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Kappa Kappa Gamma first presented the Alumnae Achievement Awards at the 1946 Convention on Mackinac Island, Michigan, recognizing alumna members for outstanding contributions in their chosen fields. The Alumnae Achievement Award is the highest honor for personal and professional achievement on a national or international level that the Fraternity can bestow upon its members.

1946: Margaret Cutbert – Cornell Virginia Gildersleeve – Barnard Nora Waln (Osland-Hill) – Swarthmore

1947: Sarah Blanding – Kentucky Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman – (Pi Deuteron) California

1948: Jessica Garretson Finch, Cosgrave – Barnard Dorothy Canfield Fisher – Ohio State Marian Simpson Carter, Garber – Denison Lulu Holmes – Whitman

1949: Josephine Paddock –Barnard Ruth Leach Pollock – (Pi Deuteron) California Mary Crawford Schuster – Cornell Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch – Boston

1950: (Lucy) Evelyn Wight Allan – St. Lawrence Helen Bower – Michigan Marion Hilliard – Toronto (Eliza) Jean Nelson Penfield – DePauw Emma Fall Schofield – Boston Emma Shipman – Boston Anna Maude Smith – Kansas State

1951: Beatrice Blackmar Gould – Iowa Emma Moffat McLaughlin – (Pi Deuteron) California Louise Pound – Nebraska

1952: Emily Dunning Barringer – Cornell Marty Lewis Cornelius – Carnegie-Mellon Helen Knox – Texas Aleta Cornelius Malm – Carnegie-Mellon Phyllis McGinley (Hayden) – Utah Ruth Fanshaw Waldo – Adelphi College Cleora Clark Wheeler – Minnesota

1954: (Ellen) Jane Froman (Ross, Burn, Smith) – Missouri Emily Eaton Hepburn – St. Lawrence Gertrude Cornish Milliken – Middlebury Ruth Davison Reid – Toronto Dorothy Taylor – British Columbia (Bertha) Fain Tucker – DePauw

1955: Edith Clarke – Wisconsin

1956: Patty Berg – Minnesota Olive Mason Gunnison – St. Lawrence Louise Keener – West Virginia Gladys Miler – Oregon State Mary Geisler Phillips – Pennsylvania Marie Sellers – Swarthmore Claire Drew Forbes, Walker – Washington

1958: Doris Hart: Miami of Florida Mary Shaw Marohnic, (Horn) – Carnegie-Mellon Eleanor Jewett Lundberg – Illinois Anna Scott Wilson, Morningstar – Ohio State Mary Lucas Richardson – Washington Patricia Searight – Ohio State “Kim Stanley” (nee Patty Reid Conway) – Arizona Aryness Joy Wickens – Washington

1960: Gena Rowland Cassavetes – Wisconsin Madelyn Pugh Martin, Davis – Indiana Nita Lohnes Frazier – Whitman Ruth Shellhorn Kueser – Oregon Nancy Olsen (Lerner, Livingston) – Wisconsin Wilfreda Heald Lytle – Colorado Helen Wills Moody, Roarke – (Pi Deuteron) California

1962: Mildred Moore Anderson – Adrian Elizabeth Aldrich Bridgeman – Newcomb, Tulane (BO) Emily Gorman – Cornell Polly Knipp Hill – Illinois Adelaide Romaine (Kinkele) – Cornell Rances McGovern – Akron Frances Sutton Schmitz – Michigan Rheva Ott Shryock – Pennsylvania (Helen) Marjorie Coles Smith – Boston Anna Speers – Manitoba 

1964: Virgil Crook Barritt – Kansas Margaret McIntosh Boice – Wyoming Mary Seago Brooke – Newcomb, Tulane Cathleen Tharaldsen Caitlin – Oregon Margaret Simson Curry – Wyoming Katherine Avis Pumphrey – British Columbia

1966: Julia “Judith” Morton Cole – Syracuse Jean Winifred Gordon – Denison Mary Elizabeth Kelly – Drake Mary Freeman Kelly – George Washington Gabrielle Jane Sellers Kroeger – Toronto Sarah Lee Lippincott – Pennsylvania Doris Seward – Indiana Jane Stokes Wallace – Pennsylvania

1968: Jane Cahill – Maryland Susan Rockwood – Cincinnati Elinor Kiess Rose – Hillsdale Marguerite Wykoff Zapoleon – Cincinnati

1970: Margaret Dickson Falley – Northwestern Barbara Hall Feldon – Carnegie-Mellon Mary Elizabeth Hendricks – Indiana F.Marguerite Hill – Toronto Mareta West – Oklahoma

1972: Gloria Kerry – Michigan Jo Ann Pflug (Woolery) – Miami of Florida Lucy Guild Quirk, Toberman – UCLA Gail Gutherie Valaskakis – Wisconsin Betty Jane McKenty Wylie – Manitoba

1974: Elizabeth Louise Anderson – William and Mary Mary Elizabeth Thomas Brooks – Idaho Diana Devine Felt – Utah Bernice William Foley – Cincinnati Phyllis Eason Galanti – William and Mary Lois Winter Lloyd – Monmouth Phyllis Loughton Seaton – Michigan Katherine Shaw Spaht – Mississippi

