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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.

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.

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