Alumni Awards

2025 Alumni Awards Ceremony

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. | Campus Center Cardinal’s Nest
At the Celebration of 9i果冻制作厂Breakfast during Homecoming & Family Weekend

Tickets available for purchase for general public to attend via this RSVP form (coming soon!). Please note: *Award winners, donor society members, and Class of 1975 Golden 50th Reunion members (and their invited guests) will receive complimentary tickets.

Each year, 9i果冻制作厂 recognizes individuals across a wide range of professions who have demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas:

  • Advancement of intellectual curiosity, either professionally or academically, through innovative and intensive research or creative work.
  • Passion for increased intercultural competency and interest in global environments. The honoree also demonstrates transferable intercultural skills that they have integrated and applied across local and international communities through service, volunteerism, or professional contributions
  • Leadership in meaningful change in their profession, community, or the 9i果冻制作厂campus community; represents the ideal of a committed, industrious, and caring individual.
  • Commitment to society demonstrated thorough civic and social responsibility; they have utilized their knowledge, skills, resources and time to create a clear, positive impact on their chosen community need or issue.
  • Dedication to a high-level of excellence and professional achievement at the local, regional, national or global level in the field of their endeavor.

There are four categories of awards: Rising Star, 9i果冻制作厂Alumni, Distinguished Alumni, and Honorary Alumni. To learn more about these categories, please explore the “Award Categories” section below.

Nominations for the 2026 Alumni Awards are now open! Please see the information and form link down below, on this page.

2025 Award Honorees

Congratulations to this year’s honorees:

Megan Stein

Megan Miller Stein ’09, Rising Star Award
Senior Project Manager, HNTB Corporation

Tyler Thompson Headshot

Tyler Thompson ’18, Rising Star Award
Principal Investigator of the Complex Systems Research Portfolio, Riverside Research Institute

Dr  Adam Bihl Headshot

Adam J. Bihl, M.D. ’93, 9i果冻制作厂Alumni Award
Staff Physician and Chief of Staff, Avita Health System, and Lieutenant Colonel, Flight Surgeon, SGH (Chief of Staff), Ohio Air National Guard

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Linda Yohn ’73, 9i果冻制作厂Distinguished Alumni Award
On-Air Host, The Swing Set, Detroit PBS/WRCJ-FM

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O.H. “Oz” Koeplin H’25, Honorary Alumni Award
Retired, City Manager of Westerville

Thomas Todd Edited

Todd Thomas ’10, Rising Star Award
Project Manager, Office of the Dean, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

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Carmel Avegnon-Sanders ’97, 9i果冻制作厂Alumni Award
Artistic Director, Brave Young Voices, and Theatre Director, Olentangy Orange Middle School

Carol Ventresca Edited

Carol A. Ventresca, Ph.D. ’76, 9i果冻制作厂Alumni Award
Co-Owner and Co-Host, Looking Forward Our Way Podcast Program, and Consultant, Workforce Innovation Center

Bryan Thao Worra By Krysada Phounsiri Edited

Bryan Thao Worra H’25, Honorary Alumni Award
Poet and Chair, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans

Virginia Longmire

Virginia Phillippi Longmire ’55
Mary B. Thomas ’28 Commitment to 9i果冻制作厂Award

Nomination Info and Form for 2026 Awards

Nominations for 2026 Alumni Awards are now open!

9i果冻制作厂 welcomes nominations for the Alumni Awards. You can submit nominations by听completing thisonline form or by sending the required form information via a Word document to alumni@otterbein.edu(or mailing it to our office at 9i果冻制作厂, Alumni & Family Engagement Office, 1 S. Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081). All nominations are due by Dec. 31, 2025.

