In Recognition — Marietta honors special Pioneers
During Marietta College's 2024 Homecoming celebration, two ceremonies — The Marietta College Alumni Awards Ceremony brought the MC community together to celebrate the contributions and achievements of outstanding alumni.
The Alumni Awards Ceremony recognized Jo-Anne Levy-Lamoreaux '74 and Tara Van Ho '00 with the Distinguished Alumna Awards, and Ashley Thomas '14 and Nicole Hannaway '16 with Outstanding Young Alumna Awards. Christine Zernick Suter '84 was recognized with the Liz Tribett Service Award. Robert Brucken '56, a legal luminary and dedicated community leader was inducted into the Hall of Honor.
Nominate a Pioneer
Do you know an outstanding alumnus or alumna who reflects the very best of Marietta College through significant professional accomplishments, service to the College or community, or great contributions to humanity? Is there a friend of the College who has done great service to or on behalf of MC that comes to mind? Each year, the Marietta College Office of Alumni Engagement and Marietta College Alumni Association Council recognize outstanding alumni and friends of the College at homecoming. If you know a deserving Pioneer, please nominate them today!
Alumni Award Nomination Process
Please use the nomination form to submit your nomination for one of the following awards:
- Hall of Honor - The Hall of Honor celebrates the most outstanding accomplishments of Marietta College alumni. Members exemplify extraordinary characteristics that reflect the very best of the Marietta experience through accomplishments in their profession, service to the College, service to their community, and/or contribution to humanity. Induction in the Hall of Honor is the highest honor bestowed by the Marietta College Alumni Association.
- Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award - Presented to an alumnus/alumna who has achieved significant accomplishments, made outstanding contributions in his or her field or has distinguished himself or herself through service to the community, state, or nation.
- Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna Award - Presented to an alumnus/alumna who has graduated 15 years ago or less, who has made significant accomplishments in business or professional life and/or who has rendered outstanding service to the College or the MCAA.
- Honorary Alumnus/Alumna Award - Presented to an individual who is not an alumnus/alumna, but has given specific and meritorious service on behalf of the quality and advancement of the College and the MCAA.
- Liz Tribett MCAA Service Award - Presented to anyone considered deserving of recognition for service to Marietta College.
Your nomination will be reviewed by the Office of Alumni Engagement and Marietta College Alumni Association Council for consideration. Thank you for taking the time to help strengthen The Long Blue Line!
Past Award Winners
- Past Distinguished Alumnus/a Award Winners
