Alumni Award Recipients
Alumni Service Award
Mr. James Lynn Adams
Dr. David Mois Albala M.D.
Mr. William Richardson Armstrong
Ms. Lural Annice Baltimore
Dr. Roger Lee Bandeen D.D.S.
Mr. John Depew Barkham
Ms. Lynn Marie Bechtel
Mr. Thomas Allen Benner
Mr. Lawrence Peter Bentz
Mr. John L. Black
Mr. Michael Angelo Bosco
Mrs. Kathryn Gardner Bosco
Mr. Arthur F. Brandstatter
Ms. Molly Kristin Brennan
Dr. Anne E. Brooks D.O.
Mr. Henry Charles Bullough
Ms. Ann C. Burnett
Mr. Matthew M. Cantwell
Matthew: B.A. & M.S. in Professional Accounting, 2004, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Corporate Controller of SC Industries Colorado Springs, CO Sarah: B.A. in Social Relations, 2003, James Madison College, Michigan State University M.P.A. in Public Administration, 2005, College of Social Science, Michigan State University M.S. in Fundraising Management, 2010, Columbia University VP of Institutional Advancement for U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation Colorado Springs, CO Matt and Sarah Cantwell are dedicated Spartans who have made a significant impact at MSU and in two of MSUs largest markets, NYC and Chicago. In particular, the Cantwells provided significant leadership and support in the development of Sparty Ball, a best-in-class alumni gala that has raised significant support for Chicago Spartans MSU funds. Matthew holds a B.S. and M.S. from the Eli Broad College of Business and is currently the Corporate Controller of SC Industries. Sarah has two degrees from MSU; a B.A. from James Madison and an M.P.A from the College of Social Science. She also holds a M.S. from Columbia University and currently works as the VP of Institutional Advancement for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation. As an alum of James Madison College, Sarah continues to engage with the college. Both the Cantwells have dedicated considerable time and treasure at the international and national level through their service and leadership on the Alumni Advisory Board, with Sarah serving as president for two years. Additionally, the Cantwells have held leadership roles with the MSU Alumni Club of Metro Chicago, the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, and the MSU Alumni Club of Greater New York. The Cantwells are members of the Kedzie, Spartan Bold, Captains Club, JMC Lifetime Founders Circle, and Landon Legacy giving societies. The impact of their leadership, engagement with other Spartans and alumni clubs, service to the community in and outside the alumni arena, and philanthropic contributions to MSU are stellar examples of what the Alumni Service Award represents.
Ms. Sarah M. Cantwell
Matthew: B.A. & M.S. in Professional Accounting, 2004, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Corporate Controller of SC Industries Colorado Springs, CO Sarah: B.A. in Social Relations, 2003, James Madison College, Michigan State University M.P.A. in Public Administration, 2005, College of Social Science, Michigan State University M.S. in Fundraising Management, 2010, Columbia University VP of Institutional Advancement for U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation Colorado Springs, CO Matt and Sarah Cantwell are dedicated Spartans who have made a significant impact at MSU and in two of MSUs largest markets, NYC and Chicago. In particular, the Cantwells provided significant leadership and support in the development of Sparty Ball, a best-in-class alumni gala that has raised significant support for Chicago Spartans MSU funds. Matthew holds a B.S. and M.S. from the Eli Broad College of Business and is currently the Corporate Controller of SC Industries. Sarah has two degrees from MSU; a B.A. from James Madison and an M.P.A from the College of Social Science. She also holds a M.S. from Columbia University and currently works as the VP of Institutional Advancement for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation. As an alum of James Madison College, Sarah continues to engage with the college. Both the Cantwells have dedicated considerable time and treasure at the international and national level through their service and leadership on the Alumni Advisory Board, with Sarah serving as president for two years. Additionally, the Cantwells have held leadership roles with the MSU Alumni Club of Metro Chicago, the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, and the MSU Alumni Club of Greater New York. The Cantwells are members of the Kedzie, Spartan Bold, Captains Club, JMC Lifetime Founders Circle, and Landon Legacy giving societies. The impact of their leadership, engagement with other Spartans and alumni clubs, service to the community in and outside the alumni arena, and philanthropic contributions to MSU are stellar examples of what the Alumni Service Award represents.
Dr. Jim Cash
Mrs. Bonnie Jean Cawley
Mr. Anan Chaikittisilpa
Dr. Louis Champathes Ph.D.
Mr. Marc Sherwood Conlin
Mrs. Barbara Mary Coulter
Mr. Richard E. Cregar
Mr. Raymond Arthur Dault
The Honorable Robert G. David
Mr. John E. Davis
Mr. Kellie Patrick Dean
Mr. Edward D. Deeb
Mr. Leroy Ray Dell
Mr. Thomas Anthony Dutch
Mr. Douglas John Emery
Mrs. Betty Beryl Falcone
Mrs. Karin Edith Falkenstein
Mr. Eugene Billie Farnum
Mr. William T. Fitzpatrick
Ms. Cheryl Marie Gilliam
Dr. Barbara Ann Given Ph.D.
Dr. Ronald Eugene Goldsberry Ph.D.
Mr. Maxwell Asa Goodwin
Dr. Darrell Lynn Grace D.O.
Mrs. Kathryn Ann Grace
Mrs. Janice Marion Granger
Mrs. Kathryn Ann Gray
Dr. Schunichi Hagiwara Ph.D.
