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
| Name | Year inducted | Career field Sort descending |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Joan McCann | 1971 | Accounting |
| Connie Burk | 2015 | Activism |
| Julie Johnson Staples | 2018 | Advocacy |
| Alferdteen Harrison | 2016 | African-American Studies, History |
| Ann Schofield | 1991 | American Studies, History |
| Jan Sheldon | 2017 | Applied Behavioral Science |
| Kathy Barnard | 1991 | Art |
| Marjorie Whitney | 1982 | Art |
| Helen Foresman Spencer | 1981 | Art |
| Maude Ellsworth | 1970 | Art |
| Evelyn DeGraw | 1980 | Art |
| Saralyn Reece Hardy | 2017 | Art and Museum Administration |
| Elizabeth Broun | 2008 | Art History |
| Jeanne Gass Stump | 1970 | Art History |
| Marilyn Stokstad | 1972 | Art History |
| Alma Poehler Brook | 1989 | Art History |
| Andrea Norris | 2001 | Art History |
| Susan V. Craig | 2004 | Art History |
| Lynette Woodard | 2018 | Athletics |
| Marian Washington | 1979 | Athletics |
| Kathy Suprenant | 2006 | Biology |
| Cora Downs | 1970 | Biology |
| Joan Hunt | 2007 | Biology, Immunology |
| Ida Hyde | 1986 | Biology, Physiology |
| Janet Sommer Campbell | 2013 | Broadcasting Administration |
| Lydia Beebe | 2018 | Business |
| Elizabeth Miller Watkins | 1985 | Business |
| Marynell Dyatt Reece | 2007 | Business |
| Irene Nunemaker | 1974 | Business |
| Renate Mai-Dalton | 1995 | Business |
| Mildred Clodfelter | 1986 | Business Administration |
| Sara Paretsky | 1988 | Business, Creative Writing |
| Neeli Bendapudi | 2014 | Business, Marketing |
| Kristin Bowman-James | 1989 | Chemistry |
| K. Barbara Jetter Schowen | 1988 | Chemistry |
| Mary Lou Michaelis | 1998 | Chemistry |
| Gunda I. Georg | 1992 | Chemistry |
| Mabel L. Rice | 1990 | Child Language |
| Jean Bragg Schumaker | 1993 | Child Psychology |
| Elizabeth C. Banks | 1991 | Classics |
| Cora Lee Beers Price | 2003 | Classics |
| Mary Grant | 1975 | Classics |
| Nobleza Asuncion-Lande | 2001 | Communication Studies |
| Karlyn Kohrs Campbell | 1982 | Communication Studies |
| Bonnie Ritter | 1977 | Communication Studies |
| Mary Lee Hummert | 2003 | Communication Studies |
| Lynn Bretz | 2011 | Communications |
| Beulah Duncan | 1985 | Community Organization |
| Connie Novistky | 1970 | Community Service |
| Elizabeth Sherbon | 1979 | Dance |
| Janet Hamburg | 1992 | Dance |
| Mary Klayder | 2018 | Education |
| M. Evelyn Swartz | 1979 | Education |
| Vivian McCoy Rogers | 1980 | Education |
| Patricia Ann Wolfe | 1981 | Education, Administration |
| Mary Turkington | 1976 | Engineering |
| Marylee Southard | 1996 | Engineering |
| Bette Krenzer | 1981 | Engineering |
| Marjorie Heard Franklin | 1988 | Engineering |
| Beverly Boyd | 1977 | English |
| Natalie Calderwood | 1990 | English |
| Janet Sharistanian | 1985 | English |
| Elizabeth Schultz | 1973 | English |
| Maryemma Graham | 2002 | English |
| Edwyna Condon Gilbert | 1984 | English |
| Dorthy Pennington | 2004 | English, Communication Studies |
| Sheila C. Bair | 2011 | Finance |
| Cathy Daicoff | 2013 | Finance, Public Administration |
| Barbara M. Craig | 1979 | French & Italian |
| Jan Kozma | 1997 | French & Italian |
| Cynthia Carroll | 2012 | Geology, Business |
| Alberta L. Corbin | 1989 | German, Higher Education |
| Janice Kay Mendenhall | 1978 | Government Relations |
| Jannette Berkley-Patton | 2018 | Health |
| Jean Pyfer | 1980 | Health and Recreation |
| Katherine Rose-Mockry | 2011 | Higher Education |
| Patricia Long | 2016 | Higher Education |
| Barbara Watkins | 2002 | Higher Education |
| Kala Mays Stroup | 1976 | Higher Education |
| Jacqueline Snyder | 2009 | Higher Education |
| Caryl Kelley Smith | 1978 | Higher Education |
| Maritza Machado-Williams | 2008 | Higher Education |
| Zelema Harris | 1988 | Higher Education |
