Patricia D'Antonio was selected as this year's recipient of the University of Virginia's Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry's Agnes Dillon Randolph Award & Lectureship.  This award, named in honor of one of Virginia's early nursing leaders, is given to an individual who has contributed significantly to the intellectual rigor and scope of the discipline of nursing history.  Dr. D'Antonio was chosen for her sustained contributions to nursing and health care history, particularly with regard to psychiatric nursing, historical methodology, and nursing in the community.