Past DAA Recipients

Certificate of Appreciation

1936

Walter Alexander, Milwaukee, Entrepreneur

1937

Harry Bullis, Minneapolis, President, Wisconsin Alumni Association
F Fred H. Clausen, Horicon, Wisconsin, President, Van Brunt & Wilkins Manufacturing Co.

1938

Myron Harshaw, Chicago, President, Wisconsin Alumni Association

1939

Lucien M. Hanks, Madison, Secretary and Treasurer, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

1940

Henrietta Wood Kessenich, Hopkins, Minnesota, Alumnae Editor, The Wisconsin Alumnus
John Lord, Chicago, Chairman, Memorial Union Building Association and President, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Rose Schuster Taylor, Berkeley, California, Teacher

1941

Lucy McGlachlin Johnson, Madison, Former President, UW Board of Visitors
Benjamin A. Kiekhofer, Madison, Secretary, State of Wisconsin Board of Public Affairs
William Kies, New York, Attorney and Banker, Co-Founder of WARF

1942

Imogene Hand Carpenter, Madison, First Woman President, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Frank O. Holt, Madison, University Administrator, UW-Extension

1943

Edessa Kunz Lines, Milwaukee, Chairman, Alumni Association’s Women’s Affairs Committee
Louis Lochner, Milwaukee, Correspondent, Associated Press and Pulitzer Prize Winner
Harold L. Russell, Madison, Dean, UW College of Agriculture

1944

William Haight, Chicago, Attorney
Oscar Hallam, St. Paul, Minnesota, Justice and Second District Court Judge, Minnesota Supreme Court

1945

Edwin Austin, Chicago, Attorney
Michael J. Cleary, Milwaukee, President, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

1946

William Hagenah, Chicago, National Expert on Public Utilities and Executive Director, UW Foundation
George Haight, Chicago, Attorney
Frank J. Sensenbrenner, Neenah, Wisconsin, President, UW Board of Regents

1947

Charles Byron, Chicago, President, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Abner Heald, Milwaukee, President, Milwaukee Alumni Club

1948

Thomas Brittingham, Jr., Wilmington, Delaware, Director, Brittingham Fund

1949

Stanley Allyn, Dayton, Ohio, Chairman, National Cash Register Company
Herman Ekern, Madison, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Fayette Elwell, Madison, Dean, UW-Madison School of Commerce
Howard Greene, Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, Owner, Brook Hill Farms
William Kiekhofer, Madison, UW Economics Professor
Harry Steenbock, Madison, Inventor and UW Biochemistry Professor

1950

Alice King Meloche, Madison, Founder and Director, UW Student Employment Bureau
Halsten J. Thorkelson, Madison, UW Professor and Business Manager

1951

Howard Potter, Chicago, Insurance Broker, Marsh and McLennen; UW Foundation President
Oscar Rennebohm, Madison, 32nd Governor of Wisconsin

1952

Harry Adams, Beloit, Wisconsin, Director, Mutual Benefit Insurance Company and Mayor of Beloit
Edgar B. Gordon, Madison, UW Music Education Professor
Arthur Nielsen, Sr., Chicago, Founder, AC Nielsen Company and American Market Analyst

1953

Charles Rogers, Chicago, County Judge and City Attorney
Gretchen Schoenleber, Milwaukee, President, Ambrosia Chocolate Co.

1954

Conrad Elvehjem, Madison, Biochemist and UW President
Warren Knowles, Milwaukee, 37th Governor of Wisconsin

1955

William Hoard, Jr., Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, President and Manager, Hoard’s Dairyman Farm
Phillip Reed, New York, Chairman, International General Electric Company

Alumni of the Year Award

1956

Helen Browne Hobart, Winnetka, Illinois, Member of UW Board of Visitors and Conservation Activist
Joseph Jackson, Madison, WWI Colonel; Helped Establish UW Arboretum
Frank Weston, Madison, UW Professor of Medicine and Physician

1957

Walter Frautschi, Madison, Chairman of the Board, Webcrafters Inc.

