Foxcroft School Trustees Present Ruth Bedford ’32 With Its Highest Honor

5/21/15 — Foxcroft School’s Board of Trustees recently bestowed its highest honor—the Anne Kane McGuire ’52 Distinguished Service Award—on Ruth Thomas Bedford, a member of the Class of 1932 whose love for her alma mater led to an historic gift to the girls’ boarding and day school. Bedford was the 29th recipient of the award and the first on to be honored posthumously. Foxcroft Board Chair Reggie Groves said the McGuire Award was given to Bedford, “for being a shining example of strength, independence, and service to Foxcroft students and women around the world, and for inspiring us all to be true to ourselves, to follow our passions, and to make a difference in the world.” Bedford, who died in June just short of her 100th birthday, left the school $40 million in her will.