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2011
Lisa Boyce Youth Enrichment
Karen Castellano Community Service
Margo L Deloch Humanitarian Concerns
Diane Katzman Creative Philanthropy
Becky Kueker Volunteer Leadership
Lisa Nichols Youth Dedication
Pam Toder Women's Health
Corinne Walentik, MD, MPH Health Leadership
Carol Weir Senior Health Advocacy
Fran Gelber Zamler Community Betterment
2010
Janie Bickham Humanitarian Concerns
Cynthia Kagan Frohlichstein Lifetime Service
Patty Gregory Arts Entrepreneur
Judy Harris Creative Philanthropy
Debra A. Hollingsworth Community Betterment
Karen S. Kalish Multicultural Leadership
Sandra Smith Murdock Youth Enrichment
Cecilia A. Nadal Cultural Enrichment
Valerie E. Patton Women's Empowerment
Rita R. Swiener Spirit of Giving
2009
Joan Lee Berkman Innovative Communication
Susan S. Block Creative Philanthropy
Arlen Chaleff Mental Health
Susie Knopf Women's Health
Amanda L. Murphy, Ph.D Community Betterment
Noémi K. Neidorff Arts Champion
Cheryl D. Polk Human Concerns
Deidre Pujols Youth & Family
Norma Stern Lifetime Service
Gin Wachter Cultural Enrichment
2008
Nancy Grove Animal Welfare Advocate
Joni Karandjeff Community Leadership
Virginia Kirkpatrick Social Enterprise
Lisa McMullin Cultural Enrichment
Pamela Meanes Civic Leadership
Susan B. Philpott Education Enrichment
Marci Rosenberg Creative Philanthropy
Paula V. Smith* Social Responsibility
Verna Green Smith Education Advocatet
Shirley Washington-Cobb Youth Dedication
2007
Gay Pauly Bryant Healthcare & Comm. Advocate
Becky Byrne A Champion for Grieving Children
Sunny Glassberg Creative Philanthropy
Ronni Handelman Social Responsibility
Jean Maritz Hobler Humanitarian Concerns
Jean Huelsing Youth Wellness
Linda Lee Civic Outreach
Michelle D. McBride Citizenship
Vickie Newton Community Betterment
Ruth A. Smith Community Leadership
2006
Ilse Altman Human Awareness
Nancy Galvin Civic Welfare
Susan Gelman Cultural Development
Delia Greer Humanitarian
Margaret (Peg) Ledbetter Good Neighbor
Myrna Meyer Volunteer Leadership
Gwendolyn DeLoach Packnett Youth Enrichment
Joan Sheppard Community Betterment
Susan Sherman Arts Leadership
Sr. Jackie Toben, SSND Advoc. for Women & Children
2005
Nina Baird Education Activist
Jean Crowder Community Service
Sue Engelhardt Volunteer Leadership
Barbie Freund Visionary
Renee Montileone Harms Health Concerns
Mildred Jamison Child Welfare
Helen Kornblum Women's Health
Donna Moog Philanthropy
Lana Pepper Arts Leadership
Sue Stepleton Children's Advocate
2004
Laurna Godwin Community Leadership
Jane Mitchellette Hanneken Special Education
Gina Hoagland Social Enterprise
Ileane Kanter Fagin Women's Health
Evelyn Myers Seniors' Advocacy
Polly O'Brien Children's Advocacy
Peggy Ross Educational Benefactor
Beth Schroeder Children's Special Needs
Connie Stretch Humanitarian Concerns
Bess Wilfong Children's Welfare
2003
Valerie D. Bell Building Diversity
Karen Carroll Community Leadership
Lynne M. Cooper Aids Advocate
Alison Ferring Arts Advocate
Anita Hockett Health Care Leadership
Mary Ann Lee Philanthropy
Lenore Pepper Volunteer Leadership
Darlene Roy Children's Advocate
Julie Mather Schnuck Children's Services
Rabbi Susan Talve Humanitarian Concerns