Mrs. Janet Goodell Haley
Dr. Ermond Henri Hartmans Ph.D.
Mr. Gregory Francis Hauser J.D.
Mr. David E. Havrilla
Mr. Steven R. Heacock
Mr. Philip J. Hickey
Mr. Philip M. Hoag
Mr. Jack Lawrence Hogan
Mr. Mark E. Hooper
Mr. Edward H. James
Mr. George Darryl Johnson
Mr. Terrence Dale Jorgensen
Mrs. Norene Lynne Keaton
Mr. Robert Frederick Kershaw
Dr. Orville C. Krause D.V.M.
Dr. Thomas Michael Krigas Ph.D.
Mr. Kenneth R. Kucinski
Mr. William B. Larson
Mr. Bruce Ransom Leech
Mr. Richard Dennis Letts
Mr. Merritt Michael Lutz
Dr. Donald Winston Maine
Mr. Michael Alan McDonald
Mr. Robert Courtney McGee
Mr. Jerry Allen McVety
Mr. Gary C. Mescher
Dr. Cynthia Lou Mitchell-Herpolsheimer Ph.D.
Ms. Marilyn C. Mook
Mr. Craig R. Murray
Ms. Lynn Catherine Myers
Mr. Steven H. Noll
Mr. Thomas Phillip Notarainni
Ms. Tamika D. Payne
Mr. Paul L. Peoples
Dr. Patricia Lee Pierce D.O.
Dr. Doris H. Ponitz Ph.D.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Price
Mr. Thomas Albert Riordan
Prof. Santiago Rios
Dr. Myral R. Robbins D.O.
Mr. George Leland Rock
Mr. Robert Richard Rorich
Ms. Ingrid Saunders Jones
Trustee Emeritus Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch
Mrs. Kathleen Nowicki Schwartz
Ms. Elizabeth Z. Schweitzer
Ms. Michelle Anne Scott
Dr. William A. Sederburg Ph.D.
Ms. Elizabeth Anne Shanahan
Mr. Bill J. Somerville J.D.
Mr. Clarence Alan Stewart
Dr. Richard W. Storey D.V.M.
Mr. Ronald C. Teuber
Mr. Roger L. Tremblay
Mr. James L. Tuman
Ms. Susan Jean Unger
Mr. Timothy Joseph Unger
Mr. Cevik Uraz
Mr. Michael R. VanGessel
Mrs. Elizabeth Carlton VanLiere
Mr. Duane R. Vernon
Dr. Donald B. Weatherspoon Ph.D.
Dr. Chuck H. Webb Ph.D.
Mr. James C. Williams
Mr. Stephen P. Wolf
Ms. Karen Bole Wolf
Mr. Robert S. Workman
Mr. Walter A. Wozniak
Mr. Lodewyk P. Zwarensteyn
Distinguished Alumni Award
The Honorable E. Spencer Abraham
Mrs. Julie A. Aigner Clark
Mr. Salvador Enrique Alemany
Dr. Patrick Craig Alguire M.D.
Mr. Darryl Frank Allen
Dr. Edgar Shannon Anderson
Ms. Roberta Grace Applegate
Mr. George R. Ariyoshi
Dr. Anton Eugene Armstrong D.M.A.
Dr. Paul Stuart Armstrong
Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar
Ms. Theda Patricia Assiff-MacGriff
Dr. Felix Antonio Bacigalupo Ph.D.
Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey
Mr. William J. Baker
Dr. Christian Elnathan Baker D.V.M.
Dr. Ray Stannard Baker
Dr. Robert James Baldwin
Dr. James Albert Banks Ph.D.
Dr. Donna Jo Banks Ph.D.
Mr. Leonard Rudolph Barnes
Mr. William R. Barrett
Dr. Paul Langdon Barrows D.V.M.
Dr. Roger Neil Beachy Ph.D.
Dr. Charles H. Beady Ph.D.
Mr. Frederick Christopher Belen
Dr. Michael Louis Bennish M.D.
Mr. Ralph James Bertolacini
Mr. Christian F. Beukema
Governor James Johnston Blanchard
Dr. Cathy Oberg Blight M.D.
Mr. Carl Hermann Boehringer
Dr. Albert David Bolles Ph.D.
Dr. Jenny T. Bond Ph.D.
Dr. Clarence Boonstra
Dr. Donald J. Bowersox Ph.D.
Mr. Eljay Bryce Bowron
Dr. Elmer Walker Brandes
Dr. Warren William Brandt
Dr. William Breit Ph.D.
Mr. Jacweir Breslin
Dr. Paul Warren Briggs Ph.D.
Dr. Lyman James Briggs
Mr. Eli Broad
Mr. Eli Broad
Dr. Howard A. Brody Ph.D.
Mr. Clark L. Brody
Dr. William David Brohn
Mr. Craig D. Brown
Dr. Norman A. Brown Ph.D.
Dr. James Walter Buchanan D.V.M.
Mr. Michael Brian Budman
Mr. Dillman S. Bullock
Mr. William Clark Bunting
Mr. Robert K. Burgess
Dr. Mark Velzy Burlingame
Mr. Robert H. Burns
Mr. Alvin Lewis Burridge
Dr. Nathel Burtley Ph.D.