| Ann Eversole | 1994 | Higher Education |
| Emily Taylor | 1971 | Higher Education |
| Mary Burg | 2012 | Higher Education Administration |
| Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle | 1998 | Higher Education Administration |
| Nita Sundbye Sewell | 1972 | Higher Education Administration |
| Marlesa Roney | 2008 | Higher Education Administration |
| Linda Mullens | 1996 | Higher Education Administration |
| Katherine Giele | 1980 | Higher Education Administration |
| Karen Symms Gallagher | 1999 | Higher Education Administration |
| Martha Peterson | 1972 | Higher Education Administration, Mathematics |
| Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett | 1987 | Higher Education Administration, Psychology |
| Frances Degen Horowitz | 1974 | Higher Education Administration, Psychology |
| Diana B. Carlin | 1998 | Higher Education, Communications |
| Toni-Marie Montgomery | 2003 | Higher Education, Music |
| Bernadette Gray-Little | 2017 | Higher Education, Psychology |
| Venida Chenault | 2016 | HIgher Education, Social Welfare |
| Anna M. Cienciala | 1993 | History |
| Rita Napier | 1982 | History |
| Rose L. Greaves | 1991 | History |
| Florence Teat-Montgomery | 1996 | Housing Services |
| Carlotta S. Nellis | 1990 | Housing Services |
| Marietta Hanna-Jackson | 1996 | Housing Services |
| Lenoir Ekdahl | 1987 | Housing Services |
| Rosemarie T. Truglio | 2015 | Human Development |
| Judith N. LeBlanc | 1981 | Human Development |
| Aletha Huston | 1983 | Human Development |
| Barbara C. Etzel | 1975 | Human Development |
| Margaret Wenski Amini | 1995 | Journalism |
| Ann Brill | 2015 | Journalism |
| Colleen McCain Nelson | 2017 | Journalism |
| Susanne M. Shaw | 1994 | Journalism |
| Elizabeth A. Kuznesof | 1994 | Latin American Studies |
| Marilyn Ainsworth Yarbrough | 1982 | Law |
| Karen Mitchell Humphreys | 2015 | Law |
| Julie Robinson | 2015 | Law |
| Hazel Anderson | 1974 | Law |
| Mary Beck Briscoe | 2001 | Law |
| Carol A. Beier | 2012 | Law |
| Louise Wheeler | 1973 | Law |
| Kathryn Vratil | 2013 | Law |
| Ann Victoria Thomas | 1981 | Law |
| Jean F. Shepherd | 1985 | Law |
| Elinor P. Schroeder | 1984 | Law |
| Deannell Reece Tacha | 1972 | Law |
| Mary Murgia | 2010 | Law |
| Janet Murgia | 2010 | Law |
| Christine Kenney | 2004 | Law |
| Gloria Farha Flentje | 2011 | Law |
| Sarah Deer | 2017 | Law and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
| Anne Levinson | 2016 | Law, Community Activism |
| Margaret Frailey Hayes | 1970 | Law, Government |
| Rae Sedgwick | 1987 | Law, Psychology, Advocacy |
| Mary Rosenbloom | 2002 | Library Sciences |
| Shelley Jane Miller | 1994 | Library Studies |
| Alexandra Mason | 1980 | Library Studies |
| Lorraine Haricombe | 2012 | Library Studies |
| Frances Ingemann | 1977 | Linguistics |
| Sara Thomas Rosen | 2013 | Linguistics, Higher Education Administration |
| Anita Herzfeld | 1982 | Linguistics, Latin American Studies |
| Wealthy Babcock | 1973 | Mathematics |
| Florence Black | 1973 | Mathematics |
| Bozenna Pasik-Duncan | 2009 | Mathematics |
| Barbara Timmermann | 2014 | Medicinal Chemistry |
| Sharon Lee | 2016 | Medicine |
| Barbara Lukert | 2015 | Medicine |
| Joan Brunfeldt | 1999 | Medicine |
| Linda Warren | 2005 | Medicine |
| Patricia Thomas | 2011 | Medicine |
| Donna Sweet | 2013 | Medicine |
| Helen Martin Gilles | 1971 | Medicine |
| Barbara Atkinson | 2007 | Medicine, Higher Education |
| Deborah Powell | 2002 | Medicine, Higher Education |
| Carol Fabian | 2016 | Medicine, Oncology |
| Joyce Castle | 2003 | Music |
| Juanita Strait | 2000 | Music |
| Irene Peabody | 1981 | Music |
| Genevieve Hargiss | 1983 | Music |
| Miriam Stewart Green | 1978 | Music |
| Alicia Ann Clair | 1984 | Music Therapy |
| Alice-Ann Darrow | 1991 | Music, Dance |
