Heritage Honours Award Recipients

Alumni Achievement Award

This award recognizes the significant professional accomplishments of UNI graduates.

2023 Paul Donahue, ’78
2022 Michael R. Schreurs, ’69 & John C. Schreurs, ’77
2021 Joan L. Larsen, ’90
2019 Larry McKibben, ’70
2018 Steven M. Heilmann, ’69
2017 Georgy Lee Stigler, ’72
2016 Shellie Pfohl, ’85
2015 John Talley, ’74
2014 Jessie Nicholson, ’74, ’75
2013 Mark Oman, ’76
2012 Mildred Wood, ’56, ’62
2011 Gary Scholten, ’80
2010 Stan Askren, ’82
2009 Sally Carbaugh Frudden, ’55, ’72
2008 Nancy Powell, ’70
2007 Jon Scoles, ’73
2006 Jim Rudd, ’71
2005 Diane Crane Bridgewater, ’85
2004 David Peters, ’78; Paul Stanwood, ’54
2003 Thomas B. Ervin, ’67 Patrick Esser, ’79, ’82
1999 Sandra Cassady, ’84
1998 Curtis Froyen, ’70
H. Edward Phillips, ’68
1997 Janet Pattee Chu, ’57 Robert Crane, ’62 
Steven M. Pattee, ’25
1996 Joan Meyer Duea, ’59 Sandra MitchellWoods, ’77
1995 Harrison Boughton, ’56 Helen M. Reed, ’38
1994 Donald Adams, ’57
Ruth E. Martin, ’62, ’72
1993 Andria Erzberger, ’63
Paul Kilmer, ’75
1992 Michael Hogan, ’65
H. Lynn Horak, ’72
1991 Gary Kelley, ’68
James Whisenand, ’70
1989 Gary Floyd, ’62
David N. Kanellis, ’51
1988 Allan Carpenter, ’38
Dean M. Roosa, ’57, ’65
1987 John J. Hidore, ’54
1986 Jean Herbison, ’64
Larry Ingraham, ’64
1985 Ken Butzier, ’53
Joy Corning, ’54
Calvin Irons, ’65, ’67
Mary Jacobson, ’60
Robert McIntire, ’55
Richard Umsted, ’63
1984 Myrtle Telleen Collins, ’37 Finn B. Eriksen, ’31
Sheri Greenawald, ’68
Walton Lewis, ’37
David Coles Smith, ’54, ’58
1983 James Arnold, ’64
Frances Bartlett Kinne, ’36 Marvin H. Klepfer, ’50
Roger Maxwell, ’54
Martha Petersen Shedd, ’37
1982 Gordon Cawelti, ’51 Dwane Collins, ’31
Walter Cunningham, ’66, ’71 James Hearst
Jean Ray Laury, ’50
Robert Yager, ’50
Stan Askren, ’82
1981 Lynn G. Cutler, ’62, ’67 Graham Hovey, ’33, ’36
James E. Luhrs, ’59
William K. Poston, Jr., ’61
1980 Eugene C. Bovee, ’39
Roy B. Minnis, ’38
Clark H. Mitze, ’39
Dorothy Tostelbe Ray, ’41
1979 Lawrence Y. Agodoa, ’67 Richard Devin, ’66
Charles E. Grassley, ’56
Edgar L. Harden, ’35
1978 Walter Brown, ’38
Thorrel B. Fest, ’32
Lolas E. Halverson, ’44
Philip Peak, ’30
1977 Robert Buckmaster, ’33; Rex Miller, ’53; Mona VanDuyn Thurston, ’42; Sylvia Boltz Tucker, ’42
1976 Ronald S. Haughton, ’62 John S. Latta, Jr., ’29
Norma G. Rehder, ’31
Stanley G. Wood, ’31
1975 James F. Curtis, ’35; T. Wayne Davis, ’43; Harald C. Jensen, ’30; Dennis Jensen, ’57, ’61; Charles A. Patten, ’61
1974 Donald L. Fruehling, ’57 Ronald W. Roskens, ’53, ’55 Nancy Price Thompson, ’64
1973 Robert D. Benton, ’51 LeRoy W. Dunn, ’56
Donald F. Howard, ’31
1972 Lawrence Jepson, ’17
W. Thomas Pettit, ’53
1971 Jim L. Heskett, ’54 Lawrence H. Shepoiser, ’32
1970 David K. Berninghausen, ’36
Robert B. Kamm, ’40
1969 James Richard Jordan, ’39
1968 Robert Bernard Hughes, ’39
Ralph Galen Nichols, ’29
Anna Hong Rutt, ’08
1967 Lawreence Edward Dennis, ’40
Melvene Draheim Hardee, ’34
1966 Robert Louis Ebel, ’32 Wilhelm Gerhard Solheim, ’24
1965 Gordon Hoxie, ’40
James H. Shoemaker, ’18
1964 Wendell H. Bragonier, ’33 Frank Hovorka, ’22
1963 Glenn A. Bakkum, ’14 Wendell H. Pierce, ’33
1962 Joseph B. Clay, ’03
P. Victor Peterson, ’17
1961 Minard Stout, ’29
Guy Wagner, ’26
1960 David H. McCuskey, ’30
C. Bert McDonald, ’20
1959 Edgar L. Harden, ’35
Eva Mae Luse Smith, ’01
1958 Thomas E. Jones, ’09 Rutherford Rogers, ’36
1957 Elizabeth Fullerton Hudson, ’19
Robert Huntoon, ’32
Venancia Trinidad, ’22
1956 Alison Aitchison, ’03 Kenneth W. Colegrove, ’05

