MARGARET L. RICHARDS AWARD
The Margaret L. Richards award is presented annually to the woman who has made the most significant contribution to the community as a Junior League of Scranton member. The award is named in honor of the Junior League of Scranton’s first president.
AWARD RECIPIENTS:
- 1938 Helen Weller Vosburg
- 1939 Lyra Ken Shindel
- 1940 R. Frances Stherton Birmingham
- 1941 Julie Price Kinnard
- 1942 Susan Jermyn Fleming
- 1943 Jean Reid Vipond
- 1944 Constance Reynolds Belin
- 1945 Helen Ledyard Carpenter
- 1946 Ruth McNeil Stahl
- 1947 Mary Chamberlin Scranton
- 1948 Helen Weaver Jenkins
- 1949 Doris Myers Fordham
- 1950 Elizebeth Tweedle Henkelman
- 1951 Ann Williams Leverich
- 1952 Margaretta Belin Chamberlin
- 1953 Elenor Lindsay Tevitz
- 1954 Mary Linden Graham
- 1955 Louise Parsons Van Duesen
- 1956 Elizabeth Powell Scheuer
- 1957 Frances Neimeyer
- 1958 Virginia Shackly Eckersley
- 1959 Martha Phillips
- 1960 Alice Skeleton Sanner
- 1961 Winifred Carter Doud
- 1962 Nancy St. John Shandercock
- 1963 Esther Kominz Friedman
- 1964 Frances Patridge Rodefer
- 1965 Janice Peck Peterson
- 1966 Margery Belin Clark
- 1967 Caroline Whitmore Morgan
- 1968 Anita Cuppels Murray
- 1969 Ane Ellenbogen Oppenheim
- 1970 Joan Kinney Belin
- 1971 Jane Mattas Christian
- 1972 Jeanne Anderson Bovard
- 1973 Eleanor Boughner Axford
- 1974 Jane Jones Bovard
- 1975 Janet Knaphle Loewe
- 1976 Margaret Gelder Reese
- 1977 June Thibodeau Lettieri
- 1978 Linda Connell Sproul
- 1979 Denise Wall Leahy
- 1980 Patricia Payne Atkins
- 1981 Adrienne Kovac Horger
- 1982 Letha Wells Reinheimer
- 1983 Julia Conway Loftus
- 1984 Carolyn Carlson Pencek
- 1985 Suzanne Marmo Mastri
- 1986 Michele Simpson White
- 1987 Laura Phillips Frieder
- 1988 Barbara Walker Erhard
- 1989 Joan Kinsella Redmond
- 1990 Nada Jennings Gilmartin
- 1991 Elizabeth Small Murray
- 1992 Terre Cognetti
- 1993 Roseann Alperin
- 1994 Mary Mike Cognetti Kilzi
- 1995 Gail Rees
- 1996 Nancy Reddington Parlo
- 1997 Deborah Moran Peterson
- 1998 Susan Brundage
- 1999 Trudy G. Montella
- 2000 Jean Gasper
- 2001 Laurie Cadden Foley
- 2002 Katherine Sunday
- 2003 Judy O’Malley Walsh
- 2004 Christina Constantini Walsh
- 2005 Susan Ryan Stampien
- 2006 Anne Connon Casey
- 2007 Alice Pencek Naniewicz
- 2008 Katherine Gilmartin
- 2009 Amy Paciej-Woodruff
- 2010 Julie Jordan
- 2011 Jennifer Mancuso
- 2012 Dr. Rebecca Schoonover
- 2013 Gretchen Wintermantel
- 2014 Margaret Nasser Martinelli
- 2015 Shannon Roche Cusick
- 2016 Tami Prall-Nasser
- 2017 Nicole Lance
- 2018 Erin McFadden Mitchell
- 2019 Christina Nasser Thomas
- 2020 Dorothy Grill
- 2021 Amy Betts
- 2022 Dawn Talley
- 2023 Janette Scardillo
- 2024 Tania Stoker
