Alumni Awards
2012 Alumni Honorees
Alumnus of the Year, Joshua M. Samaniego, '97 and '02
Alumna of the Year, Michelle Pauly Long '87
Alumni Volunteer of the Year, Joan Lemke Ortner '62
Alumni Volunteer of the Year, Martin W. Read '62
Hall of Fame, Martin V. Ponder '62
Hall of Fame, Marti Connell Schneider '62
Hall of Fame, Betty Willman Trevino '62
Hall of Fame, Hubert C. Watkins '52
Hall of Fame
This award is given to an individual who brings honor to Southwestern Adventist University by way of personal or professional accomplishments. The candidate has completed a lifetime or many years of service for either church, community, civic, or social organizations. He is she is a role model for young people, and a supporter of the University. The honor is given for a lifetime of service, as opposed to any special accomplishment within the last 12-month period. This award may be bestowed posthumously.
1979
Clarence W. Dortch (1915)
Mary Woodward (1923)
Flora Moyers (1925)
Ole and Zora Mattison (1921)
1980
Daniel A. McAdams (1931)
Penny Estes Wheeler (1963)
Ray Turner (1932)
Oida Cloninger Turner (1930)
1981
Ben Hassenpflug (1928)
Anna Stone Beem (1923)
Raleigh Burchfield (1925)
Edith Burchfield (1925)
1982
Rex Callicott (1914)
Oakley Callicott (1909)
Ella Winn Hart (1917)
Ruth Gantz Weis (1945)
1983
Ernest B. Fisher (1953)
Luther Selby (1941)
W.S. Greer (Faculty: 1893)
Letha Taylor (1919)
1984
Evangeline Green Mattison (1929)
Howard H. Mattison (1928)
H. H. Hamilton (President: 1944)
Mintie Truitt (1921)
1985
Noel H. Kinzer (1926)
L.G. Small (1935)
Lessie Culpepper Hagen (1923)
W. E. Nelson (President: 1916-1921)
1986
George M. Mathews (1924)
Marie Powell Redwin (1956)
Howard H. Voss (1946)
Cassius Boone Hughes (Principle: 1983 - 1915)
1987
Jimmie C. Culpepper (1927)
Hubert V. Reed (1932)
Lillie Belle Clouse Sanders (1947)
Willard B. Johnson (1932)
1988
W. Harold Collum, Sr. (1948)
Hilda Fern Remley (1938)
Charles Beeler (1938)
Cyril Miller (1948)
1989
Harold Leroy Hampton (1939)
Kenneth C. Beem (1933)
Lee E. Carter (1926)
G. Thomas Carter (1949)
Edmond Danvers Clifford (1939)
1990
Ross L. Curtess, Jr. (1935)
George H. Fisher (1950)
Nell Beem Gordon (1930)
Clarence M. Laue (1940)
1991
Sandra Anderson Bokovoy (1951)
Mildred Mattison Case (1951)
Morris Lowry (1936)
Robert Rider (1951)
1992
Herbert Hopps (1942)
Lawrence G. Scales (President: 1967 - 1989)
Anna Pearson Simpson (Faculty: 1967 - 1989)
Mary Zeline Dilden Winsett (1928)
1993
Morris D. Lewis (Faculty: 1948 - 1965)
Carol Kvinge Sample (1943 & 1983; Faculty: 1967 - 1989)
E. Frank Sherrill (1943)
Donald Dale Whitcomb (1948)
1994
All Faculty & Staff
1995
Lyndon E. Davis (1940; Faculty: 1956 - 1971)
