Integritas Vitae Award
The university’s annual Integritas Vitae Award is presented to a local, national, or world leader who has demonstrated the values and philosophy of a Jesuit education – namely moral character, service to others, and unquestionable integrity.
The Integritas Vitae Award is distinctive as Loyola’s recognition of an individual of outstanding character from any walk of life -- with an enhanced focus on a person whose impact is pervasive and whose character should be subject to emulation by students, alumni, and the community. The literal translation of integritas vitae is "a life of integrity."
Loyola University New Orleans is proud to announce our 2026 Integritas Vitae Award recipients, Dr. Roland, M.P.S. ’92, and Mrs. Carol Gisevius Waguespack ’62, M.Ed. ’64, M.P.S. ’92!
Carol and Roland's lifelong dedication to Loyola and the Greater New Orleans community as leaders, volunteers, and philanthropists has advanced the university's mission while improving the lives of those around them. Their professional accomplishments are matched by a deep personal commitment to faith, justice, and the formation of future generations, truly embodying the Jesuit ideal of being people with and for others and exemplifying what it means to live a life of integrity.
The 2026 Integritas Vitae Award will be presented during the 1912 Society Masquerade on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at The Josephine. Learn more at loyno.edu/1912.
2025 John Benedict 'J.B.' Cordaro '63
2024 Louellen Aden Berger
2023 Amy Cyrex Sins ’98
2022 The Honorable Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. ’64
2021 Edgar "Dooky" Chase, III* ’71, J.D. ’83
2020 Lynn Coatney
2019 S. Derby Gisclair ’73
2018 Dr. Anthony Lazzara, Jr., M.D.
2017 Dr. R. Ranney Mize and Dr. Emel Songu Mize
2016 Anne Barrios Gauthier
2015 John P. Laborde, H ’96
2014 Maria Ribando Burmaster ’88, D.D.S.
2013 Phyllis M. Taylor, H ’15
2012 Sr. Imelda Moriarty*, C.C.V.I.
2011 Theodore A. Quant
2010 Frank A. France* ’49, M.Ed. ’56
2009 Tom Benson*, H ’87
2008 The Hon. Pascal F. Calogaro, Jr.*, J.D. ’54, H ’91
2007 Thomas H.* ’52 and Catherine B. Kloor*
2006 Donna D. Fraiche, J.D. ’75
2004 Alvaro B. Alcazar, M.R.E. ’84, Ph.D.
2003 Dr. Donald C. Faust ’73
2002 The Hon. Corinne “Lindy” Claiborne Boggs*, H ’77
2001 The Hon. Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu* ’52, J.D. ’54, H ’79, H ’05
2000 Rita T. Odenheimer*
1999 Phil Johnson* ’50
1998 P.R. “Sunny” Norman*
1997 Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil ’67
1996 Frank B. Stewart, Jr., and Elizabeth V. Lauricella
1994 Adelaide W. Benjamin, H ’08
1993 John F. Bricker*, H ’95
1992 Rosa F. Keller*, H ’84
1991 G. Frank Purvis, Jr.*
1990 Dr. Jack A. Andonie ’58
1989 Robert L. Howard
1988 James R. Moffett*
1987 Bishop Roger P. Morin*
1986 Dr. Norman C. Francis*, J.D. ’55, H ’82
1985 Sr. Anthony Barczykowski, D.C.
1984 Mother Theresa of Calcutta*, H ’84
1984 Verna S. Landrieu ’54, H ’05
1983 Mrs. Martin O. Miller*
1982 Francis C. Doyle*, J.D. ’44, H ’88
1981 Alden J. Laborde*, H ’96
1980 Margaret E. Lauer* ’35, H ’67
1979 Sr. Mary David Stier*, O.P.
1978 Dr. Alton Ochsner*
1977 Archbishop Philip M. Hannan*, H ’66
*Deceased