Past Medal of Merit Awardees

The Medal of Merit is awarded to alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields. The Medal of Merit was formerly titled the Certificate of Merit. In 1979, the Alumni Association Board of Directors officially renamed the award, and all past Certificate of Merit recipients are listed equally as holders of the Medal of Merit.

2023 Awardees

Ariel C. Armony, MAIA ’90
Larry H. Small, PH.D. ’84
Brian Stultz, BFA ’83

2022 Awardees

Christopher B. Jones, BA ’65
William T. Newman, Jr., BFA ’72
Marlon A. Primes, BSJ ’86
Jon J. Snyder, BSC ’87

2020 Awardees

Kevin J. Everson, MFA '90
Paul L. Hubbard, BSED '65
Carolyn Bailey Lewis, PhD '07
Lucian P. Spataro, Jr., MS '91, PhD '93

2019 Awardees

Jeffrey M. Baran, AB-POL, MA ’98
Robert Emmett Boyle, BS ’70
Elizabeth S. Campbell, MFA ’97
Mona E. Miliner. BSH ’92, MHA ’94
Abdul Williams, BSC ’94

2018 Awardees

Thomas W. Brennaman, BSS ‘12
Ronald R. Burns, BSH ’85, DO ‘89
Luke S. Frazier, MM ‘09
Mark D. West. BSC ‘78

2017 Awardees

Lynn Johnson, MA '04
Cherron Payne, BSC '95
Jacqueline Reau, BSJ '92, MSA '12

2016 Awardees

John P. Gainor, Jr., BSC '78
Francis "Frank" Papay, BA '75

2015 Awardees

Joel C. Hunter, BS '70
Rober Shook, MFA '74
Art Stellar, BSEd '69, Med '70, PhD '73

2014 Awardees

Gary J. Olmstead, MFA '66
Jack Myslenski, BSIT '73
Arthur J. Marinelli, BA '64
Joe B. Harford, BS '73

2013 Awardees

Dolores K. Hanna, AB '49
Martin J. Savidge, BSJ '81
Amy Sage Webb, BSJ '90

2012 Awardees

Joseph P. Becherer, BFA '87, MFA '90
Sidney A. Davis, BSJ '52
George Mooradian, BFA '70
Lucy Sexton, BFA '82

2011 Awardees

Carla E. Lucchino, MSIS '82
Achievement in Leadership
Everett Louis Overstreet, BSCE '67
Achievement in Engineering & Technology
William J. Rakatansky, BARC '72
Achievement in Architecture
Matthew Stark, BSED '51, AB '51
Achievement in Public Education and Social Justice

2010 Awardees

Jeff Finkle, BSC '76
Achievement in Economic Development
Laura Justice, BA '92, MED '96, PhD '00
Achievement in Language & Literacy
Jenny Holzer, BFA '72
Achievement in Art

2009 Awardees

McClellan A. DuBois, MA '71
Achievement in Intelligence and Information Systems
Matthew E. Rubel, BSJ '79
Achievement in Retailing Industry
Paula M. Shugart, BSC '81
Achievement in Television and Entertainment Production

2008 Awardees

Jeremy N. Foley, MED '76
Achievement in College Sports Administration and Leadership
Jeanne M. Gokcen, BSHS '82, MAHS '84
Achievement in Interactive Speech Solutions
Sedat I. Gokcen, BSEE '82, MA '84
Achievement in Interactive Speech Solutions
Joseph K. Jachinowski, BSEE '79
Achievement in Electronic Medical Systems-Comprehensive Information Technology for Oncology Management
Larry M. Starr, BSED '68, MED '71
Achievement in Professional Athletic Training

2007 Awardees

Mark C. Arnold, BSISE '81
Achievement in Business
Robert A. Biscup, DO '80
Achievement in Medicine
Robert L. Chandler, MS '72
Achievement in Health Care
Michael E. Jackson, BSED '68
Service on Behalf of our Nation’s Veterans and their families

2006 Awardees

William J. Keenist, BSJ '80, MSA '82
Achievement in Sports Communication
Gerald E. Radcliffe, AB '48
Achievement in Jurisprudence
Robin L. Smith, BFA '72
Achievement in Documentary & News Production
Criss E. Somerlot, BSED '69
Achievement in Athletics

2005 Awardees

David M. Crane, BGS '72, MA '73
Achievement in International Law
Michael A. Crary, MA '76, PHD '78
Achievement in Speech-Language Pathology
Nancy M. Haag, AB '78
Achievement in Business
Peter A. King, BSJ '79
Excellence in Sports Reporting

