Ann Coyne, professor at the Grace Abbot School of Social Work at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has been selected to receive the National Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Social Workers. The NASW is the largest organization of social work professionals in the world with over 150,000 members. Professor Coyne will honored in Washington at the organization’s leadership meeting in April for her more than 50 years in the field of social work.
Professor Coyne is a graduate of Cornell University. She holds a master of social work degree and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She has been on the faculty at the University of Nebraska at Omaha since 1975.