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About Kathy Wilkes
- Kathleen Vaughan Wilkes (23 June 1946 – 21 August 2003) was an English philosopher and academic who played an important part in rebuilding the education systems of former Communist countries after 1990.
- She established her reputation as an academic with her contributions to the philosophy of mind in two major works and many articles in professional journals.
- As a conscientious college tutor, she won the respect and affection of her students and academic colleagues.
- Her most notable contribution lay in her clandestine activities behind the Iron Curtain, which led to the establishment of underground universities and academic networks in Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.
- For her work in support of this network President Václav Havel awarded her the Commemorative Medal of the President of the Czech Republic in October 1998.
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