Awards
Distinguished Alumni Award
Since 1963, the University of Iowa Alumni Association has recognized The University's most accomplished alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award.
There are six award categories: Achievement, Service, Hickerson Recognition, Faculty/Staff, Young Alumni, and Friend of the University.
2008 CLAS Distinguished Alumni Recipients
- Horace Dawson, Jr., PhD '61 Journalism
- Gail Godwin, MA 68 Writers' Workshop; PhD, '71 English
- John Opitz, BA '56 Zoology
- Robert Sparks, BA 55 General Science
- Robert Yager, MS ’53 PhD '57 Botany
Nominate an individual for one of these awards.
Past Recipients
| Name | UI Degrees | |
|---|---|---|
| Adler, Philip D. | BA '26 English | |
| Adorno, Rolena | BA '64 Spanish | |
| Albrecht, Richard R. | BA '58 Chemistry; JD '61 | |
| Alexander, Margaret Walker | MA '40, PhD '65 English | |
| Allard, William D. | MFA '75 Dramatic Art | |
| Anderson, Thomas J. | PhD '58 Music | |
| Anneberg, Walter A. | BS '23 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '23; MS '24 | |
| Armstrong, Benjamin R. "B.J." , Jr. | BA '89 Communication Studies | |
| Arvidson, Cheryl R. | BA '69 Journalism | |
| Austin, Lois M. | BS '31 Liberal Arts and Nursing; GN '31 | |
| Bailey, Ray V. | BA '35 Political Science; JD '37 | |
| Baird, Bil B. | BA '26 (unspecified) | |
| Baker, Steven W. | BA '72 American Civilization | |
| Bandura, Albert | MA '51, PhD '52 Psychology | |
| Barrent, Milton E. | BS '40 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '40; R '49 | |
| Bauer, Theodore J. | MD '33; BS '34 Liberal Arts and Medicine | |
| Becker, Samuel L. | BA '47, MA '49, PhD '53 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Beem, Clifford H. | MA '31 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Bell, Marvin | MFA '63 English | |
| Benson, Mildred Wirt | BA '25 (unspecified); MA '27 Journalism | |
| Bernatz, Philip E. | BA '42 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '44 | |
| Bosch, Donald T. | BS '39 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '41 | |
| Bouma, John | BA '58 Political Science; JD '60 | |
| Boyle, T. C. | MFA '74, PhD '77 | |
| Bramson, James | BS '76 Science Education; '79 DDS | |
| Branstad, Terry E. | BA '69 Political Science | |
| Briggs, Shirley A. | BA '39, MA '40 Art | |
| Brinkhous, Kenneth M. | BA '29 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '32 | |
| Brownlee, S. J. | BA '48 Economics | |
| Buchanan, Ellen Hasse | SE '77 Elementary Education | |
| Bucksbaum, Matthew | BA '49 Economics | |
| Burroughs, John A., Jr. | BA '59 Political Science | |
| Bywater, Janet NcNeill | BA '35 Commerce and Science | |
| Bywater, Ray L. | BA '33 Journalism | |
| Calkin, Homer L. | BA '35, MA '36, PhD '39 History | |
| Callen, Joseph E. | BSCh '42; MS '43, PhD '46 Chemistry | |
| Callen, Ursil Ione Harvey | BS '45 Liberal Arts and Nursing; GN '45 Nursing | |
| Cameron, Cornelia C. | BA '33, MS '35, PhD '40 Geology | |
| Carver, Martin G. | BA '70 Mathematics | |
| Chapman, Don W. | BS '37 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '39; R '44 | |
| Cochran, John J., Jr. | MA '67 Journalism | |
| Coffey, Daniel J. | MFA '75 Dramatic Art | |
| Conrad, Paul F. | BA '50 Art | |
| Crowley, Joseph N. | BA '59 Political Science | |
| Cutler, Howard A. | BA '40 English; MA '41 Economics | |
| Dahl, Eva | BA '73 General Science | |
| Dakin, Allin W. | BA '26 (unspecified); MA '27 Commerce and Science | |
| Dancer, David A. | BA '17 History | |
| Daniels, Lee A. | BA '65 Political Science | |
| Danner, David A. | BA '47 Spanish | |
| Davis, McKinley "Deacon" | BA '55 Political Science | |
| Day, Cornelia "Cornie" Shrauger | BA '40 Journalism | |
