{"id":116,"date":"2021-09-24T16:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/past-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:31:32","slug":"past-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/past-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Award Descriptions and Past Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Alumni &amp; Community Engagement Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/stay-connected\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Stay Connected<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/advancement\/giving-priorities\/giving-circle\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Butler Giving Circle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/alumni\/class-acts\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Class Acts<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/board\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Board of Directors <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/alumni\/young-alumni-board\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Young Alumni <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/events.butler.edu\/events\/search?tag=Alumni&#038;_ga=2.11345724.907596121.1641926282-1490144913.1617730051\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Butler Events<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/homecoming\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Butler Homecoming<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/basketball\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Basketball Viewing Parties<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alumni-award-descriptions-and-past-recipients\">Alumni Award Descriptions and Past Recipients<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1979, alumni awards were created to recognize alumni whose personal and professional accomplishments bring honor and distinction to Butler University, perpetuating its reputation for excellence, and whose fine example warrants high commendation from the Butler University Alumni Association. Award descriptions are also available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/K3YR3QC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">award nomination form here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-696d897380c7a-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-696d897380c7a_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-696d897380c7a-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tButler Medal\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-696d897380c7a-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-696d897380c7a-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-696d897380c7a-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The Butler Medal is the highest honor conferred by the Butler University Alumni Association, recognizing individuals for a lifetime of distinguished service to either Butler or their local community while at the same time achieving a distinguished career in their chosen profession and attaining a regional or national reputation.&nbsp; Since 1959, it has recognized individuals who have helped immeasurably toward perpetuating the University as a great educational and cultural institution and have had, during their lifetime, a profound influence on the course of Butler University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clide E. Aldrich<br>Angelo Angelopolous \u201940<br>Geoffrey Bannister<br>James E. Bettis \u201940<br>Werner W. Beyer<br>Charles A. Bonsett \u201949<br>Stephen Briganti \u201964<br>Hilton U. Brown 1880<br>Bertha Green Caldwell \u201928<br>Howard C. Caldwell Sr. \u201915<br>Louis F. Chenette<br>John D. Cooke \u201962<br>Dan Cooreman \u201976<br>Clarence Crain \u201973<br>Nicholas M. Cripe<br>William J. Davey \u201947<br>Dr. Dale W. Doerr<br>John David Doyle \u201974<br>Elizabeth Durflinger<br>Willard (Bill) Eason \u201954<br>Thomas Elrod \u201970<br>Craig E. Fenneman &#8217;71<br>Otto N. Frenzel<br>Edward F. Gallahue<br>James A. Gloin \u201923<br>John Hargrove, &#8217;69<br>Kenneth E. Hauck \u201951<br>Charles A. Henzie \u201936<br>Paul D. \u201cTony\u201d Hinkle<br>Frank J. Hoke<br>James I. Holcomb<br>Harry T. Ice \u201926<br>Jim Johnston \u201966 MBA \u201968<br>Judy Johnson \u201961<br>Dodie Miles Kappes \u201947<br>Phil Kappes \u201945<br>Thomas A. King &#8217;66<br>John K. Kingsbury 1906<br>Carolyn Lautner \u201945<br>Jane Lewis \u201945<br>Betty L. Lofton \u201951<br>Frederic B. Lowrie, Jr. \u201971<br>Richard G. Lugar<br>Dorothy B. Lynn \u201923<br>Vivian White Marbury \u201922<br>Irwin Miller<br>Nancy Moore \u201933<br>James H. Morris \u201940<br>Max S. Norris \u201942<br>Thomas P. Nickell Jr. \u201942<br>Joseph M. Nygaard<br>Lloyd W. Olcott \u201949<br>Fey R. Orr \u201940<br>James H. Otto \u201934<br>Nathan E. Pearson<br>James R. Phillippe<br>Sanford Rader \u201953<br>Byron Reed \u201939<br>Thomas E. Reilly Jr.