Each year, by awarding honorary fellowship, the Academy recognizes individuals in honor of their extraordinary contributions to nursing and health who are not eligible for membership of a regular fellow. Learn about the Honorary Fellow Selection Process
2022 Honorary Fellows
Honorary Academy Fellows
- Harriet Udin Aronow, PhD, FAAN
- David Auerbach, PhD, FAAN
- Marion Ball, EdD, FAAN
- Bonnie & Mark Barnes, BA, FAAN
- Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, FAAN
- Winifred Yvonne Carson-Smith, AB, JD, FAAN
- Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, FAAN
- Lord Nigel Crisp, FAAN
- Yvette Perry Conley, PhD, FAAN
- Patrick DeLeon, PhD, JD, MPH, FAAN
- Don Detmer, MD, FACMI, FAAN
- Mary Dickow, MPA, FAAN
- Karen Donelan, ScD, EdM, FAAN
- Martin A. Dornbaum, MS, FAAN
- Nancy Dunton, PhD, FAAN
- Carroll Estes, PhD, FAAN
- Anthony Fauci, MD, FAAN
- Sandra Funk, PhD, FAAN
- Laura N. Gitlin, PhD
- Marilyn Goldwater, RN, FAAN
- Sarah Gomez Erlach, RN, MPH, Retired FAAN
- Millicent Gorham, PhD (Hon), MBA, FAAN
- Tine Hansen-Turton, JD, MGA, FCPP, FAAN
- Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, FAAN
- Barbara & Donald Jonas
- Kathleen Knafl, PhD, FAAN
- Thomas Knapp, EdD, FAAN
- Felicia Marie Knaul, PhD, MA, FAAN
- Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, FAAN
- John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH
- Maricel Manfredi, FAAN
- Lorina Marshall-Blake, PhD (hon), MGA, FAAN
- Patrick McNees, PhD, FAAN
- Doris Merritt, MD, FAAN
- Barbara Mikulski, MSW, FAAN
- Ahrin Mishan, MPA, MAVA, FAAN
- Robert Mosbacher, JD, FAAN
- Fitzhugh Mullan, MD
- Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN
- Dennis O'Leary, MD, FAAN
- Ed O'Neil, PhD, MPA, FAAN
- Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, MS, FAAN
- Dorothy Ozimek, EdD, RN, FAAN
- Geraldine Padilla, PhD, FAAN
- Patricia Pittman, PhD, FAAN
- Denise Polit, PhD, FAAN
- Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, FAANP, FAAN
- Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, FAAN
- Corinne Rieder, EdD, FAAN
- Peri Rosenfeld, PhD
- John Rother, JD, FAAN
- John Rowe, MD, FAAN
- Barbara Safriet
- Edward Salsberg, MPA, FAAN
- Donna Shalala, PhD, FAAN
- Kenneth I. Shine, MD
- Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FACMI, FAAN
- Annette Sobel, MD, MS
- Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN
- Louis Stokes, LLD, FAAN
- Joan Stout, DST, BSN, FAAN
- Cheryl Sullivan, MSES, CAE, FAAN
- George E. Thibault, MD, FAAN
- Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, FAAN
- Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD, FAAN, FGSA
- Louise Woerner, MBA, FAAN