Past award recipients

    Past Honorary Recognition recipients

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    1909

    Charles Perry Goodrich
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Arthur Lorenza Hatch
    Sturgeon Bay, WI

    Henry Wallace
    Des Moines, IA

    1910

    Herman Adams Briggs
    Delavan, WI

    George Cook Hill
    Rosendale, WI

    Seaman Asahel Knapp
    Washington, DC

    1911

    Alexander Galbraith
    Janesville, WI

    William Toole
    Baraboo, WI

    1912

    Alexander A. Arnold
    Trempealeau Cty, WI

    William Dempster Hoard
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Charles Wesley Marsh
    Dekalb, IL

    William Wallace Marsh
    Sycamore, IL

    1913

    Herbert Winslow
    Collingwood New York, NY

    Henry David Griswold
    West Salem, WI

    Oliver Hudson Kelly
    Washington DC

    1914

    Arthur Broughton
    Albany, WI

    John Howard Hale
    South Glastonbury, CT

    John M. True
    Baraboo, WI

    1915

    George McKerrow
    Pewaukee, WI

    James Warfield Martin
    Gotham, WI

    Adoniram Judson Philips
    West Salem, WI

    1916

    Charles Horatio Everett
    Racine, WI

    Adda Florette Howie
    Milwaukee, WI

    Soren Hanson Uhrenholdt
    Hayward, WI

    1917

    John Quincy Emery
    Madison, WI

    Joseph Gordon
    Mineral Point, WI

    Henry Krumrey
    Plymouth, WI

    1918

    William Cyrus Bradley
    Hudson, WI

    James Newtown Dillion
    Mondovi, WI

    Frederick Lewis Hatch
    Spring Grove, IL

    Nellie Kedzie Jones
    Madison, WI

    1919

    John Orville Parrish
    Plymouth, WI

    Laurens Enos Scott
    Stanley, WI

    1920

    Stephan Austin Baird
    Waukesha, WI

    Walter Livingston Houser
    Mondovi, WI

    Andrew Robert Potts
    Waupaca, WI

    1921

    Rensselaer Jay Coe
    Fort Atkinson Wi

    Eugene Duncan Funk
    Bloomington, IL

    Robert Hall
    Lena, WI

    David Imrie
    Roberts, WI

    1922

    David Demerest Aitken
    Flint, MN

    William Garrett Jamison
    Appleton WI

    Robert Burns Ogilvie
    Chicago, IL

    Carl August Schroeder
    West Bend, WI

    Homer Calvin Taylor
    Beloit, WI

    1923

    Wilbur Henry Brigman
    Stanley, WI

    Theophilus Levi Haecker
    St. Anthony Park, MN

    Edwin Chauncey Jacobs
    Elk Mound, WI

    John Cheney Robinson
    Evansville, WI

    Jippa Abe Wielinga
    Onalaska, WI

    1924

    Fannie Ochsner Brace
    Lone Rock, WI

    Charles F. Leins
    West Bend, WI

    Ellsworth J. McKinny
    Barron, WI

    Henry Runke
    Algoma, Wi

    Albert Wittemore Sanborn
    Ashland, WI

    1925

    Frederic Cranefield
    Madison, WI

    Newell Edwin France
    Platteville, WI

    Nicholas Hocker Gentry
    Sedalia, MO

    John Davidson Imrie
    Roberts, WI

    Richard Morris Smith
    Peshtigo, WI

    1926

    Albert George Cox
    Osseo, WI

    Eucine Trevor Dougan
    Beloit, WI

    Wesson Joseph Dougan
    Beloit, WI

    Phillip H. Kasper
    Clintonville, WI

    John Williams Smith
    Burnett County, WI

    1927

    Edward Lewis Divan
    Browntown, WI

    Stoughton Willis Faville
    Lake Mills, WI

    William Henry Hanchett
    Sparta, WI

    Jens Jenson
    Luck, WI

    Rodman Blunt Melvin
    Plymouth, WI

    1928

    Henry A. Brace
    Lone Rock, WI

    Charles Lewis Hill
    Rosendale, WI

    Mina O’Neil Hill
    Rosendale, WI

    John LeFeber
    Milwaukee, WI

    1929

    Slyvester C. Cushman
