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Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

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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 [email protected].

 

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