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University of Wyoming

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Laramie, WY 82071

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Email: asdean@uwyo.edu

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Outstanding Alumni and Former Faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences annually honors outstanding alumni and former faculty. You can find this year's nomination form for alumni here and faculty here, along with the criteria for both of these awards. If you have questions, please contact Adrienne Freng (afreng@uwyo.edu). Complete nominations packets are due to Michala Drum (asdean1@uwyo.edu) and Adrienne Freng (afreng@uwyo.edu) by January 5, 2024.

2023

Outstanding Alumna

Ramsey Avery

Dale Skoric

Outstanding Former Faculty

Maggie Maier Murdock

Cedric D. Reverand


2022

Due to Covid-19, no awards were done.


2021

Due to Covid-19, no awards were done.


2020

Outstanding Alumnus

Chris Spear

Outstanding Former Faculty

George Gladney

Carlyle Weiss


2019

Outstanding Alumna

Caitlin Long

Outstanding Former Faculty

Duane Porter


2018

Outstanding Alumni

Mark A. Bronston

Patrick Willingham

Outstanding Former Faculty

Stephen C. Ropp


2017

Outstanding Alumni

Matthew Greenhouse

Bruce L. Smith

Outstanding Former Faculty

Klaus Hanson


2016

Outstanding Alumna

Katie Groke Ellis

Outstanding Former Faculty

Walter G. Langlois


2015

Outstanding Alumni

Justice Thomas Michael Golden

Carl L. Hart

Outstanding Former Faculty

George W. Gill

David Jaeger


2014

Outstanding Alumnus

Charles V. Brown

Outstanding Former Faculty

Janice Hubbard Harris


2013

Outstanding Alumni

James Allen

Gretchen Hofmann

Rae Lynn Job

Outstanding Former Faculty

Lewis Bagby

Henry Bauer

James Steidtmann


2012

Outstanding Alumni

Nancy Guthrie

Michael W. Hager<

Anne Siren Levig

Judith A. Muhlberg

Outstanding Former Faculty

Leon E. Borgman

Robert A. Jenkins

Arthur L. Simpson, Jr.


2011

Outstanding Alumni

Marilyn Stebner Kite

James H. Nottage

Donald B. Olson

John F. Schabron

Outstanding Former Faculty

Terry L. Jenkins

Ronald L. Steger

Ronald C. Surdam


2010

Outstanding Alumni

Thomas W. McKenna

Joseph P. Meyer

Marcia Neely Patton

Patrick K. Patton

Outstanding Former Faculty

Gladys Crane

Fred Homer

Charles Ksir

Paul O. McGrew


2009

Outstanding Alumni

Chad C. Deaton

David R. Nicholas

Susan L. Pamerleau

Outstanding Former Faculty

George C. Frison

Michael J. Horan

Sara Jane Rhoads


2008

Outstanding Alumni

Robert E. Bonner

Robert C. Klesges

Elinor Hitchcock Mullens (Heritage Award)

Jack B. Speight

Outstanding Fomer Faculty

Dennis H. Knight

Robert A. Roripaugh


2007

Outstanding Alumni

Sean D. Ambrose

Eugene H. Bryan

Colonel John W Guy

Gay V. Woodhouse

Outstanding Former Faculty

Herbert R. Dieterich

E.G. "Gerry" Meyer

Anne M. Slater


2006

Outstanding Alumni

David J. Burman

John Haun

Edward A. Wise

Outstanding Former Faculty

June E. Downey

Reed W. Fautin

Werner A. Mueller


2005

Outstanding Alumni

Jeffrey L. Cummings

William U. Hill

Martha Brown Wyrsch

Outstanding Former Faculty

R. Owen Asplund

Richard Evans

Aven Nelson

Horace D. Thomas


2004

Outstanding Alumni

Jane Farrell

Jeff Lee

Margaret Webster Scarlett

Outstanding Former Faculty

Vern Bulgrin

Margaret Small Mains

Richard Pasewark


2003

Outstanding Alumni

Brian Baird

Thomas Bell

Roy Shlemon

Outstanding Former Faculty

Brainerd "Nip" Mears, Jr.

Hugh McFadden

William Mulloy


2002

Outstanding Alumni

William T. Baxter

Melvin M. Cox

Thomas E. Spicer

Outstanding Former Faculty

Kenneth L. Diem

Robert S. Houston

Wilson J. Walthall, Jr.

