2005 LAS
Alumni Awards
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and its academic departments recognized
alumni during Homecoming 2005 Oct. 21-22.
LAS recognized five outstanding alumni with awards, while seven academic
departments honored alumni from their academic disciplines.
In addition, four graduates with LAS degrees were recognized by the ISU
Alumni Association.
LAS hosted a dinner on Friday, Oct. 21, for its honorees in the Scheman
Building. A recognition ceremony was held afterwards.
Honorees included:
ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Outstanding Young Alumnus / Alumna Award
Sang-Joon Cho
Biology BS 1993
Neuroscience PhD 1998
Seoul, Korea
Jung Mun Sul Research Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology
Brian Hemphill
Journalism and Mass Communication MS 1994
DeKalb, Illinois
Vice President for Student Affairs, Northern Illinois University
Scott Stanzel
Journalism and Mass Communication BA 1995
Seattle, Washington
Public Relations Manager, Microsoft
Impact Award
Sophia Magill
Political Science BS 2005
Ames, Iowa
President, Government of the Student Body, Iowa State University, 2004-05
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Citation of Merit
Donald Langenberg
Physics BS 1953
Queenstown, Maryland
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Maryland
Trudy Huskamp Peterson
English & History BS 1967
Washington, D.C.
Retired Archivist of the United States
John V. Atanasoff Discovery Award
Doug Van Houweling
Government BS 1965
Ann Arbor, Michigan
President/CEO, Internet 2
Dean’s Arts & Humanities Medal
Deloris Wright
Economics PhD 1975
Golden, Colorado
Managing Principal, Analysis Group
Young Alumnus Award
Sean McLaughlin
Journalism and Mass Communication BS 1988
New York, New York
Weather Anchor and Meteorologist, MSNBC & Sunday TODAY Show
ANTHROPOLOGY
Distinguished Alumni Award
Keith Brown
Sociology BS 1955
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Lois Hattery Tiffany
Botany BS 1945
Botany MS 1947
Botany PhD 1950
Ames, Iowa
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Botany, Iowa State University
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Alumni Professional Achievement Award
Gary Stahl
Spanish BA 1983
New York, New York
Deputy Director, Programme Funding Office, UNICEF
Alumni Educational Achievement Award
Beth Eliers
French BA 1987
Clive, Iowa
French and Spanish Teacher, Hoover High School, Des Moines, Iowa
Frederick Schwink
German BA 1983
Longview, Illinois
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures, University
of Illinois
Classical Studies
Heather Schafroth
Chemical Engineering & Individual
Major BS 1996
Boston, Massachusetts
Law Student, Harvard University
Former National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
GEOLOGICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Geology Outstanding Alumni
Thure E. Cerling
Chemical Technology BS 1972
Geology MS 1973
Salt Lake City, Utah
Distinguished Professor of Biology, Geology & Geophysics, University
of Utah
Richard Matzke
Geology BS 1959
Alamo, California
Vice Chairman (retired) Chevron Corporation
President, NESW Solutions
Meteorology Outstanding Alumni
Harvey Freese
Meteorology BS 1970
Meteorology MS 1973
Des Moines, Iowa
Co-owner, Freese-Notis Weather
Charles Notis
Meteorology BS 1972
Johnston, Iowa
Co-owner, Freese-Notis Weather
GREENLEE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION
Schwartz Award
Wayne Davis
Journalism and Mass Communication BS 1988
Ames, Iowa
Newspaper Publisher
ISU Public Relations (retired)
MUSIC
Outstanding Music Alumni Award
Jay Kawarsky
Music, BS 1981
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Professor of Music Theory and Composition, Rider University
Paul Bro
Music BS 1980
Hinsdale, Illinois
Professor of Music, Indiana State University
Wayne Bailey
Music BS 1977
Tempe, Arizona
Director of the School of Music, Arizona State University
Outstanding Music Educator Alumni Award
Alan Greiner
Music BS 1985
Jefferson, Iowa
Executive Director of the Iowa State High School Music Association
POLITIAL SCIENCE
Distinguished Alumnus
Stan Thompson
Political Science BS 1982
Des Moines, Iowa
Attorney: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts
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