Metro Washington ARCS Light Award
This distinctive honor is awarded annually to a chapter member who has given the highest quality of long-term service to the chapter.
Guidelines for selection are as follows:
Only one ARCS LIGHT is to be selected each year from each chapter.
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The ARCS LIGHT should be an Active Member, in good standing for at least three years who has given continuous service with a positive impact on the chapter.
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The ARCS LIGHT should have the respect of and be representative of her chapter.
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The ARCS LIGHT may not be a sitting President
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This outstanding member is honored by her chapter and again at the National Annual Meeting.
Our current ARCS Light
Anne Wingo - 2024-25 ARCS Light
This year’s recipient of Metro Washington Chapter’s ARCS Light award is Anne Wingo! Her quiet, but steadfast demeanor and commitment to the scholars we support has been apparent since she became a member. Her three children have pursued scientific and medical careers themselves, following their parents’ commitment to military service and public health. She has shared her gift for mentorship and enthusiasm for advanced STEM education with our scholars since becoming a member in 2016 and has recently completed a long tenure as co-Chair of the University Relations Council. Congratulations, Anne!
Our recent ARCS Lights
Amy Mykityshyn – 2023-24 ARCS Light
Patricia Sparrell – 2022-23 ARCS Light
Danielle Robinson - 2021-2022 ARCS Light
Doris Pierson - 2020-2021 ARCS Light
Jane Riddle - 2019-20 ARCS Light
Susan Trice - 2018-19 ARCS Light
We are proud to acknowledge our ARCS Lights since 1972:
| Mrs. C. Swan Weber | Connie Watts (Mrs. Keith P.) | Doris Pierson (Mrs. Karl) |
| Mrs. Lorry N. Tindal | Virginia Wright (Mrs. Paul E.) | Danielle Robinson |
| Mrs. Charles A. Hufnagel | Ann Becker (Mrs. Ralph E.) | Patricia Sparrell |
| Mrs. James B. Graham | Jane Poe (Mrs. Eugene M.) | Amy Mykityshyn |
| Mrs. Alexander H. Flax | Andi Purple (Mrs. William C.) | Anne Wingo |
| Mrs. James T. Mathews | Lynn Heebner (Mrs. David R.) | |
| Jo Tape (Mrs. Gerald F.) | Beth Parker (Mrs. Ronald Hearn) | |
| Mrs. William Tait | Betty Polutchko (Mrs. Robert J.) | |
| Mrs. George C. Gerber | Alice Laning (Mrs. Robert) | |
| BJ Cantus (Mrs. H. Hollister) | Mary Kennedy (Mrs. Anthony M.) | |
| Mrs. David A. Wilkinson | Holly Coyne, III (Mrs. James K. III) | |
| Mrs. John Mansfield Coulter | Mary Snitch (Mrs. Thomas H.) | |
| Mrs. William B. Cofield | Marie Carr (Mrs. Richard W.) | |
| Mrs. Francis E. Rundell, II | Evelyn Soucek (Mrs. Leo E.) | |
| Karen Meyers (Mrs. William V.) | Toni Schierling (Mrs. Harmut E.) | |
| Mrs. William Bruce Arnold | Renee Fontenot (Mrs. John J.) | |
| Genevieve B. Wimsatt | Marlene Bekey (Mrs. Ivan) | |
| Mrs. James R. Dempsey | Virginia Lukasik (Mrs. Stephen) | |
| Ethel Iverson (Mrs. J. Richard) | Nita Hoernig (Mrs. Otto) | |
| Shirley Oliver (Mrs. William P.) | Jane Riddle (Mrs. Matt) | |
| Cynthia Howes (Mrs. Hal Williams) | Lynn Dillon | |
| Peggy Adams (Mrs. Laurence J.) | Susan Trice | |
| Carolyn Steelman (Mrs. Donald L.) | Jane Riddle (Mrs. Matt) | |