Harvard Miller-Hunn Awards

Miller-Hunn awardees

Clockwise from top left: Karen Lorry Chapman, George T. Hodakowski, Bill Parsons, Candace Plummer Gaudiani,  Margaret M. Chin, Mark G. Pelletier, John J. Moon, and Carole Turner Reading

Clockwise from top left: Karen Lorry Chapman, George T. Hodakowski, Bill Parsons, Candace Plummer Gaudiani, Carole Turner Reading, John J. Moon, Mark G. Pelletier, and Margaret M. Chin | PHotoGrAPHs CoUrtesy oF tHe sUBJeCts AnD tHe HAA

This year’s Miller-Hunn Awards—named for Hiram S. Hunn, A.B. 1921, and retired senior admissions officer Dwight D. Miller, Ed.M. ’71—recognize eight alumni for their volunteer efforts to recruit and interview prospective undergraduates.

Karen Lorry Chapman ’85, of Sarasota, Florida, has been chairing the Sarasota/Manatee Schools Committee and interviewing applicants since 1997. The Sarasota area is home to one of the top magnet schools in the country, Pine View School, and to IMG Academy.

George T. Hodakowski ’80, of Hinsdale, Illinois, began interviewing students from the Chicago area in 2002. With the assistance of his wife Elizabeth, he has served as cochair of the schools and scholarships committee and as a director of the Harvard Club of Chicago since 2010.

Bill Parsons ’91, of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, began interviewing candidates in 1993 and has met students in Massachusetts, Florida, Venezuela, Portugal, and Kenya.

Candace Plummer Gaudiani ’67, M.B.A. ’70, of Portola Valley, California, began interviewing students from south of the San Francisco Bay Area to Silicon Valley in 1979 and was chair and cochair of the schools and scholarships committee in San Mateo County for nearly 40 years.

Margaret M. Chin ’84 of New York City, has been interviewing for more than 20 years, meeting hundreds of applicants. Chin has advocated for having more first-generation college interviewers like herself, along with younger interviewers.

Mark G. Pelletier ’82, of Winslow, Maine, began interviewing candidates in 2006 and has chaired the schools and scholarships committee serving central and western Maine since 2011.

John J. Moon ’89, Ph.D. ’94 of New York City, began interviewing in 2000, served as a subcommittee cochair for 12 years during his tenure on the schools committee, and served as citywide cochair from 2009-2015. He also served on the board of the Harvard Club of New York Foundation, which provides scholarship support to Harvard students from New York City, from 2009 to 2014.

Carole Turner Reading ‘74, of Wyckoff, New Jersey, began interviewing in 1999 for the Harvard Club of New Jersey, served as club president, and since 2012 has served as cochair of the club’s schools and scholarships committee.

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