Famous / Notable Phis

Frances E. Willard Award Winners

The FEW Award Honors Alpha Phi alumnae who have achieved outstanding success in their chosen field and who have gained recognition on a national or international level.

1974

Sophie deAberle Brophy, Lambda-Berkeley (Indian Affairs)

Georgia Neese Gray, Upsilon-Washburn (Banking and Finance)

Dorothy Wright Nelson, Beta Delta-UCLA (Law)

1976

Ruth Stafford Peale, Alpha-Syracuse (Religious leader)

Edris Rice-Wray Carson, Delta-Cornell (Family Planning Specialist) 

Mildred Dunnock Urmy, Zeta-Goucher, (Actress)

1978

Louise Grant Smith, Omicron-Missouri (Law)

1980

Elizabeth "Liz" Sutherland Carpenter, Omega-Texas (White House Press Secretary)

1982

Barbara Blakemore, Gamma-DePauw (Editor, McCalls Magazine)

1984

Nan Robertson, Beta-Northwestern

1986

Nancy Austin, Beta Delta-UCLA (Co-author, A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference)

1988

Julee Rosso, Beta Beta-Michigan State (Author/Owner, The Silver Palate)

1990

Mabel Cooper Lamb, Omega-Texas (Owner, Mabel C. Lamb, Inc., Realtor, New Haven, CT)

Polly Cutler Rosenbaum, Beta Gamma-Colorado (Arizona Legislator)

1992

Ann Bigby McFarren, Beta Beta-Michigan State (AIDS/Reproductive Health consultant and activist)

1994

Dr. Quincalee Brown, Gamma Xi-Wichita State (Executive Director, Water Environment Federation; Former Executive Director, American Association of University Women and Chair, American Society of Association Executives)

Claire Waters Ferguson, Beta Beta-Michigan State (President, U.S. Figure Skating Association)

Lynn Robinson Woolsey, Sigma-Washington (U.S. House of Representatives, California/District 6)

1996

Becky Cook Cain, Beta Iota-West Virginia (National President, League of Women Voters)

1998

Kimberly Williams, Beta-Northwestern University (Actress)

2000

Catherine Maples Waynich, Epsilon Zeta-Central Michigan University (Episcopal Bishop)

Julie Clark, Beta Gamma Chapter-University of California/Santa Barbara (Commercial Pilot and Aerobatics performer)

2002

Dr. Karen M. Kent, Tau-University of Oregon (Educator)

Charlotte Anderson Lees, Beta Omicron-Bowling Green State University (Artist)

Ann (Martha) Marmont Martin, Sigma-U of Washington (Television News Anchor)

2004

Lisa Rawlins, Beta Pi – USC (Entertainment Industry Professional)

2006

Denise Joyce, Omicron-Missouri  (Newspaper editor)

Ellen Soeteber, Beta-Northwestern  (Newspaper editor)

2008

Andrea Wong, Zeta Phi-MIT (President and CEO, Lifetime Networks)

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