EDGECLIFF SPRING CELEBRATION 2026
Spring is the perfect time to reconnect, reminisce and honor the lasting bonds of our Edgecliff community! Please plan on joining us on Saturday, April 18th for a reception and celebration for our Edgecliff College Alumni.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
3:00-5:30pm
Gallagher Student Center, Arrupe Overlook
Social hour, drinks/appetizers, and program included.
Cost: $20
More Information:
Fred Martens has worked to create some fabulous new Edgecliff spiritwear this year, please check it out. You have to order directly from the link, we will not have any for sale at the event, so order today!
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DONATE TO THE EDGECLIFF SCHOLARS FUND HERE
Questions? Please email Alumni@xavier.edu or call Dori Moellering at 513-745-3192.
2026 Sister Mary Sullivan Award Winner:
We are proud to announce that the 2026 recipient of the Sister Mary Virginia Sullivan Award is Kathy Kohlman Boutiere ’76. Kathy is truly committed to service in many ways, and in many communities. She has been involved in a variety of causes through the years, like Rent-A-Kid, knitting baby hats for hospitals, pet shelters, Warren County’s Ohio Means Jobs programs, voting polls, the Mercy McAuley Board, and volunteering at her kid’s schools, just to name a few.
Additionally, Kathy has served tirelessly for years (too many to count) as the Secretary on the Edgecliff Board. She initiates plans and executes Edgecliff Alumni gatherings and actively follows the health and wellness of fellow alums. She visits the sick and sends cards and gifts to strengthen and encourage healing. Like Sister Mary Virginia Sullivan, Kathy understands that genuine care and support helps to make the Edgecliff community stronger. She reaches out and encourages others to stay involved in Edgecliff events. Kathy displays tremendous leadership in a quiet, humble, and unassuming manner.
Kathy’s persistent dedication, just like Sister's, has kept both the HEART and soul of Edgecliff College viable and alive. Kathy is admired by many as a champion who truly embodies the mantra, "Edgecliff Lives." Congratulations Kathy!
| Sr. Mary Virginia Sulivan Award Recipients | ||
| Award Year | Name | Class Year |
| 2026 | Kathy Kohlman Boutiere | 1976 |
| 2025 | Loretta Connors Owens | 1976 |
| 2024 | Nancy Ochs McDonald | 1976 |
| 2022 | Mary Margaret Kindel | 1967 |
| 2021 | Christina K. Klocke | 1963 |
| 2020 | Sr. Victoria Vondenberger, RSM | 1968 |
| 2019 | James W. Jackson '76 & Mary Margaret Mazza Jackson '77 | 76 / '77 |
| 2018 | Martha Graf Teter | 1968 |
| 2017 | Helen Yeraout Vollman | 1970 |
| 2016 | Virginia (Jinny) Power Berten | 1962 |
| 2015 | Paula Geers McIntosh | 1971 |
| 2014 | Charlene Firstos Dittrich Hatton | 1961 |
| 2013 | Margaret A. Clark (Hornschemeier) | 1971 |
| 2012 | Patricia L. Kruse Herbold, BA | 1962 |
| 2011 | Sr. Phyllis Ann Kemper OSU | 1974 |
| 2010 | Charles H. Matthews, PhD | 1975 |
| 2008 | Kathleen Frances Byrne Kammer | 1961 |
| 2007 | Cathy Croes Tepe | 1966 |
| 2006 | Frederick LaMont Martens | 1977 |
| 2005 | Susan Rains Garry | 1957 |
| 2004 | Barbara Widmeyer Trauth | 1969 |
| 2003 | Theresa Duwel Thiemann | 1950 |
| 2002 | Adele Gratsch Lippert | 1954 |
| 2001 | Rosellen Galterio Creighton | 1971 |
| 2000 | Joan Shirley Halloran | 1950 |
| 1999 | Mary Jo Beresford | 1971 |
| 1998 | Ruth E. Meyer | 1940 |
| 1997 | Theresa Stavale Bruemmer | 1959 |
| 1996 | Bonita Neumeier | 1971 |
| 1995 | Sylvia Sieve Hendon | 1965 |
| 1994 | Not Awarded | |
| 1993 | Anne Dammarell | 1960 |
| 1992 | Mary Jo Kramer Brauner | 1964 |
| 1991 | Joeline Adams Lecture | 1969 |
| 1990 | Margo Jill Dugan Bohnert | 1964 |
| 1989 | Pat Robinson Scherer | 1953 |
| 1988 | Margie Rack Richter | 1949 |
| 1987 | Sr. Mary Ellen Buchignani, R.S.M. | 1967 |
| 1986 | Adele Pohl Corbett | 1936 |
| 1985 | Laverne Muldrow Summerlin | 1959 |
| 1984 | Betty Dierker Hagerty | 1946 |
| 1983 | Sally Bunker Fellerhoff | 1953 |
| 1982 | Sr. Elaine Charters, R.S.M. | 1954 |
| 1981 | Sally Thompson Watson | 1947 |
| 1980 | Margie Ebertz Adams | 1940 |
| 1979 | Meg (Margaret) Duwel Mazza (Bollin) | 1954 |
| 1978 | Claire Arling Cahill | 1963 |
| 1977 | Louise Meyer Doering | 1940 |
| 1976 | Sr. Mary Dolora Brinker, R.S.M. | 1936 |
| 1975 | Joanne Homan Schweer | 1945 |
| 1974 | Jean Decker Kemper | 1947 |
| 1973 | Mary Burns Bohlen | 1945 |
| 1972 | Peggy Becker Jackson | 1953 |
| 1971 | Claire Bassman Seidenfaden | 1944 |
| 1970 | Mary Imm Labelle | 1963 |
| 1969 | Marjorie Ruff Christian | 1943 |
| 1968 | Mary Overbeck Bedinghaus | 1948 |
