The following persons have been honored with the Distinguished Alumnus/a Award.
2012 Tricia Dykers Koenig
2011 R.J. Ross
2011 Paul C. Holinger
2010 Michael McConnell
2009 G. Daniel Little
2008 Judy Lee Hay
2007 W. James Gerling
2006 Edward F. Campbell
2005 Tim and Beth Hart-Andersen
2004 Alden R. Hickman
2003 William W. Rogers & June Rogers
2002 Clifton Kirkpatrick
2001 Henry W. Andersen, Thomas J. Behrens
2000 Diana C. Carson, Charles W. Doak
1999 Phil Tom
1998 Eugene C. Bay
1997 Robert & Edith Rasmussen
1996 Raymond H. Swartzback
1995 Jon L. Regier, Rafael Sanchez, Jr.
1994 Thomas Dietrich, Mary Duckert
1993 James Hine, Hedwig & Robert Lodwick
1992 Joreen Jarrell, Dirk Ficca
1991 Dale Robb, Jack Stotts
1990 Dennis Benson, John Corbitt
1989 Lucetta Mowry
1988 Raymond Bowden
1987 Maurice McCrackin
1986 Howard Rice, Ralph Waldo Lloyd
1985 Henry Jones
1984 Alexander Sharp
1983 Lois Armentrout
1982 George Hughes, Arthur Miller
1981 Paul Wright, Robert Swanson
1980 Simon Scott, Frank Cross
1979 Marshall Scott, Harold Blake Walker
1978 Kenneth G. Neigh, William Keesecker
1977 Paul Calvin Payne