Past Distinguished Service Awardees

Each year since 1982, the Ohio Universtiy Alumni Association has bestowed the Distinguished Service award to recognize exceptional service on behalf of alumni chapters, clubs, constituent societies and, in special instances, Ohio University and its colleges and schools. We continue to applaud the efforts of these awardees.

2020 Awardees

Laura A. Brege, AB/BBA ’78
Julie A. Mann Keppner, BBA ’02
David W. Pidwell, BSEE ’69, MS ’70
Charles R. Stuckey, Jr., BSME ’66

2019 Awardees

William L. Axline, BBA ’71
Anthony Webb, BSC ’76

2018 Awardees

William “Erv” Ball, BSED ‘77
Jennifer Jones Donatelli, BSJ ‘98

2017 Awardees

William Hilyard, BSED '67
Chuck Williams, BSED '67

2016 Awardees

David Abram, BSC '89
Charles "Chuck" W. Beck, Jr., BS '62
Amy Hollis, BSJ '96

2015 Awardees

Mike McTeague, MA '67, EMER '03
T.J. Simonik, BBA '07
Ann Wagner Hill, BSEd '68

2014 Awardees

R. "Smitty" Smith, BFA '58, MFA '60
Patricia Schuneman, BSED '59
Dell D. Robinson, BSPE '88
Ralph J. Hopper, Jr., BSED '63

2013 Awardees

LaWanna S. White, BSED '65

2012 Awardees

Charles T. Mehlman, DO '89
Carl H. Walker, BSED '56

2011 Awardees

Thomas J. Starr, BBA '69

2010 Awardees

Terry Lee, AB ’72

2009 Awardees

Marilyn R. Allen, BSED '58
William J. Burke, DO '88
James E. Daley, BBA '63
James M. McVicker, BBA '68

2008 Awardees

Leon M. Harris, BSC '83, HON '99
Datuk Shaik Sulaiman Ismail, AA '69, BSED '70
Jeffrey A. Miller, BSCE '73
R. Budd Werner, BSCOM '53

2007 Awardees

Patricia A. Ackerman, BA '66
Richard H. Brown, BBA '65

2006 Awardees

Ursula B. Farfel, AB '56
Linda J. Saul, BSHS '71, MA '72

2005 Awardees

Barbara Strom Thompson, AB '76
John W. Baughman, BSED '67

2004 Awardess

Diana J. Walters, BFA '68, MFA '70
Ronald L. Patrick, BSEE '60
Joanne S. Utley, BSJ '79
George A. Carroll Jr., BSCE '69

2003 Awardees

Jeffrey Chaddock, BSC '88
Philip Muck, BSCO '62

2002 Awardees

James M. Abraham, BSEE '43, BSIE '48
Karen S. Reynolds, BSED '68, MA '69

2001 Awardees

Sydney E. Buck, BSCO '57
Louis Vlasho, BSCO '59

2000 Awardee

Heidi L. Tracy, BSJ '89
Innovative programming initiatives

1999 Awardees

Katja Auen
Germany Serving Europe Chapter
Col. Marc H. Glasgow, BSME '64
Support of OU's athletic programs
Robert L. Rings, BSED '62, MS '67, PHD '76
Massachusetts Alumni Chapter
Jim Wycoff, AB '71
Development of OHIO's Sales Centre certificate and Master's Degree program in financial economics

No awards presented in 1998

No awards presented in 1997

1996 Awardees

Mark Mace, BBA '78
Central Ohio Chapter
Betty Milhendler, AB '45
Massachusetts Chapter Serving New England
Linda Smith, BSED '71
Greater Dayton Chapter
Larry Smith, BBA '71
Greater Dayton Chapter

1995 Awardees

Rick Bagby, BSED '76
Fairfield County Chapter
Steve Yonkers, AB '88
Nation's Capital Chapter
William R. Damschroder, BBA '85
College of Business Society of Alumni & Friends and Central Ohio Chapter

