| Honorary Members |
All GWIS Honorary Membership Award RecipientsKey: R = Research; E = Education; B = Bette E. Barnes Early Career Scientist Award; C = COMMUNICATION; S = CERTIFICATE for Outstanding Service to Science, †= deceased
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| Year | Name | Reason | Field |
| 2025 | Iris Beatriz Vega Erramuspe, Ph.D. | B | Biosystems Engineering |
| 2025 | Karen E. Willcox, Ph.D. | R | Computational Science and Engineering |
| 2025 | Akshi Kumar, Ph.D. | R | Research Ethics |
| 2025 | Gokce Ustunisik, Ph.D. | E | Science Education |
| 2025 | Hannah Sargeant, Ph.D. | C | Aerospace Engineering |
| 2024 | Amanda Mills, Ph.D. | B | Textile Engineering |
| 2024 | Kerri Donaldson Hanna, Ph.D. | R | Planetary Geologist |
| 2024 | Liza Kunza, Ph.D. | E | Chemistry Biology and Health Sciences |
| 2024 | Yarrow Axford, Ph.D. | C | Geological Sciences |
| 2023 | Joni Wallis, Ph.D. | R | Neurophysiology |
| 2023 | Nafisa Jadavji, Ph.D. | E | Neuroscience |
| 2023 | Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D. | B | Immunology |
| 2023 | Raven Baxter, Ph.D. | C | Molecular Biology |
| 2020 | Nieng Yan, Ph.D. | R | Molecular Biology |
| 2020 | Amber Kaplan, Ph.D. | B | Immunology |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Hood, Ph.D. |
R | Plant Biology |
| 2019 | Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D. | E | NASA Astronaut |
| 2019 | Shruti Naik, Ph.D. |
B | Pathology |
| 2018 | Jedidah C. Isler, Ph.D. | B | Astrophysics |
| 2018 | Marigold Linton, Ph.D. | E | Psychology |
| 2018 | Donna J. Nelson, Ph.D. | R | Chemistry |
| 2017 | May R. Berenbaum, Ph.D. | R | Entomology |
| 2016 | Mildred Dresselhaus, Ph.D.† | R | Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| 2016 | Rita Valentino, Ph.D. | R | Neuroscience |
| 2013 | Edith B. Allen, Ph.D. | R | Plant Ecology |
| 2011 | Madeleine M. Joullié, Ph.D. | R | Organic Chemistry |
| 2011 | M. Rosalind Morris, Ph.D. | R | Plant Sciences |
| 2011 | Jean H. Langenheim, Ph.D. | R | Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| 2009 | Griselda F. Hanlon, D.V.M. † | E | Veterinary Medicine |
| 2008 | Sylvia A.Earle, Ph.D. | R | Oceanography |
| 2008 | Janice V. Meck, Ph.D. | R | Cardiovascular Physiology |
| 2008 | Anne Kopecky Vidaver, Ph.D. | E | Plant Pathology |
| 2006 | Virginia G. Carson, Ph.D. | E | Physiology |
| 2006 | Nancy Hopkins, Ph.D. | R | Molecular Biology |
| 2003 | Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H. | R | Bioethics |
| 2001 | Ruth Kirchstein, M.D. | R | Pathology |
| 2001 | Isabella Abbott, Ph.D. † | R | Ethnobiology |
| 2001 | Renee Diehl, Ph.D. | R | Physics |
| 2001 | Eva Pell, Ph.D. | R | Plant Pathology (current US Under Secretary for Science) |
| 2001 | Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph.D. | R | Molecular Biology |
| 1999 | Patricia Shaffer, Ph.D. | E | Chemistry |
| 1999 | Sue O’Dorisio, M.D., Ph.D. | R | Pediatric hematology/oncology |
| 1999 | Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D. | R | Neonatology |
| 1999 | Susan J. Henning, Ph.D. | R | Cellular and Molecular Physiology |
| 1995 | Dianna A. Redburn, Ph.D. | R | Opthamology |
| 1995 | Lynne Billard, Ph.D. | R | Statistics |
| 1995 | Marjorie Rhodes Townsend | R | Electrical Engineering |
| 1995 | Ellen S. Vitetta, Ph.D. | R | Cancer Immunology |
| 1995 | Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. | R | Parasitology |
| 1995 | Susan B. Horwitz, Ph.D. | R | Molecular Pharmacology |
| 1994 | Edith M. Flanigen | R | Chemistry |
