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Call for Nominations

The recommendation deadline for Alumni Awards to be given at the All-Alumni Celebration Dinner on Friday, October 10, 2008 was on April 14, 2008.

It's never too early to start thinking about submitting names to consider for 2009. Please review the award descriptions and the names of prior recipients listed below and use the link immediately below this paragraph to process your nominations. This is a great way to recognize excellence by and among Rockford College Alumni and Friends. Note the new, Outstanding Young Alumna/us Award category.

Click here to use our online nomination form

A list of all previous Award winners appears below the Award descriptions.

Talcott Cross Award

The oldest Rockford College award, the Talcott Cross is awarded to an Alumna for her constancy, devotion and a long history of meritorious service to Rockford College. One award may be given each year.


Karl C. Williams Award

Presented to an Alumnus for his constancy, devotion and a long history of meritorious service to Rockford College. One award may be given each year.

Award of Distinction

Given to Alumni for fulfilling the ideals of Rockford College and bringing honor and esteem to the College in one or more of the following ways; through their vision, dedication, and initiative in a purposeful endeavor; by their responsive and sustained efforts in community improvements; or by their notable achievements in a profession. Up to three awards may be given each year.

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Given to an alumna/us who has finished her/his Rockford College tenure within the last 15 years. This alumna/us will have fulfilled the ideals of Rockford College by vision, dedication, and initiative in a purposeful endeavor, or through responsible and sustained efforts in the improvements of a community, or a notable achievement in a profession, thus having brought honor and esteem to Rockford College. One award may be given each year.

Alumna/Alumnus of the Year Award

Honors an alumna and/or alumnus for invaluable service to the Alumni Association and Rockford College during the past year. One award may be given each year.

Mary Ashby Cheek Award

Given to a past or present non-alumni member of the Rockford College community for enriching the College experience of many by exemplifying the ideals of the College. One award may be given each year.

Alternative Method for Submission

If you prefer to submit your recommendations by email of USPS please email the Committee Chair, Tom Lifvendahl '70 at tlifven@wi.rr.com or to the Director of Alumni and Development, Bern Sundstedt '77 at bsundstedt@rockford.edu

You can forward names of worthy candidates and a brief summary of a prospective candidate’s qualifications to: Alumni Office, Rockford College, 5050 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

 

Past Recipients by Award and year

Talcott Cross

1948   Blanche Walker Burpee '95
1949   Lorena M. Church '05
1950   Olive Prien Courtright '15
1951   Mabel Walker Herrick '93
1952   Mabel Lindop Murphy '18
1953   May Wilkins Borton '24
1954   Mary Ashby Cheek H. '54
1955   Ruth Bennett Dyer '18
1956   Olive Keith Raftree '03
1957   May Johnson Lynn '18
1958   Mary Wilkins Holt '88
1959   Charlotte Purdy Lang '29
1960   Margaret Moore Ginsberg '30
1961   Ann Foster Cope '21
1962   Jane Bement Penniman '24
1963   Marie Perry Forbes '96
1964   Dorothy White '24
1965   Vivian Veach Hickey '37
1966   Frances Frisbie Miller '37
1967   Margaret Madden Johnson '35
1968   Grace Roper H. '54
1969   Jane Ashcraft Alexander '28
1970   Helen Hart Mattison '29
1971   Helene Reynolds Dillon '33
1972   Mary V. Braginton H. '67
1973   Barbara Sandehn Spongberg '33
1974   Kathryn Hedges McManus '24
1975   Helen J. Gjerde '50
1976   Gertrude Adolph Mead '26
1977   Lucile Liggett Corbin '23

1978   Elizabeth Talcott McMenemy '09
1979   Mary Lou Carter Wallden '53
1980   Rhea Zur Welle Van Sickle '38
1981   Barbara Bennett Galloway '37
1982   Virginia Berry Moorhead '32
1983   Vivian Carter Johnson '27
1984   Janet Brown Colman '37
1985   Arline Nelson Johnson '38
1986   Dorothy Voss Baits '51
1987   Grace Grimmitt '34
1988   Betty Riche Solem '38
1989   Betty Clare Fluty Paulkitis '42
1990   Georganne Hinchliff Eggers '49
1991   Marilyn Keating Vause '48

