YWCA to Honor 'Woman of Distinction' Sally Byrn '69

February 13, 2011

February 13, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Sally Byrn, co-founder of several not-for-profit agencies and 1969 graduate of DePauw University, will be among the honorees at the YWCA of Greater Lafayette, Indiana's "Salute to Women Banquet."  Byrn will be recognized as a "Woman of Distinction." The event will take place on Tuesday, March 1, at University Plaza Hotel, 3001 Northwestern Avenue in West Lafayette.

Award recipients were selected based on outstanding and inspirational achievement in volunteer and/or professional roles, community involvement, and leadership/role modeling qualities.

A graduate of the DePauw School of Nursing, Byrn began working to improve her community in 1972 by working with Ida Casey of the Purdue School of Nursing to create the Health Referral Center. Byrn also helped found what became the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry and, with the American Lung Association, helped start the Family Asthma Program in Tippecanoe County. Along with her husband, 1966 DePauw graduate Stephen R. Byrn, she founded SSCI Inc., an award-winning research and information company serving the pharmaceutical industry. The company grew to 100 employees and was sold to Aptuit Inc. in 2006. Byrn continued to serve in a leadership role there until retiring in 2009.

Sally (Rushmore) Byrn remains involved in her community as chief executive officer of Family Services Inc., and as a member of the boards of Wabash Center, Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Greater Lafayette Commerce. She is chair of Lafayette Urban Ministry’s Campaign for the Future and serves on the Altar Guild, Vestry and Endowment committees at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

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