NASW Charter Members


The NASW Foundation is proud to recognize and honor those current NASW Members who joined NASW as a Charter Member of NASW (prior to January of 1957).  If you joined as a Charter Member of NASW and are still a member today, please check the list below to make certain that you, or others you know, are included. The NASW Foundation is making every attempt to ensure the accuracy of the list.  Please contact us at naswfoundation@socialworkers.org to provide updates or corrections.  

Charter members have received recognition at special events and anniversaries such as NASW's 50th year anniversary. It is our pleasure to honor those individuals who have played this important role in NASW's history and its legacy.

List of NASW Charter Members

  • Janice E. Abrohams
  • Selma Z. Korn, ACSW
  • Sylvia M. Adler, ACSW
  • Phyllis Kosky, ACSW
  • Marguerite T. Allen
  • Gertrude Landau, ACSW
  • Nancy M. Ballantyne, ACSW
  • Jean M. Leedham, ACSW
  • Eva M. Ballo, ACSW
  • Katharine F. Lenroot, ACSW
  • Josephine C. Barbour, ACSW
  • Paul Lerman
  • Joseph A. Beattie, ACSW
  • Evelyn J. Liegner, ACSW
  • Patricia C. Beck, ACSW
  • Elsa C. Littman, ACSW
  • Rose B. Berry, ACSW
  • James R. MacKay, ACSW
  • Babette Bierman, ACSW
  • Elaine F. Marshack, ACSW
  • Thomas J. Blakely, ACSW, PHD
  • Helen M. Mason, ACSW
  • Aviva F. Blumberg, ACSW
  • Clara W. Mcclure, ACSW
  • Twyla M. Boe, ACSW
  • Louis W. McHardy, ACSW
  • Helen S. Bonapart, ACSW
  • Carla K. McQuaid, LICSW
  • Amy B. Booth, ACSW
  • David Miller, ACSW
  • Ruth O. Bournazian, ACSW
  • James Miller, ACSW
  • Carolyn Budlong, ACSW
  • Earl Douglas Morris, ACSW
  • Rae Carp, ACSW
  • Sidney Z. Moss, DCSW, ACSW
  • Kenneth S. Carpenter, MSW
  • Jeanne M. Nelson
  • Margery P. Carpenter
  • Joan B. Norman
  • Robert H. Cohen, ACSW
  • Eva S. Oles, ACSW
  • Donald Cole, ACSW, DSW
  • Carole Mae Olson, ACSW
  • Dorothy M. Cummings, ACSW
  • Dorothy C. Penlon, ACSW
  • John E. Davis, ACSW, DCSW
  • Patricia R. Pickford, ACSW
  • Michele L. Edwards, ACSW
  • Marvin S. Poyourow, ACSW
  • Andree Emery, ACSW
  • Irving Raffe, ACSW
  • Howard V. Epstein, ACSW
  • Ruth R. Rehbock, ACSW
  • Annette S. Eskind, ACSW
  • Kristine S. Rekdahl
  • Barbara R. Feinstein, ACSW
  • Gertrude M. Ress, ACSW
  • Murray Felson, ACSW
  • Ruth G. Richardson, ACSW
  • Elaine E. Finnegan, ACSW
  • Rita Rosenstein, ACSW
  • Barbara J. Firestone, ACSW
  • Stewart F. Rosoff, DCSW, ACSW
  • Elaine D. Freedman, ACSW, LICSW,BCD
  • Marlene Rotblatt, ACSW
  • Frances B. Frizzell, ACSW
  • Jack Rothman, ACSW
  • Robert L. Gambee, ACSW
  • Ann Sand, ACSW
  • Charles Garvin, PhD, ACSW
  • Carl S. Sawtelle
  • Hali H. Giessler, ACSW 
  • Grace P. Schneider, ACSW
  • Daniel Ginsberg, ACSW
  • Marjorie Schulte, ACSW
  • Anita M. Graber, ACSW
  • Joan V. Oliner Schwartz, ACSW
  • Ruth Gruenthal, ACSW
  • Norman J. Segal, ACSW, LICSW
  • Ralph L. Hanebutt, ACSW
  • Seymour Siegel, ACSW
  • John E. Hansan, PhD, ACSW
  • Dolores T. Smith, ACSW
  • Julia B. Havilah, ACSW
  • Israel Smith
  • Emiko T. Honma, ACSW
  • Faye L. Snider, ACSW
  • Miriam Hurwich, ACSW
  • Grace B. Spinelli, ACSW
  • Bernard J. Hyman, ACSW
  • Sylvia A. Stevens, ACSW
  • George P. Hypes, ACSW
  • John L. Tewart, ACSW
  • Kenneth F. Jasnau, ACSW
  • Henry T. Tsuyemura, ACSW
  • Ina J. Javellas, ACSW, DCSW
  • Donia O. Turzicky, ACSW
  • Mary A. Jennings, ACSW
  • Esther Urdang, PhD, ACSW, DCSW
  • Harold R. Johnson, ACSW
  • Jo P. Ward, ACSW
  • Harriet Jones, ACSW
  • Joan O. Weiss, ACSW
  • Helga Justman, ACSW
  • Genevieve A. West, ACSW
  • Fanny B. Katzen
  • Flora S. Williams, ACSW
  • Marie Kelleher, ACSW
  • Charlotte P. Zilversmit, ACSW
  • Bella Lom Kerdman Isaacs, BCD ACSW
  • Barbara L. King, ACSW 
  • Sylvia B. Kleidman, ACSW

Charter Member John Hansan With Dr. Wilma Peebles And Stanley Weinstein At 60th Anniversary Event 2015

NASW Charter Member John "Jack" E. Hansan (left) with fellow NASW Social Work Pioneers® Dr. Wilma Peebles and Stanley Weinstein at the NASW 60th Anniversary Celebration held October 15, 2015 in Washington, D.C.


Charter Member Joan Weiss With Dr. Bernice Harper and Dr. Elaine Congress At 60th Anniversary Event 2015

NASW Charter Member Joan O. Weiss (right) with fellow NASW Social Work Pioneers® Dr. Bernice Catherine Harper (left) and Dr. Elaine P. Congress (center) at the NASW 60th Anniversary Celebration held October 15, 2015 in Washington, D.C.


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Memorials and Tributes . . .

To honor living individuals, deceased colleagues, mentors, friends, or loved ones, visit the Foundation Memorials and Tributes page to view remembrances and make a tax-deductible contribution to the NASW Foundation's Memorial & Tribute Fund. All gifts will be acknowledged on the NASW Foundation Website and gifts of $100 or more in the NASW Magazine Social Work Advocates.