For the 58th time, Shockers gathered to applaud outstanding Wichita State alumni, faculty and staff during the WSU Alumni Awards presentations. This year's ceremony was April 9 at the Wichita Marriott, where John Bardo, WSU president; Mildred Edwards '96/99/08, WSU Alumni Association board chair; and Debbie Kennedy '94, alumni association president and CEO, each addressed the crowd before emcee Dave Dahl '71/74 took on the pleasant task of introducing the 2013 award recipients.
The annual awards ceremony continues a proud tradition of celebrating personal and professional achievement, as well as service to Wichita State and to society. Established in 1955, the Alumni Achievement Award is the highest honor given to Wichita State alumni by the alumni association.
Recognition Awards are presented to alumni, friends of the university and faculty or staff for outstanding public service and/or particular service to WSU. The Laura Cross Distinguished Service Award recognizes WSU staff members or retired staff who have given exceptional service to the university. The Young Alumnus Award is presented in recognition of the accomplishments of a WSU graduate 40 years old or younger.
In addition, the alumni association, established in 1913, wrapped up its centennial celebration of a "Century of Shockers" with the posthumous awarding of a special Award of Distinction to the alumni association's first president – Harry Shuler '13/30.
Helping make the night special were event sponsors Delta Dental of Kansas and Koch Industries Inc. Music was by Nicole Feryok, viola, and Larry Hatteberg was the voice talent for the award recipient videos debuted at the event.
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT
STEVE FEILMEIER '85
Few people seem to grasp with the same degree of business clarity both the big corporate picture and the myriad of fine details comprising it. Steve Feilmeier – an executive vice president and the chief financial officer at Koch Industries, which is one of the largest private companies in America with annual revenues of about 115 billion dollars – is one who does. On top of that, his friends and colleagues say, Feilmeier focuses in on people as individuals – and is as loyal of a person as they come.
As CFO, he oversees Koch Industries' global financial network. In addition, he is a member of Koch's board of directors and serves on the company's business development board, as well as the boards of these Koch subsidiaries: Georgia-Pacific Equity Holdings LLC; Koch Chemical Technology Group LLC; and Koch Asset Management LLC, which is responsible for various Koch pension investments; and Molex Electronic Technologies Holdings LLC.
Smart, savvy, with a mind for numbers and a drive for excellence, Feilmeier works closely with other top business leaders to target and explore potential opportunities for Koch, where he began in 1997 as controller for the Koch Chemical Group. As passionate as he is about his work at Koch, he also generates the time and energy to be actively involved with his family, his alma mater and his community. His business colleagues, community-service associates and friends all describe him as possessing great "financial acumen," as Mike Burrus, executive director of Catholic Charities in Wichita puts it. Mark Humphrey – senior vice president, Koch Industries, tax group – says that Feilmeier employs a "nice balance" between understanding the big picture yet also focusing on the details.
He adds that Feilmeier has a "bias to action" – and calls him a principled and passionate leader. Mike Nelson, a Wichita dentist, describes his friend of more than 30 years as a generous, loyal, supportive individual who has a unique sense of humor and is "the hardest working man I know."
Feilmeier earned a master's degree in accounting from Wichita State's Barton School of Business in 1985. His first job after earning his degree was in the Wichita office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., certified public accountants. He then moved to PepsiCo, where he worked for eight years before joining Koch Industries.
In the years since his graduation from college, he has stayed vitally connected with Wichita State. In addition to serving in a number of university advisory roles, he and his wife, Regine, were recognized last year as life members of the President's Club, which celebrates the contributions of major donors to Wichita State. Also in 2013, he was welcomed to campus as a WSU Distinguished Alumni Speaker. His presentation offered a glimpse into his detail-oriented world of "Overseeing a Global Financial Framework."
For his countless professional accomplishments and boundless commitment to bettering his community, Steve Feilmeier is a 2013 WSU Achievement Award recipient.
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT
LINDA BRANTNER '74/90
Linda Brantner has always been one of those key Wichita people you should know. In 2012, that became a statewide item of note when Ingram's identified her as one of 50 Kansans You Should Know. That same year, the Wichita Business Journal recognized her with its Women in Business Award.
