Distinguished Alumni
50 years, 50 honorees
Honored in 2002
1. Rae Helyn Andrews – BSN 1983
2. Diane Ballweg – BSN 1991
3. Debora Simmons Bennett – MSN 1998
4. Lucindra Campbell – MSN 1996
5. Helen “Betty” Cody – MSN 1979
6. Brenda Gregory-Dawes – MSN 1994
7. Willa Decker – BSN 1974
8. Susan Distefano – MSN 1986
9. Joan Duncan – MSN 1995
10. Michael Evans – MSN 1978
11. Lorraine Frazier – PhD 2000, MSN 1998
12. Kathryn Grace Froiland – MSN 1994
13. Alexia Green – MSN 1986
14. Anne Stewart Helton – BSN 1976
15. Tuong-Vi Ho – MSN 1992
16. Carole Kanusky – BSN 1993, MSN 1995
17. Steven Robert Leach – MSN 1990
18. Harriett Linenberger – MSN 1988
19. Huaping Liu – MSN 1992
20. Rosemary Luquire – MSN 1986
21. Jeanette McNeill – MSN 1978
22. Joan Morris – MSN 1980
23. Margaret Moss – PhD 2000
24. Joan Pitcher – MSN 1996
25. Elda G. Ramirez – BSN 1988
26. Paula Trahan Rieger – MSN 1986
27. Mario Segura – MSN 1991
28. Lorinda Rose Sloane Smith – MSN 1991
29. Beth Ulrich – MSN 1980
30. Susan Priest– MSN 1981, BSN 1978
Honored in 2007
31. Joyce A. Antes – MSN 1997, BSN 1994
32. Chandice Covington – BSN 1974
33. Thomas J. Flanagan – BSN 1994
34. Mary Pat Rapp – PhD 2006, MSN 1989
35. Debora E. Ybarra – BSN 1996
Honored in 2013
36. Debbie Adams, BSN – 1984
37. Christy Blanco, DNP – 2010
38. Elizabeth Mann-Salinas, PhD – 2011
39. Renae Schumann, BSN – 1985
40. Carolyn St. Clair, BSN – 1979
Honored in 2014
41. Marylyn Harris – MSN 1997
Honored in 2016
42. Penelope Z. Strauss – BSN 1992, MSN (nurse anesthesia) 1996, PhD 2007
Honored in 2018
43. Terri S. Armstrong – PhD 2005
44. Wendy Duggleby – PhD 1999
45. Michelle Edwards – DNP 2011
46. Shannan Hamlin – MSN 2000, PhD 2010
47. Holly Jeffreys – DNP 2009
Honored at the 2022 50th Anniversary Gala
48. Elizabeth "Betty" Gonzales, DNP 2009, MSN 2003
49. Nipa Kamdar, PhD 2018
50. Mili Vakharia, MSN 2012
To nominate a future honoree, fill out the survey, call 713-500-4900, or email alumni@uth.tmc.edu.