Eve Pell '54 GFS Hall of Excellence Inductee

Reporter, memoirist, journalism teacher, prison reform activist and gold-medalist, Eve has enjoyed numerous professional and personal accomplishments. After earning her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College, Eve turned to political activism and reporting, covering the California prison system for several news outlets. She was a staff reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting, taught journalism at San Francisco State University and has received many awards for her print reporting and television documentaries. She has published several books, among them Maximum Security: Letters from Prison and We Used to Own the Bronx: Memoirs of a Former Debutante, and Love, Again: The Wisdom of Unexpected Romance. Eve's many running awards include achieving first place in California's grueling Dipsea Race and a 2014 Norman Bright Award for excellence in the Dipsea.