Strong candidates across a wide range of professions will have demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas:

  • Advancement of intellectual curiosity, either professionally or academically, through innovative and intensive research or creative work.
  • Passion for increased intercultural competency and interest in global environments. The honoree also demonstrates transferable intercultural skills that they have integrated and applied across local and international communities through service, volunteerism, or professional contributions
  • Leadership in meaningful change in their profession, community, or the 9i果冻制作厂campus community; represents the ideal of a committed, industrious, and caring individual.
  • Commitment to society demonstrated thorough civic and social responsibility; they have utilized their knowledge, skills, resources and time to create a clear, positive impact on their chosen community need or issue.
  • Dedication to a high-level of excellence and professional achievement at the local, regional, national or global level in the field of their endeavor.

Nominations for all 9i果冻制作厂alumni, from recent graduates to those with more established careers, are welcome.

The presentation of the 2026 Alumni Awards will be in September 2026, at Homecoming & Family Weekend.听

If you have any questions, please contact Alumni & Family Engagement at alumni@otterbein.edu or (614) 823-1400.

  • About the Nominee

  • About the Nominator

  • Questions (Responses can be submitted via email or word document.) *Required

    1) Please describe your nominee鈥檚 exceptional professional achievements and contributions or service, as they relate to the areas listed in the award criteria.*
    2) What other attributes has your nominee demonstrated to support this nomination?*
    3) Please describe the impact of your nominee on a local, regional, national, and/or international level.*
    4) Is there anything else about your nominee that you would like the committee to consider?

    You may also email your responses to alumni@otterbein.edu. Only nominations with question responses will be considered.
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  • Award Categories

  • Supplemental Documentation

    In addition to the nomination form and written responses to the questions, a CV/resume is recommended. Articles, other awards received, and additional letters of support written by someone other than the nominator are strongly encouraged.
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    Award Categories

    Rising Star Award: This award recognizes accomplished alumni that received their degree within the last 15 years and have not reached their 38th birthday at the time of selection. An ideal candidate will have demonstrated one or more of the following: Community Achievement, Global or Intercultural Achievement, Leadership & Citizenship Achievement, Professional Achievement, Research or Creative Achievement, and Service to the University. *See below for a description of each type of achievement.

    9i果冻制作厂Alumni Award: This award recognizes accomplished alumni that received their degree 16 or more years ago or are over the age of 38 years. An ideal candidate will have demonstrated one or more of the following: Community Achievement, Global or Intercultural Achievement, Leadership & Citizenship Achievement, Professional Achievement, Research or Creative Achievement, and Service to the University. *See below for a description of each type of achievement.

    Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award: This award represents the most prestigious award presented by the 9i果冻制作厂Alumni Association. Traditionally presented to only one individual per year, this award was established in 1951 to honor graduates of 9i果冻制作厂 who have achieved recognized national or international prominence in their chosen career and have made significant contributions to their profession, community and the lives of others. The recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award represents the ideal of a committed, industrious, and caring individual to whom the 9i果冻制作厂community may look as personifying the University鈥檚 mission.

    Honorary Alumnus/Alumna: The Honorary Alumni Award was created in 1950 for the purpose of recognizing and honoring those individuals, who, though not graduates of 9i果冻制作厂, have demonstrated outstanding interest, commitment and involvement in its life and activities. Recipients embody the notion that friends of the University, in addition to its alumni, can play an important and vital role in the enhancement of the institution.

    Mary B. Thomas ’28 Commitment to 9i果冻制作厂Award: Visit this page for more information.听听

    Award Criteria

    *Community Achievement
    – Exemplifies Otterbein鈥檚 mission of alumni advancing communities
    – Commitment to educational, faith, social, diversity, marginalized, environmental, youth or other societal concerns
    – Creation of a clear, distinctive, positive impact on a community need

    *Global or Intercultural Achievement
    – Exemplifies Otterbein鈥檚 mission of alumni engaging globally and thinking broadly
    – Engagement to advance a diverse population
    – Demonstrated intercultural worldview applied through service, volunteerism, or profession

    *Leadership & Citizenship Achievement
    – Demonstrated outstanding leadership in professional or volunteer activities
    – Demonstrated creative problem solving in leadership roles
    – Demonstrated mentoring of others

