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HES Alumni Awards
2020 Recipients
We are pleased to announce the award winners for HES Week 2020!
- New Professional Award: Taylor Ahern, BS ’12 PFP
- Citation of Merit: Michele Phillippe Batye, BS ’91 TAM and Erika Breedlove Michalski, BS ’05 HDFS
- Distinguished Service Award: Lindsey Murphy, PhD ‘19 HDFS
Congratulations to all of our award winners!
Nomination Form
Deadline to submit nomination is Apr. 1, 2021.
If you would like to nominate someone for an HES Alumni Award, please download a nomination form (PDF) and send it to the HES Alumni and External Relations office.
Past Recipients
| Year | Name on Award | Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Brad Martin | BS 2012 ArchSt |
| 2018 | Jake Hammel | BS 2010 TAM |
| 2017 | Lauren Bauer | 2015 BS PFP |
| 2016 | Kam Phillips | 2012 BSW |
| 2015 | Danielle Easter | 2004 MSW |
| 2014 | No Awards Given | |
| 2013 | No Awards Given | |
| 2012 | Anne E. Kramer | 2004 BS AS |
| 2011 | Jennifer Hardesty | MS 1997 HDFS PhD 2001 HDFS |
| 2010 | Stacey B. Neier | BS BA 2003 BUS BS, BS HES 2003 HES |
| 2009 | Banquet was cancelled | |
| 2008 | Rebecca Roth | 2003 BS HES |
| 2007 | Adriana Umana-Taylor | PhD HES |
| 2006 | Jerome Anderson | 1999 BS HES, 2001 MSW |
| 2005 | Erin E. Graham | 2002 BS HES |
| 2005 | Jamie M. Zoellner | 1998 BS HES, 2004 PhD Colo State Univ |
| 2004 | Melissa Pratt | 1995 BS HES |
| 2003 | Ken Feldman | 1993 BS HES, 1996 MA |
| 2003 | Trever Garrison | 1995 BS HES |
| 2002 | Don Hinshaw | 1997 BS HES |
| 1999 | Allison Azevedo | 1987 BS HES |
| 1998 | Rhonda Howell | 1992 BS HES |
| 1998 | James W. Alabach | 1988 BS HES |
| 1996 | Bruce Burgo | 1992 MSW |
| 1995 | Kristen Schalk-Farrell | 1991 BS HES |
| 1994 | Leigh Anne Taylor | 1989 BS HES, 1990 BS EDUC, 1991 MS EDUC |
| 1993 | Terry E. Paterson | 1986 BS HE |
| 1992 | Susan Adkins Zalenski | 1980 BS HE |
| 1991 | Dawn D. Bennett | 1983 BS HE, 1985 MA Journ |
| 1990 | Carol Edwards | 1979 BS HE |
| 1989 | Madelynn Cunningham Garffie | 1979 BS HE |
| 1988 | Sara Cornwell Mokros | 1986 MS |
| 1987 | William Barkley | 1973 BS HE |
| 1986 | Mrs. Jill Jacobs McCleary | 1974 BS HE |
| 1985 | Ms. Jeanne Chapman Bequette | 1978 BS HE |
| 1984 | Mrs. Deborah Richey Markenson | 1974 BS HE, 1980 MS HES |
| 1983 | Mrs. Kathy Moore | 1975 BS EDUC |
| 1982 | Mrs. Jane Schaefer Ganz | 1972 BS HE |
| 1981 | Ms. Madeleine Tatum | 1971 MS HE |
| 1980 | Ms. A. Christine Montgomery | 1971 BS HE |
| 1979 | Dr. Joyce Brengarth | 1964 BS EDUC, 1967 MSW |
| 1978 | Mrs. Cynthia Foley | 1972 BS HE, 1974 MS HES |
