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Alumni Merit Award

Alumni Merit Award

The Iowa State University Alumni Association's ISU Club of Chicago established this award in 1932 to recognize ISU alumni for outstanding contributions to human welfare that transcend purely professional accomplishments and bring honor to the university. Up to three awards are granted annually.

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2008 Recipient:

David H. Buck; B.S. Technical Journalism '64

Previous Award Recipients:

Year Name Degree
2007 Judith Goetsch Brandlin BS Mod Lang '64
Eric J. Hentges PhD Animal Nutr '84
2006 Ann Cooper BS Home Ec Jnlsm '71
2005 Eva Donelson Wilson BS Dietetics '27
2004 Marvin A. Anderson BS Agronomy '39; MS Soil Mgmt '49; Phd Ag Econ and Soil Mgmt '55
2003 Thomas M. Sutherland MS Animal Breeding '56; PhD '58
2002 Marvin J. Walter BS Animal Science '62; MS '64
2001 Rebecca J. Klemm MS Statistics '73; PhD '76
2000 Sharon Juon studied Sociology/Anthro '65-'68
1999 Winnifred (Cannon) Jardine Home Ec. Journalism '41
1998 Martha Farrell Erickson Child Dev./Elem. '67
1997 Don Latham BS Agronomy '69
1995 B.C. Simmons Civil Engr. '59
1994 Walter William Goeppinger Ag. Econ. '33
1993 Lawrence A. Davis Jr. PhD Engr. Mechanics '73
1992 Latha (Shannon) Bonnewell Inst. Mgmt. '41
1991 William D. Hedlund Indus. Engr. '62
1990 Owen J. Newlin Agron '51; MS '53
1989 Edward M. Strauss Jr. Gen. Engr. '40
1988 Robert E. Philbrick DVM '44
1987 Keith H. Steinkraus PhD Bact. '51
1986 John Ruan

Agric. '35

1985 Charles E. Carson Geology '62
1984 Henrietta Van Maanen Home Ec. Ed. '59
1983 C.J. 'Joe' Johanns DVM '62; MS '67
1982 Genevieve May Craven Home Ec. '32
  T. Cooper Evans ME '49; MSCE '65
  Phillip A. O'Berry PhD Vet. Micro. '67
  Albert Spruill MS Voc. Educ. '51
1981 James M. Davidson Ind. Engr. '57
  Felix D. Maramba Sr. MS Ag. Engr. '22
  Florine M. (Schulte) Swanson H. Educ. '64
1980 Durward A. Lyon A.H. '50
  Beth (Cummings) Paschal H. Ed. Jl. '39
1979 Lauro F. Cavazos PhD Physiology '54
  Frank K. Ramsey DVM '46; PhD Vet Path '55
 1978 Harold O. Boyvey M.E. '28
  Dena C. Cederquist Nut '31; MS '37
  Norman F. Cheville DVM '59
1977 Helen F. (Johnson) Bone H. Educ. '51
  Ralph E. Miller Ag. Educ. '31; MS Rural Soc. '34
  Mary (Dodds) Schlick H. Eq. '47
1976 Johnie Christian MS H. Ed. '35
  Joseph F. Estes G.E. '33
  Beverly (George) Everett I. Mgt. '47
 1975 Goldah (Tomlin) Anderson Home Ec '22
  Evan F. Binkerd Chem '42
  Clarence S. Hill An.H. '24
  Lucile (Brickner) Brown Price H. Ec. '25
  Otis Tuttle An.H. '16
1974 Maxine M. Burch I. Mgt. '47
  Sandra (LeSabin) Shellabarger H.Ed. '56; MS '65
  Lawrence R. Tollenaere G. Engr. '44; MS Ind. E '49
1973 Benjamin S. Pomeroy DVM '33
  Paul C. Taff Agron. '13
  Allen Whitfield Ind. Sci. '24
1972 Robert K. Dix Chem. E. '39
  Stuart N. Smith F.C&S '22; MS '30; PhD Gent. '33
  Ethel (Greenway) Van Oosterhout H.Ec. '26
  Alfred W. Warren C.E. '22
  James T. Yoder DVM '55; MS '63
1971 J. Parvin Eves An.H. '16
  Elizabeth (Storm) Ferguson H.Ec. '21
  Elise Ann Guthrie Diet '27; MS F&N '32
  Herbert H. Plambeck F.C. & S EX '36
  Ward R. Richter DVM '55; MS Vet Path '62
  Monte C. Throdahl Chem.E. '41
  Ralph H. Wallace C.E. '46
1970 Rollin H. Cowles III DVM '50
  Richard A. Jay Chem. E. '39
  Marvin F. Oberg Gen. E. '36
  Louise (Jennison) Peet PhD F&N '29
  Isaac S. Riggs Ag. Ec. '23
 1969 Dorrance I. Anderson Dairy Ind. '41
  J. Hoyt Chaloud Chem E. '43
  Manley R. Hoppe Chem E. '32; MS '35
  Willard C. Latham Dy.H '36
  A.E. Wolters (posthumous) E.E. '23
1968 Edward J. Bock M.E. '38; MS '40
  Edwin F. Heacox Forestry '30
  Blanche (Rosa) Jones H.Ed. '34
  L.G. Keeney Arch. E. '33
  Robert E. Misner DVM '50
  Orville C. Ufford An.H. '14
1967 J. William Fisher Gen E. EX '36
  Lester E. Fisher DVM '43
  Samuel C. Hamilton C.E. '29
  Beth (Crowley) Hardy H.Ec. '17
  Willis A. Strauss Gen.E. '47
  Dallas E. Western Ag.Ed. '29
1966 Charles T. Cownie Econ. '26
  Ronald A. Dierwechter Sci. '57
  Frederick G. Hargesheimer E.E. '40
  Isaac B. Johnson An.H. '13; MS Ag '21
  Alice (Dahlen) Rosebrook MS H. Ec. '32
  Everett J. Weigle An.H. '28
1965 Julia (Faltinson) Anderson H.Ed. '41
  John H. Davis Econ. '28
  Earl M. Dean An.H. '18
  Marion T. Harrington PhD Chemistry '41
  Alfred G. Karlson Ind. Sci '34; DVM '35; MS VMPRM '37
  Charles W. Shirey C.E. '25
  Charles H. Young C.E. '09
1964 Goldie (Rouse) Buckner H.Eq. '48
  Deane G. Carter Ag. Engr. '15; MS '26
  Hubert Garrecht Dy. '25
  Samuel P. Massie PhD Chemistry '46
  Marion E. Olson Agron '14; MS '16
  Margaret W. Sloss Zoology '23; MS V-An '32; DVM '38
1963 Bourke B. Hickenlooper Econ '21
  E. Howard Hill An.H. '30
  Porter M. Jarvis An.H. '24
  Marvin O. Kruse C.E. '33
  Alice (Anderson) Murray H.Ed. '34
  DeWitt Nelson Forestry '25
  Elbert E. Reed Hort. '20
1962 Helen (Holloway) Hallbert

