Houston Resident Diane Lee Receives Tufts University Alumni Award

MEDFORD, MA (06/29/2010)(readMedia)-- Diane Lee, a Houston resident and a graduate of Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, Mass., was awarded recently with the Tufts University Alumni Association's Alumni Chapter Leadership Award for her work in creating and planning special events for the Tufts Alumni Houston Alliance. This award is presented to deserving Tufts alumni who have demonstrated leadership capabilities in support of their alumni constituencies.

The Tufts University Alumni Association strives to promote Tufts' spirit, tradition, and collegiality and to strengthen the ties among Tufts alumni and their alma mater. The association includes more than 100,000 graduates worldwide and is ccelebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

Tufts University, located on three Massachusetts campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville, and Grafton, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoy a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across the university's schools is widely encouraged.