Past recipients of the Gertrude Rich Award

1970s

• 1972 - Ruth Smith Kivett, BA/BS’39 (deceased)
• 1973 - Mary Rieman Maurer, BA 1916, LLD’67 (deceased)
• 1974 - Miriam Meloy Sturgeon, BA’38, MA’40 (deceased)
• 1975 - Helen Van Curen Blackledge, BS’30 (deceased)
• 1976 - Aline Hewitt Robinson, MS’57 (deceased)
• 1977 - Margaret Helen Elliott, MA’33 (deceased)
• 1978 - Jane Bayer Butcher, BA’37 (deceased)
• 1979 - Lucretia Bergdoll Crill, BS’26 (deceased)

1980s

• 1980 - Cecilia Hendricks Wahl, BA’38 (deceased)
• 1981 - Dona Roberts Biddle, BA’29 (deceased)
• 1982 - Mildred Stewart Richey, BA’35 (deceased)
• 1983 - Gayle Karch Cook, BA’56, LHD’93
• 1984 - Sue Hays Talbot, BS’66, MS’71, EdD’92
• 1985 - Gene Portteus Branigin, BA’34 (deceased)
• 1986 - Doris Marie Seward, BA’38 (deceased)
• 1987 - D. Patricia Ryan, BA’79
• 1988 - Dot Pinnell (deceased)
• 1989 - Rebecca Thomas Markel, BSN’59, MSN’72, EdD’86 (deceased)

1990s

• 1990 - Dorothy Craig Collins, ’40 (deceased)
• 1991 - Martha Lea Armstrong, ’45 (deceased)
• 1992 - Margaret Pegge Campbell Ewers (deceased)
• 1993 - Jane Fletchall, ’36 (deceased)
• 1994 - Ellen Rome Ehrlich, LHD’94
• 1996 - Alice Cunningham Manifold, GN’44
• 1997 - Wilma Lippert Kelley, BA’37, MA’40 (deceased)
• 1998 - Adrienne Hitchcock Savage, BS’51 (deceased)
• 1999 - Marian Louise Armstrong, BS’52, MA’58 (deceased)

2000s

• 2000 - Sandra Jones Obremskey, BS’58, MS’91
• 2001 - Barbara McElroy Kunkler, GN’51
• 2002 - Roselyn R. Cole, BS’60
• 2003 - Nancy E. Otte, BS’76, OD’78
• 2004 - Carolyn Muhn, BA’51
• 2005 - Molly Johnson, AS’68
• 2006 - Donna Berry Spears, BS’79, MPA’81
• 2007 - Audrey Hofelich Beckley, BS’64
• 2008 - Becky Fox, BS’65
• 2009 - Lynn V. Lewis, BME’66, MS’82, Ed’87

2010s

• 2012 - Sandy Schultz Moberly, BS’63
• 2013 - Barbara Baker
• 2014 - Patricia Williams, BS’60
• 2015 - Gwendolyn May-Barlow
• 2016 - Nancy Kalina