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2025 MBKU Distinguished Alumni Awards

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2025 MBKU Distinguished Alumni Awards

The MBKU Distinguished Alumni awards program honors and recognizes alumni whose professional prominence, healthcare service and contributions to their field have made a difference in their community and beyond. 

  • Distinguished Alumni Award – MBKU highest honor. This award recognizes MBKU alumni whose personal or professional achievements since graduating, bring honor and distinction to their college or school, and enhance MBKU’s reputation. It recognizes significant accomplishments, lifetime career achievements, and exceptional professional excellence.
  • Recent Graduate Alumni Award– This award recognizes MBKU alumni who earned their degree within the last 10 years and have a significant record of career and/or civic achievement. It celebrates accomplishments in their professional career, community service, or professional leadership. 
  • Professional Achievement Alumni Award – This award recognizes alumni who have achieved significant prominence in their chosen field, complimented by a history of outstanding contributions to their profession throughout their career.

 

PLEASE NOTE: 

A completed application form must include a  letter detailing the nominee’s qualifications for the award. Supplementary materials such as CV/resumes, and other supporting documents must be uploaded with the nomination. Incomplete forms or nominations missing required information will not be reviewed by the committee. 

All nominations will be kept confidential

Past Distinguished Alumni Recipients

  • 2024 Carmen Barnhardt, OD, MSEd, ’95 (Professional Achievement Alumni)
  • 2024 Jacqueline “Jacquie” M. Bowen, OD, ’92
  • 2024 Dat Bui, OD, '15 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Raveena Garcha, PharmD, ’20 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Catherine Heyman, OD, '93 (Professional Achievement Alumni)
  • 2024 Aaron Hunro, DMSc, MMS, PA-C, ’20 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Alyssa Pack, OD, '20 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Andrew Perry, PA-C, '20 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Cathy Van Pham, PharmD, '22 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 April Shaw, PA-C, ‘20 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Donald Spaulding, OD, '79
  • 2024 Emily Stephey, OD, FAAO, ’17 (Recent Graduate Achievement)
  • 2024 Michael Sullivan-Mee, OD, '90
  • 2024 Judy Tong, OD, FAAO, '91
  • 2024 Stephanie Woo, OD, FAAO, '11 (Professional Achievement Alumni)
  • 2024 Chen Young, OD, '95 (Professional Achievement Alumni)
  • 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
  • 2015 M. H. (Marty) Carroll, OD, ‘81
  • 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