Lewis J. Larson (1972; Faculty: 1969 - 1976)
Sara Martinez (1945 & 1947)
Ross H. Seasley, Jr. (1940 & 1941)
1996
Jeanine Dilts (Faculty: 1968 - 1996)
Altus Hayes (1936 & 1938; Faculty: 1956 - 1965)
George Thomson (1938; Faculty: 1951 - 1965)
Dudley Tomblinson (1940; Trustee: 1975 - 2002)
1997
Virginia Pate Hayes (1942; Faculty; 1957 - 1958)
Griffith Francis Jones (1901)
Charles F. Leffler, Sr. (1947; Trustee: 1995 - 2004)
Charles O’Dell Jr. (1945; Staff: 1991 - 2000)
1998
Walter Bolinger (Staff: 1980 - 1999)
LeRoy Leiske (President: 1971 - 1974)
Essie Lee Davidson Loewen (1943)
William Wiist (1943; Trustee: 1971 - 1973)
1999
Evea Bainum (1943)
Gayle Rhoads (1952)
Harvey Roberts (Faculty: 1944 - 1979)
P. Harlan Wilson (Staff: 1949)
2000
C. Carlton Blackburn (1932)
Ella Evans Hughes (Faculty: 1893)
Morris C. Lowry (1936; Faculty: 1956 - Present)
Fran Mosley (Faculty: 1982 - 1998)
2001
C. C. Lewis (Faculty: 1897-1902)
Richard M. Norman (Faculty: 1969 - 1999)
Shirley Benedict Pinterich (Faculty: 1967 - Present)
Max A. Trevino (1961)
2002
Katie Towerton Lamb (1957)
Ruth Selby Martin (1932)
Marvin Montgomery (1947)
Marvin Moore (1957)
2003
William H. Elder (1943)
Franklin R. House (1953)
Roger L. Miller (1953)
Del Parkins Saldecke (1938)
2004
Jean Heinbaugh Wilson-Fitch (1949)
Ivanette Woodall Hopps (1939)
John K. Perryman (1954)
Marjorie Yates Stowe (1944)
2005
Wilma Jones Hepker (1950)
Stephen Youngberg (1940)
Jack Clarke (1945)
Daniel I. Coggin (1939)
2006
Harold A. Drake (1949 & 1954)
SteGaylen W. Johnson (1956)
Loneta Richter Pauly (1941)
Robert W. Teel (1956)
2007
Raymond G. Hall, Jr. (1957)
Helton R. Fisher (1957)
Marilyn Bennett Justesen (1962)
Earline Westphal Miller (1957)
2008
Jim Hoehn (1958, 1960)
Roxy Youngs Hoehn (1958, 1969)
Wanda Perry Smith (1966)
Jerry D. Thomas (1983)
2009
Carol Woodlee Bradley (1974)
Darrell E. Beyer (1974)
Thomas S. Hinde (1962-1966)
Connie Jensen Stutchman (1959)
2010
Marjorie Vinyard Hope (1970)
Anna Becker Karmy (1935)
Charlotte Runge Larkin (1990)
Mitchell A. Tyner (1960)
2011
David A. Bolivar (1966)
Tomasia Pinter Leatherwood (1961)
Gerald J. Mitchell (1966)
Rosa Lee Tubbs (1971)
2012
Marvin V. Ponder (1962)
Marti Connell Schneider (1962)
Betty Willman Trevino (1962)
Hubert C. Watkins (1952)
Alumni of the Year
This award would be bestowed based upon the honors awarded by other civic and social organizations that enhance the standing of the SWAU Alumni member. The recipient has attained a degree of career or business success. He or she is an appropriate role model for young people and a supporter of SWAU. The candidate has recent outstanding accomplishments, not necessarily based on a lifetime of service to include young alumni members who qualify.
