Awards Hall of Fame
🏆 Celebrating Excellence in Nursing

The Doris M. Armstrong Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Administration

2024    Jeannette Bronsord
2019    Ellen M. Komar
2018    Catherine Lyon      
2017    Francine LoRusso
2016    Diane Vorio
2014    Cheryl B. Hoey
2013    Susan Davis
2012    Sue Fitzsimmons
2011    Grace Lenox Flight
2010    Colleen O. Smith
2008    Margaret Flinter
2007    D. Vincent Penry
2002    Laura J. Caramanica
2000    Virginia Humphrey
1997    Rhonda Anderson
1996    Joyce E. Schickler
1994    Ruth D. Abbott
1992    Claire E. O’Neil
1991    Doris M. Armstrong

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The Virginia A. Henderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Research

​2024    Ruth Lucas
2023    Juliette M. Shellman
2022    LaRon E. Nelson
2021    Xiaomei S. Cong
2020    Nicholas R. Nicholson Jr.
2020    Giuseppina (Pina) Violano
2019    Veronica Barcelona
2018    Lois Siebert Sadler
2017    Angela Starkweather
2016    M. Tish Knobf
2015    Colleen Delaney
2014    Leslie Neal-Boylan
2014    Jacqueline M. McGrath
2014    Nancy R. Reynolds
2013    Meredith Wallace Kazer
2013    Cynthia Barrere
2012    Barbara Aronson
2011    Nancy Schmieder Redeker
2010    Angela Crowley
2007    Robin E. Leger
2007    Deborah McDonald
2003    Gail D'Eramo-Melkus
2002    Olga M. Church
2001    Cheryl L. Beck
1997    Margaret Grey
1996    Angela E. Vicenzi
1995    Marjorie Funk
1994    Ann B. Williams
1992    Mairead Hickey
1991    Cheryl Stetler
1990    Robin D. Froman
1989    John D. Thompson(d)
1987    Jacqueline Fawcett
1986    Beverly L. Koerner
1985    Barbara Munro
1983    Marlene Kramer
1981    Donna K. Diers
1980    Virginia A. Henderson(d)​​​

The Agnes Ohlson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Through Political Action

2024 Stephanie F. McGuire
2023 Nancy LaMonica
2023 Sen. Saud Anwar
2023 Rep Cristin McCarthy Vahey
2022 Rep Gary Turco
2021 Barbara Nadolny
2020 Rep. Michelle Cook
2019 Rep. Russell A. Morin
2016 Joy Elwell
2015 Rep. Roberta Willis
2014 Rep. Peggy Sayers
2014 Rep. Theresa Conroy
2013 Lynn Rapsilber
2012 Donna Kosiorowski
2011 Anne B. Hulick
2010 Thomas Regan & Lori Samele-Bates
2009 Christopher Shays
2008 Rep Peggy Sayers
2007 Lynn Price
2005 Norma D. Gyle
2004 Marilyn Richard
2001 Lisabeth Johnston
2000 Leo Le Bel
1999 The CT Chapter of Nurse Attorneys
1997 Marie T. Hilliard
1995 Donna M. Nikitas
1993 Doris T. Lippman
1991 Elsa L. Bown
1990 Marie V. Roberto
1989 Sen. Lowell Weicker, Jr.
1988 Flora Vigliotti Lavery
1985 Hazel T. Marci(d)
1984 Kathy Burness
1983 Clara Williams
1982 Barbara G. Schutt
1980 Agnes Ohlson(d)

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The Vera R. Keane Award for Distinguished Service to the Connecticut Nurses’ Association

2024 Roseann Sillasen
2023 Terry Quell
2022 Michelle Caramanello
2021 Anne D. Swallow
2020 Angelina D. DiStefano
2019 Eileen Scharcht DeGeatano
2016 Gayle Sullivan
2015 Patricia C. Bouffard
2013 Leo Le Bel
2012 Angela V. DiLillo
2011 Linda Angotto
2010 Karen Crouse
2008 Timothy Squires
2005 Judith A. Sartucci
2004 Karen Banks
2002 Mary Ellen “Mell” Hobson
2001 Yohanna M. Casalini
2000 Mary Jane Williams
1998 Myra H. Kerr(d)

