LIVING LEGACY AWARD RECIPIENT BIOGRAPHIES
* = Sadly, deceased
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Dee Aker
Aung San Suu Kyi
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
Jane Alexander
Steve Allen *
Sr. Dolores Anchondo CSJ
Dame Judith Anderson *
Maya Angelou
Corazon Aquino - Former President of the Philippines
Neil Ash
June Barrymore Ash
Sally Wong Avery
Ana Maria Azzarolo
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Pearl Bailey *
Dora Bakoyiannis
Lucille Ball *
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D.
Anne Bashkiroff
Lillian Kennedy Beam, Ph.D.
Benazir Bhutto - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Blow, Lieutenant Elizabeth D.
Bente Borsum
Ann Blyth
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
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Mary Calderone, M.D. *
Helen Caldicott M.D.
Gigi Capobianco
Pat Carroll
Elaine Carter
Lynda Carter
Florence Chadwick *
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
Ann Armstrong Dailey
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Claudia DaMetz
Elfi von Dassanowsky *
Michael E. Debakey M.D.
Dorothy Debolt
Robert Debolt
Kathi Diamant
Phyllis Diller
Katherine Dunham
Dunlap, Brigadier General Lillian (Ret) *
Pieter Dirk-Uys
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Joan Embry
Marti Emerald
Iris Engstrand H. W., Ph. D.
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Nanette Fabray
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
Pauline M. Foster
Sister Claire Frawley
Pauline Frederick *
RADM Ronne Froman, USN Ret
Hanna Fromm
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Greer Garson *
Eleni Gatzoyiannis *
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
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Uta Hagen *
Clara Hale *
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 *
Le Ly Hayslip
RADM Roberta Hazard, USN (Ret)
Tippi Hedren
Katherine Helmond
Audrey Hepburn (posthumous) *
Eleanor and Arthur Herzman
MGEN Jeanne Holm, USAF (Ret)
Dolores Hope
ADM Grace Hopper, USN *
Doris A. Howell, M.D.
Edna Jo Hunter, Ph.D.
Laura Huxley
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Anne Jeffreys
Herb Jeffries
Jeanne Jones
Sally Jones
Barbara Jordan *
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
Natasha Josephowitz, Ph.D.
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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
Mildred Knopf *
Lucy Kroll *
Robin Rector Krupp
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
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Eve Curie Labousise
Debra R. Lappin
Pat Launer
Frankie Laine
Sylvia Lawry*
Peggy Lee *
Candy Lightner
Anne Morrow Lindbergh*
Petter Lindstrom, M.D.*
Martha Longenecker
Clare Boothe Luce *
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Major Nicole M.E. Malachowski, USAF
Tatyana Mamonova
Sr. Margaret MacCurtain
Rhonda Fleming Mann
Sandra McBrayer
Bridget Brigitte McDonald, Ph.D.
Marianne McDonald, Ph.D. MRIA
Pamela McEvoy, Ph.D
Gloria McMillan
Sr. Margaret Maccurtain, O.P.
Margaret Mead *
Jayne Meadows
Golda Meir *
Melina Mercouri *
Dina Merrill
Ann Miller *
Grace Mitchell, Ph.D.
Mary Ann Mobley
Zona D. Murray [Video ]
Major General Raymond L. Murray
LTGEN Carol A. Mutter, USMC
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Empress Nagako *
Patricia Neal
Ingrid Newkirk
Charlotte Nielsen
Craig Noel
Antonia Novello, M.D.- Former US Surgeon General
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Margaret O'Brien
Mavourneen O'Brien
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis* - Former US First Lady
Sara O'Meara
Sister Mary Vincent Otto *
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Anita Page
Patti Page
Lakiba Nicole Palmer*, USN
Phyllis Parrish
Linus Pauling *
David Perez
Gloria Penner
Dorothea Petrie
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo * - Former Prime Minister Portugal
Diane Powers
Jenni Prisk
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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 *
Elisabeth Kubler Ross * M.D.
Marion Ross
Jane Russell
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Jehan Sadat, Ph.D. - - Former First Lady of Egypt
Ginetta Sagan *
Ginger Lee Simpson
Jonas Salk, M.D. *
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
Kay Starr
Gloria Penner Snyder
Adela Rogers St. Johns *
Iris Lynn Strauss
Deborah Szekely
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Mother Teresa *
Sally Bullard Thornton
John and Sally Thornton
Lisa Thorson
Betty and Judge Ross Tharp
Lee Turner
VADM Patricia A.Tracey, USN
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Anita Uqualla
Pieter-Dirk Uys
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Mary Vaughn
BGEN Wilma Vaught, USAF (Ret) *
Simone Veil – Former President of the European Parliament
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Bree Walker
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
Beatrice Wood *
Jane Wyatt *
Henriette Wyeth *
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Agnes Yarnall *
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Alice Zukor *
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AWARDS
American Association of University Women
Arthritis Foundation
The Child Protective Services of San Diego County
Children as Teachers of Peace
Children's Hospice International
Girls Clubs of America
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Leukemia Society
Lions Club International
Manchester Family Child Development Center
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Operation Smile
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Phillip Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Physicians for Social Responsibility
The Polinsky Children’s Center
Rotary International
Soroptimist International of the Americas
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Salvation Army
St. Clare’s Home for Women and Children
United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Vista Hill Foundation
Voices for Children
Women of the American Military Memorial Foundation
WorldLink
SPIRIT AWARD
André DaMetz
Claudia DaMetz
Veronica DaMetz
Erica Duque
Bridget Brigitte McDonald, Ph.D.
Jean-Pierre Prieur
Karla Rodrigues Graphic and web designer san diego
PEACE AND JUSTICE AWARD
Gankar Tulku Rinpoche
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD
David Perez
LIVING LEGACY HEROES AWARD
Jean Colarusso
EGERIA AWARD
Marianne McDonald, Ph.D., MRIA
TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS (Posthumous)
Marie Curie
Margaret Mead
Golda Meir – Former President of Israel
Eleanor Roosevelt - Former US First Lady
Georges Sand
Mother Teresa
TRIBUTE TO MOTHERHOOD
Eleni Gatzoyiannis*
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy*
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis* - Former US First Lady
LEGEND AWARD
Yomaness Frieda Hardin, USN Ret.*
Herb Jeffries
Frankie Laine *
Major General Raymond L. Murray USMC (R) *
Margaret Hayden Rector*
Robert Rector *
PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
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 contributions of numerous biographies to this page.