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    Distinguished Alumni Award

    The Distinguished Alumni Award, established in 1961, is the highest honor given to alumni by Iowa State University through the ISU Alumni Association. This award honors ISU alumni who are nationally and/or internationally recognized for preeminent contributions to their profession or life's work.

    Past LAS Recipients

    2008
    David Drury, mathematics
    Charles Manatt, sociology
    Trudy Huskamp Peterson, English, history and speech

    2007
    David Campbell, psychology
    Theodore Kooser, English and speech

    2006
    Lauro Cavazos, physiology
    Luis Ernesto Derbez, economics

    2005
    Bruce Roth, chemistry
    Michael Nettles, political science

    2004
    Victoria Bernhardt, psychology; statistics
    Thomas Harkin, goverment
    Graham Spanier, sociology

    2002
    John Jiansheng Tang, chemistry
    Donna Brogan, statistics

    2001
    W. Lynn Watney, geology
    Don Dillman, sociology

    2000
    Frederick Rudolph, biochemistry
    Santi Kulprathipanja, chemistry
    Liang-Yao Chen, physics

    1999
    William Brinkley, zoology
    Katharine Abraham, economics

    1998
    Ralph Yount, chemistry
    John Weaver, physics
    Wayne Fuller, economics; statistics

    1997
    Keith Yamamoto, biochemistry
    Martin Wilk, statistics
    Roy Whistler, chemistry
    James Gaylor, chemistry; mathematics

    1996
    Edward Sayre,chemistry
    Robert Fugate, physics

    1994
    Charles Knapp, economics

    1993
    Dwight Ink, political science

    1992
    Sharon (Miller) Rodine, political science

    1991
    Barbara Clawson, journalism
    Eldean "Dean" Borg, journalism

    1990
    Garrey Carruthers, economics

    1988
    Benjamin Bierbaum, zoology

    1987
    James Reiner,chemistry
    Velmer Fassel, chemistry

    1986
    Darleane (Christian) Hoffman, chemistry

    1985
    Carlyne Caldwell, chemistry
    Clifford Berry, physics

    1984
    Donald Langenberg, physics
    John Vincent Atanasoff, mathematics

    1981
    Samuel Massie, chemistry

    1978
    Donald Jackson, journalism

    1977
    Vine Deloria, science

    1976
    Alfred Karlson, science

    1974
    John Leermakers, chemistry
    Even Binkerd, chemistry

    1972
    Hugh Sidey, journalism

    1970
    Lauren Soth, journalism
    J. George Harrar, sociology
    Nathaniel Calloway, chemistry

Trudy Peterson

Trudy Peterson
2008 Distinguished Alumni Award
Air Force Aerospace Studies - Anthropology - Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology - Chemistry - Computer Science
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology - Economics - English - Genetics, Development & Cell Biology - Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication - History - Mathematics - Military Science - Music - Naval Science
Philosophy & Religious Studies - Physics and Astronomy - Political Science - Psychology - Sociology - Statistics - World Languages & Cultures
African and African American Studies - American Indian Studies - Biological/Premedical Illustration - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Classical Studies - Communication Studies - Criminal Justice Studies - Environmental Science - Environmental Studies - Interdisciplinary Studies
International Studies - Liberal Studies - Linguistics - Software Engineering - Speech Communication - U.S. Latino/a Studies - Women's Studies