    *Professional Achievement
    – Exemplifies Otterbein鈥檚 mission of alumni advancing their professions
    – Demonstrated professional excellence and achievement
    – Significant career advancement
    – Enhancement of an organization

    *Research or Creative Achievement
    – Innovative, intensive and thorough research or creative work
    – Intellectual curiosity resulting in research excellence in a chosen field of endeavor
    – Innovative thinking resulting in creative excellence in a chosen field of endeavor

    *Service to the University
    – Giving of time, talents, and service to create a better university
    – Generally interpreted to be contributions as a volunteer
    – An employee could be considered if their contribution is beyond the scope of their job expectations or is in a voluntary role

    Past Recipients

    9i果冻制作厂Alumni Award

    2024 – Melissa Briggs-Phillips ’95
    2024 – James E. Prysock III ’09, MBA’19
    2023 – Jennifer A. Jackson ’03
    2023 – Aaron K. Kerr ’91
    2023 – Shantel Weinsheimer ’99
    2022 – Tonya M. Milligan ’90 MAE ’98
    2022 – Alicia D. Caudill ’95
    2022 – Theodore Lloyd Jones ’70
    2022 – James Wagner ’56 P’81 P’88
    2022 – Jodi West Zellers ’96
    2021 – Ann Bancroft 鈥98 DVM, cAVCA, CCRP
    2021 – Larry Gifford 鈥94
    2021 – Leslie Lascheid 鈥81
    2021 – George Edward Liston 鈥52
    2021 – Charles W. Noble II 鈥78 M.D.