1979
Alumna - Josephine Benton (1944)
Alumnus - Cree Sandefur (1932)
1980
Alumna - Paulene Moddrell Barnett (1940)
Alumnus - Wilbert Schneider (1938)
1981
Alumna - Mary Ann Wright Hadley (1979)
Alumnus - George Thompson (1938)
1982
Alumna - Lockie Gifford (1938)
Alumnus - Frank Knittel (1944)
1983
Alumna - Lenoa Kent Jones (1942)
Alumnus - Norman W. Dunn (1919)
1984
Alumna - Sheree Paris Nudd (1977)
Alumnus - Michael Wiist (1976)
1985
Alumna - Rosalie Haffner Lee (1951)
Alumnus - Robert T. Hadley, Jr. (1961)
1986
Alumna - Arlene Tucker (1978)
Alumnus M. Wayne Longhofer (1961)
1987
Alumna - Betty Bell Gibbs (1957)
Alumnus - Lloyd Funkhouser (1947)
alumnus - Don Schneider (1962)
1988
Alumna - Jo Ellen Barnard Walton (1958)
Alumnus - George Arthur Shaw (1958)
1989
Alumna - Harriet Carite Clark (1969)
Alumnus - Chester Van Clark, Jr. (1969)
1990
Alumna - Roxanna Youngs Hoehn (1960)
Alumnus - David Hope (1965)
1991
Alumna - Joleene Hobson Barren (1971)
Alumnus - L. Stephen Gifford (1961)
1992
Alumna - Nina Martinez (1987)
Alumnus - Marvin Ponder (1962)
1993
Alumna - Carolyn Clark Buckingham ( 1958)
Alumnus 0 Jeff Bromme (1983)
1994
All Faculty and Staff
1995
Alumna - George Ann Adcock Steiner (1955 & 1957)
Alumnus - John Hopps (1965 & 1970)
1996
Alumna - Gayle Whitacre Tucker (1976)
Alumnus - Jak Morris (1971)
1997
Alumna - Barbara Nix Wareham (1947)
Alumnus - Jay Perez (1982)
1998
Alumna - Stephanie Beary Johnson (1973)
Alumnus - Dan Houghton (1973)
1999
Alumna - Joyce Allen (1979)
Alumnus - John Shoemaker (1977)
2000
Alumna - Joanna L. Bokovoy (1980)
Alumnus - Lawrence E. Brown (1985)
2001
Alumna - Deborah Nez Tso (1986)
Alumnus - Michael E. Agee (1981)
2002
Alumna - Janice McLean Miller (1977)
Alumnus - Stephen Orian (1972)
2003
Alumna - Angelia Garner Montoya (1983)
Alumnus - Vernon D. Morgan (1978)
2004
Alumna - Judy Lindsay Leach (1984)
Alumnus - Ivan Bartolome (1989)
Alumnus - Russell Chin (1989)
2005
Alumna - Nancy Kimbrow (1975)
Alumnus - Erik Harrison Nieves (1990)
2006
Alumna - Clara Scheffler Cavallaro (1976)
Alumnus - Pete M. Weber ( 1981)
2007
Alumna - Terri Voth Romero (1992)
Alumnus - Dean F. Turk (1982)
2008
Alumna - Kuk-Wha “Betty” Lee (1988)
Alumnus - Stanley C. Sicher (1983)
2009
Alumna - Michelle Abrams Beeson (1989)
Alumnus - Edmund L. Fry II (1984)
2010
Alumna - Noemi Gonzalez Blanco (1980)
Alumnus - William Kevin Sellers (1985)
2011
Alumna - Lisa M. Ortner (1996)
Alumnus - Randall L. Roberts (1981)
2012
Alumnus - Joshua M. Samaniego (1997 and 2002)
Alumna - Michelle Pauly Long (1987)
Volunteers of the Year
1992
Ben Putnam (1936)
Helen Grace Bryan Putnam (1936)
1993
Claude Dortch, Jr. (1935)
Lucille Masters Dortch (1936)
1994
All Faculty and Staff
1995
Howard Voss (1944 & 1946)
Jean Nix Voss (1944 & 1946)
1996
W. A. Moore (1931)
Loree Moore
W. A. Alexander (1932)
Lucille Alexander
1997
Jere Putnam (1957)
Karen Haddock Putnam (1962)
1998
Flora Alexander Lindsey (1942)
Joyce Benefield Shaw (1959)
1999
Judy McPhail Herriman (1959)
2000
Christine Adams (1992)
2001
Yddo Ortiz (1962)
2002
Dale Hainey (Faculty: 1977 - Present)
John Page (1992)
2003
Frank Peterson (1944)
Jean Nix Peterson (1946)
2004
Lillie Belle Clouse Sanders (1947)
2005
Rick Weaver (1992)
T’resa Noodel Weaver (1991)
2006
Robert and MaryAnn Wright Hadley (1962/1979)
2007
Robert and Vivian Rabun Cooper (Former Faculty)
2008
Mickey Johnson (1978)
2009
Donna Adams Barroso (1973)
2010
Lillian Sanford Davis (1960)
2011
Timothy P.Sinclair (1979)
2012
Joan Lemke Ortner (1962)
Martin W. Read (1962)