Nominations are welcome for alumni who have distinguished themselves in one of the award categories offered both by the Johns Hopkins University and the School of Nursing listed below. Nominations for the 2025 School of Nursing Dean’s Awards must be received by February 14, 2025. A Nominations Committee comprised of alumni, faculty and administration will make final award decisions.
DEAN’S ALUMNI AWARDS
The Dean’s Alumni Awards are newly established to honor and recognize outstanding School of Nursing alumni for their varied contributions to healthcare. All attendees of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University Schools of Nursing are eligible for nomination.
AWARD CATEGORIES
Honoring an alumna/us whose research, professional achievements and cumulative contributions have brought personal distinction, enhanced the profession, improved the welfare of the general public and brought honor and prestige to his or her field.
Honoring an alumna/us who demonstrates excellence and innovation in the teaching of nursing.
Honoring an alumna/us whose policy and advocacy accomplishments at the local, regional, national, or international level have made a significant impact in their field or whose policy and advocacy work has improved the health of individuals, communities or populations; demonstrates how nurse leaders are providing outstanding contributions to health policy issues.
Johns Hopkins University Alumni Awards
See more at – http://alumni.jhu.edu/awards
The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association presents five prestigious annual awards to honor deserving graduates, professors and friends of Johns Hopkins:
Honors alumni who have brought credit to the university by their current or recently concluded distinguished public service as elected or appointed officials.
Previous Winners:
2003 – Linda Z. Tarr-Whelan ’60
2008 – M. Louis Fitzpatrick
2010 – Irma S. Rochlin ’45
2010 – Jane Ball
2011 – Lara Ho
2016 – Alexis Bakos ’00
2019 – Lauren Underwood (MSN/MPH) ’09
Honors alumni and friends of Johns Hopkins who have contributed outstanding service over an extended period to the progress of the university or the activities of the Alumni Association
Previous Winners:
1996 – Douglas A. Fellman, JHU Trustee, JHSON Advisory Board
1998 – M. Frances Keen ’70
1999 – Barbara Schweizer ’86
2008 – Susan E. Appling ’73
Wayne N. Schelle, JHU Trustee, JHSON Advisory Board
2009 – Sandra S. Angell ’69
2010 – Geraldine Peterson ’64
2011 – Joan M. Lorenz ’71
2016 – Walter Pinkard, Jr., JHU Trustee, JHSON Advisory Board
2017 – Deborah J. Baker, ’92, ’97, ’11
2018 – Paula Kent, ’01, ’05
2019 – Elsie Peyton Jarvis, ’47
2020 – Karen Combs, ’70
2021 – Jane Ball, ’69, ’74 and Gail Ochs, ’65
Honors alumni who have typified the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and brought credit to the university by their personal accomplishment, professional achievement or humanitarian service.
Previous Winners:
1980 – Linda Z. Tarr-Whelan ’60
1991 – Barbara Donaho ’56
1997 – Martha Hill ’64
2005 – Sally Sample ’54
2006 – Nancy McKelvey ’64
2008 – Diane Becker ’64, ’78
M. Louise Fitzpatrick ’63
2009 – Gertrude J. Hodges ’59
2010 – Connie Tolles Siskowski ’67
Jane Ball ’69, ’74
2013 – Julia Bolton ’61
2015 – Patricia Morton ’77
2016 – Jessica Gill ’07
2017 – Nancy Glass ’94, ’96
2018 – Ruth Barnard, ’58
2019 – Eunice S. King, ’68
2020 – Reginald Bannerman, ’97, ’03
2021 – Jason Farley, ’03, ’07
Honors alumni who exemplify the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and have brought credit to the university and their profession in the international arena through their professional achievements or humanitarian service.
2010 – Nancy Glass ’94, ’96
2017 – Meghan E. Lopez, ’07, ’10
2018 – Jason Farley, ’03, ’08
2019 – Stacie Stender, ’99, ’01
2020 – Pandora Hardtman, ’96
2021 – Anna Belle Illien, ’56
Honors recent graduates of Johns Hopkins (within 10 years of graduation) for outstanding achievement or service in their professional or volunteer life. Support of Johns Hopkins may be a consideration, but not a requirement.
Previous Winners:
2011 – Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda ’05 (MSN/MPH)
Lara Ho ’00
2012 – Tresa Dusaj ’04
2014 – Keira N. Wickliffe Berger ’05, ’09 (MSN)
2016 – Kaci Hickox ’11
2018 – Fernando R. Mena-Carrasco, ’15
2019 – Lisa Marie Gerolamo, ’13
2019 – Rhoda Redulla, ’11
2020 – Lou Bartolo, ’18
2021 – Timian Godfrey, ’19
Recognizes outstanding contributions that address critical social, economic and environmental needs throughout our society and communities, including local communities. Both individuals and groups are eligible. The nominee(s) may be either Johns Hopkins alumni (individual or group) who have impacted any community OR non-alumni (individual or group) who have impacted a Johns Hopkins Institution.
2019 – Diane Becker, ’64, ’78
2020 – Phyllis Sharps, Faculty
2021 – Sarah Szanton, ’93, ’07
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