Each year, the Alumni Board and Board of Trustees of Eureka College recognize the successes, professional accomplishments, and heartfelt support of our alma mater by special individuals within our community.
These individuals receive recognition for their accomplishments and support of their alma mater during a special celebration dinner held during Alumni Weekend on campus each spring. Nominations for alumni awards are welcomed by any member of the campus and greater community and can be submitted for consideration by filling out the form below. You may nominate yourself or any worthy person as set in the guidelines for each award.
- The Outstanding Young Alumni Award exists to recognize excellence in one’s profession or service to his or her community within 15 years of graduation. Generally, a female and male alumnus/a are recognized each year.
- The Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award exists to recognize alumni of Eureka College for a single or multiple acts of outstanding achievement in their profession, or in service to his or her community, or for a sustained period of outstanding achievement at least 16 years from graduation.
- The Alumni Award of Merit exists to recognize lifetime excellence in one’s profession or service to his or her community. Up to four Awards of Merit may be given in a calendar year, and an alum may only receive this award once in their lifetime.
- The Eureka College Honorary Alumnus/na Award recognizes a non-student who has provided great effort in the advancement of Eureka College, its students and/or mission. Individuals for this award are nominated by the Alumni Office and Board and granted by the Board of Trustees.
- The Alumni Board President’s Award for Service recognizes dedication of one’s time and effort to the advancement of the college. It may be awarded to an individual, including, but not limited to, alumni of Eureka College. Individuals for this award are nominated by the Alumni Office and granted by the Alumni Board.
Alumni award nomination form
Fill out the information to the best of your ability. Open spaces do not jeopardize the nomination. Upon receipt of this form, the nominee will be sent a letter asking to submit a résumé and outline their accomplishments. When he or she responds, their nomination will remain active until they no longer qualify.

Eureka College Alumni Relations
Michael Murtagh
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Shellie Schwanke
Director of Alumni Relations
300 E. College Avenue
Eureka, Illinois 61530
(309) 467-6317
877-892-7823
alumni@eureka.edu
Past award recipients
The awards listed here are intended to recognize those who excel in each award’s specific area.
Year | Honorary Alumni | Award of Merit | Young Alumni | Outstanding Achievement | Service |
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2017 | Dr. Paul Small | Dan Harrod '67 | Mark Rutledge '06 | Tom Cassidy '80 | Barb Arganbright Wickness '73 |
2017 | Wayne Baum | ||||
2016 | Flo Banwart and Dr. Mike Toliver | Dave Adams '66 | Siji Moore '06 | Greg Henry '90 | Dr. Loren '58 & Mary Logsdon (Hon. '03) |
2015 | Wes Phelan and Carolyn Shepherd | Bill King '70 | Elaine Flores Welch '00 | Rodney Gould '87 | Ernie and Barb Potter '65 |
2014 | Dave Windley | Dr. Steve Hathway '63 | Anna Freidinger Palmer '07 | Robert Gold '94 | Charles and Florence Coffman '51 |
2013 | Don Litwiller and Bill Davis | Jim Hengst '75 | Kouri Marshall '07 | Bradley Smith '88 | Carl Hirsch '51 |
2012 | Dr. Richard Sanders and Robert Rennie Atterbury | Larry Baron '70 | Johanna "Corrie" Heck '06 | Bradley Kenny '89 | Fred '58 and Sharon Hopkins '59 Altman |
