ACCESS Receives
Special Honor

ACCESS is proud to announce that it has received this year’s Champion of ACCESS award from the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM) at their recent Annual Dinner for its success in increasing college access for low-income students in Boston and Springfield.

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Gala 2010: A Celebration of Promise and Potential

This year, ACCESS was honored to celebrate Paul S. Grogan, the President and CEO of The Boston Foundation and Jeffrey F. Jones, ACCESS Trustee and Partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP for the impact they have had on the civic life of the city of Boston, as well as for the significant part each have played in the recent growth of ACCESS.

 

ACCESS wishes to thank the following corporations, foundations and individuals for their generous contributions to the 2010 Gala: A Celebration of Promise and Potential! The evening was a great success thanks to their support!

 

Presenting Sponsor
The Lavine Family

 

Valedictorian
Baystate Financial Services

 

Salutatorian
Bank of America

 

Magna cum Laude
Alastair & Leslie Adam
Anonymous
The Baupost Group
Josh & Anita Bekenstein
The Boston Foundation
Paul & Sandra Edgerley
Genzyme
Carolyn & Peter S. Lynch
Mike Krupka & Anne Kubik
State Street

 

Cum Laude
Scott & Pamela Aldsworth
Jim & Karen Ansara
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Boston University
Rick & Nonnie Burnes
Mike & Betsy Danziger
Jonathan Davis
Eastern Bank
Ernst & Young
IBM
Dennis & Jan Morgan
Jane & Gordon Nelson
Northeastern University
Zander & Alison Packard
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Laurie & Peter Thomsen
University of Massachusetts Boston
Anne Lovett & Steve Woodsum
Year Up
Brooks & Linda Zug
David & Megan Zug

 

   


 

Funds raised from the Gala support ACCESS's high quality advising and scholarship programs. Past award recipients include: Bill Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions at Harvard College, Mayor Thomas M Menino, Robert L. Beal, President and CEO of The Beal Companies, Barbara Lynch, Executive Chef/Owner of No. 9 Park, Clayton H. W. Turnbull, President and CEO of The Waldwin Group, Inc., Larry Lucchino, President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Linda Whitlock, President and CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Henri Termeer, President and CEO, Genzyme Corporation, The Honorable Robert Travaglini, President, Massachusetts State Senate.