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Alumni Association Awards

Nominations | Past Honorees

These awards are presented annually to alumni who have shown evidence of ongoing meritorious service to the College. The selections are made by the Alumni Board of Governors and are presented at the annual Homecoming dinner. (Current Board of Governors members are not eligible for awards.)

Distinguished Alumni Service Award

• Presented to alumni who graduated more than 15 years ago

 

Past Recipients

2009     Kit Truex Mair 77
Walt Holt 82

2008     Bob Steinkamp ’67

            Cheryl Dunlop Steinkamp ’67

2007     Dianne Jeter Shumaker ’66

            Jack DeWees ’72

2006     Mark G. Stingley ’74

2005     Gary Barnes ’75

2004     Bonnie Stricker Crosett ’72

2004     Richard C. “Dick” Brown ’64

2003     Robin Eppes Painter ’76

            Richard L. Harriman ’53

2002     Russell L. Creason ’47

2001     W. Wes Blanton ’75

            Mary Belle Burch Zillman ’36

2000     Julie Adams Day ’85

            Evalds “Charlie” Spale ’56

1999     Richard P. Groves ’64

            Edna Mortimeyer Dooley ’53

1998     Amy Hufft Kanning ’66

            Larry G. Kanning ’66

1997     Diana Jones ’62

            Jane Williams DeWees ’70

1996     J. Lindsay Crossett ’48

1995     Marian Board Reineke ’61

1994     Ray Brock, Jr. ’52

1993     Ruth Potter Love ’33

            Nancy Chrisman Jones ’51

1992     Nancy Hodgin Durden ’72

1991     Grundy Newton ’62

1990     A. Major Hull ’38

1989     Thomas J. Brown ’67

1988     Juarenne Moore Hester ’55

1987     Hugh A. Smith ’40

            Kemp M. Woods ’33

1986     Richard D. Brown ’67

            Barney R. Williams ’28

1985     Loyd G. Kelly ’39

            L. Glen Zahnd ’53

1984     Orval W. Groves ’49

            M. Elizabeth “Betty” Shouse ’48

1983     Elizabeth Ann Cuneio Earnest ’77

            Sandra Kilker Buschmann ’65

1982     Danial N. Spurck ’62

            Sharon Turkington Spurck ’64

            Beth Unger Brown ’68

1981     Robert N. Jones ’51

1980     George L Carter ’56

            Donald Lee Grundy ’69

1979     Linda Long Landers ’62

            Van O. Williams ’49

1978     Annette Admire Wells ’64

            William J. French ’67

1977     Georgia B. Bowman ’34

1976     Laura Tapp Binns ’47

            Clayborn E. Landers ’44

1975     Ginnie Lemmon Job ’66

            Kenneth H. Winterowd ’52

1974     Louella Cummins Reppert ’37

            Barry Morris ’64

1973     Norma Rosendale Guilfoil ’52

            Frank H. Pristor ’26

1972     Evelynn Brown Rodewald ’64 

            Robert A. Frazier ’62

1971     Irene Simon Thomas ’47

            Carl B. Short, Jr. ’43

1970     Neita Frohmuth Geilker ’56

            William R. Riggs ’47

1969     Frances Lindsay ’42

            Ralph W. Brant, Sr. ’38

1968     Anita McPike Gorman ’53

            William F. Yates 1898

1967     Ada Maher Merritt ’21

            Virgil V. Edmonds ’21

1966     Mary Jones Quick ’45

            Oswald J. Quick ’37

1965     Polly Quick Bowles ’49

            Eugene M. Moore ’41

1964     Lucile Hall Davis ’26

            M. Clovis McWilliams ’31

1963     Opal Carlin ’36

            W. A. Crouch 1901

1962     Jewell Quick Brunner ’27

            J.J. Bowman 1897

1961     Pauline Settle Sharp ’37

            John F. Truex ’47

1960     Dixie Sanders Pollard ’56

            Carl L. Kenagy, Jr. ’42

1959     Helen C. Early ’30

            Myers M. Mayberry ’19

1958     Kathleen White Miles ’48

            P. Caspar Harvey ’10

1957     Louise A. Bode ’50

            Loren S. Goings ’32

1956     Mildred Halferty Harris ’31

            Raymond U. Barr ’33

1955     Willa Ruth Lewis Williams ’47

            Harvey J. Ray ’23

John A. Nowell ’30

The Young Distinguished Alumni Service Award

• Presented to alumni who graduated less than 15 years ago

 

Past Recipients

2009     Darin Lee 97

2009     Nicole Helin Rumsey 01
2008     Chad Wright ’94

2008     Chad Jones ’98

2006     Michael Hodges Dermody ’92

2006     M. Tyler Griffin ’01

2005     Christopher Shultz ’93

2004     Marty Teat ’91

2003     Jason M. “Jake” Davis ’96

2002     Laura M. Webb ’89

2001     Kristi Nickell Cates ’86

2000     Chad C. Means ’91

John F. Truex Award for Lifetime Alumni Service

• Pinnacle award of the Alumni Association

• Presented to an alumnus or alumna who graduated more than 50 years ago

• One award presented per year, if appropriate

 

Past Recipients

2009     Richard Harriman 53

2008     Jim Berry ’57

2007     Harland K. Ginn ’48

2006     Juarenne Moore Hester ’55 

2005     Ann Suddarth ’81

2004     Christine Griffey Pugh ’33

2003     Richard P. Bowles ’49

2002     Fred E. Young ’47

2001     William E. Turnage ’47

2000     M. Elizabeth “Betty” Shouse ’48

1999     Helen C. Early ’30  

1998     Tom Bray ’49

1997     Loren S. Goings ’32

1996     William R. Riggs ’47

Honorary Alumni Awards

Presented to community members, including retired faculty, who are not William Jewell alumni but who have:

Exhibited meritorious service and loyalty to the College

• Displayed a continuing campus presence


Past Recipients

2009     Dean Dunham
2009     Betty Dunham

2008     Dub Steincross

2008     Joy Steincross

2006     Ronald C. Mullennix

2006     Robert J. Saunders

2005     Rosa Langston

2005     Judy Minor

2005     Judy Rychlewski

2003     Donald C. Brown

2003     Helen H. Brown

2003     Sharon L. Carey

2003     John A. Dillingham

2003     John F. Pritchard

2003     Mary Pritchard

2003     Hazel Taylor

2003     Donald V. Wideman

1998     Joan Lawrence

1992     J. Gordon Kingsley

1992     Iva Lea Durocher

1990     James A. Nelson

1987     Florence (Mom) Bowles

1986     David O. Moore

1984     Ruth Stocksdale

1981     Wes Forbis

1980     Thomas S. Field

1980     Virginia Field

1977     Norris Patterson

Jewell Humanitarian Award

Establisthed in 2009, this award is presented to alumni whose lives reflect the high humanitarian service standards espoused by the William Jewell vision statement: “Serving others to create a more compassionate and just world.”

 

Past Recipients

2009     Carl Hunker ’40