The Mary Lowther Ranney
 
Distinguished Alumna Award

The Mary Lowther Ranney Distinguished Alumna Award was established in 1987 to honor each year an alumna who has made special contributions through her life. The award is given each spring at Alumnae Day.

The citation for the award reads as follows:

To honor Mary Lowther Ranney this award is given annually by Westridge School to an alumna whose life embodies the spirit of the Westridge motto, Surgere Tentamus, and who, by her commitment to her chosen path, her dedication to lifelong growth and learning, and her habits of heart, mind, and action are an example and an inspiration to the Westridge community.

To nominate fellow alumnae for this award, complete the nomination form and return it to the Westridge Alumnae Office. Click here to download the form.

The following alumnae have received the Mary Lowther Ranney Distinguished Alumna Award:

1988
Margaret Brackenridge Jones ’21* & Marian Brackenridge ’21*
a founding family of Westridge School

1989
Harriet Huntington Doerr ’27*
author

1990
Anne Richardson Gilbert ’27*
community volunteer and philanthropist

1991
Gwen Garland Babcock ’53
community volunteer and philanthropist

1992
Joan Montgomery Hotchkis ’45
author, playwright, and actress

1993
Joan Lamb Ullyot ’57, M.D.
long-distance runner and authority on sports medicine

1994
Jessie Reynolds Groothuis ’64, M.D.
pediatrician, professor, and medical researcher

1995
Jae Giddings Carmichael ’42*
multimedia artist and community volunteer

1996
Julia Cates ’69
electrical engineer and business woman in the computer industry

1997
Jean Tarr Fleming ’44
community volunteer

1998
Polly Hunter Turpin ’45 & Audrey Steele Burnand ’40
philanthropists

1999
Helen Hastings Murphy ’67, Ph.D.
nurse practitioner, medical researcher, and epidemiologist

2000
Dorothy Hughes Matthiessen ’52
Westridge trustee 1964-1993, internationally ranked tennis player, interior designer

2001
Joan Irvine Smith ’51
activist and philanthropist in the fields of the arts, education, health, and the environment

2002
Adelaide Finkbine Hixon ’36
community volunteer and philanthropist

2003
Margaret Taylor Cunningham ’58
community volunteer and Episcopal priest

2004
Linda LeMoncheck ’71
feminist philosopher and arts enthusiast

2005
Genna Rae McNeil ’65
history professor, author, and civil rights advocate

2006
Palmer Robinson ’68
superior court judge

2007
Sara Sweezy Berry '57
researcher, professor at Johns Hopkins University

2008
Joan Taufenbach Haskell '47
community volunteer, retired realtor

2009
Bonnie Dean '75
international business woman

2010
Elizabeth Wayland Barber '58
author, researcher, retired faculty from Occidental College

* deceased