Nan Wyatt* Communication
2002
Barbara Bartley-Turkington Ldrshp Dvlpmnt
Francie Broderick Mental Health
Alice S. Handelman Services for Older Adults
Anna T. Lum Cultural Awareness
Ruth Mason Lewis Community Service
Linda J. McKay Character Education
Susan W. Nall, Ph.D Early Childhood Education
Ilene Ordower Women's Issues
Mary Lou Schicker Volunteer Services
Connie Schnuck Children's Mental Health
2001
Faye Beth Baer-O'Bryne Philanthropy
Katie Rodriquez Banister Disability Awareness
Terry Bloomberg Community Betterment
Roberta Cohen Humanitarian Concerns
Thelma V. Cook Volunteer Service
Malaika B. Horne, Ph.D Education
Nancy Kranzberg Cultural Enrichment
Judith B. 'Judee' Sauget Community Service
Ann McFarland Sullins Civic Concerns
Virginia Trent Social Responsibility
2000
Mary Behnke Humanitarian Concerns
Rev. Jacqueline Brock Youth Outreach
Julia Eckstein Community Betterment
Melanie Fathman Cultural Enrichment
Mary S. Gillespie Civic Responsibility
Linda Hansen Health Advocacy
Kathleen Hummel Children's Welfare
Barbara S. Jacob Creative Philanthropy
Annie Conant Schlafly Education Enrichment
Nancy R. Siwak Community Service
1999
Dorothy Barnard* Human Welfare
Janet Becker Social Responsibility
June Mc Allister Fowler Youth
Judy Gall Community Responsibility
Marsha Greenstreet Community Betterment
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Community Inspiration
Virginia Klein Humanitarian
Mary Ann Krey Civic Responsibility
Lorri Latimer Health Concerns
Peggy Ritter Cultural Enrichment
1998
Mary Randolph Ballinger Volunteerism
Lisa Baue Business & Community
Charmaine Chapman* Community Betterment
Margaret W. Dagen* Lifetime Achievement
Karen Duffy Social Responsibility
Barbara S. Eagleton Cultural Enrichment
Joan Lipic Volunteer Leadership
Grace Shen Lo, Ph. D International Awareness
Sr. Mary Jean Ryan FSM Civic Responsibility
Denice H. Wright Community Service
1997
Mary Carol Archie Community Health Care
Ruth A. Bryant Civic Preservation
Judy Smith Champ* Cultural Enrichment
Jane Freund Harris* Creative Philanthropy
Saundra Hudson Education
Nancy A. Verderber Martin Social Responsibility
Terri Shores Mason Humanatarian Concerns
Lucille M. Stehman* Historic Preservation
Linda Jean Schroeder Community Betterment
Glenn Johnson Sheffield Community Service
1996
M. Patricia Barrett Community Leadership
Nanci A. Bobrow Child Welfare
Camilla (Kimmy) Thompson Brauer Cultural Enrichment
Evelyn A. Cohen Health Education
Barbara L. DeGonia Youth Services
Karen K. Goodman Volunteer Leadership
Mary Lee Hermann Humanitarian Concerns
Sally Spoehrer Lemkemeier Social Responsibility
Bessie Bennett Peabody Education
Judith E. Simms Civic Responsibility
1995
Linda A. Fisher, M.D* Health
Eileen C. Frauenfelder* Volunteer Service
Nancy Freund Kalishman Youth & Family
Peggy L. LeCompte Social Responsibility
Dolores B. Malcolm Literacy
Caro S. Schneithorst Community Service
Elsie Shemin-Roth Humanitarian Concerns
Marjorie R. Smith Education
Blanche M. Touhill Civic Responsibility
Gloria W. White* Community Betterment
Note: There was no class of 1994. Timing of the Women of Achievement luncheon was changed to reflect the year the award was presented.
