Distinguished Alumni Awardees 1970-present

Awards Codes DA - Distinguished Alumni DM - Distinguished Merit PA - Professional Achievement L - Loyalty to the University S - Service to the Community IYC - Ignatian Year Commemoration H - Humanitarian Service YA - Young Alumni Achievement


1970-1979
1970 Hon. Luis H. Burke '26, L'26 [DA]
1971 Donald C. Klosterman '52 [DA]
1972 Henry M. Ramirez '52, M.Ed.'57 [DA]
1973 Wilfred L. Von Der Ahe '32, L'33 [DA]
1974 George F. Montgomery '30 [DA]
1975 Hon. David A. Roberti '61 [DA]
1976 Hon. Burch Donahue '42 [DA]
1977 Jack J. Haley '56 [DA]
1978 William H. Hannon '37 [DA]
1979 Peter F. Newell '40 [DA]

1980-1989
1980 William Rasch '31 [DA]
1981 Richard C. Dunn '50 [DA]
1982 Lucien L. Escallier '42 [DA]
1984 Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, SJ [DM]; Gen. Eugene F. Tighe '49 [PA]; Frances Hill Cooney '53 [L]; Dr. Bill Grisby '56 [S]
1985 Eugene T. Sullivan '52 [L]; Anthony F. Trafecanty '60 [S]; Anthony L. Coelho '64 [PA]
1986 Rev. Alfred J. Kilp, SJ '30 [DM]; Vincent S. Carter '57, M.D. [S]; David E. Hammers '59 [L]; Tamara Asseyev '65 [PA]
1987 Guy B. Wilson '54 [PA]; Hon. Benjamin Aranda III '62m L'69 [S]; Edward D. McPherson '41 [L]
1988 Melvin R. Herbert '57 [L]; Robert A. Adams '71 [S]; Winifred Hervey-Stallworth '77 [PA]
1989 Edward F. Slattery '43 [PA]; Arthur P. Carroll, Jr. '61 [L]; Kevin V. Anthony '72 [S]

1990-1999
1990 Edison H. Miyawaki '52, M.D. [L]; John S. O'Brien '56, M.D. [PA]; Monica K. Santos '79 [S]
1991 Julio Michael Torres '57, M.D. [L]; Robert J. Sclabassi '62 [PA]; Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., M.A. '85 [IYC]; Donald C. Kinkhammer '51, L'55 [S]
1992 Charles K. Von Der Ahe '59 [L]; Dorothy Babbitt Shea '59 [S]; Wilfred L. Von Der Ahe '32, L'33 [L]; Celestino M. Beltran '68 [PA]
1993 Martin J. Burke, Sr. '26, L'26 [L]; Mary Agnes Erlandson Ramirez '82 [S]; Thomas V. Girardi '61, L'64 [PA]
1994 Murray C. Upstill '33 [L]; Charles R. Redmond '74 [PA]; Mary L. Rainwater '80 [S]
1995 Donald J. Nores '52 [L]; Frank L. Amato, Jr., M.D. '56 [PA]; Daniel P. Garcia '70 [S]
1996 John F. Grundhofer '60 [PA]; Michael J. Smith '66 [L]; Pamela A. Rector '77, M.A. '79, M.Ed. '82 [S]
1997 Lawrence J. Sork, Sr. '37 [L]; Leo D. Lagasse, M.D. '52 [S]; Richard L. Adelman '68, M.A. '76 [PA]
1998 Marty Peters '64 [S]; Robert Kerslake '68 [L]; Mary Ellen Clinton, M.D. '72 [PA]
1999 Timothy G. Psomas '62 [H]; Beth Burns '78 [S]; Stephen F. Page '62, J.D. '68 [PA]

2000-present
2000 Maureen Fleming Jay '60 [H]; Tony Bui '94 [YA]; R. Curt Grove '56, M.S.E. '58 [L]; Daniel C. Lynch '63 [PA]
2001 R. Chad Dreier '69 [PA]; James F. Stahl '65 [L]; Mary M. Chambers '82 [H]; David Buckmaster '94 [YA]
2002 Stan Chambers '43 [PA]; Dr. Joseph P. Callinan '57 [L]; Thomas Chabolla '81 [H]
2003 Renee L. Harrangue '57, PhD [L]; Mark Newell '77 [H]; Jack B. Orman '90 [PA]; Effie T. Brown '93 [YA]
2004 Dick Poladian ’74, Hon. Irma Brown ’70, JD ’73, Troy Edwards ’88
2005 Hon. Paul Boland '63 [DA], John F. Cosgrove '77 [DA], Marta Fernandez '82 [DA], Diana Fuentes-Michel '79, William J. Campbell '64, Rosemary Turner '84
2006 Marsha L. Brown '72 [DA], Alex Martin Chaves '86 [DA], Hon. Frederick J. Lower '56, JD '64 [DA]
2007 Hon. Victor Chavez '53, JD '59 [DA], Kathy Wilson Moret '72 [DA], Javier Guerena '62 [DA], Linda Cardellini '97 [DA]
2008 Forescee Hogan-Rowles '80 [DA], Raul Salinas '82 [DA], David Zuercher '68 [DA]
2009 Tony Brown '92 [DA], Thomas G. Hynes '59 [DA], Kathryn E. Nielsen '76 [DA]
2010 Martha de la Torre '78 [DA], Joseph M. Knott '74 [DA], Mary Ellen Gozdecki '69 [DA]