“The Dayton Daily News and Cox Media Group Ohio have supported Ten Top Women since its inception 50 years ago,” said Julia Wallace, market vice president of Cox Media Group Ohio. “These women have taken their rightful place in Dayton’s history. We are proud and honored to have our name associated with the women of the Miami Valley who give so much to our community and continue to make it a better place to live.”
More than 500 women have received this honor.
TEN TOP WOMEN HONOREES THROUGH THE YEARS
This year’s winners
Marva Cosby, Nancy J. Duffy, RN, Debbie Lieberman, Dr. Louise P. “Toni” Moore, Connie Muncy, Tina Patterson, Kathy Platoni, Dr. Mary Beth Pringle, Nancy Roberson, Lori L. Ward
2011
Mary Ann Angel, Margaret Dunn, Jennie J. Gallimore, Pamela Houk, Madeline Iseli, Carol Kennard, Karen Myers, Stacy Thompson, Carolyn “Toni” Winger, Danyelle Wright
2010
Regina Brewer, Theresa Gasper, Julie P. Gentile, Shawon Gullette, Joyce Kasprzak, Lisa Kloppenberg, Cathy Ponitz, Rebecca Puckett, Beatriz Rodriguez, Diane Wilson
2009
Eloise Broner, Mary Duley, Lt. Gen. Terry L. Gabreski, Bobbie Gerhart, Judy Hennessey, Marilyn McCauley, Patricia S. Meadows, Bishop Marva Mitchell, Joyce E. Price, Heidi R. Ries
2008
Angela Addington, Christine Dull, Deborah Gross, J. Elaine Jelly, Carol Levitan, Anne E. Ross, Jenell R. Ross, Sharon Kelly Roth, Judy Turner, Natasha Williams
2007
Mary Boosalis, Marsha Froelich, Toni Perry Gillispie, Sharon Howard, Cheryl Stewart Johnson, Merle Grace Kearns, Natalie King-Albert, Sharon Rab, Ruth Richardson, Michele Wheatly
2006
Roberta B. Boyd, Alison Clarey, Ellen G. Dyson, Susan K. Garretson, Carmen V. Guerrero-Urbiet, Yvonne V. Isaacs, Maria T. Nanagas, Claire Renzetti, Ginny Strausburg, Georganne M. Woessner
2005
Donna Audette, Judy Cook, Patricia Allen Day, Cynthia Klinck, Amanda Wright Lane, Karen Levin, Pamela Mader, Deb Norris, Mary Ann Stanley, Jean V. Woodhull
2004
No Ten Top Women Awards are associated with the calendar year 2004. The ceremony was shifted from spring to fall, resulting in the year being skipped. Awards given in the spring of 2004 were for 2003 and awards given in the fall of 2005 were for 2005.
2003
Judith K. Dunlap Barr, Denise L. Cross, Beth Duke, Carol A. Farquhar, Susan L. Getz, Jan L. Hillman, Patricia A. Marks, Candy Skidmore, Karen L. Warner, Kym Yahn
2002
Marsha Bonhart, Judy Dodge, Deborah A. Feldman, Willa Fletcher, Devon Hanson, Alice O. McCollum, Maureen Per, Amy Radachi, Marian M. Schuster, Linda Smith
2001
Judy Abromowitz, Annie Bonaparte, Fran Evans, Ann C. Karter, Jamie King, Valerie Lee, Anne L. McNeill, Norma J. Ross, Jerri Stanard, Dorothy C. Vivians
2000
Dixie J. Allen, Oris Amos, Victoria Giambrone, Dannetta Graves, Marilyn Hart, Susan M. Hayes, Susan L. Katz, Zigrida Petersons, Rita Price, Judy Thompson
1999
Jane Chance, Nancy Grigsby, Sara Guerrero-Duby, Mary W. Karr, Lou Mason, Debra Plousha Moore, Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter, Cindy Porubcansky, Anita Rankin, Sandi Simmons
1998
Alma Ivey, Clarke Katherine Hollingsworth, Barbara Holmes, Bonnie G. Langdon, Tess Little, Carol Lunsford, Rhine McLin, Christine F. Olinsky, Zenobia Powell Perry, Patricia A. Rider
1997
