint in the Monitor’s Paris bureau.

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Amy Mayer ’94 is a reporter for Iowa Public Radio based in Ames, Iowa.

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