| 1992 | Helen M. Free † |
R | Chemistry |
| 1992 | Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D. | R | Biology of Addictive Diseases |
| 1992 | Celia Marshak, Ph.D. † |
E | Chemistry |
| 1992 | Mary Moller | E | |
| 1990 | Alice Cunningham, Ph.D. | E | Chemistry |
| 1990 | Emily Quinn Pou, Ph.D. † | E | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| 1990 | Rosemary Schraer, Ph.D. † | E | Biochemistry |
| 1989 | RADM Grace Murray Hopper, Ph.D. † | R | Computer Science |
| 1989 | Alice S. Huang, Ph.D. | R | Microbiology, Virology |
| 1989 | Sally K. Ride , Ph.D. † | R | Physics |
| 1989 | Dr. Muriel A. Thompson | R | |
| 1989 | Dr. Ruth F. Hovde (posthumous award) † | E | |
| 1989 | Dr. Jean E. Simmons | E | Botany |
| 1988 | Maxine F. Singer, Ph.D. | R | Molecular Biology |
| 1988 | Barbara Hotham Iglewski, Ph.D. | R | Microbiology, Immunology |
| 1988 | Carolyn Berdanier, Ph.D. | R | Food and Nutrition |
| 1988 | Mary L. Good, Ph.D. † |
R | Inorganic Chemistry |
| 1988 | Jewell Plummer Cobb, Ph.D. | R | Cancer Biology |
| 1988 | Frances O. Kelsey, M.D., Ph.D. † |
R | Pharmacology |
| 1987 | Rita R. Colwell, Ph.D. | R | Environmental Microbiology |
| 1987 | Barbara McClintock, Ph.D. † | R | Cytogenetics (1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine) |
| 1987 | Thressa Campbell Stadtman, Ph.D. † |
R | Biochemistry |
| 1986 | Jean E. Brenchley, Ph.D. | R | Microbiology, Biotechnology |
| 1986 | Nell I. Mondy, Ph.D. † | R | Biochemistry |
| 1986 | Marion A. Brooks-Wallace, Ph.D. † | R | Entomology |
| 1985 | E. Margaret Burbidge, Ph.D. † |
R | Astrophysics |
| 1985 | Anna J. Harrison, Ph.D. † | R | Organic Chemistry |
| 1982 | Hellen Linkswiler, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1982 | Nina Matheny Roscher, Ph.D. † |
R | Chemistry |
| 1980 | Marjorie C. Caserio, Ph.D. | R | Chemistry |
| 1980 | Janet W. Hartley | R | Immunology |
| 1980 | Elizabeth Cavert Miller, Ph.D. † | R | Oncology |
| 1979 | Dorothy Quiggle † | R | Chemical Engineering |
| 1979 | Ruth Pike, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1978 | Margery C. Carlson, Ph.D. † | R | Botany |
| 1978 | H. Roberta Hafkesbring, Ph.D. | R | Physiology |
| 1978 | Mary Louise Robbins, Ph.D. | R | Microbiology |
| 1978 | Rosalyn S. Yalow, Ph.D. † | R | Medical Physics (1977 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine) |
| 1977 | Ariel C. Hollinshead, Ph.D. | R | Pharmacology, Immunotherapy |
| 1977 | May S. Reynolds, Ph.D. | R | Biochemsitry and Nutrition |
| 1977 | Elizabeth K. Weisburger, Ph.D. | R | Carcinogen Metabolism, Toxicology |
| 1976 | Flemmie P. Kittrell, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1975 | Charlotte M. Young, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1974 | Margaret Pittman, Ph.D. † | R | Bacteriology |
| 1974 | Mary Alice McWhinnie, Ph.D. † | R | Biology |
| 1973 | Chien Shiung Wu, Ph.D. † | R | Physics |
| 1973 | Elizabeth McCoy, Ph.D. † | R | Bacteriology |
| 1973 | Dorothy M. Horstmann, Ph.D. † | R | Epidemiology, Virology, Pediatrics |
| 1973 | Esther M. Greisheimer, M.D. † | R | Anesthesiology, Cardiology |
| 1972 | Florence I. Metz † | R | |
| 1971 | Jeannette Piccard, Ph.D. † | R | High-altitude Balloonist |
| 1971 | Rebecca Lancefield, Ph.D. † | R | Microbiology |
| 1971 | Virginia Apgar, M.D. † | R | Obstetrical anesthesiology, Neonatology |
| 1971 | Katherine Van Winkle Palmer, Ph.D. † | R | Paleontology, Geology |
| 1971 | Mina Rees, Ph.D. † | R | Mathematics |
| 1970 | Marion E. Webster, Ph.D. † | R | Bacteriology |
