The Connecticut College Medal was established in 1969 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the graduation of the College's first class.
It is conferred on individuals whose accomplishments or service have enhanced the College's reputation and nourished its growth. It is the highest honor the College can confer.
The medal was designed by William Ashby McCloy, professor emeritus of art.
Recipients of the Connecticut College Medal
2021
DeFred G. Folts III ’82
2018
Pamela D. Zilly '75
2015
Martha Alter Chen '65
2014
President Emeritus Leo I. Higdon, Jr.
Lynda Batter Munro '76 P'08
Reunion 2013
Jewel Plummer Cobb
The Very Rev. Laurence A.M. LaPointe
2013
Raymond J. Debbane P'09, P'13
Linda J. Lear '62
2012
Barbara Shattuck Kohn '72
2011
Sylvia Pasternack Marx '57
John Niblack
2010
Judith Ammerman '60
2009
Ann Werner Johnson '68
Diane Y. Williams '59
2008
Virginia B. Slaughter 48, P'77
Robert E.L. Strider
Susan D. Kronick '73
2007
Carolyn Rae McGonigle Holleran '60
Helen Fricke Mathieson '52
Margaret Keenan Sheridan '67
Helene Zimmer-Loew '57
2006
Cynthia Fuller Davis '66
2005
Trish Bristol May '75
2004
Jean C. Tempel '65
2003
Jean Wallace Douglas '43, P'75
Duncan Nelson Dayton '81
2002
Kitty Fischer La Perriere '52
George McLean Milne, Jr. P'99
George J. Willauer
2001
Frances Freedman Jacobson '56, P'82
Marny Morris Krause '66
Joan Jacobson Kronick '46, P'73
Paul M. Weissman P'87
2000
Cynthia H. Enloe '60
Sandra Fleischner Klebanoff '60
Charles Barton Luce, Sr.
Margaret J. Wiles
1999
Marylouise Oak Cowan '44
Barbara S. Delaney '44
Susan Eckert Lynch '62
William Ashby McCloy
Helen F. Mulvey
1998
Francine J. Bovich '73
F. Edward Cranz
John C. Evans
Sally Jumper '36
William A. Niering
Richard F. Schneller
1997
Jo Ann Hess Morrison '67
Edith Gaberman Sudarsky '43
Ellen Shapiro Vitetta '64
Ann Crocker Wheeler '34
1996
Louise Stevenson Andersen '41
Charles J. Chu
Amy P. Gross '63
Andrew Ketterer '71
William Meredith
1995
Elizabeth Babbot Conant '51
Barbara Blaustein Hirschhorn '50
Marlis Bluman Powell '50
1994
Joanne Toor Cummings '50
Judy Winton Dayton '49
Jay B. Levin '74
Sondra G. Myers '55
Susan Thomases '65
Marcia Silverman Tucker '61
1993
Thistle McKee Bennett '27
Ellen Hoffheinmer Bettman '66
Catherine Welles Cook '73
Elizabeth Enders '62
David R. Foster '76
Laurie Norton Moffat '78
JoAnne Vanderkloot '62
1992
Ruth Hale Buchanan '39
Jean M. Handley '48
Jeanette B. Hersey
Florence McConnell Knudsen '38
Alice Johnson
Samuel Harvey Moseley, Jr. '72
Mary Lake Polan '65
1991
Jane Bredeson
Barbara Heliodoro C. de Mendonca '43
Britta McNemar '67
1990
Kimba M. Wood '66
1989
Dorcas R. Hardy '68
R. Francis Johnson
Jane McL. Smith Moody '49
1987
Claire L. Gaudiani '66
1986
Julia W. Linsley '50
Frances Gillmore Pratt '60
Nellie Beetham Stark '56
1985
Sally Pithouse Becker '27
1984
Anita L. DeFrantz '74
Richard H. Goodwin
Agnes Gund '60
Marenda E. Prentis '19
1983
Mary Cantwell '53
Marie L. Garibaldi '56
1982
Mary Anna Lemon Meyer '42
1981
Elizabeth Peer '57
1980
Miriam Brooks Butterworth '40
Warrine Eastburn
1979
William E.S. Griswold, Jr.
Charles E. Shain
Elizabeth Murphy Whelan '65
1978
Winifred Nies Northcott '38
1977
Sally M. Kelly '43
1976
Percy Maxim Lee
1975
Rosemary Park Anastos
1974
Peggy Walzer Charren '49
Roberta Bitgood Wiersma '28
Frazar B. Wilde (Honorary Degree '85)
1973
Helen Lehman Buttenwieser '27
Arlene Hochman Meyer '52
L. Alice Ramsay '23
1972
Cecelia Holland '65
Anna Lord Strauss
Patricia McGowan Wald '48
1971
Elizabeth M. Fielding '38
Susan Fleisher '41
Jose Limon
1970
Gloria Hollister Anable '24
Betty Holmes Baldwin '24
Cora Lutz '27
1969
Esther Lord Batchelder '19
Charlotte Keefe Durham '19
Gertrude Noyes '25
Estelle Parsons '49