Elizabeth Topham Kennan

Elizabeth Topham Kennan (born February 25, 1938) is an American academic administrator who served as the 15th president of Mount Holyoke College from 1978 to 1995.Winning a Marshall Scholarship, she studied for a second bachelor's degree (subsequently Master of Arts) at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University, which she completed in 1962.Among the corporate boards on which Kennan has served as director or trustee are Bell Atlantic, Shawmut Bank, and Putnam Investments.[3] In 2000, Kennan co-authored the mystery novel, Overnight Float, with Jill Ker Conway (former president of Smith College).Since 2002, they have resided in Boyle County near Danville, Kentucky, where they have restored the Cambus-Kenneth Estate, a Thoroughbred horse, cattle, and crop farm listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
David TrumanJoanne V. CreightonPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaDemocraticMichael BurnsDanvilleKentuckyAlma materMount Holyoke CollegeOxford UniversityUniversity of WashingtonProfessorFive CollegesCatholic UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaBachelor of ArtsMarshall ScholarshipMaster of ArtsDoctor of Philosophysingle-sex educationLos Angeles TimesUniversity of Notre DameNational Trust for Historic PreservationNational Trust Community Investment CorporationFolger Shakespeare LibraryBell AtlanticShawmut BankPutnam InvestmentsJill Ker ConwaySmith Collegepen nameClare MunningsWagon TrainIt's a Man's Worldprofessor emeritusIpswichEssex CountyvillageSouth WoodstockWindsor CountyVermontBoyle CountyThoroughbredcattleNational Register of Historic PlacesDemocratliberalinterest groupEMILY's ListJohn YarmuthLouisvilleKentucky's 3rd congressional districtList of historiansLeaders of Mount Holyoke CollegeWhitmanChapinStoddardFrenchBlanchardBrighamCowlesWoolleyGettellCameronTrumanCreightonPasquerellaStephensHolley