Awards / Medals

The AADC Society of Excellence recognizes alumnae who have brought honor to the AADC by their distinctive achievements in professional and community endeavors and their service to the AADC, including alumnae involvement and financial support.

List of inducted members

2024
Jennifer Bender '93, Esq., VP & Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Women’s Leadership and Community Service Advocate
Pamela Brug '84, MD, MS, OBGYN, Leader in Women’s Health, NJ Black Women Physicians Association, Community Service,  and Clinical Assistant Professor
Debra Lynch '79, Ph.D., Retired Psychologist, Non-Profit and Community Leader

2023
Kay Turner '71, Ph.D., Feminist Scholar, Folklorist, Author, Artist and Performer
Mary Kelleher DiMartino '85, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan and Community Leader
Caprice R. Jenerson '90, Esq., Attorney, Nonprofit Leader, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advocate

2022
Winifred V. Quinn ’86, Ph.D., FAANP(h), FAAN(H), Public Policy Advocate Advancing Nursing & Health Equity
Julie Wynne Stern-Delfiner ’89, MD, Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist and Clinical Professor
Valerie L. Anderson ’81, MBA, Executive Leader, Advocate for Women’s Education and Leadership

2021
Tina B. Gordon ’72, Retired Public Relations Executive and AADC Leader
Kathleen Whitehead Ludwig ’75, Public Health Advocate and Educator, Lead Donor of Ludwig Global Village Living Learning Center at Douglass, Philanthropist
Michele Hudgins Ozumba ’73, Executive Leadership, Advocate for Women’s Education; Racial and Social Justice; and Women-led Philanthropy

2020
Dr. Phoebe Godfrey ’88, Sociology Professor, Social and Ecological Justice Activist
Kathi Love ’75, Marketing CEO and Executive Coach
Imbolo Mbue ’01, Award Winning and Bestselling Author

2019
Marty Gillis ’75, Business Owner, Community Leader and Advocate
Ellen J. MacKenzie ’72, Ph.D., ScM, Dean, Distinguished Professor and Public Health Leader
Eleanor Kwik Letcher ’63, M.Ed., CSW, Non-Profit Leader, Crisis and Suicide Intervention Advocate

2018
Lora L. Fong ’79, Attorney & Diversity and Inclusion Leader
June Marie Garcia ’69, Librarian, Educator & Consultant
C. Maxene Vaughters-Summey ’70, Activist, Community Leader, Educator & Mentor

2017
Alice Herman ’70, Public Not-for-Profit Executive and Philanthropist
Michele Hoffnung ’65, Professor, Researcher, Writer and Activist
Harriet R. MacLean ’76, Educator, Published Author and Community Service

2016
Joyce Kovatch Albers-Schonberg ’65, Scientist, Highly-Recognized Investment Analyst and Philanthropist
Sharon Perlman Krefetz ’67, Distinguished Educator and Community Leader
Shirley Parker Levine ’65, Physician, Researcher, Teacher and Mentor

2015
Cheri L. Beasley, Esq. ’88, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and Lecturer in Appellate Law
Sharon Matlofsky Karmazin ’67, Philanthropist, Tony Award-Winning Producer and Public Library Leader
Annmarie Previte Sabb, Ph.D. ’64, Pharmaceutical Research Scientist, Medicinal Chemist and Inventor

2014
Suzann B. Goldstein ’85, Founder of The Valerie Fund and Healthcare Advocate
Linda J. Caldwell Epps ’73, Student Affairs and Higher Education Leader
Diane LeBow, Ph.D. ’61, Educator, Writer, Activist and Photojournalist

2013
Carol Castellano ’73, Author and Advocate for the Blind
Phuti Mahanyele ’93, Global Investment Leader and CEO
Lois S. Weisman, Ph.D. ’74, Scientist, Professor, and Researcher

2012
Patricia McCorkle ’69, Entertainment Casting
Taylor Sohn Riall ’92, Pancreatic Surgeon and Professor
Freda Wolfson ’76, Chief Judge, US District for New Jersey 

2011
Suchitra Hiranprueck ’70, Global Ambassador
Marsha I. Lester ’76, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Elizabeth Szancer ’72, Art Curator

