Historical Record of  Award Recipients

Historical Record of Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

2023

Charles R. Rogers ’63
Dr. Christopher Kazanjian ’12
Dr. Gustav (Gus) Seligmann Jr. ’57
Dr. Heather Whitley ’02
Dr. Jeanne Gleason ’74
John Yates Jr. ’77

2022

Dr. Michael Galyean ‘73
Dr. Kellie Ann Jurado ‘11
Anthony Boor ‘89
Wencil McClenahan ‘91
David Gallegos ‘97
Don T. Foster ‘81

2021

Kit Milam-Elliott, ’62, ‘63
Sonya K. Chavez, ‘88
Dr. Jim Butler, ‘76
Travis Leyva, ‘04
James Owen, ‘96
Sammy Chioda, ‘76
Dr. Shelly Smith-Acuna, ’80, ‘84

2020

Jerean Hutchinson ‘80
Lynn Van Pelt Fletcher, ‘81, ‘83
Jackie McGehee, ‘79
Manny Mora, ‘83
Mariela Rodríguez, Ph.D. ‘03
Jesse Guardiola, ‘95
Klaus Wiemer, ‘85

2019

Abel Covarrubias ’96, ‘98
Jack Davis ’69, ‘73
Dr. Debra Hagler ’80, ‘82
Margaret Hardin ‘94
Dr. Clenton Owensby ‘64
Dr. Srini Kankanahalli ‘91

2018

Rebecca Brown ’86
Tara Jaramillo ’93, ’95
Dion Messer ’84
Rance Miles ’80
Eric S. Powell ’80
Tommy Sheppard ’91

2017

MaryLou Davis ’69
Del Esparza ’91
Sue Gerber ’84
Esteban Herrera ’74
Irene Oliver-Lewis ’74, ’75, ’78
Eloy Torrez ’70

2016

Arthur “Butch” Blazer ’75
Colin Cahoon ’83
Loren Cook ’86, ’91
Amy Heil ’97, ’08
Steve Hanzely ’67, ’69
John Scarbrough ’11

2015

Carlos Gutierrez ’63
Sharon Huerta ’95
Nicole Lamartine ’97
Michael Milam ’62
Alfred Porter ’78
Steven Allen Sanchez ’04
Jerry Smith ’77
Jorge Luis Gardea-Torresdey ’86, ’88
Louis A. Vega ’91

2019

Kevin S. Cobble ’78
Gregory Fulfer ’84
Mary Hockaday ’83, ’86
Barbara Hubbard ’70
John Kramer ’88
Christopher Ledingham ’01, ’04
Robert “Bobby” Lutz ’73, ’75
George Mendoza, ’78

2013

Christopher Baker ’86
Lee Ellen Banks ’88
Alfred Paul Chavez ’10, ’14
Debra Hicks ’83
Eduardo Holguin ’74, ’79
Ramoncita Maestas ’77, ’78
Margaret McCowen ’71
Patrick Kerry Moore ’90, ’92
Raul Prieto ’84, ’85
Calvin Ward ’95

2012

Dan E. Arvizu ’73
Chris R. Biad ’93
Mario Allegri Conde ’73
Diana Fancher ’93
Kyle James ’07
Louis Kelly ’61
Jackie Kerby Moore ’82
J. Paul Taylor ’42
Sandra Whaley ’80
George Willis ’83

2011

John Antonio Sr. ’74
Subhankar Banerjee ’94
Kim Baranowski ’97
Todd L. Bisio ’94
Melanie Goodman ’05
Jose Lopez ’79
Joel Mozer ’88
Martin Small ’85
Emily Tobey ’73

2010

Sylvia E. Acevedo ’79
Presley F. Askew ’59
Ammu Devasthali ’93
Julie A. Dill ’81
James T. Skip Prichard ’59
Betty Jean Shinas ’91
Robert Earl Sinclair ’95

2009

Brenda J. Alvarez ’81
Judith Bauer Creegan ’96
Ann C. Gates ’94
Tom H. Hill ’67
William D. Newell ’88
Alexander M. Parsons ’99
JB Pruett ’72
Eula Fern Thompson ’81
William (Bilo) Wallace ’69