Stephen Hoag 1977 Wilbur Turner 1977 Lillian Sinclair Estate 1978 Frank Sutton 1979 Harry Robinson 1980 Robert Showalter 1982 David Rood Estate 1983 Victor Ruby 1984 William Goulet 1985 Charles Peterson 1985 Timothy Cooper 1986 Joseph Handlan 1987 Alois Hejl 1988 Gary Kott 1990 Charles McCoy Estate 1991 Robert Duggan 1994 Kenneth Bogart 1995 David Worthington 1996 Penelope Adams 1997 Douglas Greene 1997 Carolyn Carlson 1998 Robert Dyson 1998 William Harrington 1998 Patricia Curtin 1999 Norman Murray 1999 Leonard Randolph 2000 Patricia Willis 2000 Barbara Lyles 2001 Ellen Snediker 2002 Patricia Bachner 2003 Richard Galen 2003 James Tracy 2003 Joseph Freddoso 2004 Carolanne Roberts 2004 Georgia Lesh-Laurie 2005 Jeffrey Starner 2005 Gertrude Brundage 2007 Stephen Luce 2007 Elizabeth Adams 2008 John Hopkins 2008 John Komar 2009 Deborah Myers 2009 Linda Doughty 2010 John Fantuzzo 2010 Amy Giannotti 2011 Richard Hazelton 2011 Carte Goodwin 2012 Barbara Kelley 2012 Barbara Chandler-Wright 2013 Shawn Talbott 2013 Nancy Cable 2014 Richard Davies 2014 Robert Monter 2015 Alva Rogers 2015 Donald Knechtges 2016 Jacquelen Smith 2016 Earl Homsher 2017 Jane Taylor 2017 Margaret Howell 2018 Margaret Barker 2019 C. Brent McCurdy 2019 Linda Showalter 2020 Steve Froggett 2020 Kathleen Mitchell Murphy 2021 Malcolm Doldron 2021 Susan MacKenty Brady 2022 Greg Maloof 2023 Jo-Anne Levy-Lamoreaux 2024 Tara Van Ho 2024 - Past Hall of Honor Award Winners
Charles Dawes 1999 Dean Hess 1999 Franklin Musgrave 1999 Frank Fenton Trust 2000 Betty Frey 2000 Edward Harness 2000 C. O'Neill 2000 Bernice Wooley 2000 Zane Barnes 2001 Alfred Goshorn 2001 Richard Krause Estate 2001 Frank Loomis 2001 Lois Tonkin 2001 Frank Adair 2002 Eliphalet Andrews 2002 Alsoph Corwin 2002 Joy Hills 2002 Rufus Dawes 2003 Edward Marsden 2003 Frederick Sidell 2003 Alan Baker 2004 Ruth Drew 2004 Charles Harrison 2004 Wilson Kinney 2004 Ray Barnhart 2005 Barbara Dobkin 2005 Eric Dobkin 2005 Vernon McGrew 2005 James Amos Estate 2006 Henry Jelinek 2006 Edward MacTaggart 2006 Kathleen Reddy-Smith 2007 John Williamson 2007 Robert Blendon 2008 Douglas LaFollette 2008 Ann Muscari 2008 Christopher Cortez 2009 C. Gullong 2009 Ross Lenhart 2009 Wilbur Schramm 2010 Paul Spear 2010 Robert Edwards 2011 Don Schaly 2012 Denzil Prather 2013 Robert Walsh 2013 Cosmo Allegretti Esate 2014 Thomas Crowley 2015 Margaret Bird 2016 Leonard “Randy” Randolph 2016 Christine Burns 2017 Thomas Kaminski 2018 Laura Sillerman 2018 Eileen Bowser 2019 T. Grant Callery 2020 Roger Markfield 2021 Dale Wartluft 2021 John Beale 2021 Samuel Hall 2023 Robert Brucken 2024 - Past Honorary Alumnus/a
John Sandt 1978 Willard Friederich 1979 Ruth Wilcox 1979 Raymond Guthrie 1980 Ethel Guthrie Trust 1980 Howard Bell 1981 Marjorie Sands 1983 G. Low 1984 Philip Mazzara 1985 Wen-Yu Cheng 1986 Esther Walp 1987 R. Walp 1987 Kenneth Strahler 1988 Dana Patterson 1990 Merrill Patterson 1990 William Hartel 1993 John Hushion 1994 James Wakley Estate 1995 James Meagle 1996 Robert Hill 1997 Roseanne Gill-Jacobson 1998 Stephen Schwartz 1999 Lauren Wilson 2000 James O'Donnell 2001 Mabry O'Donnell 2001 William Sheppard 2002 Beverly Schwartz 2004 Albert Howell 2006 Edward Osborne 2008 Virginia McCoy 2009 Crompton Burton 2011 Robert Chase 2011 Michael Taylor 2014 Sidney Potash 2015 Joyce Pennington 2016 Bernard Russi 2017 Debbie Lazorik 2018 George Fenton 2020 Dr. Gloria Stewart 2020 Dr. Roger Potasky 2021 Dr. Gama Perruci 2022 Jeanne Arbuckle 2023 Joe Chlapaty 2023 Linda Chlapaty 2023 - Past Liz Tribett MCAA Service Award Winners
