Sara Ricks Caldwell '42, the first child welfare worker in Mississippi, became director of Family and Children's Services and assistant director of what was then known as the Department of Public Welfare. She initiated a scholarship program to provide academic degree training to child welfare workers in Mississippi; she introduced and promoted the use of professionals in the Department of Welfare; and she helped found regional mental health centers across the state. She served on President Lyndon B. Johnson's Task Force on Poverty. (Nominated by Joyce Nall Dortch '61)

Melvin Delgado ' 73, professor of social work at Boston University School of Social Work, has focused on new forms of community social work practice in urban areas, particularly in natural social support systems for people of color. He has served as chairperson of the Macro Practice Sequence, as acting coordinator of the Racism-Oppression Sequence, and as chairperson of the Community Organization, Management and Planning Sequence at BUSSW; as director of Hispanic Programs, Worcester Youth Guidance Center; as an intake worker, Puerto Rican Family Institute, NYC; and as a bilingual teacher, United South Bronx Parents Day Care, NYC. His numerous publications include government reports on Puerto Rican support systems and substance abuse prevention strategies among high-risk Hispanic youth. (Nominated by Gail Steketee, BUSSW)

Janet B. W. Williams ' 74 ' 81DSW, is currently a research scientist with the New York State Psychiatric Institute and deputy chief of the biometrics research department. She is the only social worker at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons to hold the title of professor of clinical psychiatric social work, departments of psychiatry and neurology. She is also the only social work member of the task forces that developed DSM-III-R and DSM-IV. She chaired the Multiaxial Issues Work Group for DSM-IV, helping to insure inclusion of a multiaxial system that recognizes the biopsychosocial perspective. She founded the Society for Social Work and Research and served as president for its first two years. (Nominated by Mary Ann Quaranta '73DSW)

In addition, the Committee has elected two pioneers to the Hall of Fame. They are:
 

The late Professor Emeritus Sidney Berengarten '43, whose obituary can be found in this issue of the Alumni Newsletter and George Edmund Haynes '10, the first African-American graduate of the New York School of Philanthropy and, in 1912, the first African American to earn a doctorate degree (in economics) at Columbia University. He is recognized as co-founder of the National Urban League, an important social service and civil rights organization, whose mission is to assist African Americans in the achievement of social and economic equality. Haynes also served as director of Negro Economics for the U.S. Department of Labor and as director of the department of social sciences at Fisk University. (Nominated by Carole A. Winston '71)