2010
Inez Phillips Durham ’57, Community Advocate
Carolyn Grosse Gawarecki ’53, Artist and Educator
Josephine Potuto ’67, Law Professor and Athletics Administrator

2009
Cathy Cavendar ’79, Print Communications and Media
Dr. Elizabeth Mathis James Duke ’58, Government and Health Administration
Debra Joy Perez ’84, Researcher/Evaluator for Philanthropy

2008
Rochelle I. Brown ’93 – Television Producer & Author
Sharon Bernstein Megdal ’74 – Economist & Water Resources Researcher
Renee Kronberg Weisman ’69 – Distinguished Engineer

2007
Adelaide Wishnow Luber ’49 – Human Services Advocate
Marilyn Raitano Praisner ’63 – Public Service Through Elected Office
Diana Levine Madaras ’76 – Artist and Gallery Owner
Sandra Harding ’56 – Feminist Philosopher of Science
Gloria E. Soto ’71 – Government Relations Executive and Attorney
Sandra Clark Consentino ’59 – Documentary Film Director and Editor

2006
Irene Etkin Goldman ’65 – Advocate for Human Rights
Jennifer F. Klot ’86 – Social Science Research Council Senior Advisor
Sandy Parker ’75 – Financial Executive

2005
Shireen K. Lewis ’86 – Nonprofit Founder and Director, Attorney
Candy M. Torres ’76 – Engineer, Artist, Published Poet
Rosemarie T. Truglio ’83 – Psychologist, Researcher, Executive

2004
Elizabeth Trocolli Boris ’64 – Director, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Edith Morch Faste ’38 – Glass Artist, Teacher
Faith Schectman Gabelnick ’64 – President Emerita, Pacific University
Julane W. Miller-Armbrister ’74 – CEO, Neighborhood Health Services Corporation
Terrie M. Williams ’76 – Professor of Biology

2003
Christine G. Crafton ’72 – Top Corporate Executive
Joyce Wilson Harley ’72 – Attorney, Community Advocate
Jill P. Adler-Moore ’68 – Professor of Biology
Vivian E. Garfing Greenberg ’53 – Social Worker, Author

2002
Faye Glenn Abdellah ’46 – Dean of Nursing School, Deputy U.S. Surgeon General
Patricia Smith Campbell ’63 – Research Chemist, Inventor
Brenda Frazier-Clemons ’60 – Professor, Legal Scholar, Equal Opportunity Advocate
Deborah Boehm-Davis ’75 – Professor of Psychology
Jennifer Lewis-Hall ’85 – Broadcast Journalist

2001
Lillian Hinckley Bauder ’61 – Corporate Executive
Christine Clark Boesz ’66 – Inspector General, NSF
Carol Tecla Christ ’66 – President, Smith College
Gwendolyn R. Keyes ’90 – Solicitor General
Dianne Mills McKay ’69 – Gender Equity Activist

2000
Mary M. Cheh ’72 – Constitutional and Criminal Law Scholar
Janet Schneider Evanovich ’65 – Bestselling Novelist
Patricia Elder Haughey ’59 – Newspaper Publisher
Barbara Krumsiek Leonard ’74 – Corporate President and CEO
Alexia Morrison ’69 – Attorney, Consultant, and Child Advocate

1999
Janice Donelon Ballou ’66 – Public Opinion Polling Expert
Greta Gooden-Brown ’82 – Deputy Attorney General
Judith D. Shapiro ’67 – High-ranking Corporate Executive
Sharon Ann Fordham ’75 – Top Marketing Executive

1998
Lezli Baskerville ’76 – Civil Rights Activist Attorney
Marion Klein ’48 – Marketing Research Analyst
Renee S. Lerche ’68 – Human Resources Authority
Sylvia Lundy Miller ’68 – Aerospace Engineer
Wendy Emery Takacs ’69 – Economist

1997
Edythe Deiches Gutman ’48 – Retired Social Worker, Community Activist and Leader
Catherine J. Robbins ’76 – Vice President for Finance, Partners Healthcare, Inc.
Carol Leah Fenton Phillips ’54 – Retired Pediatrician, Academic Leader and Community Volunteer
Carole Sampson-Landers ’69 – Research Physician, Executive Medical Director of the Women’s Health Care Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb
Karin A. Trainer ’70 – University Librarian, Princeton University

