McAuley Outstanding Alumna Nomination

The McAuley Outstanding Alumna Award was created by the Alumnae Executive Board in 1983 to honor a Woman of Mercy who serves as a symbol to the community and current Mercy Girls that the values, spirit, and integrity learned at Mercy High School are held, maintained, and expanded throughout a woman’s lifetime. Recipients of The McAuley Outstanding Alumna Award are valuable assets to themselves, their families, and their communities. This award is named because the criteria listed below are qualities usually attributed to Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy.

The following criteria will be used to select the recipient:
  • Displays loyalty to Mercy High School
  • Demonstrates leadership in the community or her field
  • Demonstrates strength of character
  • Is uniquely sensitive to her fellow human beings
  • Believes in Mercy
  • Possesses the courage of her convictions
  • Inspires other young women
  • Supports Mercy High School

The McAuley Outstanding Alumna Award recognizes an alumna who shows that the values, spirit, and integrity learned at Mercy are held, maintained, and expanded throughout a woman’s lifetime. These are qualities usually attributed to Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy.

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  • Past Recipients

    • 2023: Nancy Assero ’65, P’97
    • 2022: Carol Tan, Ph.D. ’83 and Ashley Kowalski ’07
    • 2020: Laura Wontrop Klauser ’04
    • 2019: Laura Lebrun Hatcher ’94, P’21
    • 2018: Anita Healy O’Neill ’68
    • 2017: Nancy McColgan ’78
    • 2016: Sally Riley ’64
    • 2015: Donna Orem ’72
    • 2014: M. Angela Carolan Hall ’73
    • 2013: Meghan Cosgrove ’98
    • 2012: Lea Bradley Gilmore ’83, P’21
    • 2011: Kelly Hammett Macías ’95
    • 2010: Sharon Christie ’73
    • 2009: Sr. Pat Baber, RSM ’70
    • 2008: Michelle Lizardo ’93
    • 2007: Mary Ella Franz Marion ’76, P’09
    • 2006: Mary-Margaret Kardian Latchford ’64
    • 2005: M. Eileen Kohles Baird ’65, P’88,’2; GP’11, ’15
    • 2004: Mary Eleanor Stegmaier Lawrence ’65, P’91,’93,’96, ’98
    • 2003: Suzanne Hall Price ’67
    • 2002: Mary Anne Heckwolf ’66 
    • 2001: Christy Boss Berg ’66
    • 2000: Cathy Lane Rowan ’73
    • 1999: Sr. Donna Coward, RSM ’65
    • 1998: Janet Marconi Sisson ’73
    • 1997: Rodell Sneeringer Ramirez ’66
    • 1996: Sr. Gwynette Proctor, SNDdeN ’70
    • 1995: Judy Swift Cash ’77
    • 1994: Rosemarie Lazzati ’73
    • 1993: Cathy Gonce O'Keefe ’68
    • 1992: Ellen Callegary ’70
    • 1991: Mary Patricia Franck Olin ’66
    • 1990: Joan Sadowski Grega ’71
    • 1989: Geri Saylor Morrison ’64
    • 1988: Sr. Sue Weetenkamp, RSM ’66, P’93
    • 1987: Mary Lou Keating Mérida ’69, P’96
    • 1986: Gisele Ferretto ’76, P’91,’92
    • 1985: Victoria Garvey ’64
    • 1984: Joyce Marsh Hiebler ’65, P’88; GP’18, ’20

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