Living Legacy award Recipient Biographies

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* = Sadly, deceased

-A-
Dee Aker
Aung San Suu Kyi
Jane Alexander
Steve Allen*
John F. Alksne, M.D
Dilkhwaz Ahmed
Sr. Dolores Anchondo CSJ
Dame Judith Anderson *
Maya Angelou
Corazon Aquino* - Former President of the Philippines
Alison Arngrim
Neil Ash
June Barrymore Ash
Sally Wong Avery
Ana Maria Azzarolo
Ann Armstrong Dailey

-B-
Pearl Bailey *
Dora Bakoyiannis
Lucille Ball *
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D.
Anne Bashkiroff
Lillian Kennedy Beam, Ph.D.
Betty Beyster ----
Benazir Bhutto - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Lieutenant Elizabeth D. Blow
Bente Borsum
Sondra Bushmann
Ann Blyth
Christine Brady
Sr. Antonia Brenner
Brigitte, Bridget McDonald Ph.D.
Reba Brophy-King *
Margaret Brown-Hurst, Ph.D
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Laurel Burch *
Gen. Eva Burrows, SA (Ret)
Laura Buxton

-C-
Mary Calderone, M.D. *

Helen Caldicott M.D.
Gigi Capobianco
Pat Carroll
Elaine Carter
Lynda Carter
Florence Chadwick *
Carol Channing, Ph. D
Hillary Rodham Clinton - Senator and Former US First Lady
Jean Colarusso
Gary Collins
Guadalupe Rodriguez Corona
Capt. Vivian Crea, USCG
Donna Crean
Madame Marie Curie*

-D-
Ann Armstrong Dailey
Claudia DaMetz
Elfi von Dassanowsky *
Michael E. Debakey M.D.
Dorothy Debolt
Robert Debolt
Patricia West Del Ruth
Thomas A. Del Ruth, ASC
Kathi Diamant
Phyllis Diller*
Bonnie M. Dumanis
Katherine Dunham
Dunlap, Brigadier General Lillian (Ret) *
Pieter Dirk-Uys

-E-
Sylvia Earle, Ph.D. ----
Joan Embry
Marti Emerald
Iris Engstrand H. W., Ph. D.
Jing Jing Evans
Siu Fong Evans

-F-
Nanette Fabray
Kristin Farmer -----
Yvonne Fedderson
Maria Fisher *
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Jane Trevor Fetter
Anita Figueredo, M.D. *
Vigdis Finnbogadottir - Former President of Iceland
Rhonda Fleming
Betty Ford,- Former US First Lady *
Antoinette Fouque
June Foray
Pauline M. Foster *
Marye Ann Fox, Ph. D
Sister Claire Frawley
Pauline Frederick *
RADM Ronne Froman, USN Ret
Hanna Fromm

-G-
Greer Garson *
Ashley Gardner
Kathryn Marie Arger Gang
Eleni Gatzoyiannis *
Nadine George-Graves, Ph.D. ------
Francoise Gilot
Joyce Glazer
Mariah Fenton Gladis
George Glenner *
Rhoda Goldman *
Richard Goldman

Jane Goodall, Ph.D.
Ruth Grobstein, M.D.
Annie Gutierrez
Joy and George Glenner
Casey Gwinn

-H-
Uta Hagen *
Clara Hale *
Jackée Harry
Rita Hayworth
Col. Mary A. Hallaren, USA (Ret) *
Sarah Harder
Yeomaness Frieda Hardin, USN (Ret) *
Elaine Harris
MGEN Marcelite Harris, USAF (Ret)
Alice B. Hayes, Ph.D.
Helen Hayes *
Luawanna Hallstrom
Le Ly Hayslip
RADM Roberta Hazard, USN (Ret)
Tippi Hedren
Katherine Helmond
Audrey Hepburn (posthumous) *
John Hermann ----
Chairman Heng-Tzu Hsu
Eleanor and Arthur Herzman
Marie Alice Hill
MGEN Jeanne Holm, USAF (Ret)
Dolores Hope
RADM Grace Hopper, USN *
Doris A. Howell, M.D.
Velina Hasu Houston
Edna Jo Hunter, Ph.D.
Laura Huxley

-I-
JJ Fetter Isler

-J-
Anne Jeffreys
Herb Jeffries* Legend
Jeanne Jones
Sally Jones
Barbara Jordan *
Barbara Piasecka Johnson *
Natasha Josephowitz, Ph.D. *

-K-
Frida Kahlo*
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan

LT.GEN Claudia J. Kennedy, USA
Rose Fitzerald Kennedy *
Lucy Killea - Former CA Senator
Cathy Keating
Billie Jean King
Lee Ann Kim
Dorothy Dale Kloss ----
Mildred Knopf *
Lucy Kroll *
Robin Rector Krupp
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

-L-
Eve Curie Labousise *
Debra R. Lappin
Pat Launer
Marilyn Lane -----
Frankie Laine *
Sylvia Lawry*
Peggy Lee *
Candy Lightner
Anne Morrow Lindbergh *
Petter Lindstrom, M.D. *
Lucy C. Lin
Martha Longenecker
Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D.
Clare Boothe Luce *

-M-
Major Nicole M.E. Malachowski, USAF
Tatyana Mamonova
Sr. Margaret MacCurtain
Rhonda Fleming Mann
Randal Malone
Jerry Maren
Rose Marie
Sandra McBrayer
Bridget Brigitte McDonald, Ph.D.
Marianne McDonald, Ph.D. MRIA
Pamela McEvoy, Ph.D
Gloria McMillan
Margaret Mead *
Jayne Meadows
Golda Meir *
Melina Mercouri *
Dina Merrill
Ann Miller *
Grace Mitchell, Ph.D.
Mary Ann Mobley
Zona D. Murray
Major General Raymond L. Murray
LTGEN Carol A. Mutter, USMC

