Distinguished Alumnus Award
Recognizing the exceptional achievements of our alumni.
Robert G. Riley Jr. ’70
Riley is president and CEO of Feed Energy Co., which delivers naturally derived, antibiotic-free livestock feed supplements to the agricultural industry. He is co-founder of FEC Solutions, a leading marketer of corn oil from ethanol facilities. He is also founder and CEO of Riverhead Resources, which assists entrepreneurs in achieving their business potential.
| 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 |