June Cohen Uses Bequest to Support Future Generations of Women Students

I am proud to be one of the first five women to be accepted at Babson College in 1968, to graduate first in the Class of ’71, and to be the first woman recipient of the Roger W. Babson Award.

Babson’s unparalleled reputation throughout the global business community coupled with the excellent business education I received fueled my 32-year career as a trailblazing woman senior executive at DuPont. It is not always easy to forge new paths and to challenge the status quo. I credit Babson with helping me to overcome many of the obstacles that I encountered.

In my next act, my husband, Ken Naiff, and I have embarked on a new adventure. Ken is an astrophotographer, and I manage the business and marketing aspects of our start-up business, Dark Sky Images.

I was fortunate to receive financial assistance from Babson, and it is important for me to give back to annually to support women’s entrepreneurial leadership AND to make a bequest to provide scholarship funding to future generations of women students.

I am pleased that we could make this planned gift to Babson to ensure that other young women can be afforded similar opportunities and experiences.

—June R. Cohen ’71