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2024 MBKU Distinguished Alumni Awards

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2024 MBKU Distinguished Alumni Awards

We are proud of our alumni and what they do for communities around the world. The MBKU Distinguished Alumni awards program honors and recognizes alumni whose achievements, service and professional contributions have made a difference in their community and beyond. Please consider submitting a nomination to recognize an MBKU alumnus!

  • Distinguished Alumni – This award recognizes MBKU alumni whose personal or professional achievements bring honor and distinction to their school, program, or MBKU. It recognizes remarkable accomplishments, lifetime career achievements, professional excellence, and/or outstanding community service.
  • Recent Graduate Achievement Award – This award recognizes MBKU alumni who earned their degree within the last 10 years. It celebrates achievements in their professional career, community service, or professional leadership.
  • Community Service/Humanitarian Alumni Award – This award recognizes alumni for their extraordinary service to the public through a nonprofit organization or community service; individuals who have unselfishly and generously contributed their time and talents for the enrichment of others and the betterment of their community.
  • Professional Achievement Alumni Award – This award recognizes accomplishments and showcases a record of remarkable achievements, complemented by a history of outstanding contributions to their profession throughout their career.

Nominate Here

Nominations are due by Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact alumni@ketchum.edu.

Past Distinguished Alumni Recipients

  • 2023 Wynette Augustine, OD, ’84
  • 2023 Beverly Bianes, OD, ’91
  • 2023 John Nishimoto, OD, ’87
  • 2023 Briana Riddlebarger, PA-C, ’19
  • 2023 Melanie Vela, PharmD, ’22
  • 2021 Gary Asano, OD, '78
  • 2021 Michael Sellers, OD, '78
  • 2021 Hannah Cho, OD, '12 (Distinguished Young Alumni)
  • 2021 Timothy Harkins, PA-C, '18 (Distinguished Young Alumni)
  • 2021 Miriam Morkos, PharmD, '20 (Distinguished Young Alumni)
  • 2019    Carl Boeck, OD, ‘79
  • 2019    Elizabeth Bergman, PA-C, ’16 (Distinguished Young Alumni)
  • 2019    Brian Park, OD, ’14 (Distinguished Young Alumni)
  • 2018    Joshua Terry, OD, ’07
  • 2016     Mitchell T. Munson, O.D., ’86
  • 2014    Abie R. Chadderdon, O.D., ’81
  • 2013    Barton M. Pedersen, O.D., ’63
  • 2012    Dawn M. Miller, O.D., ’83
  • 2011    Bill Simons, O.D., ’82
  • 2010    Philip B. Smith, O.D., ’68
  • 2009    Wiley F. Curtis, O.D., ’82
  • 2008    Gene D. Calkins, O.D., J.D., ’68
  • 2007    Donald E. Jarnagin, O.D., ’70*
  • 2006    David T. Wakabayashi, O.D., ’70
  • 2005    Mark M. Morris, O.D., ’63*
  • 2004    Wayne W. Hoeft, O.D., ’59
  • 2003    James L. Cox, O.D., ’67
  • 2002    Duane A. deCroupet, O.D., ’70
  • 2001    Tony Carnevali, O.D., ’75
  • 2000    Rodger T. Kame, O.D., ’62*
  • 1999    Hershel B. Welton, O.D., ’64
  • 1998    Robert L. Gordon, O.D., ’71
  • 1997    Akio Kanai, O.D., ’72
  • 1996    Warren Harvard Low, O.D., ’52*
  • 1995    Renald J. Anelle, O.D., ’65
  • 1994    Richard H. Kendall, O.D., ’51*
  • 1993    Lynn Caffrey Gabriel, O.D., ’78
  • 1992    Robert L. Severtson, O.D., ’51*
  • 1991    L. Earl James, O.D., ’48*
  • 1990    J. Davis Armistead, O.D., ’48*
  • 1989    James R. Gregg, O.D., ’48*
  • 1988    Arthur C. Heinsen, O.D., ’48*
  • 1987    Robert F. Kettenhofen, O.D., ’46*
  • 1986    Paul C. Barr, O.D., ’48*
  • 1985    O. Doyle Dannenberg, O.D., ’48*
  • 1984    Harold R. Lutes, O.D., ’38*
  • 1983    Homer H. Hendrickson, O.D., ’38*
  • 1980    Leslie W. Scown, O.D., ’21*
  • 1979    Louis H. Jaques Sr., O.D., ’11*

NOTE: No award was given in 1981 or 1982

*Deceased