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)
Events Calendar
Demanding Change
Rachel Durchslag is the winner of SSA’s 2012 Butler Award for her groundbreaking work to transform how we view prostitution and protect its victims
Margaret Marion, AB '12
“The hardest decision I had to make when I was applying for the AB/AM program was whether to become an administrative or clinical student,” says Margaret Marion, AB '12. “I understood that whichever track I chose, I would still have room to pursue classes in the other track that fit in with my academic and professional goals"