<br>Denis Ribordy \u201952 and Carolyn McClurg Ribordy \u201954<br>M.O. Ross<br>Max B. Schumacher \u201954<br>Herbert F. Schwomeyer \u201942 MS \u201945<br>Winstan \u201cBud\u201d Sellick \u201944<br>Howard Shearon \u201961<br>William R. Shover &#8217;52<br>David M. Silver \u201937<br>Diane Meyer Simon \u201968<br>The Rev. Jean McAnulty Smith \u201965<br>Richard A. Steele \u201950<br>John D. Stegman \u201957<br>Allegra Stewart \u201921<br>Paul R. Stewart<br>Frank Streightoff MS \u201956 BS \u201960 MBA \u201963<br>Elsie I. Sweeney 1909<br>Cullen Thomas 1913<br>Emma Lou Thornbrough \u201934<br>George M. Waller<br>John R. Walsh \u201953<br>Robert E. Wildman \u201944<br>Norman W. Wilkens &#8217;57<br>Hal Wilkins \u201951<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-696d897380c7a-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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It recognizes former faculty and staff for extraordinary and distinguished service to Butler University, while at the same time achieving a distinguished career in their chosen profession and attaining a regional or national reputation. All recipients have had, in the course of their service, a profound influence on the future course of Butler University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Howard Baetzhold<br>Dr. James Berry<br>Roger W. Boop \u201962 MS \u201965 EdD<br>Dr. Margaret Brabant<br>Dr. H. Marshall Dixon<br>Jack Eaton MM \u201955<br>Dr. Jack Engledow MBA \u201964<br>Dr. Bobby Fong<br>George W. Geib<br>Dr. Robert Grechesky, Professor Emeritus, Music<br>Xandra Hamilton \u201958 MS \u201960 EdD<br>Ann Wagner Harper \u201963 MS \u201968<br>Dr. J\u00e1nos Horv\u00e1th<br>Dr. Joseph L. Kirsch Jr. \u201964<br>Dr. Joe Lamberti<br>Dr. Art Levin<br>Dr. Kate Morris<br>Dr. William Neher \u201966<br>Marvin L. Recht<br>Dr. Edward Shaughnessy \u201958 MA \u201963<br>Margaret Shaw, PhD<br>Dr. Ena Shelley<br>Dr. Paul Valliere<br>Dr. Jeanne Hawkins VanTyle \u201974 BS, \u201980 MS<br>Wilma Wohler<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-696d897380c93-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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Claymon MBA \u201995<br>LCDR Jennifer A. Cockrill &#8217;04<br>Kelsey C. Coy \u201913<br>Jonathan R. Evans \u201992<br>William C. Evans \u201985<br>Joanna G. Eyer &#8217;95<br>Shawn M. Gage&nbsp;&#8217;04<br>Brandon M. Gaudin &#8217;06<br>Andrew Golomb \u201901<br>Nadja Halilbegovich \u201902<br>Dana L. Harrison \u201997<br>Michael Kristopher Hole &#8217;08, MD, MBA<br>Kouty Mawenh \u201995 MBA \u201998<br>Marni McKinney \u201988<br>Christopher C. Miskel \u201996<br>Dr. Warren G. Morgan, II \u201906<br>Kevin Morris \u201995 MBA \u201996<br>Susanne Neckermann \u201984<br>Elizabeth Newton \u201903<br>Brad Plunkett \u201992<br>William Soards II \u201996<br>Ben \u201cK\u2019uy\u00e1ang\u201d Young \u201914<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*former students must have completed at least 30 Butler University credit hours<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-696d897380cab-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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During the ceremony, he gave a speech that captivated the audience and inspired a column in the Indianapolis Journal.&nbsp; At the time of his untimely drowning death in the summer of 1900, he was only 19 years old, yet was about to enter his senior year.&nbsp; Joseph Sweeney accomplished an incredible amount as a student in an abbreviated college career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David H. Arland \u201985<br>Julie Yancich Beggs \u201994<br>Michael R. Bennett &#8217;09<br>Napoleon &#8220;Al&#8221; Carroll III &#8217;13<br>John D. Currier Jr. \u201992<br>Jenna Daugherty \u201904<br>Craig Davenport \u201991<br>Jacqueline (Cromleigh) Eckhardt \u201913<br>Shannon Alexander Farrar \u201993<br>Christina Fugate \u201904<br>Bradley A. Hamann \u201904<br>Delia A. Harris \u201999<br>R. Kyle Inskeep \u201912<br>Amy N. Lenell &#8217;07<br>Virgil Madden \u201980<br>Teresa Mask \u201993<br>Bridget A. McGrath \u201913 MPAS \u201914<br>Trey Meehan \u201914<br>Tiffany B. Moore \u201989<br>G. Branden Renner \u201902<br>Michael J. \u201cMickey\u201d Rogers \u201992<br>Heather Simnick Roth \u201999<br>Becky Ruby-Wojtowicz &#8217;05<br>Ralston