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Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Alumni whose names appear with an asterisk are deceased.

In the early 1970's, Alumni Council members expressed both surprise and satisfaction in the variety of careers represented among the alumni. The Council and Dr. William Summerscales initiated the Distinguished Alumni Awards Program to broadcast this breadth and variety.

Nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Award Program are accepted continuously.  Complete your nomination forms online at www.tcalumniawards.com 
 

1975

Charles Henry Alston*, M.A. 1931, Art and Art Education.

Alice Manheim Kaplan*, student 1925, Art and Art Education.

Rollo May*, Ph.D. 1949, Psychology.

William H. Schuman*, B.S. 1935, M.A. 1937, Music and Music Education.

1977

Thelma Adair, M.A. 1945, Ed.D. 1959, Curriculum and Teaching.

1978

Todd Duncan*, student 1930, Languages, Literature, Speech, and Theater.

Mildred Dunnock*, M.A. 1933, Languages, Literature, Speech, and Theater.

Harold Miller, M.A. 1948, Social Studies.

1979

Roma Gans*
, B.S. 1926, Ph.D. 1940, Curriculum and Teaching.

David Hyatt*, M.A. 1948, Ed.D. 1959, Languages and Literature.

Martha E. Rogers*, M.A. 1949, Nursing Education.

Vivian H. T. Tom, M.A. 1961, Social Studies.

1980

Millie C. Almy*
, M.A. 1945, Ph.D. 1948, Curriculum and Teaching.

May Edward Chinn, B.S. 1921, Science Education.

Anna May McCabe Hays, B.S. 1958, Nursing Education.

1981

Robert Earl Kinsinger
, Ed.D. 1958, Guidance.

Esther E. Peterson*, M.A. 1930, Physical Education.

Luns C. Richardson, M.A. 1958, Educational Administration.

1982

Ruth L. Farkas*
, M.A. 1932, Languages and Literature.

Eda LeShan, B.S. 1944, Curriculum and Teaching.

David Randolph, M.A. 1942, Music Education.

1983

Elbert K. Fretwell
, Ph.D. 1953, Educational Administration.

Nathaniel Gibbon, Jr.* , M.A. 1939, Business Education.

1984

Louis T. Benezet
, Ph.D. 1929, Educational Administration.

Esther M. Lloyd-Jones* , B.S. 1944, Guidance and
Student Personnel Administration.

1985

Joseph M. Chamberlain
, M.A. 1950, Ed.D. 1962, Educational Administration.

Shirley S. Chisholm, M.A. 1951, Professional Diploma 1961, Curriculum and Teaching.

Lois B. Murphy, Ph.D. 1937, Psychology.

Donald E. Super* , Ph.D. 1940, Psychology.

1986

E. Alma Flagg
, Ed.D. 1955, Guidance.

Thomas H. Kean, M.A. 1963, Social Studies.

1987

Paul G. Bulger
, Ed.D. 1951, Educational Administration.

Paul R. Hanna* , M.A. 1925, Ph.D., 1929, Curriculum and Teaching.

Carroll F. Johnson, M.A. 1947, Ed.D. 1950, Educational Administration.

Mildred L. Montag, M.A. 1938, Ed.D. 1950, Nursing Education.

1988

Catherine Brice Bozeman*
, B.S., M.A., Professional Diploma 1949,
Curriculum and Teaching.

Albert Ellis, M.A. 1943, Ph.D. 1947, Clinical Psychology,
Curriculum and Teaching.

Hennan A. Estrin* , M.A. 1942, Curriculum and Teaching;
Professional Diploma 1950, and Ed.D. 1954, Guidance.

Walter E. Sindlinger* , M.A. 1939, Teaching of English;
Ed.D. 1956, Higher Education.

1988

Kenneth D. Benne*
, Ph.D. 1944, Philosophy and the Social Sciences.

Louis Forsdale, M.A. 1947, Audio-Visual Education;
Ed.D. 1951, Teaching of English.

1990

William Patrick Foster
, Ed.D. 1955, Music and Music Education.

Erline Perkins McGriff, Ed.D. 1967, Nursing Education.

Joseph Shenker, Ed.D. 1969, Higher Education.

Leon Howard Sullivan, M.A. 1947, Religious Education.

1991

Gene Raymond Carter, Sr.
, Ed.D. 1973, Curriculum and Teaching.

Elizabeth Kitson, M.A. 1969, Guidance.

Eleanor C. Lambertsen* , B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950, Ed.D. 1957, Nursing Education.

Orrea Florence Pye* , Ph.D. 1943, Nutrition Education.

Ruth Westheimer, Ed.D. 1970, Home and Family Life.

1992

Margaret Tayler Anderson*
, M.A. 1967, Professional Diploma 1970, Guidance.

Arthur H. Cunningham* , M.A. 1957, Music and Music Education.

Barbara F. Goodman, M.A. 1954, Early Childhood Education.

John F. Kullberg, Ed.D. 1976, Higher and Adult Education.

Huan Lee, M.A. 1956, Educational Administration.

