| 1953 | Won Spelling Bee as a 4th grader defeating 5th and 6th graders to represent Comstock Elementary in city wide tournament. |
| 1956 | Eagle Scout |
| 1959 | Won wrestling tournament in 93-103lbs. class at Shenandoah Jr. High School. |
| 1961 | Selected to represent Miami High School at Boys State |
| 1961-62 | Miami High School, President Key Club, Student Body Treasurer, Member Hall of Fame |
| 1965 | Admitted to Indiana University Medical School after only 3 years undergraduate studies |
| 1967 | Selected by Partners of the Alliance for Progress, a program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to represent Indianapolis to her partner city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande del Sul, Brazil. |
| 1971 | Honor Graduate Academy of Health Sciences—Preventive Medicine |
| 1980 | Selected as a member of the Emergency Medical System Coordinating Committee in San Antonio, Texas. Worked with the committee to develop guidelines for training and implementing the first Emergency Medical Technicians in Bexar County, Texas. |
| 1992 | Awarded South Texas Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 1995 | Inducted into the San Antonio Business Hall of Fame and also served as the Keynote Speaker |
| 2000 | Awarded “Hero for Children” by the Texas State Board of Education |
| 2003 | Friend of Catholic Schools Award |
| 2007 | Inducted into Texas Business Hall of Fame |
