Thank you for attending to celebrate the alumni honored this evening! While we recognize these distinct volunteers tonight, the Alumni Association is grateful to all alumni who volunteer their time and talents in support of the University of Minnesota. Thank you for your tremendous dedication! Performed by the U of M Marching Band Brass Quintet HAIL! MINNESOTA Minnesota, Hail to Thee! 201 Hail to Thee our College dear! 8 ALUMNI AWARDS Thy light shall ever be A beacon bright and clear. AFFAIR Thy sons and daughters true Will proclaim Thee near and far. They will guard Thy fame And adore thy name; Save THE Date Thou shalt be their Northern Star! ANNUAL CELEBRATION Friday, April 26, 2019 Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:15 p.m. Reception 7:00 p.m. Dinner and Awards Ceremony MINNESOTA ROUSER Graduate Minneapolis Minnesota, hats off to thee! To thy colors true we shall ever be. Firm and strong, united are we. Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ski-U-Mah. Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! for the U of M. IGNITE SUCCESS UMNAlumni.org 01115-2 Val Aarsvold Carol Dahlke Gayle S. Hallin Stephen Litton Alexander Oftelie Robert A. Stein Mark M. Abbott Julius E. Davis James H. Hammill Charles Lo Barbara O’Leary Lief R. Strand Karin Alaniz Mervyn de Souza William A. Hanson Susan Adams Loyd Eugene W. Ollila John A. Stromwall 201 James W. Alexander Robert DeMaster Waldo E. Hardell Juanita Luis Jo Ann “Joey” Omlie Michael S. Sudit 8 Arnie Anderson Fredrick J. Dresser Thomas L. Harding Francis (Pug) Lund Mark Omlie James R. Sutherland ALUMNI AWARDS Donna Anderson Jim du Bois James C. Harris Vigil J.P. Lundquist Jan Ormasa Thomas H. Swain AFFAIR Jennifer Anderson Matthew B. Dudley Brenda Hartman Eugene Lysen Brian Osberg James T. Swenson Roberta J. Anderson Donna Dvorak Bruce Hawkinson Kendall Macho Charles M. Osborne Paul Taylor Stuart Lane Arey Mary W. Eberhardt Roger R. Haxby Harvey B. Mackay Arnold C. Oss Lewis W. Thom PROGRAM Michelle S. Aytay Chuck J. Edward Janet Heidinger Lucinda Maine Alison Page Melissa Thorson Russell E. Backstrom Marilyn R. Eelkema Albert H. Heimbach Daniel W. Mallin Ben W. Palmer Kari Torkelson OPENING REMARKS Vincent Bailey Robert W. Eichinger Barbara Perso Constance Deters Howard B. Palmer Marvin Trammel Lisa Lewis, President and CEO Kevin Barcus Mary Endorf Heinemann Malmsten Deanna Peterson Ertugrul Tuzcu University of Minnesota Alumni Association Marjorie D. Barnes Duane H. Engebretson Arnold Hill Marie Manthey Jim Pichler Michael Unger Andrea Hjelm Douglas R. Manuel UNIVERSITY GREETINGS Bruce W. Beckman Glenn E. Engebretson Carol Pine Betsy Vohs Harriet T. Holden Scott Manwarren Hon. Randy Simonson (Ph.D. ’81) Sue A. Bennett Roger Erickson Cheryl Powers Jeanne M. Voigt University of Minnesota Board of Regents John Bergstrom Rondi Erickson J. D. Holtzermann Pat Martinson Maureen Reed David E. Walstad Reuben Berman George L. Faber Deborah Hopp Joseph Angus Maun William Reilly Edith Powers Wargo STUDENT AWARDS William C. Bernstein Kay Fellows Kent R. Horsager Janie S. Mayeron Carmen Richards C. Herman Welch MARY A. McEVOY AWARD FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Simon Hu Paula Mazzacano DONALD R. ZANDER ALUMNI AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERSHIP Frank A. Bezdicek Lillian M. Fink Anne Thorbeck Richter Bonnie J. Welshons Timothy Huebsch Malcolm A. McCannel Recognized by: Clara L. Bierman Edward F. Flynn Kathleen C. Ridder Roy G. Wetterstrom President Eric Kaler (Ph.D. ’82) Ann Carlson Birt John Foley Gates Hunt Padraic S. McGuire Charles Judd Ringer John T. Wetzel Robert A. Bjork Linnea R. Forsell Ann Huntrods Paul D. Meierant Robert Roesler Milton Wick Student Speakers: Henry Blissenbach Barbara Stephens Richard M. Hyllested John Mendesh James Rutzick Janet Hart Widseth Morrine Omolo Walter Blumst Foster James Jernberg Jan Anderson Meyer Alan K. Ruvelson Sr. Edwin A. Willson College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (M.S. ‘21) Wallace L. Boss N. Jean Fountain Grant H. Johnson Thomas Meyer Wallace Salovich George H. Winn Gwendolyn Freed Carroll Kinse Michener Gabriella Granada Donald G. Brauer Joyce Rude Johnson Parker D. Sanders Carl Woie College of Liberal Arts (B.A. ‘19) George M. Briggs John French Julie Johnson Marsha K. Millonig Randall L. Schiestl Elayne Wolfenson Deborah Broberg Gerald H. Friedell Lawrence E. Johnson David Mona Dennis Schulstad Wells J. Wright DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR INTERNATIONALS Janny Dwyer Brust Fred R. Friswold C. David Jones Linda Mona Robert K. Schultz Milton S. Wunderlich Presented by: N.L. Gault Jr. Bernadine Joselyn Bruce W. Mooty Craig L. Seitel Lisa Lewis Mark H. Butler Anthony F. Yapel Nedret E. Butler Joseph A. Gibilisco Carol Kelsey John W. Mooty Robert J. Sheran Michael Zakula Doug Huebsch (B.S. ‘85), Board Chair Anne R. Carroll Archie Givens Edward J. Kodet Jr. Laura Marie Moret Barbara J. Shin Richard Zeyen University of Minnesota Alumni Association Marcia C. Carthaus Kenneth C. (Twice) M. Constance Kozlak Sandy Morris Margot Siegel Glaser ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS Roger Chamberlain Bill Kreykes Carol Mulligan Norman Sieling PAST ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS AWARD SERVICE ALUMNI PAST Steven Goldstein Presented by: Marilyn Chelstrom Doobie Kurus Richard T. Murphy Jr. Katherine Siggerud Robert Graber Doug Huebsch Charlotte Winge Chope Roy W. Larsen Bruce Nelson Steve Simenson Violet Rosacke Graf James L. Chosy Heather L. Midje Larson Harvey Nelson Ronald L. Simon Lisa Lewis Franklin D. Gray Raymond Christensen Thomas W. LaSalle Rusty Nelson Nadine G. Smith Frank Grazzini ll UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI SERVICE AWARDS Ronald Christenson Lawrence A. Laukka Kathleen J. Newell Clifford C. Sommer Presented by: Louis Gross Lawrence S. Clark June LaValleur Pamela Nichols Ellen L. Sorenson Lisa Lewis Sigurd Hagen M. Elizabeth Craig Nancy M. Lindahl Noel Nix Maynard Speece Owen K. Hallberg Hon. Randy Simonson Henry W. Dahlberg Jr. Janice Linster Jerry Noyce Emily Anne Staples 2018 ALUMNI AWARDS AFFAIR MARY A. MCEVOY AWARD FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP RECIPIENTS Traditionally awarded to one graduate and one professional student for their exceptional academic achievement, leadership, service and personal character. Each recipient receives a $1,000 scholarship. Candidates for this award are selected from the recipients of the 2018 President’s Student Leadership and Service Award. DONALD R. ZANDER ALUMNI AWARD FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP RECIPIENTS This is awarded to undergraduate students for their exceptional academic achievement, leadership, service and personal character. Each recipient receives a $2,000 scholarship from the University of Minnesota Alumni Association in honor of Donald R. Zander. Candidates for this award are selected from the recipients of the 2018 President’s Student Leadership and Service Award. MARY A. MCEVOY AWARD FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP RECIPIENTS Caleb Murphy Medical School (M.D., M.B.A. ’18) Caleb grew up in Ramsey, MN and was, until very recently, a lifelong Minnesotan. After graduating from Northwestern College (Saint Paul, MN) with a biology degree, he attended the University of Minnesota for professional school, graduating with his M.D. and M.B.A. degrees. He recently began internal medicine residency at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. His main career interests include primary care (especially working with military veterans) and finding safer and more cost-effective ways to design and deliver healthcare. As a U of M student, he served on the American College of Physicians’ national health policy committee, won funding in a healthcare innovation competition to continue his efforts promoting high-value clinical practices, and helped author a report addressing employment barriers in under-resourced Minneapolis neighborhoods with the University’s Center for Integrative Leadership. Morrine Omolo College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (M.S. ‘21) Mary A. McEvoy Award Speaker Morrine Omolo, is a Zawadi Africa Education Fund Scholar from Kenya. She obtained her BSc. in biochemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ and an M.S. in food science from U of M. Presently, she is a doctoral student and Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellow at the U of M Department of Food Science and Nutrition. Morrine is the 2018 awardee of the Mary A. McEvoy Award, the President’s Student Leadership and Service Award and the CFANS Alumni Society Graduate Student Leadership Award. Outside of class and lab, Morrine has served on various leadership and service roles, including as a graduate student representative to the U of M Board of Regents. Most recently, she was selected to serve on the Graduate School Advisory Board. Her dream in life is world peace…but for now, she is content with investigating how and why bad bacteria in food do such a good job at making us sick. 2 DONALD R. ZANDER ALUMNI AWARD FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP RECIPIENTS David Begelman College of Biological Sciences (B.S. ‘18) David graduated with a major in neuroscience and will be pursuing medical and graduate school in the future. Apart from sharing silly love stories, he enjoys asking questions and searching for the answers. David founded the Swipe Out Hunger chapter and worked alongside numerous organizations such as Nutritious U Pantry, Aramark, and Boynton Health Service to advocate for students undergoing food insecurity and homelessness. David created a new resource on campus that provides unused dining hall meals to students undergoing food insecurity through a donation system. Monica Delgado College of Liberal Arts (B.A. ‘18) Monica graduated from the University of Minnesota in May 2018 with a major in political science and minors in public health and neuroscience. She is passionate about global and local health and related health policy, and is currently pursuing a law degree at the University of Wisconsin. Monica’s interest in the mutual influence between communities and health systems was a constant throughout her undergraduate career; she worked at the U’s Office for Public Engagement, the Minnesota State Legislature, a local Minneapolis environmental law firm, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.