| Day, Robert | BA '40 Liberal Arts and Law; JD '42 | |
| DeKock, William H. | BA '60 Science Education; DDS 63'; MS '67 Orthodontics | |
| Dixon, James A. | BM '52, MA '56 Music | |
| Dore, Kathleen A. | BA '72 Communication and Theatre Arts; MBA '84 | |
| Dove, Rita F. | MFA '77 English | |
| Drewelowe, Eve | BA '23, MA '24 Art | |
| Duke, Wayne | BA '50 Journalism | |
| Eble, Charles L. | BA '40 Music | |
| Engle, Paul H. | MA '32 English | |
| English, John W. | BA '55 Geography | |
| Ericson, James D. | BA '58 History; JD '62 | |
| Estes, Simon | BM '86 Music | |
| Falb, Kent P. | BS '65 Physical Education; PT '65 | |
| Falsey, John H., Jr. | MFA '78 English | |
| Felton, Norman Francis | BFA '40, MA '41 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Feniger, Jerome R., Jr. | BA '48 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Frazer, George E. | BA '09 (unspecified) | |
| Frederick, John Towner | BA '15, MA '17 English | |
| Gallup, George H. | BA '23 Political Science; MA '25, PhD '28 Psychology; LLD '67 | |
| Ganske, Greg | BA '72 Political Science; MD '76 | |
| Garcia, George F. | MA '72 History | |
| Garfield, Theodore G. | BA '15 Political Science; LLB '17 | |
| Gentry, Nolden I., Jr. | BA '60 Political Science; JD '64 | |
| Gilliam, Franklin D., Jr | MA '78, PhD '83 Political Science | |
| Glidden, Robert B. | BA '58, MA '60, PhD '66 Music | |
| Gorkin, Jess | BA '36 Journalism | |
| Grahame, Orville F. | BA '25 Liberal Arts and Law; JD '29 | |
| Grahame, Paula | BA '26 English | |
| Granner, Daryl K. | BA '58 Science Education; MS '62, MD '62 | |
| Grannon, Alice Fay | BA '41 Sociology | |
| Green, Edwin B. | BA '29 Journalism | |
| Greer, Joel T. S. | BA '75 Political Science; JD '78 | |
| Greer, John J. | BA '42 Political Science; JD '43 | |
| Guggenheim, Charles E. | BA '48 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Haefner, Ruth E. | BA '18 Home Economics | |
| Hageboeck, Eleanor (Gildner) | BA '29 Art | |
| Hageboeck, William T. | BA '28 Journalism | |
| Hall, W. Earl | BA '18 English | |
| Hamilton, Milo | BA '50 Communicatin and Theatre Arts | |
| Hamilton, William K. | BA '43 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '46; R '51 | |
| Hammer, Katherine Gonet | BA '67 English; MA '69 Linguistics; PhD '73 English | |
| Hamod, David A. | BA '81 Political Science | |
| Hancher, Virgil M. | BA '18 Political Science; JD '24; LLD '64 | |
| Hankins, Andrew J. | BA '64 Science Education | |
| Hansen, James E. | BA '63, MS '65 Mathematical Sciences; PhD '67 Physics | |
| Hardin, Robert C. | BS '35 Liberal Arts and Medicine; '37 MD | |
| Hartley, Jack | MA '50 English | |
| Hawkins, Max S. | BA '41 Geology | |
| Hawkinson, H. John | BA '36 Commerce and Science | |
| Hawley, Anne | BA '66 English | |
| Henningsen, Victor E. | BA '30 (unspecified); MS '31 Mathematical Sciences | |
| Hickerson, Loren L. | BA '40 Journalism | |
| Hickman, James C. | MS '52, PhD '61 Mathematical Sciences | |
| Hinton, Alfred | BA '67 Art | |
| Hoegh, Leo A. | BA '29 Political Science; JD '32 | |
| Hogg, Robert V. | MS '48, PhD '50 Mathematical Sciences | |
| Holt, Bertha M. | BS '26 Liberal Arts and Nursing; GN '26 | |
| Holton, I. J. "Jim" | BA '41 Economics; JD '47 | |
| Hook, Henry B. | BA '33 Journalism | |
| Horner, Charles A. | BA '58 Science Education | |
| Houghton, H. Clark | BA '44 Economics; JD '49 | |
| Houser, Robert N. | BA '47 Mathematical Sciences | |
| Huit, Marion L. | MA '49 Psychology | |
| Irving, John | MFA '67 English | |
| Iyengar, Shanto | MA '71, PhD '72 Political Science | |
| Jolly-Fritz, Roletta | BS '21 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '23 | |
| Jones, Laurence C. | BPh '07 Philosophical | |
