The Alumni Association recognizes a faculty member for outstanding contributions to the university and community. Nominations may be submitted by alumni, students, faculty, college and school deans. Prospective recipients are evaluated based on service, publications, and valued recognition within their respective professional fields.
Past Honorees
- 1977 Dr. John Wright
- 1978 Dr. Mohamed Yousef
- 1979 Dr. Robert Glennen
- 1980 Dr. Larry Golding
- 1981 Dr. Mary Ann Michel
- 1982 Dr. Bill Wagonseller
- 1983 Dr. William T. White
- 1984 Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
- 1985 Dr. Herbert Wells
- 1986 Dr. Charles Bucher
- 1987 Dr. James Deacon
- 1988 Dr. Ralph Roske
- 1989 Dr. Charles Adams
- 1990 Dr. Jerry Vallen
- 1992 Dr. Darlene Unrue
- 1993 Dr. Joseph McCullough
- 1994 Dr. Leonard Goodall
- 1995 Dr. Anthony Saville
- 1996 Dr. Carol Kimball
- 1997 Dr. Thomas Wright
- 1998 Dr. David Weiller
- 1999 Dr. John Swetnam
- 2000 Dr. Michael Bowers
- 2001 Dr. Hal Rothman
- 2002 Dr. Larry Strate
- 2003 Leon Coburn
- 2004 Dr. Eugene Moehring
- 2008 Dr. Joseph A. "Andy" Fry
- 2009 Dr. Bradley Donohue
- 2010 Dr. Pradip K. Bhowmik
- 2011 Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez
- 2012 Dr. Christopher A. Kearney
- 2013 Dr. Jean Hertzman '06
- 2014 Dr. Seyhmus Baloglu, CHE
- 2015 Dr. Joseph John Morgan
- 2017 John "Jack" Schibrowsky
- 2018 Drs. Brendan O'Toole and Mohamed Trabia and Bernard Malamud
- 2019 Dr. Anjala S. Krishen
- 2020 Dr. Alona D. Angosta
- 2021 Bobbie Barnes, '93 B.S., '05 M.Ed., '13 Ph.D
- 2022 Nancy B. Rapport, J.D
- 2023 Dr. Manoj Sharma, MBBS, Ph.D., MCHES
- 2024 Federick Ngo, Ph.D.