| 1978 | Dr. Kathy Thornburg | 1968 MS HES, 1973 PhD HES |
| 1977 | Miss Charnette Norton | 1963 BSHES, 1976 MS |
| 1977 | Miss Catherine Allen | 1968 BS HE |
| 1976 | Miss Hope Smith | 1963 BS HE, 1976 MS |
| 1974 | Miss Sharilyn L. Lemkuil | 1970 MS HES |
| 1974 | Mrs. Charlene Swetnam Moore | 1967 BS HE |
| 1973 | Mrs. Patricia Myles Gilroy | 1963 BS HE |
| Year | Name on Award | Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sarah Bosso, BS ’05 HDFS; Rhonda Gibler, PhD ’06 CFE; Dan Hanneken, BSW ’06, MSW ‘08 | |
| 2018 | Tahira Hira, PhD | 1976 CFE PFP |
| 2017 | Cynthia Francis Adams | 1982 BS EDn |
| 2016 | Tracy Stearns | 1989 BS EDn |
| 2015 | Jason Hans | 1999 BS HDFS, 2001 MA, 2004 PhD |
| 2014 | No Awards Given | |
| 2013 | No Awards Given | |
| 2012 | Gayle Mchenry | 1979 BS SW, 1984 MS SW |
| 2011 | Patty Brown | BS TAM 1983 |
| 2010 | Nancy Sommer | BS HE 1985 HES |
| 2009 | Banquet was cancelled | |
| 2008 | Linda Lowenstein | S ED 1965 |
| 2007 | Paula Sydnor Hubbard | 1984 MSW |
| 2006 | Anna-Mae Kobbe | 1976 MS HE |
| 2005 | Susan Lordi Marker | 1976 BS HE |
| 2005 | Sarah Topping McElroy, MD | BS HE 1981, MS HES 1988, MD 1997, Med. Res. 2000 |
| 2004 | Dr. Velma McBride Murry | 1985 MS, 1987 PhD |
| 2003 | Elizabeth Hughes | 1992 BS HES |
| 2002 | Carol Ann Roberson Williams | 1956 BS HE |
| 2002 | Gail Moore | 1981 BS ED |
| 2001 | No Award given | Centennial Celebration of the College |
| 2000 | No Awards Given | |
| 1999 | Louise Charnette (Char) Norton | 1963 BS HE, 1976 MS HE |
| 1999 | Catherine Allen | 1968 BS HE |
| 1999 | Dolores (DeDe) Spitznagel | 1983 BS HE |
| 1998 | Ruth A. Pirch | 1965 BS HE, 1975 MS HE |
| 1998 | Rebecca A. Dowling | 1981 PhD |
| 1997 | No Awards Given | |
| 1996 | Mary McClure | 1976 BS |
| 1996 | Linda Jo Turner | 1973 BS EDUC, 1976 MS Nat R, 1992 PhD HES |
| 1995 | Diane S. Olson | 1979 MS |
| 1994 | Daisy L. Stewart | 1971 BS EDUC, 1972 MS ED, 1980 PhD EDUC |
| 1993 | Carmen K. Schulze | 1975 BS HE, 1986 MPA |
| 1992 | Stephen L. Roling | 1970 BA A&S SocWk, 1973 MSW |
| 1992 | Missy Fish | 1973 BS HE |
| 1991 | Dr. Carol E. Kellett | 1975 MED, 1980, PhD Educ |
| 1990 | Karen Morgan | 1977 PhD HE |
| 1989 | Ms. Jeanne Epple | 1949 BS HE |
| 1988 | Ms. Marge Burba-Babbitt | 1964 BS HE |
| 1987 | Dr. Janet K. Sawyers | 1949 BS HE |
| 1986 | Ms. Sharon Gibson | 1963 BS EDUC |
| 1985 | Mrs. Grace Hoover | 1947 BS HE, 1948 MA HE |
| 1984 | Ms. Julia Noland Chryst | 1947 BS HE |
| 1983 | Dr. Ann Messersmith | 1975 PhD HE |
| 1982 | Dr. Sharon Y. Nickols | 1976 PhD HE |
| 1981 | Ms. Isabel Jones | 1975 MS HE |
| 1980 | Major Ronald J. Harris | 1975 MS HE |
