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George Norlin Award
The George Norlin Award recognizes outstanding alumni who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in their chosen field of endeavor and a devotion to the betterment of society and their community.
George Norlin Award Recipients
2011
Dean Boal (Mus, MusEdu’53, PhD’59)
Larissa Bernhardt Herda (PolSci’80)
Anthony Ortega (Span’80, MFA’95)
Lucinda McWilliams Sanders (MCompSci’78)
2010
Laurence Boxer (Hist’61)
Hank Brown (Acct’61, Law’69)
Richard Knowlton (Geog’54)
Julianne Mattingly Steinhauer (Mus’60)
2009
Dale M. “Pete” Atkins (A&S’43, MD’45, MS’53)
Richard E. Engebretson (MBA’72)
George A. Sissel (ElEngr’58)
2008
Gary Jackson (PolSci’67, Law’70)
Charles Maes
Jerry McMorris (Mgmt’62)
Chris Sorensen (MPhys’73, PhD’76)
2007
Peter Henning Jr. (PhDPhys’65)
Walter A. Koelbel Sr. (Mktg’47)
Leonard L. LaPointe (MCommDisSpchSci’66)
Alan Stern (PhDAstro’89)
2006
Richard M. Burridge Sr. (Fin’51)
Donald H. Grusin (Soc’63, MEcon’66)
A. William Ritter Jr. (Law’81)
2005
Neil Ashby (Phys’55)
Melvin C. Clark (ChemEngr’37)
Michael S. Leeds (Bus’74)
2004
Richard W. Petree (PolSci’48)
Virginia Hunter Petree (DistSt’48)
2003
Thomas B.W. Kirk (EngrPhys’62)
Mauritz A. Mortenson Jr. (CivEngr’58)
2002
Virginia Wheeler Patterson (Jour’46)
John Marshall Richardson (Phys’42)
2001
John F. Farrington (A&S’49, MD’52)
2000
Jo Ann Cram Joselyn (ApMath’65, MAstro’67, PhDAstro’78)
James Kielsmeier (PhDEdu’79)
1999
Mary Ann Casey (IntlRel’70)
1998
Peter C. Dietze (A&S’59, Law’62)
1997
Leslie R. Fowler (Bus’48)
Alfred C. Harrell (Engl’66)
1996
Laurence W. DeMuth Jr. (A&S’51, Law’53)
1995
Jean Bovard Sanville (Soc, Psych’40)
Richard G. Weingardt (CivEngr’60, MS’64)
1994
Peter F. Steinhauer (A&S’58)
Carlton R. Stoiber (A&S’65, Law’69)
1993
Brian K. Waidmann (Jour’75)
Marvin Wolf (Law’54)
1992
Francis Eugene Clark (A&S’32)
F.A. “Gus” Garcia (A&S’36, MD’41)
William P. Johnson (Law’58)
James L. Patterson (ElecEngr’60)
1991
Vance D. Brand (Bus’53, Aero’60)
David S. Curtin (Jour’78)
James F. Heuga (PolSci’73)
Cassandra Anderson Pyle (A&S’57, Law’58)
Gary L. Roubos (ChemEngr’59)
1990
David R. Clair (ChemEngr’58)
Edith Rosenfeld Sherman (Mus’39, PhDSoc’62)
Peter Smythe (Bus’34)
Donald C. Spencer (Phys’34)
1989
John C. Bailar III (A&S’53)
Willis L. Turner (A&S’50, MA’53)
1988
Sherman G. Finesliver (A&S’48)
Philip Milstein (CivEngr’28, ArchEngr’29, PhD’90)
Roger L. Reisher (Acct’50)
1987
Marilyn Van Derbur Atler (A&S’60)
Ruel C. Mercure Jr. (Phys’51, MS’55, PhD’57)
Venita VanCaspel (Econ’48)
1986
Stanford Calderwood (Econ’42)
Gail Heitler Klapper (Law’68)
Arthur Veysey (Jour’35)
1985
S. Mark Davidson (ElecEngr’35)
Kendrick Frazier (Jour’64)
Wilma C. Martin (A&S’34, Law’35)
Robert Palmer (Jour’60)
Ira C. Rothgerber (PolSci’34, Law’35)
1984
Jack Jay Fox (Chem’39, PhDBioChem’50)
William R. Long (Jour’65)
1983
Bharat Bhushan (MMechEngr’73, PhD’76)
Harry M. Vars (A&S’24)
1982
Neal Bricker (A&S’46, MD’49)
Eugene Coulson (A&S’56, MD’58)
Robert Gilbert (Law’38)
Thomas Schutte (DBA’63)
Gunnar Thorsky (CivEngr’49)
1981
Wilbur T. Billington (DistSt’45, MEcon’47)
Wesley E. Brittin (ChemEngr’42, MPhys’45)
Chuck Mau (Hist, Law’33)
Nicholas R. Petry (Econ’40)
1980
Nicholas R. Doman (Law’35)
