EIGHTY YEARS of ALUMNI Excellence
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EIGHTY YEARS OF ALUMNI EXCELLENCE The Best of the Best he graduates of a university are its greatest gift. They come through its doors with talents– some raw, Tsome polished. With hope, energy and dedication, they harness their passions, hone their skills and dive into experiences that build their character. Caps and gowns fluttering in the wind, they leave to make their way in the world, to better it, to shape it and to prove the value of what their alma mater has given to them. As we celebrate the university’s 80th birthday, we are thankful for its greatest gifts, our alumni. UMKC (and UKC) and the Alumni Association have long held a tradition of recognizing those graduates whose achievements and accomplishments make us all proud. This tribute is a special look back at all of the past winners of the university’s highest alumni honor: the alumni awards. We as a campus join the UMKC Alumni Association in honoring 80 years of excellence among our graduates near and far. Enjoy! Curtis J. Crespino Vice Chancellor for Advancement University of Missouri-Kansas City 1 80 YEARS OF ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS Winners are listed by the year they won their first school-based award, and they are listed with their graduating year and academic unit. Unless noted, winners received the top alumni achievement award from their academic unit. Additional awards or campus-wide honors are subsequently listed. Degrees listed are the terminal degrees. 1940s Samuel P. Ellison Jr.* (’36 A&S) JoAnn Oppenheimer Gore (’58 EDU) Clarence W. Gustafson* (’23 PHARM »1975 Alumni Service Award 1949 Charles E. Whittaker* (’24 LAW) Allen O. Gruebbel* (’23 DENT) Nicholas Hunter* (1901 PHARM) »1966 Alumnus of the Year Ray Hailey Jr. (’46 DENT) Albert A. Ridge* (’25 LAW) Arthur Allen Hassenflu Jr.* (’39 A&S) Gordon L. Teall* (’18 DENT) 1959 Dan A. Hedge* (’27 DENT) Ruth Warrick* (’37 A&S) John M. Clayton* (’22 DENT) George E. Hicks (‘42 A&S) James A. Hazlett* (’43 A&S) Ronald Husted* (’58 BLOCH) »1959 College of Arts and Sciences, Harry Lawson Kluttz Jr.* (’55 EDU) 1973 Education Achievement Awards Ralph R. Lopez* (’36 DENT) H. Wallace Janes* (’28 PHARM) »1969 Alumni Service Award 1950s »1959, 1962 Achievement Awards »1977 Alumnus of the Year Vivian Davis Shepherd* (’53 EDU) James A. Moore* (’35 LAW) »1959 College of Arts and Sciences, Earl T. Newton Jr.* (’59 BLOCH) 1950 1982 Education Achievement Awards Richard T. Oliver* (’38 DENT) Samuel Arthur Dew* (1909 LAW) Arthur J. Stanley Jr.* (’28 LAW) N. E. Paton Jr. (’53 A&S) Dwight B. Newton (’42 A&S) Elmer F. Pierson* (’19 LAW) »1983 Alumnus of the Year Ed A. Schwarzkopf* (‘60 BLOCH) Mars V. Wertzberger* (’30 PHARM) »1961, 1965 Achievement Awards »1950, 1963 Achievement Awards Joseph R. Stewart* (’25 LAW) 1960s Ben W. Swofford* (’33 LAW) 1951 »1961, 1974 Achievement Awards James W. Broaddus* (1913 LAW) Hazel VanDeursen* (‘49 CNS) Frank K. Kelly* (’37 A&S) 1961 Henry R. Wurst (’60 BLOCH) »1951, 1963 Achievement Awards H. Carl Balsiger Jr.