1958

Constance Elvehjem, Madison, UW’s “First Lady,” University and Community Service

1959

Oscar Rennebohm, Madison, 32nd Governor of Wisconsin and President of the UW Foundation

1960

Howard Potter, Chicago, Vice President, Insurance Broker, Marsh & McLennan

1961

Donald Slichter, Milwaukee, President, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

1962

A. John Berge, Madison, Longtime Executive Director, Wisconsin Alumni Association

Distinguished Service Award

1963

Harry Bullis, Minneapolis, President, General Mills

1964

Joseph Cutler, Milwaukee, Chairman of the Board, Johnson Service Co.
Ralph Johnson, New York, Partner, Smith, Barney and Co.
LeRoy Peterson, New York, Chairman of the Board, Otis Elevator Co.
Mary Fowler Rennebohm, Madison, Civic Leader and Former Wisconsin First Lady
Harlan Rogers, Portage, Wisconsin, Attorney, Rogers and Owen Law firm

1965

Frank Birch, Milwaukee, President and Treasurer, BirchKraft Inc.
Robin Buerki, Detroit, Former Executive Director, Henry Ford Hospital
Ralph E. Davis, Houston, Prominent Geologist and Petroleum Engineer
Raymond Rowland, St. Louis, CEO, Ralston Purina Co.
Helen C. White, Madison, UW-Madison English Professor and Department Chair; Author

1966

William Balderston, Philadelphia, Former Chairman, Philco Corporation
Timothy Brown, Madison, Former Chief Justice, Wisconsin State Supreme Court
Melvin Laird, Washington, D.C., Republican Congressman and U.S. Secretary of Defense
Irwin Maier, Milwaukee, Publisher, Milwaukee Journal
Malcolm Whyte, Milwaukee, Attorney, Civic Leader
Katharine Wright, Chicago, Vice President, Medical Staff, Fairview Hospital Chicago

1967

Kate Huber, Indianapolis, Social Worker and Indianapolis Alumni Chapter Leader
Lloyd Larson, Milwaukee, Sports Editor, Milwaukee Sentinel
William Murphy, Philadelphia, President of Campbell Soup Company
William Sarles, Madison, Professor and Chair of UW Bacteriology Department
John Van Vleck, Boston, Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist and Mathematician
Rudolph Zimmerman, Milwaukee, VP of Pabst Brewing Company and President of UW Foundation

1968

Karl Beyer Jr., Philadelphia, Pharmacology Researcher
Catherine Cleary, Milwaukee, Executive Vice President and Director, First Wisconsin Trust Co.
Anthony Curreri, Madison, Director, Division of Clinical Oncology, UW Medical School
William Kellett, Neenah, Wisconsin, Former President, Kimberly Clark Co.
Fredric March, New York, Academy Award-Winning Actor
Haakon Romnes, New York, Chair of the Board, AT&T

1969

Don Anderson, Madison, Publisher, Wisconsin State Journal
Helen Bunge, Madison, Dean, School of Nursing
Wilbur Cohen, Washington, D.C., Seventh U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elroy Hirsch, Madison, UW Director of Athletics
Allen Slichter, Milwaukee, Chair of the Board, Pelton Steel Casting Co.

1970

Emily Baldwin, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Director, Consolidated Papers, Inc.
Jenkin Jones, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Editor and Publisher, Tulsa Tribune
James Lovell, Jr., Seabrook, Texas, Astronaut, Apollo 13
Arthur Mansfield, Madison, UW Baseball Coach
Harold Rusch, Princeton, New Jersey, Director, UW McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
Gordon Walker, Racine, Wisconsin, President and Director, Walker Forge, Inc.; UW Regent

1971

Alan Ameche, Philadelphia, NFL Football Player, Entrepreneur
Anthony DeLorenzo, Detroit, Vice President, Public Relations, General Motors
Philip Falk, Madison, Superintendent, Madison Schools
Elizabeth McCoy, Madison, UW Bacteriology Professor and Researcher
Carl Steiger, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Director and Vice President, UW Foundation
Kurt Wendt, Madison, Dean, UW College of Engineering