    Wyocena, WI

    William J. Hansche
    Racine, WI

    James W. Hutchinson
    Randolph, WI

    Lucy A. Leonard
    Shell Lake, WI

    Louis J. Taber
    Columbus, WI

    1930

    Marie B. Hanrahan
    Kewaunee, WI

    Virginia C. Meredith
    Lafayette, IN

    Matt Michels
    Fond du Lac, WI

    Edward O’Connor
    Hancock, WI

    Burton M. Smith North
    Lake, WI

    1931

    Nora Dunlap
    Savoy, IL

    Cornelius Olson
    Medford, WI

    Malachi Ryan
    Appleton, WI

    Edgar W. Taylor
    La Grange, WI

    1932

    Arthur J. Glover
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    James C. Hansen
    Deerfield, WI

    Alexander Legge
    Chicago, IL

    Vera C. Rehnstrand
    Superior, WI

    Michael J. Wallrich
    Shawano, WI

    1933

    Joseph A. Craig
    Janesville, WI

    Frank Hamachek
    Kewaunee, WI

    George Hull
    Whitewater, WI

    Frederick H. Scribner
    Rosendale, WI

    Mrs. Charles W. Sewell
    Otterbein, IN

    1934

    Mrs. Fred B. Hanson
    River Falls, WI

    Perry G. Holden
    Whitehall, MI

    Margaret Keys
    Fond du Lac, WI

    Dr. Charles R. Pickering
    Muscoda, WI

    Arthur H. Sholts
    Oregon, WI

    1935

    Anton O. Berge
    Valders, WI

    Ellen L. Kellogg
    Janesville, WI

    Albert E. Rundell
    Platteville, WI

    Charles W. Schmaling
    Delavan, WI

    Sam H. Thompson
    Quincy, IL

    1936

    Abe Anderson
    Ashland, WI

    G.H. Benkendorf
    Modesto, CA

    Edwin Owens
    Wild Rose, WI

    William F. Renk
    Madison, WI

    Lillian Chloupek Schmidt
    Two Rivers, WI

    1937

    Arthur E. Bennett
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI

    Grace Caswell Freeman
    Gays Mills, WI

    Eben A. Jones
    Bangor, WI

    John L. Lejeune
    Rice Lake, WI

    William S. Moscrip
    Lake Elmo, MN

    1938

    Winifred Wallace Erickson
    Pigeon Falls, WI

    Herman Ihde
    Neenah, WI

    George Pope
    Darien, WI

    Samuel D. Sanders
    Washington, DC

    John R. Williams
    Montello, WI

    1939

    John Brandt
    Litchfield, MN

    Matt Domaszek
    Amherst Junction, WI

    William W. Hennlich
    Dorchester, WI

    August J. Piper
    Racine, WI

    Dr. Bertha E. Reynolds
    Avoca, WI

    1940

    Minnie B. Rogan
    Cable, WI

    Celia K. Conrad
    West Allis, WI

    George O. Humphrey
    York (Osseo), WI

    Ruth Suckow
    Cedar Falls, IA

    Peter Templeton
    Rock County, WI

    1941

    Alfred T. Hipke
    New Holstein, WI

    Frederick W. Huntzicker
    Greenwood, WI

    Percy H. Moore
    Westminster, BC

    Lela Starks
    Starks, WI

    Fred & Ida B. Strahm
    Ladysmith, WI

    1942

    Grace Greiner Alberts
    Stratford, WI

    Howard E. Babcock
    Ithaca, NY

    Winfred E. Bishop
    Arcadia, WI

    Ira E. Inman
    Beloit, WI

    John D. Jones, Jr.
    Racine, WI

    Harry O. Wells
    Livingston, WI

    1943

    Walter K. Ahlers
    Grafton, WI

    Adolph Brunstad
    Chippewa Falls, WI

    Theodore Christoph
    Chilton, WI

    May Hatch
    Lake Geneva, WI

    Josephine Sullivan Nixo
    Ontario, WI

    Max H. Peterich
    Arpin, WI

    Charles A. Wilkins
    Platteville, WI

    Otto Wirth
    Antigo, WI

    1944

    John F. Hauser
    Bayfield, WI

    William H. Hutter
    Spring Green, WI

    Celia Mae Jahnke
    Pepin, WI

    Guy Speirs
    Cameron, WI

    William E. Thompson
    Kenosha, WI

    1945

    No ceremony held.

