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Block "M" Alumni Activities Award

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Past Block "M" Award Recipients:

2008
Arnie A. Davis '49
Richard '50 & Flora Maddocks Fairfield '50
Robert F. McKown '58
Lawrence Schiner '61, '62G

2007
M. Perry Hunter '52
Douglas E. Kneeland '53
Jeffery N. Mills '82
Elizabeth Hibbard Smith '57
Charles V. Stanhope '71

2006
Ralph M. Higgins '39
Richard L. McNeary '65
Richard '56 & Elizabeth Brockway Nevers '56
Richard W. Sprague '50

2005

George Roberts Gray '50
Baron Hicken '63
Mary Atkinson Johnson '55
Thelma "Bing" Crossland Robie '49
Robert "Mike" Roy '42
Milton '51 & Joan Vachon Victor '52

2004
Ralph E. Barnett '49*
Jayne Hanson Bartley '49
Albert D. Ehrenfried '44
Charles '54 & Elizabeth Leighton Furlong '52
Edie McVay King '67
Allen '73 & Patricia Meyer Morell '73

2003
Elwood '51 and Virginia Norton Beach '52
Robert C. Covell '44
Gregory D. Jamison '72, 98G
Helena Marie Jensen '43
Frank E. Pickering '53
Helen Marion Deering Piper '43

2002
Bob Anderson '64
Linwood Billings '62, '69G
Margaret Spaulding Brooks '47*
Joanne Bodwell Ferreira '73
John Heyer '57
Tim McManus '54

2001
Constance Philbrook Leger '41
Smith C. McIntire '32*
Richard '51 & Shirley Lang Noyes '51*
Faith Wixson Varney '56

2000
Walter H. Abbott '58
Janet R. Anderson '67G
William R. Hilton '39*
Alton '50 & Dorothy Lord Hopkins '50
Stephen  L. Jacobs '44*
James A. McBrady '50*

1999
Jean Grindle Carville '54
Richard '62 & Rosemary Rich Leonard '62
Preston B. Rand '43
Midi Wooster Roberts '44
Mary Carter Stiles '31
Lt. Col. Jeffrey M. Wright '74

1998
William B. '80 & Barb Brown Dalton '81
Keith C. Mahaney '57
Carol Prentiss Mower '53
Bruce M. Wentworth '63

1997
William D. Currie '52
Margaret Fowles Houston '32*
George L. Nystrom '41
Robert H. '47 & Stella Borkowski Patten '47
Cathy A. Dearborn Raymond '70
Jean Wyman Weatherbee '54

1996
Steven E. Bonville '69
Gerald F. Hart '38*
J. Alice '41 & Charles B. Smith, Jr. '41
Lowell N. '36* & Hope Wing Weston '37

1995
James F. Donovan, M.D. '45
Richard H. Fuller '44
Dominick F. Susi II '72*
Ruth Holland Walsh '50

1994
Harmon D. '54 & Jane Stevens Harvey '54
Jean G. Hufnagel '44*
Laurence G. '42 & Mary Cowin Leavitt '42
Wayne S. Rich '34*

1993
Meredith Strang Burgess '78
Joseph T. Cuccaro '59
Frank W. Haines '48
Jeanne Patten Whitten '43

1992
Deborah Scott Aseltine '80
Thomas K. '62 & Linda Gilles Patrick '62
Barbara Savage Thompson '42
Jean McIntire White '52

1991
Warren W. Flagg '35*
Carolyn Chaplin Grant '45
Nancy Erikson Ladd '66
Robert T. '59 & Nancy Roberts Munson '59
Evelyn T. Sparrow '24H*

1990
Margaret Blethen '21*
Nathaniel M. Doten, Jr. '40*
Carrie L. Dunbar Kinne '82

1989
Harry H. Halliday '39
Lauress "Tib" T. Parkman '39*
William J. Murphy '32*

1988
Robert E. '33* & Elizabeth Barrows Pendleton '33*
Dolores Amergian Drivas '52
Roger L. Pendleton '48*

1987
Marion Libby Broaddus '42

1986
Hilda A. Sterling '55*

1985
Jeanette Roney Pero '30*
Agnes Ann Walsh '41

1984
Pamela L. Beal '69

1983
Dorothy Brewer Erikson '42
George E. Lovett '59
Thomas L. Sezak '59*
Frederick J. Quivey '68

1982
Erdine Besse Dolloff '28*
Harold M. Woodbury '36*

1981
Horace E. Bell '28*
Mary Fogler Claverie '44*
Sumner A. Claverie '44*
Raymond E. Perkins '36*
Michael J. Shinay '69

1980
Murray R. Billington '61
William G. Lindquist '52
Doris Emery Spencer '45

1979
Paul G. '32* & Katherine Whitcomb Butler '31*
Jane E. McGlauflin '50
Henry L. P. Schmelzer '65
Henry A. Voss, Jr. '65

