Distinguished Alumni Awards

Distinguished alumni honorees

Saint Martin’s established the Distinguished Alumni Awards in the early 1980s to recognize outstanding graduates for their individual achievements, contributions to their industry or profession, service to their community and loyalty to our university.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is one of the highest honors given by Saint Martin's to a graduate or attendee. Saint Martin's inducts each new class in a ceremony during Homecoming Weekend.

Interested in being more involved with the Distinguished Alumni Awards? Consider joining the Saint Martin's National Alumni Board!

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Past honorees

Adele Ducharme ’92, MSN’98 - Professional Achievement

Jeanne Firstenburg ’95 - Professional Achievement

Gerald “Gerry” Gallagher ’83 - Professional Achievement

Dr. Steve J. Olson, D.D.S. ’70 - Professional Achievement

Joseph “Joe” S. Williams HD’21 - Service to Saint Martin’s

Tommy A’i ’72 - Service to Saint Martin’s

Bob Basich ’49 (posthumous) - Service to Community

Mike Cronk HS’61, ’64 - Service to Saint Martin’s

Dr. Richard B. Hecker ’81 - Professional Achievement

Bill Iyall ’73 - Professional Achievement

Tamara Jenkins ’95 - Service to Community

The Honorable Richard A. Jones HS’68, HD’08 - Professional Achievement

Brig. Gen. Jill A. Lannan, USAF (Ret.) ’93 - Professional Achievement

Rick Panowicz HD’20 - Service to Saint Martin’s

Mark Templeton ’69 - Service to Saint Martin's

Fr. Bertrand Trautman O.S.B. HS’36, ’41 (posthumous) - Benedictine Service

Steven F. Boedigheimer '71 - Professional Achievement 

John Donaldson '66 - Professional Achievement 

Fr. Meinrad Gaul '27 (posthumous)  - Benedictine Service to Saint Martin's 

Francis Iwasawa '60 (posthumous) - Service to Saint Martin's 

Maj. Gen. James Johnson, USA (Ret.) MBA '96 - Professional Achievement 

Rita Meldrum '95 - Service to Community 

LTC Rebecca Oldham '92 - Professional Achievement 

Mike Thibault '79 - Professional Achievement 

 

John Carr '59 - Service to Saint Martin's

LTG Michael Canavan, USA, (Ret.) '78 - Professional achivement 

John Farrell '66 - Professional achievement 

Martie Moore '92 - Professional achievement 

The Sisters of the Monastery of Saint Gertrude - Benedictine Service to Saint Martin's

Dennis Reynolds '69 (dec.) - Professional achievement 

Don Robbins HS'50,'54,'84  - Service to Saint Martin's

Vince Strojan '68 - Service to Saint Martin's

 

Armandino "Dino" Batali ’59 - Service to Saint Martin’s

Kenneth Berchtold '59 (dec.) - Service to Saint Martin's

Patrick Crumb '85 - Professional Achievement

Br. Boniface V. Lazzari, O.S.B. '67 - Benedictine Service Award

Christine Schoonover '69 - Professional Achievement

Michael Waske '66 - Service to Community

Thomas “Tom” Barte ’68 - Service to Saint Martin’s

George A. Parker, Ph.D. ’71 - Professional Achievement

Christine Schaller ’93 - Professional Achievement

Fr. George Seidel, O.S.B. HS’50, ’55 - Benedictine Service Award

Perry Shea ’84 - Service to Community

John Spiller, Sr. HS’24, ’26 - Service to Saint Martin’s †

Christopher Thomsen ’80 - Professional Achievement

 

Paula V. Bouwer-Ronshaugen ’86 - Service to Community

Peter Fluetsch HS’56, ’58 - Professional Achievement

Andy Hwang ’94 - Professional Achievement

Ivan Lui-Kwan ’67 - Professional Achievement

Abbot Neal Roth, O.S.B. ’65 - Service to Saint Martin’s

James “Jim” Swenson HS’74 - Service to Saint Martin’s

 

Arthur “Art” Fillazar ’73 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Mary Gentry, J.D. ’73 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Gery Gerst ’71 – Professional Achievement

Eliseo John “EJ” Juarez ’08 – Young Alumnus/Professional Achievement

Richard “Dick” Mitchell ’55 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Dr. George Christian “Chris” Harris HS ’55, ’59 (dec.) – Professional Achievement

Thomas “Tom” Hillier, II, J.D. ’69 – Professional Achievement

Inge Marcus ’82 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Jonathan Sprouffske, J.D. ’04 – Young Alumnus/Service to Community

 

Dr. B. Robert “Bob” Aigner HS ’46, ’48 – Professional Achievement

Robert P. “Bob” Mallon HS ’51 – Professional Achievement/Service to Saint Martin’s