2004 Awardees

Frank P. Krasovec, BBA '65, MBA '66
Achievement in Business
David R. Scholl, PHD '81
Achievement in the Sciences
Anuraj H. Shankar, BS '84
Achievement in Public Health
John R. Venable, BBA '81
Services to the United States Air Force

2003 Awardees

Arlene “Phoebe” Beasley, BFA '65
Achievement in the Arts
John A. Roush, BSED '72
Achievement in Educational Administration
Edward S. Robe, AB '59
Achievement in Chosen Field (law) and Service to the Community
Palakorn Suwanrath, MAIA '73
Achievement in Leadership in his Country (Thailand)

2002 Awardees

Robert E. Brenley, BSED '77
Achievement in Sports
C. Brent DeVore, BSJ '62
Achievement in Academics/Administration

2001 Awardees

Kenneth J. Kies, BGS '74
Achievement in Government and Law
Yvette McGee Brown, BSJ '82
Achievement in Public Service and Law
D. William Schlott, BS '58
Achievement in Medicine
Charles F. Wiedenmann, BSED '70, MED '73, PHD '78
Achievement in Education

2000 Awardees

William A. Dillingham, BBA '71
Achievement in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Karol A. Ondick, BSEE '55
Achievement in Engineering and Service to Alma Mater
Peter T. Lalich, Sr., BSCO '42
Service to Athletic Department and Alma Mater
Harry W. White, AB '69
Achievement in the Field of Law and Service to Alma Mater

1999 Awardees

Andrew N. Alexander, BSJ '72
Achievements in Communication
Robert E. Fallon, AB '69
Achievement in Banking and Finance
JoAnn Fregalette Jansen, BSED '70
Achievement in the Arts
Matthew T. Lauer, BSC '97
Achievements in Communication
Marge E. Spooner Voelker, '51
Service to Alma Mater

1998 Awardees

Bonna Price DeMarco, BSHE '65
Service to Alma Mater
David Neal Keller, BSJ '50
Achievement in Communication
Howard E. Nolan, BSAE '57
Achievement in Engineering
Stanley Plumly
Achievement in the Arts
C. David Snyder, BBA '74
Achievement in Business

1997 Awardees

Carolyn E. Balogh, BSED '59
Service to Alma Mater and Achievement in Business
Raymon B. Fogg, BSCE '53
Achievement in Business and Service to Humanity
Richard Budd Werner, BSCO '53
Achievement in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Thomas E. Wheeler, BSED '71
Achievement in Aviation and Service to Alma Mater

1996 Awardees

Jonathan Freeman, BFA '72
Achievement in the Performing Arts
Richard N. Janney, AB '63
Achievement in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Ray E. Kellogg, BSEE '51
Service to Alma Mater
The Honorable Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, MAIA '79
Distinction in International Relations and Communication
Marie P. White, AA '52
Service to Alma Mater

1995 Awardees

James H. Jewell, AB '31
Distinguished Service in Medicine
Laura Landro, BSJ '76
Achievement in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Frank Underwood, BSCO '54
Service to Alma Mater
Donald H. Voelker, BSME '52
Service to Alma Mater
Robert D. Walter, BSME '67
Distinction in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Matthew J. Wickline, BSC '83
Distinction in Television and Film Writing and Producing

1994 Awardees

W. Barry Adams, BSJ '74, MAIA '83
Distinction in University Advancement and Service to Alma Mater
Vanessa Bell-Calloway, BFA '79
Distinction in Performing Arts
Sanford D. Elsass, BSED '70
Achievement in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Gerald G. Loehr, BSIE '52
Distinction in Engineering and Service to Alma Mater
John E. Reynolds III, BSCO '57
Achievement in Business and Service to Alma Mater
Lawrence E. Stewart, BSCO '49
Distinction in Jurisprudence
David C. Wilhelm, AB '77
Distinction in Political Affairs and Service to Alma Mater
Janet Williams, BSED '73
Service to Alma Mater

1993 Awardees

Tony E. Buba, MFA '76
Distinguished Accomplishments in Film Making
Charles E. Emrick, BSCO '51, MSJ ‘52
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Donald D. Howard, MA '56
Significant Achievement in Historical Research and Higher Education
M. F. Line, Jr., BSCE '62
Significant Accomplishment in Higher Education
Dennis M. Morgan, BGS '76
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater & Achievements in Public Service
Robert H. Miller, PHD '62
Significant Accomplishments in Higher Education
T. Richard Robe, BSCE '55, MS '62
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Susan L. Wall, BFA '72, MFA '73
Significant Accomplishments in Fine Arts

