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
| 2021 | Marilyn Twomey Smith ’70 Bunny Winter ’70 Lois D. Juliber ’71 Andrea G. Levitt ’71 |
2001 | Mary Sime West '26 |
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2019
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Karen E. Williamson '69
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2000 | Mary Ellen Crawford Ames '40 |
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2018
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Ellen Genat Hoffman '68
Ellen Gill Miller '73
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1999 | Amalie Moses Kass '49 |
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2017
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Karen Capriles Hodges '62
Kathy Stone Kaufmann '67 |
1998 | Nardi Reeder Campion '38 |
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2016
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Maud Chaplin '56
Barbara Bywater Creed '66 |
1997 | Elisabeth Kaiser Davis '32 |
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2015
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Shirley Young '55
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1996 | Phyllis Meras '53 |
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2014
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Corty Banks Fengler '64
Carol DeCesare Goode '64 Janet C. McCaa '64 |
1995 | Emiko Ishiguro Nishino '45 Peter Ramsey |
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2013
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Barbara Martini Johnson '58
Constance Follett Rieben '58 |
1994 | Harriet B. Creighton '29 |
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2012
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Toni Murphey Harkness '57
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1993 | Natalie Gordon Stone '38 |
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2011
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Christine Grimstad Franklin '61
Lia Gelin Poorvu '56 |
1992 | Anne Mitchell Morgan '57 |
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2010
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Molly Sanderson Campbell '60
Beatrice Strand MacDonald '60 |
1991 | Nannerl Overholser Keohane '61 |
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2009
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Mary-Alice Ewing Raymond '44
Pamela Koehler Daniels '59 |
1990 | Mary Dooley Bragg '40 |
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2008
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Kathryn Wasserman Davis '28
Luella Gross Goldberg '58 |
1989 | Class of 1919 |
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2007
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Alice Rigby Chace '32
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1987 | Constance Chick Shepard '47 |
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2006
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Katherine Curtis Rigler '61
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1986 | Mildred McAfee Horton |
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2005
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Nancy Foshay Braitmayer '55
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1985 | Martha Schwanke Schauss '40 |
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2004
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Hilda Crosby Standish '24
Marion Eddy Wheeler '24 |
1984 | Edith Levy Elsas '34 |
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2003
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Georgia Sue Herberger Black '58
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1983 | Eleanor H. Little '08 |
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2002
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Janice Lane Hunt '52
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1982 | Harriet Segal Cohn '28 |