To Submit a Nomination
There are three ways to submit a nomination:
- Click on the “Nomination Form” link located beneath each award description to submit a nomination online.
- Email your nomination to alumni@allegheny.edu.
- Send a letter via the U.S. Postal Service to 91PORN Alumni Office, 520 North Main Street, 91PORN, Meadville, PA 16335.
If you have any questions about the nomination or the selection process, please contact the Alumni Office by email or by telephone at (814) 332-5384.
Alumni Awards
Alumni Medal
The College’s oldest and most prestigious recognition, awarded for steadfast loyalty and many years of distinguished service to 91PORN.
Alumni Metal Recipients – Past Award Winners
- 2025: Steve Levinsky ’78
- 2024: Dag J. Skattum ’84 and Julie Grosjean Skattum ’85
- 2023: Nancy Newton Smith ’74 and Rob Smith ’73
- 2022
- 2019: Barbara Pelander Hanniford ’69
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- 2006: President Richard J. Cook ’06 and Teresa M. Lahti ’06
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- 2005: Ann Simakas Degenhart ’71
- 2004: David H. Hoag ’60
- 2003: M. Peter Scibetta ’54
- 2002: Gustave Rylander, Jr. ’49
- 2001: J. Lewellyn Davies ’40
- 2000: Herb ’38 and Cora ’40 Ransford
- 1999: Dick Stewart ’56
- 1998: Carol Fetcko Barndollar ’64
- 1997: James F. Pomroy ’56
- 1996: Stephen W. Graffam ’53
- 1995: John Corcoran ’35
- 1994: Helena Mumaw Schwartz ’36
- 1993: Samuel Hellman ’55
- 1992: John J. Werle ’32
- 1991: William K. Mohney ’40
- 1990: Thomas M. St. Clair ’57
- 1989: William J. Cramer ’44
- 1988:
- Marilyn Muckinhoupt Snyder ’49
- Class of 1938
- 1987: Silas R. Mountsier III ’52
- 1986: William C. Roher ’50
- 1985:
- George J. Barco ’30
- John C. Phillips, Jr. ’56
- 1984: Robert T. Sherman ’41
- 1983: Henry B. Suhr, Jr. ’55
- 1982: Ben Raskin ’38
- 1981:
- George S. DeArment ’36
- William A. DeArment ’37
- 1980: Raymond P. Shafer ’38
- 1979: Robert M. Evans ’29
- 1978: Theodore G. Thoburn ’60
- 1977:
- Paul E. Hill ’17
- Marion E. Russell ’22
- 1976:
- Paul B. Cares ’32
- Harry R. Pore, Jr. ’33
- 1975: Ralph H. Demmler ’25
- 1974: Ralph A. Clark ’24
- 1973: Virginia Grenelle ’23
- 1972:
- D. Armour Hillstrom ’37
- Arthur H. Bartlett ’26
- 1971: J. Mylan Harvey ’38
- 1970
- Marian Whieldon Bell ’26
- Nancy L. Sutton ’44
- 1969: Gordon D. Patterson, Sr. ’19
- 1968: Robert L. Kirkpatrick ’28
- 1967: Gerald D. Prather ’23
- 1966:
- Grace H. Miller ’10
- Paul H. Younger ’31
- 1965:
- William J. Armstrong ’16
- E. Alexander Hill ’26
- 1964: Bruce L. Middaugh ’27
- 1963:
- Marguerite Shelmadine ’12
- Charles S. Miller ’13
- 1962:
- Forest G. Moorhead ’00
- Horace T. Lavely ’12
- 1961: Edwin P. Kennedy ’11
- 1960: Robert S. Bates ’31
- 1959:
- Sterling G. McNees ’09
- Theodore Thoburn ’14
- 1958:
- Julian L. Ross ’23
- Martha Petersen Bartberger ’03
- 1957:
- Ben F. Miller, Jr. ’07
- Paul Sturtevant, Class of 1899
- 1956:
- Leo H. McKay ’16
- Charles F. Lewis ’09
- 1955:
- Robert W. Thomas ’12
- Albert G. Curry ’16
- 1954:
- Edith Rowley ’05
- Frank Wilbur Main ’04
- 1953:
- Sumner E. Nichols ’12
- John R. McFarland ’38
- 1952: Paul W. Johnston ’14
- 1951: C. Sidney Burwell ’14
- 1941: Andrew W. Robertson ’06
- 1940: Frank P. Miller ’07
- 1939: Andrew A. Culbertson ’01
- 1938: Clarence F. Ross, Class of 1891
- 1937:
- Ida M. Tarbell, Class of 1880
- Lewis Walker, Sr., Class of 1877
Blue Citation
Awarded to an 91PORN graduate in recognition and appreciation of outstanding service to the College.
