Past Achievement Award Recipients

Alumni Recognition

Western's Alumni Achievement Award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to any of the following: exceptional accomplishment of one's chosen field of endeavor; exceptional service in community affairs at the local, state or national levels; and exceptional service in support of advancement and continued excellence of WIU.

2006

  • Lizbeth J. Bishoff
  • Derrick A. Golden
  • John W. Jury
  • Patrick M. Magoon
  • Richard R. Weart
  • Marinda J. Wood

2007

  • Tim Pendell
  • Dr. Lloyd Simonson
  • Denine Guy
  • Roger Key
  • Teri Paul
  • Brian O'Connell

2008

  • Matthew D. Miller
  • Col. Lois Beard
  • Tamara Harris
  • Nancy Brattain Rogers
  • Bart Rogers
  • Joseph "Skip" Begley

2003

  • Sandra K. Edwards
  • Larry Huffman
  • Marcia Lense
  • Steve McCann
  • Steve Poplawski
  • Jack Schulte
  • Jackie Thompson

2004

  • Kathryn M. Cavins
  • Joe Decker
  • R. Eugene Hamilton
  • Darryl Leon Hollimon
  • Jerome D. Okarma
  • Karyn Nishimura Sneath

2005

  • Lt. Commander Daniel Cheever
  • Stephen McLaughlin
  • Gayle Spencer
  • Abraham Thompson, Jr.
  • David Viar
  • Roger Warren

2000

  • Belinda Carr
  • Holly Deem
  • Dave Kratzer
  • Marcus Sipolt
  • Michael Sullivan
  • John Zaremba

2001

  • Frederick G.Hoffman
  • Jun Pan
  • George C. Potter
  • Avrum Mark Rabin
  • Jeanne L. Sobol
  • James P. Unruh

2002

  • Ronald Comm
  • Linda Distlehorst
  • Rhonda Haffner
  • Robert Krause
  • Rear Admiral William Masters, Jr.
  • John Thorpe

1997

  • Michael Boatman
  • Richard Dorazil
  • Bruce Gebhardt
  • Gerald Lang
  • Joanna Lund
  • Donzell Starks

1998

  • Robert Christie
  • Robert Gould
  • Cliff Haka
  • Tom Schweer
  • Jeanette Thomas
  • Randy Witter

1999

  • Susan Haka
  • Jeff Jensen
  • Kimberly Lightford
  • Marlin McCormick
  • Linda Picklesimer
  • Mike Wisdom

1994

  • Oliver J. Clark
  • George K. Cooper
  • Robert W. Frazee
  • Ron Nikcevich
  • Cathy C. Onion
  • John D. Welty

1995

  • Debra Detmers
  • Dwain Hawthorne
  • Alva Jared
  • Nancy Paridy
  • Gregory Payne
  • Todd Sieben

1996

  • Janet Bokemeier
  • John Cates
  • Nancy Darr
  • Karen Marshall
  • Steve Pastorelli
  • Kenneth Zehnder

1991

  • Linda Brodkey
  • William Epperly
  • Donald R. Norton, Sr.
  • Kenneth N. Parker, Jr.
  • George M. Ward

1992

  • Rosemary Aten
  • Martha Oakley Chiscon
  • Mary Fran Freedman
  • Conrad J. Kowal
  • Mary J. Matalin
  • Caryl M. Stern

1993

  • Douglas E. Adair
  • J. Christopher Mahaffey
  • Joan Jensen Moran
  • Dean M. Rockwell
  • Helen Roth Tolan
  • Beth A. Triplett

1988

  • William W. Hamman
  • Bluford W. Jackson
  • Cecil F. Jones
  • James B. Miner
  • Timothy R. Settimi

1989

  • Ann M. Collins
  • Larry M. Derry
  • M.Cem Gokay
  • Samuel N. Oliva
  • Zachary L. Stamp
  • Richard F. Wilson

1990

  • Jerry D. Bratcher
  • Thomas R. Cornelis
  • Michelle A. Emmett
  • David R. Lumley
  • Dr. Aaron B. Stills

1985

  • Rodney J. Ahitow
  • Charles F. Armitage
  • Dan B. Isaacson
  • David R. Murphy
  • Philip G. Shannabarger

1986

  • Alred "Buck" Knowles
  • John K. Rosemond
  • Theresa M. Szczurek
  • David D. Thompson
  • Carol A. VanDeWalle
  • H. Howard Wilson, Jr.