1993
JoAnn Harmon Arnold Creative Philanthropy
Judy Aronson Children's Issues
Clementine Claiborne Child Welfare
Sister Mary Pius Fagan, O.P Human Concerns
Marilyn Fox Community Service
Zella M. Harrington Health Services
Mary Elizabeth Humphrey Rhodes Family Enrich
Linda Riekes Education
S. Sue Shear* Public Service
Ida Goodwin Woolfolk Business & Comm.
1992
Carolyn Beimdiek Community Service
Evelyn M. Bowles Public Service
Sister Betty Brucker, F.S.M Health Services
Kay Drey Environmental Concern
Marlyn Shaeffer Essman Volunteer Service
Mary Ellen Finch Education
Queen Dunlap Fowler Human Concerns
Patricia C. McKissack Youth Enrichment
Jean Patterson Neal Child Welfare
Peggy Newman Creative Philanthropy
1991
Christine A. Chadwick Volunteerism
Eileen Donovan Human Welfare
Julia Goldstein* Early Childhood Education
Mary Kane Economic Development
Theresa E. Loveless Community Service
Joan Newman Youth Dedication
Cynthia Thompson Community Betterment
Susan Uchitelle Equality in Education
Mildred Winter Education
Harriett Woods* Political Advocacy
1990
Barbara Bridgewater Volunteer Service
Marion Brooks* Education
Charlene Bry Creative Philanthropy
Rosa Campbell* Child Welfare
Carolyn Chapman Community Service
Elizabeth Danforth* Youth Enrichment
Sr. Mary Kevin Ford* Health
Jean Hamilton Civic Responsibility
Mary Ann Price* Human Concern
Janet McAfee Weakley* Business & Comm.
1989
Ailene Auner* Humanitarian Concern
Sr. Raymond Joseph Cordes* Education
Judy Crowell Youth Dedication
Helen Delicate* Social Responsibility
Joy Rice Dunkelman Senior Adult Services
Johann Ellerbrake Health
Dudley Grove Community Service
Dorothy St. Clair* Volunteer Services
Virginia Stith* Historic Preservation
Joyce Thomas* Civic Responsibility
1988
Helen Bergfield* Civic Betterment
Marion B. Black Cultural Enrichment
Myrtle Davis Health Concerns
Karen Foss Communications
Johnetta Haley Education
Dee Joyner Business and Community
Sr. John Antonio Miller Social Responsibility
Kay Roush Youth Welfare
Sheri Schechter* Volunteer Service
Donna Wilkinson Community Service
1987
Janice Attala* Social Welfare
Sr. Joyce Buckler Special Education
Virginia Cornelius Youth Welfare
Jane Crider* Mental Health
Edna Freeman Vocational Services
Nichola Gillis Community Service
Kathleen O'Brien Humanitarian Concern
Letty Korn* Volunteer Service
Betty Thompson Social Concern
Anne Williams* Historic Preservation
1986
Helen M. Aff-Drum* Medical Pioneer
Louise A. Bauschard Women's Advocate
Edith C. Cunnane Humanitarian Concern
Julia B. Davis* Education
Gretta Forrester Volunteer Service
Bertha Gilkey Community Betterment
Mary Lou Hess Business & Community
Ruth Krause Jacobson* Civic Concern
Anne Keefe Communications
Joanne Knight Health Concern
1985
Harriet Bakewell* Civic Beautification
Audrey Gooch Early Childhood Education
Mary Thomas Jirauch Community Health
Bettie Johnson Volunteer Service
Joanne Kohn Fine Arts
Lenore Loeb* Environmental Concerns
Ruth Menniges* Youth Welfare
Laura E. Root* Lifetime Service
Ann Slaughter Human Concern
Vivian Zwick Creative Philanthropy
1984
Sr. Agnes Marie Baer Humanitarian Concern
Susan Clancy Volunteer Leadership
Katherine Dunham* Fine Arts
Eleanore Kenney* Advocacy