Simmons \u201991<br>Catherine Healey Snedeker \u201989<br>Jennifer N. Williams \u201998 MS \u201900<br>Marc A. Williams &#8217;07<br>David Whitfield \u201990<br>Laura Slusser Yurs \u201998<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*former students must have completed at least 30 Butler University credit hours<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-696d897380cc1-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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The Katharine Merrill Graydon Service Award recognizes those who have earned their degree more than fifteen years prior to the presentation of the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katharine Merrill&nbsp; Graydon came to Butler with a legacy.&nbsp; She was the granddaughter of the first Treasurer of the State of Indiana, and the niece of Catharine Merrill, a Professor of English Literature at Butler who was only the second female full professor in the US.&nbsp; She graduated from Butler in 1878, and was a Professor of English Literature at the University from 1907 to 1930, receiving an honorary doctorate of literature in 1928. Graydon served as the Alumni Secretary and Editor of the Alumnal Quarterly from its first edition in 1922 until her retirement in 1929, when she was named Professor Emerita. During World War I, she maintained correspondence with Butler students and alumni serving on the Western Front. She compiled a volume of these letters, including an account of Butler men who had served in the Civil War and the Spanish\u2013American War, and helped raise funds for memorials honoring Butler\u2019s war dead of the Civil War and World War I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen&nbsp;Schultz Alter \u201985<br>Clarrean Anthony \u201938<br>Michael D. Asher \u201971 MS \u201974<br>James M. Bagnoli &#8217;75<br>Doris Barrett \u201941<br>Don Benbow \u201962 MS \u201966<br>Mark Bohnert \u201977<br>Katharine Carr \u201966<br>John Davies \u201949<br>Robert \u201970 and Barbara \u201970 Davis<br>Robert W. Dearing \u201957<br>Thomas Dick \u201961 MM \u201970<br>Maribeth Zay Fischer &#8217;74<br>Kent D. Greer \u201994<br>Bud Gremel \u201962<br>Barry G. Hohlfelder \u201966<br>Jody (Harmon) Hurtubise \u201989<br>Patricia Parrish Marmion \u201953<br>Mary Young Marsh \u201970<br>Karen Klink Marshall \u201966<br>Kevin J. McDevitt &#8217;77<br>Eldon Palmer \u201950<br>Cynthia A. Payne \u201905<br>Jeffrey Peek \u201979<br>Jamie Phillippe \u201973<br>Darrell C. Pike \u201973<br>Bobby Plump \u201958<br>Mary L. Shaw &#8217;93<br>Patty Shute Wachel &#8217;73<br>Howard Waits \u201960<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*former students must have completed at least 30 Butler University credit hours<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-696d897380cd7-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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The Robert Todd Duncan Alumni Achievement Award recognizes those who have earned their degree more than fifteen years prior to the presentation of the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Todd Duncan \u201925, made his operatic debut in Mascagni\u2019s Cavalleria Rusticana at New York\u2019s Mecca Temple in 1934. In 1935, George Gershwin personally selected Duncan to play the role of Porgy in the first staging of Porgy and Bess, a role he performed more than 1,800 times.&nbsp; His 1936 performance of the role resulted in the first desegregated performance at the National Theatre in Washington, DC.&nbsp; In 1945, he broke the color barrier, becoming the first African American to sing with a major white opera company in the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo\u2019s Pagliacci at the New York City Opera Company. He sang at the White House for three different presidents, and taught voice at Howard University for more than fifty years.&nbsp; In 1983 he received the Alumni Achievement Award from Butler University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph N. Allegretti \u201959<br>Craig A. Anderson, Ph. D. \u201976<br>Kevin Ault \u201984 MD<br>Thomas A. Baima \u201976<br>James Brainard \u201976<br>Wayne C. Burris &#8217;77<br>Jennifer Christensen &#8217;94<br>Diane Coburn Bruning \u201979<br>Stanley T. Crooke \u201966<br>Carl K. Doty \u201953<br>John D. Doyle \u201974<br>Price Fishback \u201977 PhD<br>James W. Funk, Jr. \u201969<br>Jasmine D. Gonzalvo PharmD \u201905<br>Richard D. Hailey \u201971<br>Judy E. Horst \u201962<br>Robert M. Jacobson &#8217;80<br>Patricia Irwin Johnston \u201968 MS \u201973<br>Jay Love \u201976<br>Thad M. 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