Mr. Henry C. Butler
Mr. Louis A. Carapella
Trustee Emeritus Patricia M. Carrigan Ph.D.
Dr. Warrick Livingston Carter Ph.D.
Music
Mrs. Stella Hall Cash
Dr. Adrian Ramond Chamberlain Ph.D.
Dr. Linda Ruth Chambliss M.D.;M.P.H.
Ms. Arcola E. Clark
Ms. April Madonna Clobes
Mr. Bernard Frederick Coggan
Mr. George Harris Collingwood
Mr. Joseph Michael Colucci
Gen. Donald Graham Cook USAF, Ret.
Mr. Richard Wallace Cook
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Cooper
Mrs. Evern D. Cooper Epps
Mr. Richard Adams Cordray
Mr. James Milton Cornelius
Mr. Randolph Lee Cowen
B.A. in History, 1974, College of Social Science, College of Arts & Letters and Honors College, Michigan State University MSU Research Foundation Chair Former CIO and Co-Chief Administrative Officer at Goldman Sachs New York, NY Randolph (Randy) Cowen received his bachelors degree in History, with a minor in Mathematics, from MSU in 1974, where he was a member of the Honors College. During his 26-year career at Goldman Sachs, he held the position of Chief Information Officer from 2001-2007 and Co-Chief Administrative Officer from 2007-2008.Cowen went on to share his expertise by serving on a number of for-profit and nonprofit boards in both Michigan and New York City, including the Board of Directors of EMC Corporation until it was acquired by Dell for $67 billion. He has also been active on the boards of Pivotal Software, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the Child Mind Institute, Solace and GTY Holdings.Currently, Cowen is chair of the MSU Research Foundation board, where he has served since 2013. He demonstrates a continued commitment to MSU by investing in the Physics and Astronomy department through endowments. The Jerry Cowen Endowed Chair in Experimental Physics honors Cowen's father, Professor Jerry Cowen, who was a distinguished researcher in the MSU Physics and Astronomy department for more than five decades. A natural-born leader himself, Randy Cowen has used his achievements to help rising leaders at MSU transform research in emerging industries. His guidance in entrepreneurship and corporate engagement, paired with his personal philanthropy, have made an invaluable impact on the MSU community.
Mr. John J. Cranmore
Dr. William H. Cunningham Ph.D.
Mr. Charles Dwight Curtiss
Mr. Russell Melville Daane
Dr. Larry Raymond Dalton
Ms. Mary Ruth Dawson
Dr. Maurice Jerome Day Ph.D.
Mr. Jack Peter DeBoer
Mrs. Pamella G. DeVos
Mrs. Dorothy Delay
Mr. William A. Demmer
Engineering
Mrs. Nancy E. Dick
Mr. Helmut C. Diehl
Dr. Gerard Dikmans D.V.M.
Dr. Grover Cleveland Dillman
Dr. Michael John Donoghue Ph.D.
Dr. Maxwell Jay Dorsey
Mr. Grayton F. Dressel
Dr. Kurtis Allen Dunckel D.V.M.
Dr. Kenneth C. Earhart M.D.
Dr. Bernard Carlyle Easterday D.V.M.
Mr. Daniel C. Edson
Mr. Coy G. Eklund
Dr. Eugene Bradley Elliott
Mr. Norman James Ellis
Mr. Gerald Lee Elson
Prof. Kenneth Gerald Elzinga Ph.D.
The Honorable John Mathias Engler
Mr. James C. Epolito
Dr. Kenneth H. Eskelund D.V.M.
Dr. Myron E. Essex D.V.M.
Dr. Harry Joshua Eustace
Dr. Robert L. Ewigleben Ph.D.
LtGen. Judith Ann Fedder USAF, Ret.
Trustee Emeritus Joel I. Ferguson
Dr. Francis E. Ferguson
Dr. Michael R. Ferrari Ph.D.
Mr. Charles Edward Ferris
Mr. Douglas Clare Fischer
Dr. Charles Jack Fisher M.D.
Dr. Mark Evans Fleming D.O.
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Foerch
Mr. James Harold Foote
Mr. Richard C. Ford
Mr. Don William Francisco
Dr. Dorothy Ann Frayer Ph.D.
Dr. Charles N. Frey
Mrs. Mary Anne Gale
Dr. Judith Elinore Gallagher Ph.D.
Mr. Admon Ganem
Dr. Philip J. Gannon Ph.D.
Mr. Victor Ray Gardner
Dr. George Alfred Garratt
Mr. Pieter Eduard Geldhof
Ms. Patricia Geoghegan
Mr. Burton Lee Gerber
Ms. E. Genevieve Gillette
Dr. George Jay Gogue Ph.D.
Dr. Ronald Eugene Goldsberry Ph.D.
Dr. Robert Goodman Ph.D.
Mr. Alton Leo Granger
Dr. Christopher Mabley Granger
Dr. Robert L. Green Ph.D.
Mr. Ernest Gideon Green
Dr. Stanley V. Gunn Ph.D.
Dr. Gordon Earl Guyer Ph.D.
Mr. Louis Thomas Hagopian
Ms. Florence L. Hall
Mr. John Rial Hamann
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha M.D.;M.P.H.
Mr. James T. Harrison
Dr. Ann Tukey Harrison Ph.D.