Kathie Perz ’71 – Service to Saint Martin’s

David Richard “Dick” Pust ’75 – Professional Achievement/Service to Community

Br. Lawrence Vogel, O.S.B. (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

Abbot Lambert Burton, O.S.B. (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

Ray Corpuz, Jr. ’69 – Professional Achievement

Thomas “Tom” Finch, Sr. HS ’49, ’55 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s/Service to Community

Michael “Mike” ’57 and Jan ’89 Halliday (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

Terance “Terry” Massoth HS ’60 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Leslie “Les” Bailey, Ph.D. ’64 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

Joseph “Joe” Hill, Ph.D. HS ’58 – Professional Achievement

Joseph “Joe” Lehman HS ’62, ’68 – Professional Achievement

Fr. John Scott, O.S.B., Ph.D. ’67 (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

Brian Ziegler, P.E. ’79 – Service to Community

Maj. Philip “Phil” Carbaugh, USAF (Ret.) ’76 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

Fr. Clement Pangratz, O.S.B. ’43 – Benedictine Service Award

Dr. Linda Rasmussen ’84 – Professional Achievement

The Honorable Joseph A. “Joe” Thibodeau ’62 – Professional Achievement

Michael “Mike” Endicott ’65 – Professional Achievement

James “Jim” Fouts ’51 (dec.) – Service to Community

Fr. Gerard Kirsch, O.S.B. HS ’61, ’65 – Benedictine Service Award

Ralph Osgood ’79 – Service to Saint Martin’s/Service to Community

Fr. Urban Feucht, O.S.B. HS ’46, ’51 (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

John Firkins ’57 – Professional Achievement

Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., Ph.D. ’71 – Professional Achievement

James “Jim” Malvey HS ’56, ’63– Professional Achievement/Service to Community

Col. James “Jim” Sims, USMC (Ret.) HS’57, ’62 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Fr. Alfred Hulscher, O.S.B. HS ’51, ’56 (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

Paul Luvera, Jr., J.D. ’57 – Professional Achievement

Baillie Russell-Brown ’74 – Professional Achievement

Paschal Sherman, Ph.D. ’16 (dec.) – Service to Community

Gary Grant ’56 – Service to Community

Porn Paul Israngkun ’70 (dec.) – Professional Achievement

Fr. Sebastian Ruth, O.S.B. ’06 (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

Constantine “Gus” Angelos ’52 (dec.) – Professional Achievement

Terence “Terry” Monaghan, P.E., CEng ’62 – Professional Achievement

Edward “Ed” Schaller, Jr. HS’62, ’66 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

Rev. Jerome Toner, O.S.B., Ph.D. HS’18, ’28 (dec.) – Benedictine Service Award

Charles “Chuck” Brayshaw HS ’60 – Professional Achievement

Louis Patrick “Pat” Campbell HS ’33 (dec.) – Service to Community

Dr. Louis H. Clerf HS ’06 (dec.) – Professional Achievement

Alan “Al” Eckroth HS ’62,’66 – Service to Saint Martin’s

Fr. Bede Ernsdorff, O.S.B., Ph.D. ’28 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

John Ishii, Ph.D. HS ’38, ’42 (dec.) – Alumni Association Honoree

Thomas “Tom” Kane, P.E. ’50 (dec.) – Professional Achievement

Donal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan ’49 (dec.) – Professional Achievement

Thomas “Tom” O’Grady HS ’44, ’45 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

Fr. Placidus Reischman, O.S.B., Ph.D. ’50 (dec.) – Service to Saint Martin’s

Julius “Jule” Schwartz HS ’47 (dec.) – Service to Community

Fr. George Seidel, O.S.B., Ph.D. HS ’50, ’55 – Alumni Association Honoree

Edward “Ed” Wack ’59 – Alumni Association Honoree

1984 - Arthur “Art” Acuff, Sr. (dec.)

1986 - Michael “Mike” Contris, Sr. HS’28, ’30 (dec.)

1987 - Fr. Michael Feeney, O.S.B. ’42 (dec.)

1988 - Richard “Dick” Roney ’64

1989 - Fr. Kilian Malvey, O.S.B., D.Min. HS’55, ’64

1990 - Abbot Gerald Desmond, O.S.B., Ph.D. HS’21, ’28 (dec.)

1991 - Joseph “Joe” Alongi HS’62, ’66

1992 - Fr. Richard Cebula, O.S.B. HS’32, ’34 (dec.) and Orin Hebert ’51

1993 - Randi Johnson ’83 (dec.)

1994 - Abbot Conrad Rausch, O.S.B. ’44 (dec.)

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The mission of the Office of Institutional Advancement is to promote Saint Martin’s University’s cause among its alumni, parents and friends; raise funds in support of Saint Martin’s University’s Benedictine educational mission and its priorities; and build strong relationships between Saint Martin’s and its various constituencies.