NASW Foundation
2006 Knee/Wittman Achievement Awards
Ceremony and Reception

The 2006 Knee/Wittman Achievement Awards Ceremony and Reception took place on Wednesday, September 27, at a private club in Washington, D.C., from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The ceremony, attended by more than 40 people, was held to recognize Paula Allen-Meares, PhD, MSW, as a model of excellence in social work health and mental health policy and practice, whose values, ethics, and approaches exemplify those of two dedicated social work pioneers, Ruth Knee and Milton Wittman. Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH, President, NASW Foundation, and Executive Director, NASW, served as master of ceremonies.

• 2006 Knee/Wittman Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Health & Mental Health

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Perry Wittman, Paula Allen-Meares, Ruth Knee	Paula Allen-Meares
Paula Allen-Meares and Elizabeth Clark	Katherine Kendall and Paula Allen-Meares
Elizabeth Clark, Perry Wittman, Paula Allen-Meares, Ruth Knee	Isadore Hare, Paula Allen-Meares
Jessie Smith and Ruth Knee	Ruth Knee, Joan Zlotnik, and Elizabeth Clark
Mark Battle, Paula Allen-Meares, and Evelyn Kays-Battle	Ken Carpenter, Elizabeth Watkins, and Margery Carpenter
Ron Manderscheid, Perry Wittman, son of Milton Wittman, Tim Tunner, Ruth Knee	Elizabeth Clark
Ruth Knee and Paula Allen-Meares	Joan O. Weiss and Paula Allen-Meares
Ikeita Cantu Hinojosa and Paula Allen-Meares	Juan Ramos, Ruth Knee and Betsy Vourlekis
Ikeita Cantu Hinojosa, Paula Allen-Meares and Gail Woods-Waller