Dr. Ernest Jay Hart
Mr. Jay Samuel Hartt
Dr. Brian L. Hawkins Ph.D.
Mr. H Andrews Hays
Mr. James Grant Hays
Mr. Anthony Heald
Dr. Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
Dr. Richard Charles Helfer
Mr. Harold R. Henderson
Dr. Arnold F. Hentschl D.V.M.
Dr. Davidson L. Hepburn
Mr. Miguel A. Hernandez-Agosto
Ms. Wanda Jean Herndon
Mr. John L. Hesse
Mrs. Marion Hilker
Mr. Arthur Wright Hills
Mr. Earl N. Hoekenga
Dr. Doretta Marie Hoffman
Mr. James Holden
Mr. Perry Greeley Holden
Mr. David C. Hollister
Mr. Anthony James Hopp
Dr. Ruth Ellen Hoppe M.D.
Mrs. Donna Jean Hrinak
Dr. I. Forest Forest Huddleson D.V.M.
Mrs. Rebecca Ann Humphries
Mr. Stanley B. Hunt
Mr. Lee M. Hutchins
Ms. Carole Leigh Hutton
Mr. Rick Inatome
Dr. Turner T. Isoun D.V.M.
Mr. Gene F. Jankowski
Mr. Clare F. Jarecki
The Honorable Wallace Bernard Jefferson
Mr. Arthur Hjalmer Johnson
Mr. Donald Bruce Johnston
Mr. Stanley Johnston
RrAdmrl. Don Arden Jones
Mr. Chosei Kiyosh Kabira
Dr. Surinder Kapur Ph.D.
Mr. Alan Jay Kaufman
Dr. Mark Allan Kay M.D.;Ph.D.
Dr. William J. Kay D.V.M.
Dr. Donald Bruce Keck Ph.D.
Dr. David Patrick Kelly Ph.D.
Mr. Kevin Paul Kelly
Mr. Verne Lee Ketchum
Mr. Gordon Wayne Kettler
Mr. Thomas W. Kimen
Mrs. Charlotta Klein Ross
Dr. Sara-Jo Kleinheksel Bolte Ph.D.
Mr. H Stuart Knight
Dr. Arthur Lewis Knoblauch
Dr. Bonnie J. Knutson Ph.D.
Human Ecology
Mr. Roger L. Koenig
Mr. John C. Kornblum
Mr. John Joseph Korney
Dr. Felipe Korzenny Ph.D.
Dr. Robert Christian Kramer Ph.D.
Mr. Verghese Kurien
Mr. Michael Wallace Lamach
Ms. Mary J. Layton
Dr. Steven Arnold Leibel M.D.
Dr. Nancy Kline Leidy Ph.D.;R.N.
Dr. Dale W. Lick Ph.D.
Mr. Bill Livingood
Dr. Patricia M. LoRusso D.O.
Mr. Archie M. Long
Mr. Richard Leslie-Michael Lord
Dr. Hah Wah Elena Lui Ph.D.
Mr. Harris O. Machus
Mr. John Currie Mackie
Mr. Benjamin Carl Maibach
Dr. Donald Winston Maine
Dr. Walter Leroy Mallmann
Trustee Emeritus Russell George Mawby Ph.D.
Mr. William Harold Mayes
Ms. Micheline Ann Maynard
Prof. Michael William McConnell
Mr. J. Bruce McCristal
Mr. Robert B. McCurry
Mr. William Arthur McDonald
Mr. R. Drayton McLane
Mr. Patrick Michael McPharlin
Mr. William Michael Mechanic
Mrs. Carol Ann Mechanic
Mr. Craig Albert Menear
Dr. Wilhelm Delano Meriwether
Ms. Martha A. Mertz
Mr. John A. Meyers
Dr. Louis Guy Michael
Dr. James Woodell Miller Ph.D.
Dr. Donald J. Morfee
Mr. William H. Morgan
Dr. Richard David Morrison Ph.D.
Mr. William Penn Mott
Mr. Sheldon Moyer
Dr. Frederick Henry Mueller
Mr. Craig R. Murray
Ms. Lynn Catherine Myers
Ms. Diane Lynn Neal
Mr. Walter W. Neller
Mr. Steve Nellis
Dr. Linda Jean Nelson Ph.D.
Mr. Miguel Angel Nevarez
Mr. Horace Wakeman Norton
Mr. William George Onsted
Mr. Leonard J. Osterink
Dr. Arnold C. Ott Ph.D.
Dr. Floyd William Owen Ph.D.
Mr. Russell Eugene Palmer
Dr. Edward L. Palmer Ph.D.
Mr. Walter Fred Patenge
Mr. George B. Peters
Mrs. Kate Pew Wolters
Dr. Nguyet-Hong Thi Phung Ph.D.
Trustee Emeritus John S. Pingel
Mr. Purachai Piumsombun
Dr. Panom Pongpaibool Ph.D.
Dr. John Wilson Porter Ph.D.
Dr. Thelma Elizabeth Porter
The Honorable Dick Posthumus
Mr. James H. Quello
Mr. Howard Christian Rather
Dr. Albert B. Ratner Ph.D.
CANR
Mrs. Louise H. Renne
Mr. Dean E. Richardson
The Honorable Donald W. Riegle
Judge Andree Yvonne Roaf
Dr. Elda Iantha Robb
Mrs. Linda Marie Rockey
Mr. Stephen M. Rogers
Mr. John Christie Rosenkrans
Mrs. Dorothy Robinson Ross
Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee D.O.
