Frances Tilton Weaver - Honors and Recognition

Honors and Recognition

In 1993, Tilton received the Leach Centennial First Woman Award from the Valparaiso University School of Law. Also in 1993, Tilton received an award from the Indiana State Bar Association as a woman honoree in the celebration of 100 years of women in the legal profession. Subsequently, the School of Law established the Frances Tilton Weaver Scholarship in her honor.

Tilton's societal contributions were many: She was a member of the Valparaiso Public Library Board, the YMCA Board, the City Planners Commission, the League of Women Voters, and she was listed in the 1958 Marquis edition of "Who's Who of American Women." During the 1930s, Tilton helped organize the Porter Memorial Hospital Guild, and was an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the Valparaiso Women's Club.

Tilton died in 2003, but her legacy lives on: in 2004, as part of the 125th anniversary celebration of the Valparaiso University School of Law, students carried the hand-carved walking cane that belonged to Tilton as part of the 'cane march,' a tradition where graduating law students, holding canes and wearing straw hats, march from the Valparaiso University campus to the Porter County courthouse in Valparaiso's town square.