    Special Achievement

    2019 –听Margaret Wooding Baker, 鈥97听MSN
    2019 – Roger Nisley, 鈥67
    2018 – Dianne Grote Adams, ’78
    2018 – Jeffrey A. Brindley, ’81
    2017 – Nita Seibel, ’75 M.D.
    2016 – Michael McKinney ’86
    2016 – Carlton M. Bates, M.D. ’86
    2015 – MaryAnn Everhart-McDonald ’72
    2015 – Judge David W. Fais ’65
    2015 – Donna Lee Valput Hanly ’00
    2014 – Jeri Malmsberry Close ’93
    2014 – Ruth Downing ’04, MSN ’06 RN CNP SANE-A
    2014 – Dr. Michael Leadbetter ’69
    2013 – Steve Johnston ’82
    2013 – Lou Ann Layton ’81
    2013 – John Wentzell ’82
    2012 – Richard Fetter ’73
    2011 – Randy Adams ’76
    2012 – Ronald C. Moomaw ’74
    2011 – Michael E. Ducey ’70
    2011 – Arthur B. Fulton ’51
    2009 鈥 Thomas Dipko 鈥58
    2009 鈥 Peggy Ruhlin 鈥79
    2008 鈥 Cindy L. Loudenslager 鈥77
    2008 鈥 Al Waterhouse 鈥82
    2007 鈥 David A. Brown 鈥64
    2007 鈥 Wayne Cummerlander 鈥80
    2007 鈥 Jack G. Mehl 鈥72
    2006 鈥 Janet Tressler Davis 鈥82
    2006 鈥 Richard Reynolds 鈥65
    2005 鈥 Douglas R. Knight 鈥63
    2005 鈥 Allen L. Manson 鈥60
    2005 鈥 Tatsuo Tsuda 鈥55
    2004 鈥 Susan L. Canfield 鈥58
    2004 鈥 Mark R. Thresher 鈥78
    2003 鈥 Christine Kapostasy Jansing 鈥78
    2003 鈥 Karl G. Kempf 鈥69
    2002 鈥 W. Edward Harrell, Jr. 鈥94
    2002 鈥 John E. King 鈥68
    2001 鈥 Jerry B. Lingrel 鈥57
    2001 鈥 Michael D. Pratt 鈥71
    2001 鈥 Glen D. Shaffer 鈥70
    2000 鈥 Myron K. Campbell 鈥77
    2000 鈥 Mary F. Hall 鈥64
    1999 鈥 Mellar P. Davis 鈥74
    1999 鈥 Larry D. Schultz 鈥74
    1998 鈥 Robert E. Dunham 鈥53
    1998 鈥 Shirley Omietanski 鈥56
    1997 鈥 Carl Becker 鈥49
    1997 鈥 Richard Kissling 鈥61
    1997 鈥 Lance Lord 鈥69
    1996 鈥 Frederick Collins 鈥54
    1996 鈥 Robert Eschbach 鈥54
    1996 鈥 Curtis Tong 鈥56
    1995 鈥 Richard Gantz 鈥43
    1995 鈥 Jane Griggs 鈥69
    1995 鈥 Gordon Jump 鈥55
    1995 鈥 Morton M. Woolley 鈥45
    1994 鈥 Suzanne Stilson Edgar 鈥79
    1994 鈥 Nita Leland 鈥55
    1994 鈥 Robert Woods 鈥69
    1993 鈥 Roger A. Bell 鈥59
    1993 鈥 Joanne Klepinger Ditmer 鈥50
    1993 鈥 Granville S. Hammond 鈥40
    1993 鈥 John W. Magaw 鈥57
    1992 鈥 Ray W. Gifford 鈥44
    1992 鈥 Dee M. Hoty 鈥74
    1991 鈥 Joseph W. Eschbach 鈥55
    1991 鈥 William J. Rea 鈥58
    1991 鈥 Ferd Wagner 鈥40
    1990 鈥 Lillard E. Law 鈥51
    1990 鈥 Victor Ritter 鈥48
    1989 鈥 Julia Thomas Morris 鈥60
    1989 鈥 Paul S. Reiner 鈥68
    1988 鈥 Waldo M. Keck 鈥28
    1988 鈥 James E. Walter 鈥29
    1988 鈥 Robert E. Holmes 鈥35
    1987 鈥 Denton W. Elliott 鈥37
    1987 鈥 Judith Stone Olin 鈥62
    1986 鈥 Judith Graham Gebhart 鈥61
    1986 鈥 Melvin A. Moody 鈥36
    1985 鈥 Ken Holland 鈥35
    1985 鈥 Adolphus 鈥40 and Gwen 鈥40 Pringle
    1984 鈥 Sager Tryon 鈥34
    1984 鈥 J. Robert Knight 鈥28
    1984 鈥 Russell E. Garrett 鈥34
    1983 鈥 Harold B. Hancock H鈥69
    1983 鈥 Charles W. Harding 鈥38
    1982 鈥 Floyd C. Beelman 鈥25
    1982 鈥 Katherine Ryan McWilliams 鈥50
    1981 鈥 John R. Wilson 鈥38
    1981 鈥 David S. Yohn 鈥51
    1980 鈥 Alice Propst Hoover 鈥28
    1980 鈥 John M. Karefa-Smart 鈥40
    1979 鈥 James S. Gallagher 鈥63
    1979 鈥 Donald J. Henry 鈥33
    1979 鈥 Philipp L. Charles 鈥29
    1978 鈥 Robert C. Mumma 鈥27
    1978 鈥 Perry F. Wysong 鈥39
    1977 鈥 W. Frederic Miller 鈥30
    1977 鈥 Marjorie McEntire Robinson 鈥37
    1977 鈥 George E. Parkinson 鈥35
    1976 鈥 Carl B. Eschbach 鈥26
    1976 鈥 Isabel Howe Ziegler 鈥40
    1976 鈥 Samuel R. Ziegler 鈥36
    1975 鈥 E. Luella Fouts Clements 鈥89
    1975 鈥 Merlin A. Ditmer 鈥10
    1975 鈥 Royal F. Martin 鈥14
    1975 鈥 W. Harold Anderson 鈥24
    1975 鈥 Carrol C. Widdoes 鈥26
    1975 鈥 Robert Edler
    1975 鈥 Harry Ewing
    1975 鈥 Albert A. Exendine
    1975 鈥 Elmo Lingrel 鈥17
    1975 鈥 Roy Peden 鈥22
    1975 鈥 Arthur Francis 鈥33
    1975 鈥 Robert Shaw 鈥52
    1974 鈥 Ruth Cogan 鈥15
    1974 鈥 John E. Vance 鈥30
    1973 鈥 Alan E. Norris 鈥57
    1973 鈥 Norman H. Dohn 鈥43
    1973 鈥 A. Monroe Courtright 鈥41
    1973 鈥 Wayne V. Harsha 鈥27
    1970 鈥 Robert H. Cavins 鈥26
    1970 鈥 Ray W. Gifford, Jr. 鈥44
    1970 鈥 Richard C. Himes 鈥47
    1970 鈥 Donald R. Martin 鈥37
    1970 鈥 George W. White 鈥21
    1966 鈥 Paul G. Craig 鈥50
    1966 鈥 Mack A. Grimes 鈥41
    1966 鈥 Robert E. Kline, Jr. 鈥18
    1966 鈥 Ralph E. Shauck 鈥42
    1966 鈥 Phyllis Brown Walker 鈥45
    1966 鈥 J. Hutchinson Williams 鈥44

