Through the AAUW Fellowship Program, the Educational Foundation awards approximately $1 million a year to gifted women scholars. The Johnstown Branch contributes annually to this program by a portion of the Book Sale proceeds and annual dues. Each year one of the members is named as the Branch’s honoree:
1964 – Mrs. Louise N. Turner
1965 – Miss Sophia M Moibes
1966 – Mrs. Kathryn S. Hershberger
1967 – Mrs. Marguerite M. Shupp
1968 – Mrs. Johanna K. Mendenhall
1969 – Founders of the Johnstown Branch
1970 – Mrs. Anna Catherine Bennett
1971 – Mrs. Dorothy Glass
1972 – Mrs. Helen Ott
1973 – Mrs. Margaret Dressler
1974 – Mrs. Charlotte Bennett
1975 – Mrs. Anne Wertz
1976 – Mrs. Mary Berkey
1977 – Mrs. Marjorie F. Raab
1978 – Miss Leora Rager
1979 – Mrs. Murilla Himes
1980 – Mrs. Doris Lloyd
1981 – Mrs. Anna Doyle
1982 – Mrs. Betty Boyle
1983 – Mrs. Stasia Bennett
1984 – Mrs. Virginia Thompson
1985 – Mrs. Margaret Barron
1986 – Mrs. Maryann Minahan
1987 – Miss Valeria Fisher
1988 – Mrs. Joan Moss/Mrs. Mabel Burris
1989 – Mrs. Christine Bell
1990 – Mrs. Edna Rothrock
1991 – Miss Dorothy Kodrowski
1992 – Miss Lola R. Smith
1993 – Miss Sara Barron
1994 – Miss H. Elizabeth Fleck
1996 – Mrs. Anne Fattman
1997 – Miss Miriam Daisley
1998 – Mrs. Josephine Romani
1999 – Mrs. Mary DePra
2000 – Miss Leora G. Rager
2001 – Mrs. Edwrena Crumbly
2002 – Mrs. Nancy Tondora
2003 – Mrs. Winifred “Judy” Papineau
2004 – Mrs. Vera Leidy
2005 – Mrs. Barbara Papinchak
2006 – Mrs. Barbara Procko
2007 – Miss Katherine Kusibab
2008 – Mrs. Murilla Himes
2009 – Mrs. Dorothy Glass
2010 – Miss Loretta Ciupak
2001 – Mrs. Josephine Romani
2012 – Mrs. Charlotte Bennett
2013 – Ms. Kris Olsen
2014 – Ms. Wanda Keller
2015 – Mrs. Sarah Ashman
2016- Mrs. Deanna Haddle
2017 – Dr. Barbara Zaborowski
2018 – Mrs. Georgia Yeager
2019 – Mrs. Nancy Miller
2020- Mrs. Ann Furlong and Mrs. Mary Ann Minahan
2021 – Mrs. Nancy Miller, Mrs. Mary Lou Wyandt, and Mrs. Patricia Grzybicki
2022 – In honor of all Branch Honorary Life Members