1996
Margaret C. Ayers ’63 – Foundation Executive Director, Child Welfare Activist
M. Wilma Harris ’66 – Human Resources Director, Active in Higher Education and Community Activities
Mary Hance Owen ’41 – Environmentalist, Land Conservationist
Gail Elizabeth Price ’67 – Corporate Communications Director, Teacher and Community Activist
Sylvia Barkan Rimm ’57 – Child Psychologist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics

1995
Virginia Matosian Apelian ’75 – community/political activist
Diane Holmes Barbour ’63 – community volunteer
Keiko Takeuchi Harvey ’72 – corporate executive
Jaynee LaVecchia ’76 – NJ Supreme Court Associate Justice 
Susan M. Libes ’77 – scientist/environmental specialist
Annette Brafman Meyers ’55 – mystery author
Susan P. Ness ’70 – communications commissioner

1994
Rosalie B. Cooper Halpern ’52 – Superior Court Judge
Jeanne M. Fox ’75 – Government Executive
Barbara A. Hanawalt ’63 – Academician and Historian
Rosemary Brady Monagan ’46 – Community Leader
Karen Predow ’70 – Corporate Leader
Phyllis Finkelstein Rackin ’54 – Academician, Shakespeare scholar

1993
Helen Prickitt Buchanan ’24 – Community Leader
Rose Musumeci Cipriano ’49 – Community Leader
Jean Coghlan Griswold ’52 – Entrepreneur, Health Field
Marcia J. Lipetz ’69 – AIDS Foundation
Arabelle Kimble Pennypacker ’40 – Community Leader
Paulette Sapp-Peterson ’71 – Superior Court Judge
Louise Audino Tilly ’52 – Historian

1992
Margaret Schoen Armstrong ’64 – Business Executive
Eileen G. Brennan ’44 – Scientist
Linda A. Fisher ’70 – Physician
Ida A. Leone ’44 – Scientist
Janice Davis Miller ’79 – Attorney
Flora Morris Steul ’29 – Community Leader
Jewel V. Thompson-Chin ’73 – Municipal Administrator

1991
Rosemary Honecker Anderson ’51 – Entrepreneur, Community Leader
Judith Dolin Bentkover ’70 – Health Economist
Mary Malanga Henderson ’49 – Author, Theater Historian
Carolyn Alexander Maher ’62 – Mathematics Educator
Cynthia Pfeffer ’64 – Psychiatrist, Hosptial Administrator
Ruth Happel Smiley ’31 – Horticulturist, Naturalist, Photographer
Cheryl A. Washington ’76 – Entertainment News Reporter for CNN

1990
Louise Sciacchetano DeSalvo ’63 – Virginia Woolf Scholar
Linda D. Jackson ’74 – Opera Administrator
Rhonda Rieley Rivera ’59 – Activist, Lawyer
Jo An Smyth Segal ’51 – Library Administrator
Judith Shatin Allen ’71 – Composer
Kathleen C. Taylor ’64 – Chemist

1989
Julia Baxter Bates ’38 – Educator
Leonie Milhomme Brinkema ’66 – Federal Judge
Rosemary E. Cowler ’46 – Educator
Lenore Shapiro Miller ’52 – Labor Leader
Rita A. Novitt ’42 – National Volunteer Leader
Pat Tauck Ralph ’50 – Artist
Doris A. Smith ’56 – Business Executive

1988
Phyllis Friedman Caroff ’44 – Professor, Psychotherapist
Margaret E. Courain ’48 – Scientific Data Management
Dorothy Kalman Drwal ’52 – Community Leader
Betty Grodberg Hollander ’51 – Corporate Executive
Donna Marie Murasko ’72 – Scientist and Teacher
Jean Wilson Sidar ’43 – University Administrator

1987
Margaret McLeod Estes Davis ’40 – Communication/Community Service
Penina Migdal Glazer ’60 – Higher Education/Women’s History
B. Elizabeth Horner ’38 – Science
Marie Nika Parnell ’54 – Secondary Education
Karen Wilson ’69 – Federal Banking
Adelaide Marcus Zagoren ’40 – Association Executive/Community

