Alumnae Awards

2022 Alumnae Awards

The Alumnae Association seeks nominations for the awards from all alumnae and members of the St. Joseph's Academy community.

A committee made up of members of the Alumnae Council reviews the materials submitted for each candidate and selects those persons whose achievements most closely fit the criteria for the award and who are deemed most deserving of recognition. The names of those selected are then recommended to the Alumnae Council and the administrative team for approval. In 2005, the alumnae awards program was expanded to recognize more alumnae each year and their notable contributions.

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Pictured are the 2022 Distinguished Alumnae Award recipients (left to right): Patti Sullivan Mays '82, The Mary Lawless Denness '56 "Not I, But We" Award; Amy Rehm Hinderer '70 accepting for her daughter Joy Hinderer Petty '94, Community Service Award; Kerri Morgan, Ph.D. '92, Professional Achievement Award; Kathy Tracy Osborn '66, Excellence in Leadership Award and Carolyn Carroll Zwart '56, Outstanding Class Representative Award.

Past Recipients

2011-2020

2011
Helen Antoine ’81, Excellence in Leadership Award
Elizabeth Tomber ’01, Pioneering Spirit Award

2012
Mary Laurent Duggan, CSJ^† ’37, Excellence in Leadership Award
Erin Hopmann ’99, Pioneering Spirit Award

2016
Carolyn Cassani Ring ’60, Service to the Academy Award
Wendy Hermann Steele ’81, Community Service Award
Jessica Linck McElman ’94, Professional Achievement Award
Susanne Noonan Taylor ’82, ‘Not I, But We’ Award

2017
Patty Fagan Briguglio ’71, Professional Achievement Award
Marlise Schmitz Albert ’93, Excellence in Leadership Award
Mary Clare Byrne Darland ’84, Community Service Award
Jeanne Wilson ’75, Service to the Academy Award

2018
Dr. Angela DeMichele ’83, Professional Achievement Award
Nicki Klinkhamer Burke ’96, Excellence in Leadership Award
Mary Barnes Sauer ’84, Community Service Award
Jill Slay Garlich ’80, Mary Lawless Denness ’56 ‘Not I, But We’ Award
Lynda Langhi Wright^† ’58, Service to the Academy Award

2019
Kristin Folkl Kaburakis ’94, Excellence in Leadership Award
Mary Catherine McDonnell Finnegan ‘45, In Service to the Academy Outstanding Class Representative Award
Mary Beth Garr Schwarz ’82, Mary Lawless Denness ’56 ‘Not I, But We’ Award
Christy Gunn Ambrose ’05, Professional Achievement Award
Mimi Nusrala Meskill ’81, Service to the Academy Award

2020
Janie Mohart Leahy '87, Mary Lawless Denness '56 'Not I, But We' Award
Jo-Anne Prophete Matsuba '74, Community Service Award
Julie Dana '87, Excellence in Leadership Award
Anne-Marie Berger Moreno '93, Professional Achievement Award
Janet Gummersbach Herrmann '63, In Service to The Academy - Outstanding Class Representative Award

2001-2010

2000 - 2001
Patricia McLaughlin O’Brien ‘80, Alumnae of the Year Award

2002 - 2003
Kathleen McLaughlin Armstrong ‘84, Alumnae of the Year Award

2003 - 2004
Mary Jo McLaughlin ‘81, Alumnae of the Year Award

2004 – 2005
Mary Noel Brueggestrass Donovan ‘81 , Alumnae of the Year Award

2006
Megan Lane Siebenman ’91, Not I, But We Award
Julie Goessling Matheny ’79 , Serving the Dear Neighbor Award
Henrietta Binder Osterholt^† ’41 , Pioneering Spirit Award

2007
Connie Boschert Diekman ’68, Excellence in Leadership Award
Roseanne Cook, CSJ ’57 , Serving the Dear Neighbor Award

2008
Susan Eisenhart Conrad ’83, Excellence in Leadership Award
Laura Hoemeke ’82 , Pioneering Spirit Award
Ruth O’Neill Stroble ’48 , Serving the Dear Neighbor Award
Rosemary Ward Wellington^† ’38, Not I, But We Award

2009
Helen Petropoulos ’58, Serving the Dear Neighbor Award
Mary Petropoulos ’60, Serving the Dear Neighbor Award

2010
Mary Lawless Denness^† ’56, Not I, But We Award
Heidi Cerneka ’83, Serving the Dear Neighbor Award

1991-2000

1990 – 1991
Cecilia Reichert Paszkiewicz ‘33^†, Alumnae of the Year Award
Peggy Murphy Nestor ‘46^†, Alumnae of the Year Award
Mary Virginia Downey Cline ‘51^†, Alumnae of the Year Award
Rosemary Mantia Quigley ‘63, Alumnae of the Year Award

1991 – 1992
Sr. Mary de Paul Berra^† (honorary), Alumnae of the Year Award

1992 – 1993
Jane Fowler Walsh ‘62, Alumnae of the Year Award

1993 – 1994
Kitty Jordan Williams ‘67^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1994 – 1995
Anne F. Lamb ‘37^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1994 – 1995
Patricia A. Walsh ‘39^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1995 – 1996
Susan Niemeier Paster ‘62, Alumnae of the Year Award

1996 – 1997
Kathleen Nestor Frey ‘71, Alumnae of the Year Award

1997 – 1998
Mary Cay McDonnell Finnegan ‘45, Alumnae of the Year Award

1998 – 1999
Deborah Bird ‘78, Alumnae of the Year Award

1999 – 2000
Anne Nestor Blind ‘73, Alumnae of the Year Award

1999 - 2000
Bonnye Brimmer Perry ‘59, Alumnae of the Year Award

1980-1990

1980 - 1981

Marianne McNeive Goedeker ‘55^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1982 – 1983
Mary Lawless Denness ‘56^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1983 – 1984
Berenice Hall Donahue ‘25^†, Alumnae of the Year Award
Carol Tschopp Groneck ‘55, Alumnae of the Year Award
Joan Amendola Coulter ‘69, Alumnae of the Year Award

1984 – 1985
Nancy Nordmann LaVigne ‘63, Alumnae of the Year Award
Janet Fernau Horn ‘55, Alumnae of the Year Award

1985 – 1986
Kathleen Felke Baalmann ‘55, Alumnae of the Year Award

1986 – 1987
Margaret B. Flaven ‘25^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1987 – 1988
Rosemary Ward Wellington ‘38^†, Alumnae of the Year Award

1988 – 1989
Patricia Flood ‘74, Alumnae of the Year Award

1989 – 1990
Nancy Picraux Mueller ‘55, Alumnae of the Year Award

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