Distinguished Service Award
Outstanding service deserves to be applauded.

Jeff Rankin
Jeff Rankin is a true example of what is possible from dedication to an institution. For nearly 30 years, Rankin has edited the Monmouth College magazine and authored the recurring “Monmouthiana” magazine feature. Rankin’s byline can also be seen frequently on Medium articles about the unique personalities and traditions that have shaped not only Monmouth College, but the region.
In addition to co-authoring the definitive College history, A Thousand Heart’s Devotion: A History of Monmouth College, Jeff can be seen at Golden Scots celebrations, Homecoming, and multiple online events and tours bringing people back to times gone by with charisma, wit, and an amazing mastery of history.
Do you know a proud Scot who deserves to be recognized? Send in your nomination!
Year Awarded | Recipient |
2020 | Peter Pitts |
2019 | William Urban |
2018 | Jacquelyn Condon |
2017 | Jeffrey D. Miller ’84 |
2016 | Harlow Blum |
2015 | George “Deeks” Carroll Jr. ’62 |
2014 | Don Gladfelter ’77 |
2013 | Kevin S. Kaihara ’77 |
2012 | Dean St. Ledger |
2011 | Hon. Daniel S. Weber ’74 |
2010 | Michael E. Sproston ’64 |
2009 | William J. Goldsborough ’65 |
2008 | David C. Allison ’53 |
2007 | Virgil S. Boucher ’32 |
2006 | Frederick W. Wackerle ’61 |
2005 | Bonnie Bondurant Shaddock ’54 |
2004 | Nancy Speer Engquist ’74 |
2003 |
David A. Bowers ’60 Frank W. Sorensen |
2002 |
Elizabeth F. Peacock H. Safford Peacock |
2001 | Isabel Bickett Marshall ’36 |
2000 |
George E. Trotter, Jr. ’47 Maxine Murdy Trotter ’47 |
1999 | R. Jeremy McNamara |
1998 | Mary Ann Galusha Eiserman ’72 |
1997 | Charles J. Speel II |
1996 |
Robert H. Buchholz Frank W. Lee, III ’69 Margaret A. Will Lee ’71 |
1995 |
Ernest Crow , Jr. ’41 Rev. J. Stafford Weeks |
1994 |
Bruce Haywood John J. Ketterer |
1993 |
Dorothy Eyler Arthur ’48 Ralph E. Stephenson ’58 |
1992 |
Dr. James W. Marshall ’36 Clarence P. Patterson ’35 |
1991 | Margaret Miles ’30 |
1990 | Sarah A. Ryder ’38 |
1988 | Alice M. Martin ’31 |
1987 | Stephen W. Graham, Jr. |
1986 | Mary Jane Tippett |
1985 | Elwood H. Ball |
1984 |
Jean A. Frans Hogue ’30 Katina R. Harper Truman ’77 |
1983 |
Heimo A. Loya ’38 Lyman O. Williams |
1982 | Ralph E. Whiteman ’52 |
1981 | William M. LeSuer ’42 |
1980 |
Catherine Freed DeBow Freed |
1979 |
Eva H. Cleland Samuel M. Thompson ’24 |
1978 | Adele Kennedy |
1977 |
Peter H. Bunce Lee L. Morgan Glen D. Rankin ’43 Mildred M. Saville ’28 |
1976 |
Mary S. Bartling Crow ’41 Eileen Sandberg Loya ’40 |
1975 |
Cmdr. Gilbert E. Boone Katherine Phelps Boone ’30 |
1974 | Benjamin T. Shawver |
1973 | Kenneth Geiger ’53 |
1972 | Sigmund Kunstadter |
1971 | David D. Fleming ’46 |
1970 | Duncan Wimpress |
1969 | Roger J. Fritz ’50 |
1968 | Cyrus R. Osborn |
1967 |
Evelyn M. Peters Kyle ’32 Fielding A. Smith ’25 |
1964 | N. Barr Miller ’28 |
1961 | Hugh R. Beveridge ’23 |
1960 |
Dr. Rollin S. Moore ’31 Robert T. Rawson ’42 |
1958 |
William K. Addleman ’36
Carl S. Easdale Leroy Pierce ’14 Dorothy Austin Prugh ’13 Thomas Prugh ’12 Ivory Quinby ’19 W. Frank Rosell ’12 Chalmer Spiker Ralph Stephenson, Sr. Elizabeth Farrell Zumstein ’25 |
1957 |
Louise Reid Campbell ’07 James C. Foster ’14 Thomas H. Hamilton ’07 Mary E. McCoy ’13 Robert T. McLoskey ’28 Wendell F. Whiteman ’27 |
1956 |
Morris Beabout Harold Blair ’25 Kenneth Craig Janet E. Ritchey Palmer ’35 Grace Gawthrop Peterson ’22 Harry W. Rhea ’55 John W. Service ’35 |
1955 |
Dr. O. E. Sterett Keith L. Trevor |
1954 |
Robert Albert Fred B. Pattee Glen Soule |
1953 |
Max R. Armstrong ’41 William T. Axline ’21 Bruce B. Barr ’28 Algot J. Bowman Mabel M. Bowman ’25 George H. Bruington Howard W. Bryant Thomas Wiley Clark ’27 Paul M. Crafton Emory B. Davis David D. Edwards Victor C. Engdahl George Gardner ’26 Ernest Johnson John J. Kritzer ’13 William McKnight ’34 Robert S. Moore ’38 Thomas E. Moore Gale L. Parrish ’51 Gail Reynolds ’42 James Sanderson ’26 George H. Thorbeck Donald B. Walker Paul E. Warfield ’24 Russell White |