1992 Awardees

Richard D. Anderson, '73
Achievement in the Performing Arts
Richard H. Brown, BSC '69
Achievement in Business and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Cletus P. Kurtzman, BS '60
Achievement in Applied Micro Biological Research
Herman A. Leonard, BFA '47
Achievement in Commercial Photography
Joan E. Mace, BGS '78
Achievement in Aviation and Education
Ralph A. Marrinson, BSCO '62
Achievement in Health Care and Medical Services
Sheila Rowan McHale, AB '68
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Amelia G. Tunanidas, DO '82
Achievement in Medical Practice and Administrations

1991 Awardees

Dean E. Baesel, BSCO '42
Business and Loyalty to Alma Mater
James D. Cole, EE '13
Engineering and Volunteerism to Community
Glenn E. Corlett, BBA '65
Business and Service to ��
Mary Pallay Covell, BSED '36, MED '40
Education and Volunteerism to Community
Charles J. Grant, AB '71
Law
Alan D. Rust, MFA '73
Fine Arts and Theatre
Ambassador Dato Paduka Haji Mohammad Suni Bbin Haji Idris, BA '65
International Diplomacy
Jeanne L. Warner, BS '70, MBA '72
Business and Service to Alma Mater

1990 Awardees

Milton Goll, AB '35
Biotechnology and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Germaine Rita Hahnel, AB '53
Medicine
Paul David Miller, AB, BSC '71
Television Directing
Akira Noguchi, MS '54
International Business and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Clarence E. Page, BSJ '69
Journalism and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Jay D. Pinson, BSME '50
Engineering Education
James J. Ragan, MA '67, PHD '71
Poetry
Edward A. Sprague, BS '41
Medicine and Loyalty to Alma Mater

1989 Awardees

Norman J. Crabtree, BSED '50
Aviation and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Richard L. Daubenmire, BSEE '63
Business
Paul W. Glabicki, MFA '74 '80
Film, Art, and Education
Brandon T. Grover, Jr., BSAG '50
Business and Service to Alma Mater
Melvin A. Harris, MA '65, PHD '71
Mass Communication and Entertainment
Lois P. McGure, BFA '61, MFA '69
Theater, Education, and the Arts
Ralph S. Quatrano, MS '64
Education and Botany
David Kung-Chuen Shao, AB '72
International Business and Loyalty to Alma Mater

1988 Awardees

Robert N. Aebersold, MS '59
Education Administration
Larry R. Gale, AB '42, MS '47
Conservation and Wildlife Management
Robert C. Hughes, BBA '65
Business and Loyalty to Alma Mater
John M. Jones, BSCO '49
Business and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Thomas J. Meyer, BSCH '63
Chemistry
Steven M. Newman, BSJ '77
Furthering Human Understanding and Promoting Goodwill Among World Cultures
Caryl B. Rentz, BSED '45
Education and Loyalty to Alma Mater
William E. Sprague, BS '48
Volunteer Service to Mankind

1987 Awardees

Robert P. Axline, BSCO '57
Business and Service to Alma Mater
Elizabeth Grover Beatty, BSED '17
Community Service
Harvey J. Breverman, MFA '60
Art
Wai-Kai Chen, BSEE '60, MSEE '61
Engineering Education
Timothy L. Dlamini, MAIA '78
International Diplomacy
Malcolm M. Prine, '51
Business
Dolores Houser Russ
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Stephen V. Smith, '71
Performing Arts
Dolores Zackel Wirkiowski, AB '62
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater

1986 Awardees

Paula L. Cizmar, AB '71
Playwriting
James W. Crum, BS '52
Philanthropy and Humanitarian Service
Rondle E. Edwards, PHD '70
Education Administration
Robert B. Goldberg,BS '66
Plant Molecular Biology
Samuel D. Greiner, BSME '55
Service to Alma Mater
Bruce A. McElfresh, BFA '66, MFA '78
Photographic Editing
L. Dale Springer, BSEE '49
Devotion and Service to Alma Mater

1985 Awardees

Ljubisa S. Adamovich, MBA '58
Economics
J. Michael Bloom, BFA '62
Theatrical Management
Donald M. Compton, BSCO '44
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
Cornelius L. Hooper, AB '56
Health Administration
Mark M. Littler, BS '61, MS '66
Botany and Biological Sciences
Janice B. Pae, AB '60
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
David J. Smith, PHD '76
Poetry