* (’38 A&S) Virginia Darnes Yates* (’56 EDU) »1974 Alumnus of the Year James W. Benjamin* (’49 LAW) Mary Kathryn Young* (‘43 CNS) Harry Elwood Smith* (’25 PHARM) »1961, 1973 Achievement Awards Betty M. Zwilling (’58 EDU) Harry H. Sorrels* (’25 DENT) »1994 Presidential Citation Service Award 1962 1952 Paul E. Bindley* (’18 LAW) Willard Reese Bellinger* (’25 DENT) George M. Hollenback* (1912 DENT) Edward D. Brown* (’50 PHARM) Russell S. Blake* »1952, 1963 Achievement Awards Lyda Halstead Browning* (’49 EDU) »Conservatory of Music & Dance »1963 Alumnus of the Year Laura Lee Cubbison* (’51 CNS) Achievement Award Jane Willis Davis* (’43 CNS) Ruth R. Blake (’54 CNS) 1955 Anthony G. Ferrara* (CNS) »Conservatory of Music & Dance Edward Leo Dillon* Bill T. Fetzer* (’59 BLOCH) Achievement Award »School of Dentistry Achievement Award Frederic Armand Glenn* (’40 A&S) »1974 Alumni Service Award 2 HISTORY OF THE ALUMNI AWARDS »1983 Presidential Citation Service Award Hilary Ashby Bush* (’32 LAW) »Alumnus of the Year RUTH WARRICK (’37, A&S) Thelma Cisel* (’30 LAW) 1949 Alumni Achievement Award David H. Clark* (’52 LAW) Warrick began her career as a radio singer. James A. Coffin* (’50 PHARM) Hired by Orson Welles, she starred as Kane’s Walter Edward Cook* (’47 CNS) first wife in Citizen Kane, her film debut. She S. Stanley Dalen* (’60 BLOCH) later gained notoriety for her role as Phoebe John T. Lockton Jr.* (’36 A&S) Tyler on All My Children. Labiba Nadim Salah* (’54 EDU) Joseph G. Shalinsky (’39 PHARM) »1962, 1974 Achievement Awards Thomas Sims (’61 LAW) »School of Management Achievement Award »1973 Alumni Service Award Joseph R. Hogsett* (’50 LAW) Donald R. Rogers (’60 BLOCH) »1984 Presidential Citation F. Russell Millin* (’54 LAW) Carl W. Sawyer* (’25 DENT) Service Award James F. Neff* (’32 PHARM) »1976 Alumni Service Award Sidney H. Smith* (’49 PHARM) »2008 Legacy Award Stanley J. Siegel* (’49 LAW) Leo J. Sweeney (’51 A&S) Roddy F. Osborn* (’38 A&S) Roland N. Stromberg* (’39 A&S) »2013 Legacy Award »1964 School of Management Lyle Wilmot Willits* (‘49 PHARM) Donald Mouzon Vandevander* (’53 EDU) Achievement Award »1966, 1977 Achievement Awards Charles Walthall (’48 DENT) »1973 College of Arts & Sciences »1970 Alumni Service Award Achievement Award 1963 Jack Leonard Ralston* (’52 CNS) John R. Baker (’62 BLOCH) Gordon L. Ross* (1910 DENT) John Emil Blomquist* (’38 A&S) Phillip Small* (’17 PHARM) »1963, 1981 School of Management »Achievement Award Achievement Awards »Alumnus of the Year KEY William Levi Dawson* (’23 CNS) Douglas A. Yeager* (’41 DENT) Linda L. Engstrom (’59 EDU) ACADEMIC UNITS 1965 Marvin F. Gench Jr.* (’56 CNS) A&S: College of Arts and Sciences »College of Arts & Sciences Edward Allen Baird Jr.* (’55 CNS) SBS: School of Biological Sciences Achievement Award »1965, 1987 Achievement Awards BLOCH: Bloch School of Business and Gerald Wesley Goforth* (’42 DENT) Ernest H. Fremont Jr.