-N-
Empress Nagako *
Patricia Neal
Ingrid Newkirk
Charlotte Nielsen
Claes Nobel
Craig Noel *
Antonia Novello, M.D.- Former US Surgeon General

-O-
Margaret O'Brien
Mavourneen O'Brien
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis* - Former US First Lady
Sara O'Meara
Sister Mary Vincent Otto *

-P-
Anita Page *
Patti Page*
Lakiba Nicole Palmer*, USN
Phyllis Parrish
Linus Pauling *
David and Orly Perez
Gloria Penner*
Dorothea Petrie
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo * - Former Prime Minister Portugal
H.E. Elena B. Poptodorova
Diane Powers
Jenni Prisk

-R-
Martha Raye *
Margaret and Robert Rector *
Lee Remick *
Janet Reno - Former US Attorney General
Zandra Rhodes
Sally Ride, Ph.D.- First American Woman in Space*
Gankar Tulku Rinpoche
Pauline Frederick Robbins *
Rachel Robinson R.N.
Ginger Rogers *
Yvette Roudy - Former French Minister of Culture *
Eleanor Roosevelt *
Marion Ross
Jane Russell *

-S-
Jehan Sadat, Ph.D. - - Former First Lady of Egypt
Ginetta Sagan *
Jonas Salk, M.D. *
BGEN Angela Salinas, USMC
George Sand *
Lisa Sanders
June Scobee, Ph.D.
Catherine Filene Shouse *
Mimi Silbert, Ph.D.
Beverly Sills *
MC Ginger Lee Simpson, USN (Ret)
MU3 Francine Singh, USN (Ret)
Pam Slater-Price – San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Laura Sloate
Kate Smith *
Linda Smith
Sally L. Smith
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Dottie Stanley
Kay Starr
David Straus
Gloria Penner Snyder
Gloria Steinem
Adela Rogers St. Johns *
Iris Lynn Strauss
Deborah Szekely

-T-
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
Mother Teresa *
Sally Bullard Thornton
John and Sally Thornton
Lisa Thorson
Betty and Judge Ross Tharp
Lee Turner
VADM Patricia A.Tracey, USN

-U-
Anita Uqualla
Pieter-Dirk Uys

-V-
Mary Vaughn
BGEN Wilma Vaught, USAF (Ret) *
Simone Veil – Former President of the European Parliament

-W-
Bree Walker
Beth Witrogen McLeod
Yolanda Walther-Meade
June Wayne
Lily Fern Weatherford
Shirley Weber, Ph.D.
Anne Marie Welsh
Ruth Westheimer Ph.D.
Elsie Weston
Nancy Wexler, Ph.D
Sheila E. Widnall, Ph.D. - Former Secretary of the Air Force
Betty White
Betty Jo Williams
Gayle Wilson - Former First Lady of California
Jane Withers
Bettina Wolff, Psy.D
Sally Wong Avery
Beatrice Wood *
Jane Wyatt *
Henriette Wyeth *

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-Y-
Agnes Yarnall *
Mary Cain Youngflesh

-Z-
Alice Zukor *


 

OUSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AWARDS
American Association of University Women
Arthritis Foundation
Artivist Film Collective
The Child Protective Services of San Diego County
Children as Teachers of Peace
Children's Hospice International
Epilepsy Foundation
International Community Foundation
GAIA No-Burn
Girls Clubs of America
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Lions Club International
Manchester Family Child Development Center
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Operation Smile
Others Worlds
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Phillip Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Physicians for Social Responsibility
The Polinsky Children’s Center
Rotary International
San Diego Youth and Community Services
Soroptimist International of the Americas
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Salvation Army
St. Clare’s Home for Women and Children
Scripps McDonald Center
United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Vista Hill Foundation
Voices for Children
White Rainbow Project
Women of the American Military Memorial Foundation
Women's Resource Center
WorldLink



LEGEND AWARD

Yeomanette Frieda Hardin, USN Ret.*
Herb Jeffries*
Frankie Laine *
Major General Raymond L. Murray USMC (R) *
Margaret Hayden Rector*
Robert Rector *

 

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AWARDS
Marianne McDonald, Ph.D. MRIA
Sally B. Thornton

 

TRIBUTE TO MOTHERHOOD
Eleni Gatzoyiannis*
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy*
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis* - Former US First Lady

 

PEACE AND JUSTICE AWARD
Gankar Tulku Rinpoche


GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD

David and Orly Perez


LIVING LEGACY HEROES AWARD

Jean Colarusso


EGERIA AWARD

Marianne McDonald, Ph.D., MRIA

 

FOUNDERS AWARDS:
Ann Armstrong Dailey
Zona D. Murray
Margaret O'Brien
Jehan Sadat, Ph.D.

 

SPIRIT AWARD
André DaMetz
Claudia DaMetz
Veronica DaMetz

Erica Duque
Bridget Brigitte McDonald, Ph.D.
Jean-Pierre Prieur
Karla Rodrigues

 

TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS (Posthumous)
Marie Curie*
Margaret Mead*
Golda Meir* – Former President of Israel

Eleanor Roosevelt* - Former US First Lady
Georges Sand*
Mother Teresa*

 

FOUNDER EMERITUS
Gloria J. Lane, Ph.D.



A note of special thanks to Kathi Diamant for her dedicated service and support of the Women's International Center over the years, and for her valuable contribution of numerous biographies to this page.