1986
Linda Hammer Lindroth ’68 – Photographer, Artist
Mary Blew Nischwitz ’29 – Community Leader
Margaret LaFoy Rossiter ’36 – Historian
Carole Frandsen St. Mark ’65 – Corporate Executive
Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42 – State Government, Author
Leah Gaskin White Coles ’63 – City Government Official

1985
Linda P. Brady ’69 – Strategic Planning, Defense Dept.
Ruth Ann Shea Burns ’67 – Executive, WNET/TV 13
Suzanne Nagel ’68 – Scientist for Bell Labs
Linda Lautenschlaeger Stamato ’62 – Community Service
Arlene Berger Stratton ’54 – Scientist and Administrator, DuPont
Ruth Totman ’28 – Professor of Physical Education, retired

1984
Virginia Boardman ’41 – Nursing Professor
I. Kathleen Hagen ’69 – Urologist
Frances Bradley L’Hommedieu ’26 – Community Leader
Ruth Farb (Vilona) ’60 – Banker
Judith Stahl Viorst ’52 – Author
Lorraine E. Williams Waldron ’64 – Archaeologist

1983
Adrienne Scotchbrook Anderson ’45 – Community Leader
Martha Jane Morrow ’26 – Teacher
Rita M. Myers ’69 – Artist
Grace Winterling Signaigo ’43 – Foundation President

1982
Evelyn Sermons Field ’49 – Community Leader
A. Scott Ruigh Mazzur ’57 – Scientist, Viral Epidemiology
Edna M. Newby ’31 – Former Dean, Humanitarian
Eileen L. Poiani ’65 – Professor, Mathematician
Miriam Slater ’63 – Historian, Women’s Studies
Joan Czochanski Walker ’68, Former Director,NJ Division Motor Vehicles

1981
Mae E. Davidow ’35 – Educator
Ellin Peterson Greene ’53 – Librarian, Storyteller, Anthologist
Ethel Yaskin Heins ’38 – Specialist in Children’s Literature
Jacqueline Rose Hott ’45 – Nurse, Scholar, Educator
Grace Donkersloot Napier ’44 – Educator, Author
Ruth Marcus Patt ’40 – Community Leader

1980
Judith Nallin DiGiandomenico ’70 – NJ State Official
Barbara L. Drinkwater ’48 – Research Physiologist
Dorothy Maslin Field ’46 – Community Volunteer
Shirley Friedlander Weiss ’42 – City Planner

1979
Alice F. Aycock ’68 – Artist and Sculptor
Gertrude M. Clarke ’54 – Teacher and Scientist
Susan E. Kutliroff ’68 – Social Worker
Claire W. Nagle ’46 – Attorney
Diane E. Ordes ’56 – Air Force Academy Dean, Director Personnel Pol.
Marsha Roberts Senz ’59 – Newspaper Publisher, Editor, Writer

1978
Marjory Walls Bonynge Fielding ’32 – Community Worker
Veronica F. Cary ’33 – Librarian
Golden E. Johnson-Burns ’65 – Lawyer with many firsts
Esther Cooper Poneck ’22 – Farmer, Ecologist
Kathleen Handley Sauerbrunn ’39 – HUD Assistant General Counsel
Joan Snyder ’62 – Artist

1977
Grace C. Harris ’47 – City Planner
Martha F. Leonard ’36 – Physician, Child Studies
Doris Libby Lindquist ’24 – Community Worker
Louise M. Rovner ’34 – Government Economist
Bernice Proctor Venable ’62 – Educator

1976
Constance M. Boorer ’43 – High-ranking Government Official
Elizabeth Cavanna Harrison ’29 – Author
Margaret Wilkinson Jordan ’43 – Engineer – District Attorney
Laura Ehrlich Morrow ’33 – Psychiatrist
Juliet Zion Saltman ’43 – Sociologist – Fair Housing Act Sponsor

1975
Anna Hobbs Hageman ’28 – Farmer, Civic Worker
Lillian Morrison ’38 – Poet
Janet Lippe Norwood ’45 – High-ranking Government Official
Marjorie Roloff Stetten ’37 – Scientist

1974
Aldona Leszczynski Appleton ’24 – Judge
Elizabeth Muffett Craven ’57 – Doctor, Teacher
Louisa Curcio ’26 – Music Composer
Marvine Howe ’50 – International Journalist
Janet Buechler Lowenstein ’29 – Community Leader

