Honorary Membership Award

Commitment to CRNAs/Nurse Anesthesiologists and the AANA

Honorary Membership recognizes and pays tribute to an individual’s commitment to the profession of nurse anesthesia and the AANA. The first honorary membership was awarded in 1933 to Agatha Hodgins. At the time, honorary membership was only for nurse anesthetists and meant a lifetime waiver of dues.  In 1975, the AANA began conferring honorary membership to individuals who are not CRNAs/nurse anesthesiologists. To date, this award has been conferred upon fewer than 25 individuals. 

For more information, contact Kelly McCohen at kmccohen@aana.com. 

Previous Recipients 

• 2023: James W. Carney & Luis Rivera, MBA, CAE & Mary Scheuermann, MNA, CNP, CAE
• 2022:  David Hebert, JD 
  
• 2021: John Fetcho & Diane Keegan  
• 2019: John Wheeler & Christopher Bettin, MA 
• 2011: Gene A. Blumenreich, JD & Mitchell H. Tobin, JD 
• 2005: Rita M. Rupp, RN, MA 
• 2001: Norman Paradise, PhD 
• 1990: Chal Maree, RN 
• 1984: Betty A. Colitti, BS 
• 1960: Cameron W. Meredith, PhD 
• 1959: Verna Rice, CRNA 
• 1958: Hilda Salomon, CRNA 
• 1956: Helen Lamb & Lucy E. Richards 
• 1946: Gertrude L. Fife 
• 1933: Agatha Hodgins (Honorary President)