Alumni Association Awards
The Alumni Association Board of Governors is currently reviewing the processes and format of our alumni awards, which will not be presented in 2025. Check back for information in the future.
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 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.
- Nominees for all awards should be actively engaged and support Immaculata University
Criteria and Recipients
The Alumni Medal is presented in recognition of outstanding volunteer service to and active support of Immaculata University. The recipient exemplifies the goals and ideals of Immaculata University in her/his daily life. This recipient also strongly advances the mission of the Alumni Association of Immaculata University which is to actively serve and promote the mutual interests of Immaculata University and its alumni.
| 2024 | Patricia Crea LaRocco ’71, M.D. |
| 2023 | Kathleen Mulhern Clark ’70* |
| 2022 | Roberta Regetta ’81 |
| 2021 | Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| 2019 | Kathleen Mendte Logan ’60 |
| 2018 | Mary Louise Cassidy Kramer, Esq., ’70 |
| 2017 | Sara Pletcher ’08 |
| 2016 | Clarita Rapagnani Landaiche ’61 |
| 2015 | Berenice Carroll Mauch ’47 |
| 2014 | Barbara Crea Shannon ’70 |
| 2013 | Dianne Majer Mundy ’64 |
| 2012 | Edith M. Petillo ’75 |
| 2011 | Dorothy Walsh Kelly ’49 |
| 2011 | Lisa A. Dougherty, Esq. ’02 |
| 2010 | Mary Elizabeth Devine, Esq. ’89 |
| 2009 | Sally Tamburello Winterton ’68, Ed.D. |
| 2008 | Jo Anne L. McAdams ’84, ’87 M.A., ’96 Ed.D. |
| 2007 | Bernadette L. Maguire ’57 |
| 2006 | Mary Carole Barringer ’82 |
| 2005 | Mary Daly Gallagher ’44 |
| 2004 | Cecile Sullivan Blanche ’55 |
| 2003 | Carolyn Fagan ’80 |
| 2002 | Carolyn Johnson DiFilippo ’86 |
| 2001 | Monique Adams Coval ’82 |
| 2000 | Rosemarie Gallo ’81, ’92 M.A. |
| 1999 | Joan Stephens Healy ’48 |
| 1998 | Jeanne A. di Toro ’47 |
| 1997 | Ann Yeager Daly ’44 |
| 1996 | Mary Chialastri Rigolizzo ’34 |
| 1995 | Stella M. di Toro ’39 |
| 1994 | Jeanne M. Gelbach ’66 |
| 1993 | Rita Ryan Harkins Callahan ’44 |
| 1992 | Catherine Loeper Cook ’29 |
| 1991 | Joan Hefton Lynn ’49 |
| 1990 | Margaret O’Donnell Donohue ’73 |
| 1989 | Margaret Martin Roach ’51 |
| 1988 | Winifred McSorley Allen ’37 |
| 1987 | Sister Mary of Lourdes McDevitt, I.H.M., Ph.D. |
| 1986 | Rose Marie Smith Harootunian ’49, ’85 M.A. |
| 1985 | Margaret S. McKelvey ’28 |
*Awarded Posthumously
The Amethyst Award is presented to an alumna/us in recognition of her/his outstanding contribution to or achievement in a church, community, or professional activity. The recipient exemplifies the goals and ideals of Immaculata, and demonstrates the value of an Immaculata University education, and actively supports Immaculata’s mission, while maintaining active participation and support of the University and her endeavors.
| 2024 | Patricia A. Cerchio ’79, Commander, U.S. Navy, Retired |
| 2023 | Patricia McAdams ‚ ’65, Ph.D.* |
| 2022 | Nicole Lacoste Folks ’91 |
| 2019 | Melissa Smola George ’00, D.O. |
| 2018 | Norma Hall Brown ’85 |
| 2017 | Susan Jezsik Varlamoff ’71 |
| 2016 | Dr. Patricia Bomba ’72 |
| 2015 | Kathleen James ’74 |
| 2014 | Peggy Ann Behm ’81 |
| 2013 | Margaret Monahan Hogan ‘63, Ph.D. |
| 2012 | Judith Graham Jester Durante ’87 |
| 2011 | Patricia Crea LaRocco ‘71, M.D. |
| 2010 | Michael V. Ziccardi ’03, ’08 M.A. |
| 2009 | Mary Carole Barringer ’82 |
| 2008 | Margaret O’Donnell Donohue ’73 |
| 2007 | Alvina DeLazzari Long ’57 |
| 2006 | Mary Quinn Miller ’46 |
| 2005 | Iris Roberta Maloney ’79 |
| 2004 | Eileen Monahan Chopnick ’73 |
| 2003 | Catherine Shipman Gavin ’68 |
| 2002 | Rosemary Duddy McFadden ’46 |
| 2001 | Mary Crowley McDonald ‘66, Ed.D. |
| 2000 | Sister M. Cor Immaculatum Connors, I.H.M. ’48 |
| 1999 | Jo Anne L. McAdams ’84, ’87 M.A., ’96 Ed.D. |
| 1998 | Emily Jordan Kirsch ’54 |
| 1997 | Phyllis Bellopede ’82 |
| 1996 | E. Gail de Planque ‘67, Ph.D. |
| 1995 | Florence McCrystal Dalton ’49 |
| 1994 | Edith McGarry Cunnane ’64 |
| 1993 | Sister Anna Polcino ’48, S.C.M.M., M.D. |
| 1992 | Maureen H. McCullough ‘75, J.D. |
*Awarded Posthumously
The Scientia Floret Virtute Award recognizes a recent alumna or alumnus who has graduated within the last 10 years. This award honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their profession, community, or service to Immaculata University, while also upholding the mission and values of Immaculata University and staying active and engaged since graduation.
| 2024 | Dia Veneziano Kitchengs ’18, ’24 M.A. |
| 2023 | Melanie Dudley ’14 |
| 2022 | Fr. Kyle Adamczyk ’12 |
| 2019 | Betsy Trego ’10, Michael Ventola ’10 |
| 2018 | Paul McAndrew ’10, ’15 M.A. |