| 1969 | Jane Marie Leichsenring, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1967 | Mary Elizabeth Reid, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1967 | Dame Kathleen Lonsdale † | R | Crystallography |
| 1967 | Helen Hart, Ph.D. † | R | Plant Pathology |
| 1967 | Bernice Eddy, Ph.D. † | R | Virology, Epidemiology |
| 1966 | Helen T. Parsons, Ph.D. † | R | Nutrition |
| 1966 | Winifred Goldring † | R | Paleontology |
| 1966 | Irene Corey Diller, Ph.D. | R | Cytology, Cell Biology |
| 1965 | Anna Rachel Whiting, Ph.D. † | R | Genetics |
| 1965 | Mary E. Maver † | R | |
| 1965 | Helen M. Dyer, Ph.D. † | R | Biochemistry, Cancer Research |
| 1965 | Mary Dora Rogick, Ph.D. (posthumous award) † | R | Zoology |
| 1964 | Lela V. Barton, Ph.D. † | R | Plant Biology |
| 1963 | Margaret Mead, Ph.D. † | R | Cultural Anthropology |
| 1963 | Mary Agnes Chase † | R | Botany |
| 1963 | Mary I. Bunting (Smith), Ph.D. † | R | Microbiology |
| 1963 | Zada M. Cooper (posthumous award) † | R | Pharmacy |
| 1959 | Louise A. Boyd † | R | Geography, Explorer |
| 1957 | Mary Louisa Willard, Ph.D. † | R | Chemistry |
| 1956 | Eloise Gerry, Ph.D. † | R | Biology |
| 1951 | Edith H. Quimby † | R | Medical Physics |
| 1951 | Katharine B. Blodgett, Ph.D. † | R | Physics |
| 1950 | Mary L. Sherrill, Ph.D. † | R | Chemistry |
| 1949 | Lillian M. Gilbreth, Ph.D. † | R | Industrial/Organizational Psychology |
| 1949 | Madge Thurlow Macklin, M.D. † | R | Genetics, Physiology |
| 1943 | Florence B. Seibert, Ph.D. † | R | Biochemistry |
| 1941 | Sophia Hennion Eckerson † | R | Botant, Microchemsitry |
| 1941 | Edith Marion Patch, Ph.D. † | R | Entomology |
| 1939 | Jane Sands Robb, M.D. † | R | Cardiology, Physiology |
| 1934 | Emma P. Carr, Ph.D. † | R | Spectroscopy |
| 1934 | Frances Wick, Ph.D. † | R | Physics |
| 1931 | Bertha Van Hoosen, M.D. † | R | Obstetrics, Gynecology |
| 1931 | Cornelia M. Clapp, Ph.D. † | R | Zoology |
| 1931 | Annie Jump Cannon † | R | Astronomy |
| 1931 | Margaret C. Ferguson, Ph.D. † | R | Botany |
| 1931 | Anna Pell Wheeler, Ph.D. † | R | Mathematics |
| 1931 | Maud Slye † | R | Pathology |
| 1931 | Alice Hamilton, M.D. † | R | Toxicology and Occupational Health |
| 1931 | Alice C. Evans † | R | Microbiology |
| 1926 | Florence R. Sabin, M.D. † | R | Histolo |
National GWIS Certificates for Outstanding Service to Sceince Award Recipients
Key: * = also received Honorary Membership Award; †= deceased
This was a special category of recognition to older members of GWIS. In 1950, five members, all over eighty years old, were awarded Certificates for Outstanding Service to Science. This practice was continued through 1953, when the National Council concluded that these awards constituted a second category of Honorary Membership and they were discontinued.
| Year | Name | Reason |
| 1953 | Laura Florence† | S |
| 1953 | Elda Rema Walke† | S |
| 1953 | Leva Belle Walker† | S |
| 1952 | Emma Perry Carr*† | S |
| 1952 | Alice Catherine Evans*† | S |
| 1952 | Sophia Satina† | S |
| 1952 | Maud Slye*† | S |
| 1952 | Ruby Green Smith† | S |
| 1952 | Ella Woods† | S |
| 1951 | Martha Doan† | S |
| 1951 | Sophia H. Eckerson*† | S |
| 1951 | Alice Foster† | S |
| 1951 | Stella Hague† | S |
| 1951 | Rosalie Parr† | S |
| 1951 | Laetitia M. Snow† | S |
| 1951 | Bertha Van Hoosen*† | S |
| 1950 | Margaret Clay Ferguson*† | S |
| 1950 | Alice Hamilton*† | S |
| 1950 | Vida Latham† | S |
| 1950 | Ruth Marshall† | S |
| 1950 | Florence R. Sabin*† | S |
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