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. To nominate an alumnus for this award, Visit Our Alumni Award Page
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. Nominate an Alumnus for This Award.
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. To nominate an alumnus for this award, click here.
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.
| Year | Awardee Name |
| 2020 | Marian K. Shaughnessy, DNP '17, MSN '85 (posthumous) |
| 2014 | Charlene Phelps, '65 |
| Year | Name |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |