Mary Grefe, the AAUW Educational Foundation’s first president and Sarah Harder, president of the Association.
Johnnetta Cole, 1991 AAUW Achievement Awardee
Gloria Steinem, 2003 AAUW Achievement Awardee, with an attendee at the AAUW Convention
Mae Jemison, 2007 AAUW Achievement Awardee

The AAUW Educational Foundation would like to thank the following individuals that helped celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a commemorative gift of $50 (or more).

20 Gifts of $50

J. Jeanne Garrison (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Jo Harberson (Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette Branch - CA)

18 Gifts of $50

Diane B. Roca (Howard County Branch - MD)

10 Gifts of $50

Yvonne C. Condell (Moorhead Branch - MN)
Venice Branch (FL)
Shawnee-Mission Branch (KS)
Karline K. Tierney (Baltimore Branch - MD)
Nutley Branch (NJ)
Marlene D. Gardner (Orlando-Winter Park Branch - FL)

9 Gifts of $50

Portsmouth Branch (VA)

8 Gifts of $50

Burlington Branch (VT)

6 Gifts of $50

Jeanne N. Clarke (Tucson Branch - AZ)
Murfreesboro Branch (TN)
San Luis Obispo Branch (CA)

5 Gifts of $50

St. Lucie County Branch (FL)
Linda D. Hallman
Anonymous (Vancouver Branch - WA)

4 Gifts of $50

June Bergstrom (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Helen M. Boyden (Cabrillo-Diego Branch - CA)
Christine Watts (Fresno Branch - CA)
Arlene J. Gumbiner (Venice Branch - FL)
Sally C. Chamberlain (Harrisburg Branch - PA)
Ruth L. Gutman (Waukegan Area Branch - IL)
Diamond Head-Koko Head Branch (HI)

3 Gifts of $50

Blair Branch (NE)
Cape Cod Branch (MA)
AAUW of Nebraska 
Christine Schmitz (Towson Branch - MD)
Elaine Kant (Austin Branch - TX)
Patricia M. Hinckley (Green Bay Area Branch - WI)
Alfred-Hornell Branch (NY)
Anne K. Taylor (Baton Rouge Branch - LA)

2 Gifts of $50

Mary Plauson
Shirley A. Johnson (Great Falls Branch - MT)
Elise K. Stratton (Highline Branch - WA)
Constance Dunkelberger (Tacoma Branch - WA)
Susan Bayley (Daytona Beach - FL)
Jo A. Stevenson (Great Falls Branch - MT)
Harrisburg Branch (PA)
North Fulton Branch (GA)
Jill Birdwhistell
Billie Sue Bloomgren (Great Falls Branch - MT)
Donna Mertens (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Eve Toles (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Evelyn L. Radel (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Jane B. Pace (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Howard County Branch (MD)
Laura M. Stepp
Barbara A. Carter (Howard County Branch - MD)
Robin Insalaco (Tyler Branch - TX)
Barbara Critchlow (Danville-Alamo Branch - CA)
Barbara J. Petoskey (Ann Arbor, Inc. Branch  - MI)
Elnore A. Grow (Lakewood Branch - CO)
Joanne M. Herber (Lake Washington Branch - WA)
Naomi Swickle (Glendale Branch - AZ)
Norma D. Brink (Auburn Branch - CA)
Sara L. Kearsley (Walla Walla Branch - WA)
Suzanne Koptur (Miami Branch - FL)
Traci De Wid
Beth Nienow (Rochester Branch - MN)
A Elizabeth Gordon (Albuquerque Branch - NM)
Carol D. Pyke (Birmingham Branch - MI)
Connie M. Hildebrand (Bismarck-Mandan - ND)
Windward Oahu Branch (HI)
L. Carol Newnam (Venice Branch - FL)
Linda G. Silakoski (Mentor-Madison Branch - OH)
Susan K. Johnson (Lake Washington Branch - WA)
Jennifer Wilken (Aurora Branch - IL)
Patricia Jennings (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Jane G. Campbell (Independence Branch - MO)
Barbara F. Stevens (Venice Branch - FL)
Diane T. Brukardt (Columbia Branch - MO)
Hemet-San Jacinto Branch (CA)
Ann Joines (Phoenix Branch - AZ)
Dorothy D. Ward (Phoenix Branch - AZ)
Kathleen M. Preece (Phoenix Branch - AZ)
Mary H. Palsma (Phoenix Branch - AZ)
Austin Branch (TX)
Veronica Johnson (Austin Branch - TX)
Doylestown Branch (PA)
Diane Gregart (Chicago Branch - IL)
Kathryn Passmore (Grants Pass Branch - OR)
Susan R. Klumph (Grants Pass Branch - OR)
Carol R. Virostek (New Britain Branch - CT)
Margaret Oppenheimer
Northeast Metro Branch (MN)
Glendale Branch (CA)
Palm Springs Branch (CA) 
Harriett Wheaton (Lake Wales Branch - FL)
Pratt Branch (KS)
Nancy Anderson (Green Bay Area Branch - WI)
Suzanne F. Dings (Auburn Branch - CA)
Joan E. Rinaldi (Orlando-Winter Park Branch - FL)
Patricia Stamm (Orlando-Winter Park Branch - FL)
Glendive Branch (MT)
Analine S. Hicks (Schenectady Branch - NY)
Corinne W. Stork (Yates County Branch - NY)
Medina County Branch (OH)
Lake Sumter Branch (FL)
Mary Ellen Smyth (Chicago Branch - FL)
Sharon E. Taylor (Lock Haven Branch - PA)
Martha P. Gonzalez (Covington-Mandeville Branch - LA)
Christine B. Furness
Paula O. Thomas
Green Bay Area Branch (WI)
Ruth Benjamins (Las Cruces Branch - NM)

Gifts of $50

Dunkirk-Fredonia Branch (NY)
Jane L. Brodt (Venice Branch - FL)
Jacqueline F. Littleton Tyler Branch - TX)
Elizabeth M. Reed (Elkins Branch  - WV)
Linda Bors (Omaha Inc. Branch - NE)
Ronni Nivala (North Shore-Milwaukee Branch - WI)
Georgie Ann Fedako (Venice Branch - FL)
Theresa A. Ciccolella (Creve Coeur Branch - MO)
Ann Klemm (Belleville Branch - IL)
Diane B. Ludwig (St. Louis Branch - MO)
Mary C. Thompson (Albany Branch - NY)
Dawn Haskin (Great Falls Branch - MT)
Sharon Lemoff (Hingham Area Branch - MA)
Mansfield Branch (OH)
Owensboro Branch (KY)
Traverse City Area Branch (MI)
Worthington Branch (OH)
York Branch (PA)
Pierre Branch (SD)
Palouse-Garfield Branch (WA)
Wood River Branch (IL)
Boca Raton Branch (FL)
Concord Branch (CA)
Waterloo Branch (IA)
Elgin Area Branch (IL)
Olathe Branch (KS)
Rossmoor Branch (NJ)
Anthony Hill (Mt. Vernon Branch - VA)
Carol Rognrud
Elizabeth Preble (Buffalo Inc. Branch - NY)
Nicole Hamm (Buffalo Inc. Branch - NY)
Gail Donaldson (Buffalo Inc. Branch - NY)
Betty Krist (Buffalo Inc. Branch - NY)
Nancy A. Johnson (Fairbanks Branch - AK)
Edolene E. Mitchell (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Joan Fish (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Marsha Null (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Nancy Mitchell (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Sheryl Hane (Victor Valley Branch - CA)
Kris Bertelson-Williams (Intermountain-Fall River Mills Branch - CA)
Kathy B. Shaw (Marshall Branch - MI)
Red Wing Area Branch (MN)
Scottsbluff Branch (NE)
Donna Clontz (Reno Branch - NV)
Findlay Branch (OH)
Amy Lowenstein (Makefield Area Branch - PA)
Kate Sweeney (Makefield Area Branch - PA)
Makefield Area Branch (PA)
Ayne C. Cantrell (Murfreesboro Branch - TN)
Carol Hurlburt (Reston-Herndon Area Branch - VA)
Andrea Weisberg (Bennington Branch - VT)
Augustine W. Pounds (Bowie Area Branch - MD)
Barbara J. Morris (Boulder City Branch - NV)
Betsy D. McDowell (Salem Branch - OR)
Frankie N. Schwenk (Howard County Branch - MD)
Janet Quail (North Shore-Milwaukee Branch - WI)
Jean Macaluso (Beaver Valley Branch - PA)
Kamala Anandam (Weston Branch - FL)
Karen Keenan (Duluth Branch - MN)
Kathryn T. Gravatt (Portsmouth Branch - VA)
Marcia Posner (Howard County Branch - MD)
Mary B. Bowker (Duluth Branch - MN)
Mary M. Swain (Portsmouth Branch - VA)
Phyllis Cook (Howard County Branch - MD)
Sarah H. Maddy (Duluth Branch - MN)
Shirley A. Breeze (Ferguson-Florissant Branch - MO)
Terese M. Tomanek (Duluth Branch - MN)
Virginia Brooks (Howard County Branch - MD)
Laurel Branch (MD)
Adel Wortman (Laurel Branch - MD)
Alene W. Wyatt (Ithaca Branch - NY)
Anne C. Bergo (Kenosha Branch - WI)
Barbara L. Mintz (Knoxville Branch - TN)
Carol A. Heisler (Crystal Lake Area Branch - IL)
Caroline E. Pickens (McLean Area Branch - VA)
Caroline G. Sedlacek
Constance P. Reps (Ithaca Branch - NY)
Doris E. Schertz (Lombard Area Branch - IL)
Doris Kazell (Kenosha Branch - WI)
Doris S. Turner (Phoenix Branch - AZ)
Elin D. Thomas (Fremont Branch - CA)
Faye E. Marcus (Rockford Area Branch - IL)
Manatee County Branch  (FL)
G. Lynn Carlson (Knoxville Branch - TN)
Gretchen Van Ness
Gwen G. Pirack (Alameda Branch - CA)
Heidi A. Ward (Rochester Branch - MN)
Helen E. Engel (Oswego Branch - NY)
Holleen R. Krogh (Columbus Branch - CA)
Jane B. Reed (Los Altos-Mountain View Branch - CA)
Janet Weisheit (Lakewood Branch - CO)
Janice B. Loftus (Laurel Branch - MD)
