KU Women's Hall of Fame


The University of Kansas has a rich legacy of phenomenal women, many of whom have been inducted into the KU Women's Hall of Fame since its founding in 1970.

The individuals composing the Women's Hall of Fame are exemplary members of our society in both their overall impact and their outstanding character. Inductees have accomplished feats in their respective fields and their contributions, achievements, and success serve as inspiration for us all.

See the complete list of Women's Hall of Fame members below.

Women's Hall of Fame Display

Dr. Kala Stroup, a Hall of Fame honoree, had the vision for the KU Women's Hall of Fame display honoring past and current inductees located on the 5th floor of the KU Memorial Union at the Lawrence campus.

Women's Hall of Fame Members

NameYear inductedCareer field
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka1997 Theatre and Film
Sandra Albrecht1996 Sociology & Women's Studies
Evelyn Hitchcock Alden1976 Philanthropy
Helen Alexander2007 Science, Biology
Margaret Wenski Amini1995 Journalism
Hazel Anderson1974 Law
Barbara Anthony-Twarog, PhD1995 Science, Physics & Astronomy
Nobleza Asuncion-Lande2001 Communication Studies
Barbara Atkinson2007 Medicine, Higher Education
Wealthy Babcock1973 Mathematics
Sheila C. Bair2011 Finance
Polly Bales2005 Music, Philanthropy
Barbara W. Ballard1985 Politics, Higher Education Administration
Elizabeth C. Banks1991 Classics
Kathy Barnard1991 Art
Kay Barnes2006 Politics
Leona Baumgartner1979 Politics
Lydia Beebe2018 Business
Carol A. Beier2012 Law
Analee "Betsy" Beisecker2000 Sociology, Preventive Medicine
Neeli Bendapudi2014 Business, Marketing
Jannette Berkley-Patton2018 Health
Florence Black1973 Mathematics
Sherry Borgers1990 Psychology
Kristin Bowman-James1989 Chemistry
Beverly Boyd1977 English
Nyla Branscombe2004 Psychology
Sharon S. Brehm1989 Psychology, Higher Education
Lynn Bretz2011 Communications
Ann Brill2015 Journalism
Mary Beck Briscoe2001 Law
Hannah Britton2011 Political Science, Women's Studies
Alma Poehler Brook1989 Art History
Elizabeth Broun2008 Art History
Joan Brunfeldt1999 Medicine
Mary Burg2012 Higher Education Administration
Connie Burk2015 Activism
Margaret "Peg" Byrne1983 Speech & Language Pathology
Natalie Calderwood1990 English
Janet Sommer Campbell2013 Broadcasting Administration
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell1982 Communication Studies
Diana B. Carlin1998 Higher Education, Communications
Maria Carlson2009 Russian & East European Studies
Cynthia Carroll2012 Geology, Business
Joyce Castle2003 Music
Betty Jo Charlton1997 Politics
Venida Chenault2016 HIgher Education, Social Welfare
Rochelle Chronister1990 Politics, Virology
Anna M. Cienciala1993 History
Alicia Ann Clair1984 Music Therapy
Mildred Clodfelter1986 Business Administration
Joanne M. Collins1987 Politics
Alberta L. Corbin1989 German, Higher Education
Barbara M. Craig1979 French & Italian
Susan V. Craig2004 Art History
Ann Cudd2008 Women's Studies, Philosophy
Nancy A. Dahl1993 Science, Biology
Cathy Daicoff2013 Finance, Public Administration
Alice-Ann Darrow1991 Music, Dance
Liane Davis1996 Social Work
Kathy Davis2013 Pediatric Palliative Care
Jacqueline Z. Davis2000 Performing Arts
Sarah Deer2017 Law and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Evelyn DeGraw1980 Art
Virginia E. Detlor1985 Science, Biology
