The Distinguished Achievement Award is the highest joint honor awarded by the Alumni Association and the college, and is given out annually during Homecoming Convocation to one to three alumni. The Distinguished Achievement Award is based on outstanding generosity and/or service to the college, outstanding participation in community and civic affairs, and/or distinguished achievement in one's field of endeavor.
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Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
2023
Arthur Reis Jr. '68
2022
Judge Odell McGhee II ‘74
2020
Rupert Kinnard '79
2019
Richard Kraig '71
2018
Dorothy Ashbacher Lincoln-Smith '58
2017
William Tolbert III '77
2016
Robert Martin '66
2015
Judy Hesler Jorgensen '60
2014
Dennis Bark '64
2013
Richard Williams '63
2012
John Smith '71
2011
Loren Hiratzka '66
2010
Lois Hetland '75
2009
Stephen Grummon '69
2008
Aleta Grillos Trauger '68
2007
James McWethy '65
2006
James N. Ingle '66
Ingrid Wendt '66
2005
Michael J. Graham '75
2004
Mike Conklin '69
2003
Lawrence D. Dorr '63
Susan G. Shillinglaw '73
2002
William Parsons '67
2001
Robert Replogle '56
2000
Thomas Jarom '66
1999
Margaret Smyth Emmons '44
1998
Jean Tapp Beal '52
1997
Russell Landis '26
1996
Glenn Bostrom '37
1995
Maryan Mahaffey '46
Sydney Smith Hicks '69
1994
Dr. Campbell McConnell '50
1993
William Taylor '62 (posthumously)
1989
James Croft '51
1988
David Hilmers '72
Lynn Beneke Hilmers '72
1983
Clayton Ringgenberg '48
Gladys Zabilka '38
1982
Dr. George Sharpe '38
Dr. Hunter A. Soper, ex '45
1981
Etta Rasmussen '36
Clyde Walton '48
1980
Don A. Starry '18
Dr. Donald B. Kettelkamp '52
1979
Norman Y. Yamaoka '28
1978
Charles F. Youngker '42
Mary Bowman Seidler '61
1977
Dr. John K. MacGregor '41
Richard P. Small '50
1976
Margaret Carter, ex '27
Robert P. Howard '27
Norma Kofahl Manson '43
William C. Kreger '48
1975
Forrest Werling '27
Richard Tims '34
Charles Warden '41
Joanne Day Soper '44
1974
Dr. Ronald E. Scantlebury '23
Gerald L. Hill '27
James E. Taylor '40
Maryann Mahaffey '46
1973
Raymond J. Reitzel '12
Burton L. L'Connor '31
Karl A. Weber '37
1972
Marjorie Medary '12
Raymond W. Houston '22
Louis R. Maxwell '22
Archie Carter '33
1971
Ortha M. Lane '17
Carl E. Haymond, ex '18
Frank S. Endicott '27
1970
Vernon M. Vance '20
Stephen M. Reynolds '29
Jere W. Annis '30
1969
Charles R. Fordyce '25
W. Donald Rugg '36
John E. Countryman '25
J. Richard Wessling '37
1968
Alfred D. Wilkinson '25
Paul K. Scott '29
Dr. Howard W. Schneider '40
1967
Ruth Bowen '17
Kirby G. Cook '30
Gordon Jonson '34
Robert W. Smith '35
1966
Arrola Bush Cole DuBridge '21
Dr. Lee b. DuBridge '22
Col. Lloyd C. Dean '26
Carl Kouba '30
Paul Clayton '35
1965
Bess H. Medary '15
John R. Coulson '22
Arthur F. Janssen '29
1964
Carles R. Pollock '10
Ashley A Foard '32
William B. Reynolds '34
1963
Oscar F. Litterer '29
Marjorie Holmes Schmieler '31
John V. N. Granger '41
1962
Arthur Esgate '09
George W. Whittaker '23
John E. Countryman '25
Joseph Kaselow '34
1961
Lloyd O. Appleton '28
Richard J. Blakinger '46
1960
Russell D. Cole '21
1959
Earl Elijah '10
Charles Hedges '12
Dewey Hoadley '20
1958
C. O. Pauley '01
Harry Harrison 'ex '04
J. Clyde Ryan '15
Jean Listerbarger Humphrey '51