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 – CornellVirginia Gildersleeve – BarnardNora Waln (Osland-Hill) – Swarthmore==Award listing by year==
'''1947:'''{|class="wikitable sortable"Sarah Blanding – Kentucky|-Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman – (Pi Deuteron) California!Year!Name'''1948:'''!ChapterJessica Garretson Finch, Cosgrave – Barnard!SchoolDorothy Canfield Fisher – Ohio State!ProfessionMarian Simpson Carter, Garber – Denison|-Lulu Holmes – Whitman|1946|Margaret Cutbert'''1949:'''Josephine Paddock –BarnardRuth Leach Pollock – (Pi Deuteron) CaliforniaMary Crawford Schuster – CornellMary Kingsbury Simkhovitch – Boston '''1950:'''(Lucy) Evelyn Wight Allan – St. LawrenceHelen Bower – MichiganMarion Hilliard – Toronto(Eliza) Jean Nelson Penfield – DePauwEmma Fall Schofield – BostonEmma Shipman – BostonAnna Maude Smith – Kansas State '''1951:'''Beatrice Blackmar Gould – IowaEmma Moffat McLaughlin – (Pi |Psi Deuteron) CaliforniaLouise Pound – Nebraska '''1952:'''Emily Dunning Barringer – |CornellMarty Lewis Cornelius – Carnegie-Mellon|ProfessionHelen Knox – TexasAleta Cornelius Malm – Carnegie|-MellonPhyllis McGinley (Hayden) – UtahRuth Fanshaw Waldo – Adelphi CollegeCleora Clark Wheeler – Minnesota 1954:(Ellen) Jane Froman (Ross, Burn, Smith) – MissouriEmily Eaton Hepburn – St. LawrenceGertrude Cornish Milliken – MiddleburyRuth Davison Reid – TorontoDorothy Taylor – British Columbia(Bertha) Fain Tucker – DePauw 1955:|1946Edith Clarke – Wisconsin 1956:Patty Berg – MinnesotaOlive Mason Gunnison – St. LawrenceLouise Keener – West |VirginiaGildersleeveGladys Miler – Oregon State|ChapterMary Geisler Phillips – PennsylvaniaMarie Sellers – SwarthmoreClaire Drew Forbes, Walker – Washington 1958:|BarnardDoris Hart: Miami of Florida|ProfessionMary Shaw Marohnic, (Horn) – Carnegie|-MellonEleanor Jewett Lundberg – IllinoisAnna Scott Wilson, Morningstar – Ohio StateMary Lucas Richardson – WashingtonPatricia Searight – Ohio State“Kim Stanley” (nee Patty Reid Conway) – ArizonaAryness Joy Wickens – Washington 1960:|1946Gena Rowland Cassavetes – WisconsinMadelyn Pugh Martin, Davis – IndianaNita Lohnes Frazier – WhitmanRuth Shellhorn Kueser – OregonNancy Olsen |Nora Waln (Lerner, Livingston) – WisconsinWilfreda Heald Lytle – ColoradoHelen Wills Moody, Roarke – (Pi Deuteron) California 1962:Mildred Moore Anderson – AdrianElizabeth Aldrich Bridgeman – Newcomb, Tulane (BO)Emily Gorman – CornellPolly Knipp Hill – IllinoisAdelaide Romaine (Kinkele) – CornellRances McGovern – AkronFrances Sutton Schmitz – MichiganRheva Ott Shryock – Pennsylvania(Helen) Marjorie Coles Smith – BostonAnna Speers – Manitoba 1964:Virgil Crook Barritt – KansasMargaret McIntosh Boice – WyomingMary Seago Brooke – Newcomb, TulaneCathleen Tharaldsen Caitlin – OregonMargaret Simson Curry – WyomingKatherine Avis Pumphrey – British Columbia 1966:Julia “Judith” Morton Cole – SyracuseJean Winifred Gordon – DenisonMary Elizabeth Kelly – DrakeMary Freeman Kelly – George WashingtonGabrielle Jane Sellers Kroeger – TorontoSarah Lee Lippincott – PennsylvaniaDoris Seward – IndianaJane Stokes Wallace – Pennsylvania 1968:Jane Cahill – MarylandSusan Rockwood – CincinnatiElinor Kiess Rose – HillsdaleMarguerite Wykoff Zapoleon – Cincinnati 1970:Margaret Dickson Falley – NorthwesternBarbara Hall Feldon – CarnegieOsland-MellonMary Elizabeth Hendricks – IndianaF.Marguerite Hill – TorontoMareta West – Oklahoma 1972:Gloria Kerry – MichiganJo Ann Pflug (Woolery) – Miami of FloridaLucy Guild Quirk, Toberman – UCLA|ChapterGail Gutherie Valaskakis – WisconsinBetty Jane McKenty Wylie – Manitoba 1974:Elizabeth Louise Anderson – William and MaryMary Elizabeth Thomas Brooks – IdahoDiana Devine Felt – UtahBernice William Foley – Cincinnati Phyllis Eason Galanti – William and MaryLois Winter Lloyd – MonmouthPhyllis Loughton