The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to recognize alumni that have made outstanding contributions to their profession and community as they model excellence in their vocation. The recipient models the mission statement of Judson University.
Past awardees include:
2004 Peter McDonald ‘76
2005 Linda Figgins ‘74
2006 Julie Lichtenberg ‘02
Nathaniel Brooks ‘02
Steven Guy ‘88
Mark Spencer ‘81
Kristen Stombres ‘79
2007 Carol Hunt ’64
Bethany Marshall ’83
Ed Gilbreath ‘92
2008 Christine Clark ‘78
Tony Cannon ‘76
Duane Clouse ‘82
2009 Kraig Kleeman ’80
Steve Layne ’87
Jim Kruger ‘97
2010 Scott Feltheim ‘96
Nick Petousis ‘85
Mark Gregory ‘77
2011 David Reinders ‘80
2012 Patrick Gilliam ’91
Merrie Meadows ‘09
2013 Aaron Niequist ‘98
2014 Gayle Gianopulos ’88
Stosh Walsh ’96
David Hunter ‘02
2015 Matt Sundstedt ’98
Sheilla Lienerth
Larry Starks ‘85
2016 Rebecca Mills ’88
Sylvia Salazar-Wetzel ’00
Jon Beilstein ‘77
2017 Shawn Finley ’91
Braden Curtis ’98
Shawn Flynn ‘89
2018 Beverly Calender-Anderson ’75
Raul Rodila ’95
Kevin Svensen ‘06/09
2019 Marcelo’96 & Lisa’95 Galvao,
John Larry ‘03
Mark Vargas ‘04
2020 None (pandemic)
2021 Lynn Long '84
Kenneth & Nancy (DeRolf) Morgan '67
Tim Schofield '14
2022 Benjamin Carr '09
Joshua Guge '02
Lori Heiselman '93
Steven VanOsdale '88
2023 Rev. Elliott Anderson '89
Anne Davies '78
Tracy Scott Miller '86
Dr. Michael Smith '99
2024 Robb Davidson '08
Brock Henderson '03
Laura King '04
Todd Oelerich '14
Monique Sondag '06