Outstanding Alumni | |
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The award recognizes sustained significant support to the college, the church, and/or the community. | |
1974 Talmage E. Hocker ‘27 1975 Dougals Reid Sasser ‘52 1976 Walter A. Graham Sr. ‘29 1977 Rhoda Gillespie Peters ‘55 1978 Margaret Baggett Britton ‘56 1979 Edward L. Beavin ‘50 1979 Benjamin T. Spencer ‘25 1980 David E. Hocker ‘59 1981 Benjamin H. Abbott ‘59 1982 Lyman V. Ginger ‘29 1983 Beverley Byers-Pevitts ‘61 1984 Luellen Pyles ‘44 1985 Betty McWhorter Gissoni ‘50 1986 H. Randall Capps ‘57 1987 Idamae Smith Ditto ‘24 1988 Harold W. Dorsey ‘38 1989 R. Allen Wilson ‘60 1990 Joe R. Roop ‘56 1991 Walter D. Richards ‘60 1992 Ellen B. Ewing ‘67 1993 George W. Tinsley Jr. ‘69 1994 Virginia Harris Combs ‘22 1995 Frankie Scott Hagar ‘57 | 1996 Albert W. Sweazey ‘40 1997 E. Powell Deacon ‘29 1998 John W. Jones ‘67 1999 W. Terry Woodward ‘64 2000 Edward L. Tullis ‘39 2001 David L. Hilton ‘58 2002 Arba Kenner ‘74 2003 C. Kenneth Peters ‘57 2005 Berry F. Major Jr. ‘60 2006 W. Glenn Sowards ‘53 2007 R. Mitch Settle ‘83 2008 K. Wayne Foster '69 2009 Beryl and Nancy Franklin '48 2010 David Watkins '72 2011 Jack Wells '75 2012 Russell T. Montfort '50 2013 J. Charles Schertzinger '62 2014 Roger Hayes ‘72 2015 Cheryl D. King ‘70 2016 Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Grieb '78 2017 President Barton D. Darrell, J.D. '84 2018 Greg Risch '93 |
Alumni Achievement | |
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This award recognizes alumni who have achieved a level of eminence within their professional field of endeavor to have gained distinction for themselves and/or Kentucky Wesleyan. | |
1999 Thomas Carter Meredith ’63 2000 Horace Harrison Jr. ‘60 2001 Roger H. Hayes ‘60 2002 L. Ray Harper ‘85 2003 Yu Hak Hahn ‘58 2005 Lori Griffin Byron ’80 2005 A. Dewey Sanders ‘58 2006 M. Allen Kirtley ‘60 2006 Jerry W. Miller ‘60 2007 Adrian B. Moody ‘57 2007 Roy W. Pickerill '75 2008 Bobby R. Himes '59 2008 Anita Spurrier Newman '71 2009 Walter Lee '75 2009 Kim Cecil Schuster '88 | 2010 Tom Rogers '82 2010 A.J. Smith '71 2010 Keith Cain '84 2011 George Rives '35 2011 O. Tarrell Thompson '66 2012 Emmitt Carney '79 2013 Gerald Vanderpool '60 2014 Lydia Dorman ‘82 2014 John Hal Howard ‘89 2015 Miranda Christy ‘01 2015 Michael E. Horn ‘75 2016 Donald L. Stepner '63 2017 Todd Lillpop '01 2018 Dr. Karen (Gurwell) Lutz '91 |
Outstanding Young Graduate |
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This award is presented to a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College within the past 10 years who has distinguished him/herself through professional or personal achievement, has displayed outstanding leadership in their profession and community. |
