Alumni Awards

The Alumni Advisory Board accepts nominations of Distinguished Alumni each year. This is a complete list of all DAA recipients. Sometimes we receive more than one excellent nominations, while some years we don't receive any.

YearRecipient
2023Steve Bohaty, '96, '99 MS, '06 PhD
2020Randy Cerveny, '81, '83 MA, '87 PhD
2019Richard Engberg, '59
2018John Richard (Ricky) Giardino, '79 PhD
2017Matthew Frankforter, '82 MS
2017LeRoy W. (Roy) Stoesz, '48, '49 MS
2016Duane Eversoll, '59, '78 MS
2015Jon Gross, '85 MS
2015Darrell Avers, '57, '68 MS
2013Tony Fiorillo, '82 MS
2012Robert Diffendal Jr., '64 MS, '71 PhD
2011Wayne Gundersen, '59, '61 MS
2009Marvin Carlson, '57, '63 MS, '69 PhD
2008William Walker Jr., '65, '67 MS
2007Richard "Chris" Christenson, '57 MS, '61 PhD
2006Gary Babcock, '61, '68 MS
2005Adolf Honkala, '42, ' 49 MS
2004Wes Barton, '56
2001Michael Voorhies, '62
1999Vince Dreesen, '50
1998James L. Linderholm, '61
1998Richard N. Walker, '52
1997Laurence O. Luebke, '61, '64 MS
1997Carl C. Swisher III, '80, '82 MS
1996Carl Vondra, '56, '58 MS, '63 PhD
1995Marlan Downey, '56
1995Greg Harper, '75
1994James Lowell, '55
1994Henry Pollack, '55
1993Philip Davidson, '56
1992Larry Jones, '58
1992Harry Tourtelot, '40
1991J.B. Coffman, '50
1991Paul Fuenning, '39, '41 MS
1990Rex Monahan, '49
1990Robert J. Gutru, '39
1989Wade E. Turnbull, '39
1989Lloyd G. Tanner, '51
1989Robert Bennett, '35
1988Bertrand C. Schultz, '31, '33 MS, '41 PhD
1987Walker F. Johnson, '34
1987T. Mylan Stout, '36, '37MS
1986Edwin H. Colbert, '28
1986Morris F. Skinner, '32
1984Willis G. Meyer, '30

Nominate someone

Please provide a brief summary of the proposed nominee and additional detailed information with regards to why you are nominating the individual. You can send your letter(s) and supporting information to the Board Executive Secretary:

Cara Burberry
Alumni Board Executive Secretary
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
126 Bessey Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
email:cburberry2@unl.edu