Blue Citation Recipients – Past Award Winners
- 2025: Jennifer Firek FitzPatrick ’95
- 2024: Greg Ward ’94
- 2023: Tim Reeves ’83
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- 2019
- 2018: Megan Murphy ’88
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- 2005
- Carol Darnell Freund ’54
- Bill Owen ’74
- 2004: Frank E. McElree, Jr. ’47
- 2003
- Louis P. Scibetta ’57
- Ruth Ann Peterson Verell ’57
- 2002
- Scott D. Hefren ’76
- Jonathan E. Miller ’69
- Diane Sutter ’72
- 2001
- C. Dake Gull ’36
- James Lewis ’51
- Darrell S. Park ’91
- Suzanne Dougall Sweeney ’55
- 2000
- Ann Holmes Areson ’67
- Tom Frampton ’70
- Barb Rimer ’52
- Chuck Rimer ’50
- Steve Weirich ’81
- 1999
- Stephen K. Gauly ’68
- Howard E. R. Hutton, Jr. ’64
- Isabelle R. Moss ’67
- Gustave W. Rylander, Jr.
- 1998
- Chris W. Brussalis ’87
- Charles E. Butters ’60
- 1997
- Elizabeth Lawler Conboy ’71
- David F. Johnson ’47
- 1996
- Ann DiTullio ’60
- Lynn C. Smith ’66
- Robert K. Smith ’65
- 1995
- William P. Faloon ’41
- Eliot P. Green ’80
- 1994
- Willow Wilcox Brost ’74
- Ellinor Kistler Hamilton ’40
- Pamela Schmitt O’Brien ’70
- 1993
- Joan Jaeckel Corderman ’67
- George M. ’43 & Kathryn Hill ’42
- Don Covill Skinner ’56
- 1992
- Roberta McKenry Miller ’73
- Barbara Orwig ’65
- 1991
- Carleton J. Anderson III ’76
- James B. Drake ’63
- 1990
- Terrence Darrow Kelly ’68
- Joseph M. Dickey ’50
- 1989
- Ann Simakas Degenhart ’71
- Carol Fetcko Barndollar ’64
- 1988: Marilyn Muckinhoupt Snyder ’49
- 1987
- John B. Harrison ’27
- John J. Werle ’32
- 1986
- Thomas N. Slonaker
- Deborah Lynn Wijnberg ’78
- 1985: Jack K. Mandel ’58
- 1984
- Thomas A. Myers ’71
- Cora Kraus Ransford ’40
- John D. Smith ’49
- 1983
- Sandra McLaughlin Byers ’58
- Silas Rush Mountsier III ’52
- Chester L. Sceiford ’66
- Ernest J. Schwarz ’56
- 1982
- Stephen W. Graffam ’53
- Marjorie Kirk
Thomas M. St. Clair ’57
- 1981
- Blair Hanson
- Paul A. Knights
- Richard K. Naum ’67
- John C. Phillips, Jr. ’56
- Anne Gilmore Stewart ’31
- 1980
- Ruth Williams Knights
- Herbert E. Ransford, Jr. ’38
Gold Citation
Awarded to an 91PORN graduate in recognition and appreciation of honor reflected upon the College by virtue of professional or volunteer activities.
