Alumni Association Awards

The James Madison College Alumni Association Board of Directors sponsors two annual awards to honor distinguished alumni and friends of the college. The Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Alumni awards have been established to acknowledge those individuals who have significantly contributed to the college. Distinguished and Honorary Alumni are nominated by fellow alumni and members of the college faculty and administration.

JMCAA encourages alumni, faculty, staff and friends to submit nominations of qualified candidates at any time. Please provide a letter of recommendation which includes examples of nominee's dedication to James Madison College and his/her professional and personal accomplishments. To make a nomination or if you have any questions, please contact Sam Troutman (samtrout@msu.edu). The deadline to make nominations is December 15 of each year for the nomination to be considered for presentation at the next spring commencement.

Distinguished Alumni Award:

• Must be an alumnus/a of James Madison College.
• Must have achieved prominence in her or his field.
• Must have demonstrated service to James Madison College.

Honorary Alumni Award:

• Non-graduates of James Madison College whose efforts have significantly contributed to the progress and development of the college.

 

• Distinguished Alumni

  2019 Anne Mervenne
  2018 Mary Kay Henry
  2017 Kathleen Romig Krepps
  2016 Frederick Headen
  2016 Derek J. Sarafa (posthumous)
  2015 Terry 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

• Honorary Alumni
  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