2008

Maury Giles ’96
Kevin Johnson ’82
Larry H. Lang ’80
Nancy Lewis ’68
Blanca Magrassi de Alvarez ’77
Tamara Martin-Causey ’02
Joe Andrew Salazar ’63
Terra Vandyke ’05
Allyson Yarbrough ’88

2007

David Birnbaum ’92
Lawrence C. Blount ’97
John Bradley Houston ’51
Gena W. Jones ’79
Adair Wakefield Margo ’94
Gregory Gene Maxwell ’78
Robert Gearold Myers ’86
Abelardo Escobar Prieto ’92
Brad A. Stach ’71
Jose N. Uranga ’65
Craig Wood ’53

2006

Barbara Joan Bishop ’79
B. Kay Brilliant ’71
Kira Alexandra Davis ’94
Robert Nick Franklin ’65
John C. Galassini ’86
Bradley Bruce Gordon ’78
Kevin B. Marvel ’97
Enrique Cazares Rivera ’92
Patsy Romo ’53

2005

Leonel Briseno ’82
Jesus R. Chavez ’38
Georgia Jacquez Lewis ’71
James C. Manatt Jr. ’71
Abdul Qadar Melhem ’87
Stuart L. Pimm ’75
Geraldine M. Romero-Roybal ’79
Larry G. Stolarczyk ’70
Joseph Semprevivo ’98

2004

Adelmo “Del” Archuleta ’76
Gilbert L. Cano ’54
Denise E. Chavez ’71
Linda J. Doubrava ’84
Linda Ann Laitner ’69
David P. Lopez ’79
Leonard R. Sugerman ’84
Amer J. Taha ’92
Beruk Yemane ’84

2003

Kathryn M. Authrey ’91
Kristin Chavez ’91
Rhonda G. Faught ’81
Virginia Foltz ’77
Victor Guerrero-Prieto ’95
Patricia Diane Lopez ’80
Ester Reyes ’89
Michael Rogers ’74
Topper Thorpe ’90

2002

Nassar A. Al-Aulaqi ’70
Ann Stege Anderson ’93
W.H. (Bill) Cantrell ’67
Lisa Donnini ’76
Katherine Ganz ’77
Robert Ogas ’68
Olivia Ogas ’68
Fabian Samaniego ’64
Teri Schultz ’88
John Eugene Scruggs ’64

2001

Ralph Dunlap ’50
Albert Esparsen II ’82
Russell A. Johnson ’71
Christopher Michael Knackstedt ’91
Mary John Ohair ’71
Alejandro Ramirez ’81
Carol L. Walker ’61

2000

Phillip W. Cook ’84
Thomas V. Esparza III ’89
Carl Faubion ’50
Walter G. Hines ’67
Kay Cargill Jenkins ’86
Gary King ’76
Anibal Pordomingo ’90

1999

Nazario C’ de Baca ’40
Laura Mathers Conniff ’75
Madeline P. Gillette ’98
Tullissee Anoinett Murdock ’70
Patricio G. Quintana ’74
Alex Peter Vega ’96
Omar U. Zaman ’70

1998

Donald A. Beasley ’72
Holm Bursum, III ’56
Michael J. Davis ’74
E. Bruce Firkins ’56
Ramon Ramirez Lopez ’78
Peggy Morse ’81
Sharon L. Parra ’91

1997

Susan Cardenas ’95
Michael L. Johnson ’72
Orlando T. Padilla ’76
John A. Papen III ’68
Jose G. Rios Ramirez ’76
Alex A. Sanchez ’76
Frances Bennett Stevens ’71

1996

Rudy S. Apodaca ’61
Victor E. Arnold ’68
Karen Dixon-Blazer ’79
Enrique Perez-Morales ’83
Mary Jo Solon ’95
Marshall Thomas ’79
Dina Chacon-Reitzel ’83

1995

Joel A. Arrigucci ’90
Dario Baumgarten ’75
David Estell ’72
William R. Humphries ’71
Jerome “Jerry” Shaw ’49
Adolpho R. Telles ’71
Albert A. Zamora ’76

1994

J. Mack Adams ’63
Carol Anderson ’88
Robert O. Evans ’69
Thomas A. Garcia ’73
Thomas N. Mobley Jr. ‘6
David R. Orr ’75
Mary Jane Orr ’75
Esteban Hernandez Perez ’76

