Past Distinguished Alumni Honorees

2024
Erica DeBoer '97
Curt Everson '77/M.S. '79
Dennis Helder '79 & '80; M.S. '85
Kendra Kattelmann '77
Jerry Tunheim '62/M.S. '64
Rob Wylie '76

2023
Gerald Blazey '79
Tim Czmowski '85
Jeff Eckhoff '82
Ann Progulske-Fox '74
John Stiegelmeier '79
Kim Tyler '82

2022
Darrel C. Bjornson '67
Linda K. Daugaard '75
Jean M. Hunhoff '76
Kevin L. Moe '88
Robert G. Streeter '63
Michael L. Torrence '99/M.S. '01

2020-2021
Cleveland “Cleve” Abbott 1916
Ron C. Alverson ’74
Keith W. Corbett ’75/M.Ed. ’87
Mary Kay Helling ’77/M.S. ’82
David E. Schaefer ’81
Gene M. Sieve ’90

2019
David L. Lane '86
Barry L. Markl '68
Jerry D. Nachtigal '81
Larry F. Ness '69
Pamela S. Roberts '77
Shirley K. Sneve '78

2018
Steven Kappes ’80/M.S. ’86
Terry G. Nelson ’65/M.Ed. ’67
Kevin Roberts ’78
Larry Tidemann ’70/M.S. ’72
Wesley Tschetter ’69
Diana VanderWoude ’82/M.S. ’91

2017
John Hendrickson Jr. '77
David Thompson '64
David Blegen '64
David Nagelhout '79
Suzanne Hansen '95
Zachary Carter '99

2016
David L. Chicoine, ‘69
Delvin DeBoer ‘78/MS ‘80
David Gilbertson ‘72
Karen Billars Heusinkveld ‘67
Laurie Stenberg Nichols ‘78
Myron Van Buskirk ‘63

2015
Julie Gullickson Bell ’70/MS ’76
Brian Erstad ’76
Jim Faulstich ’72
Rodney Fouberg ’60
Margaret Hegge MEd ’71
Niaz Latif MS '83/MS '85

2014
David B. Anderson '66
S.K. Dash MS '70/PhD '73
Leon B. Ellwein '64/MS '66
Roxie Romness Foster '67
Jake Krull '60
Michael V. Relf '88
Lisa S. Richardson '91
Frank Blalark '02/MS '04

2013
Robert P. Gunsalus ‘69
Merl M. Hackbart ‘63
Daniel J. Hansen 03/PharmD ‘05
Brian L. Kaatz ‘74
David F. Marquardt ‘64
Jane McKee Smith ‘83
Roberta K. Olson ‘64
Hugh E. Smeltekop MS ‘99

2012
Larry E. Bell ‘58
Richard L. Deming ‘76
Fred L. Ellwein ‘83
Jill M. Franken ‘83
Lynn G. Seppala ‘68
Dallas P. Tonsager ‘76
Sara J. Venhuizen ‘07
Steve P. Imming*

2011
Betty A. Belkham MS '91
Reid A. Christopherson '82/MS '86
Arlo B. DeKraai '70
Dustin P. Oedekoven '00
JoAnn Olson Goodale '59
Jeffery L. Nelson '71
Walter W. Wosje '62/MS '67
Harold Bailey, Jr.*

2010
Joel DeRouchey '97
Lynn Enquist '67
Steve Hildebrand '86
Stacy Holzbauer '00
Cheri Kraemer '85
Mike MacNeil PhD '82
Lyle Solem '59
James McKinney*

2009
Jim Booher '70
Carrie Buthe '04
Mark Clark '80
Glenna Fouberg MEd '68
Sonya Irons '01
Teri Johnson '86
Jim Langer '70
Jim Morgan '69/ MS '70
Esther Preszler '88/MS '95
Vern Schramm '63

2008
Robert Burns ‘64
David Kranz ‘68
Diane Ludgate Love ‘77
Dennis Micko ‘68/MS ‘69
Nancy Neiber MS ‘83
V.J. Smith ‘78
James Sutton ‘57
Julie Thorstenson ‘99/MS ‘05

2007
Tena L. Haraldson '76
James A. Hoch '61
Tara A. Huls '93
Roger E. Hunsley '59
Kenton R. Kaufman '74/MS '76
Evan M. Renz '83
Deborah A. Soholt MS '90
Lowell L. Sterler '74

2006
Diana L. Berkland '72/MS '94
Don L. Endres '83
Jill T. LaPlante '93
Maurice H. Forsyth '78
Darold G. Hehn '77/MEd '93
Roland L. Ryan '60
Adam M. Vinatieri '95
Kathryn A. Walker '81
Justin C. Williams '95/'96
Peggy Gordon Miller*

