Emeritus and Honorary Awards

PCACAC's Executive Board provides special Emeritus recognition to members who have retired from their professional responsibilities and have been highly visible for an extended period of time within PCACAC.  These individuals have rendered significant contributions/leadership in support of the Association's programs and activities. For this, they have been awarded a complimentary, lifetime, non-voting membership in PCACAC, and a certificate of commendation.

Honorary Awards recognize outstanding contributions/Leadership by those who have been a fulltime professional in the area of high school counseling and/or college admissions for a minimum of five (5) years; and have been highly visible within PCACAC and have rendered significant contribution/leadership in support of the Association's programs and activities; and are leaving the profession, although not retiring, OR are leaving a PCACAC member institution to assume similar professional responsibilities at an out of region, nonmember institution. 

Honorary Award

Rebekah LaPlante
Director of Gift Planning
Radford University

Prior Recipients

  • Shirley Bloomquist, A Second Opinion, MD (Retired)
  • Henry Broaddus, William & Mary, VA (Retired)
  • Ginny Carey, Independent Counselor, VA (Retired)
  • Margaret Cothern, The Yellow Brick Road, OH (Retired)
  • Elizabeth W. Delk, Hampton Roads Academy, VA (Retired)
  • Carolyn Doyle, Compass College Counseling, MD (Retired)
  • Paul Feakins, Norfolk Academy, VA (Retired)
  • Valerie Gregory, University of Virginia (VA) Retired
  • Audrey Hill, Montgomery College, MD (Retired)
  • Judith Hingle, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA (Retired)
  • Louis Hirsh, University of Delaware, DE (Retired)
  • James "Dal" Holmes, Washington College, MD (Retired)
  • Bert Hudnall, Ashley Hall School, (SC) (Retired)
  • Arlene Ingram, Arlene Ingram Educational Consultant, VA (Retired)
  • Mildred R. Johnson, Radford University, VA (Retired)
  • Betty Jones, Norfolk Collegiate School, VA (Retired)
  • James Jump, St. Christopher's School (VA) Retired
  • Leigh Lowe, Roland Park Country School, MD (Retired)
  • Joseph Monte, Albert Einstein High School, MD (Retired)
  • Joan Mudge, Garrison Forest School, MD (Retired)
  • Joyce E. Smith, NACAC CEO (Retired)
  • Norma Taliaferro, Goucher College, MD (Retired)
  • Dick Taliaferro, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, VA (Retired)
  • Evelyn Boyd White, Thomas Dale High School, VA (Retired)
  • Martin A. Wilder, Jr., University of Mary Washington, VA (Retired)
  • Karl Wolf, Shepherd University, WV (Retired)