The Westover Award
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2010 Westover Award winner, Charlotte Beyer Fiveson '65 (l) with Awards Chair, Betsy Darling White '57
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Established in 1954, the Westover Award is presented by the Westover Alumnae Association to a person associated with Westover School whose tangible accomplishments are significant and who, in life and spirit, has exemplified the Westover motto: to think, to do, to be.
Qualifications
The candidate should have demonstrated the personal qualities that exemplify the Westover motto, both in thought and deed. An interest in Westover over the years is important but not the most significant consideration. The recipient must have had an affiliation with Westover, whether as an alumna, a trustee, or a member of the faculty or staff. Positions held as a student are not a consideration. It is what a candidate has done with his or her life that is the determining factor.
Process
The Westover Award Committee, on behalf of the Board of Governors, actively seeks to identify deserving candidates through research, personal knowledge, word of mouth, and careful reading of class notes and articles in the Westover magazine. Anyone may submit a candidate’s name. The Alumnae Office or the committee chairman will furnish nomination forms on request. Completed forms should be sent to the committee chairman. The committee researches the nominees and submits a list of candidates to the full Board of Governors. The recipient is chosen by secret ballot. There is no requirement that the award be presented annually. The work of the Westover Award Committee is confidential.
How to submit a nomination:
* Click here to download a nomination form.
Completed nomination forms may be filled out and emailed to npelaez@westoverschool.org or mailed to: Nancy Pelaez '86, Director of Alumnae Relations, Westover School, PO Box 847, Middlebury, CT 06762.
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2010 Distinguished Young Alumna Award recipient, Xiania Foster '95'
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Distinguished Young Alumnae Award Recipients
2001 — Ann Vileisis ’85
2006 — Dena Simmons ’01
2007 — Angela Muvumba ’92
2008 — Mia (Ferrara) Pelosi ’95
2009 — Tiffany Bradley ’99
2010 — Xiania Foster '95
Westover Award Recipients
1954 — Virgilia (Peterson) Paulding ’21
1955 — Sylvia (Shaw) Haskins ’15
1956 — Marion (Savage) Heyniger ’14
1960 — Jane (Piper) Baltzell ’35
1962 — Muriel (Tuttle) Eden ’12
1963 — Katherine (Ainsworth) Mills ’22
1964 — Florence (Lowden) Miller ’16
1965 — Eliza (Talbott) Thayer ’20
1966 — Helen (Homans) Gilbert ’31
1967 — Nancy (May) Field ’35
1969 — Elsie (Talbott) Mead ’13
1970 — Alice Tully ’20
1971 — Rebecca (Love) Drew ’34
1972 — Elizabeth (Raftery) Crawford ’12
1974 — Nancy (duPont) Cooch ’37
1975 — Cora Rust Owen ’28
1976 — Adele Ervin ’42
1977 — Katherine (Woodruff) Fanning ’45
1978 — Louise (McKelvy) Walker ’32
1979 — Winifred (Clarke) Anthony ’12
1980 — Kate (Rand) Lloyd ’41
1981 — Naomi Christy ’31
1982 — Alice (Lightner) Hopf ’23
1983 — Beverly Cutler ’67
1984 — Patricia (Castles) Acheson ’42
1985 — Elizabeth M. Newton
1986 — Maria (Randall) Allen ’42
1987 — Eunice (Strong) Groark ’56
1988 — Margaret (Bush) Clement ’18
1989 — Hubert T. Mandeville
1990 — Madeleine (Kilvert) Butcher ’38
1991 — Beatrice (Bronson) Garvan ’46
1992 — Patricia (Kelly) Healy ’35
1993 — Mary (Townsend) Hamill ’59
1994 — Elizabeth (Coleman) Mooney ’44
1995 — Patricia (Foote) Davidson ’47
1996 — Florence (Anderson) Gibson ’41
1997 — Anita (Packard) Montgomery ’47
1998 — Nancy (Hoover) Zeckhauser ’60
1999 — Georgina (Miller) Bissell ’39
2000 — Eleanor Dean Acheson ’65
2001 — Betty (Blair) Mauk ’37
2002 — Susan (Silliman Tracy) Addiss ’47
2003 — Deborah Massey ’68
2004 — Betsy (Shirley) Michel ’59
2005 — Sherry (Fisher) Huber ’55
2006 — Marcy (Tench) Crimmins ’56
2007 — Amanda (Mortimer) Burden ’62
2008 — Elizabeth (Markham) Nicholson ’63
2009 — Elizabeth Huidekoper ’70
2010 — Charlotte Beyer Fiveson '65