Barbara Albers, Laureen D. Brown, Marlene Flagel, Susan Gruenberg, Melba Hunt, Mary Sue Kessler, Judy McCormick, Bobbie Myers, Jenni Roer, Susanne A. Weaver
1996
Carol Bauer, S.C., Anna Gee Blackwell, Gretchen Bullock, Debby Goldenberg, Barbara Pugliese Gorman, Helen L. Jones, Sonnie Kasch, Arnecia Patterson, Margarette E. Radabaugh, Michaela R. Shafer
1995
Margy Anderson, Deborah N. Bailey, Mary Ellen Batiuk, Barbara Bennett, D.O., Lynnette M. Heard, Dorothy Kammerer, Carol F. Peck, Margaret Evelyn Peters, Nancy K. Schiffer, Haydee C. Seiger
1994
Tracy Bieser, Rose Dwight, Lisa Edwards, Diane Frey, Ph.D, Jan Goodwin, Anna Mays, Barbara Meadows, Karen Medford Idotha Bootsie Neal, Regina Roberts
1993
Kathy Emery, Marjorie Lyon Jones, Julie Mielke, Vicki Pegg, Caryl Philips, Carolyn Rathweg, Adele Riley, Jennie H. Sethna, Norma Sharkey, Pamela Swaim
1992
Clara S. Delgado, Linda Mercuri Fischbach, Reba Cox Gaston, Ann Brunston Higdon, Nancy Ott, Lorraine Quinlivan, Laverne Sci, Joan A. VanVleck, Roberta Weaver, Rose Wildenhaus
1991
Elaine Bettman, Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders, Sandra Ingberg, Charity Krueger, Alyce Lucas, Sally Murphy, Margaret Raney, Gina Showell, Sherry Stanley, Nancy White
1990
Wanda Baer*, Lynda A. Cohen, Connie M. Davis, Diane Aldrich Davis, Sally J. Graubarth, Phyllis B. Greer, Joyce Hannah (Beatty), Leslie Loper, Sherry L. Partee, Tanya L. Simpson, Joan “Joey” Thiele
1989
Patti Ann Dixon, Evelyn Ferguson, Susan Fitzsimons, Mattie Kimbro, Sophia Klein, Nancy K. Mason*, Linda Sacher, Linda Sattern, Mary Ann Schroeder, Dorothy Scott, Carolyn Young
1988
Judith Cramer, Joan Fox, Mary Matthews, Jerrie McGill*, Virginia McNeal, Bertha Roberts, Willie Belle Spear, Juanita Lee Stollings, Maceola Taylor, Judy Wortham, Janice Zosh (Williams)
1987
Mary E. Beery, Karen S. Dunlap, Jewel Graham, Mildred Hawkins, Linda J. Hedden, Flo Lanasa, Gail Levin*, Chris Saunders, Mary Taylor, Sharmon L. Thornton, Lucinda Williams-Adams
1986
Mabel Becker, Esther Carter Circiello, Florence Clemm, Helen Coffield, Gertie Eachus, Marilyn L. Holder, Lorana Kelly, Juanita Lopresti, Tracy Perrapato, Marilyn Thomas
1985
Genive L. Caldwell, Joyce Ferrar, Edith Holsinger, Joan Pettiford, Pearl Rockoff, Elvira Rosca-Jaballas, Lois Ross, Jan Rudd, Patricia A. Torvik, Barbara Weaver
1984
June G. Casterton, Brenda Lee, Kathleen Pier, Shirley Pohl, Doris C. Scott, Susan Sibbing, Yvonne Walker-Taylor, Betsy Baldwin Whitney, Norma Zappin
1983
Phyllis Brzozowska, Jeanne Comer, Joyce Conner, Renate Wasserman Harlan, Sarah Harris, Glendora Hipple*, Marian Kretschmer, Kathleen McNamara, Jean M. Shwartz, Beverly Ungerleider, Lucille Wheat
1982
Marlene Acus, Ella Bergoen, Vashti Bonner, Margarethe Feenstra, Joanne L. Henkel, Blanche E. Keyser, Carolyn J. Miller, Ellen Jane, Lorenz Porter, Lucille Wallace, Sue Seifert Williams, Pat Young
1981
Ophelia Branner, Connie Day, Katherine Dierker, Frances M. Franchina, Anne Greene*, Evangeline Lindsley, Maxine Miller, Doris Ponitz, Betty Schmoll, Annette Smith, Sandra Turner
1980
Jeanne Eickman, Marilyn Erickson, Carol Graff, Clarissa Hall, Elenore Koch, Ella Lowry, Lois Nisonger, Carol Shaw, Lydia Sindelar, Lavina Wilson
