Nominations for the 2024 Alumni Association Awards will be accepted through November 24, 2023. Alumni are encouraged to use the nomination form to submit deserving alumni for consideration during the next awards cycle.
The 2023 awards recipients will be honored at the Immaculata University Awards Reception on October 6, 2023.
The Awards
The Alumni Medal was reinstated by the Alumni Board of Governors in November 1984. In 1991 the decision was made to expand the award process to more fittingly recognize the accomplishments and dedication of all of our alumni, at which time the Amethyst Award was created. In April 2017, the Alumni Board of Governors instituted a new award to acknowledge achievements of recent alumni, the Scientia Floret Virtute Award, which was presented for the first time in 2018.
Award Nominations
Please submit your 2024 nominations.
Award Eligibility
- Nominees for all awards must be Immaculata University alumni, with either an undergraduate or graduate degree.
- For the Scientia Floret Virtute Award, nominees must have graduated with their first degree from Immaculata University within the last 10 years.
- Current members or outgoing members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors and Board of Trustees are not eligible for nomination.
Criteria and Recipients
Alumni Medal
| 1985 | Margaret S. McKelvey ’28 |
| 1986 | Rose Marie Smith Harootunian ’49, ’85 M.A. |
| 1987 | Sister Mary of Lourdes McDevitt, I.H.M., Ph.D. |
| 1988 | Winifred McSorley Allen ’37 |
| 1989 | Margaret Martin Roach ’51 |
| 1990 | Margaret O’Donnell Donohue ’73 |
| 1991 | Joan Hefton Lynn ’49 |
| 1992 | Catherine Loeper Cook ’29 |
| 1993 | Rita Ryan Harkins Callahan ’44 |
| 1994 | Jeanne M. Gelbach ’66 |
| 1995 | Stella M. di Toro ’39 |
| 1996 | Mary Chialastri Rigolizzo ’34 |
| 1997 | Ann Yeager Daly ’44 |
| 1998 | Jeanne A. di Toro ’47 |
| 1999 | Joan Stephens Healy ’48 |
| 2000 | Rosemarie Gallo ’81, ’92 M.A. |
| 2001 | Monique Adams Coval ’82 |
| 2002 | Carolyn Johnson DiFilippo ’86 |
| 2003 | Carolyn Fagan ’80 |
| 2004 | Cecile Sullivan Blanche ’55 |
| 2005 | Mary Daly Gallagher ’44 |
| 2006 | Mary Carole Barringer ’82 |
| 2007 | Bernadette L. Maguire ’57 |
| 2008 | Jo Anne L. McAdams ’84, ’87 M.A., ’96 Ed.D. |
| 2009 | Sally Tamburello Winterton ’68, Ed.D. |
| 2010 | Mary Elizabeth Devine, Esq. ’89 |
| 2011 | Dorothy Walsh Kelly ’49 |
| 2011 | Lisa A. Dougherty, Esq. ’02 |
| 2012 | Edith M. Petillo ’75 |
| 2013 | Dianne Majer Mundy ’64 |
| 2014 | Barbara Crea Shannon ’70 |
| 2015 | Berenice Carroll Mauch ’47 |
| 2016 | Clarita Rapagnani Landaiche ’61 |
| 2017 | Sara Pletcher ’08 |
| 2018 | Mary Louise Cassidy Kramer, Esq., ’70 |
| 2019 | Kathleen Mendte Logan ’60 |
| 2021 | Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| 2022 | Roberta Regetta ’81 |
Amethyst Award
| 1992 | Maureen H. McCullough ‘75, J.D. |
| 1993 | Sister Anna Polcino ’48, S.C.M.M., M.D. |
| 1994 | Edith McGarry Cunnane ’64 |
| 1995 | Florence McCrystal Dalton ’49 |
| 1996 | E. Gail de Planque ‘67, Ph.D. |
| 1997 | Phyllis Bellopede ’82 |
| 1998 | Emily Jordan Kirsch ’54 |
| 1999 | Jo Anne L. McAdams ’84, ’87 M.A., ’96 Ed.D. |
| 2000 | Sister M. Cor Immaculatum Connors, I.H.M. ’48 |
| 2001 | Mary Crowley McDonald ‘66, Ed.D. |
| 2002 | Rosemary Duddy McFadden ’46 |
| 2003 | Catherine Shipman Gavin ’68 |
| 2004 | Eileen Monahan Chopnick ’73 |
| 2005 | Iris Roberta Maloney ’79 |
| 2006 | Mary Quinn Miller ’46 |
| 2007 | Alvina DeLazzari Long ’57 |
| 2008 | Margaret O’Donnell Donohue ’73 |
| 2009 | Mary Carole Barringer ’82 |
| 2010 | Michael V. Ziccardi ’03, ’08 M.A. |
| 2011 | Patricia Crea LaRocco ‘71, M.D. |
| 2012 | Judith Graham Jester Durante ’87 |
| 2013 | Margaret Monahan Hogan ‘63, Ph.D. |
| 2014 | Peggy Ann Behm ’81 |
| 2015 | Kathleen James ’74 |
| 2016 | Dr. Patricia Bomba ’72 |
| 2017 | Susan Jezsik Varlamoff ’71 |
| 2018 | Norma Hall Brown ’85 |
| 2019 | Melissa Smola George ’00, D.O. |
| 2022 | Nicole Lacoste Folks ’91 |
Scientia Floret Virtute Award
| 2018 | Paul McAndrew ’10, ’15 M.A. |
| 2019 | Betsy Trego ’10 Michael Ventola ’10 |
| 2022 | Fr. Kyle Adamczyk ’12 |
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