2005
Kathie S. Courtney '74
Barbara B. Fishback '73/MS '79
Brenda R. Forman '85
John C. Gross '54
Charles R. McMullen MS '69/PhD '74
Thomas E. Neuberger '52/MS '55
Charles R. Raasch '76
James C. Wilcox '76
Christine Hamilton*
Edward Patrick Hogan*

2004
Sharon Lohr DeVaney '61/MS '69
Larry E. Gabriel '70
Dan H. Gee MS '67/PhD '70
Frank J. Kurtenbach '61/MS '69
Jan K. Nicolay MEd '72
R. Craig Schnell '65
Christine Hamilton*
Edward Patrick Hogan*

2003
Dana J. Dykhouse '79
Kimberly A.Overby '79
M. Michael Rounds '77
Dixie D. Serr '62
Jack C. Marshman '55
James O. Pedersen '55/MS '62
Susan L. Smit '70/MS '90
Darwin E. Walker*

2002
Sam M. Cordes '67
Bernard E. Heffernan '50
Rebecca J. Nelson MS '92
Karen E. Pearson '72/MS '79
Alan O. Tuntland '62
Richard J. Vetter '66/MS '68
Duane E. Sander*

2001
Herb Cheever '61
Marilyn DeLong '61
Jule Moravec '55
Ralph Palmer '43
Helen Severson '41
Jean Heilman Grier '69
Duane Pankratz '65
Robert Miller '49

2000
Debra A. DeBates '74/MS '93
Deloris E. Mangels Jensen '54/MS '58
Sandra K. Johnson '78
Dale R. McCullough '57
Deborah A. McDermott '76
Ivan S. Palmer '55/MS '56
Douglas D. Randall '65
Leon J. Wrage '61/MS '64

1999
Richard Coddington '57
Richard Dierks ex'56
Dennis Everson '73
Suzanne V. La Brecque '68
Gary Olson '63
Kay Coffield Pearson '59
Wayne A. Hauschild*

1998
Robert H. Burris '36
Walter C. Conahan '52
Nancy Davis Frame '66
Harry L. Forsyth '51/MS '57
Alice M. Gehrke MS '74
George E. Lohr '53
Les Roberts '48
Ellyn M. Satter '63

1997
Tom Daschle '69
Phillip Baird '78
Carol Hepper '75
Steven C. Otterby '72
Robert T. Wagner PhD '72
Mary Adams*
Ann McKay Thompson*

1996
Jarrod Emick, ex'91
Charles Foster '43
Roland J. Jensen '59
J. Bruce Laughrey '63
Clarence L. Moore '53/MS '57/PhD '60
Tom M. Hansen '61/MS '63
Vera Way Marghab*

1995
Charles F. Cecil '59/MS '70
Tanya K. Crevier '77
Richard V. Dobbs '63
Raymond A. Moore '51/MS '58
Warren E. Williamson '51/MS '54
Terry R. Woster '66
Carol Jean Peterson*

1994
Jeanine Deyling Basinger '57/MS '59
Darwin G. Britzman '53/PhD '64
Lester A. Clarke '43/MS '55
Arthur L. Dahms '61
Garrett J. Gross '65/MS '67
Paul A. Hanson '43
Thomas Batcheller*

1993
Donna Arlton '57
Ernest Buckley '47
Dale Harpstead '50/MS '54
JoEllen Koerner MS '82
Mary K. Wagner M.Ed. '74/PhD '78
Betty Widman '59
George Mickelson*

1992
Faith Cahalan '51
James Edwards '55
Robert L. Eng '50
Gene Murra '59/MS '60
Jack Richardson '53/MS '57
Gary Thibodeau MS '67/MS '70/PhD '71
James Abdnor*

1991
C. Boyd Granberg '42
Tom Patterson '64
Ronald Johnson '50/MS '52
Rolland "Bud" Anderson '61
Stanley Shaw '57/MS '59
Marion Davies DeKraay '47
Fayola Muchow*

1990
D.J. Cline MS '76
Ardyce Gilbert '60
M. "Les" Day '54
Bonnie Huber '58
Merle Freitag '62
Norm Hilson*

1989
Merle Amundson '58
Oben Simonson '34
Charles Hsi Chung Kao MS '62
Wayne Rasmussen '64
Clayton Cisar '58
Shirley Seas '55/MS '59
Vivian Volstorff*

1988
Richard Gunderson '59
Terrence Curtin ex'51
Mildred David Ramynke ex'38
Keith Jensen '56
Arnold Schaefer '39
Arthur Sogn '47
J.P. Hendrickson*

