Distinguished Alumni Award
The 2022 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award is Mary K. Mannix '82.
Mary was nominated for this award by multiple professional peers and colleagues because of her significant contributions to the Frederick and Western Maryland historical communities.
As a professional archivist, Mary has been a constant resource and mentor for over 60 interns and volunteers, including 21 students from Hood. For Hood’s 125th Anniversary, Mary hosted a two-month visual Hood History exhibit at Frederick’s C. Burr Artz Library. She also donated at least 30 hours of her own time to conduct oral history interviews for the 125 Project. She has served as co-chair of the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium and as an advisor to the African American Heritage Society (AARCH), helping them to network within the county and state to raise the profile of their organization.
Mary has been unceasing in her efforts to bring local and state history to the forefront of national organizations and exhibits and continues to champion the cause of “stories yet to be told” with her genealogical research. Most importantly, as a Hood alumna, she embodies the tradition of leading a purposeful life of responsibility and leadership through service and civic engagement.
2022 | Mary K. Mannix '82 |
2021 | Valerie Saxton Sharpe, '76, P'09 |
2020 | Linda J. Allan '70, M.S.'78 |
2019 | Cynthia F. Nofziger '79 |
2018 | Kim F. Hall '83, Ph.D. and Leslie A. Hawkins '73 |
2017 | Ellen B. Drogin Rodgers ’82, Ph.D. and Ashley Norris Barthlow ’92, DVM |
2016 | Peter W. Cha ’81, D.D.S. and Martha Thomas, M.D., ’71, P’99, P’09 |
2015 | Rev. Margaret Muncie '70 and Professor Aldan Weinberg '75 |
2014 | Mary Jo Sottile Manning '64, J.D., and Carolyn Cantagalli Dumaresq '69, Ed.D. |
2013 | Christine L. McHenry, M.D. '73 |
2012 | The Honorable Donald E. Beachley '77 and Lt. Colonel Virginia Procino Hartmann '72 |
2011 | Patricia Chapple Wright, Ph.D. '66, H '90 and Joan B. Gillece, Ph.D. '76 |
2010 | Ruth Whitaker Holmes, Ph.D. '55, H '93 and Portia Whitaker Shumaker '55 |
2009 | Carol Lumb Allen '59, Martha Shortiss Allen '59, Gayle Hamilton Blakeslee '59, Janet Hobbs Cotton '59, Edith Howard Hogan '59 and Nancy Rogers Huntsinger '59 |
2008 | Susan Warshaw Stinson '68, Ed.D., Harriet Fox Riehl '68 |
2007 | Susan Gearey Van Pelt '79, Judith Stohr Gavaler '61 |
2006 | Eleanor Gambrill Bowers '46, Anna Hart Johnson-Winegar '76 |
2005 | Nancy McAdams Baggett '65 |
2004 | Lois White Lowry '54 |
2003 | Phyllis Chamberlin Hutson '55 |
2002 | Jane Kulla Boorstein '49 |
2001 | Lois Vars Mason '51 |
2000 | Ruth Whitaker Holmes '55 |
1999 | Georgia Shank Vance '32 |
1998 | Doris Reininger DeHart '48 |
1997 | Bonnie Kloeblen Hagerman '66 |
1996 | Helvise Glessner Morse '46 |
1995 | F.Baird Wigton Lloyd '57 |
1994 | Dianne Beebe Barske '66 |
1993 | Patricia Kienzle Ross '65 |
1992 | Betty Pickell Cleaver '44 |
1991 | Ruth Duff Eager '41 |
1990 | Adamadia Deforest '55 |
1989 | Nancy Tressel Brown '57 |
1988 | Beryl Ann Pfizer '49 |
1987 | Eva Sayegh Teig '65 |
1986 | Anna May Wilson Hughes '39 |
1985 | M. Jacqueline McCurdy '55 |
1984 | Sally Herman Lunt '52 |
1983 | Mary Edith Tatem Williams '45 |
1982 | Margaret Grim Smith '28 |
1981 | Esther Hottenstein '29 |
1980 | Charlotte Baker King '10 |
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