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Deborah Black Berman ’58 was awarded the medal for her work with Summerbridge (now the Breakthrough Collaborative), a nonprofit that connects college-age student teachers with high-potential, low-income middle school students in a summer tutoring program. She is also a trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Businessman Peter Wold ’67 served in the Wyoming State Legislature for three years, concentrating his work on the Education Committee. He has held leadership positions with several nonprofit boards including Montessori School of Casper, United Way, and Salvation Army.
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Charles Benoit ’60 received the medal for his work with refugees in South Vietnam through the Agency for International Development, and his later work as a social scientist for the Rand Corporation documenting the affects of war.
1988
Gertrude Nolan Marshall ’30 was the first recipient of the Ward Medal for her leadership in creating affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families.
Frances Crowe P’64, ’68, ’70 was recognized for her volunteer work as a peace activist with the American Friends Service Committee. She was arrested 28 times in 40 years while engaging in nonviolent demonstrations against various U.S. military activities.
Lawyer Shannon O’Brien ’77 served seven years as a Massachusetts State Representative and Senator. During that time she sponsored the first comprehensive child abuse legislation in the state, which defined child abuse as a felony and established the first laws focused on abuse and neglect of children.
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