Frances Murphy Rumely Award

This award is sponsored and selected by the SMWC National Alumnae Association Board of Directors and may or may not be awarded every year. It is presented annually in memory of Frances Murphy Rumely, class of 1935, whose life was a celebration of the education she received at her beloved Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.  In her lifetime, Frances volunteered thousands of hours to her college and community. 

Award Criteria

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.

Nominations should be submitted before January. See the nomination form for exact deadlines.

Rumely Award Nomination Form (PDF - 52KB)

Previous Award Recipients

1985    Julianne Fischer Haefeli ’51

1987    Ann Keefe Supplitt ’47

1989    Georgia Cole Krider ’38

1991    Dorothy Petrillo Alfredo ’36

1993    Elizabeth Harry McLaughlin ’36

1994    Not awarded

1995    Beth Crowley McCoy ’40

1996    Mary Addison Wilson Baker ’71

1997    Jane Gibbons Schirack ’48

1998    Aurelia Duralski Costanza ’60

1999    Elizabeth Rysdon Moebs ’64

2000    Nancy Wilson Owen ’63

2001    Mary Jane Barmann Wynne ’75

2002    Katherine Humm Mull ’42

2003    Not awarded

2004    Dorothy Callahan Heiny ’39

2005    Not awarded

2006    Brendan Harvey, SP ’53

2007    Janice Powell ’88

2008    Marlene Kihega Echohawk, Ph.D. ‘53

2009    Jane O’Brien Argento ’68

2010    Joann Van Horn-Wieland ‘75