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Office of Alumni Engagement

Alumnus/a Of The Year Award Past Recipients

The Alumnus/a of the Year Award, previously given as the Class of 1914 Award, is the most prestigious award given to a Wittenberg alumnus/a.

The award celebrates Wittenberg University alumni who have: attained a significant level of achievement in their chosen field, impacted their local communities with integrity and character, and demonstrated a continued commitment to Wittenberg. Achievement(s) need not be publicly renowned.

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

  • Patricia Richmond Benne '68

2013

  • Steven Buchenroth '70

2012

  • Ingrid Sponberg Stafford '75

2011

  • Richard Scott

2010

  • Alan '69 and Pam Jackson Stewart '69

2009

  • Scott '76 and Carol Pfeifer Strawn '75

2008

  • William H. Steinbrink โ€™64

2007

  • Lanty P. Smith โ€™64

2006

  • Craig Olson โ€™74

2005

  • Charles A. Brougher โ€™55

2004

  • Dr. Timothy Kremchek โ€™81

2003

  • Georgiana Sterns Albright โ€™40

2002

  • Michael Senich โ€™72

2001

  • J. Douglas Andrews โ€™64

2000

  • Martha Michelfelder Scott โ€™50

1999

  • F. William Hirt โ€™47
  • Robert W. VanKleunen โ€™58
  • Barbara Hein VanKleunen โ€™62

1998

  • Lawrence E. McCoy โ€™57

1997

  • Paul A. Burson โ€™43
  • Mark S. Shaffer โ€™72
  • E. Jennings Taylor โ€™76

1996

  • Gordon W. Johnston 1973
  • Carol Walthall Schmalenberger โ€™58

1995

  • Martha Demerest Rodgers โ€™31

1994

  • Robert E. Ness โ€™63

1993

  • Donald R. Perkins
  • Rev. Dr. Michael D. Wuchter โ€™68

1992

  • Carl A. Baden โ€™28
  • Robin L. Ratchford โ€™66

1991

  • Beverly Whited McBride โ€™63   
  • Elizabeth E. Powelson

1990

  • Kenneth G. Benne โ€™68
  • Dr. Virginia Hibbett Lucas โ€™53
  • Paul L. Weaver โ€™42

1989

  • Dr. Richard P. Veler โ€™58

1988

  • David L. Dillahunt
  • Martha Feldkircher Hartje โ€™44   
  • Lenore Morris Kinnison โ€™59

1987

  • David B. Albright โ€™40

1986

  • Mildred Dubois Remsberg
  • James S. Wilkerson โ€™42

1985

  • Martha Lutz
  • William H. Porter Jr. โ€™67
  • Charles F.  Rechel โ€™49

1984

  • S. Will Hahn
  • George R. Henkle โ€™33

1983

  • Everett H. Bush
  • F. Kenneth Dickerson โ€™51
  • Betty Doughman Dillahunt โ€™46

1982

  • Dr. John E. Fisher '40
  • Robert O. Long '50
  • Paul Stefanik โ€™32

1981

  • Mary Lou Culp โ€™31

1980

  • Dr. Robert J. Marshall โ€™41

1979

  • Willard H. Borchers โ€™34
  • Mary Lu Kissell Noonan โ€™35   
  • Ruth Hartzell Wray โ€™37

1978

  • Herbert W. Dankert โ€™39
  • Dr. William I. Goettman โ€™54
  • Dr. Howard E. Maurer โ€™30

1977

  • Donald J. Bishop
  • Rev. Lawrence T. Rugh โ€™47

1976

  • F. Davis Maurer

1975

  • Hulda Sallee

1974

  • Dr. William A. Kinnison โ€™54
  • Dr. L. David Miller

1973

  • Dr. Robert G. Remsberg โ€™31
  • Rev. Dr. John H. Rilling โ€™27

1972

  • Dr. Margaret Sittler Ermarth โ€™30
  • Richard L. Kuss โ€™45

1971

  • Ernest P. Scott
  • Frank Dock โ€™11
  • Carl T. Ultes Sr. โ€™03

1970

  • Marion Lewis Renick โ€™26
  • Kenneth L. Rush โ€™21

1969

  • Margaret Kantzer โ€™26
  • Ralph M. Krueger โ€™31
  • Dr. Allan O. Pfnister

1968

  • John B. Hamm
  • Dr. Arthur L. Lutz

1967

  • Howell R. Jones โ€™27
  • Carl D. Werner โ€™22 โ€™66
  • Thelma A. Dunn โ€™24
  • John M. Larimer โ€™28
  • Dr. John N. Stauffer โ€™65
  • Dr.  G. Vernon Kelley
  • Harold T. Kinsey โ€™27
  • Dr. Roland C. Matthies

1964

  • Karl L. Landefeld โ€™36
  • A. Edward Patmos

1963

  • George J. Buchy โ€™29
  • Homer McFadden โ€™30

1962

  • Ruth Helsel
  • Hilda S. Stoughton

1961

  • Clarence A. Corwin โ€™22
  • Harris E. Miller โ€™15

1960

  • Bitner Browne โ€™35

1959

  • William M. Edwards โ€™31
  • D. Bruce Young โ€™09

1958

  • Dr. John W. Barker III
  • Lester S. Crowl โ€™27

1957

  • Willard D. Allbeck โ€™22
  • Louis H. Fitch

1956

  • John D. Kuhns โ€™21
  • Rev. Karl G. Lind โ€™16
  • Harold Thomas     
  • Margaret Thomas

1955

  • Carroll D. Gaver โ€™19
  • Nettie Royer

1954

  • James C. Olson โ€™30
  • Dr. W. Emerson Reck โ€™26

1953

  • Harry G. Gram โ€™01
  • Earl Marshall โ€™07

1952

  • Earl F. Morris โ€™30
  • Clarence C. Stoughton

1951

  • Paul F. Bloomhardt
  • Dr. Stanley M. Hanley โ€™23

1950

  • Otto Jensen
  • Wendell C. Nystrom

1949

  • Dr. Taito A. Kantonen โ€™33
  • Dr. Harold H. Lentz โ€™32

1948

  • Florence Hiller
  • Benjamin H. Pershing โ€™12

1947

  • Paul Anspach โ€™16
  • William C. Beaver

1946

  • N. Madison Cartmell โ€™14
  • Elmer E. Flack โ€™16

1945

  • Rose C. Cadwgan โ€™09
  • Lloyd C. Douglas โ€™00

1944

  • Hettie Hochdoerfer 1896
  • Dorner L. Keyser โ€™04

1943

  • Grace N. Hannaford
  • Flora Prince 1892

1942

  • Robert H. Hiller 1889
  • Ross H. Stover โ€™12

1941

  • Alvin E. Bell Sr. โ€™05
  • Loyal H. Larimer 1894

1940

  • John Philip Schneider 1896
  • Charles B. Zimmerman โ€™11

1939

  • Z. Barney Phillips 1895
  • Edwin O. Weaver 1889

1938

  • Charles G. Shatzer 1900
  • John L. Zimmerman Sr. 1879

1937

  • T. Bruce Birch
  • Rees Edgar Tulloss 1906

 

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