1997 Barbara E. Pokorny
1994 Carol Daisy
1993 Marylouise Welch
1992 Patricia D. Barry
1990 Marie A. Turbie(d)
1989 E. Carol Polifroni
1984 Beverly G. O’Connor
1983 Claire Lycett
1981 Audrey M. McCluskey
1980 Vera R. Keane(d)

The Florence S. Wald Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Practice

2024    Mary-Ann Lombardi Cyr 
2023 Lucinda Cantry
2022 Judith M. Hahn
2021 Jill Strawn
2020 Ronica Mukerjee
2019 Nancy Cantey Banasiak
2018 Jessica Shank Coviello
2017 Laura Kierol Andrews
2017 Wendy Martinson
2016 Patricia Ryan Krause
2015 Deborah Poerio
2014 Heather Dawn Reynolds
2013 Stephanie Knutson
2012 Alison Moriarty Daley
2011 Shery Watson
2011 Patricia D. Giannelli
2010 Kathleen Tracy Grimaud
2010 Julie Stewart
2009 The «Shelton Team»
2006 Barbara Moynihan
2005 Mary C. Keane
2004 Linda Spoonster Schwartz
2002 Lucia DeVivo-Catalano
2001 Rhea Sanford
2000 Rita Bonczek
1999 Roberta `Berti' Chuong
1998 AmeriCare
1997 George Daneri
1996 Deanna M. Xistris
1995 Janet Parkosewich
1993 Vera V. Yordan
1992 Lizabeth L. Ryan
1991 Christine Waszynsk
1990 Ruth D. Abbott
1989 Jayne Ryzewski
1988 Bette Jeanne Gebrian
1987 Rachel Rotkovitch
1986 Henrietta Bernal
1985 Doris M. Armstrong
1984 Nurse Counseling Group,  Inc.
1983 Constance T. Donovan
1981 Joan L. Quinn
1980 Florence S. Wald

The Mary Jane M. Williams for Lifetime Achievement in Nursing

2024 Deborah Chyun
2023 Susanne Yeakel
2022 Stephanie Fleury McGurie
2021 Stephanie R. Paulmeno
2020 Kimberly A. Clear-Sandor
2019 Julia Rosa
2018 Christine Waszynsk
2018 Maria Tackett
2017 Shirley Girouard
2016 Marjorie Funk
2015 Maria D.M. Pietrantuono
2014 Cheryl Tatano Beck
2013 Linda Angotto
2012 Linda Barile
2011 E. Carol Polifroni
2010 Mary Jane M. Williams

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The Josephine A. Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education

​2024    Vivienne Friday
2023    Linda Roney
2022    Christine Rodriguez
2021    Kanarek CTR for Palliative Care Nursing Edu-Marion Peckham Egan SON and Health Studies
2020    Deborah B. Fahs
2019    Sherylyn Watson
2018    Sandra Bellini
2017    Donna Nickitas
2016    James John McNulty
2015    Joan Sullivan Palladino
2015    Katie Love
2014    UCONNHC CMHC Nursing Education and Simulation Committee Members & UCONN
2013    Audrey Beauvais
2012    Kathleen Fries
2011    Linda Honan Pellico
2011    Anne Maria Barker
2010    Susan DeNisco
2009    Sheila Carey Grossman
2008    Daryle Brown
2007    Elizabeth Anderson
2005    Dori Taylor Sullivan
2004    Ruth Knollmueller
2001    Jane E. Murdock
2000    Esther Haloburdo
1999    Linda A. Barile
1998    Constance E. Young
1997    Dorothy P. Fishman
1995    Ellen R. Beatty
1994    Suzanne MacAyoy
1993    Dorothy L. Sexton(d)
1992    Eleanor K. Herrmann
1991    Martha P. Jayne
1990    Judith A. Hriceniak(d)
1989    Judith B. Kraus
1987    Carolyn L. Wclassmer
1984    Kathleen T. Flynn
1982    Edith Patton Lewis(d)
1980    Josephine A. Dolan(d)