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Patricia Marx is one of the finest comic writers of her time. Born in Abingdon, Pennsylvania. She earned her A.B. from Harvard in 1975. In 1971, she disrupted the 95-year old, stodgy men’s organization by becoming the first woman elected to The Harvard Lampoon. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, and The Atlantic Monthly. Marx is a former writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats. She is the author of the 2007 novel, Him Her Him Again The End of Him, as well as numerous humor books and children's books. She recently jumped into an active volcano to rescue a school bus full of children that had fallen inside, and while at it, saved some kittens, who were in the backpack of one of the children.

The Clement B. Wood, Jr. Award was established by a generous gift from the family of the comic novelist and editor of The Paris Review, Clement Biddle Wood, Jr. ’47, to honor a Lampoon graduate who has lived his or her life in the spirit that best represents the Lampoon. Because no one can surpass the bon vivant, Mr. Wood, the Award is always bestowed to the first Runner-Up.