Past Recipients of the
Distinguished Alumni Award
1953
1954
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1968
1969
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Robert Greelis ‘39
Raymond Elwood Harris
Harold James Beatty ’32
Marjorie Olive Tanner Zelhart ’33
Ernest Benck
Kenneth Lowell Hampton ’26
Mickey Rita Mathiesen ’35
Joe Hayes Dale ’37
Arthur Howard W. Safstrom ’32
Earl Smittcamp ‘39
John Said ‘34
Al Radka ‘41
Muriel Edwina Feller Miller ’31, ‘61
- 1967 No Recipients
Earl Whitefield‘47
- 1971 No Recipients
Raymond Elwood Harris
Philip Wilson ‘24
James Hallowell ‘55
Frances Helen Moyer Safstrom ‘58
Oakley Allan Hunter ‘37
Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez ’50, ‘72
Leslie Bassett ‘47
Darryl Dale Rogers ’57, ‘65
Cornelius A. Warmerdam ‘38
Kenneth L. Maddy ‘57
Sam Iacobellis ‘52
Lee “Pat” Brown ‘61
H. Roger Tatarian ‘38
Edwin John Gray ‘57
Isa Elder ‘32
Shirley Anne Williams ‘66
Wendell Bell ‘48
Joseph N. Crowley ‘63
Michael Adams ‘61
Paul O’Neill ‘60
Thomas Strentz ’62, ‘66
Roy Christopher ’57, ‘61
Steven Nagel ‘78
Norman Christensen Jr. ’68, ‘71
Marvin Baxter ‘62
Timothy White ‘70
Ezunial Burts ‘69
Bill Jones ‘71
No Recipient
Kenny Guinn ’59, ‘65
Peter Mehas ‘62
Joy Covey ‘82
Charles Poochigian ‘72
Richard Houghten ‘68
Herb Depp ‘66
Larry S. Dickenson ‘65
Nat DiBuduo ‘73
Trent Dilfer, Alumnus
Robert H. Oliver ‘66
Diana Meehan ‘66
Marvin A. Meyers ‘56
Darius Assemi ‘83
William S. Smittcamp ‘75
Armen (Derian) Bacon ‘73
Past Recipients of the Outstanding
Alumni Awards
Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences & Technology
1994 Bill Jones ‘71
1995 Kirvin Knox ‘58
1996 Gary Smith ‘60
1997 A.J. Yates ‘57
1998 Larry Layne ‘63
2001 Pat V. Ricchiuti ‘70
2002 Carl Fanucchi ‘65
2003 Jean-Mari Peltier ‘76
2004 Charles Ahlem ‘72
2005 James A. Gomes ‘63
2006 Ed Sbragia ‘75
Robert Steinhauer ’65, ‘67
2007 Ernest Bedrosian ‘55
Krikor Bedrosian ‘57
Kenneth Bedrosian ‘67
2008 Robert Cannell ‘86
2009 Gordon C. Rausser ‘65
2010 Hal Huffsmith ‘70
2011 Norman P. Engelman ’68, ‘72
2012 Bo Barrett, Alumnus
2013 Enrique E. Figueroa ‘73
2014 Rob C. Yraceburu ’84 ‘90
2015 Marvin A. Meyers ‘56
College of Arts & Humanities
1994 Paul Kuroda ‘76
1995 Larry Levis ‘68
1996 Vinci Ricchiuti ‘81
1997 Geoffrey Gamble ’65, ‘71
1998 Nancy Osborne ‘76
2001 Jan Yanehiro ‘70
2002 Manny Fernandez ‘97
2003 Robert Beltran ‘78
2004 Gary Soto ‘74
2005 Ray Steele Jr. ‘68
2006 Patrick C. Ogle ‘65
2007 Dennis Woods ‘69
2008 Brad Lewis ‘80
2009 John Loiacono ‘85
2010 Brian Turner ‘94
2011 Bob Ritter ‘72
2012 Desa Belyea ‘51
2013 Anthony Marquez ‘85
2014 James L. Melikian ‘69
2015 Mark Anthony Scott ‘80
Craig School of Business
1994 No Recipient
1995 Hal Kissler ‘68
1996 Lee Lockhart ’58, ‘71
