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With Honors In her opening remarks at the 2019 Guilford College Alumni Awards, President Jane Fernandes called this year’s recipients the “cream of the crop” of the Guilford
F R O M L E F T T O R I G H T, G E R T R U D E U P P E R M A N ’ 6 9 , W E S G AV I N S ’ 9 2 , D I YA A B D O O N B E H A L F O F E V E R Y C A M P U S A REFUGE, MARIGNY BOSTOCK ’01, HELEN WOMACK, MARTHA T YSON ON BEHALF OF VERNON T YSON ’53 , BEN SNYDER ’ 0 7, R I C H I E Z W I E G E N H A F T, J O H N G O O G E ’ 5 0 , A N D J A N E F E R N A N D E S / P H O T O B Y J U L I E K N I G H T
community, noting that each of the distinguished Values of Guilford, such as
Young Alumni Achievement Awards
stewardship, integrity and
Immigration Law Specialist
community.
Ben Snyder ’07 is a Partner
winners embodies the Core
“All of our awardees were
at Charlotte Immigration
nominated by someone who
Law. Ben studied Peace
saw the work they do and
& Conflict Studies and
the driving force behind
Philosophy and says that
their actions to make life
law has given him an outlet
better for other people,”
to practice his passion
Jane explained at the April
for social justice in a
24 ceremony in Founders
tangible way.
Hall. “We hope stories of our honorees will make an impression on our current students and inspire them.” Here’s a brief round-up of the 2019 recipients. To learn more, visit www.giving.guilford.edu.
Marigny Bostock ’01 is the Senior Program Coordinator for the Tulane University Innovations in Positive Parenting Study. Marigny and her husband, Jon ’99, fund the part-
skills in interdisciplinary
Richie Zweigenhaft,
thinking, Wes also
who started teaching at
coordinates internships
Guilford in 1974, is the
at JPL.
longest-serving current
Through the Googe Family Scholarship Fund, John Googe ’50 has culminated a long entrepreneurial career by providing students with
Receiving the award posthumously was Vernon Tyson ’53 for his work as a champion for racial justice throughout his 60-year career as a Methodist Minister.
Engagement Center.
’69 was among the first
is Chief Information Security Officer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Known for his
Communications minor.
Only the fifth person to be
Gertrude Upperman
major and former Marine,
in establishing the school’s
Honorary Alumna Award
Guilford’s Intercultural
Wes Gavins ’92, a History
he was also instrumental
to a Guilford education.
Coordinator position within
Alumni Excellence Awards
Professor of Psychology,
financial need easier access
Charles C. Hendricks ’40 Distinguished Service Awards
time Immigrant Student
faculty member. Dana
African American students at Guilford College. She helped to charter the first African American student organization, Brothers and Sisters in Blackness, and the Black Alumni of Guilford College.
named an honorary alumna/ us of the College, Helen Womack proudly accepted this year’s distinction. Helen and her husband, Winslow Womack ’50, established the Helen and Winslow Womack Award in 1997 to support academic endeavors for Physics students.
Community Cares Award Every Campus a Refuge, which focuses on providing “radical hospitality” to refugees, has been internationally recognized as a model for all colleges and universities on how to assist those in crisis. W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U | 9