    1946

    No ceremony held.

    1947

    William David James
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Roman Muskavitch
    Shawano, WI

    Ruth Buxton Sayre
    Ackworth, IA

    Jeremiah Francis Shea
    Pickett, WI

    John Wuethrich
    Greenwood, WI

    1948

    Dr. Walter L. Bible
    Lime Ridge, WI

    Amasa D. Clements
    Tomahawk, WI

    Lyman S. Hulberts
    Washington, DC

    Lola S. James
    Richland Center, WI

    Fred Pabst
    Oconomowoc, WI

    1949

    Louis Arnoldi
    Sheboygan Falls, WI

    Olga Dana
    Kewaunee, WI

    Joseph M. Gifford
    Racine, WI

    Dr. L. Rosa Minoka Hill
    Oneida, WI

    Albert Klebesadel
    Shawano, WI

    Bryce S. Landt
    Wisconsin Dells, WI

    Edward H. Malcheski
    Pulaski, WI

    Lucius A. Markham
    Janesville, WI

    Oscar Gottfried Mayer, Jr.
    Chicago, IL

    Kurth Stock
    Fish Creek, WI

    1950

    Lawrence Buckley
    Oxford, WI

    Frankie Mallory
    Marengo, WI

    Harry F. Moors
    Rice Lake, WI

    Ora R. Rice
    Delavan, WI

    P.O. Wilson
    Chicago, IL

    1951

    Mellie M. Anderson
    Oshkosh, WI

    Mabel J. Douglas
    Juda, WI

    Lloyd F. Hubbard
    Evansville, WI

    Oscar Shultz
    Merrill, WI

    Frank D. Stone
    Minneapolis, MN

    1952

    Ezra Taft Benson
    Salt Lake City, UT

    Emma M. Engel
    Fountain City, WI

    Arthur J. Gafke
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Joseph E. McGillivray
    Milwaukee, WI

