Distinguished Alumnae

The purpose of the Distinguished Alumnae Award is to recognize and acknowledge the significant contributions made by our alumnae in many fields of endeavor. The award honors alumnae who represent a range of excellence in vocation, community service, character, and/or service to McGehee.

The award recipients are honored at the Founder’s Day Assembly and are presented with an award certificate and a gift from the school.

Questions?

Contact Kathleen Viguerie Banta '95 at 504-274-4917 or email.

Award Recipients by Class Year

1987

Mildred “Millie” Ball ’63 
Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin ’50 
Esther Dupuy Breckenridge ’24* 
Betty Werlein Carter ’27* 
Madeleine Duvic ’69 
Jane Pharr Gage ’28* 
Emilie “Russ” Dietrich Griffin ’53* 
Rosa Freeman Keller ’28* 
Gail Behre Little ’31* 
Elizabeth “Betsy” Shaw Nalty ’60 
Lalise Moore O’Brien ’30* 
Cynthia “Cindy” Samuel ’65 
Margaret “Meg” Orr Settoon ’71 
Betty Stevens Sherrill ’40*
Edith “Lucile” Smith ’31* 
Suzanne “Sue” Saussy Stewart ’44*
Rose Forsyth Strachan ’33* 
Katharine “Kit” Williams Tremaine ’24*

1988

Charlotte Cooksey ’65 
Charlotte Hillyer Dupuy ’40* 
Rosemary Gugert Kennedy ’44*
Jane Dart Maunsell ’39* 
Cora “Coco” Jahncke Seemann ’31* 
Virginia Liggett Suttle ’32*

1989

Beth Stocker Cary ’50 
Geraldine “Gerry” Gaudet Geary ’31* 
Lynne Murray Gleason ’57 
Susan Buck Mayer ’33* 
Katherine “Bonnie” Thompson Soniat ’60 
Marilyn Wellemeyer ’42*

1990

Jeanne de la Houssaye ’60* 
Nancy Reeves Dreux ’31* 
Edna Schlegel Heft ’32* 
Mary Foster Kock ’47 
Patricia “Pat” Crane Mason ’55 
Kathleen “Kathy” Moore Vick ’56*

1991

Elaine Durbin Abell ’60 
Gayle Stocker Denegre ’44* 
Margo Jackson DuBos ’74 
Katherine Nolan Kammer ’32* 
Carroll Wilson Suggs ’56 
Charlotte Barkerding Travieso ’60

1992

Beverly Ogden Dickinson ’75 
Dorothy “Dottie” Eaves Kostmayer ’41*
Carolyn Gelbke McCall ’57 
Jane Alsobrook Miller ’44*
Katherine Huff O’Neil ’56 
Cynthia Miller Yeates ’72

1993

Harriet “Muffin” Wilson Balart ’64 
Lucile Lawrence Dahlstrom ’22* 
Ruth “Ruthie” Jones Frierson ’58 
Virginia Kock ’52* 
Barbara Manard ’63 
Carolyn “Missy” McLellan ’67 
Constance “Pokey” Smith ’24*

1994

Beverly Reese Church ’63 
Katherine Gage ’55* 
Kitty Carlisle Conn Hart ’27* 
Gladys Gay LeBreton ’38* 
Holly Sharp Snodgrass ’75 
Joan Matthews Starr ’60

1995

Joan Scheuermann McGurk ’50*
Eloise “Bootie” Born Farnsworth ’59 
Diana Rowley Jones ’60 
Grace Jahncke Newburger ’54* 
Catherine “Cathy” Maunsell Posey ’63 
Bruce “Brucie” Witherspoon Rafferty ’45*

1996

Carol Jones Carmody ’60 
Claudia Harold ’64 
Marie Elise “Malee” Amoss Hearin ’46 
Margaret Miller ’70 
Marjorie “Margie” Leverich Moran ’35* 
Jeanne “Patty” Hanley Rabig ’56*
Catherine Burns Tremaine ’42

1997

Janet Arrowsmith ’67 
Virginia Fossier Brooks ’72 
Blanche Kirchhoff Gray ’62 
Louise Hoehn Hogan ’31* 
Gretchen Rau ’57* 
Tynia Thomassie ’77

1998

Barbara King Amedee ’43*
Marilyn Maloney ’68 
Sheela Burke Plater ’58 
Laura Guinee Sporl-Currens ’74 
Jann Malone Steele ’68 
Mary Louise “Peggy” McGehee Wisdom ’32*

