Interview with Jill Ker Conway. There are only a few people versatile enough to be thought of as the Fall Arts Distinguished Academic Lecturer, the inaugural speaker of the Frederik Meijer . Mass Humanities conferred the 2014 Massachusetts Governors Award in the Humanities to Jill Ker Conway on November 9, 2014. As Smiths first woman president, Jill Ker Conway was a staunch supporter of women in sport, spearheading the creation of an athletics department separate . There are only a few people versatile enough to be thought of as the Fall Arts Distinguished Academic Lecturer, the inaugural speaker of the Frederik Meijer .