AWARDS AND HONORS
May, 2015 Recipient of a named large room (with a plaque) in the new Paul Merage School of Business building, funded by Richard and Darcy Kopcho
June 4, 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award, Women in Business, Orange County Business Journal
2007 "Shining Star" in Education, WomenSage.
2007 "Legacy Award" for Exemplary Leadership, St Mary's and All Angels School
2006 "The Spirit of WIL" (Women in Leadership) Award
2004 "Trailblazer Award," Forbes Women's Executive Forum
2004 "Lifetime Achievement Award," Boardroom Bound
2002 Faculty Service Award, Graduate School of Management, UCI
2002 Recipient, Women in Business Award, Orange County Business Journal
2002 "Humanitarian of the Year", National Conference for Communities and
Justice (NCCJ), formerly National Conference for Christians and Jews
2000 Inducted into the Claremont Graduate University Hall of Fame
1999 Leadership Award, Founder's District, Toastmasters International
1999 Woman of the Year, California State Legislature
1998 Mentor Award, Los Angeles Women's Foundation
1998 Women of Distinction, Girl Scout Council of Orange County
1997 UCLA Alumni Association Award for Professional Achievement
1997 Distinguished Alumna Award, Claremont Graduate University
1997 Business and Professional Women Award, United Jewish Fund
1996 Education Advocate Award, National Association of Women Business
Owners
1995 Women of Excellence Award in Education, Orange County Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
1992 Spirit of Achievement Award (Education), Entrepreneurial Woman Magazine
1991 Amelia Earhart Award, UCI Extension Women's Opportunity Center," for
inspiring women to break through barriers and soar to new heights"
1989 UCI Academic and Professional Women Pacesetter Award, for contributions
to the advancement of UCI Women
1989 Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate School of Management, UCI
1989 Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society for Schools of Business
1988 Orange County Fair Best Reporters Contest (commentary category), second
place for article in Orange County Business First, "Women Job Seekers Would Do Well To Read Between the Lines"
1988 Women of Achievement Award (Education), South Orange County YWCA
1988 Distinguished Alumni Award, John Marshall High School (Los Angeles, CA)
1987 Women of Achievement Award, Sales & Marketing Executives of Orange
County
1986 Women in Management Outstanding Teaching Award, Graduate School of
Management, UCI
1985 "My Last Lecture," UCI Student-Faculty Colloquia, Command Performance
1982 Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate School of Management, UCI
1981 Career Development Award, UCI
1981 Conservation Award, Sea and Sage Audubon Society
1980 Outstanding Woman in Orange County (Public Affairs), North Orange County
YWCA
1976 Lauds and Laurels, UCI Faculty Community Service Award
1973 Woman of the Year, KNX Newsradio, for contributions in education, politics,
and protection of the environment