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Nominations for Distinguished Alumnae/i and Honorary Alumnae/i

Nominations are being accepted through May 1 for the 2008 recipients of the Honorary Alumnae/i Award and the Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris Distinguished Alumna/us Award. To make a nomination, please see the descriptions and lists of past recipients below, then send an email or letter by May 1 to Alumnae/i Coordinator Lacie McKearney telling whom you would like to nominate and why.   The 2007 Distinguished Alumnae/i recipient will be honored at the Alumnae/i Luncheon on Saturday, October 6.

Honorary Alumni
Honorary alumnae/i are persons who have shown extraordinary commitment and loyalty to Oregon Episcopal School through their service and time. Past recipients were:

1987 Grace Ball, Past Parent
1988 Phyllis Carman, widow of Bishop James Carman
1989 Alyce Cheatham, Past Parent, Grandparent
1990 Mary Reynolds, Former Trustee, Past Parent, Grandparent
1991 Cornelia Stevens, Former Board President, Past Parent, Grandparent
1992 Eleanor Fass, Former Head of Middle School and Faculty member
1993 Helga Daret, Former Head of Middle School, Physical Education teacher and coach
1994 Cynthia Doran, Faculty Member and College Counselor
1995 Pamela Vohnson, Head of Upper School Language Department and French teacher
1996 Sue Jensen, Upper School Art Faculty
1997 David Streight, Upper School Faculty
2001 Sister Margaret Helena, St. Helen's Hall administrator, housemother, and teacher 1934-1944
2002 Betty Wright, former Lower School Head
2003 Bill Lamb, Upper School Faculty
2004 Elisabeth Lyon, Former Board President


Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris Distinguished Alumna/us Award
In 1991, the Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris Distinguished Alumna/us Award was created to recognize alumnae/i of Oregon Episcopal School, Saint Helen’s Hall, Bishop Dagwell Hall, and Junior College. Through their commitment and service, these alumnae/i have achieved significant successes in their professional careers, and/or have made outstanding contributions in community involvement, thereby bringing honor to themselves and to the School. Past recipients were:


1991 Muriel Gabriel Heltzel, SHH ' 30
1992 Ruth Jenkins, SHH ' 20
1993 June Dunbar Phillips, SHH ' 51
1994 Elizabeth Johnson, SHH ' 69
1995 Paul Schlesinger, BDH ' 70
1996 Beatrice Thurston, SHH ' 15
1997 Patricia Kendall Apperson, JC '48
1998 Sally Reed Stout, SHH ' 30
2000 Eleanor Poorman Hamilton, SHH '26
2001 Robin Hail Karr-Morse, SHH '63
2002 Holly Pittman, SHH '66
2003 Virginia Euwer Wolff, SHH '55
2004 Kris Van Hatcher, BDH ' 70
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Alumnae/i Coordinator:
Lacie McKearney
503-768-3156
6300 SW Nicol Road
Portland, OR 97223