Wellesley had, as far as I was concerned, the best science departments, both chemistry and biology, which I was most interested in. It was clearly the most beautiful … it’s still the most beautiful. And it also seemed to have a kind of a freedom, and it had a very good dance group. I thought it was closer to Boston than it was.
Mary Jeanne Kreek ’58, addiction research pioneer and Alumnae Achievement Award recipient, gets down to brass tacks.