Ruth Watson Lubic, B.S. 1959, M.A. 1961, Nursing Education;
Ed.D. 1979, Philosophy and the Social Sciences (Anthropology and Education).

June Machover Reinisch, M.A. 1970; Ph.D. 1976, Clinical Psychology.

1993

Dorothy J. del Bueno
, B.S. 1966, Ed.D. 1976, Nursing Education.

Herbert M. Kliebard, Professional Diploma 1958, Ed.D. 1963,
Curriculum and Teaching.

M. Powell Lawton, Ph.D. 1952, Psychology.

Richard P. Mills, Ed.D. 1977, Education Administration.

1994

Joanna Chan
, Ed.D. 1977, Languages, Literature and Social Studies.

E. Gordon Gee, Ed.D. 1972, Higher and Adult Education.

Yvonne B. Miller, M.A. 1963, Curriculum and Teaching.

Morton Schindel, M.A. 1947, Curriculum and Teaching.

1995

Michael A. Carrera
, Ed.D. 1970, Health Education.

Selma Weintraub Greenberg* , Ed.D. 1966, Curriculum and Teaching.

Shirley M. Stinson, Ed.D. 1969, Nursing Education.

Irene Trowell-Harris, Ed.D. 1983, Health Education.

1996

Donaldson T.L.O. Byrd
, Ed.D. 1983, Music and Music Education.

Sharon Lynn Kagan, Ed.D. 1979, Curriculum and Teaching.

Homer Kempfer* , Ed.D. 1941, Educational Administration.

1997

Amelia Augustus
, Ed.D. 1970, Comparative and International Education.

Elizabeth Gotbaum, M.A. 1967, Philosophy and the Social Sciences.

Joseph Hankin, Ed.D. 1967, Higher and Adult Education.

Robert Piemonte, Ed.D. 1976, Nursing Education.

1998

Jerome T. Murphy
, M.A. 1962, Mathematics and Science Education.

Bert Konowitz, Ed.D. 1969, Music and Music Education.

Frances O'Connell Rust, Ed.D. 1984, Curriculum and Teaching.

1999

Edith B. Everett
, M.A. 1950, Student Personnel Administration.

Bonnie Jean Leadbeater, Ph.D. 1986, Developmental Psychology.

Robert A. Lefranc, M.A. 1947, Curriculum and Teaching.

Margaret L. McClure, M.A. 1962, Ed.D. 1972, Nursing Service Administration.

2000

Joseph L. Dionne
, Ed.D. 1965, Curriculum and Teaching.

Barbara Loomis Jackson, M.A. 1967, Sociology of Education.

Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, M.Ed. 1982, Ed.D. 1986, Higher Education.

2001

Edmund W. Gordon
, Ed.D. 1957, Child Development and Guidance.

Betty Louise Sullivan, M.E. 1984, Ed.D. 1992, Language, Literature and Social Studies.

Darlene Yee-Melichar, M.S. 1984, Ed.D. 1985, Health Education.

2002

Lois
Bloom, Ph.D. 1968, Psychology.

Mort Lindsey, M.A. 1948, Ed.M. 1974, Music and Music Education.

Dr. Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, MA 1968 PhD 1978 Philosophy. 

2003

Jill
Wilkinson Sheffield, M.A. 1963, Comparative & International Education.

Betty J. Sternberg, M.A. 1972, Mathematics Education.

2004

Betty Reardon
, Ed.D. 1985, International Education Development.

Lan Tran Gien, Ed.M. Nursing Education.

Martin Haberman, M.A. 1957, Ed.D. 1962, Curriculum & Teaching.

Rita Gold, M.A. 1962, English Education.

Ruth Gottesman, M.A. 1958, Remedial Reading. Ed.D. 1968, Human Cognition & Learning.

2005

John Fanselow
, Ph.D. 1971, Language, Literature & Social Studies.

Robert Hilliard,  Ph.D. 1959, Communication & Theatre Arts.

Kathleen Dunlevy Morin, M.A. 1977, Ed.M. 1978, Ed.D. 1985, Urban Education.

Thomas S. Popkewitz, M.A. 1964, Curriculum and Teaching.
 
2006

Joyce B. Cowin
, M.A. 1952, Curriculum and Teaching. 
 
Rachel Moore, M.A. 1994, Arts Administration. 
 
Dorothy Singer, Ed.D. 1966, Clinical Psychology. 
 
Barbara Storper, M.S. 1982, Nutrition Education. 
 
2007

Susan H. Fuhrman
, Ph.D. 1977, Political Science and Education
 
Anie Kalayjian, Ed.D. 1986, Nursing Education
 
Leah Cahan Schaefer, Ed.D. 1964, Family and Community Education
 
2008
 
Edward Dunkelblau, M. Ed. 1976, Vocational & Rehabilitation Counseling
 
Joan Dye Gussow, Ed.D. 1975, M.Ed. 1974, Nutrition Education
 
Patricia Lynne Duffy, M.A., TESOL, 1981
 
Rawley Applebaum Silver, M.A. Ed. - Fine Arts, 1936
 



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