The University Women's Center last night presented, Janet Napolitano, Arizona governor and University Law School alumna, with its 2004 Distinguished Alumna Award, according to University Relations.
Napolitano delivered a public lecture entitled, "Closing the Gap: The Necessity for Women in Leadership Positions" in the Law School's Caplin Auditorium. The Women's Center presented Napolitano with the award at a reception following her lecture, which is part of the Women's Center series, "Virginia 2020: Innovations in Public Service."
Napolitano said she discussed the role of women as governors and the specific ways the female gubernatorial role has changed over time.
"It started off that if a governor died, his wife assumed the role -- only recently have women been running in their own right," Napolitano said in an interview before the lecture.
She also addressed the different leadership styles ascribed to men and women.
"Is it accurate to divide [leadership] by gender?" Napolitano said.
Napolitano said she later outlined her personal educational and career paths.
"People are interested in someone from the same school they're attending, especially in how I got out to Arizona and became governor," Napolitano said.
Prior to her lecture at the Law School, Napolitano said she spent the day meeting with various members of the University community. She met with a group of Women's Center officials at the Center and a group of undergraduate students in Pavilion IV. Napolitano also attended an informal lunch with a group of law students yesterday.
Napolitano, a 1983 University Law School graduate, attended Santa Clara University in California as an undergraduate. In 2003, Napolitano became the 21st governor of Arizona and the first woman to succeed another woman as any state's governor, according to University Relations.
--Compiled by Natasha Altamirano
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