Call for Nominees: JMC is currently accepting nominations for its 2027 Alumni Awards. Submit nominations via Google Forms by Dec. 4, 2026.
James Madison College celebrates alumni and friends whose accomplishments, leadership, service and contributions reflect the values and spirit of the college.
The JMC Alumni Board of Directors invites alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the college to nominate outstanding candidates for the following awards.
Submit a Nomination
Nominations via Google Forms are open through Dec. 4, 2026.
Please submit one form for each nominee. If you are nominating multiple individuals, complete a separate form for each person. If you are nominating the same individual for more than one award, submit one form and indicate all applicable awards.
Award Categories
- Distinguished Alumni Award: Recognizes a JMC alum who has achieved prominence in their field and demonstrated meaningful service to James Madison College.
- Alumni Service Award (new for 2027): Recognizes a JMC alum who has demonstrated outstanding service to James Madison College or meritorious public service at the local, state, national or international level.
- Honorary Alumni Award: Recognizes an individual who is not a JMC alum but whose efforts have contributed significantly to the progress and development of the college.
- Young Alumni Award (new for 2027): Recognizes a JMC alum age 40 or younger who has distinguished themselves through a high level of professional accomplishment early in their career.
2026 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient: Wendy F. Hensel
Wendy F. Hensel, president of the University of Hawai'i and a 1992 JMC graduate, has been named the 2026 recipient of the James Madison College Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award.
2026 Wendy F. Hensel
2025 Rocky Beckett
2024 Bryan Newland
2023 Thomas P. Boyd
2021 Stephen O. Murray (posthumous)
2019 Anne Mervenne
2018 Mary Kay Henry
2017 Kathleen Romig Krepps
2016 Frederick Headen
2016 Derek J. Sarafa (posthumous)
2015 Terry M. Terry
2014 Daniel Oginsky
2013 Mary Norton McConnell
2012 Charles Kalil
2011 Mary Lynn Noah
2010 Dayne Walling & Carrie Booth Walling
2009 Randall Smith
2008 Jeff Williams
2007 Marilyn J. Darling
2006 Jeffrey Cummings
2005 Celia V. Martin
2004 Teresa A. Sullivan
2003 Nell Hennessy
2002 Steven Webster
2001 Wallace Jefferson
2000 Richard Cordray
1999 Paul Long
1998 Bryce Sandler
1997 Michael McConnell
2026 Colleen Tremonte
2025 Connie Hunt
2024 Rod Phillips
2023 Julia Grant
2021 Keelung Hong
2020 Curtis Stokes
2019 Donna Hofmeister
2018 Robert Green
2017 Rajmohan Gandhi
2015 Kenneth Waltzer
2014 Richard Zinman
2013 Jackie Stewart (Posthumous)
2012 Michael Schechter
2011 Jonas Zoninsein (Posthumous)
2010 Katherine O’Sullivan See
2009 R. William and Claudia Holland
2008 Douglas Hoekstra (Posthumous)
2007 Robert Banks
2006 Jack Paynter (Posthumous)
2005 Ronald Dorr
2004 Michael Rubner
2003 Burton Gerber
2002 Barbara Steidle
2001 Louis Hirsh
2000 Dixie Platt
1999 David Porteous
1998 Gordon Guyer
1997 Herbert Garfinkel
1996 Barbara Sawyer-Koch