The Tulane University Women’s Association, initially known as the Tulane University Club, was founded in 1910 by women affiliated with Tulane faculty and staff. TUWA’s origins were rooted in providing a link for those new to the campus to established members of the university community. These connections were cultivated through common interests, social events, and service to Tulane and New Orleans.
Now, TUWA is open to all faculty and staff, alumni, Tulane volunteers, and family members of current and former faculty and staff, regardless of gender. Its success is underpinned by a generously endowed fund created in 1965 by Dr. Herbert E. Longenecker, then President of Tulane University, which initially supported the purchase of books and papers in the field of history and the development of institutions of higher education. In 1994, the use of the fund was changed at Dr. Longenecker’s request to support the Jane Segar Longenecker Award and the ongoing activities of TUWA. Today, TUWA continues to create and provide fora for intellectual, social, and civic pursuits.
TUWA presents an occasional award for Honorary Lifetime Membership to a TUWA member who for many years has many years of dedication and service to Tulane University. The recipient of this special award is nominated and selected by past Longenecker award winners and TUWA Board Members and is conferred complimentary TUWA membership in perpetuity.
Tupper Allen
Patty Andrews
Therese Bailkey
Victoria Blanchard
Stella Bowers
Loretta Clark
Maria Daly
Corrine Dower
Barbara Everett
Paulette Freudenberger
Molly Keenan
Margaret Kelly
Mary Kilroy
Barbara Knill
Elsie Martinez
Mary Ellen Nice
Mitzi O’Hara
Ruth Olivera
Pam Rogers
Reda Scher
Margie Scheuermann
Delia Stazio
Beth Turner
Nancy Turner
Helen Wetzel
1910 Mrs. Isaac I. Lemann
1911 Mrs. Douglas Anderson
1912 Mrs. Ellsworth Woodward
1913 Mrs. Dudley McGovney
1914 Mrs. Melvin J. White
1915 Mrs. Prentiss Brown
1916 Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke
1917 Miss Harriet A. Boyer
1918 Mrs. Walter E. Garrey
1919 Mrs. Stephen I. Langmaid
1920 Mrs. Harold T. Mead
1921 Mrs. John M. McBryde
1922 Miss Irene McCulloch
1923 Mrs. Stanford C. Jamison
1924 Mrs. Irving Hardesty
1925 Mrs. Ernest Riedel
1926 Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke
1927 Mrs. Charles S. Williamson
1928 Irene Theard
1929 Nora Elliott
1930 Gladys Robert
1931 Mrs. John Madison Fletcher
1932 Mrs. Paul W. Brosman
1933 Mrs. Jay C. VanKirk
1934 Mrs. Marten ten Hoor
1935 Mrs. Marten ten Hoor
1936 Elizabeth Cummins
1937 Mrs. Robert W. Elsasser
1938 Mrs. Wilbur C. Smith
1939 Mrs. Hal Walters Moseley
1940 Lola Faust
1941 Mrs. Frederick Hard
1942 Mrs. Forrest E. Oakes
1943 Mrs. William L. Duran Jr.
1944 Mrs. Ellis F. Robert
1945 Mrs. Adrian F. Reed
1946 Rose Kuhn
1947 Mrs. George A. Mayer
1948 Mrs. Cecil W. Mann
1949 Lorena Fox
1950 Margarite Reed
1951 Connie Griffith
1952 Dorothy Steinmayer
1953 Jeannette Renegar
1954 Yvonne MacDonald
1955 Mrs. Sumner Ives
1956 Bette Wickstrom
1957 Ruth Blessey
1958 Elizabeth Cummins
1959 Beverly Peery
1960 Doris Gordon
1961 Helen Deener
1962 Ellanor Leach
1963 Vivian Oelkers
1964 Isabelle Beatrous
1965 Ruth Jenkins
1966 Arta Ault
1967 Mrs. Walter Unglaub
1968 Mrs. James Breen
1969 Margaret Sullivan
1970 Eleanor Heath
1971 Caroline Krementz
1972 Marilyn Adams
1973 Jean Batiza
1974 Birgitte Schlegel
1975 Barbara Knill
1976 Elsie Martinez
1977 Margie Scheuermann
1978 Barbara Beck
1979 Mary Ellen Nice
1980 Jane Birtel
1981 Nelda Walker
1982 Dr. Carole Gilchrist
1983 Jane Longenecker
1984 Mitzi O’Hara
1985 Joann Sutherland
1986 Sue Woodward
1987 Bernadette D’Souza
1988 Mary Kilroy
1989 Pamela Rogers
1990 Julie McClay
1991 Ann Akers
1992 Rosemary Schellhaas
1993 Patty Andrews
1994 Becky Skau
1995 Patty Andrews & Barbara Knill
1996 Elaine Maney & Laura Michaelides
1997 Dr. Margaret Campbell & Dr. Betty Torre Reck
1998 Dr. María-Elena Amador
1999 Dean Curtis
2000 Patty Andrews, Mary Kilroy, Barbara Knill, & Elsie Martinez
2001 Laura Michaelides
2002 Tupper Allen, Corrine Dower, Jewelynn Nice, & Mary Ellen Nice
2003 Corrine Dower, Janie McGuire, & Jewelynn Nice
2004 Barbara Knill, Ashi Mehrabadi, & Margie Scheuermann
2005 Paulette Freudenberger, Marlene Jaffe, & Ashi Mehrabadi
2006 Marlene Jaffe
2007 Janet Hansche, Ruth Olivera, & Pam Rogers
2008 Ruth Olivera, Nancy Turner, & Doris Baron
2009 Nancy Turner, Doris Baron, Vicki Buccino
2010 Vicki Buccino & Loraine Purrington
2011 Jewelynn Nice & Loraine Purrington
2012 Jewelynn Nice & Doris Baron
2013 Staci Sundmaker & Doris Baron
2014 Staci Sundmaker & Matesa Gago-Luu
2015 Staci Sundmaker & Matesa Gago-Luu
2016 Matesa Gago-Luu & Jennifer Clarke
2017 Jennifer Clarke
2018 Meredith Feike
2019 Staci Sundmaker & Doris Baron
2020 Monica Lebron
2021 Elizabeth Elias Juge
2022 Julie Hadzor
2023 Shira Hussian