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ALUMNI AWARDS 2023-2024

Nominations are accepted year-round and will be filed for the 2024 Summer Reunion Weekend. Nominations should be submitted by January 9, 2024.

Awards recipients will be profiled in the Spring 2024 issues of Arches and will be honored during Summer Reunion Weekend June 7-9, 2024 when graduating classes ending in 4 and 9 will celebrate their reunion.

Nominations of alumni celebrating a reunion year are encouraged; however, all alumni are eligible to receive this special honor. In addition to nominating other outstanding Loggers, alumni should also feel free to self-nominate. As you fill out the form, try to include as much detail as possible since this is the information that will be used to make determinations for each award.

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This is one case where it’s definitely okay to brag!

The four award categories are:

Professional Achievement Award
This award is given to alumni whose professional career and work exemplify the intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence that a Puget Sound education develops. Recipients have gained national and/or international recognition in their careers in a manner that reflects positively on the university.

Young Logger Service Award
This award is presented to a current student or recent graduate (within the past 10 years) whose contributions have resulted in inspiring young Loggers (alumni and/or current students) to engage more deeply in the rich alumni traditions and spirit of Puget Sound in career, public service, and/or volunteer activities. 

Service to Puget Sound Award
This award is presented to a volunteer who has demonstrated extraordinary service to Puget Sound. Whether their alumni service includes involvement in the Alumni Council volunteer network or with academic or other university departments, these alumni have left an indelible mark on the university.

Service to Community Award
This award is presented to alumni whose commitment, skill, and dedication have had a significant impact on their communities. Through voluntary service in artistic, recreational, educational, human service, or other worthy organizations, recipients of this award improve the quality of life around them.

2023 Distinguished Alumni Awardees

W. Houston Dougharty ’83
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Doug Palmer ’18
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Katherine Kehrli ’86
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Betsy Campbell Stone ’79, P’14
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Distinguished Alumni Awardees

Take a look through Puget Sound's Alumni Awards past recipients. 

Professional Achievement

 Name, Award Year

  • Mr. James R. Paulson, 1984
  • Dr. Gordon Alcorn, 1989
  • Mrs. Rowena L. Alcorn, 1989
  • Mr. James R. Bellamy, 1994
  • Mr. Don M. Hoff, 1995
  • Mr. Ronald D. Woodard, 1996
  • Lt. Gen. Arlen Dirk Jameson, 1997
  • Mr. Frederick J. Stabbert, 1999
  • Ms. Wendy Goldfein, 2000
  • Mr. Rufus G. Woods, 2001
  • Dr. Harold P. Simonson, 2002
  • Ms. Joan M. Earl, 2003
  • Ms. Ida J. Ballasiotes, 2004
  • Mr. Lloyd M. Silver, 2005
  • Mr. Scott E. Silver, 2005
  • Mr. Todd D. Silver, 2005
  • Mr. Tom H. Barnard, 2006
  • Ms. Freeda A. Herseth, 2007
  • Dr. Mark D. Bertness, 2008
  • Ms. Julie Gates, 2010
  • Dr. Randall S. Murch, 2010
  • Ms. Seema Sueko (Ahmed) Hirsch, 2011
  • Mr. C. Mark Smith, 2011
  • Mr. Randy J, Aliment, JD, 2012
  • Dr. Jeffery M. Vance, 2013
  • Mr. Chase C. Curtiss, 2014
  • Mr. Jason R. Carey, 2014
  • Mrs. Jan Z. Davis, 2014
  • Mr. Edward L. Horne, Jr., 2015
  • Mr. Hari Sreenivasan, 2015
  • Mr. Larry G. Gill, 2016
  • Mr. Mariner Kemper, 2017
  • Mr. Nicolas C. Cary, 2017
  • Mr. Kevin Billings, 2019
  • Mr. Clint Wallace, 2019
  • Mr. Francisco Menendez, 2022
  • W. Houston Dougharty, 2023

Young Logger Service

 Name, Award Year

  • Ms. Marcella G. Synder*
  • Ms. Melody D. Stanley*
  • Mr. Matthew K. Odman, 1997
  • Ms. Susannah E. Hochstein, 1998
  • Ms. Molly M. (Grooms) Kelley, 1999
  • Ms. Jennifer C. Shaeffer, 2000
  • Ms. Katharine E. Bailey, 2001
  • Ms. Molly K. Tuttle, 2002
  • Mr. Darrel L. Frost, 2003
  • Ms. Karly K. (Therriault) Leyde, 2004
  • Ms. Maile J. Ching, 2005
  • Mr. Alexander D. Israel, 2006
  • Mr. Ryan E. McAninch, 2006
  • Mr. Andrew K. Miller, 2007
  • Mr. Michael S. LeFevre, 2008
  • Ms. Jenny Lai, 2010
  • Mr. Ted R. Meriam, 2011
  • Ms. Andrea M. Tull, 2012
  • Mr. Benjamin W. Shelton, 2013
  • Mr. Gabe Davis, 2014
  • Ms. Isabelle J. Dupont, 2015
  • Senator T'wina Nobles, 2016
  • Ms. Laura A. Coe, 2017
  • Mr. Rob Wellington, 2019
  • Ms. Renée Meschi, 2022
  • Mr. Doug Palmer, 2023

