Alumni Awards Past Recipients

Listed below are the past recipients of Olivet’s alumni awards.

“O” AWARD RECIPIENTS

 YEAR  LAY  MINISTERIAL
2024 Anthony “Tony” Hoovler ’88, MD Benjamin “Ben” Kayser ’02/’04 MBA
2023 Angel Colón Raechel (Pennington) Myers ’05
2022 Stephen & Joy Yoon ’99 Don Reddick ’79
2021 Richard “Rick” Dykhouse, J.D. ’85 Rev. Robert “Rob” Prince, Jr. ’85
2020 N/A N/A
2019 Dr. Robert Taylor ’77 Rev. Tara Beth Leach ’05
2018 Lowell Short ’79 Lisa Lehman ’93
2017 Suzanne Bell ’98 David Graves ’75
2016 Dr. Teresa Woodruff ’85 Rev. Larry Leckrone ’72
2015 Dr. Donald Williamson ’54 Dr. Rodney Reed ’84/’86 M.A.
2014 Ralph Hodge ’75 Dr. Edward Heck ’76
2013 Robert Sloan ’68 Dr. Mark Hosteler ’72
2012 Samuel Mayhugh ’61 Mark Quanstrom ’77
2011 Robert Wall ’57 Neil Wiseman ’55
2010 Shirley Close ’70 Gordon Wickersham ’47
2009 Martha Garvin ’59 Charles Sunberg ’78
2008 Gary Floyd ’67 Harold Graves, Jr. ’74
2007 Richard & Deborah Reedy ’67 David P. Wilson ’72
2006 Robert Collins ’57 Les and Leslie Parrott ’84
2005 Fred Hardy ’69 Arlen & Joyce Jakobitz ’66
2004 Doug Perry ’68 Edna Lochner ’47
2003 Richard Sutherland ’72 Scott Chamberlain ’87
2002 William Slattery III ’84 Dennis Crocker ’75
2001 Steven Kaiser ’69 Roger McMurrin ’61
2000 Peggy Stark ’71 Dennis Apple ’66
1999 Harvey Humble ’35 Fred Fullerton ’77
1998 Richard Felix ’63 Chuck Millhuff ’60
1997 Miriam Hall ’59 Don Dunnington ’70
1996 Leah Marangu ’65 Charles Higgins ’48
1995 Harry Dickerson ’50 Ted Lee ’68
1994 Donald Bell ’53 James Mellish ’59
1993 Mary Lou Carney ’73 Dale E. Galloway ’60
1992 Sharell Mikesell ’65 Lindell & Key (Embrick) Browning ’72
1991 N/A N/A
1990 Chuck Watson ’71 Wendell Wellman ’39
1989 Lora (Hiatt) Donoho ’53 Paul Jetter ’69
1988 Ray Dafoe ’49 Edmond P. Nash ’66
1987 Mary Margaret Reed ’71 John Seaman ’69
1986 Arlene (Milner) Chenoweth ’63 Ernest L. (Lenny) Wisehart ’69
1985 George Garvin ’58 C. William Ellwanger ’45
1984 Jan (Kiemel) Ream ’67 John C. Bowling ’71
1983 Larry Watson ’65 P.L. Liddell ’49
1982 D. George Dunbar ’59 Gary Henecke ’68
1981 Carolyn (Eckley) Lunn ’57 Joseph Nielson ’49
1980 Linford A. Marquart ’28 Jim Diehl ’59
1979 Samuel Robert Keys ’48 Robert Crabtree ’56
1978 Carl R. Birchard ’62 Margaret Birchard ’28
1977 Curtis K. Brady ’52 Paul Cunningham ’60
1976 C. W. Ward ’52 C. Neil Strait ’59
1975 Richard Jones ’50 Luther Watson ’48
1974 Harlow Hopkins ’53 Millard Reed ’55
1973 Ovid Young ’62 Donald Wellman ’51
1972 James Bohi ’62 Norman W. Bloom ’45
1971 Nona (Powers) Kelley ’49 Leslie Parrott ’44
1970 Gary Moore ’49 Fred J. Hawk ’33
1969 John Hanson ’57 Charles D. Ide ’45
1968 Beryl Dillman ’49 Carl S. Clendenen ’47
1967 E. Fred Chalfant ’40 H.S. Galloway ’26
1966 Selden D. Kelley ’46 J. Kenneth Grider ’44
1965 W. T. Hodges ’51 Willard H. Taylor ’42
1964 Donald D. Starr ’44 Clayton D. Bailey ’50
1963 Ruth Gilley ’26 Don Gibson ’44
1962 R. Wayne Gardner ’18 Sylvester T. Ludwig ’25
1961 Ray H. Moore ’41 Russell W. Birchard ’29
1960 Naomi Larsen ’33 Ronald Bishop ’43
1959 Mary Scott ’29 Byron Carmony ’39
1958 Dwight Strickler ’29 T. W. Willingham ’15
1957 Carl S. McClain ’23 Hugh C. Benner ’19

 

YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS

 YEAR  MALE  FEMALE
2024 Dr. Camilo Giraldo ’13 Julie (Pilaczynski) Gulledge ’15, J.D.
2023 Rev. Calum Samuelson ’13/’14 M.A. Anna (Grieder) Victorson ’14
2022 Addison Newell ’15 Daley (Schimmelpfennig) Morera ’15
2021 Ben Heller ’13 Dr. Katie Fitzgerald ’15
2020 N/A N/A
2019 Dr. Sam Smidt ’12 Katrina (Hurt) Hull ’10
2018 Matthew Lyle ’09 Christa (Sunberg) Maciver ’09
2017 Andy Kizzee ’07 Susan Kizzee ’07
2016 Dr. Robert Hegna ’07 Dr. Stephanie Suprenant & Dr. Suzanne (Suprenant) VanderWaal ’06
2015 Rusty Funk ’07 Lauren (Hawkins) Larsen ’08
2014 Scott Karalis ’08 Katherine Kalemkarian ’06
2013 Ryan Walker ’06 Emily (Schmidt) Walker ’06
2012 Ben Smidt ’07 Heather (Bachelor) Makarewicz ’07
2011 Lauren Seaman ’06 Jessica (Allison) Swanson ’06

 

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