Maureen O. Doran '71 MSN has been selected by the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) to receive the Yale Medal in 2005.
Doran was one of five Yale University Alumni selected this year. Recipients also include J. Kirk Casselman '68, Rowan Claypool '80, , Paul L. Joskow '72 PhD and Nicholas Spinelli '41S, '44 MD. Inaugurated in 1952, the Yale Medal is the highest award presented by the Association of Yale Alumni and is conferred solely to recognize and honor outstanding individual service to the University. Since its inception, the Yale Medal has been presented to 252 individuals, all of whom not only showed extraordinary devotion to the ideals of the University but also were conspicuous in demonstrating their support of Yale through extensive, exemplary voluntary service on behalf of Yale as a whole or one of its many schools, institutes or programs.
Maureen Doran has shown exceptional devotion to both YSN and AYA. First appointed as an AYA Delegate At-Large in 1990, she was elected to the AYA Board of Governors in 1993, and subsequently served from 1996 to 2002 as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Chair and Chair. Following her service as AYA Chair, Doran returned to assist the YSN Alumnae/i Association by leading a task force to renew and restructure the association's programming. In 2002, she was named an inaugural recipient of the Yale School of Nursing Medal and inducted into the School's Hall of Fame. As an alumni leader, Doran exhibited both a deep affection for Yale and the ability to galvanize a broad range of alumni initiatives and activities.
The 2005 Yale Medalists will be honored at a dinner ceremony on the evening of Thursday, November 17 on the Yale campus, in conjunction with the annual Assembly of the Association of Yale Alumni.
In the photo above, Maureen Doran is featured with her daughter, Allison, who graduated from YSN this year.