1973
Esther Barny Ames ’22 – Missionary Doctor in Arabia
Elise Biorn-Hansen Boulding ’40 – Sociologist – Futurist – International Peace Groups
Caroline Wilbur Branch ’33 – Judge
M. Bartlett Cowdrey ’33 – Art Historian
Julia Weber Gordon ’33 – Educator
Ruby Jesudasen Manikam ’26 – Public Health and School Administration in India
Yolanda Jones Mapp ’53 – Doctor
Eleanor Mitchell ’28 – International Librarian
Rosamond Sawyer Moxon ’29 – Community Leader
Sophie Coppersmith Plechner ’23 – Corporate Chemist
H. Christine Reilly ’41 – Microbiologist
Marion Hammond Rieman ’23 – Community Leader
Ruth Patricia White ’35 – Actress

Our highest award for service recognizes alumnae who have given 10 years collective active service to the AADC, such as outstanding participation through committees, classes, groups and networks, and on the Board of Directors. Corwin made an impact as Dean of the New Jersey College for Women for 21 years.

Previous Corwin Awards Recipients

2025
Elena Anastasiou Rossi '78

2024
Denise Busby '76

2023
Kathi Love ’75

2022
Isabel Goll Drzewiecki ’61

2021 
Dolores Ijames Bryant ’84

2020
Ann Darby ’77

2019
Sharon Gant Yorlano ’79

2018
Karen McLane Torian ’73

2017
Debra Lynch ’79

2016
Marilyn Marolda Steiner ’65

2015
Tina B. Gordon ’72

2014
Alice B. Herman ’70

2013
Gail Phillips Houlihan ’58*

2012
Marie Arnold ’87

2011
Carol Thomas Nied ’64

2010
Linda P. Clark ‘70

2009
Julie Kour Eisdorfer ’77

2008
Jean Forrest Hyde ‘50*

2007
Carol Monroe ‘86

2006
Joyce Kovatch Albers-Schonberg ’65*

2005
Martha Boughner ‘71

2004
Dorothy Parson Frank ’69*

2003
M. Wilma Harris ’66

2002
Jeanne M. Fox ‘75

2001
Sheila Kelly Hampton ‘70

2000
May Gimbert Magee ‘39*

1999
Barbara Murray Gordon ‘53*

1998
Claire Krucher ’55*

1997
Barbara M. Smith ’46*

1996
Agnes McDede Murray ’30*

1995
Jean Wilson Sidar ’43*

1994
Mary Zimmerman Chyb ’71

1993
Elizabeth Hughes Clark ’45*

1992
Carol McClure Sanzalone ’69

1991
Evelyn Meyer Fales ’68

1990
Lee Miller Zektzer ’77

1989
Felice Swersky Hauptman ’51

1988
Ruth Ergood Waller ’50

1987
Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59

1986
Irene Dale Goldfarb ’50

1985
Evelyn Sermons Field ’49*

1984
Carol Hansmann (Larranaga) Hamlin ’61

1983
Adelaide Marcus Zagoren ’40*

1982
Linda Lautenschlaeger Stamato ’62

1981
Audrey Brown Walton ’38*

1980
Mary Jane Zielenbach Koch ’52*

1979
Helen Crawford ’36*

1978
Rose Musumeci Cipriano ’49

1977
Marjorie E. Schoepps ’51* (posthumously)

1976
Florence Henry Lee ’29*

1975
Eugenia Filbert Phelps ’39*

1974
Edna Sostman ’43*

1973
Adrienne Scotchbrook Anderson ’45*

1972
Claire Nagle ’46*

1971
Alma Geist Cap ’38*

1970
Elisabeth Baier Maugham ’26*

1969
A. Loraine Ayers ’32*

1968
Muriel E. Gaertner ’30*

1967
Olga Heck Schiffmayer ’24*

1966
Margaret Haynes Winant ’32*

1965
Maesie Rowland Mangelsdorff ’35*

1964
Jeanne Birtwhistle Rich ’41*

1963
Cecelia Schenck Janke ’22*

1962
Verna Reinhart Allen ’25*

1961
Frances E. Riche ’32*

1960
Madeleine Torrens ’27*

1959
Marion Gibbs Ewing ’32*

1958
Alice Roberson Turnbull ’24*

1957
Hazel Coddington Gosling ’22*

1956
Rosamond Sawyer Moxon ’29*

1955
Anne Morrison Mann ’26*

1954
Eunice DeClark Davidson ’31*

1953
Ouida K. Wallace ’30*

1952
Marion Walker Kraeuter ’23*

1951
Florence A. Mulford ’25*

1950
Dorothy Quackenboss Cost ’29*

1949
Evelyn M. Seufert ’26*

1948
Sophie Coppersmith Plechner ’23*

1947
Marion Hammond Rieman ’23*

1946
Stephanie Morris Marryott ’25*

1945
Edna M. Newby ’31*

1944
Grace Duckers Jones ’23*

1943
Margaret Denton Wagner ’24*

1942
Florence Leonard Alden ’22*

1941
Elizabeth W. Durham ’22*

*deceased

The Alumnae Recognition Award recognizes alumnae who have shown exceptional and sustained service to the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College for at least five years, not necessarily in one time period.

