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Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Awarded to alumni of the College who have demonstrated superior accomplishments in their career.
Richard L. Beam* ’58 (1990)
Carolyn M. Wood ’51 (2005)
Roy E. Clason, Jr. ’84 (2008)
James W. Colborn ’67 (2008)
Katherine (Nisbet) Dean ’51 (2008)
Richard H. Deihl ’49 (2008)
Rayburn “Ray” Dezember* ’53 (2008)
Penny S. Fraumeni ’68 (2008)
James B. Gregory* ’48 (2008)
Hilary (Smith) Guild-Andresen ’65 (2008)
George C. Parker* ’40 (2008)
J. Stanley Sanders ’63 (2008)
Rear Adm. John A. Scott* ’42 (2008)
Zilpha (Keatley) Snyder* ’48 (2008)
Dean Salisbury ’85 (2009)
Austin E. Major '84 (2015)
Cheryl Boone Isaacs '71 (2017)
Stuart E. Gothold ’56 (1982 & 2008)
Robert H. Rau* ’62 (1983, 2008)
Peter L. Harris ’65 (1984, 2008)
Richard K. Mastain ’49 (1985, 2008)
Arthur A. Seidelman ’58 (1987, 2008)
Robert M. Zemsky ’62 (1988, 2008)
Thomas Tellez ’55 (1991, 2008)
William F. House* ’45 (1992, 2008)
David Ochoa ’65 (1992, 2008)
William Hall ’56 (1993, 2008)
Nelle G. Slater* ’50 (1993, 2008)
Williametta Spencer ’48 (1995, 2008)
Karin Strasser Kauffman ’63 (1997, 2008)
Joseph Hafey ’65 (2001 & 2008)
Dena (Turpen) Deck ’71 (2005 & 2008)
Albert R. Behnke, Jr.* ’25
Merle H. Bensinger* ’46
Edwin B. Bronner* ’41
Thomas E. Coffin* ’36
John L. * '25
Charles W. Cooper* ’25
Arthur F. Corey* ’24
Joseph P. Cosand, Jr.* ’36
Herschel E. Daugherty* ’33
Robert R. Dye* ’43
Rev. E. Ezra Ellis* ’28
Guy J. Frank* ’43
David K. Fukushima* ’39
James N. Galloway ’66
Wayne R. Grisham* '49
Judge Edward J. Guirado* ’28
Robert W. Harlan* ’47
Eleanor (Wilcocks) Hempel ’43
Herman H. Henkle* ’28
Roger W. Hickman* ’22
Faith R. Hill* ’29
Howard P. House* ’30
Arthur J. Hunnicutt* ’28
Leland G. Hunnicutt* ’21
William C. Jackson* ’55
William H. Marumoto* ’57
Chester M. McCloskey* ’40
Jessamyn (West) McPherson* ’23
Richard M. Nixon* ’34
William H. Patterson* ’39
Chester C. Pearson* ’27
Hubert C. Perry* ’35
Col. Samuel P. Pickett* ’22
Anthony R. Pierno* ’54
Robert H. Ponce* ’51
Carl L. Randolph, Jr.* ’43
Adrienne Cisneros Selekman ’81
Alfred G. Shaheen* ’43
Calvin Smith* ’30
Elden Smith* ’28
Frank G. Swain* 1913
Carol Tenopir ’74
Benjamin B. Tregoe* ’51
Elizabeth (Lamb) Tunison* ’43
Roy C. Votaw* ’25
Thomas D. Wood* ’50