The Jane Segar Longenecker Award was established by Dr. Herbert E. Longenecker, President of Tulane University from 1960–1975, to honor his wife and annually to recognize a member of TUWA who has made sustained contributions to TUWA and Tulane University as a whole. The recipient of the Longenecker Award is presented with a 14-karat gold pin bearing the letters “TU” custom made by Newcomb Alumna and world-renowned jewelry designer Mignon Faget. This award is endowed by the Higher Education Fund established by Dr. Longenecker in 1965 and changed to benefit TUWA in 1994 in recognition of the continuing importance of the organization to the university.

Past Recipients

1994 – Doris S. Gordon

1995 – Arlene Lautenschlager

1996 – Ruth P. Jenkins

1997 – Barbara B. Knill

1998 – Mary Ellen Nice

1999 – Roz Lewy

2000 – Elsie Martinez

2001 – June Evans

2002 – Patty Andrews

2003 – Susan Bennett

2004 – Margie Scheuermann

2005 – Beverly Beal

2006 – Margaret Kelly

2008 – Paulette Freudenberger

2010 – Janet Hansche

2012 – Maria Daly

2013 – Ruth Olivera

2014 – Jewelynn Nice

2015 – Doris Baron

2016 – Pam Rogers

2017 – Tupper Allen

2018 – Nancy Turner

2019 – Staci Sundmaker

2020 – Monica Lebron

2021 – Jennifer Clarke

2022 – Janice Hughes

2023 – Elizabeth Juge

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