MaryTurner Lane Award

AWFP presents The Mary Turner Lane Award annually to a woman judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the lives of women on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. "Outstanding contribution" is interpreted broadly, touching all areas of the lives of women (students, faculty, staff, administrators) on campus. It includes, but is not limited to, achievements that enhance women's lives through the following: scholarship, teaching, leadership, health services, social services, political activism, professional advancement, program development, and staff support.

The award, established in 1986, is named to honor Mary Turner Lane, founding director of the Curriculum in Women's Studies and the first recipient of the award. Sadly, Mary Turner Lane passed away in 2009.

Past Recipients
Mary Turner Lane Award

2009  Laurie McNeil
2008  Elmira Mangum
2007  Jan Boxill
2006  Diane Kjervik
2005  Bernadette Gray-Little
2004  Linda Dykstra
2003  Sue Estroff
2002  Anne Dellinger
date unknown  Marsha Collins
date unknown  Noelle Granger
1997  Laurie Charest
1996  Jane Brown
date unknown  Carol Reuss
1994  Barbara Harris
date unknown  Margaret Anne O'Connor
1992  Laura Gasaway
1991  Beverly Whitaker Long
1990  Shirley Weiss
1988  Judith Wegner
date unknown  Mary Ellen Jones
date unknown  Patricia Wallace
1986  Mary Turner Lane