Mr. Edward E. Rothman
Mr. Jack D. Rutherford
Mrs. Gloria Santona
Dr. K N Satyapal Ph.D.
Dr. Donald Craig Sawyer D.V.M.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Saxena
Mr. Italo P. B. Scanga
Mrs. Marcella J. Schalon
Ms. Cynthia Ann Scheer
Dr. Rachel Ann Schemmel Ph.D.
Mr. Dwight Carl Schmidt
Mr. Reinhold Dieter Schmieding
Mr. Robert J. Schultz
Mr. John Tarrell Scott
Mr. Leslie W. Scott
The Honorable Peter Finley Secchia
Mr. Michael Benson Serling
Mr. Ishwer C. Shah
Mr. Clarence Huston Shaver
Mr. Robert S. Shaw
Dr. Marion Elizabeth Shertzer
Dr. Mitsuaki Shimaguchi Ph.D.
Dr. Kuk-Bom Shin Ph.D.
Trustee Emeritus John Dudley Shingleton
Mr. Charles Newell Silcox
Dr. Surat Silpa-anan Ph.D.
Prof. Theda Ruth Skocpol Ph.D.
Dr. Bernard Francis Sliger Ph.D.
Mr. Carl G. Smith
Mr. Howard Remus Smith
Mr. Edwin Smith
Dr. Clarence Beaman Smith
Dr. Lemoyne Snyder
Dr. Charles W. Sorensen Ph.D.
Dr. Willard Robert Sparks Ph.D.
Senator Debbie Ann Stabenow
Mr. Dale Stafford
Dr. Henrik Joakim Stafseth D.V.M.
Dr. James Harlan Steele D.V.M.
Dr. James Harlan Steele D.V.M.
Dr. Douglas Van Steere
Dr. Linda Chapman Stone M.D.
Dr. Ruth Strohschein M.D.
Mrs. Nelda M. Stuck
Mr. Jack D. Sweet
Mr. Toichi Takenaka
Dr. Wee Kiat Tan Ph.D.
Dr. Jacqueline Diane Taylor Ph.D.
Dr. William Alton Taylor
Mr. Larry Dean Thompson
B.A., 1967, Culver-Stockton College M.A. in Sociology, 1969, College of Social Science, Michigan State University J.D., 1974, University of Michigan Former Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for PepsiCo Sea Island, GA Larry Thompson has an extensive career in government, in private practice and as a public company general counsel, where his actions reflect a commitment to equity and social justice. Thompson graduated cum laude from Culver-Stockton College in 1967, received his masters from MSU College of Social Science in 1969, and received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1974. He is a former U.S. Deputy Attorney General who served during the George W. Bush Administration. Mr. Thompson served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and General Counsel and EVP of PepsiCo Inc., where his efforts centered on promoting diversity. He has been awarded the first-ever William T. Coleman Lifetime Achievement Award by the African American Partners Network, the Edmund Jennings Randolph Award for contributions to the DOJs mission, the Outstanding Litigator Award by the Federal Bar Association, and the AT Walden Award by the Gate City Bar Association. Mr. Thompson served as the Lead Director of The Southern Committee, served on the Compensation Committee of the Graham Holdings Company, and is currently on the Board of the Franklin Templeton Mutual Series Funds, and the George W. Bush Foundation Board. He is an elected Fellow of the American Board of Governance Counsel, and the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and was elected to the Council of the American Law Institute. Upon Mr. Thompsons retirement from PepsiCo, the company created the Larry Thompson Fellowship Program to honor his lifes commitment to adding diversity to the legal profession. Through his work in public service, Larry Thompson has distinguished himself as an extraordinary Spartan.
Dr. William Thorp D.V.M.
Mr. Earl Warren Tinker
Dr. Fred C. Tinning Ph.D.
Mr. Alexander J. Trotman
Mr. Ray A. Turner
Mr. William Frank Uhl
Dr. Clarence Underwood Ph.D.
Dr. Elizabeth Buschlen Unger Ph.D.
Mr. Gary C. Valade
Mrs. Andrea L. Van de Kamp
Ms. Loretta L. VanCamp
Dr. Michael Johannes VanRooyen M.D.;M.P.H.
Dr. W. Craig Vanderwagen M.D.
Mr. Arthur Ferle Vinson
Mr. James R. Von Ehr
Dr. James Charles Votruba Ph.D.
Ms. Ruth Evangeline Wagner
Mr. Lloyd David Ward
Mr. Kenneth Lloyd Way
Mr. Chauncey Earl Webb
Mr. Clyde E. Weed
Dr. John August Weigelt D.V.M.;M.D.
Dr. Shirley Bader Weis
Dr. John R. Welser D.V.M.
Dr. Paul Theodore Werner M.D.