Janice Brummond
Jean A. Brotherton (Laguna Beach Branch - CA)
Lisa A. Ubbelohde (Green Bay Area Branch - WI)
Lorraine C. Brewer (Fayetteville Branch - AR)
Marcia Kupferberg (Weston Branch - FL)
Marcie E. McDevitt (Kenosha Branch - WI)
Margaret F. Nichols (Ithaca Branch - NY)
Marian Barchilon
Melody Blankenship
Mildred DeWitt (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Billings Branch (MT)
Mid-Island Branch (NY)
Ruth P. Colby (Boulder Branch - CO)
Sharon Lemmer (Manistee Branch -MI)
Sonja R. Strutz (Saint Cloud Area Branch - MN)
Sylvia J. Connolly (San Clemente-Capistrano Bay Branch - CA)
Virginia Beach Branch (VA)
Kenosha Branch (WI)
Ann-Mari Baldukas (Racine Branch - WI)
Carol J. Pickering (Lake Washington Branch - WA)
Carolyn S. Bogott (Austin Branch - MN)
Chris Smith (Corvallis Branch - OR)
Dorothy E. McBride (Tacoma Branch - WA)
Ella M. Bettinger (St. Louis Branch - MO)
Ellen T. Nolan (AAUW Bluegrass Central Branch - KY)
Enid P. Housty (Hampton Branch - VA)
Gretchen Q. Ilgenfritz (Lake Washington Branch - WA)
Jane Biers (Columbia Branch - MO)
Janet W. Crampton (Kensington-Rockville Branch - MD)
Janet Z. Congdon (New Canaan Branch - CT)
Jeanette Hosek (Thousand Oaks Inc. Branch - CA)
Judith Magnuson (Napa County Branch - CA)
Judith Whitelock (Noblesville Branch - IN)
Kathleen F. Brenniman (Lombard Area Branch - IL)
Linda McGowan
Marilyn Parker (Northern Monmouth County Branch - NJ)
Mary Alice Peterson (Olympia Branch - WA)
Mary L. Boas
Pontiac-Waterford Area Branch (MI) 
Pamela J. Cronenwett (Ludington Branch - MI)
Pamela M. Charin
Rhonda J. Reed-Gebhart (Davis Branch - CA)
Rosanna Parent (Palm Springs Branch - CA)
Shirley Zeff (Nevada County Branch - CA)
Susan Goos (Norfolk Branch - NE)
Smith Mountain Branch (VA)
Virginia L. Sullivan (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
A. Patricia Shores (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Arlene M. Spector (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Bette Bude (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Carol C. Thomas (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Carol Derington (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Cecelia McFadden (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Harriett H. Hirschfeld (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Julia Triplett (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Pamela Kuehling (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Yvonne D. Morrison (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Lori Switzer (Chicago Branch - IL)
Elinor J. White (Independence Branch - MO)
Louise N. Greenfield (Independence Branch - MO)
Patricia H. Braley (Independence Branch - MO)
Lipika Sen (Ithaca Branch - NY)
Leslie A. DiMaio (Kirkland-Redmond Branch - WA)
Janice C. Smith (Manhattan Branch - NY)
Mary Ann Clark (Nevada Branch - MO)
Virginia L. Davidsaver (Omaha Branch - NE)
Cheryl B. Papa (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Helene G. Manning (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Rosalyn A. Anechiarico (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Ruth E. Giese (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Sandra A. Migliore (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Susan E. McLain (Southern New York Branch - NY)
Batavia-Geneva-St. Charles Branch (IL)
Independence Branch (MO)
St. Charles Branch (MO)
Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch (MO)
Nancy B. Collins
Harlingen Branch (TX)
Becky Schergens
Poway-Penasquitos Branch (CA)
Elizabeth W. Fountain (Wilmington Branch - DE)
Melbourne Branch (FL)
Grace B. Butler (Columbia Branch - MO)
Margaret A. Perri (Clarksburg Branch - WV)
Columbia Branch (MO)
Klamath Falls Branch (OR)
Charlotte A. Jones (Hemet-San Jacinto Branch - CA)
Charlotte M. Anderson (Poway-Penasquitos Branch - CA)
Delores Jackson (Hemet-San Jacinto Branch - CA)
Elizabeth D. Klopp (Lansdale Branch - PA)
Eloise E. Norton (Hemet-San Jacinto Branch - CA)
Kristine L. Downey (Poway-Penasquitos Branch - CA)
Marie O. Kubat (Omaha Branch - NE)
Patricia A. Sween (Red Wing Area Branch - MN)
Alvin Branch (TX)
Faith C. Loveless (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Faith P. Kusterer (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Lana C. Cobb (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Lucille Payne (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Martha Johnson (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Mary Lou Urquhart (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Mary T. Dickson (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Veronica Malone (Coastal-Georgetown Branch - DE)
Mary Lee Powell (Athens Branch - OH)
Roxie L. Underwood (Athens Branch - OH)
Elizabeth Falor (Auburn Branch - CA)
Linda Stark (Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch - MO)
Lyn Kagey (Cabrillo-Diego Branch - CA)
William Mcallister (Charlottesville Branch - VA)
Marilyn W. Treiman (Corvallis Branch - OR)
Anne P. Robison (Everett Branch - WA)
Judith Prince (Everett Branch - WA)
Janet H. Pugh (Fort Collins Branch - CO)
Anna C. Fraker (Gaithersburg Branch - MD)
Christine C. Groppe (Goleta Valley Branch - CA)
Gina M. Agosta (Grants Pass Branch - OR)
Nancy S. Fenton (Grants Pass Branch - OR)
Kathy Urlie (Intermountain-Fall River Mills Branch - CA)
Margaret B. Coe (Jefferson County Branch - NY)
Anita L. Rosen (Kensington-Rockville Branch - MD)
Ruth Z. Sweetser (Lombard Area Branch - IL)
Mary L. Blades (Ludington Branch - MI)
Anita J. Dittrich (Mankato Branch - MN)
Virginia B. MacEwen (McLean Area Branch - VA)
Kay Goodwin (Nashville Branch - TN)
Nashville Branch (TN)  (Nashville Branch - TN)
Gail M. Nordmoe (New London Branch - CT)
Gloria G. Weston (Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette Branch - CA)
Betty P. Dusing (Parkville Branch - MO)
Andrea Bumpurs (Racine Branch - WI)
Carla Wilks (Racine Branch - WI)
Joan H. Rohan (Racine Branch - WI)
Joyce A. Gregg (Racine Branch - WI)
Judy K. Kehlstrom (Racine Branch - WI)
Karen D. Urben (Racine Branch - WI)
Marjorie E. Mauer (Racine Branch - WI)
Janet M. Klemt (Racine Branch - WI)
Beth M. Norris (Raleigh-Wake County Branch - NC)
Barbara Purvis (Riverside Branch - CA)
Diane Balin (Riverside Branch - IL)
Barbara J. Bonsignore (Rochester Branch - MI)
Sharon K. Postnieks (Rochester Branch - MI)
Gordon Leiter (Rome Branch - GA)
Ida M. Leiter (Rome Branch - GA)
Jacqueline I. Kinzer (Rome Branch - GA)
Jane Wentworth (Rome Branch - GA)
Mary Mac Mosley (Rome Branch - GA)
Patricia Dewitt (Rome Branch - GA)
Virginia D'Ambrosio (Rome Branch - GA)
Ann Gordon (Shoreline Branch - CT)