1976: Anne Elder – DePauw (Lucy) Kate Jackson – Mississippi Carey Boone Nelson – Missouri Dr.Ruth Parry Owens – Miami of Ohio Mary Durey Poole – Minnesota Judy Ford Stokes – Emory

1978: Margaret Hills – Indiana Jane McCormick – Penn State Thora Mcllroy Mills – Toronto Jane Pauley – Indiana Susan Burrows Swan – Ohio State

1980: Susan Harrell Black – Ohio Wesleyan Jane Blalock- Rollins Donna DeVarona – UCLA Ruth Johnson – Penn State Jane Dole Jones – Louisiana State Nancy Ham Ostrander – Butler Jane Cahill Pfeiffer – Maryland – two awards Anne Armstrong Thompson – Kentucky Robin Wright – Michigan

1982: Beverly Broughton Bajas – Manitoba Wicke Oliver Chambers – Georgia Patricia Lang Harris – Washington Muriel Matson Kennedy – Allegheny Commander Mary Thomson Sproul – George Washington Hollis Stacy – Rollins Kay Cronkite Waldo – Kansas

1984: Elizabeth Baumann Cook – Northwestern Dr. Shelby Dietrick Rector – Michigan Adele Coryell Hall – Nebraska Loretta McCarthy – Arizona Doris Born Monthan – Arizona Jean Rowe Casselman Wadds – Toronto

1986: Catherine Olson Anderson – Minnesota Irene West Gaskins – Idaho Mary Maxwell Gates – Washington Dr. Kathryn Hammock – Miami Dr. Laurie Lee Humphries – Emory Ginnie Johansen Johnson – Tulane Martha Seger – Michigan

1988: Dr. Lucy Davidson – Emory Prudence Mahaffey Mackintosh – Texas Carolyne Smith Roehm – Washington University Dr. Mary Louise Scholl – West Virginia Paula Combest Unruh – Tulsa

1990: Milley Tucker-Frost – Texas Dr. Jamia Jasper Jacobsen – Indiana Dr. Virginia Anding La Charitie’- William and Mary Marjorie Watters Longley – St. Lawrence Barbara Leamen McDougall – Toronto Helen Robson Walton – Oklahoma Helen Wagner Willey – Monmouth Dr. Sharon Carlson Wilsnack – Kansas State

1992: Robin Burns – Syracuse Constance Benjamin Clery – Massachusetts Martha Cook Fricke – Nebraska Constance McNeely Horner – Pennsylvania

1994: Gretchen Kiger Cryer – DePauw Dr. Letha Yurko-Griffin – Ohio State Adlon Dohme Jorgensen – Illinois Camillie Perkins Lavington – Colorado Virginia McMichael Sittler – Miami Elizabeth Hemphill Wilson – Southern Methodist

1996: Loverne Christian Cordes – Purdue Zelma Reed Long – Oregon State Edith Petersila Mayo – George Washington Lucretia Leonard Romey – Indiana Dr. Carrie Case Worcester – Oregon State Carolyn Frizzelle Yost – Idaho

1998: Jeanne Falk Adams – Cal. State, Fresno Anne Howell Clarke – Butler Marion Smith Davey – Toronto Karen Kolbe Goodenow – Drake Frances Steen Pappas – Oregon Maxine Baker Davidson-Singer – Syracuse

2000: Jane Stevenson Day – Colorado College Marjorie McKee Blanchard – Cornell Margaret McKeown – Wyoming Peggy Kirk Bell – Rollins Rebecca Powell Casey – Oklahoma

2002: Mary Zane Kotker - Middlebury Jewel McFarland Lewis - Arizona Janie Lutjen Kreamer - Iowa Mary Carlin Yates - Oregon State Julia Ade Levering - Northwestern Barbara Lemmon Batocci - Colorado

2004: Mary Dore - Whitman Katherine Brosnahan Spade – Kansas Jane Swift – Trinity

2006 Dr. Marilyn Gross Coors – Cornell Ashley Judd – Kentucky Ruth Shellhorn Kueser – Cornell Maureen Orth – UC Berkeley Nancy Paterson – Miami (Ohio) Jeanne Phillips – Arkansas Sharon Weber – Ohio State

2008 Dr. Deborah Oates Erwin – Arkansas Sarah Ives Gore – William and Mary Holly Dunn Pendleton – Kentucky Denise Dreiseszun Resnik – Arizona State

2010 June Braun Bent – Drake Lillian Quinn Stokes – Connecticut Nancy O’Dell – Clemson Ellen Franzen Dissanayake – Washington State Cynthia Casson Morton – William and Mary

2012 Doris Buffett – George Washington Holly Busche Cotter – Arizona Jennie Miller Helderman – Alabama Sabra Tull Meyer – Missouri Karen Stedtfeld Offen – Idaho Lynda Hare Scribante – Texas

2014 Beth Meyer - Virginia Elizabeth Hausler Strand - Illinois Charlotte Jones Anderson - Stanford Rosemary Dunaway Trible - Texas Dorothy Slator Paterson - Texas Kirsten Rutnik Gillibrand – Dartmouth