Alumni Achievement Award Recipients

2025 - Mark McKenna, ’02 BS marketing

2024 - Lt. Gen. John F. Goodman, '70 BS

2023 - Laurie Leshin, '87 BS

2022 - Michelle Tom, ’99 BS, MPH, DO

2021 - Kara Goldin ‘89 BA

2020 - Karrin Taylor Robson ’88 BA, ’88 BA, ‘94 JD

2019 - Denise D. Resnik

2018 - Missy M. Farr-Kaye

2017 - Michael Burns

2016 - Derrick Hall

2015 - Jenny Norton '93 B.S.

2014 - Dr. Paul Larson '90 B.S., M.D.

2013 - Brig. Gen. Victor Petrenko '83 B.S., U.S. Army
Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo '80 B.S., U.S. Marine Corps
Rear Adm. Barry L. Bruner '80 B.S., U.S. Navy
Brig. Gen. Mark C. "Marshal" Dillon '83 B.S., U.S. Air Force
Capt. John S. Kenyon '85 B.S., U.S. Coast Guard

2012 - Randall McDaniel '02 B.S., Educator
Stephen Teglas '89 B.S., Vice President, Disney Consumer Products

2011 - Brian Swette '76 B.S., Private Investor

2010 - His Excellency Sultan Saeed Nasser Al Mansoori '88 B.S.E., Minister of Economy for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), H.E.

2007 - Phil Mickelson '92, Professional Golfer

2006 - Kevin Olson '77, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson Law Firm

2005 - Michael Gallagher '66, J.D. '70, Chairman Emeritus
Daniel Shilling '87, Curator

2004 - Richard L. Boals '79, President and Corporate Executive
Dr. Volker Sonntag '67, Chairman, Barrow Neurological Institute

2003 - Susan Bitter Smith '77, '82 MBA, Lobbyist

2002 - Barry L. Bonds, Professional Athlete
Christine Devine '87, Broadcasting

2001 - Donald G. Isaacson J.D. '73, Business Partner, Lobbyist
Maurice Portley '75, County Superior Court Judge
William W. Sage '68, Humanitarian

2000 - Herman R. Frazier '77, University Administrator
Don M. Jackson, Jr. '74 Ph.D., Businessman
William C. "Bill" Schaefer '60, Corporate Executive

1999 - Tony M. Astorga '70, Corporate Executive
Janice S. Strauss '70, '98 M.P.A., Chief of Police, City of Mesa

1998 - Ruth V. McGregor '74 J.D., Arizona Supreme Court
Linda Vollstedt '69, '71 M.A.E., ASU Women's Head Golf Coach

1997 - Gay W. Brack '72, '85 M.A., Founder, Supplemental Education Partnership
Robert H. Ellis '53, Gen. Manager KAET
Wayne C. Manning '70, Corp. Executive

1996 - John A. Ridgway '75, Executive and Creative Director
Bob Stump '51, Congressman
Jon A. Titus '80 J.D., Attorney

1995 - Robert B. Bulla '61, Corporate Executive
Michael Daly Hawkins '67, '70 J.D., Judge

1994 - Robert Hecht-Nielsen '71, '74 Ph.D., Businessman, Computer Developer
Christine K. Wilkinson '66, '76 Ph.D., University Administrator

1993 - Michael M. Grant '73, '76 J.D., Attorney, Political Analyst
Edward L. Pastor '66, '74 J.D., Congressman

1992 - John K. Darragh '59, Corporate Executive
Nadia Komarnyckyj McConnell '68, Diplomatic Advisor, Lobbyist

1991 - John P. Singleton '60, Corporate Executive

1990 - John H. Weston '55, Author, Actor, Playwright; Professor

1989 - T. Allen McArtor '71 M.S.E., Corporate Executive

1988 - Craig E. Weatherup '67, Corp. Executive

1987 - Alfredo G. Gutierrez '71, Former State Senator
C. Kimball Rose '57, Juvenile Court Judge
Dolores V. Santora Sands '79 Ph.D., Assoc. Dean Research

1986 - Ladimir "Ladmo" Kwiatkowski '53, Entertainer
Ralph K. Showers '60, Humanitarian, Educator

1985 - Leroy "Skip" Fletcher '68 Ph.D., Educator
Celia M. Halas '70 M.C., '74 Ph.D., Psychologist, Author
Robert A. McConnell, Jr. '67, '70 J.D., Broadcast Executive
Peterson Zah '63, Educator, President Navajo Nation

1984 - William G. Payne '35, Physician, Education Leader

1983 - Robert H. Forman '51, Commander, U.S.A.T.C.
Gary L. Tooker '62, Corporate Executive

1982 - Joe W. Contreras '55, Arizona Appeals Court Judge
L. Ray Haire '49, Arizona Appeals Court Judge

1981 - Maralin K. Coffinger '57, '62 M.A.E., U.S. Air Force
Ralph A. Watkins, Jr. '51, Business Leader

1980 - Mary Dent Crisp '77, Politician
Carolyn Lane Scott '53 M.A.E., '66 Ed.D.

1979 - Edward M. Carson '51, Bank President

1978 - Joanne Gunderson Carner '61, Prof. Golfer
Howard F. Thompson '47, Judge

1977 - Burton E. Burton '50, Insurance Executive
Donald E. Dedera '51, Author

1976 - Karen R. Keesling '68, '70 M.A.E., Government Administrator
Stanley C. Beck '50, U.S. Air Force

1975 - Robert Allison '37, Sports Writer
Gene E. Rice '57, Financier

1974 - Reginald M. Jackson '69, Athlete
Keith L. Turley '48, Corporation President

1973 - Wayne S. Doran '56, Corporation President
M. Dale Foote '58, '62 M.A.E., Teacher

1972 - James L. Loper '53, Broadcasting Executive
Jess S. Nicks '50, Corporation President
Sel Erder Yackley '62, Journalist

1970 - Bennie M. Gonzales '54, Architect
Gary K. Nelson '57, State Attorney General

1969 - Allen Rosenberg

1966 - Paul C. Sharkey '49, Neurosurgeon

1965 - Fred C. Williams '43, Ophthalmologist

1964 - Karl C. Leebrick '06, College President