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Catalyst [[image]] Jewel S. Lafontant Jewel S. Lafontant, born in Chicago, Illinois, is a partner in the law firm of Lafontant, Wilkins and Fisher. She received her B.A. in Political Science, 1943, from Oberlin College and her Doctor of Law degree from the University of Chicago, 1946. Ms. Lafontant is a director of many corporate and public service boards which include: The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, the United Nations Association and the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. She also serves on the boards of the Continental-Illinois Corporation, Trans World Airlines, Foote Cone & Belding and the Council on Religion and International Affairs. She has served as U.S. representative to the United Nations, 1972, and was deputy solicitor general of the United States, 1973-1975, and is special assistant attorney general for the State of Illinois. Ms. Lafontant was appointed to the President's Council on Minority Business Enterprise in the Nixon Administration, 1970-73; was vice chairman of the United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1969-73. She is active in numerous civic professional organizations and is the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees. A fellow of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and the American Bar Foundation, she is a member of the Alumni Board of the University of Chicago Law School, a trustee of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Lincoln Academy and Lake Forest College, Illinois; is commissioner of the National Council on Educational Research. She resides in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Lafontant was the recipient of the 1978 Catalyst Award for her outstanding achievement in the field of law and government. The award was presented to Ms. Lafontant by Coy G. Eklund, president and chief executive officer, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, at the Third Annual Dinner in honor of Women Director of Corporations, sponsored by Catalyst, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, March 7. [[image]] Mary I. Bunting Mary I. Bunting, born in Brooklyn, New York, is president emeritus, Radcliffe College, where she was president from 1960-72. She received her A.B. degree from Vassar College, 1931, an M.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin, 1932, and her Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, 1935. Ms. Bunting is a director of The Sperry and Hutchinson Co., the New England Electric System and the Arthur L. Little Company. She was commissioner, Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-65, was a member of President Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-63, the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1965-70 and the Advisory Committee on the Rights and Responsibilities of Women, H.E.W., in the Nixon and Ford administrations, 1972-75. She also served on the National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower, 1966-67. Ms. Bunting was dean of the College and professor of bacteriology, Douglass College, 1955-59 and has taught at Yale, Harvard and Wellesley. She has served as assistant to the president of Princeton University, 1972-75; was on the boards of the Council for Financial Aid to Education, 1964-72 and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 1964-69. Ms. Bunting is a trustee of The Population Council, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the boards of the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals-Health Plans. She resides in New Boston, New Hampshire. Ms. Bunting was the recipient of the 1978 Catalyst Award for her outstanding achievement in the field of education. The award was presented by William S. Beinecke, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, The Sperry and Hutchinson Co., at the Third Annual Dinner in honor of Women Directors of Corporations sponsored by Catalyst, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City; March 7. [[image]] Beryl Robichaud]] Beryl Robichaud (Mrs. Arthur B. Collins), born in New York is senior vice president of McGraw-Hill, Inc. Her graduate degrees are A.B. Honors in Economics, Mount Holyoke College, 1940, and an M.A. Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1967; a Ph.D. Ecology, Rutgers University, 1971, and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Cedar Crest College. She is director of Aetna Life & Casualty Companies, G.D. Searle & Co., and Anchor Corporation Mutual Funds. She was a member of the New Jersey State Planning Task Force, 1973-74, the NINDS Science Advisory Committee, H.E.W., National Institute of Health, 1971-76; is a member of the governors Advisory Council for the Future of New Jersey. Ms. Robichaud was a trustee of Rider College, 1971-76 and Mount Holyoke College, 1966-76; a member of the Board of Advisors to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary education, U.S. Department of H.E.W., 1974-76. She is a member of the Commission on Financing Post-secondary Education, New Jersey Department of Higher Education; an associate of the Graduate Faculty of Rutgers University; a research associate, Rutgers Institute for Environmental Studies; and a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. She is the author of three books on business and one on environment. Ms. Robichaud is a member of several professional associations, including the Institute of Management Science, the New Jersey Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She resides in Princeton, New Jersey. Ms. Robichaud was the recipient of the 1978 Catalyst Award for her outstanding achievement in the field of business. The award was presented to Ms. Robichaud by John H. Filer, chairman, Aetna Life & Casualty Company, at the Third Annual Dinner in honor of Women Directors of Corporations sponsored by Catalyst, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, March 7. 346