Jewel P. Livingston* Community Concern
Joy Melman Community Service
Ricki O'Meara Social Welfare
Betty Pavlige Good Neighbor
Faith C. Plumb* Social Responsibility
Geri Rothman-Serot Good Citizenship
1983
Virginia Barnes Community Responsibility
Geraldine A. Binion Health Concern
Katherine Drescher Education
Dorothy Friedman* Good Neighbor
Elizabeth Gilbert* Youth Dedication
Elizabeth Lewis* Social Welfare
Marjorie McAtee* Mental Health
Susan Musgrave Volunteer Service
Carol F. Pillsbury* Quality of Life
Almira Sant Community Betterment
1982
Marge Charleville Social Responsiblity
Louise Golman* Community Leadership
Susan Niekamp Hecker* Human Relations
Betty Ibur* Health Concern
Rosalie Meier* Music and Art
Tina Niemann Youth Dedication
M. Kathleen Quinn Community Welfare
Mary Strauss Historic Preservation
Perry Streett Special Education
Bonnie Summers-Wolfarth Special Education
Mary A. Tillman Medicine
1981
Libby Bass* Medical Pioneer
Marie Burrow* Human Relations
M. Patricia Coffey Spence* Comm. Betterment
Sr. Jane Kehoe Hassett Education
Gloria Hirsch* Civic Welfare
Ann Liberman Volunteer Service
Carolyn Losos Youth Dedication
Marjorie Robins* Community Leadership
Marjorie Susman Social Justice
Betty Szewczyk Health Concern
1980
Vivian D. Adams Youth Dedication
Lee Bohm Volunteer Service
Barbara Dean Butler Health Concern
Carol McCarthy Duhme Comm. Leadership
Sr. Mary Ann Eckhoff* Religion
Alice Hanson Jones* Historical Research
Mary Kimbrough* Communication
Marylen Mann Arts for Older Adults
Barbara S. Uehling Education
Willie West Cultural Enrichment
1979
June Cox Good Neighbor
Sr. Catherine Durr Health Care
Erna Eisendrath* Natural History
Sally Hermann Volunteer Service
Joan Ingham Community Health
Marlene Kopman* Social Responsibility
Gini Laurie* Rehabilitation
Talbot MacCarthy Cultural Enrichment
Myrtle Officer* Civic Betterment
Judy Smith* Leadership
1978
Mary L. Boeger Social Responsibility
Ursula Bracy* Public Health
Sr. Marie Charles Buford Community Betterment
Kitty Ford* Cultural Enrichment
Henrietta Freedman Comm. Service
Mary Hall Social Concern
Audrey Ann Martin King* Business Leadership
Sr. Mary Isidore Lennon* Health Care
Nora Stern Civic Beautification
Dr. Virginia Weldon Medical Pioneer
1977
Adrienne Cuffie Youth Dedication
Nettie Cunningham* Good Neighbor
Dorothy Jacobson* Human Relations
Anna Rose Kraus Child Concern
Martha O'Malley Education
Jane Paine Social Concern
Lucianna Ross Historic Preservation
Betty Sims Community Service
Rachel Stalnaker* Quality Service
Elsie Valier* Juvenile Justic
1976
Helen Bruce* Health
Mary Louise Butler* Good Neighbor
Jane Evans Public Affairs
Diane Gallant Community Betterment
Ellen Jones Fine Arts
Ruth Kallaus* Cultural Enrichment
Lillian A. Parks Social Welfare
Elizabeth Sayad Civic Responsibility
Harriet Kern Switzer Education
Rev. Gloria Weber Religion
1975
Ellie Beckers* Community Health
Carolyn Bond Historic Preservation
Rosalie Ewing Social Responsibility
Marie L. Larkin* Education
Lynn Lyss Community Service
Georgia T. Rusan Social Welfare
Mary Theon Schoen* Human Relations
Celeste Stiehl Public Affairs
Molly Sverdrup* Fine Arts
Dr. Jessie L. Ternberg Medical Pioneer