Kathleen C. Doering1977 Science, Biology
Cora Downs1970 Biology
Gisela A.M. Dreschoff1978 Physics, Astronomy
Beulah Duncan1985 Community Organization
Lenoir Ekdahl1987 Housing Services
Maude Ellsworth1970 Art
Barbara C. Etzel1975 Human Development
Terry Evans2017 Photographer/ Artist
Ann Eversole1994 Higher Education
Carol Fabian2016 Medicine, Oncology
Gloria Farha Flentje2011 Law
Marjorie Heard Franklin1988 Engineering
Edith M. Freeman1991 Social Welfare
Karen Symms Gallagher1999 Higher Education Administration
Gunda I. Georg1992 Chemistry
Deborah J. Gerner1992 Political Science
Katherine Giele1980 Higher Education Administration
Edwyna Condon Gilbert1984 English
Helen Martin Gilles1971 Medicine
Margo Gordon1983 Social Welfare
Maryemma Graham2002 English
Mary Grant1975 Classics
Bernadette Gray-Little2017 Higher Education, Psychology
Rose L. Greaves1991 History
Miriam Stewart Green1978 Music
Adele Hall2014 Philanthropy
Janet Hamburg1992 Dance
Marietta Hanna-Jackson1996 Housing Services
Saralyn Reece Hardy2017 Art and Museum Administration
Genevieve Hargiss1983 Music
Lorraine Haricombe2012 Library Studies
Shirley Harkess1984 Sociology, Women's Studies
Zelema Harris1988 Higher Education
Alferdteen Harrison2016 African-American Studies, History
Margaret Battenfeld Hashinger1988 Sociology
Margaret Frailey Hayes1970 Law, Government
Anita Herzfeld1982 Linguistics, Latin American Studies
Frances Degen Horowitz1974 Higher Education Administration, Psychology
Mary Lee Hummert2003 Communication Studies
Karen Mitchell Humphreys2015 Law
Joan Hunt2007 Biology, Immunology
Aletha Huston1983 Human Development
Ida Hyde1986 Biology, Physiology
Frances Ingemann1977 Linguistics
Muriel Helen Johnson1986 Women's Studies
Debra Kamps2012 Science, Disability Research
Nancy Kassebaum1984 Politics
Karen R. Keesling1976 Women's Rights Activism, Military Affairs
Susan J. Kemper1992 Psychology
Christine Kenney2004 Law
Mary Klayder2018 Education
Jan Kozma1997 French & Italian
Bette Krenzer1981 Engineering
Elizabeth A. Kuznesof1994 Latin American Studies
Martha Langley2003 Social Welfare
Audrey Langworthy2008 Political Science
Judith N. LeBlanc1981 Human Development
Sharon Lee2016 Medicine
Anne Levinson2016 Law, Community Activism
Alice Lieberman2004 Social Work
Marigold Linton2004 Psychology
Mary Morrill Litchfield1975 Public Administration
Sadye Logan1998 Social Work
Patricia Long2016 Higher Education
Linda Luckey2004 Religion, Higher Education Administration
Barbara Lukert2015 Medicine
Maritza Machado-Williams2008 Higher Education
Renate Mai-Dalton1995 Business
Eleanor Malott1983 Philanthropy
Carol Marinovich2010 Politics
Sally Mason1996 Science, Higher Education
Alexandra Mason1980 Library Studies
Mary Joan McCann1971 Accounting
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett1987 Higher Education Administration, Psychology
Diane McDermott1996 Psychology
Janice Kay Mendenhall1978 Government Relations
Eleanor Scott Meyers1978 Theology
Mary Lou Michaelis1998 Chemistry
Shelley Jane Miller1994 Library Studies
Karen L. Miller2010 Nursing
Toni-Marie Montgomery2003 Higher Education, Music
Charlene L. Muehlenhard1993 Women's Studies, Psychology
Linda Mullens1996 Higher Education Administration
Mary Murgia2010 Law
Janet Murgia2010 Law
Rita Napier1982 History
Carlotta S. Nellis1990 Housing Services
Colleen McCain Nelson2017 Journalism
