2014 AOTA/AOTF Award Recipients

doi:10.5014/ajot.2014.686S07

AOTA Awards

Award of Merit

Margo Holm, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, ABDA

OTA Award of Excellence

David Merlo, MS, COTA, CPRP

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award

Helen Cohen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA

Health Advocate Award

AAA: Jacob Nelson; Rhonda Shah

AARP: Frank Carroll; Josh Dunning; Amy Levner; Aldea Douglas and Karen Kafantaris

Roster of Fellows Award

Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, CHT

Christine Berg, PhD, OTR/L

Deborah Bolding, OTR/L, PhD

Felicia Chew, MS, OTR

Patricia Coker-Bolt, PhD, OTR/L

Lucinda Dale, EdD, OTR, CHT

Karen Parker Davis, MA, OTR/L

Regina Ferraro Doherty, OTD, MS, OTR/L

Lenore Frost, PhD, OTR/L, CHT

Lynn Gitlow, PhD, OTR/L, ATP

Cynthia Grapczynski, EdD, OTRL

Peggy Gurock, OTR

Debra Hanson, PhD, OTR/L

DeLana Honaker, PhD, OTR

Julie Kalahar, MS, OTR/L

Vicki Kaskutas, BS, MHS, OTD

Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L

Elizabeth Griffin Lannigan, PhD, OTR/L

Elizabeth Larson, PhD, OTR

Jeffrey Loveland, OTD, MS, OTR/L

Lisa Mahaffey, MS, OTR/L

Shelley Mulligan, PhD, OTR/L

Julie Nastasi, OTD, OTR/L, SCLV

Susan Nochajski, PhD, OTR/L

Jane Clifford O'Brien, MSEdL, MS, PhD, OTR/L

Judith Olson, PhD, OTR/L

Pat Precin, MS, OTR/L

Patricia Schaber, MA, PhD, OTR/L

Cathy Schelly, MEd, OTR

Judith Schoonover, MEd, OTR/L, ATP

Mary Shotwell, PhD, OT/L

Vicki Smith, MBA, EdD, OTR/L

Donald, Walkovich, DHSc, MS, OTR/L

William Walsh, MBA, MHA, OTR/L, CHT

Rondalyn Varney Whitney, PhD, OT/L

JoAnne Wright, PhD, OTR/L, CLVT

Roster of Honor

David M. Merlo, MS, COTA, CPRP

Recognition of Achievement Award

Susan Krutis, ScD, OTR/L

Orli Weisser-Pike, OTD, OTR/L, SCLV, CLVT

Debra Young, MEd, OTR/L, SCEM, ATP, CAPS

Lindy Boggs Award

Denise Miller, MBA, OTR/L

Terry Brittell OTA/OT Partnership Award

Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Robin Jones, MPA, COTA/L, ROH

Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader

Rachel Dargatz, OTD, OTR/L

Outstanding Mentor Award

Janet Voss Delany, DEd, OTR/L, FAOTA

Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award

M. J. Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L; Lisa Merenda, MSN; Feng Tian, PhD; Scott Kozin, MD; Michelle James, MD; Gloria Gogola, MD; Pengsheng Ni, MD, PhD

Jeanette Bair Writer’s Award

Orli Weisser-Pike, OTD, OTR/L, SLCV, CLVT

Special Interest Section Quarterly Writer’s Award

Claudia E. Oakes, PhD, OTR/L

AOTF Awards

AOTF Academy of Research

Deidre Rose Dawson, PhD, OT Reg (Ont)

Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Elizabeth R. Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L

AOTF Award for Community Volunteerism

Sandy Hanebrink, OTR/L

Alexander Lopez, JD, OT/L

AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award

Dottie M. Ecker, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA

Susan H. Knox, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTF Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence

Deborah Whitcomb, MBA, MS, OTR/L

AOTF Meritorious Service Award

Adam T. Drobot, PhD

AOTF Leadership Service Commendation

Jane Acquaviva, OTR/L

Andrea Bilics, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Aaron Eakman, PhD, OTR/L

Nancy Richman, OTR, FAOTA

Jane Rourk, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA

Kim Schoessow, OTD, OTR/L

Kari J. Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Mary J. Bridle Award

Beta Delta Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon

In Memoriam

AOTA honors the memory of the following members, about whose death we were notified between October 1, 2013, and September 30, 2014.

Jill Alvord
Reba Anderson
Laura Bengert
Jon-Ellyn Bolino
Lynn Branden
Joanne Bristol
Claire Brown
Carol Cameron
Jane Case-Smith
Betty Condon
Charles Crane
Joan Crawford
Barbara Crebo
Patricia Crollard
Carolyn Davis
Mary Dettman
Patricia Dietrich
Ruth Donovan

David Edelstein
Susan Frede
Patricia Funderburk
Phillip Goodman
Ailsa Gray
Nancy Griffin
Helen Grothem
Margy Hahn
Ann Harris
Wayne Harris
Georgiann Hartl
Jean Hinkle
Brittany Honkomp
Gina Jennings
Catherine Johnson
Sandra Jones
Lisette Kautzmann
Catherine Kilbury

Cornelia Kuzma
Teresa Lamanno
Mary Lampkins
Barbara Lasek
Sherry Lewis
Brooke Locke
Priscilla Macknight
Mary Mauer
Jacquelyn Mazalook
Jennifer Meus
Shirley Moyer
Mary Murphy
Mary Neill
Joan Norris
Charles North
Sister Estelle Panger Osb
Ellen Reavis
Lynda Rock

Shirley Romero
Megan Sauve
Lucille Schlecker
Phillip Shannon
Helen Smith
Barbara Socha
Wanda Song
Emilie Staisey
Ellen Sterns-Paquin
Dorothy Sutton
Kathleen Sweeney
Michele Tanner
Amy Touchet
Merry Turner
Albert Vercoutere
Machele Walker
Pauline Witmer
Nancy Yentz

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Jill Alvord
Reba Anderson
Laura Bengert
Jon-Ellyn Bolino
Lynn Branden
Joanne Bristol
Claire Brown
Carol Cameron
Jane Case-Smith
Betty Condon
Charles Crane
Joan Crawford
Barbara Crebo
Patricia Crollard
Carolyn Davis
Mary Dettman
Patricia Dietrich
Ruth Donovan

David Edelstein
Susan Frede
Patricia Funderburk
Phillip Goodman
Ailsa Gray
Nancy Griffin
Helen Grothem
Margy Hahn
Ann Harris
Wayne Harris
Georgiann Hartl
Jean Hinkle
Brittany Honkomp
Gina Jennings
Catherine Johnson
Sandra Jones
Lisette Kautzmann
Catherine Kilbury

Cornelia Kuzma
Teresa Lamanno
Mary Lampkins
Barbara Lasek
Sherry Lewis
Brooke Locke
Priscilla Macknight
Mary Mauer
Jacquelyn Mazalook
Jennifer Meus
Shirley Moyer
Mary Murphy
Mary Neill
Joan Norris
Charles North
Sister Estelle Panger Osb
Ellen Reavis
Lynda Rock

Shirley Romero
Megan Sauve
Lucille Schlecker
Phillip Shannon
Helen Smith
Barbara Socha
Wanda Song
Emilie Staisey
Ellen Sterns-Paquin
Dorothy Sutton
Kathleen Sweeney
Michele Tanner
Amy Touchet
Merry Turner
Albert Vercoutere
Machele Walker
Pauline Witmer
Nancy Yentz

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