1984 Awardees

Arthur E. Aspengren, BS '55, MA '56
Loyalty and Service to Alma Mater
William C. Byham, BS '58, MS '60
Management and Industrial Training
Joseph S. Curtin, Jr., MAIA '77
Philanthropy
Dean W. Jeffers, COED '36
Business and Service to Alma Mater
Bessie B. Lockhart, KP '28
Special Education
Dale F. Nitzsche, MED '60, PHD '64
Higher Education
Robert H. Page, BSME '49
Engineering and Higher Education

1983 Awardees

Arthur W. Engelhard, BS '50
Plant Pathology
Paul R. Leonard, BSJ '65
Public Service
Chandriah A. Rao, PHD '71
Education and Service to Alma Mater
Lawrence R. Tavcar, BSJ '58
Loyalty and Service to Alma Mater
Betty Thomas, BFA '69
Performing Arts
Charles R. Standen, BSCO '39
Advertising

1982 Awardees

Robert Arter, BSCO '50
Military Career and Community Service
James L. Dine, BFA '57
Art
Richard H. Feagler, AB '60
Journalism and Broadcasting and Service to Alma Mater
William H. Heyen, MA '63, PHD '67
Poetry
J. Warren McClure, BSCO '40
Newspaper Industry and Service to Alma Mater
Oga Okwoche, BSED '66, MED '67
International Diplomacy
John A. Raiser, BSAE '55
Architectural Engineering
Ralph E. Schey, BSCO '48
Business Marketing and Service to Alma Mater

1981 Awardees

Robert R. Baur, BS '48
Service to Alma Mater
Shirley A. Baxter Berndsen, AB '51
Service to Alma Mater
Samuel W. Howe, '50
Community Involvement, Service to Alma Mater and Osteopathic Medicine
Claude G. Perkins, PHD '73
Education and Community Service
Van Gordon Sauter, BSJ '57
Journalism and Broadcast Industry
Michael J. Schmidt, BBA '72
Professional Baseball
Phillip R. Trimble, AB '58
International Diplomacy

1980 Awardees

Mohd Arif bin Bador, AB '75, MA '77
International Affairs
Effie Condoporulos Chapman, AB '49
Service to Alma Mater
Jay C. Chunn, II, BSCO '61
Human Development
David L. Diles, '51
Journalism
Herbert A. Einhorn, AB '33
Corporate Law
Paul J. Gapp, BSJ '50
Architectural Critic
Robert J. Kromer, BS ‘48
Medicine and Service to Alma Mater
Ellis B. Miracle, BSED '29
Education and Service to Alma Mater
James Walter Strobel, AB '55
Science and Education

1979 Awardees

Benny Ray Bailey, PHD '75
Community and Education
Martha J. Hunley Blackburn, BSED '16
Education
Roger H. Dean, BSCO '40
Business
W. Darrell Herron, AB '24
Service to Alma Mater
Robert E. Holmes, AB '44
Law
Helen Blackburn Hoover, ‘31
Literature
Joan Miday Krauskopf, AB '54
Law
Lee Rich, BBA '44
Television and Motion Pictures
Ichiro Seto, BSCO '53, MS ‘54
Labor Relations
James T. Shipman, BSED '51
Education, Physics, and Service to Alma Mater
Keith E. Welsh, BSED '60
Devotion and Loyalty to Alma Mater

1978 Awardees

Clifton E. Baker, BSCE '43
Civil and Structural Engineering
Frank L. Bowers, BSJ '57
Journalism and Service to Alma Mater
Susan Anderson Kline, AB '59
Medical Education and Administration
George H. Mitchell, Jr., BA '71
Government Services
William R. Mnich, BFA '50
Broadcasting and Management
Albert F. Ogunsola, MED '64
Education and Service
H. Edwin Umbarger, BS '43, MS '44
Biological Chemistry and Bacteriology
Asia H. Whitacre, AB '22
Medicine and Support of Alma Mater

1977 Awardees

Kay Brabander, BFA '54
Service to Alma Mater
Charles E. Glover, BSJ '49
Journalism
Roger Morley, BSIE '53
Finance
William Withers, '38
Marketing and Retail Management

1976 Awardees

Ariel C. Hollinshead, AB '51
Field of Medicine
Mary McGarey, BSJ '42
Journalism
Helen M. Robinson, '26
Education
Earl Schreiber, '32
Contributions to the Sporting World
Alan I. Weinberg, BBA '64
Service to Alma Mater
J. David Scott, BSED '59, MED '60
Service to Alma Mater
Marvin White, BSCE '47
Field of Business and Commerce

