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Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Association award

Honors of the Association Award

LSHA's highest recognition for a decade or more of service to the association.

Criteria

  • The recipient must be a LSHA member in good standing for two years prior to receiving the award.
  • The recipient named as receiving Honors of the Association should have at least 10 years of active service to LSHA, including holding office and/or committee work.
  • The recipient should have made outstanding contributions in no less than 5 of these 10 areas: Clinical service in private practice or in private or public institutions, publications, teaching, clinical supervision, liaison with other professions/agencies, legislative activities, service to LSHA, service to other professional organizations (ASHA, LBESPA, etc.), program administration, research.

Recipients

Recipients of the Honors of the Association Award by year
YearRecipient
1978Jeanette Laguaite
1981Frances Billeaud
1984Pam Handy, Vince Byers
1987Mary Pannbacker, Ila Monteleone
1988Joseph Melcher, Dianne Orlesh
1989Glenn Waguespack
1990Paul Miller
1991David Irwin
1992Martin Audiffred, Kelmer Baxter
1993Linda Rose, Wendy Powers
1994Denise Taylor
1995Gay Veckovius
1996Vickie Irwin
1997Theresa Rodgers
1998Janet Norris
1999Karen Ditty, Nina Simmons Mackie
2000Betty Jackson
2001Mrs. Norma O. Johnson
2002Tania Griener
2003Barbara Batchelor
2004Paula Currie
2005Stephen J. Harris
2007Kerri Phillips, Janna Oetting
2009M. Christy Fontenot
2010Diane Whittington
2012Annemarie Clancy, Stephen Mire, Nancye Roussel, PhD, Lynn Bourgeois
2013Emily Homer, Flavia Eldridge, Rita Keller, Lillian Stiegler, Shalini Arehole
2014Julie Andries
2016Dr. Donna M. Fitzgerald-DeJean, Shelley Chesney, Susan Lemonier
2020Leigh Anne Baker
2023Ramona Bonnette
2024Dr. Marilynn Seibert