    William H. McNeight
    Unity, WI

    Fred A. Stare
    Columbus, WI

    1953

    Leonard Kalt
    Glen Haven, WI

    Mrs. John Kruse
    Middleton, WI

    Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Meyer
    Milwaukee, WI

    Francis W. Peck
    Chicago, IL

    Walter Wieckert
    Appleton, WI

    1954

    John A. Hanson
    Grantsburg, WI

    Arthur G. Johnson
    Brantwood, WI

    Julia Ramsay
    Peshtigo, WI

    Milo K. Swanton
    Madison, WI

    1955

    Mr. & Mrs. William Basse
    Muskego, WI

    Dr. Thomas H. Ferguson
    Lake Geneva, WI

    Frank A. Garvey
    Lynxville, WI

    Mrs. Morton Geraldson
    Manitowoc, WI

    Delos H. Kellogg
    Superior, WI

    Ignatz Lang
    Marathon, WI

    1956

    Charles Foster Claflin
    Milwaukee, WI

    Mrs. Milton Koegel
    Milwaukee, WI

    Gerhardt G. Schuette
    Rock Springs, WI

    John L. Stauber
    Marshfield, WI

    1957

    John H. Bartz
    Suring, WI

    Mrs. Irvin Eggebrecht
    Colby, WI

    Lewis C. French
    Milwaukee, WI

    Ben Moy
    Mondovi, WI

    James H. Murphy
    Burlington, WI

    Lester Palmer
    Mauston, WI

    1958

    Elsmer Berg
    Brownsville, WI

    Mrs. Melvin Pulver
    Poynette, WI

    Arthur C. Schultz
    Arcadia, WI

    Harry M. Schuyler
    Fish Creek, WI

    L.C. Virchow
    Waupaca, WI

    1959

    Arthur L. Andrews
    South Wayne, WI

    Lucile Decker
    Hingham, WI

    Irene Remund
    Amery, WI

    Paul Remund
    Amery, WI

    Walter Renk
    Sun Prairie, WI

    Guido Schroeder
    West Bend, WI

    1960

    William D. Danielson
    Cadott, WI

    Clinton and Ada Griswold
    West Salem, WI

    Gavin W. McKerrow
    Pewaukee, WI

    W. James Prosser
    Antigo, WI

    1961

    Julian B. Buss
    Waterloo, WI

    Charles M. Creuzinger
    Sturtevant, WI

    Alfred L. Johnson
    Sparta, WI

    George W. Rupple
    Shawano, WI

    Jennie L. Webster
    Eau Claire, WI

    1962

    Emmons Accola
    Mondovi, WI

    Eva Detlor
    Plainfield, WI

    Glenn Detlor
    Plainfield, WI

    Elwood R. McIntyre
    Madison, WI

    Leonard J. Seybold
    Forest Junction, WI

    Frank A. Van Someren, Jr.
    Baldwin, WI

    1963

    Clarence E. Ahrens
    Prairie du Chien, WI

    John H. Budzien
    Milwaukee, WI

    Walter M. Jensen
    Grantsburg, WI

    Orville Kuehl
    Kewaunee, WI

    Myrtie Neitman
    Waupun, WI

    1964

    Henry J. Binsversie
    Kiel, WI

    John W. Jung
    Randolph, WI

    Frederick G. Kilp
    Minocqua, WI

    Mrs. L. T. Lee
    Holmen, WI

    Watford G. Seguin
    Eleva, WI

    1965

    Edna Braun
    Athens, WI

    Marjorie Phillips
    Middleton, WI

    Arthur F. Stapel
    Appleton, WI

    Frank E. Zemaitis
    Birchwood, WI

    Carl A. Zielke
    Madison, WI

    1966

    Gilbert J. Hipke
    New Holstein, WI

    Sylvia Lau
    Grafton, WI

    Charles A. Maas
    Evansville, WI

    Math C. Meulemans
    Wrightstown, WI

    Ralph Most, Sr.
    Prescott, WI

    1967

    Thomas W. Barrett
    Camp Douglas, WI

    Edward C. Jones
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Charles L. Lewis, Sr.
    Shell Lake, WI

    George B. Page
    Merrill, WI

    Ella M. Veslak
    Shawano, WI

    1968

    T.S.B. Aribisala
    Ibadan, Nigeria

    Norval C. Ellefson
    Dallas, WI

    Henry F. Krueger
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI

    Lyman D. McKee
    Madison, WI

    Thomas S. Pinney
    Sturgeon Bay, WI

    1969

    Hugo J. Herzog
    Chilton, WI

    William D. Hoard, Jr.
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    John E. Olson
    Chetek, WI

    John Kenneth Stern
    Roaring Spring, PA

    Ruth J. Stolle
    Tripoli, WI

    John D. Wuethrich
    Greenwood, WI

    1970

    Elmer G. Biddick
    Livingston, WI

    Michael J. Brunner
    Rhinelander, WI

    William H. Kelm
    Emerald, WI

    Melvin H. Sprecher
    Sauk City, WI

    Ronald G. Stephenson
    Cedarburg, WI

    1971

    Craig Beane
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Laura Beane
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Thomas M. Hecimovich
    Ashland, WI

    Janet E. McNabb
    Shell Lake, WI

    Wilbur N. Renk
    Sun Prairie, WI

    Dr. Robert R. Spitzer
    Burlington, WI

    1972

    Mrs. August J. Bauman
    Cottage Grove, WI

    William D. Knox
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Milton Stellrecht
    Spooner, WI

