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Chicago is Jewel S. Lafontant

SIX WOMEN CORPORATE DIRECTORS HONORED AT CATALYST DINNER

Thomas A. Murphy, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors, and Jill K. Conway, president of Smith College, were the speakers at the Third Annual Awards Dinner sponsored by Catalyst in honor of six distinguished women directors of major corporations on Tuesday, March 7 (1978) at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. The dinner was attended by representatives from more than 100 corporations and by 1,000 leaders of business, government and academic communities.

The women honored represent business, education, finance and banking, law and government, philanthropy and volunteerism.

The opportunities for women in business are increasing in a number of fields and the trend will accelerate, according to Mr. Murphy who served as chairman of the function. General Motors, he said, has emphasized the recruiting and advancing of women in such non-traditional areas as engineering, sales, manufacturing and finance.

Mrs. Conway said, "It is important to educate women so they see themselves as part of the solution to problems in society rather than part of society's problems. Being part of the solution means being able both to define a problem and to design a program of action to overcome it."

The 1978 Catalyst Award recipients and the chief executive officers who presented the awards are:

Mary I. Bunting, New Boston, N.H., president emeritus, Radcliffe College. Award was presented by: William S. Beinecke, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, the Sperry and Hutchinson Co.

Catherine B. Cleary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, chairman and chief executive officer, First Wisconsin Trust Company. Award was presented by: William O. Beers, chairman

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