Service to Puget Sound

 Name, Award Year

  • Dr. Eldon G. Chuinard*
  • Mr. Norton Clapp*
  • Francis J. Galbrith*
  • Ms. Helen S. Murtland*
  • Mr. Paul C. Perdue*
  • Ms. Josie E. Robbins*
  • Ms. Marcia W. Shannon*
  • Mr. Richard Dale Smith*
  • Mrs. Elsie E. Strobel *
  • Dr. Charles B. Arnold, 1968 
  • Dr. Howard S. Irwin, 1968
  • Dr. R. Ronald Rau, 1968
  • Mr. J. Donald Shotwell, 1971
  • Dr. Frank Brouillet, 1974
  • Dr. Calvin M. Frazier, 1974
  • Ms. Patsy J. Brittain, 1975
  • Dr. Delwen B. Jones 1975
  • Mr. Charles B. Zittel, 1975
  • Mrs. Gretchen Fraser, 1977 
  • Mrs. J. Ellena P. Goulder, 1977
  • Mrs. Frances G. Swayze, 1977
  • Ms. Elizabeth Shackleford, 1980
  • Mr. Wilfred Woods, 1980
  • Dr. Frederick C. Hansen, 1982
  • Dr. Leroy Ostransky, 1982
  • Mr. Leonard F. Raver, 1982
  • Ms. Ruth T. Rockwood, 1993
  • Mr. Allan D. Sapp, 1996
  • Mr. Rick M. Brooks, 1997
  • Mr. J. Truman S. Wilcox, 1997
  • Mrs. Mildred Milcox, 1997
  • Mrs. Mary K. Long, 1998
  • Mrs. Helen S. Perdue, 1999
  • Mrs. Helen I. Strong, 2000
  • The Rev. Dr. Troy M. Strong, 2000
  • Mrs. Marian S. Carlson, 2001
  • Dr. Lon Ahlers Hoover, 2002
  • Mrs. Mitzi W. Carletti, 2003
  • Mrs. Gerry L. Martindale, 2004
  • Mr. Dick C. Brown, 2005
  • Ms. Murden Woods, 2006
  • Ms. Ann T. Stevens, 2007
  • Ms. Holly L. Dillon, 2008
  • Mr. Arthur D. Campbell, 2010
  • Dr. Lowell G. Daun, 2011
  • Mr. Robert A. Trimble, 2012
  • Mr. Dominick Federico, 2013
  • Ms. Linda Pearn, 2013
  • Mr. John A. Whalley, 2014
  • Mr. John C. Pierce, 2015
  • Mr. Thomas E. Leavitt, 2016
  • Mrs. Lynn E. Johnson Raisl, 2017
  • Mr. Ken McGill, 2019
  • Ms. Shannon Hughes, 2022
  • Mrs. Betsy Campbell Stone,  2023

Service to Community

 Name, Award Year

  • Dr. Delwen B. Jones, 1998 
  • Mr. Herman Kleiner, 1999
  • Dr. Thomas Dixon, 2000
  • Mr. Jack A. Fabulich, 2001
  • Dr. Rusty B. Barber, 2002
  • Mr. David J. Purchase, 2003
  • Mr. Rick Laughlin, 2004
  • Ms. Jill T. Nishi, 2005
  • Mrs. Marcia Moe, 2006
  • Mrs. Griselda (Babe) Lehrer, 2007
  • Mr. Gary Thomsen, 2008
  • Mr. Joe L. Stortini, 2010
  • Mr. Patrick J. (Pat) Erwin, 2011
  • Ms. Ellen L. Ferguson, 2011
  • Mr. Russell Stoddard, 2012
  • Mr. H.C. (Joe) Harned, 2013
  • Mr. Bill Baarsma, 2014
  • Mr. Bo A. Ghirardelli IV, 2015
  • Mr. Brad D. Smith, 2015
  • Ms. Teva A. Sienicki, 2016
  • Dr. Angel L. Iscovish, 2019
  • Ms. Rev. Jan Bolerjack, 2022
  • Mrs. Katherine Kehrli, 2023

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