Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Award
This award is sponsored and selected by the SMWC National Alumnae Association Board of Directors and may or may not be awarded each year. The foundress of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, is a role model for today's woman. It is in her honor, and in recognition of the value-based educational legacy she established at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, that we seek to honor women of like purpose, devotion, community vitality and leadership.
Award Criteria
A living graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College who:
- Uses her gifts to excel at what she does and thus reflects God's love an abundant grace in the world.
- Possesses similar purpose, devotion, community vitality and leadership as exhibited by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.
It is the quality of life and spirit of the candidate, which is the determining factor in being recognized by this award.
Nominations
Nominations will be accepted from alumni and friends of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Each nomination is judged on its own merit and is not held over from year to year.
Previous Recipients
2012 Gertrude Knecht Mazzarella ’57
2011 Denise Wilkinson, SP '68
2010 Kathleen Desautels, SP ‘60
2009 Miriam Wanjiru Chege ‘64
2008 Mary Clare Murphy Ariens ‘55
2007 Agnes Pisczcek ’59
2006 Patrice Borders McCarthy ’70
2005 Teresita L. Silva ’52
2004 Clara Lill, RC ’50
2003 Laura Williams ’02
2002 Marie Kevin Tighe, SP ’57
2001 Janet Eva Srebalus, S.C.M.M. ’62
2000 Antonia M. Murphy ’65
1999 Helen Vinton, S.P. ’55
1998 Nancy Schwoyer ’59
1997 Ruth Eileen Dwyer, S.P. ’60
1996 Patricia Carbon Etling ’54
1995 Maria Rose Dai, O.P. ’59
1994 Karen Kuhl Thomas ’63
1993 Julia Rooney Ladner ’51 ’89 MAPT
1992 Dr. Barbara Doherty, S.P. ’53
1991 Mary Burke Howard Brown ’57
1990 Kathryn Martin ’63
1989 Alexa Suelzer, S.P. ’39
1988 Sarah Summers, S.C.M.M. ’63
1987 Mary Louise Eluere ’30
1986 Margaret Anne Inman ’36
1985 Alma Gallagher Smith ’40
1984 Gilchrist Conway, S.P. ’64 (posthumously)
1983 Lucinda Rosner Summers ’67
1982 Marie Brendan Harvey, S.P. ’51
1981 Marie Blackwell Boyle ’31
1980 Lucile Murphy ’30
1979 Ann Brosnan ’61
1978 Regina Pessemier Simon ’20
1977 Marguerite Blackwell Lewis ’37
1976 Theresa Moroney Sullivan ’32
1975 Jeanne Knoerle, S.P. ’49
1974 Marie Lauck ’34
1973 Frances Murphy Rumely ’35
1972 Daisy Kenney Broussard ’36
1971 Jean Mary Wilkowski ’41
1970 Mary Anne Diemer Farris ’46
1969 Mary Jane Lucier Stineman ’39
1968 Gertrude Reiss Dorschel ’19
1967 Catherine Connor Graney ’28
1966 Mary Joseph Pomeroy, S.P. ’21
