The Hudas Schwartz Liff '47 Award was established in 1985 to recognize exceptional volunteer service by an alumna/us to Bennington College. Its namesake, Mrs. Liff, was selected as both an inaugural recipient and the 1997 recipient in recognition of her years of outstanding and loyal dedication to the College. 

1985
Hudas Schwartz Liff ’47
Karen McAuley ’66                   
Wendy Liff Flynn ’77    

1986  
Irma Thexton-Willis ’51
Kay Crawford Murray ’56

1987
Jane Vanderploeg Deckoff ’59

1988
Elisabeth Delatour Costikyan ’53
Victoria Kirsch Houston ’67

1989
Margaret Stein Frankel ’41

1990
Ruth Thompson Shapiro ’46

1991
Andrea Kanner Wasserman ’62

1992
Jeannie H Cross ’72

1993
David N. Beitzel ’83

1994
Dorothy McWilliams Cousins ’39

1995
Kathleen Harriman Mortimer ’40

1996
Danielle Forestier ’66

1997
Hudas Schwartz Liff ’47

1998
Barbara Ushkow Deane ’51

1999
Mary Eddison Welch ’40

2000
Suzanne Heller Harris ’41

2001
Rebecca B. Stickney ’43

2002
Jane Neal Keller ’52

2003
Muriel Cummings Palmer ’43

2004
Carolyn Crossett Rowland ’37

2005
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’45

2006
Rosalind Moger Bernheimer ’62

2007
Susan Paris Borden '69