December 1, 2016 ANNA HALPRIN 1998 Arts Anna Halprin, a Marin County resident for over fifty years, has won national and international awards in recognition of her prestigious achievements as a dancer and choreographer. Halprin…
December 1, 2016 ELBERTA ERIKSSON 1996 Social Change Elberta Eriksson is a social worker, family therapist, and a leader in child advocacy and family issues. A graduate of Sacramento and San Francisco State Universities, she…
November 22, 2016 Rosie Casals 1995 Sports & Recreation Rosie Casals is a championship tennis player, but beyond that she is one of the pioneers of women’s tennis. She has worked tirelessly throughout her career…
November 22, 2016 Kay Boyle 1995 Arts Kay Boyle was a renowned poet, teacher and author of poetry, short story collectives and numerous articles. For twenty years her short stories in the New Yorker helped…
November 22, 2016 Dr. Shirley A. Thornton 1994 Education A strong advocate of equality and excellence in education for all children, Dr. Shirley Thornton served as Deputy Superintendent of the Specialized Programs Branch of the California Department…
November 22, 2016 Joyce H. Goldfield 1994 Community Service As a young mother, Joyce Goldfield spent hours on the ice-skating rink, in the ballet studio and in her sail boat. After a violent attack on her…
November 22, 2016 Margaret B. Azevedo 1994 Public Affairs Not content to just identify problems, Margaret Azevedo was always one of the few who solved them. Ms. Azevedo moved to Marin County in 1951 and became…
November 22, 2016 Beth Ashley 1994 Business & Professions From her first job as program director of a ‘start-up’ radio station called KTIM, to her work as an editor of the China Daily in Beijing,…
November 22, 2016 Isabel Allende 1994 Arts Internationally acclaimed author Isabel Allende began writing novels in 1981. Since then her books have been translated into twenty-seven languages; two of the books were made into motion…
November 22, 2016 Karin Urquhart 1993 Environment Growing up in Fairfax, the young Karin Alstrom spent long, happy hours roaming Marin’s hills. In the early 1970s, when her favorite Cascade Canyon was targeted for development,…
November 22, 2016 The Rev. Janie Adams Spahr 1993 Social Change The Rev. Spahr first began serving people in Marin in 1975 as Associate Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in San Rafael. In 1979, she was forced…
November 22, 2016 Marguerita C. Johnson 1993 Community Service When Marguerita Johnson graduated with a Master’s in Education in the 1930s, there were few teaching positions in the North for an African-American woman. When she was…