Distinguished Leadership Award

The Distinguished Leadership Award was presented in the past but is no longer a part of the Heritage Honours Awards program.

1999 Mildred Middleton '43
1998 Parke Behn
1997 Judy Heiman Gaze '73

Alumni Service Award

This award recognizes graduates who have shown long and continuous service to the university and community.

2023 Kip Elliott, ’89
2022 Judith Marshall Finkelstein, ’68
2021 Megan Stull, ’08
2019 Doug, ’72 & Rosie, ’72 Lindaman
2018 William D. Calhoun, Jr., ’79
2017 Roberta Yoder, ’71, ’13
2016 Merlin Taylor, ’61
2015 Sue Caley, ’81
2014 Justin Bierman, ’99
2013 Beverly Wynn Riess, ’78
2012 Sandy Stevens, ’62
2011 Jean Trainor, ’75
2010 David Takes, ’81
2009 Len Froyen, ’57
2008 Wanda, ’52, ’66 & Carl, ’51, ’59 Wehner
2007 Rod Foster, ’83
1999 James Handorf, ’54
1998 David Deeds, ’90
1997 William C. Rainbow, ’52
1995 Jack Ingle, ’81
1994 Woodrow I. Nelson, ’42 Mike Sheehan, ’65
1993 Bruce Bengtson, ’64
Betty Jean (B.J.) Furgerson, ’54
1992 Walter Cunningham, ’66, ’71
1988 Robert L. Justis, ’74
1987 Chuck Hazama, ’57
1986 Jack Wilkinson, ’52, ’58
1985 D. Jay Ellis, ’74; R. Scott Fetner
Shirley Hagemann, ’29
Shirley Miller, ’56
Barbara Yager
1984 Elverda (Butch) Bender Judith Harrington
Fred Lott
James Martin
Jerry Martinson
Ralph Piper, ’34
James Robinson
Don Rod
Margaret Willoughby, ’47
1983 Gary Kelley, ’68
Mimi Kingsbury, ’68
Karen Vaudt Mills, ’69
Harold Strever, ’68
Junean Witham, ’66
1982 Sandy Exler
Noreen Hermansen, ’71
Paul Rider
Lyle Schwarzenbach, ’67, ’68 George & Lill Shull
1981 David Takes, ’81
Louis, ’58, ’59 & Sharon, ’60 Khem
Curt & Kay, ’41 Mahaffey
Rita Dahmus Peltz, ’73
Harlan Phillips, ’53
John W. Strain, ’52
Leland Thomson, ’56, ’59
1980 College Hill Merchants
1979 Phil & Ilene Berg
Thomas Hansmeier, ’54, ’57 Leone Corkery Harms, ’44
Karl Holvik
Elmer & Ireta, ’46 Keith
John Ketter
Teru “Satch” Mukai, ’59, ’62 Richard H. Redfern, ’74
1978 Jack Ackerman
Don A. Eichelberg, ’63
Ed Ewoldt, ’54
Carolyn Haurum, ’53
Marilyn Koestler, ’57
Bob Kramer
Wendell Lockard
Cliff McCollum
Joe Nelson, ’68
1977 Marlene Wynn Behn, ’64 William Blake, ’63, ’70
Bernard Ceilley, ’55
Douglas Doerzman, ’58, ’64 Mattie Harper
Howard V. Jones
James A. McCutcheon
Louis A. Orr, ’28
Gordon J. Rhum
Iver H. Christoffersen, ’53 William B. Devine, ’37
1966 Merle Anderson, ’38 Marshall R. Beard
Walter E. Brown, ’38
Max R. Clark, ’31
Lloyd V. Douglas
Finn B. Eriksen, ’31
Nancy Grover Ewoldt, ’56, ’59 Perry H. Grier, ’38
L. L. Mendenhall
Eulalie Turner
1965 J. W. Maucker
1964 Forrest Brouhard, ’32, ’36 Clifford R. Cronk, ’26, ’31
Irene Eaton, ’21
Harald Holst
Kemper Huber, ’50 
Floyd L. Link, ’35
Harold A. Mayer, ’32
Merle J. O’Brien, ’32
Marna Peterson
Jay B. Speake, ’30
Marguirette Struble
M. R. Thompson
1963 Edwin Coen, ’34
David A. Dancer
Griffin Eggers, ’37
Margaret Fitzgerald, ’17, ’35 Harland Hanson, ’31
George Hutchinson
Dorothy Koehring
John S. Latta, Jr., ’29
A. Jerome Nielsen, ’47
Churchill Williams, ’38
1962 Everett Davies, ’29
Mary Dieterich
Ralph R. Fahrney
Garrett A. Lenhart, ’32
Erma B. Plaehn
Myron E. Russell
Raymond E. Sorensen, ’36
1961 Noel Bacon, ’38
A. E. Brown
Margaret Divelbess
Alice Newton, ’64
Bartley Ogden, ’33
J. Owen Perrine
George Robinson
Leland Sage
Myrtle Stone
Lawrence Whitford, ’24
Ida May Wilson
1960 Paul A. Bender
Eldon E. Cole
W. B. Fagan
W. Harold Hartman, ’28
Doris B. Hauser
C. W. Lantz
Edna Mantor, ’27
Edna Miller, ’36
Lillian Nielsen, ’30
Grace VanNess, ’19
1959 Wendell H. Bragonier, ’33 E. C. Denny
Edith Folken, ’36, ’66
Robert W. Getchell, ’37
Edward Goetch
Winifred Tuttle Hart, ’20
George Holmes
Lew McDonald
Elmer L. Ritter
Mary Shackelford
Thelma Short
1958 Amy Arey
John Berg
Virginia Epley, ’32
Owen P. McElmeel
Celia Natzke, ’17, ’20
Joyce Nelson, ’47
Bertha Pott
E. Grace Rait, ’20
May Smith
Selina Terry
Doris White, ’49
1957 Lester Ary
Olive Barker, ’31
Benjamin Boardman
Hazel Webster Byrnes, ’07, ’09, ’10
Emmet Cable, ’31
Arthur D. Dickinson
Eugene Lynch, ’21
H. A. Riebe, ’41
Lou Shepherd, ’19
1956 Fred Cram
A. C. Fuller
Herbert V. Hake
I. H. Hart; Earl Miller
Esther B. Foy Rinker, ’21, ’33 Hazel Strayer

