Alumni Association Awards

For more than thirty years, the University of Oregon Alumni Association has honored outstanding alumni who have attained extraordinary distinction in their chosen professional fields or by personal endeavor.

If you know of an outstanding alumnus who qualifies, please download and submit the nomination form for the Distinguished Alumnus or Young Alumnus (under 46). Please assist us by providing information about the nominee’s professional achievements, community activities, honors and awards, and UO affiliations and service.

Nominations are due by December 31, 2007.
Please mail nomination forms to:

Alumni Association Awards
1204 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1204

UOAA Distinguished Alumni Award

This award, which began in 1967, is presented by the UO Alumni Association. It is bestowed on alumni of the university who have served the nation, state, or the university, or who have distinguished themselves by personal endeavor. The award reads: In recognition of extraordinary achievements, community activities, honors or awards and UO affiliations and service. Nominations for the award are solicited by the UOAA, and the annual recipient is selected by a committee of the UO Alumni Association. The award is generally presented in June. (In 1995, the Distinguished Alumnus Award became an annual award.)

1967 Nancy Young ’24
1968 Maurice Warnock ’26
1969 Karl Onthank ’13 M.A.’15
1973 Dr. John MacGregor ’23
1974 Edith Green ’40
          Wendell Wyatt L.L.B. ’41
1975 William Haseltine ’18
1976 Dr. Walter Brattain M.A. ’26
1979 Otto Frohnmayer ’79 J.D ’33
1980 Wallace Campbell ’32 M.S. ’34
1984 Ken Kesey ’57
1985 Donald Hodel J.D. ’80
1986 Fred Taylor ’51
1987 William Bowerman, Sr. B.S. ’34           M.Ed.’53
1988 Dr. Gail Jackson Fullerton
          Ph. D. ’54
1989 Ronald Hubbs ’42

1990 Hon. Alfred Goodwin ’49 J.D. ’51
1991 Richard Bray ‘53 M.S. ’58
1993 John Busterud ’43
1995 Carolyn Chambers ’53
1996 Hon. Edwin Peterson ’51
L.L.B. ’57
1997 Lester Anderson ’46
1998 Harry Glickman ’48
1999 Paul Brainerd ’70
2000 Dr. Ray Hawk ’47 M.S. ’48
D.Ed. ’49
2001 Thomas Jernstedt ’67 M.S. ’73
2002 Philip Knight ’59
2003 Lee Bollinger ’68
2004 Douglas Tinker ’66
2005 James Thayer, Sr. ’47
2006 Roger Engemann ’64
2007 Margo Grant Walsh ’60

UOAA Outstanding Young Alumni Award

The Outstanding Young Alumni Award was created in 1984 to recognize the achievement of a young alumnus/alumnae who has achieved significant accomplishments prior to their 46th birthday. The award reads: In recognition of outstanding professional achievement and personal dedication to their community. Nominations are solicited by the UOAA, and the annual recipient is selected by a committee comprised of university staff, members of the community and the UOAA. (There were no awards presented in 1992 and 1994.)

1984 Dr. Douglas Hofstadter M.S. ’72
Ph.D. ’75
1985 William Drozkiak ’71
1986 Hon. Ronald Wyden J.D. ’74
1987 Dr. Sally Deitz Ph. D. ’79
1988 Dr. Rudy J. Dam, Jr. Ph. D. ’76
1989 Dr. Rita Leavell M.B.A. ’77
1990 Mark Stoneking ’77
1991 Ann Bancroft ’81
1993 Randy Shilts ’77
1995 Pamela Bjorkman ’78
1996 Ann Curry ’78

1997 Scott Bedbury ’80
1998 Alberto Salazar ’81
1999 Bruce Carey ’85 M.S. ’87
2000 Alex Tizon ’84
2001 Edward Colligan ’90
2002 Brent Walth ’84
2003 Marcia Leonard Aaron ’86
2004 George Glass ’82
2005 Christopher Kantrowitz, III ’97
2006 Dana Wade ’83
2007 Krista Parent ’83 M.Ed. ’92 D.Ed. ’04