Roger L. Williams


2001

Outstanding Alumni

Larry Birleffi

Gwinavere Johnston

Jane V. Thomas

Outstanding Former Faculty

Glyn N. Thomas

Laura Amanda White

Allan A. Willman


2000

Outstanding Alumni

Thomas Stanley Brooks

Elizabeth Horsch

Stephen W. Nicholas

L. Duane Woodard

Outstanding Former Faculty

James Boyle

Rebecca Raulins

Robert I. Russin

Wilhekm G. Solheim

1999

Outstanding Alumni

John L. Allen

M. Margaret McKeown

Frederick W. Reckling

Walter G. "Jerry" Saunders

Outstanding Former Faculty

D.L. "Don" Blackstone

Robert H. Bruce

Burton H. Muller

Verne J. Varineau


1998

Outstanding Alumni

Mary Ann Duffey

Mary B. Guthrie

Zenobia Powell Perry

Outstanding Former Faculty

Wilson O. Clough

Gale W. McGee

William B. Owen


1997

Outstanding Alumni

Lisa Kinney

Wilma Jennings Pugh

Paul R. Yedinak

Outstanding Former Faculty

Martha Christensen

Samuel Howell Knight

William Reed Steckel


1996

Outstanding Alumni

John F. Ackerman

Dorothy Roper Daly

Larry D. Nichols

Daniel B. Sullivan

Charles Kepler (Honorary Exemplary)

Outstanding Former Faculty

Wallace R. Biggs

Donald W. Boyd

L. Floyd Clarke

Deborah W. Hardy


1995

Outstanding Alumni

Richard A. Anderson

Robert "Sam" Allen

Ursula L. Kepler

Outstanding Former Faculty

George T. Baxter

T.A. "AL" Larson

Lillian G. Portenier


1994

Outstanding Alumni

M. Dane Picard


1993

Outstanding Alumni

George C. Frison


1992

Outstanding Alumni

John A. Catterall


1991

Outstanding Alumni

Jack Rosenthal


1990

Outstanding Alumni

John Paul Scott


1989

Outstanding Alumni

Richard B. Cheney


1988

Outstanding Alumni

Marlan O. Scully


1987

Outstanding Alumni

Thyra Godfrey Thomson


1986

Outstanding Alumni

C.A. "Al" Wolfe


1994 - 75 Exemplary Alumni

Laurens Anderson

Rex O. Arney

George T. Baxter

Sarah J. Blackstone

John Davis "Dave" Bonner

Thomas Buchanan

Leland L. Burger

Lowell J. Burnett

Jerry H. Buss

Paul N. Carlin

Phyllis A. Carlson

David R. Clarke

Margaret L. "Peg" Coe

Celeste M. Colgan

Andrew W. Decora

Francois M. Dickman

Rex L. Dolan

Lucille Clarke Dumbrill

Brent Eastman

John P. Ellbogen

Nancy D. Freudenthal

Kathryn D. Garber

Thomas L. Hannum

Matilda Hansen

Bernold M. Hanson

Frederick Harris

Myrl C. Hendershott

Sally Hunter Hopper

Clarity James

Konrad H. Jarausch

Mark D. Jenkins

Paulie Jenkins

Kathleen M. Karpan

Brian M. Kennedy

Susan Kirkpatrick

Conrad L. Kraft

John David Love

David M. Lowe

Sue E. Lowe

Clyde F. Martin

Joseph A. McGowan, Jr.

Ralph A. McWhinnie

Barbara Nelson Mullens-Rockwell

Elmer K. Nelson, Jr.

Ted Olson

Douglas Owsley

Michael D. Pattinson

Robert A. Peck

Max W. Rardin

Ottis W. Rechard

James F. Reynolds

Reed C. Rollins

Heywood R. Sawyer

Alexander F. Schilt

Richard W. Scott

Vern E. Shelton

Alan K. Simpson

Milward L. Simpson

Peter K. Simpson

Susan M. Simpson

J.R. "Digger" Smith

Scott B. Smithson

Wilhelm G. Solheim, II

Gerald L. Spence

Dennis J. Stanford

Jack S. States

Boyd R. Strain

Ann Trowbridge Tollefson

Robert Combs Warner

Stephen M. Watt

Robert J. Weimer

Louis O. Williams

John Winterholler

Dan M. Worrall

Annabelle H. Youtsler

 
Contact Us

College of Arts and Sciences

University of Wyoming

1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3254

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: (307) 766-4106

Email: asdean@uwyo.edu

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