| Polly Bales | 2005 | Music, Philanthropy |
| Karen L. Miller | 2010 | Nursing |
| Eleanor J. Sullivan | 1993 | Nursing, Novelist |
| Kimberly Templeton | 2014 | Orthopedic Surgery |
| Kathy Davis | 2013 | Pediatric Palliative Care |
| Jacqueline Z. Davis | 2000 | Performing Arts |
| Marily Harper Rhudy | 2014 | Pharmacy |
| Evelyn Hitchcock Alden | 1976 | Philanthropy |
| Judy Locy Wright | 2010 | Philanthropy |
| Linda Weir-Enegren | 2012 | Philanthropy |
| Gertrude Sellards Pearson | 1988 | Philanthropy |
| Eleanor Malott | 1983 | Philanthropy |
| Adele Hall | 2014 | Philanthropy |
| Beverly Smith-Billings | 2005 | Philanthropy, Psychology, Business |
| Terry Evans | 2017 | Photographer/ Artist |
| Gisela A.M. Dreschoff | 1978 | Physics, Astronomy |
| Pamela Soltis | 2004 | Plant Biology |
| Elaine Sharp | 1988 | Political Science |
| Audrey Langworthy | 2008 | Political Science |
| Deborah J. Gerner | 1992 | Political Science |
| Kathleen Sebelius | 2009 | Political Science, Public Administration, Politics |
| Hannah Britton | 2011 | Political Science, Women's Studies |
| Sandy Praeger | 2018 | Politics |
| Kay Barnes | 2006 | Politics |
| Leona Baumgartner | 1979 | Politics |
| Betty Jo Charlton | 1997 | Politics |
| Joanne M. Collins | 1987 | Politics |
| Carol Marinovich | 2010 | Politics |
| Nancy Kassebaum | 1984 | Politics |
| Barbara W. Ballard | 1985 | Politics, Higher Education Administration |
| Rochelle Chronister | 1990 | Politics, Virology |
| Sherry Borgers | 1990 | Psychology |
| Nyla Branscombe | 2004 | Psychology |
| Beatrice Wright | 1971 | Psychology |
| Nona Tollefson | 1986 | Psychology |
| Annette Stanton | 2005 | Psychology |
| Diane McDermott | 1996 | Psychology |
| Marigold Linton | 2004 | Psychology |
| Susan J. Kemper | 1992 | Psychology |
| Sharon S. Brehm | 1989 | Psychology, Higher Education |
| Mary Morrill Litchfield | 1975 | Public Administration |
| Linda Luckey | 2004 | Religion, Higher Education Administration |
| Deborah J. Teeter | 2014 | Research & Planning |
| Maria Carlson | 2009 | Russian & East European Studies |
| Helen Alexander | 2007 | Science, Biology |
| Kathleen C. Doering | 1977 | Science, Biology |
| Virginia E. Detlor | 1985 | Science, Biology |
| Nancy A. Dahl | 1993 | Science, Biology |
| Debra Kamps | 2012 | Science, Disability Research |
| Sally Mason | 1996 | Science, Higher Education |
| Barbara Anthony-Twarog, PhD | 1995 | Science, Physics & Astronomy |
| Ann T. Weick | 1992 | Social Welfare |
| Esther Twente | 1970 | Social Welfare |
| Martha Langley | 2003 | Social Welfare |
| Margo Gordon | 1983 | Social Welfare |
| Edith M. Freeman | 1991 | Social Welfare |
| Sadye Logan | 1998 | Social Work |
| Alice Lieberman | 2004 | Social Work |
| Liane Davis | 1996 | Social Work |
| Annette Rieger | 2006 | Social Work, Philanthropy |
| Esther Valladolid Wolf | 1988 | Social Work, Politics |
| Joey Sprague | 2009 | Sociology |
| Jill Sobel Quadagno | 1984 | Sociology |
| Margaret Battenfeld Hashinger | 1988 | Sociology |
| Sandra Albrecht | 1996 | Sociology & Women's Studies |
| Analee "Betsy" Beisecker | 2000 | Sociology, Preventive Medicine |
| Shirley Harkess | 1984 | Sociology, Women's Studies |
| Ann P. Turnbull | 1994 | Special Education |
| Nancy L. Peterson | 1994 | Special Education |
| Margaret "Peg" Byrne | 1983 | Speech & Language Pathology |
| Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka | 1997 | Theatre and Film |
| Eleanor Scott Meyers | 1978 | Theology |
| Karen R. Keesling | 1976 | Women's Rights Activism, Military Affairs |
| Muriel Helen Johnson | 1986 | Women's Studies |
| Sarah Jane Russell | 1993 | Women's Studies, Counseling |
| Edith L. Taylor | 2004 | Women's Studies, Higher Education |
| Ann Cudd | 2008 | Women's Studies, Philosophy |
| Charlene L. Muehlenhard | 1993 | Women's Studies, Psychology |