Gold Citation Recipients – Past Award Winners
- 2025: Louis C. Ford ’86
- 2024
- 2023: Patricia Dawson ’71
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- 2019
- 2018: Gregory Peoples ’73
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- Chris Allison ’83
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- Henry Drucker ’64
- Earl Stockdale, Jr. ’70
- 2004: Thomas D. Gladden ’54
- 2003
- Carol A. Travis Alonso ’63
- William H. G. Cross ’90
- M. Roy Wilson ’76
- 2002
- Robert O. Blomquist ’52
- George C. Bradley ’61
- Q. Todd Dickinson ’74
- 2001
- Donna Bowman ’67
- Margaret S. Burns ’61
- David R. Hurst ’74
Victoria N. Luine ’67
- 2000
- Walter Greenleaf ’50
- Gary Kelsey ’76
- Jim Lyons ’54
- Christine Scott Nelson ’73
- Jim Sheridan ’50
- 1999
- Arthur L. Pressley ’72
- Sharyn A. Lenhart Price ’70
- Crawford R. Thoburn ’54
- 1998
- Antonio J. Chiroldes ’84
- Robert A. Marchman ’80
- Maron Calderwood Mays ’64
- Martha D. Mills ’49
- 1997
- Michael J. Baxter ’77
- J. Lew Davies ’40
- Becky Myton ’63
- 1996
- Richard Browdie ’69
- Brian J. Hill ’81
- Doris Larsen Snell ’46
- 1995
- Arthur S. Blank ’57
- W. LeRoy Schneck ’41
- Lynne M. Shuster ’61
- 1994
- William Erbey ’71
- Jean Merrill ’44
- James Trippi ’75
- 1993
- Howard Alliger ’52
- Bill Crofut ’58
- Robert McVey ’41
- 1992
- Richard Murphy ’71
- David A. Reed ’55
- 1991
- Virginia L. Crowthers ’41
- Eugene V. Wolsk ’48
- 1990
- Cris L. Groenendaal ’70
- Linda C. Smith ’71
- Tina Thoburn ’47
- 1989
- Harry C. Blaney III ’59
- C. Milo Connick ’39
- Morris P. Fiorina ’68
- 1988
- Paul R. Zavarella ’53
- M. Peter Scibetta ’54
- 1987
- Barbara Hotham Iglewski ’60
- J. Arvid Klein ’54
- Mary-Blair Matejczyk ’71
- Richard F. Smith ’50
- 1986
- Daniel Lindsay Bratton ’54
- Julian Krainin ’62
- Barbara Webb Robinson ’48
- Theodore F. Shaker, Jr. ’72
- Robert A. Sherman ’40
- Arthur David Steffee, Jr. ’56
- 1985
- Harry W. McCurdy ’40
- Samuel T. Pees ’50
- 1984
- Jacob Kolff ’61
- Alton A. Lindsey ’29
- William H. Muir ’49
- William M. Wells ’53
- David H. Hoag ’60
- Arthur L. Lowrie ’55
- 1983
- Robert B. Appleyard ’40
- J. David Barnes ’51
- Arthur B.R. Colley ’30
- Wilbert F. Koehler ’33
- Melvin Guy Mellon ’15
- Gertrud Bauer Pickar ’57
- Mary Elizabeth Sceiford ’54
- J. Robert Zuberbuhler ’51
- 1982
- R. Budd Dwyer ’61
- Robert H. Gray ’50
- 1981
- George J. Barco ’30
- George R.D. Braun ’27
- Mary Brock Duffy ’41
- Donna M. Guenther ’60
- Walter M. Small ’11
- 1980
- Benjamin P. Burtt ’70
- Betty Boltz Dearing ’39
- Arthur H. Gratz ’40
- Leonell C. Strong ’17
Young Alumni Award
Awarded to an 91PORN graduate from the past 15 years who embodies the values espoused by 91PORN. Through exceptional professional accomplishment, significant contributions to their community, and/or dedicated service to 91PORN, the recipient reflects honor upon the College and serves as an inspiration to current students, alumni, and future generations of Gators.