1979
Joanna Hill (Heltzman), Dorothy Hitchcock, Annie Johnson, Lillian M. Kern*, Nora Lake, Evelyn Lambert, Edythe Lewis, Paula MacIlwaine, Patricia Morones, Mary Brown Pryor, M.D., Miley Williamson
1978
Martha Franz, M.D., Macy Janney, Vivian Floyd Lewis, Ph.D., Mary Catherine Loges, Donna Moon, Beverly Pratt, Amie Revere, Clara Weisenborn, Marjorie Wingfield, Joyce Young
1977
Marie Aull, Jeraldyne Blunden, Lela Estes, Nan Gooch, Mary Henderson, Bette Rogge Morse, Joyce Peche, Bernice Sumlin, Rita Vlahos, Wanda Wiedman, Deloris L. Winslow
1976
Kathleen H. Biteman, Patricia Bradley Falke, Minnie Fells Johnson, Susanne Rike Kircher, Gwen Lee, Freda Mills-Price, Mary Munroe, Grace Ramos, Marion Sweeney, Helen Tomski
1975
Mary Gardner, Judy Gerhard, Marjorie Hildebrandt, Marie Humbarger, Leola Kennard, Virginia Kettering, Audrey Kimble, Cecile Meier, Esther Price, Helena Sparks, Irene Van Dyke
1974
Florence Atkinson, Mary Chance, Mary Ann Drerup, Mickey Gogle, Leola Green, Eunice Kinney, Georganne Matthews, Ruth Medlin, Joyce Mitchell, Mary Requarth
1973
Margaret Bonner, Marguerite D. Bristow, Ann Christopher Gnau, Judith Goldenberg, Alma Ward Jones, Maxine Kawanishi, Mildred Kennedy, Frances Lubens, Bonnie Macaulay, Eugenia Sutton, Vivian Walton
1972
Elizabeth Belden, LeVena Derickson, Edyth Eby, Virginia Price, Harriet Speece, Jane Sterzer, Marguerite Stone, Louise Taylor, Mary Wheeler, Jo Wright
1971
Susie Brown, Bonnie Reinicke Deal, Wilma Donley, Mabel L. Ferguson, Patricia Marx, Dorothy Milby, Ellen Pultz, Esther M. Reimueller, Ann M. Shafor, Jane Sterzer
1970
Virginia Fisher, Norma Fortune, Lera Rae, Cora Reese, Carol Reininger, Wilhelmena Robinson, Judith Ryan, Josephine Schwarz, Dorothy Wall, Cecile Wilson
1969
Barbara Bernstein, Jane Britt, Dorothy Culp, Martha Freedman, Lillian Heard, Winona Jackson, Lula Jeter, Barbara Mangio, Mary Neff, Mary Williams
1968
Demmie Carrell, Edna Estes, Blonnie Jeter, Viola Kayser, Mabel Lawwill, Sue Lennon, Bess Menachof, Jeanette Pelphrey, Goldie Pollitt, Marjorie Schmidt
1967
Helen Ayars, Sarah Ellis, Barbara L. Goldman, Mildred Harvey, Zula Harvey, Margaret Lloyd, Leona Marshall, Sadie Melson, Margaret Robinson, Olgha Sandman
1966
Lucile Buchanan, Thelma Crim, Hilda Curran, Marilouise Downing, Annie Ginstie, Jessie Hathcock, Martha Hays, Theresa Folger Longnecker, Lillian Sawyers, Catherine Stofer
1965
Grace Augspurger, Lucy Caldwell, Minette Cohn, Charity Earley, Betty Heusch, Grayce Hull, Ruth Keeton, Marie Mougey, Ruby Sebastian, Faye Trittschuh
1964
Juliet Blanchard, Marie Campbell, Marjorie Kline Donoff, Virginia R. Helton, Bessie Hotopp, Olive Huston, Leona Masters, Elsie Mead, Carrie Strolger, Amy Talbott
1963
Jean D. Booker, Dorothy Emmons, Evelyn Jackson, Pauline Kaufman, Betty Kirchmer, Enid Marquardt, Ruth Schwartz, Jeannette Seiter, Mary Tawney, Christine Whedon
1962
Helen Anderson, Betty Blakely, Florence Clippinger, Norma Gleason, Ann Shellabarger, Pfeife Smith, Margaret Thompson, Veda VanAtta, Marie Weinsenbarger, Beryl White
*Judges’ Award winners are not Ten Top Women honorees but are recognized for their special service to the community.
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