Nancy Bekavac was the sixth president of Scripps College and the first woman to hold that position.
In 2003, Scripps College Summer Academy began an annual two-week residential program for underserved high school students.
In 2001, a 25-meter swimming pool was built, and in 2006 ground was broken for the Sallie Tiernan Field House, a recreation and athletic center with a woman-friendly environment.
[5] The Field House now accommodates nutrition and health classes and includes workout rooms.
She practiced law in Los Angeles, and was a partner at the firm now known as Munger, Tolles & Olson; she was Director of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, and was counselor to the president of Dartmouth College prior to her appointment as president of Scripps College.