2011 | Marianna Jackson | Richard Johann '50 | Erin Knobloch '03 | Sharon Argo Hanner '65 | Gloria MacDonald McNett '55 |
2011 | Scott Wolland '96 | ||||
2010 | Christine Bonati | Annette Dyar Sherman '41 | Dr. Jami Curley | Elizabeth Johann Rebmann '81 | Steve Kirk '87 |
2010 | Kristen Beck Sullivan | ||||
2009 | Dr. William J. Staudenmeier, Jr. | Elizabeth Ewing Mitchell '35 | Donna Presley Happach '95 | ||
2009 | Dr. Darrell Eyman '59 | Dr. Nathan Hutchings '96 | |||
2009 | Sarah Lunt Ewart '96 | ||||
2008 | Ann Shoemaker | Sarah Bouchie '97 | |||
2008 | Jan Wanack | Ruthie Roth | Todd Cheek '97 | ||
2008 | Kim Cheek '92 | ||||
2007 | Lana Cheney Hasenyager | Julie Heitzman Marlin '67 | Sarah Gohl Isabel '98 | ||
2006 | Glenn Riddell | Linda Putback-Bean '72 | Jose Cruz '93 | ||
2005 | Tony Rigazio | Gerald Mitchell '68 | Tracy Ahrends '92 | ||
2005 | James Brandon '94 | ||||
2004 | Joe Serangeli | Keywin McClure '52 | Carrie Thompson Wolf '94 | ||
2004 | Dave Darnall | Loren L. Logsdon '58 | Tony Byerly '89 | ||
2003 | Mary Logsdon | Bill Zacharias '69 | Kimmerlee Lang Myers '98 | ||
2003 | Paul Gangloff | Chuck Staley '62 | Manish Kohli '88 | ||
2002 | Erby McGhee | Marty Stromberger '52 | Paula Langteau '87 | ||
2002 | Pratap 'Pat' Patwardhan '75 | Mark Hill '87 | |||
2001 | Sheila Bartle | Lorenzo A. Forbes '66 | Mary L. Shallbetter '87 | ||
2001 | R. Mack Brown | Ella Mae Forbes '66 | Rodney T. Gould '87 | ||
2001 | Diana Brown | Donald E. Littlejohn '48 | |||
2001 | Steven W. Rigazio '76 | ||||
2000 | Lila Gammon | Charles P. O'Sullivan '36 | Jane Phelps Sanderson '85 | ||
2000 | Charles D. Mather '49 | Allen G. Fore '87 | |||
1999 | Ron Greek | Charles L. Hershberger '64 | Tim R. Williams '86 | ||
1999 | Sandra M. Garkey '71 | Christine Winship Nikunen '87 | |||
1998 | Warner McCollum | David A. Detweiler '54 | Kim Whitler '89 | ||
1998 | Joan McCollum | Donald G. Schaefer '66 | |||
1998 | Roger Monroe | ||||
1997 | Leland Beck | Lynn Ward Hoffman '47 | Mary A. Finch '84 | ||
1997 | LaVondia Mae Neely '57 | ||||
1997 | Robert M. Whitler '61 | ||||
1996 | Wilfred A. "Tubby" Muller '32 | Bryan J. Kemnetz '83 | |||
1996 | Robert D. Stubblefield '59 | ||||
1996 | Charles Willey '45 | Mark R. Scherer '83 | |||
1995 | Margaret Workman | Thomas DeBolt '66 | Kathy Steece Collier '81 | ||
1995 | William 'Mike' Sager | Scott K. Elger '83 | |||
1994 | Lois Humbert | Richard H. Cox '54 | Christina Wolf Mallder '84 | ||
1994 | William C. Golf | John E. Fulkrod '63 | Jim Brace '80 | ||
1993 | Charlene Muir | Elizabeth Ewing Mitchell '35 | Valerie Ware-Husserl '81 | ||
1993 | John Muir | Chester Masino '56 | Sandar Baner Livick '81 | ||
1993 | Robert S. Nicks '79 | ||||
1992 | Edwina Doran | Eunice Felter Boyer '39 | Joyce Steele Mosley '80 | ||
1992 | William Doran | Bobbie Davis Smith '55 | |||
1992 | Richard J. Bayles '52 | Peter R. FioRito '80 | |||
1991 | Audrey Peterson Witzman '58 | Sandra Bushue '82 | |||
1991 | Stanley W. Bastion '37 | Dale Keisewetter '79 | |||
1991 | Harlan D. Jones '41 | Harry Williams III '79 | |||
1990 | Robert C. Brown | Virginia Harrod '37 | Diane Snowden Cutshall '75 | ||
1990 | Donald F. Roth | James W. Riley '37 | |||
1990 | Benjamin F. Brown '50 | Steven W. Rigazio '76 | |||
1989 | Raymon E. Houghton '39 | Jane Hamilton Cahill '77 | |||
1989 | Donald B. Cerf '49 | Abdul B. Alvani '75 | |||
1989 | L. William Emmert '49 | ||||
1989 | James D. Finch '60 | ||||
1988 | Ruth H. Hathway | Charlotte L. Noe '61 | Chris Simpson Hoffman '77 | ||
1988 | Ruth M. Thomas | Wallace R. Weidman '38 | Steven E. Whetstone '82 | ||
