Past Distinguished Alumnae
Following are the remarkable Laurel women who have been recipients of the
Distinguished Alumna Award since its inception in 1978.
2010 Heather Roulston Ettinger '79, Advocate for women and their financial health and Executive Vice President, Fairport Asset Management
2009 Virginia "Ginny" Foote '73 President & Co-Founder of the US-Vietnam Trade Council
2008 Elizabeth D. McKinley ’78, Physician, Academic Society Dean at Case Western Reserve Univ.
2007 Kay Sproat Chorao '54, Children's book illustator and author
Kathleen Sullivan ’85, Nuclear disarmament activist and educator
2006 Carol Madison Graham '74, Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission
2005 A. Lindsay Frazier ’76, Pediatric Oncologist and Researcher
2004 Mary DeCredico '77, Author, historian and Vice Academic Dean of the U.S. Naval Academy
2003 Virginia deConingh Fleming '48, Activist for social reform
2002 Katharine Lee Reid '59, Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art
2001 Elisabeth Galvin Kirsch ’58, Founder/Director of domestic abuse shelter
2000 Nina Freedlander Gibans ’50, Arts advocate extraordinaire
1999 Anne Hopkins Burnham '47, Community activist, preservationist
1999 Elizabeth Morrison Marcotte '69, Environmentalist, energy conservation consultant
1998 Sylvia Robinson Cruess '47, Physician, hospital administrator and health policy maker
1997 Sally Pastorelle Reed '57, Physician and founder of a free clinic
1996 Anne Hollis Reese '55, Mental health educator
1995 Betty Hitchcock Rose '33, Civic Activist and Inventor
1994 Joan Shook '72, Pediatrician
1994 Priscilla Tyler '26, Educator and specialist in Aboriginal literature and art
1993 Kathryn Beck Kris '51, Psychiatrist
1993 Lucy M. Ziurys '75, Astrophysicist
1992 Donna Ferrato '68, Photojournalist
1991 Jean Steel '53, Nurse Practitioner
1990 Andy Logan Lyon '38, Journalist, Columnist
1989 Gwill Linderme Newman '50, Brain research and mental health activist
1988 Helen Teagle Clements '26, Lobbyist for nursing home standards
1987 Anne O'Neil '46, Provincial, The Sacred Heart Order in the United States
1986 Mary Ellen Beck Wohl '50, Chief of Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital
1986 Elaine Grasselli Hadden '49, Community Revitalization Activist
1985 Myra Evans Lapeyrolerie '77, Entrepreneur
1985 Louise Ireland Humphrey '37, President, Metropolitan Opera Association
1984 Terry Horvitz Kovel '46, Authority on antiques/collectibles
1983 Susan Crile '60, Artist
1982 Ann Denton Blair '31, Radio and TV Bureau Chief
1981 Mary Feil Hellerstein '39, Pediatrician
1980 Natalie Moore Babbitt '50, Children's book author/illustrator
1979 Elizabeth Brooks Ford '14, Public health and nursing education advocate
1978 Kate Ireland '48, Chair, Board of Governors, Frontier Nursing Service
