Established in 1981, the Distinguished Alumna Award is presented annually to the Alumna whose leadership and service to the School merits special recognition and appreciation.

Distinguished Alumna Award Recipients:

• 2011: Emily Gardner Baratta '88
  
• 2009/2010: Relie Garland Bolton '53, Centennial honoree
• 2008: Kit Jackson ’83
• 2007: Susan Obrecht Riehl ’79
• 2006: Carrington Dame Hooper ’54
• 2005: Frances Russell Rockwell ’68
• 2004: Diana Warfield Daly ’74
• 2003: Katherine McLane Hoffman ’37
• 2002: Tiffany A. Zappulla ’85
• 2001: Sarah LeBrun Ingram ’84
• 2000: Amabel Boyce James ’70
• 1999: S. Dorsey Smith ’65
• 1998: Meta Rose Boyd ’71
• 1997: Carroll Dawbarn ’64
• 1995: Elizabeth Hodges Johnson ’53
• 1994: Anne H. Van Ingen ’73
• 1993: Kitty Coolidge Lastavica ’49
• 1992: Meg Murray Keech ’44
• 1991: Betsy Searle ’74
• 1990: Sandra Baker Pinkard ’71
• 1989: Clare H. Springs ’62
• 1988: Liza Bailey Musgrave ’72
• 1987: Tania Lawson-Johnson McCleery ’71
• 1986: Beaumont Russell Martin ’65
• 1985: Carroll Morgan Legge ’48
• 1984: Stuart Rinehart Stewart ’66
• 1983: Molly Mundy Hathaway ’61
• 1982: Elinor Purves McLennan ’56
• 1981: Jenepher Burton Parr ’54