1975

As a news correspondent on national television and radio, Constance Chung is constantly being recognized for insight and integrity in her work. She has received an honorary doctor's degree in journalism from Norwich University. The American Association of University Women presented her with the Metro Area Mass Media Award just two years after she began her career. The United States Humane Society noted her efforts in a series of broadcasts which increased public awareness of the cruelties of seal harvesting. The Chinese-American Citizens Alliance recognized her with a public service award. The Atlanta chapter of the National Association of Media Women bestowed on her their award for outstanding excellence in news reporting. The list grows as she continues to demonstrate that women can bring perception, compassion and vitality to news reporting. Miss Chung belongs to American Women in Radio and Television and serves on the Washington chapter board of directors of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1976

Kay Bailey, a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, was a Texas legislator in the House of Representatives. She now serves as Vice Chairwoman for the National Transportation-Safety Board. Ms. Bailey has worked diligently to improve her state by working with a number of organizations, campaigns and projects. In 1975, she became president of the Texas Rape Prevention Project, local chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Association, and was elected to the National Board of Directors for the National Order of Women Legislators. She has held important positions in numerous organizations: the Texas Constitutional Convention, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the President's Summit Conference on Inflation, the Citizens' Improvement Committee for Mass Transit, Harris County Historical Commission, Gulf Coast Transportation Planning Committee and many others. Ms. Bailey was even the first woman television news reporter for a Houston station. In the past few years, Ms. Bailey has receive an impressive number of awards and honors for her extreme dedication to her city and state. In 1970, she received the Houston Bar Association Annual Award for Best T.V. Reporter in the field of Jurisprudence. In 1975, the Texas Bar Association presented her with the "Outstanding Legislative Service Award," and the Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association named her "Outstanding Legislator." In 1976, she was again named "Outstanding Legislator" by the Congress of Houston Teachers. Also in 1976, she was given the "Outstanding Service Award" by the Parent-Staff of the Houston School for the Deaf. The word "outstanding" adequately describes Ms. Bailey, and this year she has been appropriately named one of the ten national winners in Outstanding Young Women of America.

1977

Unselfish dedication sums up the background of service, participation, contributions, time and talent demonstrated by Sharon Percy Rockefeller. Ms. Rockefeller worked actively as a delegate for President Carter at the Democratic National Convention in 1976. After receiving an A.B. from Stanford University, Sharon helped to build a youth center in Africa while she worked with Operation Crossroads in Africa. Later she studied at Morris Harvey College and West Virginia Wesleyan College. Ms. Rockefeller is Vice Chairman of the West Virginia International Women's Year coordinating committee. She has also been active on the Advisory Board of the National Women's Political Caucus and the Women's Campaign Fund. This year she received a Doctor of Laws from Morris Harvey College and a Doctor of Public Service from Alderson-Broaddus College.

1978

Alexis Herman is the Director of the Women's Bureau with the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. She is the youngest Director ever appointed. She assists in formulating standards and policies to promote the welfare of the working woman and advance their employment opportunities. She sponsors Department of Labor programs for helping low-income and young women with their employment-related problems and she has helped to improve opportunities for women in non-traditional jobs. Alexis has spent most of her adult life working to help minorities, women, and the young to improve their economic status. She has been a social worker, guidance counselor, community and outreach worker, program developer, administrator and consultant. She has written articles for magazines and journals and has lectured widely in the country on issues of major importance to women. The Department of Labor has been represented by Alexis on official visits to Japan and South America and she led the U.S. delegation to the Paris meeting of the Working Party on the role of Women in the Economy for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Alexis is a charter member of Atlanta's Black Women's Coalition; she is a member of the Industrial Research Relation Association, and a Charter Member of the Atlanta Black Personnel Association. She is a member of the American Society for Business and Professional Women and a member of the International Personnel Management Association. Alexis is also a member of the National Council of Negro Women and the Chairperson of the Personnel Committee of the Atlanta YWCA Board of Directors. She is a member of the Emeritus Executive Committee of the Campaign for Human Development and a member of Delta Sigma Theta. She recently was awarded the Women's Equity Action League and the first Dorothy Height Award and was the Woman of the Year 1977 for the National Black Women's Political Caucus.