List of inducted members

2025
Jean D'Amore ‘09
Caprice R. Jenerson '90
Judith Meyenhofer Musa '89

2024
Amanda Hugelmeyer ‘04
Olive Huguenin Klein ’68
Mallorie Medley ’08

2023
Bertha Aiken ’81
Ikecia Lenese Mapp ’01
Elizabeth “Beth” Martin Novak ’75

2022
Lynne Agress ’63
Tynisha Coleman ’08
Debra Joy Perez ’84

2021
Linda Caldwell Epps ‘73
Susan Goldfine ‘63
Karen Lynch ‘79

2020
Helen Galt ’69
Janet Pegg ’78
Jennifer Bender ’93

2019
Kathi Love ’75
Lois Rabinowitz Steinberg ’59

2018
Janet Tepper Riemer ’56
Lauren Nathan-LaRusso ’03
Elizabeth Middleton Rizzotti ’89

2017
Donna Sackett Coulson ’77
Mary Elizabeth Neary ’71
Elena Anastasiou Rossi ’78

2016
Isabel Goll Drzewiecki ’61
Shireen K. Lewis ’86
Helen Lee Hunter Potter ’65

2015
Ruth Toni Howell Armstead ’74
Esther Schachter Barcun ’63
Marie Siewierski ’61

2014
Susan Kinsley Darien ’64
Betty Reeve Inglis ’48
Jennifer L. O’Neill ’95

2013
Debbie Crouch ’94
Melinda Raso Kirstein ’77

2012
Ann E. Darby ’77
Julissa Germosen ’93
Debra Lynch ’79
Sharon Gant Yorlano ’79

2011
Janis Hertz Grover ’79
Victoria Kozo ’01
Sherry Weissberg Spiezle ’58

2010
Gail Phillips Houlihan ‘58
Carolyn Previty ‘89
Marilyn Marolda Steiner ‘65

2009
Stephanie Cayne-Meiskin ’89
Lois Ann Fink Kirby ’50
Margaret (Peggy) Pryor ’64

2008
Tina B. Gordon ‘72
Anita Evans Loveland ‘81
Denise Downey ‘83
Kristin Long ‘78

2007
Ethel Sweeten Combs ’49
Frieda Finkelstein Feller ’41
Nancy Punchatz Hines ’61
Anita Hahn Wolfson ’43

2006
Jocelyn Briddell ’81
Rose Ann Borichewski Howarth ’59
Carole Kurzawa Kurtz ’59
Christine Tiritilli ’92

2005
Melissa Drake Campbell ’81
Dawn Kleinfield ’71
Carol Thomas Nied ’64

2004
Marie Arnold ‘87
Cornelia Ursillo Calderone ‘70
Marianne Ficarra ‘88
Cheryl F. Wilson ‘89

2003
Jean Raff Comeforo ‘45
Julie Kour Eisdorfer ‘77
Eileen Poiani ‘65
Lisa Dorio Ruch ‘89

2002
Linda P. Clark ‘70
Margot Perona Judge ‘51
Sharon Matlofsky Karmazin ‘67

2001
Dorothy Parson Frank ‘69*
M. Elizabeth (Betty) McDiarmid ’46*
Jacqueline Quigley ‘85

2000
Joyce Kovatch Albers-Schonberg ‘65
Frances Secco Davidson ‘71
Margaret (Dee) Dawson Gross ‘57

1999
Claudia Torres-Cardone ‘86
Jean Forrest Hyde ‘50
Jaynee LaVecchia ‘76

1998
Denise K. Busby ‘76
Martha Reed Boughner ‘71
Ruth Yucht Kroll ’61 (posthumously)*

1997
Margaret Stinson Ault ’30*
Gretchen Wittenborn Johnson ’63
Sheila Kelly Hampton ’70

1996
Jean Sesee DeAngelis ’48