    Truman Torgerson
    Manitowoc, WI

    Franklin Walsh
    Hebron, WI

    1973

    Mrs. Lewis Epstein
    Millston, WI

    Wilbur Stanton
    Platteville, WI

    Wilma Stanton
    Platteville, WI

    Lyle F. Viney
    Evansville, WI

    Kenneth E. Wallin
    Shawano, WI

    Dr. Elmer A. Woelffer
    Oconomowoc. WI

    1974

    Natalia Athorp
    Sheboygan, WI

    Wallace H. Jerome
    Barron, WI

    Clarence W. Knebel
    Belmont, WI

    William J. Louis
    Richland Center, WI

    William A. McKerrow
    Pewaukee, WI

    Dallas E. Western
    Palmyra, WI

    1975

    Roger D. Biddick
    Livingston, WI

    Herb Buseman
    Gillett, WI

    Norman L. Christianson
    Roberts, WI

    Oscar A. Hanke
    Mt. Morris, IL

    Norbert Nuttelman
    West Salem, WI

    Clyde J. Schloemer
    West Bend, WI

    1976

    Philip Hein
    Stratford, WI

    John C. Jung
    Randolph, WI

    Wilfred J. Jung
    Randolph, WI

    Sadie Root
    Hortonville, WI

    Mully Taylor
    Eagle River, WI

    Howard F. Voegeli
    Monticello, WI

    Anthony Wise
    Hayward, WI

    1977

    Wilber M. Alexander
    Necedah, WI

    William KasaKaitas
    Madison, WI

    Leonard A. Peck
    Chippewa Falls, WI

    Marvin P. Verhulst
    Madison, WI

    Ruby Walton
    Janesville, WI

    Ted Walton
    Janesville, WI

    1978

    Gregory D. Blaska
    Marshall, WI

    Gordon A. Bubolz
    Appleton, WI

    Bernard M. Hovel
    Prescott, WI

    Edna Meudt
    Dodgeville, WI

    Clayton Nichols
    Wisconsin Dells, WI

    Edwin Stauffacher
    Mineral Point, WI

    1979

    Byron Berg
    Blanchardville, WI

    Flora Danielson
    Cadott, WI

    Wayne Danielson
    Cadott, WI

    Ed Engelbretsen
    Gillett, WI

    Celia Lausted
    Colfax, WI

    Dr. Glenn S. Pound
    Madison, WI

    Eldon H. Roesler
    Oconomowoc, WI

    1980

    Dr. Lee Allenstein
    Whitewater, WI

    Elroy Borgwardt
    Valders, WI

    Russell Gasch
    Chilton, WI

    Bruce Odeen
    Black River Falls, WI

    Lyle O. Reid
    Plainfield, WI

    Dr. Robert E. Walton
    DeForest, WI

    1981

    Clarence Boyke
    Fond du Lac, WI

    Virginia Boyke
    Fond du Lac, WI

    Eunice M. Garsow
    DePere, WI

    Donald McDowell
    Madison, WI

    Rex Whitmore
    Burlington, WI

    1982

    Vincent Drendel
    Evansville, WI

    Keith M. Hawks
    Green Bay, WI

    Eugene Meyer
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Adin Reynolds
    Anima, WI

    Vernon Schultz
    Manitowoc, WI

    1983

    Dr. Gaylord Hartsough
    Thiensville, WI

    Richard Scullion
    Highland, WI

    John P. Selz
    Humbird, WI

    Ralph S. Yohe
    Madison, WI

    1984

    Fred (Fritz) Bernegger
    New London, WI

    Edward Elliott
    Springbrook, WI

    Harland Everson
    Edgerton, WI

    Vera Haberman
    Janesville, WI

    Walter Haberman
    Janesville, WI

    Eugene W. Nelson
    Union Grove, WI

    Robert Skiera
    Milwaukee, WI

    1985

    Percy Hardiman
    Hartland, WI

    James A. Kaltenberg
    Waunakee, WI

    Bernard Maas
    Beaver Dam, WI

    Aurthur W. Nesbitt
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Robert J. Van Liere
    Salem, WI