1978
Edgar J. Bellefontaine '58
Richard H. Fitzmorri '29*
Franklin W. Pearce '30*
Janet Ulrickson Sweetser '68

1977
Student Alumni Association
Ronald E. Bishop '53
Susan Johnson Gaudet '67
Sarah Weeks Paine '50*
William W. Johnson '32*
Alan F. Merritt '58

1976
Grace Bristol Coffin '17*
Grace Quarrington Corey '33
Leonard N. Plavin '48
Carmela F. Profita '34*
Samuel W. Collins '44
John E. Suminsby '44

1975
George O. Ladner '26*
Richard G. Morton '40
Mildred Simpson Stewart '62

1974
Fred H. Curtis '16*
Wallace H. Humphrey '32*
Reginald H. Merrill '29*
Mansfield M. Packard '25
Harold L. Redding '18*
Elvin Stuart '23*
Jacob S. Holmes '31*

1973
Terry Dorr McCabe '74
Kenneth S. Field '27*
Oscar R. '44 & Julia Shores Hahnel '49
Blanche I. Henry '33
Velma K. Oliver '25*
Freeman G. Webb '33

1972
Henry R. Butler '20*
Susie Mooers Chamberlin '18*
Mark A. Hurd '26*
Laura Little Moen '55*
Frank E. Patten, Jr. '31*
Leonard F. Shaw '36*
Homer C. Woodward '42*
Verne C. Beverly '20*
John H. Chadwick '43

1971
Wesley C. Plumer '21*
Earle R. '27* & Margaret Preble Webster '27*

1970
Marion Cooper '27*
Paul J. Dowe '48*
Josephine M. Profita '38*
Nelson E. Smith '11*
Myron W. Zimmerman '50

1969
Paul W. Bean '35*
Elizabeth Kononen Berry '56
Wallace R. Francis '42*
Everett Ham '16*
Clara Peabody Chapman '27
Philip O. McCarthy '62

1968
Foster B. Blake '22*
Jean P. Fenalson '50*
Betsy Pullen Leitch '55
Arthur F. Mayo III '58
Leon S. Trenholm '52
Whitney L. Wheeler '29*

1967
Winifred Coburn Anderson '35*
Richard G. Clark '27*
George S. Ginsberg '21*
Alice Ann Donovan Poeppelmeier '40
Norman H. '38* & M. Phoebe Dunbar Thompson '39*

1966
William E. '50 & Janet Marston Bodwell '55
Howard R. Bowen '24*
Roger C. Castle '21*
Talbot H. Crane '43
Harry R. Mayers '30*
Oscar W. Mountfort '12*
A. L. "Bob" Robinson '16*
Claude H. Tozier '25*
James F. White '30*
Kenneth F. Woodbury '24*

1965
Leland F. Carter '42*
Raymond R. Couture '51
Mary-Hale Sutton Furman '38
Waldo M. Libbey '44
Barbara Haney McKay '49
Gordon R. Staff '44*

1964
Milford P. Cohen '41*
Thomas J. Desmond '33*
John R. Dyer '41*
Ashton P. Sawyer '35
Philip R. '22* & Martha Sanborn White '23*

1963
Chester A. Baker '25*
Russell S. '44 & Barbara Higgins Bodwell '45
Kathryn Mills Browne '47
Harold P. Hamilton '30*
Carleton W. Merritt '24*
Mollie R. Stern '32*

 


----*deceased

Criteria:

The activities to be given consideration, singly or in combination, are the following:

1. Strengthening of alumni awareness evidenced by actively serving on committees, preparing mailings, or any other service encouraging participation which is of a definite and constructive value.

2. Individual class participation through support of class activities such as service as a class officer, class fundraising and encouragement of support of annual giving.

3. Public support for the University whenever appropriate.

4. Legislative support and/or interpretation of the same.

5. Participation in the Annual Alumni Fund through time and effort to ensure success.

6. Former employees of the UMAA may be considered for this award.

7. Recipients of the Pine Tree Emblem Award, the Black Bear Award, and Board of Directors members are not eligible for the Block "M" Alumni Activities Award.

Number of Awards

As many as six awards may be presented annually. The Selection Committee may recommend additional candidates to the Board of Directors.

Procedure

The President of the UMAA shall appoint at least five alumni to serve as the Selection Committee.

Nominations shall be sought from the alumni at large.

1. The Committee is to select the outstanding nominees to receive the award for that year.

2 The awards will be presented at the annual Reunion weekend awards breakfast.

3. An award may be presented at a local association meeting if the recipient is not present at the Reunion breakfast.

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