Seaton – MichiganKatherine Shaw Spaht – Mississippi 1976:Anne Elder – DePauw(Lucy) Kate Jackson – MississippiCarey Boone Nelson – MissouriDr.Ruth Parry Owens – Miami of OhioMary Durey Poole – MinnesotaJudy Ford Stokes – Emory 1978:Margaret Hills – IndianaJane McCormick – Penn StateThora Mcllroy Mills – TorontoJane Pauley – IndianaSusan Burrows Swan – Ohio State 1980:Susan Harrell Black – Ohio WesleyanJane Blalock- RollinsDonna DeVarona – UCLARuth Johnson – Penn StateJane Dole Jones – Louisiana StateNancy Ham Ostrander – ButlerJane Cahill Pfeiffer – Maryland – two awardsAnne Armstrong Thompson – KentuckyRobin Wright – Michigan 1982:Beverly Broughton Bajas – ManitobaWicke Oliver Chambers – GeorgiaPatricia Lang Harris – WashingtonMuriel Matson Kennedy – AlleghenyCommander Mary Thomson Sproul – George WashingtonHollis Stacy – RollinsKay Cronkite Waldo – Kansas 1984:Elizabeth Baumann Cook – NorthwesternDr. Shelby Dietrick Rector – MichiganAdele Coryell Hall – NebraskaLoretta McCarthy – ArizonaDoris Born Monthan – ArizonaJean Rowe Casselman Wadds – Toronto 1986:Catherine Olson Anderson – MinnesotaIrene West Gaskins – IdahoMary Maxwell Gates – WashingtonDr. Kathryn Hammock – MiamiDr. Laurie Lee Humphries – EmoryGinnie Johansen Johnson – TulaneMartha Seger – Michigan 1988:Dr. Lucy Davidson – EmoryPrudence Mahaffey Mackintosh – TexasCarolyne Smith Roehm – Washington UniversityDr. Mary Louise Scholl – West VirginiaPaula Combest Unruh – Tulsa 1990:Milley Tucker-Frost – TexasDr. Jamia Jasper Jacobsen – IndianaDr. Virginia Anding La Charitie’- William and MaryMarjorie Watters Longley – St. LawrenceBarbara Leamen McDougall – TorontoHelen Robson Walton – OklahomaHelen Wagner Willey – MonmouthDr. Sharon Carlson Wilsnack – Kansas State 1992:Robin Burns – SyracuseConstance Benjamin Clery – Massachusetts Martha Cook Fricke – NebraskaConstance McNeely Horner – Pennsylvania 1994:Gretchen Kiger Cryer – DePauwDr. Letha Yurko-Griffin – Ohio StateAdlon Dohme Jorgensen – Illinois Camillie Perkins Lavington – ColoradoVirginia McMichael Sittler – MiamiElizabeth Hemphill Wilson – Southern Methodist 1996:Loverne Christian Cordes – PurdueZelma Reed Long – Oregon StateEdith Petersila Mayo – George Washington Lucretia Leonard Romey – IndianaDr. Carrie Case Worcester – Oregon StateCarolyn Frizzelle Yost – Idaho 1998:Jeanne Falk Adams – Cal. State, FresnoAnne Howell Clarke – ButlerMarion Smith Davey – Toronto Karen Kolbe Goodenow – DrakeFrances Steen Pappas – OregonMaxine Baker Davidson-Singer – Syracuse 2000:Jane Stevenson Day – Colorado CollegeMarjorie McKee Blanchard – Cornell Margaret McKeown – WyomingPeggy Kirk Bell – RollinsRebecca Powell Casey – Oklahoma 2002:Mary Zane Kotker - MiddleburyJewel McFarland Lewis - ArizonaJanie Lutjen Kreamer - IowaMary Carlin Yates - Oregon StateJulia Ade Levering - NorthwesternBarbara Lemmon Batocci - Colorado 2004:Mary Dore - WhitmanKatherine Brosnahan Spade – KansasJane Swift – Trinity 2006Dr. Marilyn Gross Coors – CornellAshley Judd – KentuckyRuth Shellhorn Kueser – CornellMaureen Orth – UC BerkeleyNancy Paterson – Miami (Ohio)Jeanne Phillips – ArkansasSharon Weber – Ohio State 2008Dr. Deborah Oates Erwin – ArkansasSarah Ives Gore – William and MaryHolly Dunn Pendleton – KentuckyDenise Dreiseszun Resnik – Arizona State 2010June Braun Bent – DrakeLillian Quinn Stokes – ConnecticutNancy O’Dell – ClemsonEllen Franzen Dissanayake – Washington StateCynthia Casson Morton – William and Mary 2012Doris Buffett – George WashingtonHolly Busche Cotter – ArizonaJennie Miller Helderman – AlabamaSabra Tull Meyer – MissouriKaren Stedtfeld Offen – IdahoLynda Hare Scribante – Texas 2014Beth Meyer - VirginiaElizabeth Hausler Strand - IllinoisCharlotte Jones Anderson - StanfordRosemary Dunaway Trible - TexasDorothy Slator Paterson - Texas|SwarthmoreKirsten Rutnik Gillibrand – Dartmouth|Author