1988 | Clifford N. Hathway | Paul A. Johnson '50 | |||
1988 | Alvin E. Thomas | ||||
1987 | Marion E. Coy '32 | Althea C. Long '72 | |||
1987 | Elizabeth Osman '37 | Randall C. Blanton '72 | |||
1987 | Don Whitler '60 | ||||
1987 | James Ranney '62 | ||||
1986 | Dorothea White Harrod '36 | Margaret A. Noe '71 | |||
1986 | Neil Reagan '33 | ||||
1986 | Don P. Pioletti '35 | James CD Hengst '75 | |||
1985 | Dorothy Gee Jackson | Bertha Park Wyker '18 | Deborah J. Rohde '76 | ||
1985 | Daniel Gilbert | Robert Tomb '35 | |||
1985 | Linda McPherson Gilbert | Leo Traister '48 | Robert P. Wennerholt '71 | ||
1984 | Ruth Straw '45 | Mary Galbreath Distin '69 | |||
1984 | Hannah Hollembeak Youhhusband '29 | ||||
1984 | Raymond Holmes '34 | Joyce Mason Funk '74 | |||
1983 | Bess Hoffman Reagan | Helen Cleaver '28 | Joan E. Herron '74 | ||
1983 | Edna Kaupanger Sand | Hartzell Givens '35 | |||
1983 | Robert J. Phillips '50 | Steven W. Kaeser '73 | |||
1982 | Robert Kozelka | Irmgard Rosnzweig Wessel '47 | Mary Washington Crooks '71 | ||
1982 | Clifford Patterson | Kanardy Taylor '32 | |||
1982 | John Henry Waddell '45 | Les J. Hauser '69 | |||
1981 | Lois Grosse Binkley '34 | Marjory Brower Adams '66 | |||
1981 | Miriam Pottenger Shasteen '42 | ||||
1981 | Leslie Hedrick '26 | Bruce Arlen Darnall '66 | |||
1980 | Vivien Ingram '26 | James Seefeldt '66 | |||
1980 | Lester F. Vines '29 | ||||
1980 | John K. Garrett '61 | ||||
1979 | Herschel Keal | Pauline Meyer '32 | |||
1979 | Richard W. Jackson '22 | ||||
1979 | Henry Sand '32 | ||||
1979 | John W. Dyar '39 | ||||
1978 | Betty Lamp Dyar '41 | ||||
1978 | Harold K. Adams '39 | ||||
1977 | Marily Digweed '54 | ||||
1977 | Garwood A. Braun '41 | ||||
1977 | John R. Slater '58 | ||||
1976 | Dorothy Bennett '30 | ||||
1976 | A. Bruce Musick '29 | ||||
1976 | Glen Hedrick '30 | ||||
1975 | Barbara Seelye '52 | ||||
1975 | Garth Henrichs '25 | ||||
1975 | J. Harvey Butchart '28 | ||||
1975 | John L. Davis '28 | ||||
1974 | Olive Buffington Long '22 | ||||
1974 | John C. Long '25 | ||||
1974 | Raymond F. Corpe '34 | ||||
1973 | Elizabeth Mayes Klaiss '28 | ||||
1973 | Lewis B. Sutherland '23 | ||||
1973 | Donald S. Klaiss '28 | ||||
1972 | Virginia L. Sandifer '26 | ||||
1972 | William A. Slater '34 | ||||
1972 | Samuel G. Harrod, Jr. '36 | ||||
1972 | Elene Welsh Brandon '45 | ||||
1971 | Joela Coan Thorn '50 | ||||
1971 | Julius L. Thorn '26 | ||||
1971 | Robert Hayes Peoples '27 | ||||
1971 | Fletcher Shobe '32 | ||||
1970 | Julia Beoletto Monroe '32 | ||||
1970 | Charles C. Mosley '27 | ||||
1970 | Walter J. Miller '36 | ||||
1969 | Irene Reynolds | Ruth Martin '33 | |||
1969 | Dr. Ira Langston III | Paul L. Cramer '22 | |||
1969 | Martin E. Innes '37 | ||||
1968 | Neva Reichel Waggoner '26 | ||||
1968 | Ressie Masocco '31 | ||||
1968 | Rea E. Kreider, Jr. '38 | ||||
1968 | William F. Burghardt '34 | ||||
1968 | Armand Jean Mauzey '28 | ||||
1967 | Ella Detweiler Byrnes '28 | ||||
1967 | Clyde L. Lyon '05 | ||||
1967 | Gilbert I. Renner '28 | ||||
1966 | Helen Merry Bullington '31 | ||||
1966 | Norman R. D. Jones '22 | ||||
1965 | Lucille Stahler Patterson '30 | ||||
1965 | Carrol C. Hall '27 | ||||
1964 | Norma C. Brown '20 | ||||
1964 | Ralph McKinzie '23 | ||||
1963 | Inez Faith Humphrey '10 | ||||
1963 | Robert Adrain Bullington '31 | ||||
1962 | Genevieve Reitzell Langston '38 | ||||
1962 | Russell B. Thomas '21 | ||||
1961 | Martha Bateman '18 | ||||
1961 | Georgia Bateman '20 | ||||
1961 | Jacob A. Rinker '18 | ||||
1960 | Duane T. Englis '12 | ||||
1959 | Francis E. Smith '04 | ||||
1958 | Mabelle Browning Slater '21 | ||||
1958 | Roland A. Slater '21 |