H. Ec. '27

  Iral B. Johns PhD Chemistry '30
  Rowland R. Manatt C.E. '21
  Clarence H. Pals DVM '32
  R. Howard Porter Agron '18; MS Pl. Path '20; PhD '30
 1961 Ruth Ellen (Lovrien) Church H.Jl. '33
  B. Kirk Fox An.H. '20
  Macklin E. John Ag. Ed. '29; MS Rural Soc. '36
  Ival A. Merchant MS Vet '28; PhD '33
  William W. Overholt An.H. '17
  Wallace A. Rogers Gen.E '31; MS M.E. '32
 1960 Ralph Waldo Atkinson E.E. '06
  Carl A. Bluedorn C.E. '31
  Guy G. Graham DVM '08
  Malcolm R. Irwin An.H. '20; MS '25; PhD '28
  May (Statler) Reynolds H.Ec. '14
  C.Y. Stephens Dy.H. '25
1959 Henry D. Bergman DVM '10
  George Gund Ag. '26
  David L. Harrington An.H. '17
  Fred S. Hultz An.H. '15; MS '17; PhD '27
  Guy W. Morrison M.E. '10
  Shubel D. Owen Ag. Ed. '27; MS Voc. Ed. '36
  Carl A. Peterson E.E. '06
1958 Rex Beresford An. Sci. '11
  John J. DeValois Ag. CT '16; Ag Ed '28
  Jean (Guthrie) DuMont A.A. '31
  William W. Frye MS Zoology '27; PhD '31
  Henry Giese Arch. E. '19
  Roy B. Gray E.E. '09
  Edward F. Knipling MS Ent '32; PhD '47
  Roy W. Longstreet A.H. '25
  Miriam E. Lowenberg MS F&N '29
  Ben A. Madison An.H. '07
  Donald Carter McKee E.E. '19
  Samuel H. McNutt DVM '17
  Arnie F. Nielsen E.E. '34
  Carl H. Ringgenberg An.H. '17
1957 Arthur Q. Adamson C.E. '07
  Gretrude (Herr) Adamson Sci '07; MS Math '17
  Ezra Taft Benson MS Ag. Econ. '27; D. Sci. '53
  John W. Coverdale Ag '06; D. Sci. '58
  Grace (McIlrath) Ellis H. Ec. '22
  Francis V. Roy E.E. '05
1956 George R. Coatney PhD Zoology '32
  Harry C. Darger An.H. '12; MS Ag. '25
  W. Milan Davis MS Rural Soc. '33
  Eloise Davison MS H.Ec. '24
  George A. Roberts An.H. '06
  Roscoe C. Wagner Chem. E. '19
1955 Raymond L. Dickinson C.E. '15
  Nira (Klise) Grounds H. Ec. '22; MS Voc. Ed. '24
  Edward S. Guthrie Dy. '05
  Maurice David Helser MS An.H. '16
  Harry W. Orr DVM '18; MS '31
  Franklin M. Reck Ag.Jl. '25
1954 James C. Carey DVM '19
  Dennis A. FitzGerald MS Ag. Econ. '25
  Robert N. Hoskins Forestry '39
  Theodore V. Houser E.E. '15
  Irving E. Melhaus Sci. '06
  Katherine Terrill H.Ec. '04
  Edward N. Wentworth An.H. '07; MS '09
1953 Lyman C. Craig Chem '28; PhD '31
  Henry H. Dukes DVM '18; MS '23
  Cleo Fitzsimmons H.Jl. '28
  Allan Kline '20
  George Leland Seaton E.E. '23
  W. Allerton Wentworth Agron. '10
1952 Lydia (Jacobson) Fohn-Hansen H.Ec. '19; MS Voc. Ed. '22
  Julius H. Frandsen An.H. '02; MS '04
  James B. Kendrick MS Bot '19
  Albert R. Miller DVM '24