1975 Awardees

James Anastas, '47
Service to Alma Mater
Carol Baucher, AB '54
Service to Alma Mater
J. David Carr, BSIE '42
Business Accomplishment and Service to Alma Mater and Mankind
Wallace J. Hodes, BSJ '43
Service to Alma Mater
Gail Knaus, BBA '64
Service to Alma Mater
Jerome S. Mann, BFA '56
Field of Business
Jody Galbreath Phillips, BSED '46
Service to Alma Mater
Robert W. Reider, BSJ '39
Service to Alma Mater and Community
George V. Voinovich, AB '58
Service to Cuyahoga County and Distinction to Alma Mater
Harold F. White, BSCO '46
Field of Law and Service to Alma Mater

1974 Awardees

Milton O. Berry, BS '50
Service to Alma Mater
Max E. Groves, BSCO '58
Service to Alma Mater
R. Kenneth Kerr, Jr., '46
Service to Alma Mater and Mankind
Gene I. Maeroff, BSJ '61
Journalism
Julia J. Nehls, MSHE '50
Service to Alma Mater
John Poles, BSCO '50
Admiralty and International Law
Vernal G. Riffe, Jr., LLD '77
Service to the State of ��
Ludel Sauvageot, AB '27
Service to Mankind and Public Relations
Claude F. Turben, AB '25
Investment Management

1973 Awardees

Frank J. Battisti, AB '47
Public Service
Patience A. Brandle, BSHE '42
Service to Alma Mater
C. Ritter Collett, BSJ '42
Sports Writing and Editing
E. Edward Evans, AB '45
Academic Accomplishments
Joyce H. Herrold, AB '54
Medicine and Welfare of Mankind
Olive Holmes, AB '38
Service to Alma Mater
Richard H. McFarland, BS '50
Avionics
Glenn Randall, BSED '59
International Friendship and Understanding
Eugene F. Rinta, BSCO '38
Service to Alma Mater
Peter Yanity, BS '49
Service to Alma Mater

1972 Awardees

Herbert Adler, BSCO '39
Accounting
Harry C. Beckley, ACCT '09
Service to Alma Mater
George R. Evans, ABC '33
Insurance
Stephen H. Fuller, AB '41
Higher Education
James Hall, BSCO '56
Service to Alma Mater
Wallace Johnson, AB '61
Service to Alma Mater
Edward C. Keefe, AB '31
Service to Mankind
Ralph C. Kircher, ABC '29
Service to Alma Mater
Joseph P. Marsalka, BSCO '50
Service to Alma Mater
Lawrence P. Eblin, BSCH '31
Service to Alma Mater
Mary Elizabeth Lasher Myers, BSJ '42
Journalism
Sanford Slavin, BSCE '47
Land Development

1971 Awardees

Paul Fusco, BFA '57
Photography
Harry Lackey, BSED '33
Service to Alma Mater
Stanley Liss, BSCO '42
Insurance
J. David Lundberg, BSED '56
Service to Alma Mater
Granville H. Martin, '21
Service to Alma Mater
Donald Pease, BSJ '53
Service to Alma Mater
John Russ, BSED '28
Athletics
Donald Shafer, BSED '37
Service to Alma Mater
Spencer Steenrod, BFA '53
Drama

1970 Awardees

Roger E. Ailes, BFA '62
Communications
William R. Butler, BSED '50
Service to Alma Mater
Lester D. Crow, AB '23
Higher Education
Maude Lee Dorsey, BSED '24
Service to Alma Mater
Jack G. Ellis, BSCO '57
Service to Alma Mater
Robert E. Forsythe, BFA '50
Architecture
Foster Harmon, '34
Fine Arts
Donald Moser, AB '57
Journalism
Alan E. Riedel, AB '52
Service to Alma Mater
Winston Riley, Jr., AB '26
Government

1969 Awardees

Paul J. Anderson, BS '49
Medicine
Janice B. Bixler, BSED '26
Service to Alma Mater
Oakley C. Collins, BSED '35
State Government
Edwin W. Darby, BSJ '42
Journalism and Financial Reporting
Jack D. Gilbert, BSJ '52
Service to Alma Mater
Robert A. Heimish, '43
Service to Alma Mater
David L. Hostetler, MFA '49
Fine Arts
William S. Jasper, AB '41
Service to Alma Mater
Emil S. Kustin, AB '40
Service to Alma Mater
Anthony O. Mathias, BSED, BSAG '16
Education
Ann Mumma, AB '29
Education
Everett C. Shingleton, BSCO '37
Service to Alma Mater
Joan Herrold Wood, BSJ '52
Service to Alma Mater

