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 November 8, 2024.
2025
Outstanding Alumna
Kyndra Rotunda
Outstanding Former Faculty
Michael Brown
2024
Outstanding Alumna
Christina Hassija
Jean Garrison
Outstanding Former Faculty
Oliver Walter
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