    Professional Achievement

    2020- Crystal Kelley 鈥05
    2020- Jeremy Young 鈥00
    2019- Carl D. Gelfius ’00, M.D.

    Research/Creative Achievement

    2020- Mina Makary鈥09 MD, DABR
    2019- Mindy McGinnis ’01

    Community Service

    2018 – The Puskarich Family, accepted by Matthew P. Puskarich ’88
    2015 – Dom Tiberi ’81 and Terri Tiberi
    2017 – Nancy Loudenslager Cassell, ’65 Ph.D.
    2015 – Sherry Williamson ’05
    2014 – Mara Matteson ’89
    2013 – Amanda Slager Pickerill ’90 and Craig Pickerill ’90
    2012 – Mr and Mrs. Doug ’82 and Julie Leigh ’95, ’03 Sharp
    2011 – Dr. Susan E. Wiley ’86
    2009 鈥 Dee Dee Krumm and Dennis Heffner 鈥69
    2008 鈥 Harvey B. Smith
    2008 鈥 Imodale Caulker-Burnett 鈥63
    2007 鈥 Mark Puskarich 鈥86
    2006 鈥 W. Thomas Deever 鈥68
    2006 鈥 Shirley Amos Hodapp 鈥56

    Honorary Alumni

    2024 – Dr. Christina Reynolds (posthumous)
    2023 – Barbara K. Achter
    2023 – Beth Rigel Daugherty
    2023 – Coral Harris
    2022 – Stephen Rossman
    2021 – Barb Smoot
    2021 – Jon Devlin
    2020 – Joan Rocks听Ph.D, ATC
    2019 – Mary Ann Bradford Burnam
    2019 – LaJoyce M. Daniel-Cain
    2013 – Betty Campbell
    2012 – Bruce Bailey
    2012 – Craig and Cass Johnson
    2011 – Guido Ricevuto
    1973 鈥 Ralph Charlesworth
    1973 鈥 Mabel Joyce
    1973 鈥 James K. Ray
    1972 鈥 Marguerite Boda
    1972 鈥 Carol F. Frank
    1972 鈥 Lawrence S. Frank
    1971 鈥 Keith D. Crane
    1971 鈥 Mildred Crane
    1971 鈥 Myrtle T. Grimes
    1971 鈥 Donna L. Kerr
    1971 鈥 Thomas J. Kerr, IV
    1970 鈥 A. M. Sanders
    1970 鈥 Joanne F. Van Sant
    1969 鈥 Harold B. Hancock
    1969 鈥 Forrest R. Moreland
    1968 鈥 Donald N. Ciampa
    1968 鈥 Dorothy Ciampa
    1968 鈥 Lillian S. Frank
    1967 鈥 Opal Henderson
    1967 鈥 Henry C. Ruegg
    1966 鈥 William G. Comstock
    1966 鈥 Samuel G. Ziegler
    1965 鈥 O. T. Deever
    1965 鈥 Marion E. Morris
    1965 鈥 Lena Mae Wilson
    1964 鈥 Celia I. Grabill
    1963 鈥 Esther Jacobs
    1963 鈥 Marguerite E. Nelson
    1963 鈥 Alice Rheinaheimer
    1962 鈥 Mrs. V. W. Norris
    1961 鈥 Sanders A. Frye
    1960 鈥 Robert Price
    1959 鈥 Harold L. McMillan
    1959 鈥 M. J. Miller
    1958 鈥 Lynn W. Turner
    1958 鈥 Vera Turner
    1957 鈥 Merle W. Harner
    1957 鈥 Mrs. Merle Harner
    1956 鈥 C. E. Ashcraft
    1955 鈥 Wade S. Miller
    1955 鈥 L. Lee Shackson
    1954 鈥 Harry W. Ewing
    1954 鈥 A. R. Spessard
    1953 鈥 A. J. Esselstyn
    1952 鈥 Wesley O. Clark
    1952 鈥 James H. McCloy
    1951 鈥 A. R. Clippinger
    1951 鈥 Aleece Cowan Gresham
    1951 鈥 Henry Ochs
    1950 鈥 B. C. Glover