1997 Robert Oliver ‘66
1998 Max Shuster ‘56
2001 Larry Clemmensen ‘69
2002 Eric McAfee ‘86
2003 Richard A. Shehadey ‘65
2004 William Smittcamp ‘75
2005 Mathias Franklin Matoian ‘65
2006 Bill Shaughnessy ‘87
2007 John E. Horstmann ‘58
2008 Steve Heinrichs ‘68
2009 Larry Johanson ‘75
2010 Ashley Swearengin ’94, ‘97
2011 Carole Andersen ‘78
2012
2013
2014
2015
Mark Shuster ‘97
Tim Rios ‘93
Leo Wilson ‘57
Kyle T. Stephenson ‘74
Division of Graduate Studies
2007 James Finley ‘74
2008 Mabelle Selland ’50, ‘72
2009 Carmen C. Carey ’91
2010 Burton Wayne Wadsworth ‘56
2011 Phil Souza ’77, ‘82
2012 James Kennedy ’67, ‘69
2013 Carole Goldsmith ’91, ‘05
2014 Yolanda Partida ’76, ‘77
2015 Robin Johnston McGehee ‘98
Kremen School of Education
& Human Development
1994 Rudy Friberg ’53, ‘57
1995 Doug Davidian ‘74
1996 Paul Marion ‘70
1997 Stephen Bock ‘87
1998 Jan Yocum Duke ’68, ‘69
2001 Jim Vidak’74
2002 Elizabeth S. Hansen ’52, ‘68
2003 Octavia Diener ‘62
2004 Coke Hallowell ‘57
2005 Sons of the San Joaquin:
Joe Hannah
Jack Hannah ‘57
Lon Hannah ‘87
2006 Gerald A. Rosander ‘52
2007 Larry L. Powell ‘71
2008 Darlene Spano ‘69
2009 Susan Fisher ‘71
2010 James Bushman ’83, ’87, ’88, ‘96
2011 Marcus P. Johnson ‘75
2012 Mattie B. Meyers ‘66
2013 Ruben V. Castillo ‘94
2014 W. Richard Smith ‘77
2015 Robert Aguilar ‘62
Lyles College of Engineering
1994 Leslie Busick ‘51
1995 Sam Iacobellis ‘52
1996 Aram Keith ‘67
1997 George Hamparson ‘47
1998 James Provost ‘62
2001 R. Michael Patton ’67, ‘72
2002 Rick Husband ‘90
2003 Alan F. Dorfmeier ‘70
2004 David Eichhom ‘88
2005 Hugo Kevorkian ‘61
2006 Ed Duarte ‘63
2007 Frank Markarian ‘62
2008 Vida Ilderem ‘ 82
2009 Jerry DeYoung ‘76
2010 James Kardach ‘84
2011 Gaylord “Rick” Ransom ‘77
2012 John Miyamoto ‘85
2013 Kirk D. Grimes ‘80
2014 Harry Moore ‘79
2015 Diana Gomez ‘88
College of Health & Human Services
1994 Timothy White ‘70
1995 Jon Cullen ’72, ‘74
1996 James Aldredge ’64, ‘76
1997
1998
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Alan Peters ‘71
Elaine Mason ‘47
Kenny Guinn ’59, ‘65
King Davis ’64, ‘66
Jeff Tedford ‘83
Carol Copeland ‘68
Helda Pinzon-Perez ‘68
Joe Williams ‘67
Bette Rusk Keltner ’72, ‘74
Pamela A. Loewen ‘66
Judy Case ‘76
Jim Yovino ‘89
Tim P. McCarthy ‘78
Marion Karian ‘65
Nancy Hollingsworth ‘82
Andrew Hoff ’73, ’75, ‘78
Stuart R. Katzman ‘87
College of Science & Mathematics
1994 Norman Christensen ’68, ‘71
1995 Dwaine Cowan ‘58
1996 Rogelio Fernandez ‘83
1997 Richard Houghten ‘68
1998 Patrick Vail ‘60
2001 Danny Wong ‘72
2002 Kent Yamaguchi ‘68
2003 Donna Hudson ’68, ‘72
2004 Kenneth Fugelsang ’69, ‘72
2005 Thomas Downing ‘70
2006 Herb Depp ‘66
2007 Joan Otomo-Corgel ‘72
2008 Roy James Shlemon ‘58
2009 Larry Crowder ‘73