‌Young Alumni Award

This award recognizes alumni who have success early in their career (age 40 and under) and who have been active at UNI.

2023 Katy Susong, ’04
2022 Patrick Fier, ’09
2021 Skylar MayberryMayes, ’12
2019 Mary Thielen, ’84
2018 Matthew J. Bries, ’09
2017 Suzanna Shontz, ’99
2016 Wade Arnold, ’10
2015 Andy Van Fleet, ’98
2014 Stephen Bruere, ’03
2013 Matt Harris, ’04
2012 Jason Kilborn, ’94
2011 Jason Lau, ’99, ’02
2010 Barb, ’92 & Clayton, ’92 Condit
2009 Bradley Block, ’93
Guang Jin, ’92, ’95
2008 Adrienne Hallett, ’97
2007 Troy Dannen, ’89
2005 Jason Follett, ’92
1999 David P. Brush, ’87
1998 Michelle Hyde Swanson, ’91, ’97, ’17
1997 Deborah Vangellow, ’86
1996 Linda Lundstrom Cook, ’89
1995 Timothy Harmon, ’89, ’92
1994 Anne Kirpes, ’89
1993 Richard Wojan, ’85
1992 Michael Ralston, ’84
1991 Mark Long, ’79, ’81
Diane Mari Opatz Muni, ’78, ’80
1989 Ken L. Wise, ’77
1988 Carol LeBeauHamilton, ’76
1987 Mark J. Kurth, ’75
1986 Vapordeal Sanders, ’76, ’77

Honorary Alumnus Award

This award is presented to a friend of the university in recognition of their exceptional support of the university.

2023 Cathy Irvine
2022 Daryl D. Smith
2021 Joanne & Lane Reeves
2019 Jersey Jermier
2018 James L. Kelly
2017 Jan & Scott Bittner
2016 Gary Rima
2015 Stan & Rose Lorenz
2014 Richard Jourdan & Mary Frances Jourdan
2013 Keith & Joyce Borglum
2012 Ed Gallagher
2011 Bob & Mary Ellen Molinaro
2010 Betty McCoy
2009 Dick Jacobson
2008 David Mason
2007 Eldred Harman

The Friend of the University Award was presented in the past but is no longer a part of the Heritage Honours Awards program.

1999 Robert W. Bettle, ’63
1998 David A. Roberts
1997 Donald Lindaman
1996 Carl A. Bluedorn
1995 Dick Morris
1994 Redfern, Mason, Dieter, Larsen & Moore Law Firm
1993 Rex Eno
1993 J. Michael McBride, ’62
1992 R. J. McElroy Trust
1991 Martha Ellen Tye
1989 Deery Family
1989 Willis Wagner
1988 Congdon Family (Congdon Printing)
1987 James A. McCutcheon
1986 Jackson Baty, ’68