Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients
The Outstanding Alumni Award honors alumni who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, achievement and influence in their field and/or in their community activities. If you would like to nominate yourself or a fellow alum, please fill out the nomination form here.
1984 |
George Roy Hill '39 | Film Director |
1985 | Suzanne R. Hiatt '54 |
Episcopal Church Women's Movement |
1986 | Atherton Bean '26 | Twin City Business |
1987 |
Joan Argetsinger-Seitz '58 |
Medical Research |
1988 |
Eva Seed Auchincloss '51 |
Women's Athletics |
1989 |
John Raynolds '47 |
Volunteerism |
1990 |
Al Franken '69, Tom Davis '70 |
Comedy/Entertainment |
1991 |
Mary Case Warner '29 |
Animal Safety/Protection |
1992 |
Marcia McNutt '70 |
Geophysicist |
1993 |
Alfred K. Moir '42 |
Art Historian |
1994 |
Patty Bagley Clifford '34 |
Volunteerism |
1995 |
Charles Parks Ritchie '57 |
Educator |
1996 |
Patricia Donovan Baker '49 |
Volunteerism |
1997 |
Whitney MacMillan '47 |
International Business |
1998 |
David Ellwood '71 |
Leading Scholar on Poverty/Welfare |
1999 |
Sarah Pillsbury '69 |
Film Producer |
2000 |
Wallace Corliss Dayton '39 |
Environmental Activism |
2002 |
Anne Sivertsen Conner '50 |
Public Health Nurse |
2003 |
Ray Plank '40 |
Business Leader |
2004 |
Angus '52 and Margaret '63 Wurtele |
Civic Leaders |
2005 |
Steve Adams '55 |
Business Leader |
2006 |
Peter Gillette '52 |
Business Leader |
2007 |
Mary Lee Dayton '43 |
Volunteerism |
2008 |
Shepard Harder '68 |
Childrens' Advocate |
2009 |
Barbara Forster '55 |
Business Leader |
2010 |
Peter '54 and Anne Mintener '54 Heegaard |
Philanthropic, Business Leaders |
2011 |
Douglas Smith '81 |
Author, Historian, Translator |
2012 |
Bruce Dayton '36 |
Businessman, Philanthropist |
2013 |
Kelley Lindquist '71 |
Arts Leader |
2014 |
Dave Goldberg '85 & Rob Goldberg '89 |
Entrepreneurs |
2015 |
Diana Nelson '80 |
Business Leader |
2016 |
John Crosby '53 |
Educator and Community Leader |
2017 |
Lucia Watson '72 |
American Chef, Restaurateur and Cookbook Author |
2018 |
Donald McCarthy '66 |
Astronomer, Researcher and Professor |
2019 | Mark Dayton '65 | Civil Servant and Minnesota's 40th Governor |
2020 | Jenifer Neils '68 | Archaeologist, art historian and academic |
2021 | Stephen Hoge '94 | Physician and scientist |
2022 | Cathy Countryman Maes '85 | Non-profit leader |
2023 | Andrij Parekh '90 | Cinematographer |
2024 | Megan Murray '76 | Educator/Medical Researcher |