2010 Edward Diener ‘68
2011 Brad Anderson’86
Diane Anderson ‘76
2012 Hal Salwasser ‘69
2013 Ken Schmidt ‘64
2014 Tamsen Nichols Munger ‘68
2015 Scott Barton ‘82
College of Social Sciences
1994 Marvin Baxter ‘62
1995 Carolyn Clark Loder ’75, ‘78
1996 Robert Erickson ’65, ‘68
1997 Christine Johnson
1998 Pete Mehas ‘62
2001 Annette La Rue ‘46
2002 Jim Costa ‘74
2003 Robert Coyle ‘53
2004 Frank Ramos ‘60
2005 Wendell Bell ‘48
2006 Frederick W. Hatfield ‘77
2007 Steve Magarian ’72, ‘74
2008 Thomas L. Williams ‘70
2009 Arnold P. Peter ‘91
2010 Ray Fair ‘64
2011 Armando Rodriguez ‘59
2012 Michael Villines ‘90
2013 Henry R. Perea ‘74
2014 Todd Suntrapak ‘92
2015 Diana S. Dooley ‘72
Division of Student Affairs
2001 Mark Astone ’83, ‘00
2002 Edward Aparicio ‘85
2003 Karen A. Pendleton ‘91
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Olga Martinez ‘82
Bruce Bronzan ‘69
Jason S. Liao ‘82
Jerry Tahajian ‘63
Phillip V. Sanchez ’57, ‘72
John Hernandez ‘96
Robert Whalen Jr. ‘87
Manuel Olgin ’74, ‘78
Philip Stephens ‘77
Carissa Phelps ‘02
Scott Vick ’89, ‘91
Ryan Jacobsen ’02, ‘04
Department of Athletics
2001 J. D. Williams ‘90
2002 Augie Garrido ‘61
2003 Laura Berg ‘98
2004 Stephen Abas ‘04
2005 No Recipient
2006 Amanda Scott ‘01
2007 Rod Kraft ‘77
2008 Kerri Donis ‘91
2009 Cory Hall, Alumnus
2010 Brian Panish ‘80
2011 Yvette Roberts ‘06
2012 Nick Watney – Alumnus
2013 Kevin Sweeney ‘87
2014 Lacy Barnes ’88, ‘91
2015 R. Elaine Mason ‘47
Henry Madden Library
2006 Patricia Heiskell Hillman ‘49
2007 Marleen Dong Wong ‘69
2008 Kendall Manock ‘51
2009 Michael Adams ‘61
Jeanne Adams ’61,
2010 Denise Sciandra ‘75
2011 Don Larson ‘60
2012 G. Michael Graves ‘73
2013 Saundra ‘Sandy’ Stubblefield – Alumna
2014 Kay Provost ‘62
2015 Geraldine Tahajian ‘65
Past Recipients of the Arthur Safstrom Service Award
1975 Frances Safstrom ‘58
1976 Dennis Stubblefield ‘59
1977 Marvin Baxter ‘62
1978 A. Delbert Anderson ‘53
1979 Donald Schafer ‘60
1980 Earl Smittcamp ’39,
Muriel Smittcamp ‘40
1981 Muriel Miller ’36, ‘61
1982 Grace Macginitie
1983 No Recipient
1984 Hal Beatty ‘32
1985 - 1986 No Recipients
1987 Paul Anderson
1988 Debra Kazanjian ‘74
1989 Robert Duncan
1990 Jim Mayer ‘37
Rodger B. Jensen ‘41
1991 Jon Chessum ‘75
1992 Pat V. Ricchiuti ’70
Vinci Ricchiuti ‘81
1993 Bill Forbes ‘48
1994 - 2000 No Recipients
2001 Freddie Jimenez ’75, ‘82
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Thomas Downing ‘70
Cynthia Downing ‘81
Ruth Marie Nikerson
Helen Smades
Bud Richter
Jan Richter ‘53
Richard A. Johanson
Rosellen Kershaw’ 47
Arnold Gazarian
Dianne Gazarian
Sidney Cox ‘52
Hal Kissler ‘68
Maureen Lewis ’95, ‘08
Peter Robertson ’92, ’95, ‘05
Maria Gutierrez
Dennis R. Woods ’69
Omel Nieves ‘83
Brad Fischer ‘81
Robert Monke