The award is given in recognition of an alumna's lifetime of dedicated service and exceptional commitment.
The award was established in 1982 to honor Syrena Stackpole, Class of 1909, an attorney who offered to rewrite the wills of alumnae wishing to leave money to the College, free of charge. Besides offering gratis legal services to such alums, Syrena's dedication to Wellesley was evident in her attendance at 63 reunions.
Selection Process
The Syrena Stackpole Award recognizes an alumna for her lifetime of outstanding service and dedication to Wellesley. The award is usually presented to an alumna at or after their 50th Reunion. The recipient is chosen by the executive director in consultation with the Alumnae Board and College administrators.
Award Presentation
The award is presented by the executive director at Annual Meeting in June.
Syrena Stackpole Award Recipients
| 2017 | Karen Capriles Hodges '62 Kathy Stone Kaufmann '67 |
| 2016 | Maud Chaplin '56 Barbara Bywater Creed '66 |
| 2015 | Shirley Young '55 |
| 2014 | Corty Banks Fengler '64 Carol DeCesare Goode '64 Janet C. McCaa '64 |
| 2013 | Barbara Martini Johnson '58 Constance Follett Rieben '58 |
| 2012 | Toni Murphey Harkness '57 |
| 2011 | Christine Grimstad Franklin '61 Lia Gelin Poorvu '56 |
| 2010 | Molly Sanderson Campbell '60 Beatrice Strand MacDonald '60 |
| 2009 | Mary-Alice Ewing Raymond '44 Pamela Koehler Daniels '59 |
| 2008 | Kathryn Wasserman Davis '28 Luella Gross Goldberg '58 |
| 2007 | Alice Rigby Chace '32 |
| 2006 | Katherine Curtis Rigler '61 |
| 2005 | Nancy Foshay Braitmayer '55 |
| 2004 | Hilda Crosby Standish '24 Marion Eddy Wheeler '24 |
| 2003 | Georgia Sue Herberger Black '58 |
| 2002 | Janice Lane Hunt '52 |
| 2001 | Mary Sime West '26 |
| 2000 | Mary Ellen Crawford Ames '40 |
| 1999 | Amalie Moses Kass '49 |
| 1998 | Nardi Reeder Campion '38 |
| 1997 | Elisabeth Kaiser Davis '32 |
| 1996 | Phyllis Meras '53 |
| 1995 | Emiko Ishiguro Nishino '45 Peter Ramsey |
| 1994 | Harriet B. Creighton '29 |
| 1993 | Natalie Gordon Stone '38 |
| 1992 | Anne Mitchell Morgan '57 |
| 1991 | Nannerl Overholser Keohane '61 |
| 1990 | Mary Dooley Bragg '40 |
| 1989 | Class of 1919 |
| 1987 | Constance Chick Shepard '47 |
| 1986 | Mildred McAfee Horton |
| 1985 | Martha Schwanke Schauss '40 |
| 1984 | Edith Levy Elsas '34 |
| 1983 | Eleanor H. Little '08 |
| 1982 | Harriet Segal Cohn '28 |