Karen McLane Torian ’73
Rosalie Yeskoff White ’37*

1995
Jeanne M. Fox ’75
May Gimbert Magee ’39*
Patty Murray ’86

1994
Dianne Mills McKay ’69
Carol Monroe ’86
Sally Hassell Reese ’30*

1993
Joanne Epstein Haver ’50*
Susan Gordan Marchand ’61
Sheridan O. Quarless ’79

1992
Inez Phillips Durham ’57
Ruth Zemel Easley ’57
Dorothy Allen Mills ’43

1991
Marsha Kobre Anderson ’69
Dolores Ijames Bryant ’84
Martha Kampfe Rumsey ’43

1990
Lois Olson Collett ’34*
Joyce Garber Vanaman ’50
Gail Pihlblad Wittman ’58

1989
Roberta B. Beller ’38*
Florence Monaco Bentivegna ’50
Florence Schmitt Klancer ’62

1988
Juanita Wade Wilson ’66
Barbara King-Shaver ’68
Lois Malon Calamia ’62*

1987
Ruth Eichenbaum Goodman ’45
Rolanne Henry ’64
Albina J. Martin ’33 (posthumous)*
Kathleen Cooksey Tomaino ’69

1986
Linda Rothman ’76
Maxene Vaughters-Summey ’70
Lee Miller Zektzer ’77

1985
Katherine Dougherty Csubak ’68
Osie Labaw Van Nuys Forman ’28*
Babetta Streitwolf ’36*

1984
Amy Granger Haldeman ’42
Carol McClure Sanzalone ’69
Ruth Ergood Waller ’50

1983
Elizabeth Skillman Evaul ’22*
Geraldine Marks Hoffman ’37*
Dr. Linda Fisher ’70*

1982
Edna Harris ’28*
M. Wilma Harris ’66
Lynn Meyer Fales ’68

1981
Susan Hunn Emerson ’48
Angela Maruca Fenton ’45
Evelyn Leary ’36*

1980
Dorothy Marcus Hamelsky ’36*
Flora Buchbinder Cowen ’59
Gertrude Feidelseit Burdman ’66

1979
Gladys Francis ’29*
Felice Swersky Hauptman ’51
Susan Lennox ’70

1978
Miriam Tindell Irwin ’28*
Ruth Morgan Kurtz ’45
Jean Wilson Sidar ’43*

1977
Bernadette Terango Gsell ’56*
Grace McIntosh Liefeld ’28*
Helen Crawford ’36 *

1976
Barbara Murray Gordon ’53*
Rita Ferrer Taub ’46
Agnes McDede Murray ’30*

1975
Gladys Collins Hunter ’29*
Grace Winterling Signaigo ’43*
Irene Dale Goldfarb ’50

1974
Ruth Marcus Patt ’40*
Claire A. Krucher ’55*
Elizabeth D. Zielenbach ’24*

1973
Florence Henry Lee ’29*
Joan James Rapp ’58
Barbara Smith ’46*

1972
Elizabeth Segoine Schenck ’35*
Constance M. Boorer ’43
Dorothea Garber Cracas ’51

1970
Emily Post ’23 *
Phyllis Talluto Logie ‘60
Christine Reith Collard ’29*
Susan Barth Langhorne ’58
Madeleine Schetty ’27*
Marjory Walls Bonynge Fielding ’32*

The AADC Medal recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the success of the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College or for exceptional service due to an unprecedented event.  Honorees do not have to be alumnae.

