Anne Palamountain

Anne Palamountain, Skidmore College's "First Lady" for 22 Years

1923–2015

In 1979, Anne, wife of Skidmore's fourth president, created the Palamountain Benefit to raise resources for students requiring financial assistance to attend the College. Anne's many years of dedication to the scholarship fund and to what came to be known as the Polo by Twilight event allowed more than 300 hundred scholarships to be awarded to the best and brightest students who attended and graduated from Skidmore.

Since 1979, the annual Palamountain Scholarship Benefit has been raising funds to make a college education accessible to all students, which was Anne’s greatest passion. While I did not have the privilege of meeting Anne, I know that her legacy and that of her husband Joseph Palamountain, the fourth president of Skidmore, live on. Since the fundraiser’s inception, more than 350 Palamountain Scholarships have been awarded to directly support our students.

President MARC C. CONNER

Please help us to continue the strong support of scholarships at Skidmore College that Anne Palamountain championed for so many years.