2008 Catherine Eblen Sherrard '95 2009 Patrick Boggs '97 2010 Tim Payment '97 2011 A. Kelly Frank '96 2013 Jessica Collins Allen '00 2014 Precious Buxton ‘09 2015 J. Phillip Roberts ‘05 2015 Jason Tanner ‘05 2016 Katy Evans Harrison '01 2017 Eric Flory '02 2018 Jordan White '12 |
Alumni Service | |
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The Alumni Service Award is intended to honor those alumni who most clearly represent the Spirit of Kentucky Wesleyan. | |
1994 Bill ’47 & Mildred Poe Kincaid ‘46 1994 Roy Pickerill ‘75 1994 W. Terry Woodward ‘64 1995 Janet Laswell Suwanski ‘72 1995 Harold W. Dorsey ‘38 1995 Homer Fanning ‘49 1996 Bettie Render Majors ‘62 1996 Shuppie & Rosemary Johnson Wheeler ‘49 1996 King ’48 & Jean Sudduth Richeson ‘46 1997 Marcia Smith Lawrence ‘47 1997 Barbara Moseley Cockrum ‘56 1998 Beryl & Nancy Coons Franklin ‘48 1998 Truman ’38 & Trudy Ellis Morris ‘40 1998 Leonard Harsh ‘48 1999 Joel Utley ‘74 1999 Gordon Furukawa ‘62 2000 Billy Pat ’60 & Ruthie Hutton Hume ‘61 2001 Glenn Young ‘58 | 2002 Lairy Nofsinger ‘58 2003 Richard Suwanski ‘73 2006 Holley Skidmore ‘31 2007 Emogene Clark Stephenson ‘59 2009 Beth Robinson Ronk '73 2010 Bill Bowling '56 2010 Ernest Abernathy '55 2011 Judith Rogers Ford '61 2011 Brent Holsclaw '93 2012 D. Dwight Armstrong '79 2012 Douglas Kingsley '61 2013 Rhoda Gillespie Peters '55 2014 Sandra Schmidt Dickinson ‘57 2015 Sally Crenshaw ‘67 2016 J. Richard '57 & Nancy '58 Svara Zimmerman 2017 Doug Hoyt '84 2018 LaDonna Koebel '89 |
Gus E. Paris Distinguished Service Award |
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Named for long-time faculty and staff member, Gus Paris, this award honors members of the faculty or staff or any non-alumnus/a for outstanding contributions and/or distinguished service to the college. |
1991 Gus E. Paris 1993 Lee A. Dew 1993 Richard A. Weiss 1997 Margaret Baggett ‘56 1997 Joe Britton ‘56 1998 Yvonne Decker Taylor ‘58 1999 Don Davenport 2000 Wade Mountz 2001 W.L. Magnuson 2002 William A. McManus 2003 Scott Kramer ‘87 2005 Dr. Diane Earle 2006 Dan Bradshaw 2008 M. Michael Fagan 2011 Marisue Coy '69 2011 Cindra Stiff 2012 Glenn Young '58 2013 Rebecca Rightmyer 2014 David Oetinger 2014 Ron McCracken 2015 Robert Flachskam 2015 Nancy Flachskam 2016 Matthew G. Ruark '09 2017 Dr. Henry Connor 2018 Dr. Ken Ayers |
Honorary Alumnus/a |
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This award recognizes non-alumni who have given considerably of their time and talents to the College. The recipient must be a non-alum and need not be present to receive the award. |
1996 Sherley Furukawa 1996 Rebecca Rightmyer 1996 Bill Graham 1997 Don Davenport 1997 W.L. Magnuson 1997 Tom Rogers 1998 Wesley H. Poling 1998 Carol Young Poling 2000 Cindra Stiff 2001 M. Michael Fagan 2002 Gus E. Paris 2002 Richard Weiss 2002 Christy (Hocker) Hall 2003 Keith Rogers 2005 Joyce Ann Evans 2005 Ron McCracken 2006 Ray Carden 2010 Ken Nation 2012 Rusty Tichenor 2013 Jean Nofsinger 2015 Robert McIver 2015 Diane Earle 2017 Don Moore 2018 Phil Malone |