Bobcat Tracks

1940s

Ruby Sproull Hawthorne, BA ’41, MED ’58, received the Coshocton (Ohio) Business and Professional Women’s Club/YMCA Tribute to Women of Achievement In Education award last spring.

Dora Kennedy, BA ’42, is coordinator of the University of Maryland’s Senior University program, which is affiliated with Elderhostel Lifelong Learning, and teaches language exploration for seniors. She lives in College Park, Md., with her husband, Edwin.

William Benson, BSC ’47, won two national track titles in March at the National Masters Indoor Championships in Boston. Benson, competing in the 80 to 84 age group, won the 800-meter race in 3:42.1 minutes and the mile in 8:17.1. He lives in Valley Stream, N.Y., with his wife, Annette Mann Benson, BSED ’47.