1968 Awardees

Vernon W. Deinzer, BSED '41
Industry and Service to Alma Mater
Leona Hughes, BSED '30
Service to Alma Mater
James L. Hupp, BSED '16
Service to Community
Addie F. LaFrance, BSED '34
Service to Alma Mater
Greta Lash, AB '17
Service to Alma Mater
James R. Patrick, AB '52
Medicine
Darrell H. Sams, AB '21
Service to Alma Mater
Irving Shulman, AB '37
Writing
John H. Lafferty, BSCO '50
Service to Community
Robert O. Snyder, BSCO '39
Service to Alma Mater and Community
Grace E. Tolson, '35
Service to Alma Mater

1967 Awardees

John E. Brown, BSED '37
Education
Richard W. Eddy, BS '40
Industry
Seymour Maxwell Finger, BSED '35
Diplomacy
Helen Gray, AB '32
Service to Alma Mater
Lillie Greer, KP '25
Service to Alma Mater
William H. Herbert, ABC '25
Service to Alma Mater and Community
William L. Kircher, AB '36
Labor
William J. Manning, BSCO '39
Service to Alma Mater
Cruse Moss, BSIE '48
Industry
G. Merritt Preston, '39
Space Science

1966 Awardees

Paul C. Brickman, BSJ '46
Advertising
Glenn H. Brown, BSCH '39
Education
E. B. "Ted" Evans, AB '42
Service to Alma Mater
John D. Hostutler, BSJ '50
Public Service
Vincent Jukes, AB '30
Education
C. Frederick Kittle, AB '42
Medicine
John W. Meister, AB '38
Ministry
Roger C. Quisenberry, BSEE '42
Education
Richard G. Shrider, BSED '48
Athletic Coaching
Russell D. Smith, BSEE '56
Science Engineering

1965 Awardees

Ruhl J. Bartlett, AB '20
Outstanding Career in History
John L. Boros, BSCO '41
Service to Alma Mater
William E. Burt, AB '36
Service to Alma Mater
Rhys D. Evans, AB '09
Service to Alma Mater
Jeanette Grasselli, BS '50
Chemical Research
William McCutcheon, BFA '48
Actions
Fred Schleichery, '47
Coaching
Doris Sponseller, BSED '29
Service to Alma Mater
Fred Swearingen, BSED '42
Athletic Officiating
Alice Edwards Wright, AB '27
Service to Alma Mater

1964 Awardees

Joseph Boggs, AB '41
Medicine
George W. Byers, Jr., '51
Boating
Claude Chrisman, BSCE '32
Athletics
Margaret Davis, BSED '32
Service to Alma Mater
John B. Holden, BSED '32
Adult Education
Mary E. Huck, BSHE '44
Home Economics
Wilfred R. Konneker, BS '43, MS '47
Nuclear Physics
Donald E. Perry, BSED '40
Education
John H. Price, ABC '26
Public Service
Fritz J. Russ, BSEE '42
Engineering
Oscar A. Turner, AB '32
Medicine

1963 Awardees

L. Bennett Coy, BSCO '52
Management
Laurence G. Hauck, AB '33
Journalism
James R. Hawkins, ABC '23
Education
Martin L. Hecht, BSCO '46
Service to Alma Mater
William R. Hess, BSED '47
Coaching
Rupel J. Jones, '20
Dramatic Arts
Ruth E. Kennedy, BSED '30
Service to Alma Mater
Raymond S. Lupse, AB '32
Service to Alma Mater
Edward F. Smith, BSCO '42
Education and Business
Gerald T. Sprague, '20
Service to Alma Mater
Milton J. Taylor, BSCO '50
Service to Alma Mater
Gene Trace, '30
Radio
Elmer D. West, AB '30
Education
Denver L. White, BSED '43
Social Welfare
Robert E. Witschey, '32
Certified Public Accounting

1962 Awardees

Richard R. Campbell, AB '47
Newspaper Journalism
Lester N. Carney, BSCO '59
Sports
Raymond M. Clark, BSED '17
Higher Education
Merrill F. Coolly, AB '16
Education Guidance
K. Mark Cowen, AB '22
Public Recreation
Joseph S. Gill, AB '38
Service to Alma Mater
Paul J. Hyme, BSED '38
Service to Alma Mater
D. Ben James, BSJ '43
Service to Alma Mater
William R. Morris, AB '38
Service to Alma Mater
James D. Murch, AB '15
Religion--Author
Charles G. O'Bleness, BS '98
Banking
B. A. Renkenberger, AB '24
Education--Counseling
Edgar W. Shoemaker, ABC '26
Service to Alma Mater