| Jurgensen, Reynold P. | BA '31, MS '32 Chemistry | |
| Karro, Roy G. | BA '42 Sociology | |
| Kash, Don E. | BA '59, MA '60, PhD '63 Political Science | |
| Kay, G. Marshall | BA '24 (unspecified); MS '25 Geology | |
| Kemp, Barry M. | BA '71 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Kessler, Merle B. | MFA '73 English; MFA '74 Dramatic Art | |
| Kierscht, Charles M. | BA '62 Psychology; JD '62 | |
| Knowler, Lloyd A. | BA '32, MS '34, PhD '37 Mathematical Sciences | |
| Knowler, William C. | BA '68 Mathematics | |
| Koop, Theodore F. | BA '28 Journalism | |
| Krause, W. A. "Bill" | BA '57 Journalism | |
| Krohn, Shirley Rich | BFA '44 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Lancaster, Edwin B. | BA '38 Mathematical Sciences | |
| Larson, Alan | BA '71 Political Science; MA '78, PhD '82 Economics | |
| Larson, Carroll B. | BS '31 Liberal Arts and Sciences; MD '33 | |
| Lasansky, Leonardo | BGS '71, MA '72, MFA '72 Art | |
| Lay, Donald P. | BA '49 Liberal Arts and Law; JD '51 | |
| Levitt, Richard S. | BA '52 Economics, JD '54 | |
| Lichtenberger, H. William | BA '57 Science Education; BSChE '59 | |
| Lierle, Dean M. | BS '19 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '21; MS '23 Ophthalmology and Visual Science; R '26 | |
| Kaplan, Dorothy | BA '59 Political Science; JD '61 | |
| Lindsley, Donald B. | MA '30, PhD '32 Psychology | |
| Lodwick, Gwilym S. | BA '42 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '43; R '50 | |
| Lohaus, Brad | BGS '90 (unspecified) | |
| Luthans, Fred | BA '61 Mathematical Sciences; MBA '62; PhD '65 Business Administration | |
| Lutwack, Wilton J. | BA '38 Journalism | |
| Macagno, Matilde | MS '58, Mathematical Science | |
| MacDonald, Kenneth P. | BA '26 English | |
| Mahon, Casey D. | BA '73 Social Work; JD '76 | |
| Maibaum, Richard | BA '31, MA '32 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Martell, Leon C. | MFA '75 Dramatic Art | |
| McDevitt, Sue Penney | BA '60 Psychology; MA '62, PhD '67 Education | |
| McDonald, Robert H. | BA '22 (unspecified); JD '26 | |
| McGregor, Ruth Van Roekel | BA '64, MA '65 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| McKay, Carol R. | BA '71 Journalism | |
| McKay, Richard A. | BA '52 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '56; R '63 | |
| McLaughlin, Jill N. | BA '53 Science Education | |
| McLendon, John B., Jr. | MA '37 Physical Education | |
| Meyer, Nicholas | BA '68 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Milch, David S. | MFA '70 English | |
| Miller, Francis C. | BA '41 Social Studies | |
| Mora, Elizabeth Catlett | MFA '40 Art | |
| Morse, John H. | BA '30 (unspecified) | |
| Mowlam, Marjorie "Mo" | MA '74, PhD '77 Political Science | |
| Moyers, Robert E. | BS '42 Liberal Arts and Dentistry; DDS '42; MS '47; PhD '49 | |
| Mulligan, Terrence J. | BS '68 Physical Education; SE '68 | |
| Mussell, Kay Johnson | BA '65 English; MA '70, PhD '73 American Civilization | |
| Myers, Robert J. | MS '34 Mathematical Sciences | |
| New, Michael J. | (1942-2006), BA '64 Journalism; MA '67 Sociology | |
| Nipson, Herbert | MFA '48 English | |
| Nye, Frank T. | BA '36 Journalism | |
| Obermann, C. Esco | BA '27 (unspecified); MA '31, PhD '38 Education | |
| O'Donoghue, Don | BS '23 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '26 | |
| Ojemann, George A. | BA '56 Science Education; MD '59 | |
| Ojemann, Robert G. | BA '52 Science Education; MD '55 | |
| Olsen, Lance | MFA '80 English | |
| Olson, Harry F. | BE '24 (unspecified); MS '25, PhD '28 Physics and Astronomy; EE '32 | |
| Pawley, Thomas D., III | MA '39, PhD '49 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Peters, Charles M. | BS '74 Psychology; JD '80 | |