    Pacesetter Award

    2020 – Joyce Ray 鈥00
    2019 –听Rhonda Talford Knight 鈥96
    2018 – Tonye T. Patano ’83
    2017 – Rob Gagnon ’87
    2017 – Tammy Roberts Myers ’88
    2016 – Karen Kasler ’89
    2016 – Margenett Moore-Roberts ’94

    Distinguished Alumni Award

    2024 – Dee Hoty ’74
    2024 – Marsha Rice Scanlin ’74
    2023 – Robert S. Fortner ’70
    2023 – Eunice Fanning Foster ’70
    2020 – David Robinson 鈥78
    2019 –听M. Robert Yakely 鈥62
    2017 – James Shilling ’77 Ph.D.
    2016 – Mellar P. Davis, M.D. ’74
    2015 – General Lance W. Lord ’68
    2013 – Thomas C. Morrison ’63
    2012 – Brian K. Hajek ’66
    2011 – David Yohn ’51
    2009 鈥 Paul Paulus 鈥66
    2008 鈥 Kent Stuckey 鈥79
    2007 鈥 Bruce E. Flinchbaugh 鈥75
    2005 鈥 William and Sonya Stauffer Evans 鈥56
    2004 鈥 Robert E. Woods 鈥69
    2002 鈥 Thomas R. Bromeley 鈥51
    2000 鈥 Francis M. Pottenger III 鈥51
    1999 鈥 Marilynn Etzler 鈥62
    1998 鈥 John T. Huston 鈥57
    1997 鈥 William LeMay 鈥48
    1996 鈥 Hugh Allen 鈥62
    1995 鈥 Sylvia Vance 鈥47
    1994 鈥 Steve Lorton 鈥68
    1993 鈥 Tony E. Hugli 鈥63
    1992 鈥 Wolfgang R. Schmitt 鈥66
    1989 鈥 Alan E. Norris 鈥57
    1988 鈥 Edwin L. Roush 鈥47
    1987 鈥 J. Hutchison Williams 鈥44
    1986 鈥 Franklin M. Young 鈥26
    1985 鈥 Rillmond W. Schear 鈥20
    1984 鈥 Wilbur H. Morrison 鈥34
    1983 鈥 Robert B. Bromeley 鈥29
    1982 鈥 Howard A. Sporck 鈥34
    1981 鈥 Frank M. VanSickle 鈥41
    1980 鈥 Kenneth W. Bunce 鈥30
    1978 鈥 Mary C. Lord 鈥45
    1977 鈥 Virginia Norris Smith 鈥36
    1976 鈥 William K. Messmer 鈥36
    1974 鈥 L. William Steck 鈥37
    1973 鈥 Virgil O. Hinton 鈥34
    1972 鈥 Emerson Shuck 鈥38
    1971 鈥 Verda B. Evans 鈥28
    1970 鈥 Earl R. Hoover 鈥26
    1969 鈥 Horace W. Troop 鈥23
    1968 鈥 Elmer N. Funkhouser, Jr. 鈥38
    1967 鈥 Harold L. Boda 鈥25
    1966 鈥 J. Gordon Howard 鈥22
    1965 鈥 Francis M. Pottenger, Jr. 鈥25
    1964 鈥 John A. Smith 鈥33
    1963 鈥 Richard E. Caulker 鈥35
    1962 鈥 Lehman Otis 鈥33
    1961 鈥 Sylvester M. Broderick 鈥24
    1960 鈥 DeWitt Zuerner 鈥10
    1959 鈥 W. R. Huber 鈥16
    1958 鈥 Roy A. Burkhart 鈥27
    1958 鈥 Herman F. Lehman 鈥22
    1957 鈥
    1956 鈥 Francis Bundy 鈥31
    1954 鈥 Mabel E. Gardner 鈥08
    1952 鈥 F. M. Pottenger 鈥92
    1951 鈥 E. L. Weinland 鈥91
    1951 鈥 John Finley Williamson 鈥11

