Recipients are listed in alphabetical order with the year awarded in parentheses. Click on a heading below to jump to a particular award.

• Alumnus of the Year
• Alumni Community Award
• Distinguished Alumni Award
• Meritorious Service Award

Alumnus of the Year

This award is presented to a graduate who is of good character and is held in high esteem by his/her associates and has brought credit upon him/herself and McDaniel College.

William H. Adolph ’41 (1973)
Jerome P. Baroch ’64 (2001)
Wilmer V. Bell ’30 (1970)
D. Robert Beglin ’43 (1995)
Clarence H. Bennett ’28 (1971)
Robert E. Bricker ’42 (1978)
Arthur "Otts" Broll ’29 (1979)
Jacqueline Brown Hering ’51 (2003)
William B. Dulany ’50 (1986)
Julian L. Dyke, Jr. ’50 (1976)
Homer C. Earll ’50 (1991)
Frederick P. Eckhardt ’48 (1972)
Dorothy Elderdice ’11 (1974)
Jeanne Patterson Ensor ’48 (1990)
Virginia Karow Fowble ’39 (1993)
Katherine Kaiser Frantum ’45 (1996)
Robert J. Gill ’10 (1969)
Charles W. Havens ’30 (1982)
James E. Lightner ’59 (1998)
 Frederick C. Malkus ’34 (1994)
F. Kale Mathias ’35 (1981)
Charlie Moore ’71 (2006)
Charles E. Moylan ’17 (1968)
Eloise Chipman Payne ’38 (1980)
Wilbur D. Preston, Jr. ’44 (1983)
Donald R. Rabush '62, MEd '70 (2005)
Alleck A. Resnick ’47 (1977)
M. Lee Rice ’48 (2000)
Kathleen Moore Rittler ’68 (2002)
Ellen Richmond Sauerbrey ’59 (1988)
Carolyn Seaman Scott ’67 (1997)
C. Fraiser Scott ’43 (1989)
Vernon R. Simpson ’36 (1992)
Rebecca Groves Smith ’37 (1987)
Brantley P. Vitek ’57 (1985)
Nancy Caskey Voss '54 (2004)
Hugh W. Ward ’22 (1975)
Daniel I. Welliver ’50 (1984)
Pamela H. Zappardino ’71 (2007)
Ira G. Zepp, Jr. ’52 (1999)

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Alumni Community Service Award

This award is presented to alumni who have performed outstanding voluntary service to their community beyond normal business or professional obligations.

Arnold "Skip" L. Amass '57 (2005)
David L. Bailey ’57 (2002)
Kimberly Hildebrand Cardoso '91 (2005)
H. Hugh Dawkins, Jr. ’69, M.Ed. ’71 (2003)
James S. Gray J. ’63 (2007)
Kevin D. Heffner ’88 (2003)
Tracy Kennard Imm ’87 (2002)
Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. ’90 (2001)
Harris W. LeFew ’51 (2002)
Corinne Schofield LesCallette ’52 (2006)
Lucy Purcell Lutche ’86 (2006)
Nell Hughes Ogden ’53 (2001)
Carla Castagna O’Neill ’93 (2007)
Robert Scott ’66 (2006)
Helen Leatherwood Simpson '38 (2004)
Mark W. Titus '92 (2004) 
Dale Townsend Jr. ’51 (2007)

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Distinguished Alumni Award

This award is presented to alumni who have gained national/international distinction in his/her chosen field or profession and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on the College.

Michael E. Adderley ’90 (2003)
Frank G. Bowe ’69 (2002)
Dianne Briggs Martin '65 (2007)
Eric B. Byrd ’93 (2002)
Richard A. Clower ’50 (2001)
Mary McGuirk Drawbaugh '93 (2004)
Susanne Laws Haga ’94 (2006)
Brian L. Haight ’91 (2001)
Milton Huber ’43 (2006)
Paul A. Lebo '01 (2005)
Donald W. Linzey ’61 (2003)
Frank Stephenson ’49 (2006)
Erin Thompson Strovel '93 (2007)
Sharon Fischer Manning '65 (2004)
S. George Walters '49 (2007)
Edwin H. Welch '65 (2005)

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Meritorious Service Award

This award recognizes graduates who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, devotion and service for the betterment of the McDaniel College Alumni Association.