1961 Awardees

Joseph W. Begala, AB '29
Collegiate Coaching
Kermit A. Blosser, BSED '32
Coaching
John W. Bolin, '24
Service to Alma Mater
Martha Essman Cleveland, BSSS '43
Service to Alma Mater
Homer R. Cotterman, AB '22
Teacher Training
Marilyn Francis, BSCO '41
Literature
Carl A. Frey, AB '25
Science Education
Robert L. Hartford, ABC '36
Service to Alma Mater
Laurence L. Jarvie, BSED '28
Education
Harlan C. Koch, AB '19
Graduate Study Administration
James R. McNesby, BS '43
Chemistry
Thomas Elder Morgan, BSCO '41
Service to Alma Mater
Eric G. Orling, BSCH '35
Business Management
Ernest E. Ray, '24
Business Education
Robert W. Young, BSPH '30
Physics

1960 Awardees

Clarence P. Byran, AB '32
Banking
Marlette C. Covert, '29
Service to Alma Mater
Russell W. Finsterwald, AB '17
Service to Alma Mater
Darrell A. Grove, '30
Real Estate Investment
Clinton E. Kasler, '25
Construction Engineer
Donald E. McMichael, '26
Business Management
Josephine Wuebeen Robertson, AB '21
Journalism
Walter J. Shapter, '21
Service to Alma Mater
Louis R. Shaw, '30
Public Accounting
James E. Snyder, BSED '41
Coaching of Basketball
Lorin Staats, AB '26
Speech Education
Robert M. Wren, BSED '43
Coaching of Baseball

1959 Awardees

Ralph F. Beckert, ABC '23
Service to Alma Mater
Paul E. Belcher, AB '22
Banking
Ruth Brown, '32
Service to Alma Mater
Vince Costello, '33
Professional Football
Gilbert G. Courtney, '23
Religion
Beulah V. Gillaspie, BSED '25
Higher Education
George N. Graham, AB '17
Jurisprudence
J. Grant Keys, '90
Politics
Richard O. Linke, BSJ '41
Service to Alma Mater
Fred W. Phillips, AB '25
Medicine
Richard L. Shelter, '43
Science
John R. Sprague, '04
Medicine
James W. Wisda, '09
Service to Alma Mater
George A. Woodhouse, AB '21
Medicine

1958 Awardees

William B. Edwards, BSED '32
Educational Adminstration
Sara M. Endich, BFA '44
Music
Dow Finsterwald, AB '52
Professional Golfing
Blaine R. Goldsberry, BS '14
Service to Alma Mater
Ward C. Halstead, AB '31
Experimental Psychology
Gordon W. Herrold, AB '24
Service to Alma Mater
Paul R. O’Brien, ABC '32
Service to Alma Mater
Aaron S. Price, '21
Medical Administration
Maurice F. Sheldon, AB '43
Service to Alma Mater
Egbert P. Shetter, BSCH '28
Industry
Walter H. Stewart, CE '22
Industry
Howard Wendell, '34
Dramatics

1957 Awardees

Homer V. Cherrington, AB '16
Distinguished Achievements
Henry H. Eccles, AB '15
Service to Alma Mater
Hollie C. Ellis, BSED '20
Service to Alma Mater
Peter F. Good, '26
Service to Alma Mater
Forrest W. Hopkins, AB '36
Business and Journalism
W. Amos Kincaid, ABC '23
Educational Administration
Hazel Rigby Mast, '12
Service to Alma Mater
Alvin A. Merendino, AB '36
Surgery
Morris Rabin, AB '36
Service to Alma Mater
Francis M. Rhoten, AB '28
Service to Alma Mater
Carlos M. Riecker, AB '22
Jurisprudence
Harry L. Waddell, AB '33
Industrial Publications

1956 Awardees

Paul H. Anderson, AB '37
Medicine
Frank C. Baumholtz, BSED '41
Professional Baseball
William R. Blumenthal, BSED '14
Service to Alma Mater
J. Claire Evans, '01
Business
James L. Fri, BSED '19
Service to Alma Mater
Russell P. Herrold, AB, COM '16
Service to Alma Mater
Evelyn Coulter Luchs, BSED '27
Religious Education
Homer H. Marshman, AB '20
Law and Business
Lewis H. Miller, '13
Jurisprudence
Samuel Renshaw, AB '14
Experimental Psychology
Dwight H. Rutherford, ABC '26
Service to Alma Mater
C. Paul Stocker, BSEE '26
Electrical Engineering
John R. Whiting, AB '36
Journalism