1972

Margaret H’Doubler, Madison, UW Dance Professor and Founder of Modern Dance in Higher Education
Raymond Dvorak, Madison, Longtime UW Band Director, Composer and Author
Evan Helfaer, Milwaukee, Philanthropist
Samuel Lenher, Hockessin, Delaware, Former Vice President, DuPont Company
Robert Spitzer, Burlington, Wisconsin, President and General Manager, Murphy Products Co., Inc.
Lewis Weeks, Westport, Connecticut, Geologist, Philanthropist, Former Standard Oil Executive

1973

Martin Below, Chicago, Senior Vice President, Kieffer-Nolde Engineering Co.
Lester Clemons, Milwaukee, Attorney and UW Foundation President
Lowell Frautschi, Madison, UW and Community Service Leader
Mark Ingraham, Madison, UW Mathematics Professor and Former Dean of College of Letters & Science
Larry Luberg, Madison, UW System Dean for Public Service
Herbert Prochnow, Chicago, Director and Former President, First National Bank of Chicago

1974

Sam Ogle, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, First Executive Secretary, Wisconsin Retail Merchants Association
Walter Renk, Madison, CEO and President, Renk Enterprises
Margaret Russell, Madison, UW and Community Service
Whitney Seymour, New York, Past President, American Bar Association
John Walsh, Madison, Attorney and Former UW Head Boxing Coach
James Watrous, Madison, UW Art History Professor Who Helped Establish Elvehjem Museum

1975

Robert Beyer, Philadelphia, Former Managing Partner, Touche Ross and Company
Porter Butts, Madison, Inaugural Wisconsin Union Director and Student Union Pioneer
Glen Eye, Madison, UW Emeritus Professor and Chair of the Education Department
Mrs. William Lamont, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Former South Dakota State Senator and South Dakota Mother of the Year
William Nathenson, Chicago, Senior Partner, Nathenson & Gussin

1976

Norman Becker, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Surgeon
Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Madison, President, Chase Fitzpatrick, Ltd.
Frederick Haberman, Madison, Professor and Chair, Speech Department, UW-Madison
Charles Newlin, Chicago, Vice President, Continental Bank
Joy Teschner, Milwaukee, First Woman President, Milwaukee County Park Commission

1977

Henry Ahlgren, Madison, U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture
William Beers, Chicago, Chair and CEO of Kraft, Inc.
Carl Krieger, Philadelphia, Vice President, Campbell Soup Company
Betty Vaughn, Madison, Community Service Leader
John and Ruberta Weaver, Madison. John: President, UW System; Ruberta, UW’s “First Lady”

1978

Gerald and Joyce Bartell, Madison. Gerald: Founder of Bartell Media Corporation; Joyce: UW and Community Service
Newman Halvorson, Cleveland, Former Partner, Ernst & Ernst
Ed Rosten, Madison, Managing Director, WARF
Truman Torgerson, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, General Manager, Lake to Lake Dairy Cooperative
James Vaughan, Chicago, Vice President, Square D Company
Audrey Walsh, Madison, UW and Community Service

1979

Robert Draper, Ridgeway, Colorado, President, Western Community Planners, Inc.
Olaf Hougen, Madison, Emeritus Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering Department, UW-Madison
Harlan Nicholls, Madison, Executive Vice President, First Wisconsin Bank of Madison
Fannie Taylor, Madison, Professor and Former Union Theater Director, UW-Madison
Jane Werner Watson, Santa Barbara, California, Children’s Book Author
Robert Wilson, Madison, Senior Vice President, Valley Bank

1980

George Affeldt, Milwaukee, Attorney and National “W” Club President
Willard Aschenbrener, Scottsdale, Arizona, President of American Bank & Trust Company of Racine
Earl Jordan, Chicago, General Agent, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Oscar Mayer, Madison, Former Chairman of the Board, Oscar Mayer Corp.
Edwin and Phyllis Young, Madison. Edwin: UW-Madison Chancellor and Economics Professor; Phyllis: UW’s “First Lady”

