Sigma Delta Tau Honor Key

The Sigma Delta Tau Honor Key is the fraternity’s highest national recognition. The key is awarded for outstanding service to Sigma Delta Tau. This ultimate honor has been awarded to:

Regene Freund Cohane, Alpha ’20
Miriam Hoffman Jacobs, Gamma ’23
Miriam Simon Levy, Beta ’23
Ray Sommer, Zeta ’26
Leah Affron Kartman, Kappa ’27
Leona Payne Briskman, Kappa ’31
Miriam Rosenbloum Grant, Rho ’35
Roselyn Mathews Reisman, Gamma ’36
Ruth Metzger Katz, Kappa ’39
Lorraine Spinner Orner, Kappa ’40
Patricia Jackson Linderman, Upsilon ’43
Harriet Burgheim Rodenberg, Upsilon ’59
Carol Stein Loewenstein, Epsilon ’64

Sigma Delta Tau Achievement Award

The Sigma Delta Tau Achievement Award is given in recognition of outstanding leadership and community service. This award, which may be given to a member or non-member, was first presented in 1938. There have been seven recipients:

1938–Hannah G. Solomon
1948–Marilyn Appelbaum Tallman, Kappa
1952–Lucille Lorie
1954–Sylvia Levin
1956–Regene Freund Cohane, Alpha
1980–Hirsh Schwartz
1984–SuEllen Weissman Fried, Alpha Eta

Sigma Delta Tau Outstanding Alumna Award

The prestigious Sigma Delta Tau Outstanding Alumna Award was created in 1952 to recognize exceptional alumnae who have donated volunteer service on behalf of humanity and education. Sigma Delta Tau has presented this award to the following alumnae:

1952–Sylvia Van Straten Kaufman, Iota ’46
1956–Roselyn Mathews Reisman, Gamma ’36
1966–Miriam Simon Levy, Beta ’23
1968–Alicerose Schnadig Barman, Kappa ’39
1988–Estelle Masters Rosenblum, Pi ’51
1990–Terri Cook Fields, Beta Beta & Alpha Pi ’70
1992–Susan Sturc Lederman, Chi ’58
1994–Sherry Lansing, Sigma ’66
1996–Floriene Kay Lieberman, Xi ’50
1998–Maxine Foreman Zarrow, Tau ’46
2000–Lynn Schreiber Price, Kappa ’77
2004–Su Ellen Fried, Alpha Eta ’53
2006–Phyllis Kestenbaum Snyder, Alpha ’69
2008–Gloria Buchbinder Cohen, Alpha Rho ‘67
2010 – Terry Markoff Savage, Chi ’66