1955 Awardees

Gordon K. Bush, '24
Service to Alma Mater
Rush Elliott, AB '24
Higher Education
William H. Fenzel, AB '18
Service to Alma Mater
Margaret H.Flory, '25
Service to Alma Mater
C. Don McVay, AB '15
Insurance Administration
Gertrude Maier, '23
Service to Alma Mater
Dorothy Purviance Morgan, AB '40
Service to Alma Mater
George C. Parks, PHB '08
Service to Alma Mater
George W. Starcher, AB '26
Higher Education
Jesse Zousmer, '35
Radio and Television Writing

1954 Awardees

William E. Alderman, AB '09
Higher Education and University Administration
Stanley Dougan, BS '14
Service to Alma Mater
Malcolm Douglas, PHB '09
Jurisprudence
Brandon T. Grover, BSED '19
Service to Alma Mater
Starke R. Hathaway, AB '27
Clinical Psychology
Fred H. Johnson, '22
Service to Alma Mater
Edwin L. Kennedy, AB '26
Banking and Investment Management
Carr Liggett, AB '16
Service to Alma Mater
Robert L. Morton, BSED '13
Higher Education and Textbook Authorship
E. C. Raney, ELEN '08
Technical Invention and Business Administration
Martin W. Watson, CE '11
Construction Engineering and Civic Affairs
Clark E. Williams, AB '21
Service to Alma Mater
Edward B. Wright, BSCO '38
Service to Alma Mater
Gloria M. Wysner, AB '23
International Interdenominational Christian Missionary Leadership

1953 Awardees

Arthur A. Brainerd, '14
Illumination Engineering
George M. Brown, AB '31
Service to Alma Mater
John G. Case, Jr., '13
Service to Alma Mater
Frank M. Cavett, '28
Screenplay Writing
Elizabeth J. Herbert, AB '22
Service to Alma Mater
Dean E. Hess, MA '47
Military Science
James Alexander Lyon, '02
Internal and Cardiovascular Disease Medicine
Earl C. Shively, '21
Service to Alma Mater
Don D. Tullis, '98
Christian Ministry and Administration
Dorothy Lawrey Vorhees, BFA '37
Service to Alma Mater
Hiram Roy Wilson, LITT '57
Service to Alma Mater

No awards presented in 1952

No awards presented in 1951

No awards presented in 1950

No awards presented in 1949

No awards presented in 1948

1947 Awardee

Laurance D. Keller, ABC '22
Service to Alma Mater

No awards presented in 1946

No awards presented in 1945

No awards presented in 1944

1943 Awardees

Mary Chappelear Evans, AB '09
Service to Alma Mater
Joseph E. Jewett, AB '18
Chemical Engineering
Grosvenor S. McKee, AB, EE '16
Industrial Engineering
Wilbur R. McReynolds, '15
Military Science
William E. McVey, '16
Educational Administration
Edward N. MacWilliams, '12
Public Entertainment
Harry L. Ridenour, '12
Music Research
Robert E. Rucker, AB '14
Service to Alma Mater
Charles E. Skinner, '88
Electrical Engineering
Philip Zenner, '14
Neurology

1942 Awardees

Albert A. Atkinson, '91
Electrical Engineering and Physics
Richard E. Cole, '41
Air Force Pilot
Harlan J. Dickerson, '71
Service to Alma Mater
Fred L. Plummer, AB, BSCE '20
Structural Engineering
George W. Reed, '88
Service to Alma Mater
Josephus T. Ullon, '98
Medicine

1941 Awardees

A. David Baumhart, Jr., AB '31
Government Service
Charles M. Copeland, '96
Service to Alma Mater
Oscar Dustheimer, '13
Astronomy
Sammy Kaye, BSCE '32
Music
Harry E. LeFever, '23
Medicine
Anna Pearl McVay, '92
Classical Languages
Helen Reynolds, BSED '25
Business Education
Oscar C. Stine, PHB '08
Agricultural Economics
Barnett W. Taylor, '11
School Administration
David H. Thomas, '96
Service to Alma Mater
M. Lavinia Warner, BSED '18
Special Education

1940 Awardees

Thomas R. Biddle, '91
Service to Alma Mater
Arthur H. Carpenter, '98
Metallurgy
Wanda Kirkbride Farr, BSED '15
Science
Israel M. Foster, '95
Service to Alma Mater
Annette Higgins Francis, '17
Service to Alma Mater
John W. Galbreath, AB '20
Service to Alma Mater
Esther M. Greisheimer, BSED '14
Medicine
Ruby Mercer, '27
Opera
Jay A. Myers, '12
Preventative Medicine
Winifred V. Richmond, '10
Clinical Psychology

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