1981

Ira and Ineva Baldwin, Madison; Ira: Emeritus UW Vice President and Bacteriology Professor, UW-Madison; Ineva, Botanist and Civic Leader
P. Goff Beach, Madison, Chairman and CEO, Oscar Mayer Corp.
Diane Johnson, Madison, Assistant to Director of Athletics, UW-Madison
Max Karl, Milwaukee, Founder, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.
Glenn Pound, La Jolla, California, Former Dean, College of Agriculture, UW-Madison

1982

William Draves, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Managing Editor, Fond du Lac Reporter
Clara Penniman, Madison, Professor, Political Science, UW-Madison
Harold Scales, Madison, Chief Executive Officer, Madison’s Anchor Savings and Loan
H. Douglas Weaver, Jupiter, Florida, Attorney

1983

Thomas Fitzpatrick, Boston, Harvard Dermatology Professor and Department Chair
Bernhard Mautz, Sr., Madison, Chairman of the Board, Mautz Paint and Glass Co.
Jerry McNeely, Beverly Hills, California, Executive Producer, 20th-Century Fox-TV
Arthur Nielsen, Jr., Chicago, Chair of the Board and CEO, AC Nielsen Company

1984

Joyce Erdman, Madison, Director, Marshall Erdman and Associates
James McManus, Westport, Connecticut, Chair and President, Marketing Corporation of America
Clare Rice, San Diego, California, President, Rockwell International
F. Frederick Stender, Madison, President, Madison National Life Insurance

1985

Harvey Clements, Chicago, Senior Vice President, Foote Cone and Belding
Lucille Kimball, Madison, Pianist
Frederick Rehm, Milwaukee, Environmental Engineer
Brenton Rupple, Milwaukee, Chair of the Board, Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc.

Distinguished Alumni Award

1986

Mildred Becker, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, UW and Community Service
Dr. Henry Lardy, Madison, Biochemistry Professor, UW-Madison
Margaret Nielsen, West Bend, Wisconsin, Nurse and Public Service Leader
Jonathan Pellegrin, Milwaukee, Chairman of the Board, Johnson Hill Press Inc.
Daniel J. Travanti, Pacific Palisades, California, Actor

1987

Joseph Barnett, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Partner, Foley and Lardner
Hector De Luca, Deerfield, Wisconsin, Biochemistry Professor, UW-Madison, Vitamin D Pioneer
Alfred DeSimone, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Agent, Equitable Financial Services
Frank Remington, Madison, Law Professor, UW-Madison

1988

Robert Froehlke, Minneapolis, CEO, IDS Mutual Fund Group
Marie Gadsden, Washington, D.C., Deputy Director, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Eric Hagerup, Milwaukee, Former Vice President, First Wisconsin Trust Company; UW and Community Service Leader
Herman Smith, Atlanta, Professor of Higher Education and Consultant to the President, University of Georgia-Athens

1989

Jack Kellner, Grafton, Wisconsin, President, Western Industries Inc
W. Robert Koch, Madison, CEO, American Family Life Insurance Co.
Walter Mirisch, Los Angeles, President and Motion Picture Producer, Mirisch Corporation
Robert Rennebohm, Madison, Longtime President of UW Foundation

1990

James Cleary, Northridge, California, President, California State University-Northridge
Louis Holland, Glen Ellen, Illinois, Financial Advisor and Co-Founder of Hahn, Holland & Grossman
Arlie Mucks, Jr., Madison, Longtime Executive Director of the Wisconsin Alumni Association
Artha-Jean Towell, Madison, UW, Civic and Community Service

1991

Barbara Crabb, Madison, Chief Federal Judge, Western District, U.S. District Court
Susan Davis, Washington, D.C., Chair and CEO of Susan Davis Companies
Wade Fetzer III, Chicago, Partner, Goldman Sachs & Company
Robert Teague, Monmouth, New Jersey, TV Newscaster, WNBC New York

1992

Nelvia Brady, Chicago, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Kathryn Clarenbach, Madison, Co-Founder and First Chair, National Organization for Women
Carleton Holstrom, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Retired CFO, Bear Stearns & Co
Arthur Hove, Madison, Longtime Assistant to UW-Madison Chancellor, Unofficial Campus Historian