Now retired, Brantner served as president and CEO of Delta Dental of Kansas. In that role, she provided strategic direction for the company and represented Kansas to the national Delta Dental Plans Association through her membership and service to its board of directors. In her 25 years with the company, revenues grew from $7 million in 1988 to $250 million in 2012. Under her executive leadership in 2008, Delta Dental of Kansas was presented the state's highest quality award, the Kansas Excellence Award. And she led Delta Dental into Hall of Fame status: Delta Dental of Kansas is one of the smallest companies to be inducted into the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame.
Lucynda Raben, DDS, and board chair of Delta Dental, says, "Competence, caring and commitment are the core attributes that Linda brought to Delta Dental of Kansas." Sheryl Wohlford, president of Automation Plus and a fellow WSU alumna, describes Brantner as being "a change agent." Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the WSU Foundation, says she admires Brantner – and calls her a "proud Shocker."
Prior to being named president and CEO, Brantner served first as Delta Dental's director of operations and then as chief operating officer. She also put in several stints as interim CEO before being tagged for the permanent position in 2006. Described by colleagues and associates as intelligent, motivated, compassionate and as having a flair for the artistic and theatrical, Linda has also forged connections to numerous community, cultural and university organizations, including the WSU National Advisory Committee, the Ulrich Museum of Art Advisory Board, the United Way of the Plains, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Wichita Art Museum.
Brantner's penchant for creating elaborate Halloween costumes is surely an offshoot of her own artistic talent. More than a lover of the arts, she is an artist herself, having studied with the landscape/watercolor artist Charles Sanderson, whose work she especially admires. Indeed, before she painted such a successful portrait of herself as a business executive, she studied art education at Wichita State, earning a bachelor's degree in 1974. She went on to earn a master's degree in business administration in 1990. Today, she and her husband Doug have four grown sons and reside in Wichita. Last year, Brantner artfully retired from Delta Dental.
For her professional prowess and dedication to bettering our world – her one-of-a-kind brushstrokes enhancing art and business, family and community – Linda Brantner is a 2013 WSU Achievement Award honoree.
LAURA CROSS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
LINDA HARRIS
Linda Harris is known for her intelligence, dedication, warmth and courtesy. As the senior administrative assistant at Wichita State's Center for Entrepreneurship, she's the welcoming presence who greets and helps everyone who walks through the front door.
Linda joined the center's staff in 1986 and has held her current position since 2006. She holds the distinction of working with every director the center has had – from Fran Jabara to current interim director Lou Heldman. During her time at Wichita State, she has built knowledge and relationships that go back 27 years. As Heldman says, "She never seems to forget a fact or a person. She is the encyclopedia, database and historian of the center."
No matter the task at hand, Harris completes it with thoroughness – and verve. Heldman offers this example: "I want to tell you one of the first things that made me realize how special Linda is," he says. "This summer it was bothering me how dusty the display cases in the lobby of Devlin Hall had become. Linda and I decided to clean them. When I was moving items out of one case, I noticed Linda – dedicated, agile and fearless person that she is – had climbed fully into a case and was cleaning the glass from the inside!"
A native of McPherson, Kan., Harris graduated from El Dorado High School and Butler Community College. While a student at Butler, she worked in the office of the school's business manager and later married his son, Guy. After moving to Wichita, she worked for the Coleman Company as a secretary before leaving the workforce to raise her sons Chad and Brenton. When she decided to return to work, she learned of a part-time opening for a position at the Center for Entrepreneurship. She applied, was hired and today is counted among the people who have shaped the organization and its shining reputation. To mention just a few of the programs she has been involved with through the years – she has worked with the Kansas Family Business Forum, the Entrepreneurship Forum Series, the Shocker New Venture Competition and the international student organization, the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs.
As she makes plans to retire this spring, she is looking forward to spending happy days with friends and family, including her granddaughter. But, she adds, she'll miss interacting with all the students, faculty, staff and business leaders who pass through the center's doors. And they will miss her welcoming presence and her willingness to go that extra mile in making sure the job is done precisely – gleamingly – right.
YOUNG ALUMNUS AWARD
JULIUS THOMAS III '05
Julius Thomas III is one of those rare few who have successfully made the leap from the performance stages of Wichita State to the Great White Way of Broadway. Currently performing in Motown the Musical, Thomas already has two additional Broadway credits to his name: The Scottsboro Boys and, from 2012, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
Thomas earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater from WSU in 2005. He was talented enough to land his first professional acting gig only months after graduation – then made his Broadway debut five years after that. This was not a surprise to his WSU teachers, including Marie King, program director of opera, and Linda Starkey, director of musical theater. In addition to his obvious talent and charisma, they say he showed an impressive maturity of concentration and focus in his approach to developing his skills. Plus, they add, he was truly supportive of his fellow Shocker students.