1994 Awardees

Tan Sri Datuk NJ. Arshad Bin Ayub, LLD '73
Malaysian Chapter
Mary Banks Connett, BSHE '46
Sarasota Chapter
Loring M. Connett, AB '47, MA '48
Sarasota Chapter
Marcia Benjamin Michelli, BSJ '64
New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Chapter
Hazel Schmees, BS '56
Greater Cincinnati Chapter

1993 Awardees

Jeffrey E. Brehm, BSJ '81
Fairfield County Chapter
Samuel D. Greiner, BSME '55
Russ College of Engineering and Technology Board of Visitors
Kathy Bush-Soule, BSHS '81
Houston Chapter
John P. Susany, AB '83
Greater Cleveland Chapter
Margaret McClintock Thompson, BSED '74
Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter
Don Voelker, BSME '52
The Ohio University Alumni Association
Virginia Welton, AB '68
Greater Dayton Chapter

1992 Awardees

Janice Barnes, BSED '66
Fairfield County Chapter
Barbara Gazella '60
Bonna Mintz-DeMarco, BSHE '65
Ohio University Women's Club of Greater Cleveland
Yoshiro Koike, MSEE '76
Japan Chapter
E. Paul Stychno, BSED '70
San Francisco Chapter

1991 Awardees

Col. Drexel and Betty Jean Cochran
Orlando Chapter
Willard W. Smith, BBA '71
Fairfield County Chapter

1990 Awardees

Cathy Fitzpatrick Bitler BSC '80
Fairfield County Chapter
Norma Vandervort Kalina, BSED '43
Greater Los Angeles Chapter
James E. Richard, DO '82
Alumni and Friends
Julia Brophy Righter, BSC '76
Central Ohio Chapter
William E. Righter, BSC '77
Central Ohio Chapter
Carmen C. Sberna, AB '41
Chicago Chapter

1989 Awardees

Mary Lou DeSouza
Massachusetts Chapter
Patricia Cookro Hercules, AB '60
Akron Association of Ohio University Women
Margaret Spooner Voelker, '51
Greater Kansas City Chapter

1988 Awardees

Thomas J. Corbin, AB '75
Fairfield County Chapter
Michael P. Kress, BBA '65
San Francisco Chapter
Donald L. Swaim, BFA '59
Greater New York/New Jersey Chapter
Richard C. Widdis, BBA '63
The Ohio University Alumni Association

1987 Awardees

Robert W. Frey, BSED '71
College of Education/Society of Alumni and Friends
Leona H. Hughes, BSED '30
Suncoast Chapter

1986 Awardees

Dean E. Baesel, BSCO '42
Greater Kansas City Chapter
Irene G. Bandy-Hedden, BSED'62
College of Education/Society of Alumni and Friends
Robert W. Forloine, BSJ '58
Chicago Chapter
Peter T. Lalich Sr., BSCO '42
The Ohio University Alumni Association
Joyce L. Plotkin, BSCO '70
Massachusetts Alumni Chapter

1985 Awardees

Charlotte Meade, AB '78
The Ohio University Alumni Association
Michael E. Samuels, BSED '75
Columbus Metropolitan Chapter
Harriette M. Springer, '85
Greater Dayton Chapter
L. Dale Springer, BSEE '59
Greater Dayton Chapter
William Steinhardt, AB '50
Greater Kansas City Chapter

1984 Awardees

Robert Axline, BSCO '57
Massachusetts Chapter
William A. Dillingham, BBA '71
Cleveland Green & White Club
Foster Harmon, DFA '34
Suncoast Chapter
Martha Harmon, '34
Suncoast Chapter
Elnora L. Jenkins, AB '77
Columbus Metropolitan Chapter
K. Daniel Streiff, BBA '67
Chicago Chapter

1983 Awardees

Emil S. Kustin, AB '40
Greater New York/New Jersey Chapter
Jack Sampselle, BSED '57
Suncoast Chapter
Rita B. Sampselle, BSS '36
Sun coast Chapter