The Alumnus/a of the Year Award, previously given as the Class of 1914 Award, is the most prestigious award given to a 51吃瓜网 alumnus/a.
The award celebrates 51吃瓜网 University alumni who have: attained a significant level of achievement in their chosen field, impacted their local communities with integrity and character, and demonstrated a continued commitment to 51吃瓜网. Achievement(s) need not be publicly renowned.
2024
- Amber Gibbs '98 (News Release)
2023
- Tamara Miller Campbell '82 (News Release)
2022
- Nicole Fogarty '98 (News Release)
2021
- Chris Conti '98 (News Release)
2020
- Karlos Marshall '13 (News Release)
- Moses Mbeseha '13
2019
- Anup Patel '95 (News Release)
2018
- Alicia Hupp '82 (News Release)
2017
- David Boyle '69 (News Release)
2016
- Fred Mitchell '69 (News Release)
2015
- Wes Bates '70 (News Release)
2014
- Patricia Richmond Benne '68
2013
- Steven Buchenroth '70
2012
- Ingrid Sponberg Stafford '75
2011
- Richard Scott
2010
- Alan '69 and Pam Jackson Stewart '69
2009
- Scott '76 and Carol Pfeifer Strawn '75
2008
- William H. Steinbrink 鈥�64
2007
- Lanty P. Smith 鈥�64
2006
- Craig Olson 鈥�74
2005
- Charles A. Brougher 鈥�55
2004
- Dr. Timothy Kremchek 鈥�81
2003
- Georgiana Sterns Albright 鈥�40
2002
- Michael Senich 鈥�72
2001
- J. Douglas Andrews 鈥�64
2000
- Martha Michelfelder Scott 鈥�50
1999
- F. William Hirt 鈥�47
- Robert W. VanKleunen 鈥�58
- Barbara Hein VanKleunen 鈥�62
1998
- Lawrence E. McCoy 鈥�57
1997
- Paul A. Burson 鈥�43
- Mark S. Shaffer 鈥�72
- E. Jennings Taylor 鈥�76
1996
- Gordon W. Johnston 1973
- Carol Walthall Schmalenberger 鈥�58
1995
- Martha Demerest Rodgers 鈥�31
1994
- Robert E. Ness 鈥�63
1993
- Donald R. Perkins
- Rev. Dr. Michael D. Wuchter 鈥�68
1992
- Carl A. Baden 鈥�28
- Robin L. Ratchford 鈥�66
1991
- Beverly Whited McBride 鈥�63
- Elizabeth E. Powelson
1990
- Kenneth G. Benne 鈥�68
- Dr. Virginia Hibbett Lucas 鈥�53
- Paul L. Weaver 鈥�42
1989
- Dr. Richard P. Veler 鈥�58
1988
- David L. Dillahunt
- Martha Feldkircher Hartje 鈥�44
- Lenore Morris Kinnison 鈥�59
1987
- David B. Albright 鈥�40
1986
- Mildred Dubois Remsberg
- James S. Wilkerson 鈥�42
1985
- Martha Lutz
- William H. Porter Jr. 鈥�67
- Charles F. Rechel 鈥�49
1984
- S. Will Hahn
- George R. Henkle 鈥�33
1983
- Everett H. Bush
- F. Kenneth Dickerson 鈥�51
- Betty Doughman Dillahunt 鈥�46
1982
- Dr. John E. Fisher '40
- Robert O. Long '50
- Paul Stefanik 鈥�32
1981
- Mary Lou Culp 鈥�31
1980
- Dr. Robert J. Marshall 鈥�41
1979
- Willard H. Borchers 鈥�34
- Mary Lu Kissell Noonan 鈥�35
- Ruth Hartzell Wray 鈥�37
1978
- Herbert W. Dankert 鈥�39
- Dr. William I. Goettman 鈥�54
- Dr. Howard E. Maurer 鈥�30
1977
- Donald J. Bishop
- Rev. Lawrence T. Rugh 鈥�47
1976
- F. Davis Maurer
1975
- Hulda Sallee
1974
- Dr. William A. Kinnison 鈥�54
- Dr. L. David Miller
1973
- Dr. Robert G. Remsberg 鈥�31
- Rev. Dr. John H. Rilling 鈥�27
1972
- Dr. Margaret Sittler Ermarth 鈥�30
- Richard L. Kuss 鈥�45
1971
- Ernest P. Scott
- Frank Dock 鈥�11
- Carl T. Ultes Sr. 鈥�03
1970
- Marion Lewis Renick 鈥�26
- Kenneth L. Rush 鈥�21
1969
- Margaret Kantzer 鈥�26
- Ralph M. Krueger 鈥�31
- Dr. Allan O. Pfnister
1968
- John B. Hamm
- Dr. Arthur L. Lutz
1967
- Howell R. Jones 鈥�27
- Carl D. Werner 鈥�22 鈥�66
- Thelma A. Dunn 鈥�24
- John M. Larimer 鈥�28
- Dr. John N. Stauffer 鈥�65
- Dr. G. Vernon Kelley
- Harold T. Kinsey 鈥�27
- Dr. Roland C. Matthies
1964
- Karl L. Landefeld 鈥�36
- A. Edward Patmos
1963
- George J. Buchy 鈥�29
- Homer McFadden 鈥�30
1962
- Ruth Helsel
- Hilda S. Stoughton
1961
- Clarence A. Corwin 鈥�22
- Harris E. Miller 鈥�15
1960
- Bitner Browne 鈥�35
1959
- William M. Edwards 鈥�31
- D. Bruce Young 鈥�09
1958
- Dr. John W. Barker III
- Lester S. Crowl 鈥�27
1957
- Willard D. Allbeck 鈥�22
- Louis H. Fitch
1956
- John D. Kuhns 鈥�21
- Rev. Karl G. Lind 鈥�16
- Harold Thomas
- Margaret Thomas
1955
- Carroll D. Gaver 鈥�19
- Nettie Royer
1954
- James C. Olson 鈥�30
- Dr. W. Emerson Reck 鈥�26
1953
- Harry G. Gram 鈥�01
- Earl Marshall 鈥�07
1952
- Earl F. Morris 鈥�30
- Clarence C. Stoughton
1951
- Paul F. Bloomhardt
- Dr. Stanley M. Hanley 鈥�23
1950
- Otto Jensen
- Wendell C. Nystrom
1949
- Dr. Taito A. Kantonen 鈥�33
- Dr. Harold H. Lentz 鈥�32
1948
- Florence Hiller
- Benjamin H. Pershing 鈥�12
1947
- Paul Anspach 鈥�16
- William C. Beaver
1946
- N. Madison Cartmell 鈥�14
- Elmer E. Flack 鈥�16
1945
- Rose C. Cadwgan 鈥�09
- Lloyd C. Douglas 鈥�00
1944
- Hettie Hochdoerfer 1896
- Dorner L. Keyser 鈥�04
1943
- Grace N. Hannaford
- Flora Prince 1892
1942
- Robert H. Hiller 1889
- Ross H. Stover 鈥�12
1941
- Alvin E. Bell Sr. 鈥�05
- Loyal H. Larimer 1894
1940
- John Philip Schneider 1896
- Charles B. Zimmerman 鈥�11
1939
- Z. Barney Phillips 1895
- Edwin O. Weaver 1889
1938
- Charles G. Shatzer 1900
- John L. Zimmerman Sr. 1879
1937
- T. Bruce Birch
- Rees Edgar Tulloss 1906