| 1979 | Mrs. Katherine Holt Love | 1954 BS HE ED, 1966 MS HE |
| 1978 | Ms. Dott McGill | 1958 BS |
| 1978 | Dr. Robert Rice | 1954 BS, Indus EDUC, 1963 MA HID HE, 1967 PhD Cornell U |
| 1977 | Dr. Phyllis Kinnison Lowe | 1941 BS ED, 1950 M ED |
| 1976 | Dean Beverly Crabtree | 1959 BS EDUC, 1962 M Ed |
| 1975 | Dean Helen F. McHugh | 1958 BS HE, 1959 MS HE |
| 1974 | Dr. Elizabeth Dyar Gifford | 1940 PhD HE |
| 1973 | Miss Mary Helen McLachlan | 1931 BS HE, 1937 MA HE |
| 1972 | Dr. Margaret Liston | 1933 MA |
| 1971 | Dr. Anita Dickson | 1932 BS EDUC |
| 1970 | Dr. Adeline Hoffman | 1930 BS EDUC |
| 1969 | Dr. Pauline Gillette Garrett | 1939 BS EDUC, 1948 MS EDUC, 1958 Doctor EDUC |
| 1968 | Miss Mary Lou Welschmeyer | 1943 BS HE |
| 1967 | Dr. Margaret Alexander | 1930 BS EDUC, 1935 MA HES |
| 1966 | Miss Reba Staggs | 1939 MA HE |
| 1965 | Dr. Ercel Eppright | 1923 BS EDUC |
| 1961 | Miss Jessie Alice Cline | 1915 BS EDUC, 1916 BA A&S, 1925 MA HE |
| 1961 | Dr. Sylvia Cover | 1929 MA HE, 1933 PhD HE |
| 1961 | Dr. Suzanne Davison | 1929 BS EDU, 1933 MA HE |
| 1961 | Mrs. Ophelia Robinson Shepard | |
| 1961 | Hazel Hatcher | 1927 BS EDUC |
| Year | Name on Award | Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hope Horn | TAM |
| 2018 | Barbara Buffaloe | 2002 BS EDn ArchSt, 2007 MS EDn BEH |
| 2017 | Caroline Baker Lanham and Anthony J. Randazzo | 1976 BS FD NUT and 1989 BS EDn |
| 2016 | Jim Deutsch and Carolyn Wiley | 1994 BS and 1964 BS |
| 2015 | Ellen Fisher | 2008 MS ArchSt, 2011 PhD |
| 2014 | No Awards Given | |
| 2013 | No Awards Given | |
| 2012 | Eleanor R. Frasier | 1961 BS Vocational Economics, 1965 MS EDn, 1993 PhD EDn |
| 2011 | Nancy & Dave Griggs | Nancy – MSW 1976; Dave – Arch St. Advisory Bd |
| 2010 | Betty Knight | BS HE 1969 HES |
| 2009 | Banquet cancelled | No awards given |
| 2008 | Donna Medlin | Distinguished Service |
| 2008 | Karen Myers | Distinguished Service |
| 2007 | David Reid | Distinguished Service |
| 2006 | Dr. Wendy Sims | Distinguished Service |
| 2005 | Sarah Gehlert | Distinguished Service, 1982 MSW |
| 2005 | Stanley N. Graven | Distinguished Service |
| 2004 | Kim Townley | Distinguished Service, 1984 PhD HES |
| 2003 | Frederick Schmidt | Distinguished Service |
| 2003 | James C. Jacobsen | Distinguished Services |
| 2002 | Bea Gagliardo | Distinguished Service |
| 2002 | Chuck Graham | Distinguished Service |
| 2001 | No Awards Given | |
| 2000 | No Awards Given | |
| 1999 | William J. Nolan | Distinguished Service |
| 1998 | Treva Kintner | Distinguished Service, 1952 MA HE |
| 1996 | James E. Warren, Jr. and Sharon Baysinger Warren | Distinguished Servic, 1974 BS HE Sharon |
