The 100 Influential People of Occupational Therapy's History

The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.

the 100 influential people

In honor of the Centennial, learn about 100 people who influenced occupational therapy’s 100 year history.

Claudia K. Allen

Major Bird T. Baldwin

Lois Marie Barber

George Edward Barton

Janice P. Burke

Jane Case-Smith

Sharon A. Cermak

Charles Christiansen

Elizabeth (Betty) Cornelius

Florence S. Cromwell

William Rush Dunton Jr.

Mary Beth Early

Wimberly Edwards

Mary Fiorentino

Thomas F. Fisher

Paul A. Fontana

Susan L. Garber

Elnora M. Gilfoyle

Nedra P. Gillette

G. Margaret Gleave

Ann Patricia Grady

Marjorie B. Greene

Herbert James Hall

Betty R. Hasselkus

Barbara Hemphill

Shirley Jackson-Jackson

Alice C. Jantzen

Susan Cox Johnson

Winifred Conrick Kahmann

Thomas Bessell Kidner

Gary Kielhofner

Lorna Jean King

Martha Kirkland

Panelpha (Penny) L. Kyler

Henrietta McNary

Lucy Jane Miller

Josephine Moore

Letha J. Mosley

Penelope Moyers-Cleveland

Isabel Gladwin (Newton) Barton

Kenneth J. Ottenbacher

Lorraine Williams Pedretti

Suzanne M. Peloquin

Ruth A. Robinson

Margaret S. Rood

Charlotte Brasic Royeen

Elizabeth R. Skidmore

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

Clare S. Spackman

Virginia Stoffel

Marjorie B. Taylor

Barbara E. Townsend

Susan Edith Tracy

Catherine Trombly Latham

Beatrice D. Wade

Carlotta Welles

Shirley A. Wells

Ruth Brunyate Wiemer

Elizabeth J. Yerxa

Mary Jane Youngstrom

Muriel Zimmerman

The 100 Influential Persons were nominated by the public and OTArchive Editorial Board and were selected by the editorial board based on criteria included on the nomination form. Questions and corrections can be sent to OTArchive@aota.org.