Past Award Winners

Edith Abbott Award Recipients

Award established in 1985-86.

Barbara Berkman, AM '60 (1986)
Arlene Gordon, AM '46 (1988)
Beulah Compton, PhD '71 (1991)

In 1992, SSA began alternating the Edith Abbott Award with the Elizabeth Butler Award.

Shirley Brussell, EX '42 (1993)
Georgia Ball Travis, AM '31 (1995)
Richard Edwards, AM '67 (1997)
David Protess, AM '70, PhD '74 (1999)
Ruth Knee, AM '45 (2001)
Gerson David, AM '60 (2003)
Frederic Reamer, PhD '78 (2005)
Edwina S. Uehara, PhD '87 (2007)
Robyn Golden, AM '81 (2009)
Charles Curie, AM '79; Jona Rosenfeld, AM '56, PhD '62 (2011) 

Elizabeth Butler Award Recipients

Award established circa 1990.

Karen Graham, AM '82 (1992)
Jacqueline Reed, AM '89 (1994)
Llewellyn Cornelius, AM '85, PhD '88 (1996)
Earlie Washington, PhD '90 (1998)
Eric Johnson, AM '90 (2000)
Vickii Coffey, AM '97 (2002)
Ann Maxwell, AM '96 (2004)
Denise Kane, AM '78, PhD '01 (2006)
Evette Cardona, AM '98 (2008)
Scott R. Petersen, AM '02 (2010)
Rachel Durchslag, AM '05 (2012)

Distinctive Innovation in Social Service Award Recipients

UCAN (2010)
Casa Central (2010)
PCC Community Wellness Center (2011)
Grand Avenue Club (2012)