At WSU, Thomas honed his talents in such productions as Pippin. His senior year, Pippin was chosen for performance at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Cast as the Leading Player, he was the narrator of the show who guided young Prince Pippin through a series of life experiences. His own life experiences – post-college – have featured adventurous episodes in a series of productions. His performances include roles in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Chicago and on its first national tour; the national tour of Xanadu, which included an international stop in Tokyo; and Shrek the Musical, which he joined for a North American tour. In Shrek, alone, he has taken on a varied host of characters – Dragon Puppeteer, Donkey, and Bricks, one of the musical's three little pigs.
A native of Gary, Indiana, Thomas played basketball in grade school and went on to graduate from Gary's West Side High School. He went to college and majored in biology, but found he didn't like that at all. He transferred to Wichita State, where he started doing what he most loved to do – sing, dance, act and, as he puts it, "play for a living." Thomas took his play seriously. He took advantage of WSU's experience-based learning programs and trained like a pro. He trod the boards on university and Music Theatre of Wichita stages – before taking the wider world by storm.
These days, no matter what stage he garners applause from, he remains grateful for the leg-up to success he got at WSU. In every Playbill bio written about this Shocker, you'll find a call-out to his alma mater. You'll also see him starring in a Wichita State commercial with the title of "Do More Be More" – a role Julius Thomas III had no problem playing.
UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION
RHONDA LEWIS '89/91
With seemingly endless energy, Rhonda Lewis has gone about sharing her expertise in community organizing and program development with innumerable people in Wichita and at Wichita State for almost two decades now.
A professor of psychology at WSU, she joined the faculty in 1997, after earning an associate's degree in social sciences and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wichita State. She also holds two master's degrees – one in public health and the other in human development – plus a doctorate in developmental and child psychology, from the University of Kansas.
As a member of the WSU faculty, Lewis is recognized for her spirited commitment to the success of students and Wichita State itself. She absolutely loves teaching her Introduction to Community Psychology class, where she enthusiastically encourages all of her students to volunteer at least 15 hours a semester at a community-based agency.
She has held many positions of leadership at WSU, including serving as a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and as president of the African American Faculty and Staff Association. Currently, she is the project evaluator for Kansas Kids @ GEAR UP, a program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Among her original contributions to Wichita State is working with her community psychology colleagues to establish the Community Psychology Certificate Program. The program provides undergraduate students the opportunity to gain experience working in community settings. Lewis also was a driving force behind the founding of the university's annual Faculty and Staff of Color Reception. She worked alongside her mentor Deltha Colvin, associate vice president of campus life and university relations, and WSU vice president and university counsel Ted Ayres, to establish the reception, which has promoted and celebrated diversity on campus for 13 years now.
Born and raised in Wichita, Lewis developed her commitment to community early in life. This commitment grew ever stronger as she fulfilled her educational pursuits. As a student at Wichita State, she was a recipient of the Glen Gardner Scholarship and held memberships in many organizations, including Mortar Board. Today, her professional and community activities are legion – and award winning. To mention a few of her many honors: She has received the TRIO Building Bridges Award, the WSU Award for Community Research, the Wichita Urban League's Up With People Award and the Kansas African American Advisory Commission's Outstanding Leadership Award.
As a teacher, Lewis counts her most rewarding accomplishment as shepherding 10 Ph.D. students through to graduation. "She wants students to be successful and impact the world and society around them," Colvin notes.
As a scholar, consultant and presenter, Lewis focuses on "preventive interventions to improve the health and wellness of communities." The name of one of her most recent presentations, delivered at a conference in Miami, Florida, is "Current Trends and Future Directions in the Education of Community Psychologists." No one who knows her doubts the future direction of Rhonda herself. As Deltha says, "Dr. Lewis has a wealth of knowledge to share – and is not shy about sharing!"
For her spirited sharing of and commitment to scholarship, diversity, teaching, research and community service, Rhonda Lewis is the 2013 recipient of the University Recognition Award.
