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.
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