Distinguished Alumnus Award
Recognizing the exceptional achievements of our alumni.
Col. Stephen Bloomer ’83
Bloomer’s Monmouth experience has shaped his career, which begin in the United States Armed Forces. After a 30 year career of service and ultimately serving as Chief of Staff for the Iowa National Guard, Bloomer returned to Monmouth College as our Vice President for Development and College Relations. Now, Bloomer continues to fundraise based on his college experience as a proud Phi Delt. As Senior Vice President of Phi Delta Theta, Bloomer has shattered records in building a development program for the international fraternity.
| Year Awarded | Recipients |
| 2019 | Robert G. Riley, Jr. ’70 |
| 2018 | Robert Brink ’68 |
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2017 |
R. Eugene Turner ’67 |
| 2016 | William M. Simpson ’65 |
| 2015 | Daniel A. Cotter ’88 |
| 2014 | Bradley Nahrstadt ’89 |
| 2013 | Karen Barrett Chism ’65 |
| 2012 | David J. Shawver ’70 |
| 2011 | Jackie R. Bell Zachmeyer ’89 |
| 2010 | Lon J. Helton ’72 |
| 2009 | Key P. Yang ’50 |
| 2008 | J. Rodney Lemon ’63 |
| 2007 | Dr. Frederick J. Kaskel ’67 |
| 2006 |
Walter S. Huff Jr. ’56 |
| 2005 |
Richard P. Wherry ’60 |
| 2004 | Robert A. Wetzel ’59 |
| 2003 | Dennis J. Lachel ’61 |
| 2002 |
William J. Goldsborough ’65 |
| 2001 |
Robert J. Ardell ’62 |
| 2000 | Robert W. Rasmusen ’56 |
| 1999 | Dr. Stanley E. Chism ’63 |
| 1998 |
Joan R. Rezner Gundersen ’68 Capt. Robert C. Mabry, Jr. ’70 |
| 1997 | William J. Winslade ’63 |
| 1996 | John S. Niblock ’58 |
| 1995 |
Dr. Richard J. Fuller ’57 Lothar Huehne ’54 |
| 1994 |
Hailu Sebsibe ’52 |
| 1993 |
Walter J. Nicol ’41 |
| 1992 |
Matilda Giannone Cerpa ’42 John H. Wagenknecht ’60 |
| 1991 |
C. Edward Greene ’72 Glen L. Pickens ’25 |
| 1990 |
Larry E. Millikan ’58 Rev. Dr. Roderic L. Smith ’23 |
| 1989 |
Jack C. Jacquet ’47 Maj. Gen. Phillip G. Killey, Jr. ’63 |
| 1988 |
Susan Cheng ’34 Rev. Dale K. Milligan ’48 |
| 1987 |
Rev. Howard M. Jamieson, Jr. ’40 William G. Kuntz ’49 |
| 1986 |
Dr. Timothy G. Lee ’61 H. Betty Weiss Oberstar ’43 |
| 1984 |
Karin E. Loya ’63 Hon. Robert W. Porter ’49 |
| 1983 |
Rev. Robert H. Meneilly ’45 Minna M. Fricke Work ’33 |
| 1982 |
Frances A. Brent Killey ’32 Ruth E. Okey ’14 |
| 1981 |
Robert V. Cramer ’54 Marilynn K. Hofstetter ’49 |
| 1979 |
Dr. Roger Henderson ’29 W. Ernest Schlaretzki ’41 David Turnbull ’36 |
| 1978 |
Harold L. Hermann ’27 Hon. James C. Hornaday ’61 Eugene K. Lau ’28 |
| 1977 |
Robert J. Clendenin ’26 Dr. James W. Marshall ’36 Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale ’46 |
| 1975 | J. Allan Johnson ’56 |
| 1974 | Clayton V. Taylor ’26 |
| 1973 | Hazel F. Stewart Alberson ’17 |
| 1973 | Hazel F. Stewart Alberson ’17 |
| 1972 | Raymond C. Grills ’37 |
| 1971 | Charles A. Owen, Jr. ’36 |
| 1970 | William M. LeSuer ’42 |
| 1969 | Charles R. Russell ’40 |
| 1968 | Cliff S. Hamilton ’12 |
| 1967 |
Lucile Meloy Ady ’17 Rev. Merrill S. Ady ’20 |
| 1966 |
Clair S. Boruff ’23 Thomas C. Robinson ’33 |
| 1964 |
E. Irene Diggs ’27 Calvin B. Hoover ’22 |
| 1963 |
Dinsmore Alter ’08 Mary E. Graham Feustel ’22 Blake S. Root ’27 Helen L. Wagner Willey ’38 |
| 1962 |
Charles Butler ’29 George H. Lesch ’31 Herbert C. Merillat ’35 Lyman B. Sutter ’27 |
| 1961 | Myron H. Bengson ’47 |
| 1960 |
Robert C. Dunbar ’99 S. Wirt Wiley ’01 Newton K. Wilson ’29 |
| 1959 |
Dorothy Walker Blair ’41 Robert L. Blair ’39 Rev. John W. Findley ’97 Jean Liedman ’27 |
| 1958 |
Helen Beveridge Brennan ’29 Dwight Eckerman ’21 Margretta J. Gardiner McConnell ’16 Gladys E. Whitmore ’24 |
| 1957 |
Edward L. Bencini ’30 Helen W. Hartsock ’14 Leland P. Johnson ’32 Will F. Kissick ’25 Margaret Miles ’30 Frederick O. Steadry ’31 |
| 1956 |
Robert E. Acheson ’28 Henry Driemeyer ’06 Hortense Hood ’22 Brig. Gen. Howard E. Reed ’20 Robert C. Ross ’14 Samuel M. Thompson ’24 |
| 1955 |
Dr. Charles P. Blair ’05 John Marshall Briley ’27 Sarah Norcross Jones ’94 William S. McClanahan ’29 Dr. McKinnie L. Phelps ’29 Thomas M. White ’16 |
| 1954 |
Dr. J. Roy Doty ’27 Dr. Ralph Graham, Sr. ’97 Graham W. McMillan ’37 R. J. Riddell ’15 Agnes Sherrick Turnbull ’08 H. Donald Winbigler ’31 |