The The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women (TCPW) is a distinguished alumnae group addressing women's issues on campus. TCPW has funded over $500,000 to organizations and individuals through their established programs including the Fund to Encourage Women (FEW) Grant. The FEW Grant was established to bring to campus internationally renowned female scholars to lecture and meet with faculty and students. The FEW recipients not only lecture but also serve as role models for female students during the day or two that they are on campus.
The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Lecture Series at the University of Pennsylvania is part of an ongoing program sponsored by a Fund to Encourage Women (FEW) Grant and the Department of Chemistry of the School of Arts and Sciences.
Past Lecturers:
1993-1994: Isabella L. Karle – Naval Research Laboratory
1995-1996: Marye Anne Fox – University of Texas, Austin
1996-1997: Jacqueline Barton – California Institute of Technology
1998-1999: Ruth R. Wexler – DuPont Pharmaceuticals
2001-2002: Cynthia Maryanoff – R.W. Johnson Pharmaceuticals
2002-2003: Joanne Stubbe – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004-2005: Susan Solomon – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
2005-2006: Laura Kiessling – University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006-2007: Madeleine Jacobs – American Chemical Society
2007-2008: Naomi J. Halas – Rice University
2008-2009: Catherine T. Hunt – Rohm and Haas
2009-2010: Dawn Bonnell – University of Pennsylvania
2010-2011: Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon
2013-14: Joanna Fowler, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2014-2015: Mary C. Boyce, Columbia University