List of inducted members

2025
Michael and Marcia Finnerty

Mary Anne Walldorf

2024
Georg Albers-Schonberg

2023
AADC Attorneys: Lance Eisenberg, Eric Carosia, Lawrence T. Neher

2022
EP Connects: Sheila McWeeney La Magra ’84, Kathleen Collins

2021
Arthur Rubinstein

2020
Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt ’42

2019
Paul Spychala CC ‘79

2018
New Jersey State Federation of Women’s
Clubs of GFWC

2017
Valerie L. Anderson ’81
Jennifer C. Bender ’93
Jeanne M. Fox ’75
Helen Galt ’69
M. Wilma Harris ’66

2016
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr.
Beth R. Hennessy
Domingo A. Estevez

2015
The Charlotte Newcombe Foundation
Rebecca Reynolds

2014
Hon. C. Judson Hamlin
Kayo Denda

2013
Sharon Matlofsky Karmazin ’67
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

2012
Harriett Davidson
Kathleen Ludwig ’75
Edward Ludwig
Cheryl F. Wilson ’89

2011
Christine M. Wilson
Nycha Schlegel
Francoise Puniello

2010
Norman Reitman
John Krenos
Susan DiMaio

2009
Kimberly Owens
Ruth Schilling Hennessy ’50
John Blendowski

2008
Ferris Olin ’70
Susan Tiller
Barbara Voorhees
Ralph Voorhees

2007
Jocelyn Briddell ’81
Regina Best Heldrich ’42
Mary Kennedy
Suzan Armstrong West

2006
Carmen Twillie Ambar
Sheila Kelly Hampton ’70
Rachel Ingber ’83
Marc Manganaro
Susan Wallace

2005
Edward Kozack
Thelma Tate
Helen Weissberger (posthumously)

2004
Marjorie W. Munson
Cheryl Wall
Chun-Fang Yu

2003
Dianne Gravatt
Joan Apple Lemoine
Linda Lautenschlaeger Stamato ’62
Charles “Chappy” Thatcher
Maxene Vaughters Summey ’70
Wise Young

2002
Agnes (Nessie) Allan
Linda M. Hennessey ’82
Peter Kahn
Margaret Varma
Gail Pihlblad Wittman ’58

2001
Theodore Chase, Jr.
Joan E. DeStaebler
Claire Krucher ’55
Wilma K. Olson
Barbara A. Shailor

2000
Amy Corwin Cohen
Paul L. Leath
Joseph P. Whiteside
Jan Meehan

1999
Noemie B. Koller
David Oshinsky
Frances F. Slade

1998
Alice Crozier
Mary DelGaudio
Angus Gillespie

1997
Paige B. L’Hommedieu
Nicky L’Hommedieu
Martha A. Cotter

1996
Ellis B. Anderson
Ellen Mappen
Barry V. Qualls

1995
Viola Van Jones
Michael Rockland
Janet Yocum

1994
Richard Quaintance
Nancy Richards
Adelaide Marcus Zagoren ’40

1993

Floyd H. Bragg
Francine Essien
Erna Neuse

1992
Reginald Bishop
Carol H. Smith
Marjorie M. Trayes

1991
Robert S. Boikess
Hazel Gluck
Fadlou A. Shehadi

1990
Jean Burton
Valorie Goodall
Roger F. Murray 2nd

1989
Ruth B. Mandel
Cyrus R. Pangborn
Daisy E. Shenholm ’44

1988
Edna M. Newby ’31
Robert M. Thompson
Thomas Weber

1987
Ruth M. Adams
Mary I. Bunting
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Margery Somers Foster
Mary S. Hartman

1986
Maurice DuPont Lee, Jr.
Douglas Phillips
Nelle Smither

1985
Margaret A. Judson
George P. Schmidt
Irma Schmidt

The Vanguard Service Award is presented to an NJC or Douglass alumna who graduated from NJC or Douglass College at least 50 years ago and has given outstanding, dedicated and sustained service to her class or to the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College over time. 

List of inducted members

The Young Alumna Mabel Award recognizes outstanding service to the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College from a recent Douglass or Douglass Residential College graduate (one who graduated no more than 10 years ago).  The young alumna must have given three years of active service.  

List of inducted members