Published on: July 16th, 2024

Hillsdale College Honors Alumni Award Recipient: Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

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Washington D.C. — Hillsdale College was proud to announce its 2024 Alumni Award recipients, on June 30, 2024, at a special ceremony during White & Blue Reunion Weekend in Hillsdale, Michigan. Hillsdale in D.C.’s visiting fellow Dr. Elizabeth Spalding won the Award for Freedom.

“When students graduate from Hillsdale College, they go into a wide variety of fields and professions — the arts and sciences, journalism, law, education, among many others,” said Colleen Mc Ginness, the executive director of Alumni Relations at Hillsdale College. “These awards give us the opportunity to recognize and honor the good work being done by Hillsdale College alumni everywhere.”

Elizabeth Edwards Spalding (‘88) received the Elizebeth Smith Friedman Award for Freedom. She is the chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and founding director of the Victims of Communism Museum. A lifelong educator and frequent public speaker, she is senior fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and visiting fellow at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in international politics and political theory from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in politics from Hillsdale College. She lives with her family in Arlington, Virginia.

Congratulations, Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, on this great honor!

For headshots and photos of the award recipients, click here.

About Hillsdale in D.C.

Hillsdale in D.C. is an extension of the teaching mission of Hillsdale College to Washington, D.C. Its purpose is to teach the Constitution and the principles that give it meaning. Through the study of original source documents from American history—and of older books that formed the education of America’s founders—it seeks to inspire students, teachers, citizens, and policymakers to return the America’s principles to their central place in the political life of the nation.

About Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 5.7 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.