Mr. Tamunoemi Sokari(David) West
Mr. Jack N. Widick
Dr. Thomas J. Wielenga
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1978, College of Engineering and Honors College, Michigan State University M.S. in Computer-Aided Engineering, 1979, University of Michigan Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 1984, University of Michigan President of DynamotiveIP Hollywood, FL Dr. Wielenga is a mechanical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He currently serves as the President of Dynamotive IP and the Wielenga Innovation Foundation. Wielenga is an Honors College graduate from the College of Engineering. After MSU, he received a masters degree in Computer Assisted Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Following this he worked at Mechanical Dynamics Inc and was one of the developers of the mechanical simulation program, ADAMS. Wielenga then worked as a consultant and expert in the field of vehicle dynamics and accident reconstruction. His innovations in automotive safety have saved thousands of lives around the world. Among his inventions, Dr. Wielenga invented and holds the patent for the Anti-Rollover Braking system and the After Collision Braking system. Currently, he has patented and is developing the Wielenga Innovation Static Salt Reactor (the WISSR), a new type of inherently safe nuclear reactor that uses liquid fuel derived from the waste of existing reactors. At MSU, he established the Wielenga Creative Engineering Professorship, an endowed faculty chair designed to kick-start the next teaching paradigm in the College of Engineering. Dr. Wielengas generous support also launched the Wielenga Research Scholars Program. Additionally, Dr. Wielenga founded the Wielenga Innovation Foundation to study creative processes and promote innovation. He is the recipient of the Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award and a member of the colleges Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board. His legacy of creativity, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy continues to inspire Spartans and they, he says, inspire him.
Mr. Walter C. Willett
Dr. Ellen D. Williams
Trustee Emeritus Patrick James Wilson
Mr. John D. Withrow
Dr. Richard L. Witter
Dr. Charles Goodrich Woodbury
Mr. Paul Harrison Woodruff
Mr. Ralph D. Wyckoff
Mr. Yuzo Yagi
Business
Mr. Truman George Yuncker
Mrs. Kim Kay de Groh
Dr. Josue Dione Ph.D.
Dr. Nicos Loucas Kartakoullis Ph.D.
Dr. James J. Kolata Ph.D.
Dr. Hae Un Rii Ph.D.
Mr. Toichi Takenaka
Dr. Tsi-Kong Wong Ph.D.
Young Alumni Award
Ms. Lauren Kendall Aitch
Mr. Howard Aku Akumiah
Mr. Henry Lee Ancheta Balanon
Ms. Lauren Nicole Bealore
Dr. Dhaval Govindlal Bhanusali M.D.
Dr. Farhan Majeed Bhatti M.D.
Ms. Monica Lynn Braman
The Honorable Christopher C. Brown
Dr. Richard Linas Bryce D.O.
Ms. Allison B. Campbell M.B.A.
B.A. in International Relations with Honors, 2008, James Madison College and Honors College, Michigan State University M.B.A. in Business Administration with Honors, 2018, Harvard Business School, Harvard University Co-Founder at Zubale Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Allison Campbell has taken her education and jumped into the international business arena with phenomenal success. While attending MSU, Campbell was a member of ASMSU, the James Madison College Senate, and the MSU Model United Nations. She received the Hollings Scholarship, an award given to 100 students nationwide. She received her B.A. in International Relations from James Madison College where she was a member of the honors college. After eight years in the corporate world working in India and China markets, she returned to higher education to begin her M.B.A. at Harvard. During her graduate work, she and a member of her cohort co-founded the Mexico City-based Zubale in 2018, the leading Latin American e-commerce ecosystem. Today Zubale has scaled to help retailers win in e-commerce across six countries in Latin America including Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru. Through their gig worker marketplace and world class technology they power their clients back end e-commerce operations to deliver the best quality fulfillment service and help their B2B retailer customers grow. To date Zubale has completedover 15 million e-commerce deliveries across Latin America, built a global team of 400 people, and empowered over 10,000 gig workers to improve their quality of life through access to work and financial products and services. Campbells entrepreneurial leadership has exemplified the extraordinary difference Spartans can make in the world.
Ms. Leila Chatti
B.A., 2011, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities and Honors College, Michigan State University M.F.A. in Poetry, 2015, North Carolina State University Poet & Educator Provost Fellow at University of Cincinnati Norwood, OH Leila Chatti is an acclaimed poet with numerous publications, awards including an Academy of American Poets Prize, and grants from the NEA, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and the Helen Wurlizter Foundaton of New Mexico. Shes received fellowships and scholarships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, Tin House Writers Workshop, the Frost Place Conference on Poetry, the Key West Literary Seminars, and Dickinson House. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and at Cleveland State University, she was the inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Writing and Publishing. Her full-length collection, Deluge, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020. She is the winner of the 2021 Levis Reading Prize, the 2021 Luschei Prize for African Poetry and longlisted for the 2021 PEN Open Book Award. She served as the inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Writing and Publishing at Cleveland State University, as the provost graduate fellow in the creative writing Ph.D. program at the University of Cincinnati, and as the Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence at Smith College. Chatti is Tunisian-American and has lived in the US, Tunisia and Southern France. She currently teaches in the low-residency M.F.A. program at Pacific University and has returned to the University of Cincinnati as a provost fellow. As a mentor to young writers, Leila Chatti is a poet who represents the best of the Spartan spirit.