1993

Garrey E. Carruthers ’64
Karen S. Guice ’73
Clive “Jerry” King ’58
Cesar Morales ’68
Thomas M. Tarasoff ’72
Heriberto Torres ’71
Susan Z. Washam ’93

1992

Sarah B. Alexander Boggs ’89
George Carl Everett Jr. ’74
Donald Jackson Groves Jr. ’70
Peter T. Mocho ’39
Laura Nan Snow ’74
David A. Thompson ’78

1991

John J. Chappell ’50
Susanna Marie Murphy ’84
John P. Jolly ’50
Bruce D. Ritter ’71
Sandra E. Rotruck ’83
John L. Whitmire ’64

1990

Leonard G. Armstrong ’67
Lawrence A. Banegas ’86
James C. Wetherbe ’71
Richard C. Johnson ’36
Richard L. Leza ’73
Bettye M. Bobroff (Coffey) ’65

1989

J. Paul Boushelle Jr. ’58
Josiah French ’29
Maryce M. Jacobs ’70
Betty Rose Rios ’69
Charles R. Tharp ’62
Robin Lee Woolley ’81

1988

Charles A. Clement Jr. ’52
Carol S. Gillsepie Smallwood ’83
J. Jacob Tejada ’40
R. Jerry Barber ’71
Gilbert Sanchez ’61

1987

Fern Dahlgren ’79
Norval Glenn ’54
Jean De La Pena ’76
Pablo Roybal ’39
Roland E. Thomas ’52
Browning M. Yelvington ’61

1986

Michael P. Clute ’68
James V. Curtis ’51
Ciriaco Gonzales ’54
George K. Petty Jr. ’65
Enrique Solis, Jr. ’75
Judith Solis ’73

1985

David T. Bailey ’63
Benjamin M. Boykin ’53
Jacqueline W. Camunez ’58
James R. Crouch ’52
Marilyn O’Sullivan ’63

1984

Thomas A. Arciniega ’66
J. “James” W. Bowman ’66
Harold Cunningham ’48
Kent F. Jacobs ’60
Walter W. Nations ’36

1983

Keith W. Avery ’55
Robert W. Colegrove ’63
Larry D. Higgins ’64
William R. Orr ’34
Bradford A. Smith ’54

1982

Barbara C. Funkhouser ’52
J.C. Galbraith, Jr. ’35
B.J. “Bob” Porter ’56
John R. Sellars ’45
J. Paul Taylor ’63

1981

Charles W. Benson ’68
Ronald A. Budenholzer ’35
James Craig Ogden ’42
C.W. “Buddy” Ritter ’58
Daniel D. Villanueva ’61

1980

Emma Hawk Briscoe ’34
Richard R. DeBlassie ’63
W. Clay Fiske ’78
Emmett E. Hixon ’39
Raymond L. Kysar ’53

1979

Albert T. Gonzales R. ’35
Claude E. Leyendecker ’49
William W. Loos ’59
Lawrence A. Smith ’42
Daniel Sosa, Jr. ’47

1978

Wilbur L. Fite ’40
Frank W. Gorman, Jr. ’48
Richard G. Marek Sr. ’42
Leo Marquez ’54
Mary Baca Sanchez ’57

1977

Leslie R. Clayshulte ’54
Eugene Leitka ’73
Joseph W. Rigney ’39
Floyd R. Smith ’35
D. Harold Wiggs, Sr. ’42

1976

Edward B. Gregg ’33
John R. Malone ’63
Tommy William Perez ’61
Lloyd M. Varenkamp ’50
Evern R. Wall ’57

1975

John L. Augustine, Jr. ’37
Frank G. Frenger ’26
Leon E. Griffin, Jr. ’58
Hivana Stroope Leyendecker ’58
Michael J. Maloof ’55

1974

Clearance H. Fielder ’50
Jesse B. Gilmer ’34
John E. Hirten, Jr. ’40
Jackson A. Rigney ’34
William C. Wunsch ’46

1973

Luis V. Amador ’41
Alonzo Earl Hatch ’41
Nathan B. McNeilly ’39
Rose Marie Valdes Pangborn ’53
Byron F. Wingrove ’35

1972

Clark L. Loomis ’35
Thomas T. Mann ’29
George L. McNew ’30
Sarah E. Stewart ’27
Donald S. Stuart ’48