1974
Lois J. Blackwell Youth Dedication
Ann Dandurant Child Concern
Minna Fendell* Religious Leadership
Elizabeth White Garlington Good Neighbor
Kitty Hoblitzelle* Community Responsibility
Jane Daly Leopold* Social Welfare
Lucille Osterkamp* Volunteer Service
Sr. Mary Roch Rocklage Health
Katherine Walsh* Charitable Concern
Katie H. Wright Education
1973
Florence Billups* Good Citizen
Vicki Boardman* Cultural Enrichment
Ann Judith McCormick* Social Welfare
Priscilla McDonnell Fine Arts
Gerry Schiller Community Services
Eleanor L. Schlafly Public Affairs
Ruth Scrivner* Social Responsibility
Jane Spoehrer* Youth Dedication
Harriet Spoehrer* Youth Dedication
Florence Aritha Spotts* Comm. Betterment
1972
Shirley Cohen Civic Accomplishment
Mary C. Daly* Social Welfare
Sr. Helen Louis Deeken* Health
Anne Lehmann* Creative Philanthropy
Kathryn Nelson* Youth Dedication
Dorothea Pflug* Social Responsibility
Lola Reed* Cultural Enrichment
Betty King Rosen* Community Betterment
Josephine Throdahl Leadership
Mary G. Zorensky* Human Relations
1971
Lee Annie Bonner Civic Leadership
Mabel Bourgeois* Social Welfare
Virginia Feinberg* Good Citizen
Jane Greenfield Cultural Enrichment
Laura Jones* Youth Dedication
Jane Shapleigh Community Concern
Michael Sibille Social Responsibility
Anna Katherine Spross Health
Pearl Schwartz White* Human Relations
Carolyn Wohl* Creative Philanthropy
1970
Ina M. Boon Social Welfare
Billie Farrell Cultural Enrichment
Marie B. Fulp* Civic Responsibility
Sarah Hovis* Good Citizen
Delphine McClellan* Community Leadership
Dolores McGhee* Social Responsibility
Elizabeth Mudd Good Neighbor
Audrey Martin Youth Educator
Mary Ann Stein* Health Rehabilitation
Fredda Witherspoon* Education
1969
Deane Allen* Volunteer Service
Mary Blackburn* Youth Dedication
Olivia Drusch* Health
Clara Hempelmann* Public Affairs
Lucy Lopata Community Betterment
E. Anne Moller* Public Service
Lillian Mosee* Social Welfare
Ruth Pfeffer Religion
Mary Jane Thaman Civic Responsibility
Katherine Wells* Creative Achievement
1968
Anita Bond Human Relations
Whitty Cuninggim* Community Betterment
Leah Gardner* Business Leadership
Betty Hearnes Public Affairs
Virginia Lortz* Cultural Enrichment
Josephine Medart* Good Neighbor
Mary Alice Messerley* Social Welfare
Bertha Rhoda* Education
Thelma Seltzer* Creative Philanthropy
Glaneuse Tolin* Civic Responsibility
1967
Jane Black* Civic Responsibility
Ellen Conant* Community Concern
Florence Morris Forbes* Arts
Miriam Goldman* Volunteer Service
Brunette Hilpert* Community Betterment
Grace Lichtenstein* Good Neighbor
Wilma Messing* Good Citizen
Margaret Quinlan Cultural Enrichment
Ella Scott* Health
Adella Smiley* Education
1966
Jeanne Bland* Civic Service
Ethlyn W. Bott* Lifetime
Mary Elizabeth Morris* Civic Concern
Joan Quicksilver Creative Philanthropy
Evelyn H. Roberts* Human Relations
Adelaide Schlafly Good Citizen
Ann Carter Stith* Social Responsibility
Lucille Sutherland Education
Fredericka Trampe* Youth Dedication
Josephine Wood* Community Enrichment
1965
Frances Chapman* Concern for Youth
Frankie Freeman Public Affairs
Alice Gerdine* Fine Arts
Hazel Goetsch* State Beautification
Felicia Koch* Good Citizen
