Past DAA Recipients

Distinguished Alumni Award: 1986–Present

2016

• John Daniels MS’72
• Judith Faulkner MS’67
• Doris Weisberg ‘58

2015

• Geraldine Hines JD’71
• Steven Levitan ‘84
• Alice McPherson ’48, MD ‘51
• Michael Shannon ‘80

2014

• Herbert “Herb” H. Kohl ’56
• Allan “Bud” H. Selig ’56

2013

• Iris Apfel ’43
• Laurie Benson ’75
• Vel Phillips LLB’51
• Michael Splinter ’72, MS’74

2012

• Carl Djerassi PhD’45, co-inventor of birth control pill; author and playwright
• Kay Koplovitz ’67, cable TV pioneer who founded USA Network; first female TV network president
• Cora Marrett MA’65, PhD’68, sociologist and deputy director of National Science Foundation
• William Shernoff JD’62, attorney and father of bad-faith insurance law
• Ben Sidran ’67, jazz musician, music producer, and author

2011

• Dennis Dimick MS’74, Arlington, Virginia, Executive Editor, National Geographic Magazine
• Krishna Ella PhD’93, Hyderabad, India, Founder, Bharat Biotech
• Dong-soo Hur MS’68, PhD’71, Seoul, South Korea, Chair, GS Caltex Corporation
• Kamoltip Payakvichien MA’71, Bangkok, Thailand, Chair, Wangree Hotel and Resort
• Aicardo Roa-Espinosa MS’85, PhD’89, Madison, Wisconsin, President, SoilNet, LLC
• Stephen Roach ’68, Hong Kong, Chair, Morgan Stanley Asia
• Carol Toussaint ’51, Madison, Wisconsin, Consultant and Owner, Vantage Point
• David Walsh BBA’65, Madison, Wisconsin, UW Regent and Attorney, Foley and Lardner

2010

• Robert Barnett ’68 and Rita Braver ’70, Washington, D.C.; Robert: Partner at Williams and Connolly; Rita: Reporter with CBS News Sunday Morning
• Haynes Johnson MS’56 and Kathryn Oberly ’71, JD’73, Washington, D.C.; Haynes: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Author; Kathryn: Associate Judge on D.C. Court of Appeals
• Arnold Weiss ’51, LLB’53, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Former Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets Corp.; Discovered Adolf Hitler’s Last Will and Political Testament

2009

• Walt Bogdanich, Port Washington, New York, Investigative Editor, New York Times
• Peter and Susan Straub, New York City; Peter: Acclaimed Horror Novelist; Susan: Director of The Read to Me Project
• Peter Weil, Los Angeles, Managing Partner, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard & Shapiro
• Jean Wilkowski, Naples, Florida, Former U.S. Ambassador, Held Key Positions in the State Department

2008

• Joanne Disch ’68, Minneapolis, Professor, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
• Truman Lowe MFA’73, Madison, Art Professor and Sculptor, UW-Madison
• Sheldon ’51, LLB’53 and Marianne x’54 Lubar, Milwaukee; Sheldon: Founder and Chair, Lubar Co.; Marianne: Community Service
• Linnea Smith ’81, MD’84, Black Earth, Wisconsin, and Peru, Physician and Founder of the Amazon Medical Project
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Shihoko Fujiwara ’03, Tokyo, Japan, Coordinator of Polaris Project (Fights Human Trafficking)
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Stephen Turner ’91, Menlo Park, California, Founder, Pacific Biosciences

2007

• Jerome Chazen BA’48 and Simona Chivian Chazen x’49, New York City; Jerome: CEO, Liz Claiborne; Simona: Psychotherapist
• Ernest Darkoh BS’93, Johannesburg, South Africa, Chair, Broadreach Healthcare
• Harry Spiegelberg BS’59, Appleton, Wisconsin, Vice President, Kimberly-Clark Corp.
• Frances Shuter Taylor BSE’68, Madison, CEO, BA Asia Ltd.

• Distinguished Young Alumni Award

  : Susan Chapman MBA’98, Brooklyn, New York, Global Head of Operations, Citigroup Realty Services

2006

• Jeffrey Bartell ’65, JD’68, Madison, Partner, Quarles and Bradley
• Russell Peterson ’39, PhD’47, Wilmington, Delaware, President, National Audubon Society
• Pat Richter ’64, JD’71, Madison, Former UW-Madison Athletic Director
• Judith Hicks Stiehm ’57, Santa Monica, California, Professor, Political Science; Women’s Right Advocate and Author
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Jean Geran PhD’01, Washington, D.C., International Human Rights Activist
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Ben Karlin ’93, Brooklyn, New York, Executive Producer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

2005

• Florence Chenoweth, New York City, Executive Director of Food & Agriculture Organization, United Nations
• Paul Collins, London, England, Retired Vice Chair, Citigroup
• Elliot Lehman, Wilmette, Illinois Co-Chair Emeritus, Fel-Pro Inc.
• John and Tashia Morgridge, Portola Valley, California, Philanthropists; John: Chair Emeritus, Cisco Systems; Tashia: Teacher of Disabled Children
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Anthony Shadid, Washington, D.C., Islamic Affairs Correspondent, Washington Post

2004

• Jane Kaczmarek, Los Angeles, Actress
• Gaylord Nelson, Washington, D.C., Founder of Earth Day and Former Governor of Wisconsin
• Tadashi Okamura, Tokyo, Japan, Chair, President and CEO, Toshiba Corporation
• Joan Spero, New York City, President, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
• Mark Saxenmeyer, Chicago, TV Reporter for Chicago’s Fox Affiliate

2003

• Bernard Easterday, Madison, Founding Dean of UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine
• Thomas Hefty, Elm Grove, Illinois, CEO of Cobalt Corporation
• John Rowe, Chicago, Chair, Exelon Corporation
• Nancy Sennett, Fox Point, Wisconsin, Managing Partner, Foley & Lardner
• Tommy Thompson, Washington, D.C., Secretary of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Former Governor of Wisconsin
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Tricia Hamrin, Minneapolis, President and CEO, UpFront Productions, Inc.

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
• Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Winslow Sargeant, Silver Spring, Maryland, Engineer and Program Director with National Science Foundation

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

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.

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
• C.K. Chow, London, chair of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
• 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Distinguished Service Award: 1963–1985

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.

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

1963

• Harry Bullis, Minneapolis, President, General Mills

Alumni of the Year Award: 1956–1962

1962

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

1961

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

1960

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

1959

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

1958

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

1957

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

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

Certificate of Appreciation: 1936–1955

1955

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

1954

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

1953

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

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

1951

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

1950

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

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

1948

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

1947

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

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

1945

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

1944

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

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

1942

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

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

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

1939

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

1938

• Myron Harshaw, Chicago, President, Wisconsin Alumni Association

1937

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

1936

• Walter Alexander, Milwaukee, Entrepreneur

Please note: the titles listed here represent the positions the honorees held at the time they received their awards. Many later went on to fill other prestigious roles.