1999

Gloria Garic Anderson ’39* 
Constance Barkley-Lewis ’79
Ann Maylie Bruce ’60* 
Nancy “Nan” Newton Cummins ’61 
Elisabeth “Lisa” Dart ’77 
Jane Leach King ’49 
Lettice Binnings Stuart ’64

2000

Elsie Jean “Jean” McGivney Boese ’42* 
Jacqueline “Jackie” LeRoi Bolton ’43* 
Amelie Wogan Cagle ’65 
Jeanie Crane Cian ’72 
Katherine Waters Gelderman ’79 
Mary-Elizabeth “Meppie” Paltron ’60* 
Ruth Groner Werfel ’50*

2001

Katharine “Kathy” Gamble ’76
Jane Johnson ’67 
Cameron “Cammie” Kock Mayer ’71 
Harriet McFaul Pilger ’66 
Dana Smetherman ’82 
Nancy Lohman Staub ’51

2002

Virginia Barkley ’82 
Gary Gillis Churchill ’52 
Laura Lee Killeen ’68 
Michele Lafaye Lopiccolo ’77 
Carolyn Wood Lorio ’77 
Marcelle d’Aquin Saussy ’57

2003

Anita Pelias Georges ’48* 
Wendelyn “Wendy” Walk Michell ’66 
Laura Shaw Shields ’72 
Alice Marquez Wright ’68

2004

Kathryn “Kit” Conroy ’73 
Carey Feierabend ’78 
Suzanne Wolfe Fromherz ’66 
Beryl Bushnell Kaminsky ’79 
Daisy Meriwether Vandenburgh ’51

2005

Ella Montgomery Flower ’63 
Elaine “Lainey” Friedrichs Jones ’80 
Ginger Kock ’78 
Lalise O’Brien Melillo ’60

2006

Angelique Palumbo Weiser ’93
Ruthie Winston ’79

2007

Harriet Hurley Nelson ’56
Paulette de la Vergne Stewart ’57
Melissa Roddy ’77
Mary Meyers Howard ’77

2008

Barbara “Bee” Ewin Fitzpatrick ’66
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Jahncke ’98
Rozelle Sawyer Middleton ’49*
Lilian Page Stahler Murphy ’58*
Mary Ann McLellan Stroker ’58*

2009

Melanie Logan Mauldin ’68
Bonnie Christensen St. Paul ’59
Cecile Watters Tebo ’78

2010

Caroline Monsted Brady ’90
Ethel Bush Clay ’60
Ann Wisdom Stolley ’60*

2011

Ann Richardson Berkey ’66
Rebecca “Becky” Brooksher ’96
Doris Durbin Heard ’61
Dawn Higgins Murphy ’46*

2012

Felice Viguerie Killian ’93
Corinne Morrison ’65
Miranda Restovic ’97
Heather Labadot Smedstad ’88
Marsha Miller Wedell ’59

2013

Glenny Wiegand Brazy ’43*
Charlotte Christman ’73
Suzanne Maginnis Whann ’62
Jane Feierabend Wiggins ’63

2014

Courtney Slatten Katzenstein ’79
Katherine Magnuson Knox ’89

2015

Anne Labouisse Dean ’60
Anne Perez Inabnett ’64
Mimi Maumus ’90
Mary Alice Quinn ’54
Julie Jones Smith ’80

2016

Bonnie Baird Boyd ’67
Kathleen McKee Garey ’76
Sarah Martzolf ’96
Margo Sanders Phelps ’72
Kitty Claiborne Schmidt ’65

2017

Katherine “Kathy” Kreutziger Baumgarten '87
Mary McDonald “Merrimac” Stephens Dillon '77
Meredith Feike '97
Madeline Hughes Haikala '82

2018

Patricia “Pat” Halsall Colville ’48
Nina Newlin Mackie ’65
Charlotte Barkley Mercer ’78
Alexandra “Alix” de la Vergne St. Paul ’73

2019

Anne Monteleone Burr '74
Antoinette “Toni” de Bonneval Frederick '47
Melanie Sheen '02

2020

Charlotte Andry Gibbs '65
Laura Hobson Herlihy '80
Melissa Douglass Steiner '80
 

2023

Bettina Lentz Carpenter ’58
Kathleen Frick Biggins ’78

Saira Saeed ’88

April Falcon-Villa ’93

2024

Suzanne Faris '84

Anne Balart Michaels '94

* Deceased