INDUCTION CEREMONY Maine Women’s Hall of Fame The annual Induction Ceremony held on the third Saturday of March each The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame year is an outstanding public event was founded in 1990 by the Maine when one or two women of Federation of Business and (State) (Zip) achievement are honored. Professional Women, now known as Business and Professional Women/ Each year the ceremony has been Maine. Other co-sponsors are BPW/ Email: Email: [email protected] held at the University of Maine at Maine Futurama Foundation and the Augusta during the month of March, University of Maine at in observance of Women’s History Augusta (UMA). Month. The BPW/Maine Futurama The photographs and citations are on Foundation is establishing the Maine Books for Library permanent display at UMA’s (City) Bennett D. Katz Library. Women’s Hall of Fame Library Co-Sponsors Collection. Books by/about Maine The impressive Induction Ceremony Women’s Hall of Fame inductees and Business and honors the inductee(s) with a Professional Maine women in general are being 103 County Oakland, Road, ME 04963 Women/Maine presentation by family, friends and collected. Email: co-workers, culminating with the presentation of a certificate. Endowment BPW/Maine Websites: A Silver Tea is held in conjunction with the Induction Ceremony to www.bpwmefoundation.org honor our inductee(s). www.bpwmaine.org (Street or P.O. Box) P.O. (Street or BPW/Maine Past State Presidents www.uma.edu/mwhof.html have contributed greatly to the success of the Silver Tea. Honoring Maine Women My check use is enclosed. Please as indicated gift my below: Scholarships Name: Address: Phone: I/We would this to like make gift in of memory or honor of: Return to BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation, Marilyn V. Ladd, Manager Office BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) corporation;your contribution is deductible to the fullest extent of the law as no goods or services were provided in considerationyour ofgift. Enclosed is my gift to BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation amount of:in the since 1990 MAINE WOMEN’S HALL 2003 BPW/Maine Futurama SELECTION PROCESS Dr. Nancy Hensel Scholarships OF FAME INDUCTEES 2004 The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame Sharon H. Abrams The BPW/Maine Scholarships have increased 1990 Judith Magyar Isaacson is dedicated to women who have the late U.S. Senator significantly over the years. Recipients have extended their education in a broad range of met three specific criteria: Margaret Chase Smith 2005 the late Mabel Wadsworth post-secondary programs. Patricia M. Collins Judy Ayotte Paradis 1991 Through the Futurama Foundation, the following The woman’s achievements scholarships are awarded annually to Maine women the late Gail Laughlin, J.D. 2006 have had significant statewide the late Dr. Elizabeth Russell the Rt. Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen with financial need. impact. 1992 2007 The Lemieux - Lovejoy Youth Scholarship the late Ninetta M. Runnals Laura Fortman To a high school senior who has been accepted into The woman’s achievements Dale McCormick an accredited college or university. 1993 significantly improved the the late Dorothy M. Healy 2008 The BPW/Maine Continuing Education Scholarship Gilda Nardone lives of women in Maine. Karen Heck To a woman matriculated in a college or other the late Florence Brooks Whitehouse educational program. 1994 the late Esther Elizabeth Woods The woman’s contribution 2009 The Webber Group Career Advancement Sharon Barker has enduring value for 1995 Scholarship To a woman at least thirty years of age continuing women. Eloise Vitelli 2010 in, or returning to, a program of higher education or the late Thelma Swain training, either full-time or part-time. 1996 the late Elizabeth W. Crandall 2011 the late Marti Stevens U.S. Senator Susan M. Collins The BPW/University of Maine at Augusta Scholarship Nominations are submitted by a Katherine O. Musgrave To a single parent enrolled at UMA. variety of organizations, businesses, 1997 the late Ethel Wilson Gammon 2012 The Kennebec Savings Bank/BPW Scholarship or individuals. the late Mildred Brown Schrumpf Mary Farrar To a resident of Kennebec County enrolled in Ruth L. Lockhart post-secondary educational program. 1998 An independent panel of judges Lois Galgay Reckitt 2013 The Jeanne L. Hammond Memorial Scholarship reviews the nominations with Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D To any woman in Maine who is a recent high school 1999 Mary R. Cathcart graduate or career person intent on continuing her careful consideration to select one Elizabeth H. Mitchell U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe education. or two honorees to be inducted each 2014 Laurie G. Lachance year. 2000 Patricia E. Ryan The BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation is a the late Prof. Caroline Gentile Joan Benoit Samuelson 501(c) (3) organization and all donations are tax A photograph of each inductee is deductible. The Foundation enhances the BPW added to the permanent display at 2001 BPW MAINE HALL OF FAME tradition of “women helping women.” the late Linda Smith Dyer, J.D. UMA. Chellie Pingree 2009 the late Patricia (Patti) Carol Bourgoin, the late Jeanne Littlefield Hammond, and Scholarship applications, deadline and 2002 the late Arline Andrews Lovejoy submission information can be found at: Dr. Theodora J. Kalikow www.bpwmefoundation.org (all BPW Maine Past Presidents) .