1987

  • Ernest R. Blomquist
  • Kenneth B. Epperson
  • Regis F. Groff
  • Marigale L. Murray-Briggs
  • Michael A. Reynolds
  • Loftin C. Woodiel

1982

  • L. Everett Belote
  • David Lee Bishop
  • Robert Lee Crowe
  • Russell R. Dohner
  • Louis A.R. Yates

1983

  • David W. Brady
  • A. Richard Crabb
  • John E. Hallwas
  • Dominic E. Lynch, Jr.
  • James G. Mortier

1984

  • Joseph J. Beja
  • Nancy D. Neeley
  • F. Eugene Strode
  • Gordon A. Taylor, Jr.
  • Dan K. Webb

1979

  • Ray E. Cramer
  • Paul Grabill
  • Raymond J. Quick

1980

  • Warren H. Anderson
  • Marvin O. Bagby
  • Larrilyn B. Bertocchio
  • Marjorie Rich Bordner

1981

  • George E. Ayers
  • Tilden Wayne Perry
  • Richard G. Powell
  • Claus L. Tanner

1976

  • Robert L. Athey
  • Terry S. Brecher
  • Edward R. Butkovich
  • John F. Cox
  • David A. Crouse
  • Kay Kastel Forest
  • Harry R. Gianneschi, Jr.
  • Frank E. Horton
  • James D. Lucie
  • Leon H. Perley
  • Paul R. Reuschel
  • Rick D. Reuschel
  • Richard J. Smith
  • John X. Stefanki
  • John R. Thompson
  • Ralph C. Wagner

1977

  • Robert F. Barkley
  • Ronald L. Cook
  • Lida Milne Crabb
  • William M. Hughes
  • Josephine Johnson
  • James Norvell
  • Mildred R. Reel
  • Thomas M. Snowman

1978

  • Loren K. Dittus
  • Mary Johnson
  • Ronald Lutz
  • Donald W. Marshall
  • Rev. Basilio T. Vargas

1973

  • Aldo B. Beckman
  • Wilma J. Bricker
  • Amy F. Brown
  • David R. Collins
  • Daniel W. Fullmer
  • William L. Grant
  • V. Leonard Hanna
  • Vernon R. Heaton
  • Dorothy W. Holland
  • Garold D. Holstine
  • J. Victor Hopper
  • Robert "Red" Miller
  • William H. Nebergall
  • Lowell E. Netherton
  • Andrew J. Ondrof
  • R. Pauline Pearson
  • Joseph J. Stipanowich
  • Wayne N. Thompson
  • Wilbur T.L. Trimpe

1974

  • Gary H. Baise
  • Philip E. Bradshaw
  • Thomas T. Callahan
  • Dorothy L. Dunn
  • Thomas J. Fitzgibbon
  • E. Glenadine Gibb
  • James W. Johnson
  • Clifford B. Latherow
  • Kenneth C. Mudd
  • Berwyn R. Robinson
  • Margaret Schannenk
  • Gale Schisler
  • William Lyle Slagle
  • Earl B. Terwilliger
  • Charles E. Vail
  • Glade Wilcox

1975

  • Charles H. Bill II
  • Mary Pollock Endres Fyfe
  • Lawrence Garron
  • Stephen B. King
  • Larry E. Mead
  • Harry Mussatto
  • Ross J. Roeser
  • Michael R. Wagner
  • Rev. William S. Warford