Distinguished Awards Celebration

The university's highest awards are presented at the Distinguished Awards Celebration in the spring of each year. Awards given to alumni and friends, through the ISU Alumni Association, include the following:

• Distinguished Alumni Award
• Honorary Alumni Award

Information about the Distinguished Awards Celebration is also available on the ISU president's Web site.

Attend the 2009 Distinguished Awards Celebration
Date and location TBD

Awards presented in 2008:

Distinguished Alumni Award by the ISU Alumni Association
         Clayton C. Anderson, MS Aerospace Engineering. '83; League City, Texas 
         David J. Drury, BS Mathematics '66; Urbandale, Iowa
         Charles T. Manatt, BS Rural Sociology '58; Washington, D.C.
         Olive Mwihaki Mugenda, MS Family Environment '83; PhD '88; Nairobi, Kenya
         Trudy Huskamp Peterson, BS English & History '67; Washington, D.C.

Honorary Alumni Award by the ISU Alumni Association
         Donna Hoover; Scottsdale, Ariz. 
         Karen A. Kolschowsky; Oak Brook, Ill.
         Carl F. Vondra; Ames, Iowa

Order of the Knoll Corporate and Foundation Award by the ISU Foundation
          3M

Order of the Knoll Faculty/Staff Award by the ISU Foundation
          Manjit Misra; Ames, Iowa 

Order of the Knoll Cardinal and Gold Award by the ISU Foundation
          Arend "Sandy" Sandbulte, BS Electrical Engineering '59; Duluth, Minn.
          Joan U. Axel, BS History '64; Muscatine, Iowa

Iowa State University True and Valiant Award by the ISU Foundation
          Owen J. Newlin; BS Agronomy '51; MS '53; Des Moines, Iowa