Mother Burke Distinguished Alumni Award

The Mother Burke Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus of the Year Award was established in 1976 in honor of former Barat College President Sister Margaret Burke, RSCJ. Recipients possess the following qualities:

• A lifestyle that reflects the spirit of the Sacred Heart tradition
• A dedication to serve Barat College
• A commitment to intellectual pursuits and community leadership
• A deep and abiding spirituality
• A giving of self

Recipients

• 1977 Alice Fox Williams '26
• 1978 Jeanne McRae McCarthy '44
• 1979 Mary Isabelle McKenna Caestecker '29
• 1980 Mildred Kearin Murray '47
• 1981 Joan Condon McIntyre '45
• 1982 Anna May Hawekotte Smith '38
• 1983 Sr. Dean Traynor '36
• 1984 Jane Burke Byrne McMullen '55
• 1985 Sr. Marguerite Green '43
• 1986 Sharon Welch Callaghan '60
• 1987 Gwen Gregory-Conzelman '75
• 1988 Jeanne Hurley Simon '47
• 1989 Gail Therese Smith '75
• 1990 Sr. Patricia Reiss '57
• 1991 Helen Mashburn Penton '60
• 1992 Sr. Martha Curry '48
• 1993 Charlotte Whalen Vlerick '60
• 1994 Patricia Gavin Sears '49
• 1995 Joan Ashley DeLapp '45
• 1996 Mary Jo Wehmer McCabe '56
  and Janet Gallimore '81
• 1997 Patricia Rochford Regan '47
  and Frances C. Hoffmann '57
• 1998 Class of 1948
• 1999 Mary Ann Collins Kerwin '53
• 2000 Sheila A. Smith '70
• 2001 Sally Noonan Bredemann '48
• 2002 Charlotte Stepan Shea '62
• 2003 Dee Konrad '74
• 2004 Dorothy J. Fletcher ('81)