Margaret Reynolds Adolph ’42 (1977)
William H. Adolph ’41 (1981)
Anna Rose Beasman Anderson ’45 (1995)
Carole Ensor Asbury ’71 (1996)
Caroline Babylon ’76 (2002)
Jack Baile ’62 (2006)
Sherwood H. Balderson ’38 (1988)
Beth Witzke Barnes ’53 (1974)
Vivian Englar Barnes ’21 (1977)
Jerome P. Baroch ’64 (1989)
D. Kenneth Bates ’74 (1994)
William E. Beatty ’40 (1973)
D. Robert Beglin ’43 (1978)
Edna "Perk" Haller Beglin ’46 (1996)
Alice Huston Bell ’30 (1980)
Charles E. Bish ’25 (1976)
Joseph F. Bona ’26 (1976)
Blanche Ford Bowlsbey ’27 (1977)
Joan Durno Bradfield ’57 (1997)
Robert E. Bricker ’42 (1987)
Miriam Royer Brickett ’27 (1968)
Frank L. Brown, Jr. ’37 (1987)
Carol Sause Burch '54 (2004)
Thomas G. Bush ’44 (1994)
Deborah Lanius Cameron ’75 (1990)
William H. Carroll, Jr. ’49 (1979)
Carol Armacost Carter ’69 (1994)
Roy C. Chambers ’29 (1974)
Laurie D. Chance ’85 (2000)
Joan Luckabaugh Chiarenza ’57 (1992)
Mary Ruth O’Kelly Chlad ’48 (2003)
Richard A. Clower ’50 (1995)
Gerald W. Commerford ’35 (1985)
Stephen H. Davis '69 (2005)
H. Hugh Dawkins ’69 (1989)
Elise Wiedersum Dudley ’41 (1986)
William B. Dulany ’50 (1995)
Julian L. Dyke, Jr. ’50 (1974)
Homer C. Earll ’50 (1973)
William G. Eaton ’30 (1985)
Dorothy Elderdice ’11 (1972)
Homer O. Elseroad ’40 (1990)
Doris Ritter Ensminger ’49 (1989)
Jeanne Patterson Ensor ’48 (1983)
Philip G. Enstice ’71 (2002)
Thomas C. Eveland ’36 (1991)
Robert D. Faw ’41 (1991)
Sterling F. Fowble ’36 (1970)
Virginia Karow Fowble ’39 (1979)
Katherine Kaiser Frantum ’45 (1990)
Ralph O. Frith '84 (2007)
Char Wirts Frith ’84 (1999)
Beth Dunn Fulton ’79 (1999)
Samuel C. Galbreath ’40 (2001)
Julia Collinson Garber ’41 (1996)
George A. Gebelein ’64 (1994)
Madeleine W. Geiman ’22 (1967)
Marian Scheder Goettee '57 (2004)
Sally Keck Gold ’78 (1998)
Bess Hayman Grace ’27 (1982)
Mary Todd Griffiths ’48 (1993)
Phyllis Cade Gruber ’43 (1983)
S. Dennis Harmon, Jr. ’57 (1979)
Charles W. Havens ’30 (1970)
Willard L. Hawkins ’26 (1991)
Susan Scalley Heffner ’88 (2003)
Jacqueline Brown Hering ’51 (1981)
Dorothy McDaniel Herr ’18 (1968)
Janice Mooney Hobart ’63 (1988)
Donald E. Honeman ’41 (1986)
Martha Hodgson Honeman ’43 (1988)
Doris Mathias Hood ’40 (1986)
Webster R. Hood ’40 (1986)
Clara Arther Huffington ’42 (1992)
Frank B. Hurt, D.H. (1988)
Sydney Deeds James ’82 (1997)
Muriel Waltz Kable ’36 (1986)
Andreas S. Kalisperis ’98 (2002)
M. Catherine Schumann Kiddoo ’46 (1986)
Richard W. Kiefer ’34 (1984)
Susannah Cockey Kiefer ’33 (1988)
George F. Kindley ’16 (1966)
Richard F. Kline ’57 (1992)
Dorothy McClayton (Flavin Story) Krimski ’50 (1985)
Harris W. LeFew ’51 (1991)
James E. Lightner ’59 (1984)
R. Muriel Bishop Livingston ’32 (1982)
Lee D. Lodge ’43 (1993)
