The College of Business recognizes alumni who are distinguished in their profession, career or life’s work. Additionally, these individuals embrace the spirit of hard work; respect the diversity of ideas and all people; demonstrate leadership in their field and/or communities; are persons of integrity, and acknowledge the value of their business education received at the University of Wyoming. The College of Business has many outstanding alumni and this program is one way to recognize the honor they bring to the institution through their accomplishments.
The College of Business celebrates its honorees during the College of Business’ Recognition Celebration held each spring along with its student and faculty award recipients. It is a special time for distinguished alumni, in which they not only receive special acknowledgment at the College’s dinner, but also have the unique opportunity to spend time with the College leadership and students during an organized campus visit.
Distinguished alumni may be nominated by anyone using this form: Distinguished Alumni Award application PDF. In addition to the nomination form, nominators are encouraged to include up to five (5) letters of support. Traditionally, one honoree is chosen each year by a selection committee consisting of the College of Business Executive Team, the chair of the College of Business Advisory Board, and a past recipient of the distinguished alumni award. Nominations are due by February 28th, 2024. Recipients must agree to attend the awards presentation in order to be recognized and receive the award. In the event that a selected recipient cannot attend, the nominee will be considered for the following year. Please see the restrictions listed on the nomination form; certain alumni are not eligible for the award.
| First Name | Last Name | Year of Recognition |
| Rudolph T. | Anselmi | 1961-1962 |
| Jesse D. | Winzenried | 1962-1963 |
| Edward C. | Bryant | 1963-1964 |
| Donald W. | Jewett | 1964-1965 |
| Earl R. | Johnson | 1965-1966 |
| John W. | France | 1966-1967 |
| C. Warren | Reed | 1967-1968 |
| Morris H. | Hansen | 1968-1969 |
| Elliott G. | Hays | 1969-1970 |
| C.E. "Bud" | Webster | 1970-1971 |
| Walter B. | Oslund | 1971-1972 |
| Lawrence M. | Woods | 1972-1973 |
| Neal L. | Marsh | 1973-1974 |
| Boyd M. | Sneddon | 1973-1974 |
| Erland M. | Raastad | 1974-1975 |
| Larry L. | Redding | 1974-1975 |
| Donald J. | Kany | 1975-1976 |
| Lois C. | Mottonen | 1975-1976 |
| Larry E. | Lorenzen | 1976-1977 |
| James E. | Nielson | 1976-1977 |
| Carl M. | Sandberg | 1976-1977 |
| James M. | Daley | 1977-1978 |
| Steven F. | Despain | 1977-1978 |
| Wallce H. | Duncan | 1978-1979 |
| Allan O. | Johnson | 1978-1979 |
| William G. "Bill" | Lucas | 1979-1980 |
| Tom L. | Roach | 1979-1980 |
| William E. | Lazzeri | 1980-1981 |
| James G. | Watt | 1980-1981 |
| Kenneth C. | Kehn | 1981-1982 |
| Bruce H. | Lien | 1981-1982 |
| James | Linton | 1982-1983 |
| Ronald B. | Salvagio | 1982-1983 |
| Joseph | Gillan | 1983-1984 |
| Donald W. | King | 1983-1984 |
| Roger L. | Morgan | 1984-1985 |
| Nils-Erik | Aaby | 1985-1986 |
| Thomas W. | Binning | 1985-1986 |
| Dennis | Terwilliger | 1986-1987 |
| Solomon D. | Trujillo | 1986-1987 |
| Orville Douglas II | Fulp | 1987-1988 |
| Joseph J. | Paiz | 1987-1988 |
| John T. | White | 1987-1988 |
| John K. | Castleberry | 1988-1989 |
| James A. | Porter | 1988-1989 |
| Cale | Case | 1989-1990 |
| Arthur V. | Highland | 1989-1990 |
| Donald B. | Dame | 1990-1991 |
| David E. | Foreman | 1990-1991 |
| Dan | Homec | 1990-1991 |
| Charles D. | Lein | 1991-1992 |
| Janet A. | Roberts | 1991-1992 |
| John C. | Belsly | 1992-1993 |
| Pierre | Desjardins | 1992-1993 |
| Madelon | Kuchera | 1992-1993 |
| James L. | Burdick | 1993-1994 |
| W. Richard III | Scarlett | 1993-1994 |
| Jason F. | Shogren | 1993-1994 |
| Clara R. | Toppan | 1994-1996 |
| Gus | Fleischli | 1995-1996 |
| Joseph C. | Drew | 1996-1997 |
| James W. | Hearne | 1996-1997 |
| Clive L. | Spash | 1997-1998 |
| John A. | Voight | 1998-1999 |
| Gilbert O. | Mallery | 1999-2000 |
| Peter M. | Johnson | 2000-2001 |
| Scott A. | Musselman | 2000-2001 |
| James L. | Elder | 2001-2002 |
| James M. | Osgood | 2001-2002 |
| Pat | Rile | 2002-2003 |
| Dennis | Welsch | 2002-2003 |
| B. Carl | Lee | 2003-2004 |
| John | List | 2003-2004 |
| Dennis | Carruth | 2004-2005 |
| John | McGrath | 2004-2005 |
| Mick | McMurry | 2005-2006 |
| Ken | Dugas | 2006-2007 |
| Thomas | Honig | 2006-2007 |
| Karen | Moody | 2006-2007 |
| Charles | Brown | 2007-2008 |
| Rita | Meyer | 2007-2008 |
| Andy | Andrikopoulos | 2008-2009 |
| Even | Brande | 2008-2009 |
| Russ | Mortenson | 2009-2010 |
| Ann | Nelson | 2009-2010 |
| C.L. | Burton | 2010-2011 |
| Tad | Herz | 2010-2011 |
| Todd | Skinner | 2010-2011 |
| Chuck | Pagano | 2011-2012 |
| Dave | True | 2011-2012 |
| Clayton | Hartman | 2012-2013 |
| Greg | Phillips | 2012-2013 |
| Linda | Price | 2012-2013 |
| Gregory C. | Dyekman | 2013-2014 |
| Jack E. | Lenhart | 2013-2014 |
| Pamela | Ruehle | 2013-2014 |
| Tori | Campbell | 2014-2015 |
| Christopher M. | Tice | 2014-2015 |
| Patrick | Higgins | 2015-2016 |
| Scott D. | MacDonald | 2015-2016 |
| V. Frank | Mendicino | 2016-2017 |
| Dimitrios | Smyrnios | 2017-2018 |
| Gary | Crum | 2017-2018 |
| Paul | Turner | 2018-2019 |
| Mike | Simonton | 2019-2020 |
| Kevin | Rochlitz | 2020-2021 |
| Susan | Roll | 2020-2021 |
| Robert A. | Zawacki | 2021-2022 |
| Ronald | Peterson | 2022-2023 |
| Donald | Snyder | 2023-2024 |