May Wykle will soon be hobnobbing with British royalty.

Wykle, dean and Florence Cellar Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, will present Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth, with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Sigma Theta Tau International the Honor Society of Nursing. Wykle is president of the society.

The presentation ceremony honoring Princess Anne, who is president or patron of 222 organizations, will take place the evening of September 30 at Winfield House, the private residence of the American ambassador to the United Kingdom, William Farish. Farish and Nancy Dickerson-Hazard, the chief executive officer of Sigma Theta Tau International, will co-present the award.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest award the honor society gives to a non-nurse and is awarded for humanitarian and health care concerns. It was first given to Audrey Hepburn in 1992 for her humanitarian efforts with Unicef as its goodwill ambassador. Its only other recipient is former first lady Rosalynn Carter, in 2001.

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