Life Membership Award

The nomination for Life Membership must highlight the following: 

1. The primary nominator must be a current NAFSA member. Individuals may not self-nominate.
2. The nominee has been a NAFSA member for at least 20 years. 
3. The nominee must have publicly announced their retirement from professional responsibilities in international education at the time of the nomination. Nominations will be considered within 24 months of the retirement date. 
4. The nomination must include the nominee's resume or CV.
5. Nominations must include two additional letters of support, each from a NAFSA member addressing a different perspective on the nominee's accomplishments.
6. The nomination documents achievements in the following areas:
   1. Election or appointment to multiple NAFSA national leadership positions
   2. Important and lasting contributions to the field of international education and exchange over the duration of their career
   3. Positive influence on the lives or careers of participants or professionals in the field

Nominations that do not comply with the award criteria or nomination procedures will not be considered. NAFSA does not bestow posthumous Life Membership Awards.

Awardees will receive:

• Waivers of annual membership dues and annual conference registration fees, per the NAFSA Standing Rules
• Recognition at a NAFSA Annual Conference
• Acknowledgement on signage at the NAFSA Annual Conference and on the NAFSA website
• A video interview to be hosted on the NAFSA website
• An opportunity to review Career Center proposals for a future annual conference, and for all future conferences
• A framed recognition plaque to display at their home or office or a donation made in their honor to a charity in partnership with NAFSA
• An invitation to write a NAFSA blog post on their connections to international education, NAFSA leadership, etc.

Life Members are listed in alphabetical order of last name.

• Caroline Aldrich-Langen
• William H. Alloway
• Gary Althen*
• Masume Assaf*
• Mariam Assefa*
• Ellen Badger
• Adria Baker
• Bill Barnhart*
• Marvin Baron* §
• Ralph P. Barrett
• Brian A. Bates
• Alex Bedrosian
• Lawrence Bell
• Allis R. Bens §
• August G. Benson*§
• Stan Berry
• Bonnie Bissonette
• Janice Bogen
• Hazel Boltwood
• Alice Bonzi Lawler §
• Jon V.C. Booth
• Peter Briggs
• M. Archer Brown
• Patricia A. Burak
• D'Ann Burke
• Jack D. Burke §
• Thomas Carey
• Eugene R. Chamberlain*§
• Denise Connerty*
• Janet Constantinides*
• Howard A. Cook §
• Phyllis Cotten §
• Garland H. Davies §
• James M. Davis* §
• Jean Delaney* §
• Edward Devlin §
• Richard D. Downie* §
• Linda Drake Gobbo
• Stephen C. Dunnett
• Marvin Durham §
• Everett Egginton*
• Kathleen M. Ellinghaus
• Bob Ericksen
• Nancy Erickson
• Michael Freeman
• Dr. James E. Frey
• Anita V. Gaines
• S. George Gallo §
• Charles W. Gay*
• Kerry Geffert
• Kath-Ann Gerhardt §
• Johanne M. Glass
• Mary Anne Grant*
• Heidi Gregori-Gahan
• John Greisberger*
• Jean S. Griswold §
• G. James Haas
• Alice B Hall §
• Mark Hallett
• Linda Heaney
• Regina Henry
• Gail Hochhauser
• David Horner*
• John Hudzik
• Stirling Huntley* §
• Shigeo Imamura §
• Sanford C. Jameson* §
• Marlene M. Johnson
• Dixon Johnson*
• Patricia Jones
• Judy Judd-Price
• Robert B. Kaplan*
• Scott E. King
• Robert Klinger* §
• Nancy J. Kopka
• Ann Kuhlman
• David Larson §
• Martin Limbird*
• J. Russell Lindquist §
• Bob Locke*
• DeDe Long
• Diana Lopez
• Virgil Lougheed §
• Jennifer A. Lund
• James F. Lynch Jr.
• E. Nell Magee §
• Alan M. Margolis §
• Suzanne Marlay
• Harriet Marsh
• Mary Cay Martin
• Patricia C. Martin
• Meredith McQuaid*
• Josef A. Mestenhauser*§
• Roark Miller
• Forrest G. Moore §
• June C. Naughton
• Joe W. Neal* §
• Donald Nelson*§
• William E. Nolting
• June Noronha*
• John Pearson
• Connie Perdreau*
• Norman J. Peterson §
• Deborah L. Pierce
• Ruth H. Price §
• Ruth H. Purkaple §
• Margaret D. Pusch*
• Cassandra Pyle §
• Mary Reeves
• Richard Reiff* §
• John F. Reichard §
• Jeffrey Riedinger*
• Tom Roberts §
• Kenneth Rogers §
• Mary Rogerson
• Inez Sepmeyer §
• Kathleen Sideli
• Albert G. Sims §
• Clara Simerville §
• Cliff Sjogren
• Mickey Slind
• William H. Smart
• Eugene H. Smith
• Michael B. Smithee
• Elizabeth Soppelsa
• Paula Spier §
• Joann B. Stedman
• Harvey Stein
• Michele Stelljes
• Jennifer Stephens §
• Joy Stevenson
• Ruth T. Storey §
• Nancy Stubbs
• Leo J. Sweeney* §
• Gail Szenes
• Kay A. Thomas*
• Lee Thompson*
• Mary A. Thompson* §
• Susan Thompson
• Mary Tinkham
• Linda “Toby” Tobash
• Anders Uhrskov
• Joyce Valdes
• Martha Wailes
• William A R Walker §
• J. Paul Ward
• David Ware
• Henry D. Weaver
• Jerry Wilcox*
• David B. Williams §
• Joseph F. Williams
• Geoffrey R. Wood
• Valerie Woolston*
• A. Lee Zeigler* §

* denotes former NAFSA presidents. Life Membership is conferred on past Presidents and Chairs of the Board of Directors at the first annual conference after the announcement of their retirement from professional responsibilities in international education, per the associations Standing Rules.

§ Deceased