Alumni Honors Award Recipients

Each year the Board of Alumni honors alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen field, have shown exceptional leadership qualities and/or have rendered outstanding volunteer service in their communities and the College. Think you know of someone who should be on one of the following lists but isn’t? Please take a moment to complete a nomination form.

Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients

This award honors an alumnus/a for rendering superior performance in his or her chosen field and superior service to his or her chosen community.

2011     Rudolph Byrd ‘75*
2011     Lisa Gaylord ‘76
2010     Matt Wuerker ‘79
2009     Sandra Johnson Osawa ‘64
2008     William Feltz ‘66
2007     E. Ward Plummer ‘62
2006     Jaia John ‘89
2005     Paul R. Barker ‘71
2004     Richard M. McCourt  ‘74
2003     Jane Nishida ‘77
2002     Randy Massengale ‘78
2001     Etta Kralovec ‘70
2000     Donald C. Johnson ‘70, JD ‘74
1999     James M Hurd ‘70*
1998     Roland (Ron) Larson ‘66
1997     Linda E. Erickson ‘62
1996     Jimmy D. Brown ‘74
1996     Dr. Barbara Harris Fiese ‘74
1995     Keith Burns ‘54, JD ‘58
1995     Dr. Edith Kilbuck ‘52
1994      David Grube ‘69
1993     Earl Blumenauer ‘70, JD ’76
1992     Edward J. Perkins ‘54
1991     Patricia Francy ‘67
1991     Dr. David Stumpf ‘66
1990     John Geiger ‘58
1990     Lewis Sharp ‘65
1989     Nathan L. Jones ‘64
1989     David Shilling ‘67
1989     Dr. Susan Willis Tolle ‘73
1988     Dana Davis Fischer ‘65
1988     Dr. Robert Fischer ‘64
1988     John Sherrill Houser ‘58
1988     Norman Stauffer ‘54
1987     Donald Bonker ‘64
1987     Dr. Bradley Sack ‘56
1986     Alice Asmar ‘49
1986     John Loy ‘57
1986     Christopher Zafiratos ‘57
1985     Frithjof  Bergmann ‘51
1985     Mary Ellerby Dunten ‘54
1984     Francis Okita ‘34
1983     Larry Campbell ‘53
1975     Jack Booch ‘57
1975     Naomi Brown ‘47
1974     Joyce Callaghan Malick ‘63
1974     Robert Pamplin, Jr. ‘64
1973     Carol Noll Burden ‘58
1973     Merlin Morey ‘41, M. Ed ‘51
1972     Laurie Harper James ‘52
1972     Dr. Kit Johnson ‘57*
1971     Virginia Bitar Lindle ‘54
1971     John Keil Richards ‘46*
1970     Nancy Weyer Navarra ‘47
1970     John Piacentini ‘52*
1969     Leonard Forsgren ‘49*
1969     Dolores Menstell Hsu ‘52
1968     Jeanne Holm ‘57
1968     Dr. Carl Partanen ‘50
1967     Gordon Gilkey ‘33*
1967     Catherine Lyon Somers ‘41
1957     Alva Starr ‘22*
1956     Willard Bear ‘34*
1956     Martha Montague ‘10*
1954     Warren Hunter ‘20*
1954     Fred Neal, Sr. ‘05*

Outstanding Young Alumnus Award Recipients

This award honors an alumnus/a for rendering superior performance in his or her chosen field and superior service to his or her chosen community within
15 years of graduation.

2011     Matthias Fripp ‘99
2010     Naomi Pomeroy ‘97
2009     Sadna Samaranayake ‘01
2008     Satya Byock ‘04
2007     Shahzeb Jillani ‘94
2006     Sagala Ratnayaka ‘93
2005     Aaron Myer ‘95
2004     Suzanne C. Segerstrom ‘90
2003     Bal Krishna Joshi ‘95
2002     Nerissa Koehn ‘95
2001     Bradley R. Cairns ‘87
2000     Hideo Nagura ‘88
1999     Carissa S. Goux ‘88
1998     Patrick J. Mahaffy ‘85
1997     John A. Wright ‘83
1996     Ahmed Saeed Al Badi ‘82
1995     Wally Klemp ‘81
1995     David Pitassi ‘81
1994     Lee Weinstein ‘81
1993     Dan Balmer ‘80
1992     Roberto A. Alvarez ‘81
1992     Kieu Oanh Nguyen ‘85
1991     Kelly Clark ‘80
1991     Alyce Sadongei ‘81
1990     J. Kingston Pierce ‘79
1990     Leslie Walters Tuomi ‘77
1989     Liz Walker Downing ‘81
1989     Michael Sutton ‘80
1989     Melissa Waggener Zorkin ‘76
1988     Jed Emerson ‘81
1988     Nanette Newell ‘73
1988     Richard Rolf ‘79
1987     Charles Blanchard ‘81
1987     Larry Burton ‘78
1987     Yamai Secka Jack ‘75, M.A.T. ’76
1986     Beverly Byer ‘73
1986     Douglas Tunnell ‘72

Donald G. Balmer Citation Recipients

This award honors an alumnus/a, faculty or staff member, or friend of Lewis & Clark who has rendered outstanding voluntary service to the college.

2011     John Bates  
2010     Greg Caldwell  
2009     John Wright ‘83  
2008     Cyrus Partovi ‘67  
2007     Patrick B.Hibbard ‘52,  
2006     Ray, Warren ‘65 
2005     James L.Forman ‘81  
2004     Dean A.Sempert ‘49  
2003     Lloyd Babler ‘57  
2002     Richard Woolworth ‘63  
2001     Charles J. Swindells ‘64  
2000     R. Michael Kasperzak, Jr. ‘76  
2000     Paul C. Jorgensen ‘85  
1999     Penny Plenk Dalrymple ‘71, 1999   
1999     Paul F. Dalrymple ‘70, MAT ‘72  
1998     Mark N.Dorsey ‘83  
1997     Merrilee MacLean ‘74  
1996     Christopher E. Jay ‘72  
1995     Gary Livesay ‘74  
1994     Peter Vlahos ‘57  
1993     Maggie Koenig Englund ‘79  
1992     Kathleen S. Wood  
1992     David B.Taylor ‘74  
1992     Angela Jung  
1992     Nobuo Dobashi  
1992     Ian Adams  
1991     Wendy Bond ‘77  
1991     Don Balmer  
1990     Pete Ward ‘62  
1990     Kevin T. Pendergast ‘78 
1989     Jack Venables ‘56  
1989     Hester Turner  
1989     Lorraine (Lambie) Mears ‘56  
1989     Eldon Fix 
1988     Joan Swinney M.A.T. ‘75  
1988     Esther Harcourt ‘48  
1988     Betty Glarum  
1987     Emma Meier Schade*
1987     Freeda Hartzfeld Jones*   
1987     Alan Jochim ‘78  
1987     Jo Hoopes  
1987     Sally Anderson  
1987     John Anderson  
1986     Paul Wright*   
1986     Grace Spacht  
1986     Charles Proctor*   
1986     Phillip McAllister*       
1986     Carol Kaiser   

Pioneer Alumni Leadership Award Recipients

This award honors an alumnus/a for demonstrating extraordinary leadership in his or her service to Lewis & Clark.

2011     No award given
2010     Jack Venables ‘56, Bill Akers ‘67
2009     Minnesota Chapter of Alumni
2008     Frank ‘52 and Donna Lawrence ‘52  
2007     David LaFrance ‘86   

* Deceased