NMU alumna Amy Lou Arnold is among the eight 2016 inductees in the Brighton Area Women's Roll of Honor, announced in conjunction with Women's History Month. She has earned a solid reputation as a key costumer-supervisor for major movies. Her credits include Titanic, Seabiscuit, Daredevil, Memoirs of a Geisha, Public Enemies and J. Edgar. 

Arnold graduated from NMU in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in theater and entertainment arts. According to her honoree bio, she began her career at NMU with a work-study position that used her homegrown sewing skills. Summer work in costuming at a regional outdoor theater led to a costume shop internship at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ky. She eventually moved to New York City, where she started at Carelli Costume House as a shopper while learning about the costume aging and dying process.

Arnold and the other seven inductees were honored at a March 15 luncheon. Candidates for admission to the Brighton Area Women’s Roll of Honor must be from the Brighton area, have achieved prominence while living or working in the Brighton area or have given service with a significant connection to the Brighton area.

Honorees have demonstrated distinctive accomplishments in their chosen fields, professional or otherwise, that are of an enduring nature to the social, cultural, economic or political well-being of the community, state or nation. They also have made commitments that significantly advanced the status of women in society and exhibit qualities of character and personal ideals that serve as a positive role model for youth and other women.