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 |