Past Awardees

Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award

This award recognizes a social work educator’s achievements over his or her entire career.

2014    Michael Reisch and Lawrence Shulman
2013    Marion Bogo and Edward R. Canda
2012    Charles D. Garvin and Elaine Pinderhughes
2011    Trudy Festinger and Leon Ginsberg
2010    Barbara W. White
2009    Nancy Hooyman
2008    Alex Gitterman
2007    Allen Rubin and Ann Weick
2006    Bradford Sheafor
2005    Sheila B. Kamerman
2004    Shanti K. Khinduka
2003    Stuart Kirk
2002    King Davis and M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad
2001    Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven
2000    Rosemary Conzemius Sarri and Will B. Scott
1999    Millie M. Charles and Alfred J. Kahn
1998    Mary Ann Quaranta
1997    David M. Austin
1996    Harry Specht and Herman D. Stein
1995    Werner W. Boehm
1994    Ann Hartman and Harold Lewis
1993    Alfred Kadushin
1992    Helen Harris Perlman and John B. Turner
1991    Katherine A. Kendall

Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award

This award recognizes a social work educator’s achievements within the last 10 years.

2014    William Elliott III
2013    Beverly M. Black and Robert M. Ortega
2012    Patricia J. Volland
2011    Trisha Bent-Goodley
2010    Alberta Ellett
2009    Terry Wolfer
2008    Rowena Fong
2007    Jean W. Anastas
2006    Noël Bridget Busch
2005    Ellen F. Netting
2004    Miriam “Mimi” Abramovitz
2003    Iris Carlton-LaNey
2002    Robert L. Schneider
2000    Doman Lum
1999    Lorraine M. Gutiérrez
1998    Vincent J. Lynch
1997    Richard J. Estes
1996    Lawrence E. Gary
1995    Liane Vida Davis and Frederic G. Reamer
1994    Betsy S. Vourlekis
1992    Ronald C. Federico

Chair's Leadership Award

This award recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of social work education and research. Note, prior to 2012, this award was referred to as the Presidential Award; prior to 2003, this award was referred to as the Special Recognition or Special Contributions Award.

2012   Edolphus Towns
2011   John Lewis
2010   Ciro Rodriguez
2009   Dean Pierce
2008   David Abrams
2007   Maria E. Zuñiga
2007   Deborah Valentine
2006   Donald Brieland
2006   David Gil
2005   William J. Reid
2004   L. Diane Bernard
2003   Barbara W. White
1999   Scott Briar, Kenneth Lutterman, and Juan Ramos
1995   Samuel "Buddy" Silberman
1994   Rex W. Cowdry

Other Awards

Partners in Advancing Education (PIE) for International Social Work
Journal of Social Work Education Best Reviewer
Feminist Scholarship