1992   Louise Carlson Sinclaire '57

1993   Bertha Taylor Prather '38

1994   Miriam Tunison '47

1995   Sally Voss Trefz '50
1996   Jean Miller Gibbs '41

1997   Virginia Keating Millard '47
1998   Jean Stewart Olson '38

1999   Barbara Ragnar Tanaglia '73

2000   Norma Nelson Ang '38

2001   Ruth Bach Eck

2002   Teresa O'Donnell Ingrassia '86

2003   Mary McClellan Tanton '50

2004   Jane Roscoe Thomas, Ph.D. '56

2005   Henriette Simon, '41

2006   Edna May Hermann ‘63/‘65

2007   Helen Chung Hill `70

 

Karl C. Williams Award

1970   Karl C. Williams H. ’64
1971   Eric Ax ’50
1972   John Bjork ’51
1973   LaVerne Ax ’50
1974   Thomas S. Johnson ’64
1975   John G. Holub ’68
1976   John A. Howard ’70H
1977   Curt McKay ’67
1978   Thomas E. Mead ’58
1979   J. Arnold Wallden ’53
1980   John D. Spence ’78H
1981   G. Riley Cummings ’60
1982   John C. McCarthy ’80H
1983   Michael A. Manne ’75
1984   James Klotz ’78
1985   Philip Ashley ’70

1986   Mark Peterson ’73
1988   Arthur T. Johnson ’56
1991   Michael Broski ’82
1992   Clarence McDermaid ’67
1993   John Boyd ’79
1994   Sunil Puri ’82
1995   Brent Johnson ’74
1997   Daniel T. Gilbert ’76
1998   James H. Clarke ’67
1999   Robert L. Kantner ’79
2000   Philip Dedrick ’84H
2001   Raymond L. Den Adel ’90
2002   Bernard J. Sundstedt ’77
2004   Michael Anthony ’74

2007   Clare Landry `61

 

Awards of Distinction

1965   Lenore Hurst Davidson ’20
             Irene Milliken Josselyn ’25
             Charlotte Backus Jordan ’25
             Margaret Mary Kennedy ’39
1966    Mame Dentler ’16
             Eleanor French Proctor ’26
             Betty Ann Southwick Keegan ’41
             Ronald Kowalke ’59
1967    Evelyn Dahrymple Shalda ’12
             Vivian Carter Johnson ’27
             Dorothea Van Westrienen ’27
             Elizabeth McGrew ’37
1968   Margaret Everett ’18
             Jane Spottswood Carlson ’39
             Sarah Luse ’40
             Margaret Bates ’45
1969   Laura Daniels Crockett ’17
             Ann Walker Early ’33
             Florene Cochran ’44
             Goldia Dargan ’54
1970   Dorothy Mandeville ’20
             Eric Ax ’50
             LaVerne Ax ’50
             Louise Carlson Sinclaire ’57
1971   Sister Jude Green ’21
             Catharine Bennett ’30
             Maureen Fisher ’31
             Charles McIntosh ’60

1972   Kae Oberlin Ewing ’22
             Lorna Bridgman Perks ’37
             Joan Gordon ’42
             Sam Perone ’59
1973   Wilma Long Tague ’29
             Alfretta Dickinson ’32
             Barbara Biggs Chapman ’50
1974   Alice Pattee Comparetti ’30
             Tessie Dora Berkman ’32
             Alice A. Brandt Parry ’41
             William Parker ’63
1975   Elizabeth Gaspar Brown ’35
             Lois Beishir ’45
             Andrew Langoussis ’65
             Carol K. Long ’68
1976   Luella Anderson Bowman ’21
             Elizabeth Grant Watkins ’31
             Ruth Bach Eck ’51
             Brucetta Bucklew Alford ’64
1977   Irene Peterson Gibbs ’15
             Doris Emrick Lee ’27
             Martha R. Westerberg ’35
             Jeanette Caldwell Haskell ’47
1978   Myrtle Johnson Fetzer ’30
             Roland Poska ’62
             Anne Keegan Aronson ’67
             Elfrieda Billingham ’71
1979   Emeline Schneider Messenger ’24
             Vivian Veach Hickey ’37
             Georganne Hinchliff Eggers ’49
             Nathan D. McClure III ’77