    1986

    Charles L. Farr
    Madison, WI

    Myron D. Groskopp
    Stevens Point, WI

    George Hillery
    Darlington, WI

    Marybelle Hillery
    Darlington, WI

    Floyd R. Halloway
    Union Grove, WI

    Jocelyn Rhein
    Brownsville, WI

    1987

    Robert G. Bush
    Green Bay, WI

    Merlin G. Bush
    Green Bay, WI

    Donald Long
    Weyauwega, WI

    Keith Long
    Weyauwega, WI

    John Malcheski
    Pulaski, WI

    Hilman B. Schroeder
    Sauk City, WI

    Albert D. Weber
    Lancaster, WI

    1988

    Brice Bender
    Colby, WI

    Warren Bottlemy
    Owen, WI

    Robert Diercks
    Antigo, WI

    James W. Hewitt
    Marshfield, WI

    Karl F. Kappelman
    Two Rivers, WI

    1989

    Robert C. Bjorklund
    Madison, WI

    Eunice Guell
    Fond du Lac, WI

    Gail E. Janssen
    Kaukauna, WI

    Paul May
    Mineral Point, WI

    Monroe S. Miller
    Middleton, WI

    Russ O’Harrow
    Oconto Falls, WI

    1990

    Winston Brill
    Madison, WI

    Casey Grabarski
    Grand Marsh, WI

    Karl Ohm
    Richfield, WI

    Phil H. Sander
    Kenosha, WI

    Robert Whitty
    Reedsburg, WI

    1991

    Marvin A. Barlass
    Janesville, WI

    Fritz C. Friday
    New Richmond, WI

    Duane and Carol Jean Hegna
    Baraboo, WI

    James W. Huggett
    Marshall, WI

    Rachel L. Jordan
    Dodgeville, WI

    George E. Nettum
    Virocqua, WI

    Stanley B. Utgaard
    Star Prairie, WI

    1992

    Alan, Dave & James Koepke
    Oconomowoc, WI

    Richard Kretzschmar
    Mellen, WI

    Leo A. Sorensen
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI

    Deane Thomas
    Cobb, IA

    Nancy Thomas
    Cobb, IA

    William W. Ward
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    1993

    Victor Brockmiller
    Madison, WI

    Norval Dvorak
    Manitowoc, WI

    Lyle Hill
    Madison, WI

    William Huffman
    Milwaukee, WI

    Charles “Pete” Knigge
    Omro, WI

    Joseph B. Weix
    Oconomowoc, WI

    1994

    Dan Carter
    Mayville, WI

    Jerome H. Franz
    Poynette, WI

    Ben Logan
    Gays Mills, WI

    Rod Nilsestuen
    DeForest, WI

    Richard R. Pavelski
    Amherst Junction, WI

    Dean Pawlisch, DVM
    Brodhead, WI

    Michael Wehler
    Plain, WI

    1995

    Kenneth A. Barton
    Middleton, WI

    Virginia Streuli Hazlett
    Sturtevant, WI

    Thomas L. Lyons
    Shawano, WI

    Daniel David Nusbaum
    Green Bay, WI

    Orion Samuelson
    Chicago, IL

    1996

    Mary Brazeau Brown
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI

    James Howard
    Prairie du Sac, WI

    Robert L. Sellars
    Waukesha, WI

    Peter Senn
    Campbellsport, WI

    1997

    Susan M. Crane
    Burlington, WI

    Philip L. Peterson
    Oregon, WI

    Steve Slinger
    Randolph, WI

    Russ Weisensel
    Madison, WI

    1998

    LaVerne Ausman
    Elk Mound, WI

    Olga M. Bassett
    Baraboo, WI

    Russell C. Doane
    Menomonie, WI

    Patrick J. Luby
    Madison, WI

    1999

    Dave Cole
    Prairie du Sac, WI

    William Geary
    Baraboo, WI

    John Kappelman
    Manitowoc, WI

    Pete Kappelman
    Manitowoc, WI

    Dennis Zeloski
    Lake Mills, WI

    2000

    Larry Borchert
    Madison, WI

    Howard Bremer
    Madison, WI

    Jack Gherty
    White Bear Lake, MN

    John Hansen
    Onalaska, WI

    Bernie Staller
    Zionsville, IN

    2001

    Herbert Behnke
    Shawano, WI

    Roger and Bill Borgwardt
    Valders, WI

    Guy Gottschalk
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI

    Lloyd Holterman
    Watertown, WI

    2002

    Bob Bosold
    Eau Claire, WI