ALUMNI RECOGNITION
TERRI MOSES '80/90
"To Protect and Serve" may be the collective motto of police officers across the country. Yet those words also apply quite uniquely to Terri Moses.
Moses retired in 2013 from the Wichita Police Department after 32 years of service. Over the course of her noted career in law enforcement, she worked her way up through the ranks of the WPD, becoming the first female to attain the rank of deputy chief in 1995. A graduate of the FBI National Academy, she has earned many professional awards, including no fewer than seven Bronze Wreaths of Merit.
Continuing her work in and commitment to public safety, Moses – who holds bachelor's and master's degrees in administration of justice from Wichita State – now serves as executive director of safety services for Wichita public schools. Known for her belief in the power of community, she is a familiar face at many Wichita and WSU support organizations. To name only a few of her affiliations, she has been active in service to the WSU Alumni Association, the Wichita Children's Home, the Red Cross and the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center.
From 2003 to 2004, Moses somehow carved out time from her duties as WPD deputy chief of investigations, her active home life as an attorney's wife and mother of two sons and her many other volunteer activities – to serve as president of Wichita State's alumni association. Demonstrating her personal commitment to "never stop learning," she took her responsibilities as president seriously. But not too seriously. Her stint in the top leadership position at the association also showed off another of her key personal precepts: "Be open to a lot of things." How else to explain the flower power, hitchhiking, hippie, "hip to the trip" personality she took on in 2003 to promote a fundraising auction for the alumni association? Yet, even before that WuStock Shocker Auction, Moses was always "hip to the trip" of doing whatever it took to support her alma mater – her family and her community.
Moses joined the Wichita Police Department in 1981 after graduating from Wichita State. Her tenure began as a beat officer in the Baker North bureau before she was promoted to detective in 1985. That was the year she was featured in a Wichita State Placement and Career Services ad. As a college student, she was interested in speech, communication and police work. Her studies in social science and psychology led her to an interest in deviant social behavior, and she decided to major in administration of justice. She also lettered in softball and basketball – and graduated with honors.
She grew up on her family's farm in northeast Kansas with her parents, Vance and Andrea Richter, and her sister and brother. On the farm, she says she "drove a tractor and did everything the guys did. It never occurred to me that there was a tremendous difference between the work capabilities of men and women." It was an article about policewomen in Ms. Magazine that sparked her interest in law enforcement, and she went on her first ride-along as a high school junior. After high school, she moved to Wichita to attend Wichita State – and has made her home here ever since. Moses and her husband, David, a longtime Wichita attorney who was a district attorney when they got married, raised two sons in Wichita. Today, Andrew and Aaron both reside in the city their mom still works to protect and serve.
For her loyal and honorable service to community and her alma mater – not to mention always being ‘hip to the trip' – Terri Moses is the 2013 WSU Alumni Recognition Award honoree.
AWARD OF DISTINCTION
HARRY SHULER '13/30
Atop Fairmount Hill in 1913, the institution of higher education established in 1895 as Fairmount College was growing by leaps and bounds. Thus, so was Fairmount's alumni body, whose members coalesced around the leadership of a dapper young grad to organize the college's first official alumni association. That leader was Harry Shuler, who earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1913, the same year he began his term as president of the new association.
Shuler went on to earn a master's degree in education from the University of Wichita in 1930, but was especially active on campus during his days as a Fairmounter. He participated in Glee Club, for example. "He talked about being in the Glee Club and traveling with them," reports James Addington, Shuler's grandson.
Shuler also served on the staff of the newspaper, The Sunflower. Within the alarmingly titled article "Epidemic Proves Fatal," published in 1915, his marriage is announced like this: "Another victim of the matrimonial epidemic is Harry Shuler, also of the Class of 1913. He was married to Miss Edith May Mosher of Lawrence, Michigan, a few days ago."
Through the years, his family grew – and so, too, did the alumni association, which today serves an alumni body of some 90,000 Shockers. After 100 years of growth and service, it is only fitting that Harry Shuler, the first association president, be recognized with the 2013 Award of Distinction.
WSU ALUMNI AWARDS HONOREES
1955
ACHIEVEMENT:Lincoln LaPaz
RECOGNITION: Warren Beebe; Lester Rosen;Gifford Booth Jr.
