M. Joan Kuyper Farver ’88H has been selected as a 2026 Women of Achievement honoree by Women Lead Change. Farver served as Chair of the Board of Pella Corporation from 1981 to 1995 and as Chair Emerita from 1995 until her death in 2017. She was an active Central trustee from 1979-2002. She received an honorary degree from the college in 1988 and Central’s Fellowship of Service Award in 1998. Her grandfather, A.N. Kuyper, was a Central trustee in the early 1900s and the first of eight family members to serve on Central’s board, spanning five generations providing more than a combined 160 years of service, a legacy that continues. READ MORE at Marion County Express.