Ruth McCormick* Social Consciousness
Carolyn McDonnell* Heritage Enrichment
Jane K. Pelton* Community Service
Adeline Ruenzi* Lifetime
Alice Wuertenbaecher* Civic Responsibility
1964
Helen Daniel* Fine Arts
Lucy Cable Elliott* Lifetime
Ruth M. Harris* Youth Dedication
Phyllis Hausfater* Social Service
Hazel Heiligers* International Understanding
Dorothy Hobbs* Community Concern
Jacqueline Wexler Education
Julia Lamy* Good Citizen
Marie Pahmeyer* Service to Youth
SaLees Seddon* Civic Responsibility
1963
Vallateen Abbington* Human Relations
Mildred Bastian* Civic Relations
Ruth Coburn* Community Service
Jerry Dalton* State Enrichment
Isabel Dobler* Lifetime
M. Felicetta Cola* Good Neighbor
Lucille Hurwitz* Service to Youth
Dena Lange* Education
Ester Replogle* Fine Arts
Phyllis Schlafly Public Affairs
1962
Jessie N. Barco* Community Welfare
Genevieve Bartlett* Good Citizen
Alice Cowdry* Human Relations
Leslie E. Heinz* Public Affairs
Elsie Langsdorf* Lifetime
Angela Mazzola* International Understanding
Marguerite McCalpin* Civic Service
Marian O'Brien* Good Neighbor
Kay L. Ware* Education
Jean Wells* Community Responsibility
1961
Rosemary Boedeker* Social Responsibility
Irene Chambers* Fine Arts
Marie Ernst* Education
Mabel Hinkley* Lifetime
Frances Kopp* Child Welfare
Minna Milton* Health
Alice M. Smart* Civic Service
Betty Sutter* Good Citizen
Faye Toma* Youth Service
Gretchen Vanderschmidt* Social Service
1960
Mary Frawley* Community Responsibility
Helen Graves* Fine Arts
Rosalind Harris* Civic Service
Mary Jordan* Lifetime
Louise Knapp* Education
Verena Lamy* Social Science
Anna Leaders* Homemaker
Dorothy Pelton* Creative Philanthropy
Margaret Price* Youth Leadership
Frances Stribling* Community Welfare
1959
Agnes Dooley* Homemaker
Lenore Goldstein* Lifetime
Lillian Green* Business
Katherine Hedley* Civic Service
Jessie Hughes* Health
Marguerite Krueger* Good Neighbor
Nancy Neill* Community Welfare
Evelyn Newman Creative Philanthropy
Genevieve Shawl* Education
Edie Spink Community Service
1958
Ruth Bettman* Community Service
Terry Fischer* Social Service
Mary Hildreth* Community Welfare
Esther Hocker* Lifetime
Deborah Jensen* Health
Desiree S. LeBeau* Business
Martha Love Symington* Fine Arts
Eulalia Schaeffer* Homemaker
Margaret G. Smith* Science
Jennie Wahlert* Education
1957
Mable Atkinson* Social Service
Nola Collett* Homemaker
Edna Gelhorn* Community Service
Elizabeth Golterman* Education
Frances Goodall Place* Profession
Loretto Gunn* Good Neighbor
Irene McCabe* Health
Marie O'Sullivan* Community Welfare
Etta Steinberg* Philanthropy
Lynn Wulfing Public Affairs
1956
Beatrice Adams* Business
Blossom Bullock* Civic Welfare
Eleanor Clark* Health
Beatrice Edison* Social Service
Catherine Harrington* Community Welfare
Margaret Hickey* Profession
Lucy Koppelmann* Homemaker
Helen Manley* Education
Ada Sommer* Community Service
Leonor Sullivan-Archibald* National Service
1955
Isabel Baer* Health
Gerry Blong* Homemaker
Virginia Brungard* Profession
Louise McCarthy* National Service
Mildred McGinnis* Education
Mary E. Ryder* Community Welfare
Luella Sayman* Good Neighbor
Cylvia A. Sorkin* Business
Gladys Stockstrom* Community Service
Mildred Trotter* Science