2009 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Dinner

February 5, 2009

The 2009 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Dinner was held on Thursday, Feburary 5, at 6:00 PM in the May Room of Wilson Commons, located on the University of Rochester's River Campus. The dinner is an annual celebration of the achievements of women in the University of Rochester community and is sponsored by the UR Women's Club and the Anthony Center. 


The Evening's Program

Keynote Address "Picking up the Baton: Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, and You" by Allida Black, Ph.D., Director and Editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. 
For more information about Allida Black, click here.

Presentations by UR Women's Club and the Anthony Center of the Susan B. Anthony Scholarship, the Susan B. Anthony Prize, the Fannie Bigelow Prize, and the Jane Plitt Award.

Presentation of the 2009 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Association of Women MBAs Leadership Scholarship.

Presentation of the Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award.

The evening ended with songs by Vocal Point.


Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award

2009 Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award:
Daria Semegen, BM '68 
For more information about Daria Semegen, click here. 


Simon School of Business Award

2009 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Women MBAs Leadership Scholarship:
Brigid Crean 


Student Award Recipients:

2009 Susan B. Anthony Scholarships:
Kierstin Hughes ('10), Lydia Zotto ('10)

2009 Susan B. Anthony Prize:
Mollie Foust ('09)

2009 Fannie Bigelow Prize:
Chelsea McGuire ('09), Miriam Moore ('10)

2009 Jane R. Plitt Award:
Kyvaughn Henry ('09)