Honorary Members

The following individuals have been selected as honorary members. A nomination form is available below. You may submit a nominee for consideration if you are a GWIS member. Print this form and send your completed nomination to the National Secretary:
Ms. Marie Drottar
Box 291
Avon, MA 02322
Email: marie_drottar@msn.com

Honorary Members And Year Honored
• For Excellence In Scientific Research
• For Excellence in Science Teaching
• Certificates for Outstanding Service to Science
• Nomination Form

For Excellence In Scientific Research:
Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H. 2004
Ruth Kirchstein, M.D. 2001
Isabella Abbott, Ph.D. 2001
Renee Diehl, Ph.D. 2001
Eva Pell, Ph.D. 2001
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph.D. 2001
Sue O’Dorisio, Ph.D. 1999
Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D. 1999
Susan J. Henning, Ph.D. 1999
Dianna A. Redburn, Ph.D. 1995
Lynne Billard, Ph.D. 1995
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend 1995
Ellen S. Vitetta, Ph.D. 1995
Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. 1995
Susan B. Horwitz, Ph.D. 1995
Dr. Edith M. Flanigen 1994
Helen M. Free 1992
Mary Jean Kreek 1992
RADM Grace Murray Hopper, Ph.D. † 1989
Dr. Alice S. Huang 1989
Dr. Sally K. Ride 1989
Dr. Muriel A. Thompson 1989
Dr. Maxine F. Singer 1988
Dr. Barbara Hotham Iglewski 1988
Dr. Carolyn Berdanier 1988
Dr. Mary L. Good 1988
Dr. Jewell Plummer Cobb 1988
Dr. Frances O. Kelsey 1988
Dr. Rita R. Colwell 1987
Dr. Barbara McClintock † 1987
Dr. Thressa Campbell Stadtman 1987
Dr. Jean E. Brenchley 1986
Dr. Nell I. Mondy 1986
Marion A. Brooks-Wallace 1986
E. Margaret Burbidge 1985
Anna J. Harrison † 1985
Hellen Linkswiler † 1982
Nina Matheny Roscher 1982
Marjorie C. Caserio 1980
Janet W. Hartley 1980
Elizabeth Cavert Miller † 1980
Dorothy Quiggle † 1979
Ruth Pike 1979
Margery C. Carlson † 1978
H. Roberta Hafkesbring 1978
Mary Louise Robbins 1978
Rosalyn S. Yalow 1978
Ariel C. Hollinshead 1977
May S. Reynolds 1977
Elizabeth K. Weisburger 1977
Flemmie P. Kittrell † 1976
Charlotte M. Young † 1975
Margaret Pittman † 1974
Mary Alice McWhinnie † 1974
Chien Shiung Wu † 1973
Elizabeth McCoy † 1973
Dorothy M. Horstmann † 1973
Esther M. Greisheimer † 1973
Florence I. Metz † 1972
Jeannette Piccard † 1971
Rebecca Lancefield † 1971
Virginia Apgar † 1971
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer † 1971
Mina Rees † 1971
Marion E. Webster † 1970
Jane Marie Leichsenring † 1969
Mary Elizabeth Reid † 1967
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale † 1967
Helen Hart † 1967
Bernice Eddy † 1967
Helen T. Parsons † 1966
Winifred Goldring † 1966
Irene Corey Diller † 1966
Anna Rachel Whiting † 1965
Mary E. Maver † 1965
Helen M. Dyer † 1965
Mary Dora Rogick †
(posthumous award)
1965
Lela V. Barton † 1964
Margaret Mead † 1963
Mary Agnes Chase † 1963
Mary I. Bunting (Smith) † 1963
Zada M. Cooper †
(posthumous award)
1963
Louise A. Boyd † 1959
Mary Louisa Willard † 1957
Eloise Gerry † 1956
Edith H. Quimby † 1951
Katherine B. Blodgett † 1951
Mary L. Sherrill † 1950
Lillian M. Gilbreth † 1949
Madge Thurlow Macklin † 1949
B. Seibert † 1943
Sophia Hennion Eckerson † 1941
Edith Marion Patch † 1941
Jane Sands Robb † 1939
Emma P. Carr † 1934
Frances Wick † 1934
Bertha Van Hoosen † 1931
Cornelia M. Clapp † 1931
Annie Jump Cannon † 1931
Margaret C. Ferguson † 1931
Anna Pell Wheeler † 1931
Maud Slye † 1931
Alice Hamilton † 1931
Alice C. Evans † 1931
R. Sabin † 1926

For Excellence In Science Teaching:
Patricia Shaffer, Ph.D. 1999
Celia Marshak 1992
Mary Moller 1992
Dr. Alice Cunningham 1990
Dr. Emily Quinn Pou † 1990
Dr. Rosemary Schraer † 1990
Dr. Ruth F. Hovde †
(posthumous award)
1989
(1st year of award)
Dr. Jean E. Simmons 1989
(1st year of award)

Certificate for Outstanding Service to Science
This category overlapped with Honorary Membership. Those who received both are marked with an asterisk.

Laura Florence 1953
Elda Rema Walker 1953
Leva Belle Walker 1953
Emma Perry Carr* 1952
Alice Catherine Evans* 1952
Sophia Satina 1952
Maud Slye* 1952
Ruby Green Smith 1952
Ella Woods 1952
Martha Doan 1951
Sophia H. Eckerson* 1951
Alice Foster 1951
Stella Hague 1951
Rosalie Parr 1951
Laetitia M. Snow 1951
Bertha Van Hoosen* 1951
Margaret Clay Ferguson* 1950
Alice Hamilton* 1950
Vida Latham 1950
Ruth Marshall 1950
Florence R. Sabin* 1950

Nomination Form

Please print, complete, and return this Nomination Form to:
Ms. Marie Drottar, Secretary
Box 291
Avon, MA 02322
Or email: marie_drottar@msn.com

Name of Individual Submitting this Nomination:

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Your Address or Email (in case of questions):

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Name and Address of Individual you are Nominating:

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Background Information Relevant to Review of this Person as an Honorary Member (please include as much information as possible on this person's history of research, teaching, publishing, service work, etc.):

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