  Walter E. Packard An.H. '07
  Fred R. White C.E. '07; D.Sci. '58
1951 William A. Aitken DVM '17
  Russell Wilfred Brown MS Bact. '32; PhD '36
  Leonard J. Fletcher Ag. Engr. '15
  Fred L. Overley Hort. '12; MS '16
  Maud (Mirick) Cooper Stuhler Math '10
1950 Sarah M. (Field) Buchanan H.Ec. '15; MS Food & Nutrition '30
  Ralph R. Dykstra DVM '05
  Edward S. Estel Ag. '10; MS '21
  Matthew Luckiesh non-alumnus
  Hickman C. Murphy MS F.C. & S '27; PhD Botany '30
1949 Shirley W. Allen Forestry '09
  Laurence T. Gaylord C.E. '04
  Guy Lee Noble Dy. '14; MS Ag. '33
  Harley A. Wilhelm PhD Ch-C '31
  Gladys (Gallup) Wilson H.Ec. '18
  Wesley A. Young DVM '19
1948 Paul S. Clapp E.E. '13
  Lyle D. Goodhue Chem '28; MS '29; PhD '34
  Helen (Kane) Kelleher H.Ec. '18
  Frederick D. Patterson DVM '23; MS Vet Path. '27
  Lyle F. Watts For. '13; MS '28
1947 Roy W. Crum C.E. '07
  Faith Fenton H. Ec. '13
  Edwin MacDonald Stanton Sci. 1898
  Milburn L. Wilson Agron. '07
1946 Ralph K. Bliss An. Sci. '05; Dairy Sci. '58
  Harry C. Butcher Ag. Jl. '24
  Millie E. Kalsem H.Ec. '21
  Wilfred G. Lane E.E. '09; BS M.E. '10
  Frank A. Todd DVM '33
  Walter T. Wells E.E. '10
1945 Milton Beecher

Cer. Egr. '10

  Henry J. Brunnier C.E. '04
  Mabel V. Campbell Sci. '05; BS Dy. H. '08
  Henry H. Kildee An.H. '08; MS Dy. H. '17; D. Sci. '58
  Frank E. Mullen Ag. Jl. '22
1944 Wayne Dinsmore Ag. '04; PhD '16
  Benjamin H. Hibbard Ag. 1868
  Herman C. Horneman Dy. '09
  Louis B. Spinney M.E. 1892; BS E.E. 1893
1943 Earl O. Shreve E.E. '04
1942 Niels E. Hansen Sci. 1887; NS 1896
  L.M. Hurt DVM '04; BS Agron. '16
  Martin Mortensen Ag. '09
  Roscoe C. Pollock An.H. '13; MS Ag '21; D.Ag. '52
  Virgil Snyder Sci. & Ag. 1889
1941 Alfred Atkinson Ag. '04
  Robert E. Buchanan Sci. '04; MS '06; D. Sci. '58
1940 Thomas R. Agg E.E. '05
  George Glover DVM 1885
  Roland J. Kinzer Ag. '01
  Alvin B. Shaw C.E. 1876
1939 James W. Hook M.E. '05
  Herbert Osborn Sci. 1879; MS 1880; PhD '16
  William Howard Smith An.H. '06
  William B. Niles (posthumous) DVM 1885
1938 Frank W. Booth Sci. 1877
  Thomas H. MacDonald C.E. '04; D. Engr. '28
1937 George Washington Carver Ag. 1894; MS 1896
  Joseph F. Porter C.E. 1884
1936 Maria M. Roberts H.Ec. 1890; DR of Laws LLD '40
1935 Charles F. Curtiss BS Ag. 1887; MS Ag. 1894
1934 Joseph C. Arthur Sci. 1872; MS 1877
1933 Carrie (Lane) Chapman Catt Sci. 1880; LLD '21
1932 Orange Howard Cessna Sci. 1872


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