Ms. Tania Chopra
Ms. Alexandra Nicole Clark
B.A. in Hospitality Business/Food Science, 2010, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Post Graduate Degree in Agricommerce, 2012, Massey University Founder & President of Bon Bon Bon Sawyer, MI Alex Clark is an outstanding 2010 graduate of MSUs highly ranked Hospitality Business and Agriculture programs. After receiving certification in chocolate from The French Pastry School of Chicago, she left the country on a full ride scholarship to New Zealands prestigious Massey University to complete a postgraduate diploma in Agricultural Commerce and continue her research on value chains in the cocoa and chocolate industry with USAIDs Partnerships for Food Industry Development. She traveled the world to study and stage attending Vancouvers Ecole Chocolat before returning to Michigan to study under Master Pastry Chef Joe Decker and Master Chef Jeff Gabriel at Schoolcraft College. Clark has since taken her entrepreneurial spirit, passion for design, and love of chocolate and merged them into a phenomenally successful business, Bon Bon Bon a wildly popular artisan chocolate company. Since opening in the Detroit-surrounded city of Hamtramck in 2014, the shop has earned national acclaim, expanded into a 5,000-square-foot factory, added four retail shops, a full-service e-commerce platform and earned features from likes of Shake Shack and The James Beard Foundation. Clark's work has received acclaim from Bon Appetit, Food & Wine Magazine, Martha Stewart, Crains (20 in their 20s), and Forbes Magazine (Best Pastry Chef Under 30). Alex continues to challenge the status quo as Founder and President of Bon Bon Bon while also growing a small portfolio of like-minded businesses from publishing to household supplies. She has appeared on the cover of Spartan Magazine and generously given her time to MSU students and alumni through various programs and events.
Mr. Joel Gregory Clum
Dr. Gerald R. DeJean Ph.D.
Mr. Bradley Louis Dizik
Ms. Brittany Joy Fox
Ms. Jennifer Ann Heemstra
Mr. Mathew Randall Ishbia
Mr. Travis Bernard Key
Mr. Jonathan David Kirkland
Dr. Praise Matemavi D.O.
Mr. Navneet Singh Narula
Dr. Katherine Mary Niksich D.V.M.
Ms. Endea N. Owens
B. MUS. in Jazz Studies, 2015, College of Music, Michigan State University M.M. in Jazz Studies, 2018, The Juilliard School Recording Artist, Bassist and Composer New York, NY Endea Owens graduated from the College of Music in 2015 with a degree in Jazz Studies. She went on to earn a masters degree from the Juilliard School and began her remarkable career as a jazz musician. She has performed internationally as a collaborative artist with jazz greats such as Jennifer Holliday, Rhonda and Diana Ross, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Turre, and Lea Delaria. Currently, Owens is the bassist with the house band on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. Owens has won an Emmy, a Grammy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Her work has appeared on Jon Batistes Grammy Award-winning album We Are, the Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.Rs widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance. In addition, she was named among the 2019 class of Emerging Artists by Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. In 2020, Ms. Owens founded the Community Cookout, an organization that makes New York City a better place through music, activism, and meals. To date, Endeas organization has helped feed close to 3,000 New Yorkers and has hosted over a dozen free music concerts. Endea is set to premiere a newly commissioned work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and will serve as the 2023 MAC Music Innovator with the organization. Additionally, Owens is the curator for the National Arts Club and a fellow for Jazz is Now! with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. As a proud MSU alum, Endea exemplifies the Spartan spirit in her passion for philanthropy and teaching.
Dr. Evangelina Palma-Ramirez Ph.D.
Mr. Michael James Pruente
Mr. Daniel Kent Redford
Dr. Carlo Alexander Riolo D.V.M.
Mr. Kurt Charles Rothhaar
Mr. Aaron Wade Scheidies
Mr. Jeff D. Schmitz
Dr. Manpreet Kaur Singh M.D.
The Honorable Peter John Spadafore
Mr. Thomas Alexander Stewart
Mr. Ryan Patrick Sullivan
Mr. Kaleb I. Thornhill
Mr. Nathan Andrew Triplett
Mr. Ryan A. Vartoogian
Mr. Kyle Andrew Welch
Mr. Benjamin James Williams
Mrs. Shannon L. Wilson
Mrs. Ke Zhang-Miske
Philanthropist Award
Mr. Alexander Gordon Adams
Mr. Frederick S. Addy
Dr. Alvin A. Arens
Mrs. Irene B. Arens
Mr. Frederick M. Arnold
Mr. Bradford Robert Breuer
Mr. Eli Broad
Mrs. Edythe Broad
Mr. Craig D. Brown
Mrs. Vicki Lynn Brown
Mr. Robert K. Burgess
Mrs. Georgia Ann Burgess
Mr. Jeffrey Neil Cole
Mr. Byron J. Cook
The Honorable Dee M. Cook
Mr. John E. Demmer
Mrs. Marguerite Eleanor Demmer
Mr. William A. Demmer
Ms. Marguerite Ann Demmer
Mr. Edward J. Demmer
Mrs. Linda Ann Demmer
Mrs. Laura A. Demmer
Mr. Maxwell Asa Goodwin
Mr. Alton Leo Granger
Mrs. Janice Marion Granger
Dr. Shashikant Gupta Ph.D.
Mrs. Margaret Kettles Gupta
Mrs. Selma D. Hollander
Dr. Stanley C. Hollander
Dr. Donald F. Koch Ph.D.
Mrs. Karen Ann Kolschowsky
Mr. Gerald Arthur Kolschowsky
Dr. Delia Z F Koo
Dr. John Reed Koza Ph.D.