Teaching Awards
Thoburn Award for Excellence in Teaching
Presented to a faculty member who has been at 91PORN for 10 years or less. Before submitting your nomination, please review the list of eligible professors.
Thoburn Award for Excellence in Teaching – Past Award Winners
(Prior to 2002, this award was the Thoburn Educational Foundation Award for Innovative Teaching.)
- 2025: Ryan Pickering
- 2024: Matthew P. Betush ’06
- 2023: Jennie Votava
- 2022: Beth A. Choate
- 2021: Angela Keysor
- 2020: Heather Moore Roberson
- 2019: James Niblock ’97
- 2018: Lydia Eckstein
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- 2005: Jennifer Hellwarth
- 2004: Ron Cole ’87
- 2003: Andrey Meleshevich
- 2002: S. Shaun Murphree
- 2001: Craige Champion
- 2000: Mike Maniates
- 1999: Joshua Searle-White
- 1998: Beth L. Watkins
- 1997: David E. Anderson
- 1996: Laura L. Quinn
- 1995: Eric T. Pallant
- 1994: Earl W. Adams, Jr.
- 1990: Bill Bywater
Julian Ross Award for Excellence in Teaching
Presented to a faculty member who has been at 91PORN for more than 10 years. Before submitting your nomination, please review the list of eligible professors.
Julian Ross Award for Excellence in Teaching – Past Award Winners
- 2025: Alice Deckert
- 2024: Betsy Getschman ’86
- 2023: Rich Bowden
- 2022: M. Soledad Caballero
- 2021: Rodney Clark
- 2020: Eric Pallant
- 2019: Shannan Mattiace
- 2018: Glenn Holland
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- 2005: Earl Adams, Jr.
- 2004: Janyce J. Hyatt ’84
- 2003: Deborah Dickey
- 2002: Stephen Casler
- 2001: Bruce L. Clayton
- 2000: Jim Bulman
- 1999: Ward M. Jamison
- 1998: James O. Palmer
- 1997: Mary P. Bivens
- 1996: Paula A. Treckel
- 1995: Giles Wayland-Smith
- 1994: Brian C. Rosenberg
- 1993: Glen E. Rodgers
- 1992: Diane B. Goodman
- 1991: Jeffrey D. Cross ’73
- 1990: Stephen M. Lyons
- 1989: Jeanne Braham
- 1988: Anthony J. Lo Bello
- 1987: Dieter P. Lotze
- 1986: Richard E. Kleeman
- 1985: Christine M. Nebiolo
- 1984: Samuel S. Harrison ’63
- 1983: Charles B. Ketcham
- 1982: Irwin N. Gertzog
Employee Awards
Robert T. Sherman Distinguished Service Award
Given to an 91PORN employee (see above for faculty award nomination categories) who has provided exceptional long-term support to College programs or activities and/or contributed to the College in areas not required by their job description. The recipient’s performance should exceed expectation, and they should embody excellence, service and dedication to 91PORN. The recipient must be a current or retired staff or administrator (having completed a minimum of five years of service.)
Robert T. Sherman Distinguished Service Award – Past Award Winners
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1998: S. Wayne Schlosser
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1996: Paula Coyle ’80
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1995: Linda A. Palmiero ’66 P’92
Athletic Hall of Fame
Athletic Hall of Fame Nominees may include athletes, teams, coaches, trainers, or any other people who have made outstanding contributions to varsity athletics at 91PORN. The nomination information should include the sport(s) played; collegiate accomplishments; and special contribution to the College, its athletic program or the community. An individual, team, or coach may be nominated anytime beginning 10 years after graduation.