Alumni Award Recipients
Alumni Award Winners
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Distinguished Alumni Recipients |
Year Given |
| Richard Katt '39 | 1988 |
| Dr. J. Michael Wyss '66 | 1989 |
| Dr. Guenther Herzog '46 | 1990 |
| Dr. Mark Schwehn '63 | 1991 |
| Donald Luepke '61 | 1992 |
| Miles Gerberding '48 | 1993 |
| William Linnemeier '48 | 1994 |
| Byard Hey '46 | 1995 |
| Ronald Reinking '55 | 1996 |
| Dr. Gloria (Seddelmeyer) Edwards '58 | 1997 |
| Dr. Erich Helge '47 | 1998 |
| Dr. Kenneth Haugk '63 | 1999 |
| Douglas Rodenbeck '62 | 2000 |
| Rev. Walter M. Schoedel '43 | 2001 |
| Rev. Theodore Taykowski '50 | 2002 |
| Dr. Herbert W. Berner '53 | 2003 |
| Dr. David Nahrwold '53 | 2004 |
| Dr. Robert Dettmer '58 | 2005 |
| Stephen Lewis '62 | 2006 |
| T. Paul Bulmahn '61 | 2007 |
| Rev. Luther Whitfield '79 | 2008 |
| Dr. Gary Gotsch '69 | 2009 |
| Rev. Donald Kleinschmidt '56 | 2010 |
| Dr. John P. Dormans '75 | 2011 |
| Mary (Carlson) Byers '81 | 2012 |
| Dr. Richard Pierce II '81 | 2013 |
| Dr. Charles Webb '54 | 2014 |
| Dr. Christopher McDougle '77 | 2015 |
| Jill (Brueggeman) Nichols '79 | 2016 |
| Karol (Gill) Selle '63 | 2017 |
| Steven P. Bercot, '65 | 2018 |
| Kent Keller, '61 | 2019 |
| The Honorable Daniel Heath, '71 | 2020 |
| Peter Watson, '79 | 2021 |
|
Patricia Wilson ’78 |
2022 |
|
Rev. Lewis King '92 |
2023 |
| Tim Benecke '74 | 2024 |
|
David Lupke '82
|
2025
|
|
Dr. Donald Ahlersmeyer '50
|
2026
|
Distinguished Service Award |
Year Given |
| Duane Lupke '48 | 1997 |
| Dr. Al Wick '48 | 1998 |
| J. Neil Reincke '54 | 1999 |
| Charles E. Cordes '45 | 2000 |
| R. Larry Goeglein '56 | 2001 |
| Marilyn (Woerner) Schultz '57 | 2002 |
| Ruth Kanning '48 | 2003 |
| Not Awarded | 2004 |
| Not Awarded | 2005 |
| Not Awarded | 2006 |
| Not Awarded | 2007 |
| David Widenhofer '63 | 2008 |
| Not Awarded | 2009 |
| Not Awarded | 2010 |
| Not Awarded | 2011 |
| Not Awarded | 2012 |
| Annette Diemer '59 | 2013 |
| Chris Murphy '81 | 2014 |
| Steven Messerschmidt '79 | 2015 |
| Bonnie (Kruse) Doerffler ’74 | 2016 |
| Don Lupke '61 | 2017 |
| Mervin Koehlinger, '64 | 2018 |
| Terry Breininger, '67 | 2019 |
| Anthony Hudson, '92 | 2020 |
| Dean Doerffler, '73 | 2021 |
|
Craig Linnemeier ’88 |
2022 |
|
Philip Amt '64 |
2023 |
| Mark Adair '85 | 2024 |
| Kurt Gutman '88 | 2025 |
| Ken Finner '75 | 2026 |
Neale M. Shank Award |
Year Given |
| Adam Thies '95 | 2013 |
| Grant Goeglein '03 | 2014 |
| Russell Jehl '98 | 2015 |
| Dr. Laura (Hudson) Pollom ’95 | 2016 |
| Martin Carbaugh '98 | 2017 |
| Benjamin Tietz, '01 | 2018 |
| Casey Cavell, '03 | 2019 |
| Rev. Matthew Wietfeldt, '03 | 2020 |
| Tiffini Grimes, '01 | 2021 |
|
Mark Abdon ’04 |
2022 |
|
Thomas Starks '13 |
2023 |
|
Austin Knox '10 |
2024 |
|
Kyle Thoms '04 |
2025 |
|
Elizabeth Hoham '07 |
2026 |