History of Honorary Alumni Awards
1950s & 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s
October 1958
Mr. O. J. Cullumber (Frances)
June 1961
Mrs. Ruel S. Webb (Gladys)
October 1961
Miss Sylvia Turner
Mr. Ralph McCague
Mr. Fred Young
June 1962
Dr. C. F. Littell
Dr. James Culbertson
Dr. Chester Rich
Dr. Roy Nelson
Dr. Albion King
Mr. Clyde Tull
Miss Ruth Pinkerton
October 1962
Mr. Jasper W. Bloom
Mr. Lloyd LeGrand
Mr. Al Morrissey
Dr. Howard Lane
Miss Nama Lathe
Miss Luella Ninde
Dr. Clyde Norton
Miss Helen Venn
Dr. Elmer Boots
June 1963
Dr. Arland F. Christ-Janer
Mrs. R. I. Christ-Janer (Becky)
October 1963
Dr. Harry F. Lewis
Mr. Richard Barker
Miss Emma Kettlesen
Mrs. William Neff
Mrs. Anna Wetherell
June 1964
Miss Marian Blair
Miss Mary Chamberlian
Mrs. Orville Rennie (Jane)
Mrs. Paul K. Scott (Betty)
October 1964
Dean and Mrs. Howard Troyer (Dorie)
Miss Evelyn Fisher
Mr. S. E. Coquillette
June 1965
Mrs. Sutherland Dows
Mr. Ernst Lieberknecht
Mr. Ben F. Youngker, Sr.
October 1965
Mrs. Al Morrissey (Norma)
Mrs. Errol Miller (Ella)
June 1966
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cochran (Marjorie)
Mr. Rainsford A. Brown
Dr. Otis E. Young
Miss Delinda Roggensack
October 1966
Dean and Mrs. Jay B. MacGregor (Helen)
Mr. Charles A. Davis
June 1967
Mr. Loy C. Montgomery
Dr. Wayne Foster
Mrs. Robert Armstrong (Esther)
October 1967
Mr. Arthur E. Kudart
Mr. John H. Yeisley
June 1968
Bishop James S. Thomas
Dr. Charles S. Hempstead
October 1968
Judge Warren Rees
Mr. Fred L. Travis
Mr. L. A. "Polly" Wallace
June 1969
Dean Stuart J. E. Good
October 1969
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Stumpf (Jean)
October 1970
Mrs. Joseph Meade (Harriet)
June 1971
Dr. Kermit W. Myers
Mr. Cecil J. Thomas
Mrs. Richard Small (Norma Thomas)
October 1971
Mrs. Ed Hines (Mary)
Mrs. Robert Smith (Melba)
Mrs. Howard Schneider (Nita)
June 1972
Miss Mavis Holmes
Mr. Jess Wagus
October 1972
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown (Alice)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klein (Rubye)
June 1973
Mr. Harold Whittle
Dean Jean B. Tompkins
Dr. Eric C. Kollman
Dr. John Shackford
October 1973
Mrs. Russell Anderson (Helen)
Mr. David Barsotti
Dr. Elmer Prall
October 1974
Mrs. Bruno Beckman (Ella)
Professor Wilbur West
Mrs. William Reynolds (Margaret)
Mrs. Archie Carter (Marie)
June 1975
Mrs. Ernest Sommerville (Patsy)
Mrs. Richard Brokel (Carol)
Mr. O. V. "Al" Nielsen
October 1975
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Dean (Helen)
June 1976
Dr. and Mrs. Philip V. Secor (Anne)
October 1976
Mrs. Paul K. Scott (Betty)
Mrs. James McCutcheon (Ruth)
Mrs. Gordon Meredith (Sara)
Mrs. William Goudy (Jeri)
June 1977
Mrs. Margaret Woods
Miss Lucille Hunzelman
Dr. Winston W. Ehrmann
Miss Dorothy Newbury
Professor Julian Bern
Mrs. Mihailo Mihailovic (Emilija)
October 1977
Mrs. Robert Hall (Betty)
Mrs. Gordon Ellison (Dorothy)
Mrs. Richard Potter (Patsy)
Ms. Stella Mae Easker