| Petersen, Ann C. | BA '73 Political Science | |
| Petersen, H. Rand | BA '51 Economics | |
| Petersen, Mary Louise | BA '51 Science Education | |
| Peterson, Trudy Huskamp | MA '72; PhD '75 History | |
| Phillips, Madge Jones | BA '38 Journalism | |
| Prestage, Jewel Limar | MA '52, PhD '54 Political Science | |
| Putney, Mark W. | BA '51 Political Science; JD '57 | |
| Radosevich, Marcia J. | MA '78; PhD '82 Sociology | |
| Rathe, Herbert W. | BS '23 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '25 | |
| Ray, Dorothy "Dottie" Klein | BA '44, MA '45 Journalism | |
| Reasoner, Carroll J. | BA '73 Psychology, JD '76 | |
| Rees, Marian J. | BA '51 Sociology | |
| Reich, Helen L. | BA '30, MA '35 Journalism | |
| Reynolds, W. Ann | MS '60, PhD '62 Zoology | |
| Rhodes, Nickolas J. | BA '87 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Ritter, Patricia Sleezer | BA '41 Political Science | |
| Roberts, Simon O. | BA '59 Sociology | |
| Robinson, Eddie G. | MA '54 Physical Education | |
| Rogler-Canino, Lloyd H. | BA '51 Philosophy; MA '52, PhD '57 Sociology | |
| Ross, Brian E. | BA '71 Journalism | |
| Rousseau, Eugene E. | PhD '62 Music | |
| Schaeffer, Glenn | MFA '77 English | |
| Schierbrock, Thomas R. | BS '70 Science Education; DDS '74 | |
| Schlotfeldt, Rozella M. | BS '35 Liberal Arts and Nursing; GN '35 | |
| Schmidt, Herman J. | BA '38 Journalism | |
| Schnieders, Richard | BA '70 Mathematics | |
| Seegar, Murray | BA '51 Journalism | |
| Segal, Sheldon J. | MS '51, PhD '52 Zoology | |
| Seymour, Raymond B. | PhD '37 Chemistry | |
| Shapiro, Mark S. | BA '92 Communication Studies | |
| Sheets, Alice W. | BA '32 Journalism | |
| Sherman, Jerome K. | PhD '54 Zoology | |
| Smiley, Jane G. | MA '75, MFA '76, PhD '78 English | |
| Smith, Mary Louise | BA '35 Social Work | |
| Smith, Phillip M., Sr. | BA '49 Zoology | |
| Speigner, Theodore R. | MA '33 History | |
| Spence, Janet Taylor | MA '49, PhD '49 Psychology | |
| Spriestersbach, Duane C. "Sprie" | MA '40, PhD '48 Speech Pathology and Audiology | |
| Starch, Daniel | MA '04, PhD '06 Psychology | |
| Starr, V. Hale | MA '76, PhD '79 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Stegner, Wallace E. | MA '32, PhD '35 English | |
| Stewart, Walter L. | BA '10 (unspecified), LLB '12 | |
| Stout, Juanita Kidd | BA '39 Music | |
| Stuit, Dewey B. | non-UI grad | |
| Stuit, Velma E. Pottorf | non-UI grad | |
| Sulentic, Wallace J. | BA '54 Political Science | |
| Tallman, Ann M. | BS '84 Psychology; BS '84 Political Science | |
| Terrell, Glenn | PhD '52 Child Behavior and Development | |
| Thomsen, Michelle F. | MS '74, PhD '77 Physics | |
| Tone, Philip W. | BA '43 Liberal Arts and Law; JD '48 | |
| Toohey, Linda Glazer | BA '70 Religion; MA '77 Journalism | |
| Tyrrell, John E. | BA '47 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '50 | |
| Van Allen, James A. | MS '36, PhD '39 Physics and Astronomy | |
| Voxman, Himie | BSChE '33, MA '34 Psychology | |
| Warner, Emory D. | BS '27 Liberal Arts and Medicine; MD '29 | |
| Watson, James L. | BA '65 Asian Languages and Literature | |
| Waxenberg, Alan M. | BA '56 Journalism | |
| Weber, Irving B. | BA '22 (unspecified) | |
| Wegman, Edward J. | MS '67, PhD '68 Statistics and Actuarial Science | |
| Wheeler, Sheba R. | BA '96 Journalism and Mass Communication | |
| Wilcox, Francis O. | BA '30 (unspecified); MA '31, PhD '33 Political Science | |
| Wilder, Gene | BA '55 Communication and Theatre Arts | |
| Witte, John H., Jr. | BA '10 (unspecified) | |
| Wood, William Ransom | MA '36, PhD '39 English | |
| Wuest, Mark K. | BA '84 Dance | |
| Ying, Diane Y. | MA '68 Journalism |