Recipients of the Alumni of Distinction Award

1977............. Catherine Tully (posthumously) ............................................................ Class of 1917

1978............. Nancy Torgler Ertl.................................................................................. Class of 1958

1979............. Ida Bahl ................................................................................................. Class of 1921

1980............. Sister Mary Esther Melloy RSM............................................................ Class of 1920

1981............. Genevieve Donovan Curoe................................................................... Class of 1930

1984............. Catherine (Kay) Pasker Grote............................................................... Class of 1938

1985............. Ruth Turnis............................................................................................ Class of 1959

1986............. Kay Murray Frommelt............................................................................ Class of 1968

1987............. All Alumni of Mercy School of Nursing for their combined years of dedicated service to humanity.

1988............. Janet Vanderah Hefel........................................................................... Class of 1963

1989............. Elizabeth Miller..................................................................................... Class of 1926

1990............. Salome Kaiser....................................................................................... Class of 1935

1991............. Iola Minick............................................................................................. Class of 1925

1992............. Betty Jaeger Weber.............................................................................. Class of 1953

1993............. Joann Kirsch Deacon............................................................................ Class of 1963

1993............. Sister Jeanette McDermott.................................................................... Class of 1948

1994............. Pearl McBride Scherrmann................................................................... Class of 1954

1995............. Alice Hamilton....................................................................................... Class of 1930

1996............. Dr. Beverly Nelson................................................................................ Class of 1951

1997............. Barbara Meloy Callahan........................................................................ Class of 1957

1998............. Marjorie Luchsinger Kurt....................................................................... Class of 1953

1999............. Alice Kaufmann Prochaska................................................................... Class of 1971

2000............. Dr. Mary Jean Etten (Sister Mary Lumena Etten,OP) .......................... Class of 1960

2001............. Virginia Smith Leibold........................................................................... Class of 1951

2002............. Betty Mahoney Takes........................................................................... Class of 1957

2003............. Dr. Jean A Schmitz Moore.................................................................... Class of 1953

2004............. Joan Willenborg Bittinger...................................................................... Class of 1963

2005............. Helen Miller Schefsted......................................................................... .Class of 1950

2006............. Mary Stejskal Link................................................................................. Class of 1956

2006............. Evelyn Heller Fleege.............................................................................. Class of 1956

2007............. Karla Berns............................................................................................ Class of 1965

2007............. Delores Welbes McCarron..................................................................... Class of 1940

2007............. Mary Coletta Ferring Golding................................................................. Class of 1941

2008............. No nominations

2009............. Mary Edith Christen Rohowetz.............................................................. Class of 1964

2010............. Marilyn Grace O’Rouke......................................................................... Class of 1965

2011............. Charlotte Halverson.............................................................................. Class of 1967

2012............. Judith Kaufman Sullivan....................................................................... Class of 1962

2013............. Kathleen Lucas Schmitt........................................................................ Class of 1962

2014............. Bonnie Browning Allbaugh.................................................................... Class of 1964

2015............. Lois Brumm Przywojski (posthumously).................................................Class of 1973

2016............. Catherine Werner Vance and Kathy Lavenz Bickerstaff........................ Class of 1966

2017.............Sally Spielman Schroeder and Lori Francois Prantner........................... Class of 1968 and 1967

2018 ............ Ann Noland and Jane Bahl ................................................................... Class of 1972 and 1971

2019.............. Norma (Niehaus) Steffen and Marcia (Hess) Hampton........................ Class of 1958 and 1967

2020.............. Nancy Hendricks Braun........................................................................ Class of 1968

2021.............. Janet Ressler Clemen............................................................................ Class of 1962

2022.............. Gerry Lynch Rea................................................................................... Class of 1961