1993

Carol Bartz, Sausalito, California, CEO, Autodesk
Pam Johnson, Ithaca, New York, Publisher of Ithaca Journal
Albert Nicholas, Milwaukee, CEO, Nicholas Company, Inc.
Tawat Wichaidit, Bangkok, Secretary to Prime Minister of Thailand

1994

Shirley Abrahamson, Madison, Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jeff Greenfield, New York, TV Journalist and Columnist
I-Shuan Sun, Taipei, Taiwan, Chairman, Banking Institute, Republic of China
Sidney Williams, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Executive Director of Domestic Patents, Upjohn

1995

Alma Baron, Madison, Emerita Professor of Management, UW-Extension
Jean Manchester Biddick, Madison, Chair, Neesvigs, Inc.
E. David Cronon, Madison, Longtime Dean of the College of Letters & Science and History Professor, UW-Madison
Philip Kaiser, Washington, D.C., U.S. Ambassador who Served under Four Presidents
Charles Thomas, Glencoe, Illinois, Former Superintendent of Schools, North Chicago

1996

Russell Christesen, Destin, Florida, Former President and COO, Ebasco Services, Inc.
Leon Epstein, Madison, Emeritus Political Science Professor, UW-Madison
Elzie Higginbottom, Chicago, CEO, East Lake Management and Development Corporation
Judith Sweet, La Jolla, California, First Woman President of NCAA

1997

Stephen Ambrose, Helena, Montana, Noted Historical Author
David Beckwith, Milwaukee, Partner and Attorney, Foley & Lardner
Donald Procknow, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Emeritus Vice Chair of the Board, AT&T Technologies
Linda Wilson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, President of Radcliffe College

1998

Robert Burris, Madison, Biochemistry Professor Emeritus, UW-Madison
Ted Kellner, Mequon, Wisconsin, Executive Chairman, Fiduciary Management Inc.
Harvey Meyerhoff, Baltimore, Maryland, Philanthropist
Carol Skornicka, Milwaukee, Vice President, Midwest Airlines Inc.

1999

Marla Ahlgrimm, Madison, Founder and Chair, Women’s Health America
Charlene Barshefsky, Washington, D.C., U.S. Trade Representative
Oscar Boldt, Appleton, Wisconsin, Owner and Chair, The Boldt Group
Erik Bye, Norway, Norwegian Television Journalist, Poet and Author
Carlton Highsmith, Hamden, Connecticut, President, Specialized Packaging Group Inc.
Yoshiyuki Kasai, Japan, President, Central Japan Railway Company
Tai Sik Lee, Korea, Professor of Civil Engineering, Hanyang University
Ibrahim Saad, Malaysia, Deputy Minister of Transport
Chai-Anan Samudavanija, Thailand, Political Activist, Political Science Professor, and Author
M. Aman Wirakartakusumah, Indonesia, Rector of Bogor Agricultural University
Tsong-Shien Wu, Taiwan, Agricultural Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University

2000

Doris Meissner, Washington, D.C., Commissioner of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pongsak Payakvichien, Bangkok, Thailand, Newspaper and Magazine Publisher
Thomas Pyle, Jr., Madison, Chair and President, The Pyle Group
Peter Tong, Vancouver, Washington, President, Mandarin Management Partners Inc.

2001

Andre De Shields, New York, Actor and Director
Conchita Poncini-Jimenez, Geneva, Switzerland, President of United Nations NGO Committee on the Status of Women
Richard Schoofs, Moraga, California, President, Schoofs, Inc.
William H. Young, Madison, Economics Professor and Founder of Center to Train International Students, UW-Madison

2002

James Burgess, Madison, Publisher, Wisconsin State Journal
Kenneth Ciriacks, Chicago, Former Vice President of Technology, Amoco Corporation
Lawrence Eagleburger, Charlottesville, Virginia, Former U.S. Secretary of State, Charlottesville, VA
Joy Picus, Woodland Hills, California, Member of Los Angeles City Council; UW and Community Service