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TSHA Honors & Awards - Past Recipients

Award of Honors

Year
Recipient
1972
Tina Bangs
1972
Jesse Villarreal
1972
Empress Zedler
1972
Lear Ashmore
1972
Peggy Harrison
1972
Lennart Kopra
1977
Genevieve Arnadsaold
1977
Ima Clevenger
1977
Gardner Gately
1977
William Ickes
1980
Pat Cole
1980
Sibyl Gholson
1980
Richard Stream
1981
Larry Higdon
1981
Nancy Rounsefell
1982
Paul Roosevelt
1983
Donna Fox
1984
Joyce Lindsey
1984
Martha McGlothlin
1984
Cherry Wright
1984
Kathryn Stream
1985
Anne Mauzy
1985
Mary Lovey Wood
1986
Gil Hernandez
1986
Robbin Parrish
1987
Mary Ann Acevedo
1988
Donnell Johns
1989
Ellen Formby
1989
Gil Hanke
1989
Joe Helmick
1991
Ron Bender
1991
Dwayne Carter
1991
Betty Clark
1992
Benna Askew
1993
Malesa Breeding
1993
Jayne Larson
1993
Carol Venus
1994
Sandy Friel-Patti
1994
Karen Riley
1995
Jane Porter
1996
Dee Kirby
1996
Betty McDonald
1996
Donise Pearson
1997
Odette Gonzalez
1997
Martha Wristen
1997
Carolyn McCall
1998
Loretta Lee
1998
Sherry Sancibrian
1998
Joan Lynch
1999
Cynthia Campbell
1999
Thomas Fields
2000
Lynn Flahive
2000
Pat DeLuke
2000
Peggy Meeks
2001
Judi Keller
2001
Debbie Sears
2002
Julie Noel
2003
Mary Irene Burtis
2004
Melanie McDonald
2004
April Smith
2005
Peggy Kipping
2006
Janice Stroud
2007
Tiffany Sears Leach
2007
Debra Bankston
2008
Lynda Barbee
2008
Denise Barringer
2008
Melissa Sweeney
2009
Roya Daryapayma
2009
Rebecca (Becky) Gonzalez
2009
Jennifer Watson
2010
Judy Rudebusch
2010
Karen King
2011
Cindy Gill
2011
Stacy Reaves
2012
Keri Gonzalez
2012
Jan Lougeay
2012
Sue Shirley-Howard
2013
Melinda Corwin
2014
Amy Marciniak
2014
Bobbie Kay Turkett
2015
Tori Gustafson
2015
Lauren Mathews
2015
Margaret McAughan
2016
JoAnn Wiechmann
2017
Robyn Martin
2018
Gina Glover
2019
Rebecca Linke
2020
Erin Bellue
2020
Candace Hicks
2021
Margarita Limon-Ordonez
2022
Erinn Hengst
2024
Brittany Hall
2024
Michelle Mendietta
2025
Angela Kennedy
2025
Corrie Cavada
2026
Lori Colletti

Jack L. Bangs

Year
Recipient
1981
Elizabeth Carrow Woolfolk
1981
Jesse Villarreal
1984
Tina Bangs
1984
Donnell Johns
1988
Pat Cole
1991
Joe Helmick
1991
Larry Higdon
1994
Ross Roeser
1996
Sandy Friel-Patti
1997
Robbin Parrish
1997
Martha McGlothlin
2000
Gil Hanke
2001
Cherry Wright
2006
Lynn Flahive
2006
Sherry Sancibrian
2007
Donise Pearson
2008
Julie B. Noel
2014
Judith P. Keller
2015
Jennifer B. Watson
2016
Tori Gustafson
2020
Judy Rich
2021
JoAnn Wiechmann
2025
Robyn Martin