1956
ACHIEVEMENT: Arch Booth
RECOGNITION: Jacquetta Downing
1957
ACHIEVEMENT: Dwane Wallace
RECOGNITION: Hazel Branch; Thurlow Lieurance
1958
ACHIEVEMENT: Paul Wellman
RECOGNITION: Bliss Isely
1959
ACHIEVEMENT: Jesse Beams
RECOGNITION: Walter VerWiebe
1960
RECOGNITION: Lloyd McKinley
1961
ACHIEVEMENT: Garner Shriver
1962
ACHIEVEMENT: Leslie Warner
RECOGNITION: Alice Isely; William Crum
1963
ACHIEVEMENT: Marion Conrow
RECOGNITION: Hugo Wall; Ralph Miller
1964
ACHIEVEMENT: Harry Corbin
RECOGNITION: George Wilner; Marie Graham
1965
RECOGNITION: Worth Fletcher; John Rydjord; Beulah Mullen
1966
ACHIEVEMENT: John Morgan
RECOGNITION: Martin Palmer
1967
ACHIEVEMENT: James Lyndon Beebe
RECOGNITION: Laura Cross; Carnot Brennan; Kathlien Edmiston
1968
ACHIEVEMENT: A.A. Towner
RECOGNITION: Cramer Reed; Dean Grace Wilkie
1969
ACHIEVEMENT: Vincent Gott
RECOGNITION: Glen Gardner; Rene Gouldner; Robert Morton
1970
ACHIEVEMENT: Kathleen Hite
RECOGNITION: Sidney Brick; Theodore Gore; Fred Kimball; Floyd Souders
1971
ACHIEVEMENT: Harrison Summers
RECOGNITION: Dorothy Harmon; Fran Jabara; Martin Umansky
1972
ACHIEVEMENT: A. Price Woodard Jr.; Wayne Coulson
RECOGNITION: Arthur Kincade; Gordon Evans; Walter Duerksen; Robert Christian Jr.
1973
ACHIEVEMENT: Malcolm Myers
RECOGNITION: Josephine Fugate; Howard Fullington; James Robertson
1974
RECOGNITION: John Conard; William Farmer; Paul Wunsch
1975
ACHIEVEMENT: Lawrence Jones; Walter Orebaugh
RECOGNITION: Geraldine Hammond; Donald Pray
1976
ACHIEVEMENT: William Cooper
RECOGNITION: Ray Dillon
1977
ACHIEVEMENT: Linwood Sexton; Lloyd McBurney
RECOGNITION: Dwight Button; Samuel Marcus; James Winters
1978
ACHIEVEMENT: Barbara Uehling
RECOGNITION: Emory Lindquist; Charles Jakowatz
1979
ACHIEVEMENT: Charles Christian
RECOGNITION: Bentley Barnabas; Eugene Savaiano; James Basham;Prudence Hutton
1980
ACHIEVEMENT: Frank Carney
RECOGNITION: Floyd Amsden; Sheldon Coleman; Roberta Watkins Adams
1981
ACHIEVEMENT: Terence Scanlon
RECOGNITION: Rowena Ahlberg; Harry Litwin
1982
ACHIEVEMENT: William Fine
RECOGNITION: Martin Bush; George and Brenda Farha; Jordan Haines
1983
ACHIEVEMENT: Clark Ahlberg
1984
ACHIEVEMENT: William Tincher
RECOGNITION: Rosalyn Gore; J. Kelley Sowards
1985
ACHIEVEMENT: Thomas Farrar
RECOGNITION: Margaret Glades; Gordon Terwilliger
1986
ACHIEVEMENT: George and Virginia Ablah
RECOGNITION: Richard Welsbacher
1987
ACHIEVEMENT: Harold Beams; Cramer Reed
RECOGNITION: John Breazeale; Lee Cornell
1988
ACHIEVEMENT: John Jonas Jr.; Russell Nelson
RECOGNITION: Karla Burns; James Rhatigan
1989
ACHIEVEMENT: Samuel Ramey
RECOGNITION: Daniel Foley; N. Henry Pronko; Frederick Sudermann
1990
ACHIEVEMENT: Daniel Ferrell Rex
RECOGNITION: Joann Kallail Kamas; Roger Lowe; Mildred Marcus
1991
ACHIEVEMENT: Oliver Elliott
RECOGNITION: Frank Barton; David Farnsworth
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Laura Cross
1992
ACHIEVEMENT: K.T. and Mary Inez Woodman
RECOGNITION: Donald Stephan; Glen Zumwalt
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Howard Ellis
1993
ACHIEVEMENT: Gifford Booth Jr.