Adele Olson (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Ann Horstman (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Doris Holmes (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Dr. Elizabeth A. Yingling (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Elsie Chan (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Janeen A. Johnson (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Judith A. Moulton (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Kara L. Rankin (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Marilyn R. Lewis (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Marion C. Kanthak (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Nancy Fasano-Stepsis (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Sharon Heydet (Vancouver Branch - WA)
Colleen W. Tan (Whittier Branch - CA)
Sun City Center Branch (FL)
Waukegan Area Branch (IL)
Beaver Valley Branch (PA)
Bethlehem Branch (PA)
California Branch (PA)
Circleville Branch (OH)
Clarion Branch (IA)
Federal Way Branch (WA)
Madison Branch (SD)
Mankato Branch (MN)
Northwest Bergen Branch (NJ)
Palo Alto Branch (CA)
Racine Branch (WI)
Riverside Branch (IL)
AAUW of Indiana
Albert Lea Branch (MN)
Athens Branch (OH)
Auburn Branch (CA)
Beverly B. Ribar
Corpus Christi Branch (TX) 
Door County Branch (WI)
Pasadena Branch (CA)
Redlands Branch (CA)
Rome Branch (GA)
Ukiah Branch (CA)
Gail M. French (Lake Wales Branch - FL)
Janet Seitz (Lake Wales Branch - FL)
Peggy J. Fretz (Whittier Branch - CA)
Barbara Thomas (Deerfield Area Branch - IL)
Nancie Blatt (Deerfield Area Branch - IL)
Deerfield Area Branch (IL)
Annette M. Van Blaricum (Pratt Branch - KS)
Dorris Brant (Pratt Branch - KS)
Saginaw Branch (MI)
Greensboro Branch (NC)
Sherry Jackson (Rockland County Branch - NY)
Sylvia R. Miller (Rockland County Branch - NY)
Jill A. Lauritsen (Green Bay Area Branch - WI)
Sara E. Ramaker (Green Bay Area Branch - WI)
Melinda Nixon Nickle (Fayetteville Branch - AR)
Nelia F. Beaman (Delta Contra Costa Branch - CA)
Barbara J. Peck (Lodi Branch - CA)
Linda Feutz (Napa County Branch - CA)
Jeanne B. Hirshfield (Palm Springs Branch - CA)
Sharon Heck (Whittier Branch - CA)
Marybelle P. Menzel (Littleton-Englewood Branch - CO)
Ila S. Preti (Sarasota Branch - FL)
Northern Palm Beach County Branch (FL)
Janis R. Emery (Battle Creek Branch - MI)
Mary Lou Davis (Poughkeepsie Branch - NY)
L. Ann Bish (Schenectady Branch - NY)
Larita M. Jividen (Medina County Branch - OH)
Dina A. Baker (Walla Walla Branch - WA)
Willapacific Branch (WA)
Sandra Nelson
Hindy S. Moser (Medford Branch - OR)
Barbara H. Wright (Corapolis-Sewickley Branch - PA)
Kathleen A. Shaginaw (Makefield Area Branch - PA)
Annelle Z. Weymouth (Maryville Branch - MO)
John W. Baker (Maryville Branch - MO)
Linda R. Girard (Maryville Branch - MO)
Nina C. Schneider (Maryville Branch - MO)
Jane B. Hansen (AAUW of Wisconsin
Janice R. Brawley (Athens Branch - OH)
Lauren E H. McMills (Athens Branch - OH)
Angela Love (Palm Springs Branch - CA)
Daniella J. Zimmerman (Auburn Branch - CA)
Deanna F. Neal (Palm Springs Branch - CA)
Marlene K. Haldors (Gresham Branch - OR)
Jane B. Hansen
Daniella J. Zimmerman (Auburn Branch - CA)
Kathryn I. Cromley (Lake Havasu City Branch - AZ)
Northern Ocean County Branch (NJ)
Madison Branch (NJ)
Isabella C. Laude (Lake Wales Branch - FL)
Clarion Branch (PA)
Nancy T. Butler (Northern Monmouth County Branch - NJ)
McAllen Branch (TX)
Kathryn Bulinski (Baker Branch - OR)
Wanda W. Raffety (Baker Branch - OR)
Maryalys E. Urey (Baker Branch - OR)
Terry Dailey (Atlantic County Branch - NJ)
Glenview Branch (IL)

 

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