    Service to 9i果冻制作厂Award

    2020 鈥 Karl Niederer 鈥75
    2009 鈥 Wendell 鈥60 and Judith Lovejoy Foote 鈥58 (posthumously)
    2004 鈥 Elizabeth Glor Allen 鈥64
    2004 鈥 Lewis Michael Duckworth 鈥63
    2003 鈥 Jane Morrison Horn 鈥50
    2003 鈥 Leslie E. Mokry 鈥47
    2002 鈥 Dayton 9i果冻制作厂Women鈥檚 Club
    2002 鈥 Westerville 9i果冻制作厂Women鈥檚 Club
    2001 鈥 Edward L. Mentzer 鈥58
    2000 鈥 William N. Freeman 鈥57
    1999 鈥 Helen Hilt LeMay 鈥47
    1999 鈥 Elmer 鈥淏ud鈥 Yoest 鈥53
    1998 鈥 Victor 鈥48 and Eileen Ritter
    1996 鈥 Mary Bivins H鈥85
    1995 鈥 John Becker 鈥50
    1995 鈥 Margaret Lloyd Trent 鈥65
    1994 鈥 Lillian Frank H鈥68
    1994 鈥 James A. Grissinger H鈥75
    1993 鈥 Harold Boda 鈥25
    1993 鈥 Marilyn Day 鈥53
    1992 鈥 Frederick E. Brady 鈥39
    1992 鈥 Albert V. Horn 鈥49
    1992 鈥 Chester R. Turner 鈥43
    1991 鈥 Francis 鈥淩ed鈥 Bailey 鈥43
    1991 鈥 Larry Boor 鈥36
    1991 鈥 Norman H. Dohn 鈥43
    1989 鈥 Grace Burdge Augspurger 鈥39
    1989 鈥 Alberta Engle MacKenzie 鈥40
    1988 鈥 Charles W. Dodrill H鈥79
    1987 鈥 Wilbur R. Franklin 鈥23
    1986 鈥 Henry V. A. Bielstein 鈥55
    1986 鈥 Edmond J. Booth 鈥36
    1986 鈥 Robert L. Corbin 鈥49
    1985 鈥 Charles S. Beadle 鈥54
    1985 鈥 Nellie Niswonger 鈥26
    1985 鈥 Donna L. Sitton 鈥55
    1984 鈥 Craig Gifford 鈥57
    1983 鈥 William E. LeMay 鈥48
    1983 鈥 Edna Smith Zech 鈥33
    1982 鈥 Benjamin B. Copeland
    1981 鈥 Harold F. Augspurger 鈥41
    1981 鈥 Robert C. Barr 鈥50
    1980 鈥 Robert S. Agler 鈥48
    1980 鈥 George H. Dunlap H鈥69
    1979 鈥 Dwight C. Ballenger 鈥39
    1979 鈥 Homer D. Cassel 鈥17
    1979 鈥 Phyllis L. Shultz 鈥52
    1978 鈥 Mary B. Thomas 鈥28
    1978 鈥 Edwin L. Roush 鈥47
    1977 鈥 Sara Kessler Steck 鈥37
    1977 鈥 S. Clark Lord 鈥39
    1976 鈥 Richard A. Sanders 鈥29
    1976 鈥 Morris E. Allton 鈥36
    1975 鈥 Melvin A. Moody 鈥36
    1975 鈥 William C. Moffitt
    1973 鈥 Evelyn Edwards Bale 鈥30
    1971 鈥 Lynn W. Turner H鈥58
    1970 鈥 Frederic R. Bamforth
    1970 鈥 Albert J. Esselstyn H鈥53
    1970 鈥 B. C. Glover H鈥50
    1970 鈥 James H. McCloy H鈥52
    1970 鈥 Lyle J. Michael 鈥19
    1970 鈥 Edward W. E. Schear 鈥07
    1969 鈥 Wade S. Miller H鈥55
    1964 鈥 Ed Begley
    1964 鈥 Carl Copp
    1964 鈥 Ray W. Gifford 鈥17
    1964 鈥 Joe P. Hendrix 鈥17
    1964 鈥 John F. Smith 鈥10