1987
Jennings Borgen '39
James Dornbush '49
James Larson '51
Carveth Thompson '54
Pat Adrian*

1986
Daryl Boddicker '65
James Higgins '73
LaVerne Kortan '42
Arthur Schwarting '40
Willis Nesheim '58
Sid Bostic '64
Aelred Kurtenbach*

1985
Rollins Emmerich '36
Robert DeLay '41
Vinson Oviatt '49
James Marking '50
Terry Novak '62
Milton Allison '53
Robert McCaughey*

1984
Lawrence Thielen '50
Myrna H. Williamson '60
Delane Boyer '54
James Emmerich '40
Dale Bidwell '33
Jim Woster '62
Elizabeth Hall Berg*

1983
Donald Veal '53
Willis Brewer '42
Willard Anderson ex'59
Douglas Silvernale '54
Leonard Swanson '51
Jerry Lohr '58
Erv Huether*

1982
Maxine Nodland Wilcox '54
Arthur Dickerson '50
P.Ode Hegg '31
George Hamm '53
Melvin Henrichsen '38
Adlowe Larson '34
Ted Hustead*

1981
Keith Keltgen '52
Jerome Miles '52
Philo Hall ex'38
Donald Haselhorst '56
Stanley Marshall '50
Ben Schaphorst '12
J.W. Headley*

1980
Max Brown '34
Winifred Turner Echelberger MEd '63
Harmon Kopperud '17
Anson Yeager '46
Sheldon Murphy '56
Merle Esmay '42
Hoadley Dean*

1979
Oswald "Ozzie" Schock '47
Alan Nord '52
Harold H. Hall '48
Bob Karolevitz '47
Louise Liffengren Hullinger '47
Max Myers '38
Joe Floyd*

1978
David Pearson '39
Irma Natvig '54
David Christensen '57
Lyle Derscheid '43
Harold C. Olson '28
James Etteldorf '32
Harold Shunk*

1977
Ernest Herried '27
A.C. Fillbrandt '35
Beatrice Medicine '45
Charles Tompkins '27
James O'Connell '35
Walter Ochs '57
William McDermott*

1976
Emma Humphrey Rogness '29
Earl Harriss '33
Harvey Marquette '26
John "Matt" Sutton '52
G. Robert Durland '53
Mrs. Robert D. Lusk*

1975
John Bibby '42
Charles Lundquist '49
Reginald Sherwood '14
Lawrence Tompkins '23
Barbara Klug Redman '58
Robert Ehrke '54
Paul Batcheller*

1974
Hjalmer Person '25
Arthur Dobberstein '30
Paul Brown '35
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve '54
Lulu Casley Spidle '14
Palmer "Pete" Retzlaff '53
Hilton M. Briggs*

1973
Arthur Tompkins '18
Kenneth Anderson '34
Warren Miller '43
Donald Barnett '64
Harriet Montgomery '33
Imogene Van Overschelde '48
Alex Rentto '27
Ralph Caldwell '25
John R. Anderson '54
Frank Denholm '56
Raymond Bushland '32
James Grommersch '47
William Dougherty '54
Les Helgeland*
Frances Hettler*

1972
David Hume '36
Robert Yule '24
Donald Shepherd '28
Archie Higdon '28
Sherwood Berg '47
Ralph Johnston '16
Roy Herold '27
Howard Hanson '47
Ralph Ginn*
John Foster*

1971
Ima Crisman '28
William Gamble '25
John Hayes '40
L.R. Kennedy '33
Russell Walseth, Sr. '20
Art Vandall '39
Hilbert Bogue*

1970
Gene Amdahl '48
Ford Ferguson ex'34
Dona Brown '31
Dewey DeBoer '22
L. David Hiner '29
George Weber '16
Norman Rumple '37
E.Y. Berry*

1969
Donald Craig '32
A.B. Gilbertson '34
Raymond Lund '22
Harold Urton '21
William DePuy '41
Alice Olson*

1968
Ernest Michaels '20
George Biggar '21
Aubrey Sherwood '17
Alvilda Myre Sorenson '24
Sister M. Desideria Hirsch '38
Tom Mills '47
Fred Holscher*
Dwight Miller*

1967
Orville Bentley '42
Floyd Cornwell '18
Millard Scott ex'19
Verlynne Volin '39

1966
Henry Lardy '39

1965
Geraldine Fenn '33
Ben Reifel '32

1964
D.B. Doner '28

1963
Irwin Bibby '12

1962
Leo Lippert '25

1961
Stephen Briggs '07
Frederick Coller '06
Charles Coughlin '09