1980   Genevieve Blane Birk ’30
             Lois Pritchard Fisher ’40
             Vassilis Keramidas ’60
             Walter Wells ’70
1981   Robert Cook ’62
             Tim Coleman ’75
             Estelle Black ’77
             John Libowski ’79

1982   Elizabeth Rearick ’20
             Mary Sovereign Hass ’36
             Jane Schrier Chapin ’47
             Rosamond Blair Kirk ’70
1983   Stephen A. Spongberg ’66
             Betty Michel Weeks ’43
             Johanna Van Boxel Lund ’56
             Betty Brune Turnbull ’70
             Wallace R. Turnbull ’70

1984   D. Bradley Smith ’74
             Marcia Cohn Spiegel ’49
             R. Margaret Roherty Sedeen ’49
             Janice Sikorski Pfeffer ’69
             Marc Pfeffer ’69

1985   Martha Bozeman Fay ’35
             Sally Voss Trefz ’50
             Charles R. Branham ’67
             John G. Holub ’68
             Barbara Dworak Roman ’77
1986   Ann Belknap Benner ’40
             Dorothy Davis Delman ’42
             Marjorie Abbott Akins ’48
             Johanna Menzel Meskill ’52
             Colleen Kitzmiller Holmbeck ’56

1987   Margaret Danielson Dahlgren ’44
            Audrey Hinshaw Welch ’47
            Katherine Eriksson Sasseville ’56
            Ann Lunde ’73

1988   William R. Paulson ’76
             Helen Peers Ray ’35
             Therese Ginestra Schmeltzer ’38
             Bernice Olson Olsen ’43
1989   Stephen Vrtol, III ’78
             Lynda Gibson Cornwell ’84
             Jeanette Anderson Hoffman ’38
             Carol Spalding Nagel ’55
1990   Theresa O’Donnell Ingrassia ’86
             Joan Ralston Lippincott ’68
             Alice Nicoll Lundskow ’40
             Mary Louise Miller ’30
1991   Mary Belshaw Davis ’40
             Lois Sachs Johnson ’55
             Henriette Simon ’41

1992   Ellen Powell Anderson ’76
            Carole Waters Singleton ’57
             Shirley Voss Henley ’50
             Jo Densmore Harberson ’47
             Aimee Isgrig Horton ’44
            Margaret Fladwed Hutcheson ’32

1993   David Billingham ’71
             Isabelle Chapello ’43
             Wilma Schrag McNess ’36
1994   Kimberly Fanning ’83
             Wayne Timpe ’63
1995   Roberta Emerson Ingrassia ’60

1996   Barbara Blackwell Bacon ’56
             Dorothy Voss Baits ’51
             Ruth Cox Brunings ’56
             Barbara Hillyer ’56
             Louis Joslin Knight ’60
             Doris Blackwell Nolan ’71
             Michael C. Svayko ’76
             Mary McClellan Tanton ’50
1997   Victoria Kirby Collazos ’75
             Tim Dimke ’90
             Janis Tremper Dowd ’47
1998   Janann Fleming Strand ’43
             Ruth Driedger Little ’68
             Suzanne Crandall ’83
             Ann Ripley Blakeslee ’41

1999   Suzanne Dryer Kaufman ’65
            Nancy Crumlish Bruemmer ’49
2000   Gretchen Von Loewe Kreuter ’55
             Robert Picklesimer ’75
             ileta A. Joseph Sumner ’87

