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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Award

The foundress of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, is a role model for those who know her. It is in her honor, and in recognition of the value-based educational legacy she established at SMWC, that the Alumni Association seeks to honor individuals of like purpose, devotion, community vitality, and leadership. This award is presented to an alumna/alumnus who embodies the spirit and virtue of our foundress.

Recipients will be selected by the SMWC Association Board of Directors. The selection committee will select a recipient based on the following:

  • Recipient must be a graduate of the College; and
  • Recipient uses her/his gifts to excel and reflect God’s love and abundant grace in the world; and
  • Recipient possesses similar purpose, devotion, community vitality and leadership as exhibited by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Nominations will be accepted from alumni and friends of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Submit a nomination

Nominations are due by January 15.
Incomplete nomination forms will not be accepted for consideration.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 1966
    Mary Joseph Pomeroy, SP ’21
  • 1967
    Catherine Connor Graney ’28
  • 1968
    Gertrude Reiss Dorschel ’19
  • 1969
    Mary Jane Lucier Stineman ’39
  • 1970
    Mary Anne Diemer Farris ’46
  • 1971
    Jean Mary Wilkowski ’41
  • 1972
    Daisy Kenney Broussard ’36
  • 1973
    Frances Murphy Rumely ’35
  • 1974
    Marie Lauck ’34
  • 1975
    Jeanne Knoerle, SP ’49
  • 1976
    Theresa Moroney Sullivan ’32
  • 1977
    Marguerite Blackwell Lewis ’37
  • 1978
    Regina Pessemier Simon ’20
  • 1979
    Ann Brosnan ’61
  • 1980
    Lucile Murphy ’30
  • 1981
    Marie Blackwell Boyle ’31
  • 1982
    Marie Brendan Harvey, SP ’51
  • 1983
    Lucinda Rosner Summers ’67
  • 1984
    Gilchrist Conway, SP ’64 (posthumously)
  • 1985
    Alma Gallagher Smith ’40
  • 1986
    Margaret Anne Inman ’36
  • 1987
    Mary Louise Eluere ’30
  • 1988
    Sarah Summers, S.C.M.M. ’63
  • 1989
    Alexa Suelzer, SP ’39
  • 1990
    Kathryn Martin ’63
  • 1991
    Mary Burke Howard Brown ’57
  • 1992
    Barbara Doherty, SP ’53, Ph.D.
  • 1993
    Julia Rooney Ladner ’51, ’89G
  • 1994
    Karen Kuhl Thomas ’63
  • 1995
    Maria Rose Dai, OP ’59
  • 1996
    Patricia Carbon Etling ’54
  • 1997
    Ruth Eileen Dwyer, SP ’60
  • 1998
    Nancy Schwoyer ’59
  • 1999
    Helen Vinton, SP ’55
  • 2000
    Antonia M. Murphy ’65
  • 2001
    Janet Eva Srebalus, S.C.M.M. ’62
  • 2002
    Marie Kevin Tighe, SP ’57
  • 2003
    Laura Williams ’02
  • 2004
    Clara Lill, RC ’50
  • 2005
    Teresita L. Silva ’52
  • 2006
    Patrice Borders McCarthy ’70
  • 2007
    Agnes Pisczcek ’59
  • 2008
    Mary Clare Murphy Ariens ’55
  • 2009
    Miriam Wanjiru Chege ’64
  • 2010
    Kathleen Desautels, SP ’60
  • 2011
    Denise Wilkinson, SP ’68
  • 2012
    Gertrude Knecht Mazzarella ’57
  • 2013
    Tracy Johnson Schier ’62
  • 2014
    Gail Thomas McKenna ’63
  • 2015
    Maria Price ’87
  • 2016
    Carol Nolan, SP ’54
  • 2017
    Elizabeth Jacobi, ’73, Ph.D.
  • 2018
    Ellen Cunningham, SP ’61, Ph.D.
  • 2019
    Janice Searles Vanderhaar ’59
  • 2020
    Frances “Fran” Froelich ’64
  • 2021
    Carol Jean Kinghorn-Landry ’61
  • 2022
    Margaret “Peggy” Kelly Deputy ’64 (posthumously)
  • 2023
    Margaret McElroy ’63
  • 2024
    Rosemary Nudd, SP, Ph.D. ’69