UM to recognize service, commitment > Achievement, dedication win public acclaim

Three Maine women will be recognized later this month for their service, commitment and achievement when they are honored at the fourth annual Maryann Hartman Awards ceremony at the University of Maine.

Recipients of the award are Mildred “Brownie” Schrumpf, columnist, author and gourmet cook; U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe; and Mabel S. Wadsworth, women’s health-care educator and activist.

The ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Damn Yankee room, Memorial Union. UM President Dale Lick will speak and a reception will be held.

Established in 1986 by the UM Women in the Curriculum program, the awards recognize Maine women of inspiration and achievement in arts, politics, business, education and community service. They are named for the late Maryann Hartman, UM teacher and scholar in speech communications.

The awards are represented annually to recognize women whose achievements, like Hartman’s, provide inspiration to others and increase campus and community awareness of the accomplishments of women today.

Schrumpf, whose food columns have been followed by readers of the Bangor Daily News for nearly 40 years, is a 1925 UM graduate, where she earned a degree in home economics. Her professional work in the field includes years of lecturing, teaching, directing 4-H activities, promoting Maine products and writing her weekly food column. She has written two popular cookbooks.

Snowe, the first Greek-American woman to be elected to Congress, is serving her sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves on a number of committees, including Foreign Affairs, International Operations, and Aging. She is co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues. She is a 1969 graduate of UM, majoring in political science. She began her political career in 1973 in the Maine House of Representatives.

Founder of the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center in Bangor, Wadsworth has been a leader in protecting women’s reproductive rights in Maine since the 1940s. A registered nurse, she organized the first family-planning program in Maine and helped establish the Maine Family Planning Association. She has served as a director of several community organizations.

Tickets for the awards presentation are available from the WIC office, 581-1228.