Andrea Norris2001 Art History
Connie Novistky1970 Community Service
Irene Nunemaker1974 Business
Sara Paretsky1988 Business, Creative Writing
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan2009 Mathematics
Irene Peabody1981 Music
Dorthy Pennington2004 English, Communication Studies
Nancy L. Peterson1994 Special Education
Martha Peterson1972 Higher Education Administration, Mathematics
Deborah Powell2002 Medicine, Higher Education
Sandy Praeger2018 Politics
Cora Lee Beers Price2003 Classics
Jean Pyfer1980 Health and Recreation
Jill Sobel Quadagno1984 Sociology
Marynell Dyatt Reece2007 Business
Marily Harper Rhudy2014 Pharmacy
Mabel L. Rice1990 Child Language
Annette Rieger2006 Social Work, Philanthropy
Bonnie Ritter1977 Communication Studies
Julie Robinson2015 Law
Vivian McCoy Rogers1980 Education
Marlesa Roney2008 Higher Education Administration
Katherine Rose-Mockry2011 Higher Education
Sara Thomas Rosen2013 Linguistics, Higher Education Administration
Mary Rosenbloom2002 Library Sciences
Sarah Jane Russell1993 Women's Studies, Counseling
Ann Schofield1991 American Studies, History
K. Barbara Jetter Schowen1988 Chemistry
Elinor P. Schroeder1984 Law
Elizabeth Schultz1973 English
Jean Bragg Schumaker1993 Child Psychology
Kathleen Sebelius2009 Political Science, Public Administration, Politics
Rae Sedgwick1987 Law, Psychology, Advocacy
Gertrude Sellards Pearson1988 Philanthropy
Nita Sundbye Sewell1972 Higher Education Administration
Janet Sharistanian1985 English
Elaine Sharp1988 Political Science
Susanne M. Shaw1994 Journalism
Jan Sheldon2017 Applied Behavioral Science
Jean F. Shepherd1985 Law
Elizabeth Sherbon1979 Dance
Caryl Kelley Smith1978 Higher Education
Beverly Smith-Billings2005 Philanthropy, Psychology, Business
Jacqueline Snyder2009 Higher Education
Pamela Soltis2004 Plant Biology
Marylee Southard1996 Engineering
Helen Foresman Spencer1981 Art
Joey Sprague2009 Sociology
Annette Stanton2005 Psychology
Julie Johnson Staples2018 Advocacy
Marilyn Stokstad1972 Art History
Juanita Strait2000 Music
Kala Mays Stroup1976 Higher Education
Jeanne Gass Stump1970 Art History
Eleanor J. Sullivan1993 Nursing, Novelist
Kathy Suprenant2006 Biology
M. Evelyn Swartz1979 Education
Donna Sweet2013 Medicine
Deannell Reece Tacha1972 Law
Edith L. Taylor2004 Women's Studies, Higher Education
Emily Taylor1971 Higher Education
Florence Teat-Montgomery1996 Housing Services
Deborah J. Teeter2014 Research & Planning
Kimberly Templeton2014 Orthopedic Surgery
Patricia Thomas2011 Medicine
Ann Victoria Thomas1981 Law
Barbara Timmermann2014 Medicinal Chemistry
Nona Tollefson1986 Psychology
Rosemarie T. Truglio2015 Human Development
Mary Turkington1976 Engineering
Ann P. Turnbull1994 Special Education
Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle1998 Higher Education Administration
Esther Twente1970 Social Welfare
Kathryn Vratil2013 Law
Linda Warren2005 Medicine
Marian Washington1979 Athletics
Elizabeth Miller Watkins1985 Business
Barbara Watkins2002 Higher Education
Ann T. Weick1992 Social Welfare
Linda Weir-Enegren2012 Philanthropy
Louise Wheeler1973 Law
Marjorie Whitney1982 Art
Esther Valladolid Wolf1988 Social Work, Politics
Patricia Ann Wolfe1981 Education, Administration
Lynette Woodard2018 Athletics
Judy Locy Wright2010 Philanthropy
Beatrice Wright1971 Psychology
Marilyn Ainsworth Yarbrough1982 Law