    Ed Brooks
    Reedsburg, WI

    Larry R. Johnson
    Fort Atkinson, WI

    Steven A. Larson
    Whitewater, WI

    2003

    Ron Caldwell
    Arlington, WI

    Nina Leopold Bradley
    Baraboo, WI

    Howard Poulson
    Palmyra, WI

    Orville and Marie Strachota
    West Bend, WI

    Gary Tauchen
    Bonduel, WI

    2004

    Charles, George, Mark & Thomas Crave
    Waterloo, WI

    Laurie Kull
    Stillwater, MN

    Robert Rennebohm
    Madison, WI

    Robert Williams
    Pardeeville, WI

    2005

    Rick Adamski& Valerie Dantoin
    Seymour, WI

    Randall and Rosalie Geiger
    Reedsville, WI

    David Heidel
    Random Lake, WI

    Linda Hodorff
    Eden, WI

    Roger Ripley
    Baraboo, WI

    Russell Schuler
    Sheboygan, WI

    2006

    Robert Hagenow
    Poynette, WI

    Mary Klecker
    Cambridge, WI

    John Louis
    Richland Center, WI

    2007

    Bradley Biddick
    Livingston, WI

    Robert Pofahl
    Middleton, WI

    Mark Riechers
    Darlington, WI

    Douglas Wilson
    Shawano, WI

    2008

    James Behnke
    Incline Village, NY

    Linda Bochert
    Madison, WI

    Peter Giacomini
    Verona, WI

    Richard Renk
    Sun Prairie, WI

    2009

    Debra Crave
    Waterloo, WI

    Michael Krutzka
    Wausau, WI

    2010

    James Costello
    Malone, WI

    Bob Oleson
    Palmyra, WI

    Richard Roembke
    Cedarburg, WI

    William Sperber
    Minnetonka, MN

    2011

    John Pagel
    Kewaunee, WI

    2012

    Robert B. and Carol J. Black
    Columbus, WI

    Roger Cliff
    Verona, WI

    Karl Klessig
    Cleveland, WI

    2013

    Roger Blobaum
    Washington, DC

    Pam Jahnke
    Madison, WI

    John Ruedinger
    Van Dyne, WI

    Allan Schultz
    Verona, WI

    2014

    William Oemichen
    New Glarus, WI

    Larry Smith
    Lodi, WI

    2015

    Faye Jones
    Spring Valley, WI

    Tom Pfaff, Jr.
    Melrose, WI

    George Roemer
    Hartland, WI

    2016

    Ben Brancel
    Endeavor, WI

    Bernard Easterday
    Brooklyn, WI

    Richard Otto Wiegand
    Spooner, WI

    2017

    Allan Herrman
    New Franken, WI

    Louis Wysocki
    Custer, WI

    2018

    Daphne and Lloyd Holterman
    Watertown, WI

    Anna Maenner
    Waterloo, WI

    David Rhoda
    Evansville, WI

    2019

    Timothy Boerner
    Chetek, WI

    Gerald Weiss
    Lancaster, WI

    2020

    No ceremony held.

    2021

    Mitch Breunig
    Sauk City, WI

    Alan Gunderson
    Waunakee, WI

    2022

    Andy and Steve Diercks
    Coloma, WI

    Liz Henry
    Dane, WI

    George Siemon
    Viroqua, WI

    2023

    Corey Geiger
    Beaver Dam, WI

    Dan & Mark O’Brien
    Brooklyn, WI

    2024

    Bill Bruins
    Former Owner and Operator of Homeland Dairy LLP, Waupun, WI

    Ann Palmenberg
    Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Biochemistry, Madison, WI

    Past Distinguished Service Award recipients

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    1994

    Henry L. Ahlgren
    Agronomist and Chancellor, UW-Extension

    1995

    James Crow
    Geneticist, author, community leader

    1996

    E. Michael Foster
    Food and dairy microbiologist

    1997

    Ira L. Baldwin
    Bacteriologist & Dean

    1998

    Neal A. Jorgensen
    Dairy scientist & Dean

    1999

    Alfred E. Harper
    Biochemist & nutritional scientist

    2000

    Robert W. Bray
    Animal and meat scientist & Associate Dean

    2001

    Robert W. Hougas
    Plant geneticist & Associate Dean

    2002

    Norman F. Olson
    Food scientist & founder and Director of the Center for Dairy Research