    Mentor Impact

    2017 – Allen Prindle

    Rising Star

    2024 – Rebecca A. Carter ’15
    2024 – Amanda Dakermanji ’14
    2024 – Ashleigh Thornton Kraus ’17
    2024 – Aaron Rhinehart ’14
    2023 – Lauren Lichtenauer ’11
    2023 – Sarah H. Mabee ’07
    2023 – Keeshon Morrow ’08
    2023 – Andrew Tobias ’08
    2022 – Hilary Stone MBA ’20
    2022 – Karen Castro ’12
    2022 – Brooke Wilson ’10
    2021- Andy Chow 鈥08
    2021- Andrew J. Grant 鈥08
    2021- Maria Wheeler-Dubas 鈥08 Ph.D.
    2020- Tony Bishop III 鈥15, MSAH 鈥18
    2020- Andrea Drago 鈥10听MS, RN, NE-BC
    2020- Jonathan Hill 鈥15
    2019- Sherona Whitner ’12
    2019- Anna Walker ’07
    2019- Dr. Christine Humphrey, MSN/MBA ’14, DNP ’18, RN
    2019- Kimberly Shapiro ’16
    2019- Amanda Helmrich Julca ’06

    Leadership & Citizenship

    2019- Melica Hampton ’04

    Mary B. Thomas Commitment to Otterbein

    2024 – The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation
    2023 – Morton J. H’00 & Barbara K. Achter
    2022 – 9i果冻制作厂“O” Club and Mark ’78 & Deborah Scott ’77 Thresher
    2021 – Alan Goff 鈥75 and Coral Harris and Westerville 9i果冻制作厂Women鈥檚 Club
    2020 – James & Kathleen Rutherford P鈥99
    2019 – Annie Upper Ames ’86
    2018 – Thomas C. ’63 and Sarah K. Morrison
    2017 – Wendell Foote ’60鈥痑nd Dr. Thomas R. ’51 and Jean Hostetler ’54鈥 Bromeley
    2015 – John鈥’68鈥痑nd鈥疭usie King
    2014 -鈥疊ill鈥痑nd鈥疕elen LeMay ’48 & ’47
    2012 – Vernon L. Pack ’50
    2011 – Vida S. Clements Foundation鈥, Ernest ’38 and Neva Fritsche鈥, and Edwin and Marilou Roush ’47 & ’45

    Past Award Ceremonies

    2023 Celebration of Otterbein

    On Saturday, September 16, we celebrated the contributions of our 2022 Alumni Award Honorees. You can watch the entire ceremony .

    2022 Celebration of Otterbein

    On Saturday, October 1, we celebrated the contributions of our 2022 Alumni Award Honorees. You can watch the entire ceremony .