* (’56 LAW) Public Administration; Henry W. Bloch School of Management James Ambrose King* (’52 CNS) Henry Bailey Gardner* (’36 A&S) CNS: Conservatory of Music and Dance »School of Education Achievement Award Fred Turner Mahaffey* (’52 PHARM) DENT: School of Dentistry and »1963, 1984 Achievement Awards »Alumnus of the Year Dental Hygiene James G. Trimble (’56 Law) Howard Luck Gossage* (’39 A&S) EDU: School of Education William Baxter Waters* (’41 LAW) Edmund Thomas Haines* (’36 CNS) LAW: School of Law Virginia O. Young* (’64 EDU) Edward P. Nelson* (’28 DENT) MED: School of Medicine A. Frank Schopper* (’17 DENT) NRS: School of Nursing and Health Studies 1964 Lester F. Sorenson* (’32 PHARM) PHARM: School of Pharmacy Shelton E. Bower (’50 PHARM) Bud E. Winslow (’53 EDU) SCE: School of Computing Elizabeth Ann Boyle* (’56 EDU) Conn Withers* (’32 LAW) and Engineering Conella Coulter Brown (’53 A&S) Edward F. Zigler (’59 A&S) SGS: School of Graduate Studies Minas Christian* (’39 CNS) »1972 Alumnus of the Year *Denotes deceased John L. Dowgray Jr.* (’47 A&S) »1968 Alumni Service Award 1966 Robert L. Ferguson (’62 BLOCH) Carolyn Dickson* (’59 PHARM) Shirley A. Hill (’55 EDU) John F. McGowan (’50 EDU) 3 1970s 1967 Lucile Ussery Hollis* (’48 EDU) Anita Aldrich* (’46 EDU) 1970 »School of Management Horace Warren Kimbrell* (’39 LAW) Martin Baier (’70 A&S) Achievement Award »1967 Alumni Service Award »School of Management Dayton D. Krajicek* (’43 DENT) »1969 Achievement Award Achievement Award Jeannette S. Lee (’39 A&S) »1982 Presidential Citation »1977 Alumni Service Award George E. Mallams (’54 PHARM) Service Award Jay B. Dillingham* (’32 LAW) Sandra Warfield* (’41 CNS) Lynn McCarthy (’65 BLOCH) »Alumnus of the Year »1987 Alumnus of the Year Edward Leo Farrell Jr.* (’53 LAW) 1973 Genevieve D. Roth* (’50 DENT) Elizabeth L. Gray* (’37 A&S) Hugh K. Charles (’57 PHARM) »1967 Alumna of the Year Robert B. Shira* (’32 DENT) Clarence M. Kelley* (’40 LAW) Leonard V. Sorg* (’40 A&S) »1981 Alumnus of the Year »Alumnus of the Year Leith Stevens* (’27 CNS) Jack M. Zimmerman (’63 EDU) Billie Mahoney (’49 A&S) R. Carter Tucker* (’16 LAW) »Conservatory of Music & Dance Jarvis M. Williams* (’34 DENT) 1971 Achievement Award Donald R. Armacost Sr.* (’40 A&S) Fred A. Richmond* (’19 DENT) 1968 Joseph F. Jacobs (’43 DENT) Edward F. Arn* (’31 LAW) William Shelton Morris* (’48 LAW) 1974 George Louis Blackwell* (’46 EDU) »Alumnus of the Year Elmer Len Dresslar Jr.* (’49 CNS) Lee M. Lightner* (’38 DENT) A. Rae Price (’77 EDU) Constance B. Nelson* (’58 EDU) Edward P. Shurick* (’46 A&S) William M. Richmond (’59 PHARM) »College of Arts & Sciences »Alumnus of the Year E. Robert Seaver* (’40 LAW) Achievement Award Paul L. Willson Jr.* (’38 A&S) Jack E. Wells* (’51 DENT) A. Gilbert Rees* (’63 EDU) »Alumni Service Award John W. Richmond* (’26 DENT) 1969 Joseph M. Stevens Jr. (’58 A&S) Sue Harris Kingwell 1972 »School of Management »Conservatory of Music & Dance Helen Kehr Billings* (’60 EDU) Achievement Award Achievement Award Myron K. Ellison* (’39 LAW) Robert C. Likins* (’45 DENT) »Alumni Service Award 1975 George D. Milne* (’39 A&S) »1980 Alumnus of the Year Alvin L. Brooks (’73 A&S) Donald D. Sewing* (’56 BLOCH) »1990 Presidential Citation »1996 Alumni Service Award Joseph Paschal Twyman* (’62 EDU) Service Award »2009 Alumnus of the Year Mathew W. Wilson* (’50 PHARM) Margaret A. Hickey-Strubinger* Kenneth O. Gangel* (’69 EDU) »1993 Alumni Service Award (’28 LAW) L. M. Hughes* (’63 PHARM) Philip M. Jones* (’43 DENT) James Carrington Leiter Jr. (’65 BLOCH) Arthur H. Stoup (’50 LAW) Charles B. Wheeler Jr. (’59 LAW) »Alumnus of the Year ELMER “LEn” DRESSLAR (’49, CNS) 1974 Alumni Achievement Award 1976 Richard N.