Background
Kennan, Elizabeth Topham was born on February 25, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
university president and history educator
Kennan, Elizabeth Topham was born on February 25, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
AB summa cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1960. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1966.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Trinity College, 1978. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Amherst College, 1980. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Mary's College, 1982.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Oberlin College, 1983. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Smith College, 1984. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Catholic University of America, 1985.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1988.
Assistant professor of history, Catholic U., Washington, 1966-1970;
associate professor of history, director medieval and Byzantine studies, Catholic U., Washington, 1970-1978;
director program in early Christian humanism, Catholic U., Washington, 1970-1978;
president, Five Colls. Inc., 1985-1994;
president, professor of history, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1978-1995;
president emeritus, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1996. Board directors Council on Library.
Resources, 1980-1995. Member committee Folger Shakespeare Library., since 1994. Lead director N.E. Utilities, Hartford, Connecticut, 1994-1996.
Board directors Bell Atlantic, Kentucky Home Life Insurance Company, Louisville, Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance Company, The Putnam Funds, Boston, Talbots, Hingham, Massachusetts.
Member Council on Economic Development, 1991-1995. Member board selectors Jefferson awards American Institute for Public Service, 1991-1996. Trustee University Notre Dame, 1985-1994, Miss Porter's School, 1980-1985.
Member higher education program committee Dana Foundation, 1986-1990, Indo-United States Subcommn. on Education and Culture, 1986-1991. Vice chairman 1000 Friends of Massachusetts, 1989-1991, Mass Governor's Nominating Council, 1990-1991. Trustee Trustees for the Reservations, since 1999, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, since 2001, Midway College, Midway, Kentucky, National Trust History Preservation, since 2004.
Member Council Foreign Relations.