Mr. Paul Wulfsberg
June 1978
Mrs. F. E. Brown (Margaret Fisher)
Mrs. Gregory Kennedy (Genevieve)
Mrs. Ivan Stanley (Phyllis)
October 1978
Mrs. Ronald Bark (Josephine)
Mr. Larry Covington
Dr. Robert A. Sautter
June 1979
Mr. John Kirkpatrick
October 1979
Mrs. Charles Goodrich (Eunice)
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kruse (Orpha)
Mrs. Arline Troy
June 1980
Mr. Harry Gaarde
Mrs. Richard (Joe) Morton (Joy) (Formerly Mrs. Harry Gaarde)
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Neal (Smitty)
October 1980
Mrs. Clyde Perlenfein (Beverly) (Formerly Beverly Moser)
Mrs. Lowell Stambaugh (Mary)
June 1981
Mr. and Mrs. James Shutt (Jean)
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Stoll (Bonnie)
Mrs. Viola Walrath
October 1981
Mrs. Arthur Meyer (Betty)
Mrs. Charles Calhoun (Laura)
June 1982
Dr. F. Alan DuVal
Mrs. John Coulson (Merle)
Mrs. Merrill Dryden (Helen)
October 1982
Mrs. Roy Olinger (Anna)
Dr. William Linneman
October 1983
Mrs. Philip Winslow (Ann)
June 1984
Dr. Cecil F. Dam
Mr. Paul M. Maaske
October 1984
Dr. David Marker
Cynthia Marker Thomas
Mrs. Robert Majors (Janice)
June 1985
Mrs. Judd Strickland (Patricia)
October 1985
Dr. Walter F. Stromer
Mrs. Bernard Tiedemann (Marilyn)
June 1986
Dr. Geneva Meers
Mrs. Delmar Thumm (Shirley)
October 1986
Mrs. Herbert Wheeler (Zella Rowley)
June 1987
Mrs. Richard Grummon (Evelyn)
Dr. Francis Pray
October 1987
Dr. C. William Heywood
May 1989
Dr. William A. Deskin
June 1989
Mrs. Stanley Anderson (Edna)
Mr. Charles Milhauser
1990
No awards given
1991
No awards given
May 1992
Mr. Edward Glassmeyer
Mrs. Jerry Ringer (Carole)
Mrs. Lynn Stiles (Sally)
September 1992
Ms. Debra Czestochowski
Mrs. William Heywood (Vivian)
Mr. Peter Bryant
December 1993
Barron Bremner
Mrs. Michael Conklin (Diane)
April 1994
Mrs. Richard Williams (Marlene)
October 1994
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Garner Jr. (Katrina)
February 1995
Peter Paul and Betsy Luce
June 1996
Gladys Albaugh
Dr. Addison Ault
Dr. Donald Cell
Dr. Paul Christiansen
Mr. Thomas Church
Kay Schirm
Mrs. Melvin Crocker (Linda)
Dr. Harlan D. (Cot) Graber
Mr. John Huey
Professor Hugh Lifson
Mrs. Hugh Lifson (Dolores Sue)
Mrs. Jo Lowenberg
Mr. Larry Root
Dr. Sherry Strong
Rev. Dr. Richard Thomas
Velva Zirkelbach
1997
No awards given
1998
No awards given
1999
No awards given
2000
No awards given
2001
Dr. Ed Hill
Dr. Richard Jacob
Dr. David Lyon
2002
Dr. Truman Jordan
Richards Peters
Carey Downs Gibson
2003
Mrs. Gilbert X. Drendel (Carol)
2004
Gordon Urquhart
Judge and Mrs. David Hansen (Ginger)
Mrs. Lee Swanson (Jacqui)
Ken Kraft
2005
Dr. Paul Garvin
Dr. Dennis Damon Moore
Barbara Christiansen
Marilyn "Mem" McConnell
2006
Ellen Garvin
Bob Hoyt
Prof. Rich Martin
Prof. James Stout
Joan Benson
Robyn Hepker
Prof. Charles Vernoff
2007
Prof. Chris Carlson
Prof. Richard Peterson
2008
Judith Penn
Congressman Dave Loebsack
Lisa White
Jackie Stewart
2009
Robert P. Dana
Jake Krob
Galen Lacey
Dyan Smith