Mrs. Bonnie Ann Larson
B.A. in Social Science - Teaching, 1970, College of Social Science, Michigan State University Philanthropist & Cultural Leader Bloomfield Hills, MI and Naples, FL Bonnie Larson is a philanthropist and cultural leader who is an advocate for the arts in Southeastern Michigan and at Michigan State University. She has held leadership positions in iconic arts institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Cranbrook Academy and Museum. Additionally, she has served on the boards of Meridian International in Washington, DC, the Detroit Zoo, Kids Kicking Cancer and the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan. Larson graduated from MSU with a bachelors degree from the College of Social Science. She is a founding member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and past chair of its International Advisory Board. She established the Bonnie A. Larson Aspiring Musicians Endowment for the Community Music School in Detroit, and the Bonnie A. Larson Music Scholarship Endowment at the College of Music. Additionally, she facilitated valuable partnerships between the College of Music and the DSO. In 2021, she was invited to join the College of Music National Leadership Council. As Bonnie Larson is an enthusiastic supporter of MSU Athletics, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Alan Haller recently requested that she join the newly formed AD Advisory Board. Additionally, she has endowed a scholarship for student athletes in mens basketball at MSU in honor of Coach Tom Izzo. Coming from a family of proud Spartans, Larson established the Cecile A. and Donald R. Borgeson Education Enhancement Fund within the Eli Broad College of Business, in honor of her parents. Bonnie Larson continues to inspire others with her unwavering dedication and commitment to philanthropic leadership, which has made a long-lasting impact at MSU and in the Detroit community.
Mrs. Audrey M. Leslie
Mr. John W. Leslie
Mr. Douglas MacCready
Mr. Lynn MacCready
Mr. Willis MacCready
Mrs. Bernadette Marquez
Mr. Timothy M. Marquez
Trustee Emeritus Russell George Mawby Ph.D.
Mr. R. Drayton McLane
Mrs. Mary Anne McPhail
Mr. Walter S. McPhail
Mr. Edward Jay Minskoff
Mr. David Clyde Morris
Dr. Milton E. Muelder Ph.D.
Mrs. Shirley K. Pasant
Trustee Emeritus Randall Lee Pittman
Mrs. Mary Pittman
Trustee Emeritus Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch
Mr. Robert Wilfred Schaberg
Mrs. Anna Lou A. Schaberg
Mr. Edward I. Schalon
Mrs. Marcella J. Schalon
The Honorable Peter Finley Secchia
Mrs. Joan P. Secchia
Dr. Gary Leonard Seevers Ph.D.
Mr. Michael Benson Serling
Mr. Robert James Skandalaris
Mrs. Julie A. Skandalaris
Mr. Steven D. Smith
Mrs. Millie Smith
Mrs. Dolores D. Wharton
Dr. Clifton Reginald Wharton
Dr. Thomas Patrick Yunck Ph.D.
Mrs. Pauline G. Adams
Dr. Walter Adams
Dr. Carole Ames
Mr. J D Anderson
Mrs. Margaret S. Ash
Dr. Raleigh Barlowe Ph.D.
Mr. George Navin Blaha
Mr. Allan Bloom
Mr. Kenneth G. Bloomquist
Mrs. Marian Elizabeth Boulus
Mrs. Edythe Broad
Dr. Barbara J. Brown Ph.D.
Mr. Ernest C. Browne
Dr. Margaret M. Bubolz
Mr. Gerard Bush
Mr. F Gibson Butler
Dr. Mackenzie L. Davis Ph.D.
Mr. Herbert H. Dow
Dr. Robert Lloyd Driscoll Ph.D.
Dr. W Richard Dukelow
Mrs. Helen J. Dyke
Mr. Gregory Eaton
Mr. Edwin H. Eichler
Mr. Kermit The Frog
Mrs. Pauline R. Glassbrook
Dr. Helen K. Grace
Mr. Donald D. Griffin
Mrs. Norma Jean Guyer
Dr. Gordon Earl Guyer Ph.D.
Dr. John A. Hannah
Col. Fred W. Hasselback
Mrs. Wanda J. Hayes Eichler
Mr. George Richard Herbert
Dr. John Hardie Hoagland Ph.D.
Mr. J Chris Holman
Mr. Thomas Izzo
Mr. Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Dr. Michael L. Kasavana Ph.D.
Mrs. Jeanette Wrona Klemczak B.S.N.;R.N.
Dr. Anthony C. Koo
Dr. Mordechai Kreinin
Mr. Gordon William LaFontaine
Dr. William Lazer
Mr. Edward Lowe
Mrs. Darlene B. Lowe
Mr. Thomas N. Luccock
Mrs. Joanne Marie McPherson
Mr. M. Peter McPherson J.D.
Ms. Patricia L. Merry
Mr. William Franklin Milliken
Mr. Yoshikane Mito
Mrs. Beatrice Mott
Mrs. Amelia E. Musser
Mr. R Daniel Musser
Dr. Wayne H. Nierman Ph.D.
Mr. Kenneth P. Nobis
Mr. Angelo Rafael Oricchio
Mr. Frank Mills Paine
Mr. Frank Perrin
Trustee Sandra Elaine Pierce
Mrs. Dixie C. Platt
Mrs. Marilyn E. Rutherford
Mr. Van W. Snider
Mrs. Phoebe Tyler-Griffin
Mr. Dale K. Weber
Dr. William B. Weil M.D.