| 1995 | Mrs. Maxine I. Seabaugh Schade | Distinguished Service, 1937 BSHE |
| 1994 | Elizabeth McCorkle Hegarty | Distinguished Service, 1932 BSHE |
| 1993 | Dr. C. Brice Ratchford | Honorary Alumni |
| 1993 | Kathleen E. Buescher | Honorary Alumni |
| 1992 | Roger B. Wilson | Honorary Alumni |
| 1992 | Dr. Ernest M. Funk | Honorary Alumni, 1927 MA Ag |
| 1991 | Jane Bierdemann-Fike | Honorary Alumni |
| 1990 | Eugene C. Gwaltney | Honorary Alumni |
| 1989 | James R. Reid Sr. | Honorary Alumni |
| 1988 | Colon Washburn | Honorary Alumni |
| 1987 | Fisher A. Rhymes | Honorary Alumni |
| 1986 | Ms. Velda Rankin | Honorary Alumni |
| 1985 | Kaye H. Steinmetz | Honorary Alumni |
| 1984 | Mrs. Patsy J. Healy | Honorary Alumni |
| 1983 | Senator Nelson B. Tinnin | Honorary Alumni |
| 1983 | Dorothy Shull | Honorary Alumni |
| 1982 | Mr. Ray Clifton McClure | Honorary Alumni |
| 1981 | Mrs. Frances G. Young | Honorary Alumni |
| 1980 | Mrs. Virginia (Gini) Schreimann | Honorary Alumni |
| 1979 | Dr. Christine Weaver | Honorary Alumni |
| 1978 | Dr. Gordon Bivens | Honorary Alumni |
| 1978 | Mrs. Maxene Harris | Honorary Alumni |
| 1977 | Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Langford | Honorary Alumni |
| 1977 | Sister Cecile Therese Beresford | Honorary Alumni |
| 1976 | Dr. Margaret Wilson Mangel | Honorary Alumni |
| 1975 | Mrs. Marion Kaeser Piper | Honorary Alumni |
| 1974 | Dr. Mary Nell Greenwood | Honorary Alumni |
| 1974 | Mrs. Dorothy Wagner | Honorary Alumni |
| 1973 | Miss Gertrude Kable | Honorary Alumni |
| 1973 | Dr. Virginia Norris | Honorary Alumni |
| 1972 | Miss Georgia Amick | Honorary Alumni |
| 1972 | Mrs. Katharyn Zimmerman | Honorary Alumni |
| 1971 | Dr. Ruth Cooper Cook | Honorary Alumni |
| 1971 | Miss Carrie Joan Reynolds | Honorary Alumni |
| 1970 | Miss Flora L. Carl | Honorary Alumni |
| 1970 | Pat Tennnison | Honorary Alumni |
| 1969 | Miss Amy Kelly | Honorary Alumni |
| 1969 | Mrs. Helen Taylor Siever | Honorary Alumni |
| 1968 | Miss Ruth (Atwood) Shank | Honorary Alumni |
| 1968 | Miss Juanita Luthi | Honorary Alumni |
| Year | Name on Award | Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tootie Burns | BS 1988 CFE |
| 2006 | Scott Shader | Dean’s Distinguished Service |
| 1999 | Kate King | 1957 BS EDUC 1970 MED |
| 1998 | Mrs. Dorothy Rankin | 1941 BS HE |
| 1996 | Vesta Voss | 1934 BS HE |
| 1982 | Mrs. Wattana Pratoomsindh Na-Songhkla | |
| 1981 | Mrs. Marie Huff | |
| 1981 | Mrs. Betty Ream Brock | |
| 1980 | Marilyn Marshall | |
| 1980 | Dr. Leonard Douglas | |
| 1979 | Mrs. Veta Adams |