Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Profile


Roletta Jolly-Fritz 21BS, 23MD

1976 Achievement Award

Joletta Jolly-Fritz, M.D., 21BS, 23MD, was Clinical Psychiatrist at Guilford County Medical Health clinic, Greensboro, N.C. from 1966 to 1973 and, at the age of 77, is a part-time staff member of Mandala Center, Inc., an in-patient and out-patient psychiatric facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Jolly-Fritz is nationally known as a lecturer on mental health problems of emotional children and problems of the physically handicapped child.


About Distinguished Alumni Awards

Since 1963, the University of Iowa has annually recognized accomplished alumni and friends with Distinguished Alumni Awards. Awards are presented in seven categories: Achievement, Service, Hickerson Recognition, Faculty, Staff, Recent Graduate, and Friend of the University.


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