Distinguished Service Award

John Polzin '47 The Distinguished Service Award recognizes individuals who have made exceptional personal contributions to the College. Alumni and friends of the College are eligible to receive this award. Candidates shall have performed effectively in voluntary or elected leadership positions for the Alumni Association and/or College. The recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Service Award is John Polzin ′47. If you know someone like this, please nominate them today!

Past Recipients

The name of the honoree is followed by his or her class year (if applicable), and then by the year the award was bestowed.

Harold B. Allen ’21 1983
Hugh V. Anderson ’43 1976
Larry B. Barrett ’64 1988
Elinore Hoven Basnett ’43 1982
Marie S. Burbidge 1989
Stanley J. Chalmers ’51 1984
Wen Chao Chen 1990
Ruth Scott Chenery ’24 1978
Joyce Kirk Coleman ’66 1996
Gene R. Conrad 1987
Maynard M. Conrad ’36 1979
Helen I. Coover ’33 1985
Joan Story Copeland ’56 1995
Robert L. Copeland ’55 1995
Amy Courter ’83 2008
Albert Deal ’37 1999
Karen DeVos ’59 2004
Eleanor Hootman Dewey ’45 1987
Robert D. Dewey ’47 1987
Mary Joslin Discher ’50 1991
Gordon L. Dolbee ’50 1991
David Easterbrook ′69 2012
F. Conrad Fischer 2011
Donald C. Flesche 1991
Samuel Folz ’47 1987
Marlene Crandell Francis ’58 1976
Richard K. Francois ’69 2003
Susan (Kilborn) Francois ’68 2003
Charles E. Garrett, Jr. ’42 1988
Alfred J. Gemrich ’60 1980
Edwin G. Gemrich ’26 1980
Amy Mantel Hale ’66 2006
Richard L. Halpert ′69 2013
Caroline Richardson Ham ’48 1988
I. Frank Harlow ’39 1982
Lois Stutzman Harvey ’29 1977
Marilyn Hinkle ’44 1979
John Honell ’66 2002
Marian Monteith Hudson ’18 1975
Joanne Lent Hyames ’60 1983
Ven Johnson ’83 2009
Jane Schaafsman Iannelli ’58 1981
James H. Ingersoll 1993
Ven Johnson ’83 2009
David Kessler ’70 2005
Thomas W. Lambert ’63 1985
William J. Lawrence, Jr. ’41 1988
Delbert D. Long ’34 1987
John W. “Jack” Lundeen ’69 2007
David R. Markin 1997
Elizabeth Upjohn Mason 1979
Ralph W. McKee ’34 1985
Gary L. Miller ’61 1992
James W. Morrell ’53 1990
Jon R. Muth ’67 1991
Louise Barrows Northam ’36 1994
Preston S. Parish 1998
James H. Pinkham ’48 1984
Burke E. Porter 1993
Jane Meyer Rapley ’37 1983
W. Harry Rapley ’38 1983
Marshall H. Rutz ’34 1982
Marion Johnston Schmiege ’45 1984
Luel P. Simmons, Jr. ’42 1977
Marian Wilson Simmons ’42 1977
Stuart H. Simpson 1985
B. Thomas Smith, Jr ’55 2001
Mary Lou Schofield Smith ’55 2001
Charles E. Starbuck ’48 1982
Marian Hall Starbuck ’45 1982
Virginia Johnson Stone ’47 1978
Jon Stryker ’82 2010
Betty Heystek Thompson ’44 1985
Edward P. Thompson ’43 1985
Royena Hornbeck Tice ’26 1993
Paul H. Todd, Jr. ’42 1992
Charles J. Venema ’33 1980
Richard A. Walker ’41 1981
Marilyn Barton Wilhelm ’39 1975
J. Rodney Wilson ’60 1989
Mary K. Woolever ’70 2000
Nancy Southard Young ’67 1975