Pearl Bodmer Lodge ’43 (2003)
D. Carlysle MacLea ’22 (1976)
Gertrude Jones Makosky ’25 (1985)
John D. Makosky ’25 (1969)
Martha E. Manahan ’23 (1983)
James R. Mann ’31 (1981)
Arlie P. Mansberger, Jr. ’44 (2001)
Sally Griffin Marks ’52 (1997)
David H. Martin ’62 (1987)
Maureen Carroll Martin ’86 (2003)
Raymond S. Mathews ’24 (1984)
F. Kale Mathias ’35 (1975)
William M. McCormick ’73 (1998)
George C. McGowan ’31 (1976)
Jean Eckhardt McWilliams ’44 (1979)
Nancy McWilliams Griesmyer '55, MEd '77 (2007)
George A. Meyls, Jr. ’22 (1972)
Charles L. Mitchell, Jr. ’61 (1986)
Charles E. Moore, Jr. ’71 (1991)
Frederick W. Morgan ’46 (1996)
Richard W. Morgan ’69 (1980)
C. Wray Mowbray, Jr. ’58 (1975)
Philip Myers ’16 (1974)
Theodore G. Neil ’59 (1984)
Frederick S. Nicoll ’62 (1992)
Claire Morris North ’82 (1997)
Nell Hughes Ogden ’53 (1978)
Eloise Chipman Payne ’38 (1978)
Alvin R. Paul ’50 (2000)
Cora Virginia Perry ’36 (1977)
Dennis L. Peters ’78 (1993)
C. Michael Preston ’67 (1975)
Wilbur D. Preston ’44 (1999)
Carol Westerfield Rabush ’60 (2000)
Donald R. Rabush ’62 (1997)
Lewis F. Ransom ’35 (1985)
Henry B. Reckord ’38 (1988)
Isabel Douglas Rein ’31 (1981)
M. Lee Rice ’48 (1998)
Carter W. Riefner ’37 (1987)
Alleck A. Resnick ’47 (1982)
Kathleen Moore Rittler ’68 (1980)
John R. Robinson ’43 (1998)
William C. Robinson ’41 (1996)
R. Christine Royer ’48 (1998)
Laura J. Russell ’87, M.S. ’99 (2001)
Helen Louise Scarborough ’50 (1990)
Mary Lee Younger Schmall ’55 (1980)
Samuel B. Schofield ’19 (1967)
Carolyn Seaman Scott ’67 (1987)
C. Frasier Scott ’43 (1971)
Betty Lee Robbins Seiland ’50 (1971)
John O. Seiland ’51 (1980)
Donna DuVall Sellman ’45 (2000)
Gordon B. Shelton ’68 (1993)
Walter E. Short ’08 (1978)
John F. Silber, Jr. ’50 (1975)
Helen Leatherwood Simpson ’38 (1978)
Vernon R. Simpson ’36 (1978)
Harry O. Smith ’30 (1990)
Rebecca Groves Smith ’37 (1982)
Frederick L. Smyth ’80 (1995)
Charles A. Stewart ’26 (1975)
Donald E. Tankersley ’57 (1983)
Lelia Ann Manning Tankersley ’59 (1989)
Caroline Wantz Taylor ’26 (1966)
Thomas J. Tereshinski, Sr. ’44 (1994)
Dorothy Berry Tevis ’35 (1990)
Joanne Trabucco Shaheen '59 (2007)
Caroline Benson Tringali ’85 (2002)
R. Peter Urquhart ’58 (1993)
Brantley P. Vitek ’57 (1983)
Nancy Caskey Voss ’54 (1979)
Charles I. Wallace, Sr. ’39 (1989)
Frances M. Ward ’86 (2001)
Paul F. Warner ’18 (1969)
Daniel I. Welliver ’50 (1976)
Mary Ada Twigg Welliver ’50 (1999)
Charles T. White ’55 (1995)
Eugene Willis ’34 (1984)
John F. Wooden, Jr. ’27 (1982)
Paul F. Wooden ’37 (1977)
Eugene C. Woodward ’28 (1974)
Katherine Blazek Wright ’74 (1999)
Pam Zappardino ’71 (2006)
Ira G. Zepp, Jr. ’52 (1992)

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