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Past Recipients of the Distinguished Allied Health Alumnus Award


The Distinguished Alumnus Awards will be presented to living graduates from the School of Allied Health. The award recognizes an individual's noteworthy contributions to the University of Kansas, their field and to the health of all people through patient care, basic and clinical research, teaching skills and/or health services administration. The recipients will demonstrate the highest principles of the health care professions and serve as a role model for current and future health care professionals.

Year    Recipient

2009    Nancy Hudson, MS, RD’69
2008    Linda Reaby, RN, NA'77, PhD
2007    John E. Bernthal, PHD, MA’64
2006    Susan Noll Hanrahan, PT '75, PhD
2005    James E. McLean, PhD, H/S 59
2004    Janice K. Loudon, PT 82, PhD, ATC
2003    Peggy Hundley Spitz, OTR ‘70
2002    Camilla M. "Cam" Wilson, PT 70, PhD
2001    Linda McClain, PhD, OT 70
2000    Richard Sahlfeld, RHIA,HIM 74
1999    David Yoder, PhD65
1998    Mark Anderson, PT75
1997    Carolyn Bloom, PT73
1996    Carolyn Baum, PhD., OT 65, FAOTA
1995    Jessie Ball, PT 56 *
1994    Phyllis Boyle, MT 40

* Deceased




Past Recipients of the Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award


The Distinguished Alumnus Awards will be presented to living graduates from the School of Medicine. The award recognizes an individual's noteworthy contributions to the University of Kansas, their field and to the health of all people through patient care, basic and clinical research, teaching skills and/or health services administration. The recipients will demonstrate the highest principles of the health care professions and serve as a role model for current and future health care professionals.

Year    Recipient

2009    Robert Gish, MD’80
2008    Joseph Kyner, MD'60
2007    William G. Plested, III, MD’62
2006    William Sirridge, MD '44*
2005    Daniel R. Hinthorn, MD 67, FACP
2005    James R. Neff, MD 66, FACS *
2004    Robert M. Daugherty, Jr. MD 60, PhD
2004    Sandra A. Daugherty, MD 60, PhD *
2003    Roger P. Reitz, MD 59
2002    George L. Blackburn, MD 65, PhD
2001    Douglas Wilmore, MD, 64
2000    George R. Sheldon, MD 61
1999    Marc A. Asher, MD 62
1998    John P. Atkinson, MD 69
1997    Charles B. Wheeler, MD 50
1996    Keith W. Ashcraft, MD 63
1995    Daniel L. Azarnoff, MD 55
1994    Ralph G. Robinson, MD 62 *
1993    R. Neil Schimke, MD 62
1992    Jared J. Grantham, MD 62
1991    Monte B. Miller, MD 55
1990    Barbara P. Lukert, MD 60
1989    Jack D. Walker, MD 53
1988    John E. Chapman, MD 58
1987    Marvin I. Dunn, MD 54
1986    Robert T. Manning, MD 54
1985    Ernest W. Crow, MD 44
1984    Herman W. Hiesterman, MD 51
1983    Marjorie Spurrier Sirridge, MD 44
1983    Sloan J. Wilson, MD 36 *
1982    Robert P. Hudson, MD 52
1981    Stanley R. Friesen, MD PhD 43
1980    Robert E. Bolinger, MD 43 *
1980    Gene V. (Yogi) Williams, MD 54 *
1979    Robert L. Van Citters, MD 53
1978    R. Don Blim, MD 53
1977    John D. Pace, MD 20 *
1976    Carl D. Enna, MD 35 *
1975    Paul R. Harrington, MD 38 *
1974    George E. Burket, Jr., MD 37
1973    Clark H. Millikan, MD 39
1972    William J. Engel, MD 26
1971    Maxwell G. Berry, MD 33 *
1970    Lawrence E. Lamb, MD 49
1969    Alonzo A. Towner, MD 35 *
1968    Howard S. Van Ordstrand, MD 35 *
1967    Raymond D. Pruitt, MD 39 *
1966    Max S. Allen, MD 37 *
1965    Galen M.Tice, MD 29 *
1964    Mahlon H. Delp, MD 34 *
1963    Ferdinance C. Helwig, MD 22 *
1962    Charles C. Dennie, MD 12 *
1961    L. Arden Almquist, MD 50 *

* Deceased



Past Recipients of the Distinguished Nursing Alumnus Award


The Distinguished Alumnus Awards will be presented to living graduates from the School of Nursing. The award recognizes an individual's noteworthy contributions to the University of Kansas, their field and to the health of all people through patient care, basic and clinical research, teaching skills and/or health services administration. The recipients will demonstrate the highest principles of the health care professions and serve as a role model for current and future health care professionals.

Year    Recipient

2009    Janalee Isaacson, RN, BSN’83, MSN’98
2008    Karen Cox, RN, BSN'83, PhD, FAAN, CNAA
2007    Paula Waxse Goering, PHD, BS’69, RN
2006    Tammy Peterman, RN, BSN '81, MSN '97
2006    Lucille Walter Pulliam, RN, BSN '56, DSN
2005    Joy D. Wheeler, RN, BSN 77
2004    Patricia J. Phillips, RN 63, MN, ARNP
2003    Mary Ann Lewis, DrPH, RN, FAAN 62
2002    Joanne Trabert Ashton, R.N., M.N. 79, 85
2001    Juanita Conkin Dale, PhD 86, RN, CPNP
2000    Anita Wingate, RN, N 63, PhD 71
1999    Ann Kuckelman Cobb, RN, PhD, BSN 67
1998    Patricia Hinton Walker, RN, PhD, BSN 66
1997    Suzanne Sims Dollar, RN, BSN 62
1996    Sharon Minton Kirpatrick, RN, PhD, 88, MN 81
1995    Judy Folsom, RN, CHAA, MN 83
1994    Charlene A. Harrington, RN, PhD, BSN 63
1993    Barbara Long Quirk, RN, PhD, MN 72, BSN 65
1992    Rita Harris Clifford, RN, PhD 81, BSN 62
1991    Janet Vincent Thompson, RN, EdD, BSN 56
1990    Grace Harlow Chickadonz, RN, PhD, BSN 58
1989    E. Gail Harkness, PhD, BSN 60
1988    Sally Brookens Olds, BSN 62
1987    Jessie M. Branson, RN 42
1987    Judith C.Runnels, BSN 58 *
1986    Barbara Gill MacArthur, MN 81
1985    Jo-Eileen Gyulay, PhD, BSN 65
1984    Suzanne Lee Shaffer, MN 85, BSN 69
1983    Helen Varney Burst, CNM, MSN, BSN 61
1982    Dorothy Hahn Damewood, EdD, BSN 52
1981    Ada Sue Cox Hinshaw, PhD, BSN 61
1980    Mary Anne Eisenbise, RN, NA, BSN 53
1979    Carla Bouska Lee, RN, PhD, BSN 67
1978    Jean Irwin Johnson, PhD, BSN 48
1977    Marguerite P. Coffman, MA 50, RN 37 *
1976    Elda M. Hartung, MA, RN 35 *
1975    Hester I.Thurston, EdS, BSN 43 *
1974    Rena Gazaway, PhD, RN 32*

* Deceased