1971

George Paul Black ’27
Charles Albert Miller ’26
Dick W. Reeves ’25
Leonard S. Taylor ’46
John E. Uxer ’50

1970

Louis R. Henson ’55
William Jack Howard ’46

1969

Justin R. Weddell, 1908

1968

Charles P. Loomis ’28
Orren Beaty ’40

1967

John M. McGurn ’34
John H. “Jack” Campbell ’41

1966

John M. Hightower ’40
Paul W. Klipsch ’26

1965

Arthur E. Maxwell ’49
Albert H. Rosenfeld ’50
Paul E. Russell ’46

1964

Abby Lewis Seymour ’32
Oris Vernon Wells ’28
Charles L. Johnson ’61

1963

Phillip J. Leyendecker ’38
J. Cloyd Miller ’27

1962

Charles David McKee ’38

1961

Charles Lee Williams ’43
Jasper F. Williams ’49
James B. Williams ’47
Clara Belle Williams ’37

1960

John A.D. Cooper ’39

1959

Fabiola C. de Baca Gilbert ’29

1958

Robert G. Foster ’19
Tomilson Fort ’23

1957

John George Miller, 1908

1956

James R. Poe, 1908
Era Rentfrow ’19

Historical Record of

James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service Recipients

YearRecipient(s) NameYearRecipient(s) Name
2023Dr. Barbara Hubbard, ’70  
2022Dr. Charles L. Johnson, ‘612021Richard Leza, ‘73
2020Randy Farmer ’762019Dr. Van Bullock ’72 ’74
2018Dr. Patty Lopez ’80, ’82, ’892017Frank A. Seidel ’81
2016Dino Camunez ’812015Morgan Nelson ’41
2014Lou Henson ’55, ’56
Mary Henson
Carol Smallwood ’83
2013J. Paul Taylor ’42, ’54, ’63
2012Don Beasley ’722011Michael Rogers ’73
Dan Perry ’62
2010Jerean Camunez Hutchinson ’792009Shari Jones ’80, ’81
2008Dave Cooley ’78
Betsey Cooley ’78
2007E. Larry Lujan ’76
2006Frank Dubois ’73, ’782005Jim T. Dunlap ’54, ’67
2004Gary Cataldo ’702003Tomas Chavez ’54
2002Julie Hall2001Jack Ward
2000John Jack Oestreicher ’711999Walter Gerald Hines ’66, ’67
1998William “Bill” Sauble ’701997William “Bill” Cantrell ’67
1996Rosco Vaugn ’65, ’69, ’841995Laura Coniff ’74
1994W.K. Bill Shriver ’581993Betty Sims Solt ’59
1992Gertrude Kretek ’52
Geraldine Kretek ’52
1991Kent McIntosh ’41
1990Blance Lear Hubbard1989Marshall Scott ’62, ’64
1988Martin D. Alexander ’601987B.J. Bob Porter ’51, ’56
1986Lombre Sue Hepburn ’481985Edward Gregg ’33
1984Larry Ramirez ’741983George Dawson ’50
1982Angie Stroup ’661981Horace Hubert
1980Archie Beckett ’511979Leon Wagley ’47
Anthony Romo ’52, ’54
1978Helen Strickland Hampton ’40, ’541977J. Henry Gustafson ’40
1976George Ray Smith ’521975Carolyn Henry ’63
1974Albert Burleson ’441973Kathleen Kit Elliot ’62
1972Melton Shelton ’57, ’601971Dick Reeves ’25
1970Edward Oliver ’521969Albert Vallin ’33
Fred P. Geibel ’32
1968No Recipient1967Edward Wallace ’52
1966Dorothy Cole ’70, ’78  

Historical Record of

Young Alumni Service Award Recipients

YearYASA HonoreeCollegeMajor(s)
2023Lea Wise-Surguy, ’15College of Arts and SciencesMaster’s in Fine Arts
2022Dr. Bobby Brooke Herrera, ‘12College of Arts and SciencesBachelor’s in Biology
2021Megin Nichols, ‘04College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental SciencesBachelor of Animal Science
2020Russell Hernandez, ‘04College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental SciencesAgric. Econ/Business
2019Natasha Nesiba Natividad, ’13 ’15College of Arts and SciencesComputer Science

 

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