Sigma Theta Tau is an international honor society for nursing. It was established in at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 4, 1922. Following is a list of some of the notable members of Sigma Theta Tau.
Academia
Chancellor and president
Mark Lombardi (Honorary, 2023), president of Maryville University Diana Natalicio (Honorary, 1999), 10th president of the University of Texas at El Paso Donna Shalala (Honorary, 1993), president of The New School and U.S. House of Representatives Claribel Wheeler, superintendent of the Washington University School of Nursing and Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing
Vice-chancellor and provost
Lydia Aziato, vice chancellor of University of Health and Allied Sciences Margaret Callahan, health sciences provost at Loyola University Chicago Rosemary Donley, dean of the school of nursing and executive vice president of the Catholic University of America Address Mauakowa Malata, vice-chancellor at the Malawi University of Science and Technology
Dean
Mary G. Boland, associate dean at the Rutgers University College of Nursing and dean of the Nancy Atmospera-Walsh School of Nursing at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Katharine Jane Densford, director of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, assistant dean of the Illinois Training School for Nurses Laura N. Gitlin (Honorary, 2017), dean of the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions Paula Milone-Nuzzo (Delta Mu), dean of nursing at Pennsylvania State University Elly Nurachmah, dean of the nursing faculty of the University of Indonesia Majda Pajnkihar, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Maribor Rozella M. Schlotfeldt, dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University Carolyn Ladd Widmer, first dean of the University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Professor and researcher Tina Alster, clinical professor of dermatology at Georgetown University Medical Center Marion J. Ball (Honorary 2003), Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington Ivo D. Dinov (Honorary, 2021), mathematical statistician, data scientist, computational neuroscientist, and professor at the University of Michigan Wafaa El-Sadr (Honorary, 2015), professor and director of ICAP at Columbia University Paul Farmer (Honorary, 2007), medical anthropologist and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School Nelly Garzón Alarcónn (Upsilon Nu), professor of nursing in postgraduate programs at the National University of Colombia Adejoke Ayoola, academic and nursing researcher at Calvin University June Clark (Upsilon Xi), professor emeritus of community nursing, at Swansea University Ivo D. Dinov (honorary), mathematical statistician, data scientist, computational neuroscientist, and professor at the University of Michigan Carol Fowler Durham (Alpha Alpha, 1982) professor and director of the Education-Innovation-Simulation Learning Environment (EISLE) for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing Lulu Hassenplug (Honorary, 1967), founder of the UCLA School of Nursing Nellie X. Hawkinson (Honorary, 1941), led nursing education programs at Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, nursing educator at the University of Connecticut Vicki Hertzberg (Honorary, 2021), professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University Susan Hickman (Honorary, 2015), geropsychologist and professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing Debra Jackson, professor of nursing at the Susan Wakil School of Nursing at the University of Sydney Doris Honig Merritt (Honorary, 1987), assistant dean of medical research at Indiana University School of Medicine Gita Mishra (Honorary, 2017), professor of life course epidemiology at the University of Queensland Daniel Oerther (Honorary, 2011), professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology Mitchell T. Rabkin (Honorary, 1989), professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and CEO emeritus at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Susan Mokotoff Reverby (Honorary, 1995), Wellesley College professor who wrote about the Tuskegee syphilis experiment Richard Ricciardi, professor at George Washington University Loredana Sasso, professor of nursing at the University of Genoa Helen Turner Watson, associate professor at the UConn School of Nursing Karen Fraser Wyche (Honorary, 2017) clinical psychologist and research professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing May Wykle, Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Endowed Chair at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing of Case Western Reserve University
Activism
Maggie Kuhn (Honorary, 1987), activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement
Business
William E. Conway Jr. (Honorary, 2021), co-executive chairman of the board and founder of the Carlyle Group David A. Hamburg (Honorary, 1995), president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York Lucie Baines Johnson (Honorary, 1985), businesswoman and philanthropist
Government
Donald Berwick (Honorary, 2007), 13th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Jo Eleanor Elliott, head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Division of Nursing; academic Vernice Ferguson, nursing department head at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and nurse executive with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Marilyn R. Goldwater (Honorary, 1981), Maryland House of Delegates Daniel Inouye (Honorary, 1985), Dean of the United States Senate Pearl McIver (Honorary, 1954), chief of the Division of Public Health Nursing, United States Public Health Service Jessie M. Scott (Honorary, 1969), Assistant Surgeon General and directed the nursing division of the United States Public Health Service
Literature and journalism
Ellis Avery (Honorary, posthumous), writer Suzanne Gordon (Honorary, 1999), journalist and author who writes about healthcare delivery and health care systems
Medicine
Doris Howell (Honorary, 1989), physician who specialized in pediatric oncology, known as the "mother of hospice" for her pioneering work in palliative care Gladys McGarey (Honorary, 2011), holistic physician and medical activist John P. McGovern (Honorary, 1989), allergist who established the McGovern Allergy Clinic and the Texas Allergy Research Foundation
Military
Richard Carmona (Honorary, 2005), vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and 17th Surgeon General of the United States Mari K. Eder (Honorary, 2025), major general of the United States Army Diane Carlson Evans (Honorary, 2005), nurse in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, which established the Vietnam Women's Memorial Kathleen L. Martin, Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy/Vice Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and 19th Director of the Navy Nurse Corps
Nursing
Ruth Lubic (Alpha Zeta), one of the leaders of the nurse-midwifery movement in the United States Florence Nightingale (Honorary posthumous, 1997), founder of modern nursing Undine Sams (Beta Tau), nurse Ruth Sleeper (Honorary, 1954), director of nursing service and the school of nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital
Politics
Monique Bégin (Honorary, 1999), Minister of Health and Welfare Canada, Minister of National Revenue, and Member of Parliament Rachael Cabral-Guevara, member of the Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly Patrick H. DeLeon (Honorary, 1993), psychologist, former chief of staff for United States Senator Daniel Inouye Adelaide C. Eckardt, member of the Maryland Senate and Maryland House of Delegates Bethany Hall-Long, governor of Delaware and 26th lieutenant governor of Delaware Princess Muna Al Hussein (Honorary, 2009), princess consort of Jordan Ruth Molly Lematia (Alpha), Member of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda Norma Matheson (Honorary, 1993), First Lady of Utah Carolyn McCarthy (Honorary, 1999), U.S. House of Representatives Donna Rozar, Wisconsin State Assembly Louis Stokes (Honorary, 2005), United States House of Representatives
Science
Roberta Bondar (Honorary, 1995), Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space
See also
List of Sigma Theta Tau chapters
References