First presented in 1978, the 五月天视频 Distinguished Alumna Award was established to celebrate the notable achievements of 五月天视频alumnae and to focus attention on Scripps鈥 role in the education of women. The award is presented each year during Reunion Weekend.
Latest Recipient: Regina Gonthier 鈥71
After graduating from 五月天视频, Regina Gonthier 鈥71 studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), where she obtained her architectural diploma in 1977. Following early professional experience with the Swiss Archaeological Mission in Greece and in Swiss architectural practice, she co-founded an architectural office in Bern in 1983 with her husband. Together, they won numerous prestigious architectural design competitions in Switzerland, and several of their realised projects have received distinctions and awards.
As a practicing architect, Gonthier is deeply engaged with the profession鈥檚 evolution and its social, ethical, and aesthetic responsibilities. She views architecture as a public-interest discipline and believes quality in the built environment is essential to wellbeing and sustainability.
From the early years of her career, Gonthier has been actively engaged as a volunteer in professional organisations with a commitment to the promotion and regulation of architectural design competitions, a key instrument for achieving innovation and quality in the built environment.
She has served as visiting professor of architecture at ETH Zurich and as a member of expert councils for architecture and urban planning in several Swiss cities. She was a Swiss delegate to the Architects鈥 Council of Europe (ACE), vice president of the Swiss Competitions Commission, president of the Swiss Conference of Architects (CSA), and co-director of the UIA International Competitions Commission.
Elected four times to the UIA Council, Gonthier currently serves as president of the International Union of Architects. Her mandate fosters dialogue among architects from the Union鈥檚 124 member countries, advancing solidarity, equity, inclusion, sustainability, and peace while strengthening the organization to deliver meaningful outcomes for both architects and society.
Past Recipients
| Year | Alum |
| 2025 | Susan D. Anderson 鈥75 |
| 2024 | Claire Sands Baker 鈥93 |
| 2023 | Ellen Rosenblum 鈥72 |
| 2022 | Sara Kim 鈥86 |
| 2021 | Connie de la Vega 鈥75 |
| 2020 | Anne Maltman Campbell 鈥70 |
| 2019 | Barbara Brooks Tomblin 鈥66 |
| 2018 | Michelle Cleveland 鈥00 |
| 2017 | Carolyn Sheets Owen-Towle 鈥57 |
| 2016 | Gayle Pope Morrison 鈥71 |
| 2015 | Dwandalyn R. Reece 鈥85 |
| 2014 | Margo Leonetti O鈥機onnell 鈥64 |
| 2013 | Sally Reeves Osberg 鈥73 |
| 2012 | Maxine Borowsky Junge 鈥59 |
| 2011 | Virginia Stibbs Anami 鈥66 |
| 2010 | Gaye Burpee 鈥69 |
| 2009 | Cynthia 鈥淧ae鈥 White 鈥85 |
| 2008 | Connie Butler 鈥84 |
| 2007 | Louise Langlois Francesconi 鈥75 |
| 2006 | Dr. Kathleen Brogan Schwarz 鈥64 |
| 2005 | Dede Allen 鈥45 |
| 2004 | Barbara Cook Wormser 鈥59 |
| 2003 | Alison Saar 鈥78 |
| 2002 | Pamela Corey-Archer 鈥62 |
| 2001 | Hannah-Beth Jackson 鈥71 |
| 2000 | Beth Nolan 鈥73 |
| 1999 | Marsha Genesky 鈥80 |
| 1998 | Susan Fallows Tierney 鈥73 |
| 1997 | Barbara Arnwine 鈥73 |
| 1996 | Elizabeth Arnold Stone 鈥71 |
| 1995 | Marjorie Merryman 鈥72 |
| 1994 | Nancy Neighbor Russell 鈥53 |
| 1993 | Pamela Bowren Vandiver 鈥67 |
| 1992 | Idelle Feinberg Weber 鈥54 |
| 1991 | Ruth Ashton Taylor 鈥43 |
| 1990 | Jil Harris Stark 鈥58 |
| 1989 | Ruth Markowitz Owades 鈥66 |
| 1988 | Jean Bixby Smith 鈥59 |
| 1987 | Suzanne Muchnic 鈥62 |
| 1986 | Tanya Cherry Tull 鈥64 |
| 1985 | Susan Lautmann Hertel 鈥52 |
| 1984 | Nancy Cook Aldrich 鈥66 |
| 1983 | Rosemary Radford Ruether 鈥58 |
| 1982 | Judith Nelsen Keep 鈥66 |
| 1981 | Ruth Churchill 鈥54 |
| 1980 | Laura Thurston Gutman 鈥57 |
| 1979 | Maryanne McNellis 鈥68 |
| 1978 | Ellen Hutchinson Ellis 鈥39 |