Public Service

Year
Recipient
1986  
Honorable Oscar H. Mauzy
1988
Rep. Mike Milsap
1988
Rep. Jack Vowell
1991
Rep. Ernestive V. Glossbrenner
1994
Rep. Scott Hochberg
1994
Rep. David Cain
1994
Sen. O.H. (Ike) Harris
1994
Margaret Thompson, TEA
1995
Mary Knotts Perkins
1996
Hugo Berlanga
1996
Ciro Rodriguez
1997
David McCall
2001
Rep. Elliott Naishtat
2001
Sen. Mike Moncrief
2003
Dorothy Cawthon
2003
Skip Williams
2004
Rep. Timoteo Garza, Rep. District 80
2005
Lee Reeves
2006
Roy Bohrer
2006
Stephanie McNickle
2010
Mark Hanna
2011
Karyn Kilory
2011
Gloria Key
2011
Jenny Katz
2011
Bettye Kuehler
2011
Kathy Clapsaddle
2011
Shirley Sanford
2011
Martha Elder
2011
Margaret Leifeste
2012
C. David Richards
2014
Shirley Sanford
2016
Mark Hanna
2019
David Knight
2021
Kat Aoyama
2023
Brad Briscoe
2026
Shelby O'Neill

Hall of Fame

Year
Recipient
1995
Tina Bangs
1995
Donnell Johns
1995
Anne Mauzy
1995
Martha Williams
1995
Peggy Woods
1996
Deborah Card
1997
HACD
1998
Jon K. Ashby
1999
Sandy Friel-Patti
1999
Joe Helmick
2001
Mary Ann Acevedo
2002
Allan Bird
2002
Delva Culp
2002
Tricia Krauss-Lehrman
2002
Robert Thompson
2003
Frank Brister
2003
Patricia Summers
2004
Grace Middleton
2007
Jan Lougeay
2010
Anthony Salvatore
2014
Jennifer H. McGlothlin
2015
Love Decker
2016
Judi Keller
2017
Cherry Wright
2018
Martha McGlothlin
2018
Marva Mount
2019
Donise Pearson
2019
Sherry Sancibrian
2020
Denise Barringer
2021
Ann Higdon
2022
Lawrence "Larry" W. Higdon
2023
Melinda Corwin
2024
Lynn Flahive
2025
Judy Rich

Special Commendation Award

Year
Recipient
1998
Lawrence Higdon
2000
Banks Miller
2002
Peggy Kipping
2005
Cherry Wright
2023
Dalan Gore

Executive Council Member of the Year

Year
Recipient
2024
Carmen McElfresh
2025
Ronda Polansky
2026
Jana Parker
2026
Nathalie Lebrun

Rising Star Award

Year
Recipient
2025
Elisa Martinez
2025
Janita Gilliam
2025
Leslie Rainey
2026
Kim Richards
2026
Marivel Willingham

Rolland J. Van Hattum Award (TSHA Nominee)

Year
Recipient
1995
Judy Achilles
1996
Bart Campbell
1997
Roxie Kleinworth Krahmer
2001
Judy Erwin
2001
Karen King
2002
Judy Janak
2004
Sue Johnsen
2005
Mary Johns
2007
Judy Rudebusch Rich
2008
Cherry Wright

Frank R. Kleffner Clinical Career Award (TSHA Nominee)

Year
Recipient
1986
Tina Bangs
2001
Elisabeth Wiig
2002
Donnell Johns
2004
Jon Ashby

Louis M. DiCarlo Award (TSHA Nominee)

Year
Recipient
1986
Donna Fox
1988
Sandi Friel-Patti

Legislators of the Year Award

Year
Recipient
2010
Wayne Christian
2010
Scott Hochberg
2012
Glenn Hegar
2014
Rep. Alma A. Allen
2014
Rep. Todd Hunter

 

Note: Texas Communicologist, Fall 1972, page 28 listed the following TSHA Awards of Honor :

  • Charter Member - Nina Kate Lewis
  • Civic and/or Private Clinics - Josephine Simonson
  • Director of Public School District Program - Margaret Crabtree
  • Public School Language-Speech-Hearing-Specialist - Gaby Scharlack
  • Regional Speech-Hearing Association - Dwayne Carter
  • Training Institutions - Empress Zedler