    2003

    Leonard Maurer
    Communicator, outreach leader & Associate Dean

    2004

    Larry R. Meiller
    Communicator & Radio host

    2005

    Gary D. Bubenzer
    Agricultural engineer and soil erosion specialist

    2006

    Bernard Wentworth
    Poultry scientist and founder of Midwest Poultry Center of Excellence

    2007

    Hector F. DeLuca
    Biochemist and inventor of health-promoting drugs

    Leo Walsh
    Emeritus dean and soil scientist

    2008

    Robert A. Cropp
    Agricultural economist and dairy marketing specialist

    2009

    Joachim von Elbe
    Food scientist and outreach innovator

    2010

    Jerold Apps
    Rural historian and outreach leader

    2011

    Edward Jesse
    Agricultural economist, marketing and policy specialist

    2012

    Kenneth Shapiro
    Agricultural and Applied Economics and associate dean of International Programs

    2013

    Warren Gabelman
    Professor of Horticulture, formed UW’s first beet lab in 1949

    2014

    Michael Pariza
    Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology and Food Research Institute

    David Wieckert
    Department of Dairy Science

    2015

    Norlin J. Benevenga
    Departments of Animal Sciences and Nutritional Science

    2016

    Daryl Lund
    Department of Food Science

    2017

    Robert Kauffman
    Department of Animal Sciences

    2018

    No award given

    2019

    David Thomas
    Department of Animal Sciences

    2020

    No award given.

    2021

    Elton Aberle
    Emeritus dean & animal scientist

    2022

    Richard Straub
    Biological Systems Engineering and emeritus senior associate dean

    2023

    George Shook
    Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences

    Paul Williams
    Department of Plant Pathology

    2024

    No award given

    Past Distinguished Alumni Award recipients

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    2009

    Hector F. DeLuca
    Biochemist and inventor of health-promoting drugs, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison

    Richard H. Scheller
    Biotechnology innovator and leader in human health, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Therapeutics at 23andMe

    2010

    Fritz Friday
    Vegetable processing industry leader, emeritus chairman of the Friday Canning Corp

    2011

    Stephen Diercks
    Potato producer, President at Coloma Farms, Inc

    2012

    Martin Burkhardt
    Agricultural Engineering alum, business executive at Wausau Insurance

    2013

    Henry Fribourg
    Emeritus Professor of Forage Crops Ecology at the University of Tennessee

    2014

    Shelly Mayer
    Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) and dairy farmer

    2015

    Michael Doyle
    Professor and Director of Food Safety, University of Georgia

    Robert Spitzer
    President, Robert R. Spitzer and Associates

    2016

    Gary Onan
    Professor and Chair, Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

    2017

    Mary Beth Kirkham
    Professor, Agronomy, Kansas State University

    2018

    Timothy Young
    Professor, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, the University of Tennessee

    2019

    Barbara Barton
    Dairy Science alum, researcher in dairy nutrition and innovation

    Elzie Higginbottom
    Agriculture and Applied Economics alum, real estate entrepreneur

    Steven Ricke
    Professor and chair, Food Safety, University of Arkansas

    2020

    No award given.

    2021

    Claire Huschka Sink
    Life Sciences Communication alum, US Department of Energy leader

    Max Rothschild
    Animal Science alum, Professor of animal sciences at Iowa State

    2022

    Barry Jacobsen
    Plant Pathology alum, emeritus professor of plant pathology at Montana State University

    Jenny Scott
    Bacteriology alum, US Food and Drug Administration leader

    2023

    Dennis Dimick
    Life Sciences Communication alum, emeritus editor of National Geographic

    2024

    Michael Finley
    Assistant General Manager/Vice President Basketball Operations, Dallas Mavericks; President, Michael Finley Foundation, Dallas, TX

    Past Distinguished Recent Graduate recipients

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    2024

    John Goeser
    Director of Research and Innovation, Rock River Laboratory, Inc.; Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW–Madison, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, La Farge, WI

    Elle Grevstad
    Director of Product Strategy, Exact Sciences, Madison, WI