Past award recipients

Past Honorary Recognition recipients

1909-1929expand_more

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

1930-1949expand_more

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

1950-1969expand_more

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

1970-1989expand_more

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

1990-2009expand_more

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

2010-2023expand_more

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

Past Distinguished Service Award recipients

1994-2023expand_more

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

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

Past Distinguished Recent Graduate recipients