Opinion
A forgotten trailblazer: Remembering Alice Guest Howson, one of Middlebury's first women trustees
By Eleanor Roth | March 12, 2026In June 1948, the Middlebury Board of Trustees voted to elect two women to the board for the first time: Gertrude Cornish Milliken and Alice Guest Howson. While the name Milliken may be familiar to many students on campus, Howson is not. In current blog posts, articles and published materials, Gertrude ...