Joseph B. Johnson (MPE’67, EdD’73)
William K. Metcalfe (MechEngr’36)
M. Virginia Sink (ChemEngr’36)
1979
Robert P. Colwell (Hist’36, MA’39)
1978
(No award given)
1977
Benjamin F. Bailar (Geol’55)
Joseph Stepanek (ChemEngr’39)
1976
Clifford G. Houston (A&S’27, MEdu’28, EdD’33)
Robert L. Howsam (A&S’40)
Sanford N. McDonnell (MechEngr’48)
1975
Genevieve Trovillion Chavez (A&S’18)
William E. “Bud” Davis (PE’51, EdD’63)
Eddie W. Schodt (MA’40, PhD’51)
1974
Elsie Eaves (CivEngr’20)
Franklin Folsom (Engl’28)
Mary Elting Folsom (Fren, Span’27)
Frank B. McGlone (A&S’34, MD’38)
Roland C. Rautenstraus (CivEngr’46, MS’49)
1973
Carl W. Borgman (ChemEngr’27, MS’31)
Julius E. Johnson Jr. (Chem ex’39)
1972
Marjorie Woodward Evans (A&S ex’42)
Wilfred M. Hall (CivEngr’16)
Raphael J. Moses (A&S’36, Law’37)
Rudolph O. Pozzatti (Art’49, MFA’50)
Clayton S. White (Psych’34, MD’41)
1971
Charles R. Able (Aero’40)
Delmar R. Carlson (A&S’40)
Lelia M. Hinkley (A&S’15)
Joseph J. Markey (MD’23)
Wendell G. Scott (A&S’28)
1970
Virginia Neal Blue (A&S’31)
Neil H. Borden (A&S’19)
Thomas F. Hornbein (A&S’52)
Richard H. Tatlow (Engr’39)
Willis G. Worcester (Engr’39)
1969
David B. Bolen (Econ, MMktg’50)
P. Frederick Delliquadri (A&S’38)
Lloyd Elliot
William S. McNary (Bus’26)
Joseph Smiley
1968
Alfred A. Arraj (Law’28)
Floyd D. Hall (A&S’38)
George A. Newton (A&S’33)
Ralph Prator (Hist’29, MA’33)
Bethuel M. Webster Jr. (A&S’22)
1967
Robert H. Bahmer (MHist’29)
Kenneth C. Sawyer (MD’31)
1966
Terrell C. Drinkwater (Law’32)
Robert H. Felix (MD’30)
Theodore H. Maiman (Engr’49)
1965
Gordon Allott (Law’29)
Gilbert Cruter (A&S’39)
Jacob Weinberger (Law’04)
1964
Francis J. Knauss (Law’05)
Dayton D. McKean (A&S’27, MA’29)
1963
Huber O. Croft (MechEngr’21, ElecEngr’25)
William Jovanovich (Engl’41)
Quigg Newton
1962
M. Scott Carpenter (Aero’49)
O. Hatfield Chilson (Law’27)
Houstoun Waring (A&S’26)
1961
A.A. Paddock (A&S’10)
Byron White (A&S’38, HonDocLaw’63)
1960
William S.B. Lacy (A&S’32)
W. Walter Wasson (A&S’08, MD’10)
1959
Frank A. Kemp (Law’13)
William B. Neeley Jr. (Law’24)
1958
Maynard M. Boring (ElecEngr’16)
Royce J. Tipton (CivEngr’40)
1957
Jean S. Breitenstein (A&S’22, Law’24)
Muriel Sibell Wolle (MA’30)
1956
Jean Wilson Stafford (A&S’36, MA’38)
1955
Ward Darley
1954
Llewellyn E. Thompson (A&S’28)
1953
Wellwood E. Beall (Aero’28, MS’48)
William Lee Knous (Law’11)
1952
Henry Avery Arnold (A&S’23)
Claude C. Coffin (A&S’05)
1951
Eugene D. Millikin (Law’13)
James J. Waring (MD’13)
1950
Ivan Charles Crawford (CivEngr’12, MS’15, HonDocSci’44)
1949
Donald H. Tippet (A&S’20)
1948
Josephine Antoine (A&S’29)
1947
Oscar T. Clagett (MD’33)
1946
Philip G. Worcester (Geol’09)
1945
Reuben G. Gustavson
1944
Wiley B. Rutledge (Law’22)
1943
Elbridge Gerry Chapman Jr. (A&S’17, Law’24)
1942
Floyd B. Odlum (Law’14)
1941
Douglas R. Collier (MD’23)
Mary Marr Collier (MD’24)
1940
Robert L. Stearns (A&S’14)
1939
George Norlin
1938
James Washington Bell (A&S’12)
Icie Gertrude Macy (MA’18)
1937
Whitney C. Huntington (Engr’10)
1936
Mary Elizabeth Tennant (A&S’16)
1935
Junius Henderson (A&S’08)
1934
William C. Finnoff (MD’12)
1933
Ralph L. Carr (A&S’10, Law’12)
1932
Charles A. Lory (A&S’01)
1931
Earl H. Morris (A&S’15)
1930
Harry Curtis (Engr’08)








