June 2013 for her eminent service to the community, particularly women, as an author, academic and through leadership roles with corporations, foundations, universities and philanthropic groups. On 12 June, she was removed as a 'Companion' and invested as an 'Honorary Companion' of the Order of Australia, because she no longer held Australian citizenship. On July 10, 2013, she received a 2012 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Legacy In 2017 the John and Jill Ker Conway residence for veterans was opened in Washington DC. Selected bibliography Books Reprinted as: Chapters in books Journal articles Pdf. References External links National Women's History Project - Jill Ker Conway biography Jill Ker Conway: A Life Penguin Randomhouse Books - Jill Ker Conway A Woman's Education by Jill Ker Conway Excerpts from The Road from Coorain Masterpiece Theatre - The Road from Coorain, aired May 13, 2008 Booknotes interview with Ker Conway on When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography, May 24, 1998. 1934 births 2018 deaths Honorary Companions of the Order of Australia American historians American memoirists Australian emigrants to the United States People with acquired American citizenship Harvard University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Nike, Inc. people University of Sydney alumni University of Toronto faculty National Humanities Medal recipients American women historians Presidents of Smith College Women heads of universities and colleges American women memoirists People educated at Abbotsleigh 21st-century American women