Past Alumni Award Recipients
Alumni Awards
Since 1962, the Malone University Alumni Association presents awards each year designed to recognize alumni who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding achievements of excellence, loyal support of Malone University and exemplary service to their church and community. If you would like to submit a nomination, go to our nomination form. Awards are presented during Homecoming weekend.
Alumni of the Year
1962 — Worthy A. Spring ’26
1963 — Byron L. Osborne ’16
1964 — Emily R. Moore ’19, ’38
1965 — John O. Grafton ’30
1966 — Amos N. Henry ’27, ’50
1967 — Ralph Earle ’32
1968 — Harold B. Kuhn ’34
1969 — Charles S. Ball ’35
1970 — Clifton J. Robinson ’41
1971 — Harold B. Winn ’42
1972 — John P. Williams ’43
1973 — William D. Green ’43
1974 — David P. Rawson ’62
1975 — Edward L. Mitchell ’51
1976 — Edward Escolme ’16
1977 — Rev. Irving F. Chase ’45
1978 — Curtis A. Chambers ’46
1979 — Raymond P. Taggart ’21, ’38
1980 — Elsie (Lambright) Matti ’19
1981 — Earl M. Smith ’36
1982 — None Awarded
1983 — Edward O. Linton ’33
1984 — Howard S. Lauby ’39
1985 — Edward W. Kuehnel ’27 and David R. Van Valkenburg ’64
1986 — Charles E. Bancroft ’52
1987 — Elisabeth O. Robinson ’40
1988 — Howard W. Moore ’46
1989 — E. Anna Nixon ’39
1990 — Earl H. Bailey ’66
1991 — Frank R. Raymond ’66
1992 — H. David Bryant ’67
1993 — None Awarded
1994 — Olive Osborne ’32
1995 — Timothy J. Bricker ’74
1996 — Connie Hubbard ’75
1997 — Italo P. Ventura ’73
1998 — David P. Murray ’82
1999 — Paul N. Anderson ’78
2000 — Mark A. Engel ’78
2001 — Bill Casto ’62 and Priscilla (Parcell) Casto ’71
2002 — Mervin C. Yoder ’75
2003 — John P. Williams, Jr. ’67
2004 — Jim Bridges ’66
2005 — Meredythe Scheflen ’50
2006 — Rick Sams ’75
2007 — J. Larry Durstine ’73
2008 — Gary W. Mast ’71
2009 — John David Geib ’77
2010 — Russell Zinn ’54 and Esther Zinn ’54
2011 — Cedric Rodney ’58
2012 — Paul Miller ’66
2013 — Cyrus Mad-Bondo ’98
2014 — Jacalynn Stuckey '77
2015 — Martha Mooney ’74
2016 — Teresa Purses ’86
2017 — Curtis Thompson '84
2018 — Keith Cureton `85
2019 — Clark Hoopes `75
2021 — David Aufrance '74 and Cynthia (Hershberger) Aufrance '74
2022 — Deron Boring '01
Graduate Programs Alumni of the Year
2002 — Nancy McCullough ’92
2003 — Thomas Michaels ’95
2004 — Tim Dodd ’02
2005 — William Sanderson ’96
2006 — Henry Beun ’89, ’06
2007 — Beth Clark-Thomas ’94
2008 — Ira Wentworth ’93, ’97
2009 — Stephanie Snow Werren ’99
2010 — Tammy Slayman ’00, ’04
2011 — Greg Nettle ’97
2012 — Tanya Hockman ’94, ’99
2013 — Ronald Crock ’88, ’01
2014 — Leopoldo “Polo” Paredes ’12
2015 — Susan Stewart ’05
2016 — Jane Miller ’97
2017 — LaToya Dickens '06
2018 — Norm Wengerd `03
2019 — Chad Minor `15
Degree-Completion Programs ALUMNI OF THE YEAR: Leadership Excellence Award
2002 — Nancy Diller-Shively ’94
2003 — Donna Nedelk-Boyer ’92
2004 — Larry Smerglia ’90
2005 — Herb Miller ’89
2006 — William Thorla ’00
2007 — Carl Ralston ’92
2008 — Vicki Haines ’02
2009 — Paskel “Pat” Berry ’07
2010 — Terri Bate ’01
2011 — Yvonne Brake ’98
2012 — Melissa Carr ’10, ’12
2013 — Lori Jones Stokes ’01
2014 — Kathy Catazaro-Perry ’99
2015 — Gloria Talarico ’87
2016 — Jerome West ’08
2017 — Ronald Watson '93
2018 — Barbara Lange `03
Young Alumni of the Year
2002 — Amber (Anderson) Johnson ’97
2003 — Eric J. Lund ’91
2004 — Sue (Doerschuk) Grabowski ’91
2005 — Tara (Stringfellow) Bond ’96
2006 — Barry A. Naum ’96
2007 — Gretchen (Ricklic) Polen ’99
2008 — Jason Shilling ’98, ’01
2009 — T. Jason Lantz ’02
2010 — Rebecca Haver Bell ’00
2011 — Deron Boring ’01
2012 — Joel Daniel Harris ’04
2013 — Brian Hollingsworth ’02
2014 — Beau Tiger ’04
2015 — Daniel Ziegler ’06
2016 — Dustin White ’07 and Jamie White ’10
2017 — Kristen (Garman) Foss '08, '14
2018 — Dishon Kamwesa `10
2019 — Joshua Eck `11
2021 — Amber Zwick '14
2022 — Rachel Jenkins '16
Earl H. Bailey Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 — Earl Bailey ’66
2014 — Jack Hazen
2019 — Deborah (Murray) `76 and Ron Robinson `78