Gaillard has been a pioneering theoretical physicist, researcher, and esteemed professor. She earned a master’s degree in 1961 from Columbia, and then two doctorates from the University of Paris. She worked as a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research and as a visiting scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.…

(1916 – 2008) Garber always wanted to be a journalist, but the only job she could get after graduation was writing a society column for the Twin City Sentinel (later the Winston-Salem Journal) in North Carolina. World War II changed that. When the newspaper’s sportswriter went to war, Garber covered sports for the next 40 years,…

Although Gecek, a sociology major, had planned to become a social worker, she married an Austrian and found a job with the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies. Founded in 1947, the seminar was envisioned as a forum where scholars and leaders from across Europe could gather in the historic palace to discuss American literature, art, history,…

Goldsmith-Vein has had an outstanding career as an investment banker, talent manager, movie producer, and business owner. In 1994 she founded the Gotham Group, which quickly grew into the largest representation firm in the world, focusing on creative talent in the animation and family entertainment business and recognized as the powerhouse management firm in the animation industry.…

When her daughter, Carson, was born with Down syndrome, Goodwin dedicated herself to gaining knowledge and creating opportunities for Carson to learn and grow. When she found resources and support lacking, she founded the National Down Syndrome Society. Since 1979 Goodwin has been a leader in the Down syndrome community, serving on school boards and founding parent support organizations,…

Granade earned a law degree in 1975 from the University of Texas School of Law. She is the granddaughter of Richard Rives, the federal judge who wrote the majority opinion in Browder v. Gayle, which found the bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, unconstitutional. She served as assistant U.S. Attorney and then interim U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Alabama.…

Graves is the executive director of the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission, where she works to expand access of civil legal services to the impoverished. While a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, she received the Powell Fellowship in Legal Services. Graves used the fellowship to work at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Jackson,…

Green grew up in a middle-class family in Jackson, Mississippi, where she worshipped at an all-white church. When she was 14, she attended a mixed-race national convention of the Episcopal Church and realized that segregation was wrong. In 1962, she became politically active at Milsaps College, where she organized Mississippians for Public Education. This group of women protested the legislature’s attempts to close the public schools to avoid integration.…