Through the Gates
the barnard board
by Merri Rosenberg ’78
Photographs by Asiya Khaki
ALUMNAE JOIN TRUSTEE RANKS Three accomplished alumnae—outstanding contributors to their own professions—were recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Barnard College.
Judith Daynard Boies ’59
Binta Brown ’95
Alison Estabrook ’74
JUDITH DAYNARD BOIES ’59
Of course Judith Boies is thrilled to be joining the Board of Trustees—“This is a great new project,” she says. There are certainly no lack of projects for Boies, who also enjoys travel, especially to her beloved Italy, as well as attending the ballet, opera, theatre, and chamber music concerts. Another new, exciting, project: the imminent arrival of an English springer spaniel puppy. A lawyer who is currently counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Boies is an expert in trust and estate law. She earned her undergraduate degree in philosophy and her law degree from Columbia. For someone who admits that she had little contact with the College from her graduation until about eight or nine years ago when she took advantage of Alumnae Affairs’ open invitation to return to campus to audit classes, Boies has more than made up for lost time. A former chair and member of the fellowship committee and an early member of the Project Continuum subcommittee of the Alumnae Association, Boies is a founding member and currently an instructor for the Financial Fluency program. Returning to classes as an alumna auditor was truly life-changing, says Boies. A native New Yorker who graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and 6