RECOGNITION: Mickey Armstrong; William Wilhelm
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Geraldine Hammond
1994
ACHIEVEMENT: True Knowles
RECOGNITION: Phillip Thomas; Donna Sweet
DISTINGUISNED SERVICE: Bernice Hutcherson
1995
ACHIEVEMENT: Bill Parcells
RECOGNITION: J. Robert Berg; K.C. and Gladys Alley
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: John Breazeale
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Ray Wills
1996
ACHIEVEMENT:Edward Armstrong
RECOGNITION: George Fahnestock; Michael Tilford
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: La Vona Spencer
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Brian Wells
1997
ACHIEVEMENT: Robert Dryden; Robert Geist; Riley Pitts
RECOGNITION: George Platt; Daniel Taylor
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: James Decker
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Prince McJunkins
1998
ACHIEVEMENT: Judith Bell; Tom Devlin; Arneatha Martin
RECOGNITION: Katherine Jackson; Melvin Snyder
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Joan Kahn YOUNG
ALUMNUS: John Rolfe
1999
ACHIEVEMENT: Lachlan Beatson
RECOGNITION: Max and Lois Hubbard; Phillip May
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Wanda Maltby
YOUNG ALUMNA: Sheryl Wohlford
2000
ACHIEVEMENT: Stephen Clark
RECOGNITION: Martin Perline; John and Sher Hurst
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Dorothy "Dot" McNicol
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Jeff DeGraffenreid
2001
ACHIEVEMENT: Jeff Turner,
RECOGNITION: Gerald Graham; David and Susan Anderson
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Gordon Vadakin
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Jeff Gates
2002
ACHIEVEMENT: Dan Carney
RECOGNITION: Chris Shank; Dharma deSilva
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Julia Lee
YOUNG ALUMNI: Eric and Kathleen Sexton
2003
ACHIEVEMENT: Jerry Bittle; Roberto Cruz; Ruth David
RECOGNITION: Michael Burrus; Gregory Meissen; Velma Wallace
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Roland Banks
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Sam Cohlmia
2004
ACHIEVEMENT: Jim Mann
RECOGNITION: Mary Herrin; Ron Baldwin
SERVICE: John Davis
YOUNG ALUMNA: Ann Konecny
2005
ACHIEVEMENT: Nicholas Mork
RECOGNITION: Elizabeth King; Joe Palacioz
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: William Smith
YOUNG ALUMNI: Brian and Joy Heinrichs
2006
ACHIEVEMENT: Bob White
RECOGNITION: Ron Kopita; Paul Allen
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Ginger Cox
YOUNG ALUMNA: Joyce DiDonato
DISTINCTION: Harold and Ruth Scheer
2007
ACHIEVEMENT: Ron Holt
RECOGNITION: Deltha Colvin; Sheryl Wohlford
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Phillip Bowers
YOUNG ALUMNA: Karen Countryman-Roswurm
DISTINCTION: David Nygaard
2008
ACHIEVEMENT: Marilyn Pauly
RECOGNITION: Charles and Liz Koch;Dean Headley
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Ruth Matz
YOUNG ALUMNA: Kaye Monk-Morgan
DISTINCTION: Wesley Brown
2009
ACHIEVEMENT: Sarah Robinson
RECOGNITION: Mike Kennedy; David Alexander
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Pat Campbell
YOUNG ALUMNA: Delia Garcia
DISTINCTION: KPTS's "Black & Gold: Remembering the WSU Plane Crash"
2010
ACHIEVEMENT: Mark Parkinson
RECOGNITION: Barry and Cindy Schwan; Celia Goering
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Jesse Torres
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Collin Stieben
DISTINCTION: Chris Lamb, Shannon Lamb, RJ Abella, Jeff Sanders
2011
ACHIEVEMENT: Bernard Nichols
RECOGNITION: Sam and Jacque Kouri; Les Anderson
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Linda Matson
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Joe Hand
2012
ACHIEVEMENT: Cleo Littleton
RECOGNITION: Dave Dahl; Lynn Stephan
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Connie Kachel White
YOUNG ALUMNUS: Alex Kanelokos
