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THE MANY THOUSANDS OF
Seattle Pacific University alumni live diverse lives. And twice a year — at Homecoming in February and the 50-Year Class Reunion in June — SPU presents Medallion Awards to some of the alumni who have served the University and the community with particular distinction.

In recent years, honorees have included educators, scientists, missionaries, coaches and pastors. One helped establish the Zimbabwe public school system; another is a playwright whose work has been recognized by The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Still others include a translator of Islamic texts, a surgeon in the African bush and an expert in diseases of the central nervous system. “Each one has an amazing story,” says Alumni Director Doug Taylor. “Together they represent the many other SPU alumni who demonstrate both competence and character in their lives.”

Nominated by fellow alumni, recipients of the Medallion Award are loyal supporters of Seattle Pacific and true to its ideals, standouts in their chosen professions, contributors to the welfare of the community and active participants in their churches. This year, Medallion Awards were presented at Homecoming to Bruce Palmer ’79, Karen “Billie” Tadema Palmer ’81 and Nancy Murphy ’90, individuals who are making a significant difference in the healing and support of families. More alumni will be honored in June.

Call the Alumni Center at 206/281-ALUM to nominate someone for a Medallion Award.

1976 | John Beare ’53, Stephen Gough ’70 1977 | Robert Dixon ’50, Daniel Monzingo ’68 1978 | F. Carlton Booth ’25 1979 | Dorothy Boyd Kreider ’33, Pam Bailey Nolte ’76, Scott Nolte ’76 1980 | Donna Searight Jornlin ’76, Lillian Probstfeld Smith ’26 1981 | George Delamarter ’47, Vivian Larson*, Wayne McCown ’64 1982 | Andrew Foster ’56, Roger Schoenhals ’61 1983 | John Williams ’64, Joy Wilson Staley ’66 1984 | Barbara Paulson Cook ’61, Jerry Cook ’61, Dan Fordice ’69 1985 | Lorna Griffin ’78, Doris Brown Heritage ’64, Pam Spencer Marquez           ’ 80, John Terwilliger ’81 1986 | Ken Foreman*, Eva Reddick Rogers ’46, Laurel Anderson Tindall ’75 1987 | June Habbestad ’56, Robert McFarlane ’50 1988 | Mary Nell Harper ’48 1989 | Justin Longenecker ’39, John Oas ’69, Onas Scandrette ’39 1990 | 500 Alumni of a Growing Vision In 1990 and 1991, 1,000 alumni           were honored as part of SPU’s Centennial celebration. 1991 | 500 Alumni of a Growing Vision 1992 | Nancy Blaskowsky Anderson ’67, Wesley Anderson ’67, Janet           Burns Buck ’55, Rick Delamarter ’77, Mel Foreman ’42, Sylvia           Ahnlund Foreman ’46, Don McCullough ’71, Chuck Sides ’74 1993 | Jennifer Johnson Gilnett ’81, Kim Gilnett ’74, Karl Krienke ’53, Wesley           Lingren ’52, Frances Barbezat Reynolds ’49, Jim Reynolds ’50 1994 | Gordon Anderson ’57, Teri Anderson ’65, Howard Brant ’71, Jo-Ann           Hoffman Brant ’70, Ronald “Tic” Long ’74, Frank Ogden ’57, Maxine           Harer Ogden ’56, Darwin Wisdom ’64, Frank Yen ’58 1995 | Timothy Hanstad ’85, Robert Haslam ’50, Lora Jones ’43 1996 | Lois Burley Hall ’53, Vernon Hall ’52 1997 | Ralph Gwinn ’47, Tillman Houser ’47, Peggy Wright Johnson ’52,           David Quall ’61 1998 | Jeff Barker ’76, Eugene Parkins ’57 1999 | Donald Atkinson ’49, Cynthia Reynolds Kenagy ’65, Donna Schneiter           Kenagy ’59, Jerome Kenagy ’56, John Kenagy ’73, Stephen Kenagy           ’ 64, Henry Littlejohn ’49, Valenda Pletzer Lockard ’72, Wes Lockard           ’ 72, Virgil Raley ’49, Horace Thuline ’49 2000 | Beverly Smith Anderson ’65, June Mitchell Beckwith ’50, Wendell           Beckwith ’50, Norma Howell Cathey ’50, Robert Cathey ’50, Charles           Chinn ’68, Gordon Cochrane ’50, Robert Crandall ’50, Suzanne           Emery ’89, Judy Entwistle ’58, Roy Entwistle ’59, Leona Bownes           Fear ’50, Bernard Hansen ’50, Ruth Denison Hansen ’50, Wesley           Johnson ’50, Allen Nelson ’50, Robert Nelson ’50, E. Dale Parker ’50,           Norman Zook ’50 2001 | Bernard Buck ’51, Bud Bylsma ’51, Thomas Cooper ’51, Leonard           Ensign ’51, Marti Oaks Ensign ’51, Frank Furtado ’61, Sarah Adams           Furtado ’53, Donald Kerlee ’51, Ivy Coxson Kerlee ’51, Andrew           Montana ’51, Dale Ramerman ’64, Margaret Valley Rayburn ’51, Carol           Hunter Taylor ’51, Audrey Tjepkema Thorsen ’51, Forrest Walls ’60,           Viola Dyck Walls ’61, Dennis Yule ’64 2002 | Donald Bilderback ’69, Gerald Klein ’60, James Leierer ’52, V.O.           “ Bud” McDole ’52, E. Robert McDowell ’52, Ross Shaw ’52, Grace           Cheung Sun ’61 *Emeriti Faculty Members

Click below to meet the 2003 Medallion Award Recipients:

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