2001   Sandra Horkman Cole ’76
             Michiko Togo Yoshioka ’51
2002   Charlyne Blatcher Martin ’88
             Jacquelyn Mitchard ’73
2003   David Roth ’71
             Jean Wishop Sanders ’62
2004   Sue Kanthak ’99
             Fred Young ’65
2005   Susan Fuchs, M.D. ‘78
             Shelton Kay ‘77
             Bob Lampkin ‘95
2006   Jacqueline Bolger ’83
             Chet Epperson ’91/’98
             Kay Norton Smalley ’56
             Michael Webb ’79

2007   Shirley Martignoni Fedeli `57

            Thomas Muldowney `74

            Fernando Engelsma `76

            Peter Konrad `83

   

Alumna/Alumnus of the Year Award

1963   Barbara Biggs Chapman ’50

1964   Randall T. Carlson ’58

1965   Bertha Taylor Prather ’38

1966   Jane Ashcraft Alexander ’28

1967   Barbara Sandehn Spongberg ’33

1968   Rease Binger ’60

1969   Helen J. Gjerde ’50

1970   Betty Bruce Keegan ’43

1971   Barbara Billingham ’38

1972   Marilyn Keating Vause ’48
            Thomas E. Mead ’58

1973   Gretchen Bickel Pool ’29

1974   Mary Lou Carter Wallden ’53
            Marjorie Bond Nagus ’55

1975   Virginia Keating Millard ’47
            Pauline Wolfe Bates ’60

1976   Rhea Zur Welle Van Sickle ’38
            Jean Miller Gibbs ’41

1977   Barbara Bennett Galloway ’37
            Geri Brown Carlson ’56

1978   Lois Smith Ozanne ’31

1979   Betsy Shaw Wells ’73

1980   Karen Fagerburg Phelps ’63
            Gary Geiger ’73

1981   Jane Spottswood Carlson ’39
            Blenda Peterson Koonmen ’54

1982   James Klotz ’78
            Louise Giliberti ’78

1983   Carol McColl Halderson ’63

1984   Jean Wormley Anderson ’37
            Mark Peterson ’73

1986   Robert L. Kantner ’79
            John Hegel ’81
            Edna May Hermann ’63

1987   Gail Mitchell Schippman ’79
            John Boyd ’79

1988   Betty Clare Fluty Paulkitis ’42

1989   Pauline Patrick Lawhorn ’51
            Michael Broski ’82

1990   Norman Erickson ’60
            Marilyn Keating Vause ’48

1991   Brent Johnson ’74
            Nancy Rostowsky ’85

1992   Lori Anne Pepper ’80
            David Tanaglia ’73

1993   Eloise Smith Rice ’37
            Ted Frits ’80

1994   Donna Swanson ’93
            James Walesa ’82

1996   Phyllis Erikson Beck ’41
            Robert E. Picklesimer ’75

1997   Judith Anderson Larson ’82
             Robert Kantner ’79

1998   Laurie Wieser Thibault ’75

1999   Steven Bates ’89

2000   Marci K. Jumisko ’92

2001   Nancy Magnuson Gough ’74
            Jim Peterson ’71

2004   Robert Honsen, Ph.D. ’63

2005   J. Ross Hunter ’71

2006   Anthony Sousa ’90

 
Mary Ashby Cheek Award

1980   Mary Ashby Cheek H. ’54
1981   Mildred Freburg Berry
1982   Mildred Bulliet
            L. J. Bulliet
1983   A. Frances Johnson H. ’76
1984   Philip Dedrick
1985   Curtis H. Moore H. ’79
1986   Gordon E. Wesner
1987   Florence Schenck
1988   Irene Svenson
1989   Jeremy Ingalls
1990   Marjorie Slavens
1991   Mahmood Butt

1992  Justine Walhout

1993   Joan Clark
1994   Richard S. Peterson
1995   Christopher Moderson
1996   Stephen Ellis
1997   Richard Furgiuele
1998   Alan Hutchcroft
1999   John Schumaker
2000   Martha H. Frantz
2001   Fred J. Hadley
2002   Joel W. Tibbetts
2004   Ray Baker
2005   Lou Ferroli

2007   Elaine Hutchcroft

 

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