Every year during the Case Western Reserve University Homecoming festivities, the Alumni Association of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing celebrates by bestowing the following awards to members of the alumni association. These awards include:
The Frances Payne Bolton Legacy Award
The Frances Payne Bolton Legacy Award, given at a the discretion of the dean of FPB School of Nursing, honors individuals and organizations for their contributions to the school, the profession of nursing and the community at large in the spirit of Frances Payne Bolton; health care advocate, philanthropist, Congresswoman and namesake of the School of Nursing.
The Award for Excellence
The Award for Excellence recognizes an alumna/us who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and achievement in nursing, and has made significant contributions in nursing or related areas of healthcare.
The Young Alumni Award for Excellence
The Young Alumni Award for Excellence recognizes an alumna/us who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and achievement in nursing and has made significant contributions in nursing or related areas of healthcare within 10 years or less of graduation from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the accomplishments are rooted in their education from the School of Nursing.
The Distinguished Alumni Award
The highest recognition given by the Alumni Association. Eligible alumni include those who have demonstrated continuous, outstanding, creative and exemplary contributions to the discipline of nursing or to healthcare or have made noteworthy contributions in other fields.
The President's Award
The President’s Award recognizes an outstanding alumna or alumnus selected by the president of the Alumni Association and the Alumni Awards Committee for exceptional service to nursing or various unique efforts—often at the grassroots level—which benefit nursing.
Nominate an alumnus for the annual FPB Alumni Awards here
Current Alumni Award Winners
2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
Margaret Bobonich (NUR '00, '10)
Teresa Kelechi, PhD (NUR '84)
2024 Award for Excellence
MariLou Prado-Inzerillo (NUR '17)
2024 Young Alumni Award for Excellence
Sara Mithani, PhD (CWR '16)
Cara Berg Raunick (NUR '11, '15)
We are pleased to invite applications for the FPB Alumni Association Research Awards. The association established these awards to support students with independent research projects.
Eligible to apply:
- Current Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing MSN, DNP and PhD students
- FPB Alumni who have graduated within the last three years and are in clinical practice (full or part-time)
The applicant must be the Principal Investigator for the study/project. Learn more in the award eligibility form. Those who are selected could be awarded up to $1,000 to support their research project.
Please make sure to download, fill out the form, then "Save as" a different filename in order to retain the information you've provided.
Application deadline is April 1.
Research Awards: Up to $1,000
- Alumni Research Awards Application: EBP Project
- Alumni Research Awards Application: Research Study
- Alumni Research Award Guidelines
For questions, contact: fpbalumni@case.edu
Support Alumni Association Research Grants
Give to the FPB Alumni Association Endowment Fund
Previous Alumni Awards Winners
View an archive of recordings of previous award ceremonies on the FPB YouTube channel.
| Year | Awardee Name |
| 2020 | Marian K. Shaughnessy, DNP '17, MSN '85 (posthumous) |
| 2014 | Charlene Phelps, '65 |
| Year | Name |
| 2024 | MariLou Prado-Inzerillo, NUR '17 |
| 2023 | Adelais Markaki, NUR '92, GRS '92, (anthropology) |
| 2022 | Sonya Moore, DNP '16 |
| 2020 | Nancy H. Wagner, DNP '09 |
| 2017 | Martha K. Swartz NUR '77 |
| 2016 | Michael E. Zychowicz, DNP ’06 |
| Year | Name |
| 2024 | Sara Mithani, PhD, CWR '16 Cara Berg Raunick, NUR '11, '15 |
| 2023 | Julia Blanchette, NUR '14, GRS '20, (nursing) |
| 2022 | Zeyana Al Ismaili, MSN '15 |
| 2020 | Pamela Slaven-Lee, DNP '08 |
| 2017 | Kirstyn M. Kameg DNP ‘08 |
| 2016 | Diana R. DeBartolomeo Mager, DNP ‘09 |
| Year | Name |
| 2024 | Margaret Bobonich, NUR '00, '10 Teresa Kelechi, PhD, NUR '84 |
| 2023 | Freida Chavez, NUR '13 |
| 2022 | Jaclene Zauszniewski, PhD '92, MSN '89 |
| 2020 | Judy E. Davidson, DNP '08 |
| 2019 | Carol Roe, MSN '79 |
| 2016 | Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP ‘06 |
| 2015 | John M. Clochesy, GRS ‘93 |
| 2013 | Adeline M. Nyamathi, PhD ’83 |
| 2012 | Geraldine McCarthy, PhD '94, MSN '90 |
| 2011 | Mary Beth Happ, '88 |
| 2010 | Patricia Gorzka, '64 |
| 2009 | Lynore Dutton DeSilets, ’64 |
| 2008 | Shirley Mason Moore, ’93, ’91 |
| 2007 | Linda Q. Everett, '85 |
| 2006 | James E. Hovey, '94 |
| 2006 | Russell C. Swansburg, '52 |
| 2005 | Mary E. Kerr, '91 |
| 2004 | Donna Lee Algase, '88 |
| 2004 | Greer Lita Glazer, '79, '84 |
| 2003 | Mary Lou V. Stricklin, '77 |
| 2002 | Judith Shamian, '88 |
| 2001 | Sharon L. Tennstedt, ‘77 |
| 2000 | Barbara L. Nichols, ‘66 |
| 1999 | Charlene Phelps, ‘65 |
| 1998 | Betty Smith Williams, ‘54 |
| 1997 | Doris Matherny Modly, ‘57, ‘77, ‘87 |
| 1996 | Ruby L. Wilson, ‘59 |
| 1995 | Carol L. Schaffer, ‘79 |
| 1994 | Carol A. Lockhart, ‘65 |
| 1993 | Laura C. Dustan, ‘43 |
| 1992 | Thelma J. Wells, ‘70 |
| 1991 | Patty L. Hawken, ‘62 |
| 1990 | Carrie B. Lenburg, ‘58, ‘60 |
| 1989 | Mara M. Baun, ‘70 |
| 1988 | Elizabeth L. Grossman, ‘47 |
| 1987 | Judith A. Sullivan, ‘67 |
| 1986 | May L. Wykle, ‘62, ‘69, ‘81 |
| 1985 | Ruth M. Anderson, ‘45, ‘54 |
| 1984 | Jeanette Miller Lancaster, ‘69 |
| 1983 | Susan Reichert Gortner, ‘57 |
| 1982 | Catherine Parker Anthony, ‘32, ‘53+ |
| 1981 | Geraldine Gleason Price, ‘53 |
| 1980 | Lillian Sholtis Brunner, ‘47 |
| 1979 | Rita K. Chow, ‘55 |
| 1978 | Marlene Kramer, ‘58+ |
| 1977 | Helen M. Tobin, ’49, ‘57 |
| 1976 | Virginia E. Cleland, ‘49+ |
| 1975 | Edith Patton Lewis, ‘39 |
| 1974 | Alene B. Duerk, ‘48 |
| 1973 | Evelyn Burns Burke, ‘30+ |
| 1972 | Valencia N. Prock, ‘53 |
| 1971 | Martha Pitel, ‘46 |
| 1970 | Dorothy Mereness, ‘41+ |
| 1969 | Olga Benderoff, ‘28+ |
| 1968 | Margene Faddis, ‘29+ |
+ Deceased
| Year | Name |
| 2016 | Catherine Lindenberg, BSN’66 |