Susan Strauss 1975 Jacqueline McDermott 1976 Jeffrey Aichele 1977 John Scott 1980 Louise McGrew 1982 Sarah Payne 1982 Bert Glaze 1983 Brian Lach 1983 Justin D'Errico 1984 Mildred Eberle 1984 William Long 1984 George Banziger 1985 Natalie Ward 1985 Patricia Wall 1986 Beverly Ellis 1987 Vicki Stuart 1987 Brian Rothenberg 1988 Michael Swords 1990 Tammi Weigand 1990 Maria Matheny 1991 Charles Amos Estate 1993 Graham Cochran 1993 Ralph Lindamood 1994 Michele Stallings 1994 C. Ramirez 1995 Charles Schob 1995 Rochelle Goodwin 1996 William Whetsell 1996 Joseph Bachman 1997 Terri Erlenbach 1997 Martha Alarie-Harris 1998 Gertrude Baker 1998 Emily Frazier 1998 Sharon Reinke 1998 Willard Beachy 1999 Ben Holman 1999 John McCoy 1999 Stephanie Quaranta 1999 Virginia Amundson 2000 G. Hancock 2000 Megan McCuiston 2000 Caroline Guhde 2001 Debora Lazorik 2001 Kevin Henning 2002 Christian Sundberg 2002 Julie Updyke 2003 Crystal Hunter 2004 Karen Mitchell 2005 Melissa Thompson 2005 James Nay 2006 Sarah Drake 2007 Elizabeth Tribett 2007 Allison LaRocca 2008 Deborah Stenger 2008 Gwen Neal 2009 Irene Jones Estate 2010 Nicole Wires 2010 Thomas Taggart 2011 Martin Hupp 2013 Larry Stoltzfus 2013 John Hefner 2015 Reginald Sims 2016 Jonathan Wendell 2016 William Kingzett 2017 David Reese 2017 Leslie Harris 2018 R. Anderson Unknown Gene Haynes 2019 Gregory Black 2020 Ken and Betty Stollar 2021 Bob Ferguson 2022 Roger Patterson 2023 Christine Zernick Suter 1984 - Past Outstanding Young Alumnus/a Winners
Carleton Knight 1979 Kenton Tekulve 1980 Richard Arnold 1981 Aaron Handleman 1981 Yvonne Arnold 1982 Richard Annett 1983 Cynthia Pyles 1984 Douglas Griebel 1985 Donald Roach 1986 Nancy Wells 1987 John Strotbeck 1988 Kathleen Kingma 1993 Leslie Ritter 1993 Shoshanna Ahart 1994 Geoffrey Schenkel 1994 Kean Weaver 1994 Jacqueline Buell 1995 Michael Moran 1995 Fern Watters 1996 Terry Tackett 1997 Julianne Jeffries 1998 Jennifer Everett 1999 Anna Custer-Singh 2000 Stacy Lu 2001 Michael Moffitt 2001 Jan Loney 2002 Susan Brady 2004 Matthew Coffey 2004 Rebecca Diehl 2005 L. Simmons 2005 Melissa Bennett 2006 Andrew McIlvaine 2007 Julie Wilkes 2007 Brian Crellin 2008 Jessica Zeigler 2008 David Faunce 2009 Kelly Lane 2009 Andrea Parhamovich 2010 Amy Templeman 2010 Michael Templeman 2010 Nicole Bromley 2011 Matthew Parker 2011 Heather Boomer 2012 Seth Wolfson 2012 Salvador Carlucci 2013 Tara Van Ho 2013 Daniel Ruggles 2014 Megan Yunn 2014 Christopher Cheng 2015 Marcie Rockwell 2015 Jerry Alcoser 2016 Nicholas Gehlfuss 2016 Lindsey Romick-Rosendale 2017 Ryan Whitnable 2017 Jessica Kelley 2018 Nicholas Manson 2018 Toka Akiyama 2019 Ashley Wollam 2019 Eric Dowler 2020 C. Taylor Myers 2021 Patrick Tegge 2021 Luis Garcia 2022 Chad Walker 2023 Chase Oberfield 2023 Ashley Thomas 2024 Nicole Hannaway 2024