More than One Hundred Texas’ Women of Distinction were honored at the Centennial Biennium Convention more

Women of Distinction and their nominating AAUW Branch:

Betty Anderson, (resolution honoring) Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
Nancy Johnson Anderson, Cedar Hill – SW DallasCounty Branch
Millicent “Penny” Ball, DeSoto – SW Dallas County Branch
Gertrude Barnstone, Houston – Houston Branch
Dr. Gretchen Bataille, Denton – Denton Branch
Dr. Margaret Berry, Austin – Austin Branch
Stephanie Besier, Denton – Houston Branch
Alice Black, Dallas – Lubbock Branch
Grace R. Brandenburg, Duncanville – SW Dallas County Branch
Carrie Bertha Pfeiffer Brown, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Kathryn Bryan, Fort Worth – Tarrant CountyBranch
Alice Church, Houston – FortBendCounty, Houston Branch
Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Mayor Lila May Banks Cockrell, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Honorable Ellen Cohen, Houston – Houston Branch
Becca Crowell, Dallas – Dallas Branch
Louise T. Cummins, Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
Patricia Diaz Dennis, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Joyce Dorrycott, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
General Lillian Dunlap, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Anna Faragher, Greenville – Greenville Branch
Shirley Felcman, Houston – Houston Branch
Celina Torres Fennell, Abilene – Abilene Branch
Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, Austin – Austin Branch
Cathy Forsythe, League City – Alvin Branch
Major General Kathryn Frost, Dallas – San Antonio Branch
Dr.Elba Garcia, Dallas – Dallas Branch
Karla Marie Garza, Penitas – McAllen Branch
Dr. Vickie Geisel, Tyler – Tyler Branch
Dr. Sherry Gillespie, Austin – Austin Branch
Rev. Essie Givens, Plainview – Lubbock Branch
Loli Pena Gomez, Weslaco – McAllen Branch
Dr. Laura Gonzalez, Dallas – Dallas Branch
Glenna Goodacre, New Mexico – Lubbock Branch
Lottie Gradick,Austin – Austin Branch
Elia G. Gutierrez, Corpus Christi – Corpus Christi Branch
Kristin Hagerstrom, Houston – Houston Branch
Dr. Elizabeth G. “Bess” Haley, Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
Dr. Elizabeth Hall-Burns, Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
Dr. Maxine Hammonds-Smith, Houston – Lubbock Branch
Katharine Hayhoe, Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
Brenda Hayward, Pottsboro – Sherman/Texoma Branch
Jean Greenwood Henson, Greenville – Greenville Branch
June Hill, Mansfield – Tarrant CountyBranch
Sharon Himsel, Tyler – Tyler Branch
Peggy Holland, Austin – Austin Branch
Elka M. Jaross, Brownsville – Harlingen Branch
Dr. Hind Jarrah, Dallas – Dallas Branch
Dr. Inez Jeffery, Austin – Austin Branch
Veronica Johnson, Austin – Austin Branch
Honorable Barbara Jordan, Austin – Tarrant County Branch
Dr. Renu Khator, Houston – Houston Branch
Betty Kiesling, Vernon – Vernon Branch
Dr. Elaine King-Miller, Amarillo – Lubbock Branch
Honorable Nancy M. Koenig, Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
D. A . Kollmeier, Arlington – Tarrant County Branch
Amy Freeman Lee, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Jean Longwith, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Sue Ann Lurcott, Houston – NorthHarrisCounty Branch
Virginia Baim Lyon, Houston – NorthHarrisCounty Branch
Willie Mae McCormick, Euless – NE Tarrant County Branch
Dr. Ann V. Millard, Edinburg – McAllen Branch
Dr. Lucinda Miller, Amarillo – FortBendCounty Branch
Nancy Moher, Fort Worth – Tarrant County Branch
Mamie Moy, Houston – WestHarrisCounty Branch
Rachel Muir, Austin – Austin Branch
Dr. Diana Natalicio, El Paso – Dallas Branch
Sylvia Newman, Abilene – FortBendCounty Branch
Naomi Shihab Nye, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Dr. Helen Oujesky, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Katherine Owens, Dallas – Dallas Branch
Paula Paust, Houston – Houston Branch
Hazel Harvey Peace, Fort Worth – Tarrant County Branch
Catherine Pedlar, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Dr. Delia Quintanilla, Austin – Austin Branch
Honorable Ann Richards, Austin – Tarrant County Branch
Ellen Roddy, Fort Worth – Tarrant County Branch
Patricia Anne Ross, Sugar Land – Fort Bend County Branch
Joan Townsend Rossano, Alvin – Alvin Branch
Elspeth Rostow, Austin – Austin Branch
Dr. Viola Ruck, Colleyville – NE Tarrant County Branch
Jean McGrath Russ, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Beatriz Salazar, Addison – Farmers Branch/Carrollton Branch
Jewel DavisScarborough, Abilene – Abilene Branch
Dr. Dorothy Scott, Tyler – Tyler Branch
Dr. Jenny Lind Porter Scott, Austin – Austin Branch
Cris Selman, Tyler – Tyler Branch
Marsha Sharp, Lubbock – Lubbock Branch
Raemar Shown, Austin – Austin Branch
Dr. Ann Stuart, Denton – Denton Branch
Sr.Elizabeth Anne Sueltenfuss, San Antonio – San Antonio Branch
Becky Sykes, Dallas – Dallas Branch
TheaTemple, Mesquite – Dallas Branch
Junko Terada, Edinburg – McAllen Branch
Randi Thistlethwaite, Fort Worth – Tarrant County Branch
Miriam Tormollan, Austin – Austin Branch
Albesa “Abby” Vela, McAllen – McAllen Branch
Pam Wolfe, Round Rock – Austin Branch
Anna Wright, Vernon – Vernon Branch
Babe Dickerson Zaharis, Beaumont – Tarrant County Branch
Melba Zaremba, Edinburg – McAllen Branch

Deceased