Alumnae Service Award Recipients
2022 Jean Clinton Roeschlaub ’44 Alumnae Service Award
Janan Perkins Huntsberry '66
Janan Perkins Huntsberry '66 grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri, and always wanted to attend Stephens! Her dream came true, and she graduated in 1966 with an Associate of Arts degree. Within days of graduation, she took off for Kansas City to attend flight attendant training for TWA, then moved to her first base in Los Angeles. She realized her life at Stephens opened her eyes to the rest of the world when she saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time! She flew for TWA, then American Airlines for 32 years. Janan continues to enjoy travel all over the world.
After arriving in Los Angeles, Janan immediately joined the LA alumnae club, and became involved with answering questions for students interested in attending Stephens. She and her husband lived in La Habra, California, and they held several recruiting events at their home. They have lived in San Rafael, California, since 1975, where she joined the Marin Sonoma alumnae club. She and two other Stephens graduates started the Northern California club in the mid-1980s, which had as many as 100 members. She traveled to Washington, D.C. and Albuquerque and spoke about Stephens College. She enjoyed traveling to the different alumnae clubs across the country and meeting many alumnae. Before the pandemic, Janan coordinated events for the club, including fabulous holiday parties attended by the Stephens president and many other staff. The club donates money each year to buy something special for Stephens, and has provided funds for a scholarship for a California student for the last 15 years. Janan has worked college fairs for Stephens in her local area and was on the Alumnae Association Board for three different terms of four years each, representing the Northern California chapter. She was the class president on a rotating basis. She has attended many reunions and loves coming back and seeing the campus!
Janan enjoys golf and started a business in the golf industry as a manufacturing representative for six companies in women’s golf apparel -- everything from shoes and hats to gloves and clothes. She was responsible for a territory ranging from northern California, to Lake Tahoe, and up to Oregon. We are proud of her entrepreneurship in this venture!
Janan spends her time taking care of her husband, who’s in assisted living and has had two major strokes. She plays Mah Jong twice a week, and enjoys spending time with two young grandchildren and her three cats.
“Stephens did open my eyes to the world and I will always appreciate that and be of service to her. Thank you for this wonderful award for my service.”
Past Alumnae Service Award Recipients
2021
Diane (Campbell) Sher ’71
2020
Erleen Anderson ’91
2019
Diane Hunter Robertson ’86
2018
Jennifer Nitzband Flaks ’03
2017
Kerry Brocker ’82
2016
Doris Painter Littrell ’58
2015
Geri Blaha Bennett ’57
2014
Teresa Peacher Maledy ’78
2013
Jennifer Stout Brinkmann ’95
Sally Wibbenmeyer Gregory ’98
Shannon Blankenship Walls ’93
2012
Penny Scalone Kunzman ’67
Laurie Kempson ’77
2011
Kathleen Fung ’67
Diana Reese Groshong ’61
Julia King Muller ’61
Elizabeth Taylor Reid ’71
2010
Patricia Burnett ’67
Jill Griffith ’72
Mildred Swearengen Patterson ’60
2009
Gayle Flannery Bentsen ’67
Jeannene Thompson Booher ’56
Wendy B. Libby
2008
Rachel Gross ’93
Donna Ensign Marshall ’58
Kathy Stolte Sherrod ’71
2007
Wendy Parish Anderson ’92
Michael Quevli ’84
2006
Linda Podas Chapman ’65
Sara Jane Johnson ’56
Carolyn Skoglund Kuttenkuler ’65
2005
Joy Katzen-Guthrie ’80
2004
Laura Gross ’91
2003
George Ann Harding ’58
Choo Choo Hannemann Boyer ’65
2002
Frances Dare ’82
Gretchen Bush Kimball ’57
2001
Carol Anderson ’66-’68
Katherine Dietzen ’86
2000
Mary Josie Cain Blanchard ’67
Allen Hull Hermann ’63
1999
Mary Rose Silverthorne ’55
1997
Natalie Rosenberg Frager ’53
1996
Ellen Vollrath ’86
1995
Ramona Adams Kemper ’59
1994
Joy Underdown ’54
1993
Lois Hulen Todd ’49
1992
Patricia White Barry
1991
Muriel Hensler Lawrence ’36
1990
Jane Kayser Depew ’49
1989
Alyce Roberts Cheatham ’40
1988
Judi Strain Vanet ’73
1987
Jean Steven McVicker ’49
1986
Priscilla White Dunn ’40
1985
Linda J. Adler ’70
Alice McKell Roden ’69
1983
Bernice Linderman Williamson ’32
1982
Jeanne Akers Bloom ’55
1981
Margaret Phillips Burris ’29
1977
Bernice Linderman Williamson ’32
1974
Mary Lee Prunty Johnston ’40
1973
Sara Fair Sleeper ’35
1972
Kate Stamper Wilhite ’17
1971
Madolyn Youse Babcock ’44
1970
Christine Wood Graham ’42
1969
Ruth Lovelace Courteol ’19
Ann Webster Dearborn ’36
1969 (Faculty Alumnae Service Awards)
Naomi Holt ’29
Dorothy Martin ’29
Bernice Linderman Williamson ’32
1968
Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott ’18
1967
Barbara Courtright Nowell ’36
1966
Geraldine Hall Dalton ’24
Gertrude Buckley Windsor ’16
1965
Geneva Drinkwater ’15
1964
Ann Sorency Bedell ’30
Marion Cox Lichty ’35
Audrey Webb ’24
1963
May Laydin Chadwick ’28
Harriette Steward Fristoe ’25
1962
Grace Hendon Chancey ’19
Donna Stillwagon Hammond ’35
Nancy Johnson Schuessler O’Brien ’49
1961
Loraine Brunson Bohenkamp ’22
Helen Walker Eakin ’16
1960
Virginia Boos Bigelow ’41
Keitha Miller Deer ’39
Evalyn King Joachim ’29