Founders Day (Past Recipients)

2023

Anke Friedrich 
James S. Hinckley & Lyn Hinckley 
J. Charles Rich 
Clifton Gregory Sanders
Honorary: John Bircumshaw

2022

Bonnie Jean Beesley
Michael Bird
Robert M. Graham
Tyrone Medley
Honorary: Kathie Miller
Distinguished Service: Daniel Edwards & Margie Egbert Edwards

2021

Rebecca J. Chavez-Houck
Ronald G. Coleman
Sydnee Dickson
Sara Jones
Joan S. Wolf and Harold Wolf
Honorary: Anne Osborn Poelman, M.D.

2020

Jeffrey Battcher
Katharine Garff
Kathleen Loveless
Eric Weddle
Honorary: Allan Landon
Distinguished Service: Megan Marsden, S. Greg Marsden, Theodore Capener

2019

Lana Dalton
Lily Eskelsen García
Robert Grow
Raymond Price, M.D.
Honorary: Gail Miller

2018

Kate Conyers
Skip Daynes
Marcia Madsen
Charles Sorenson
Honorary: Sam & Diane Stewart

2017

Pamela Cipriano
David Jorgensen
Miriah Meyer
Alan L. Sullivan
Honorary: Bruce Bastian

2016

Deneece G. Huftalin
Patricia W. Jones
Fred P. Lewis
Harris H. Simmons
Honorary: Marion A. Willey

2015

Gregory J. Goff
Brent C. James
Gretchen W. McClain
Clayton J. Parr
Honorary: John and Melody Taft

2014

Kem C. Gardner
Theodore M. and
Charlotte Garff Jacobsen
Frederick S. Kempe
Donald Yacktman
Honorary: John I. Bloomberg

2013

Robert P. Huefner
Mark C. Miller
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Norman H. Wesley
Honorary: Philip G. McCarthey

2012

Klea Blackhurst
H. Roger Boyer
J. Michael “Mike” Mattsson
Arthur L. Ruoff
Honorary: Gary Crocker

2011

Afesa Adams
Robert F. Bennett
Robert C. Gay
Fred P. Lampropolous
Honorary: Eugene England & William K. England

2010

Larry D. Gluth
M. Elizabeth Hale Hammond
Robert A. McDonald
Honorary: Marta S. Weeks-Wulf

2009

Richard E. Kendell
William J. Rutter
Beverley Taylor Sorenson
Andrew A. Valdez
Honorary: Chase N. & Grethe Ballif Peterson
Distinguished Achievement: Kyle Whittingham

2008

David M. Grant
Ann Weaver Hart
J. Brett Harvey
Charlie Monfort
Honorary: Mario R. Capecchi

2007

Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Craig H. Neilsen
Josephine “Jody” K. Olsen
Leon Peterson
Honorary: The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish

2006

Alan Kay
Merline Clark Leaming
Matthew R. Simmons
Joseph Bitner Wirthlin
Honorary: Ira A. and Mary Lou Fulton

2005

Anne Cullimore Decker
Rhoda Ramsey
Cecil O. Samuelson, Jr.
Alonzo “Lon” Watson, Jr.
Honorary: Larry H. Miller
Distinguished Service: Bill Marcroft

2004

David G. Neeleman
Jerold D. Ottley
Carmen B. Pingree
Olene S. Walker
Honorary: Clyde M. Heiner

2003

H. Kent Bowen
Larry EchoHawk
Robert H. Garff
Peggy Bennion Papp
Honorary: Jack R. Wheatley
Distinguished Service: James V. Hansen

2002

Tim Evans
Mark Fuller
Richard & Susan Jacobsen
Shirley Russon Ririe
Honorary: Carol M. Fay

2001

Stephen R. Covey
Mickey L. Ibarra
Thomas D. Rees
Jane Summerhays
Honorary: Clark P. Giles

2000

Ed Catmull
John Moran
I. Daniel Stewart
Terry Tempest Williams
Honorary: J. Boyer Jarvis

1999

G. Donald Gale
James E. Faust
Kay Winston Lipman
Pierre Lassonde
Honorary: Jon M. Huntsman

1998

Jerry C. Atkin
Cleone P. Eccles
George L. Strike
Barbara L. Tanner
Norman C. Tanner
Honorary: G. W. Anderson

1997

Boyd A. Blackner
William H. “Bill” Child
David A. Duke
Richard H. Madsen
Honorary: Joan Woodbury

1996

Elaine M. Burrows
Katherine W. Dumke
Robert G. Engman
L. Ralph Mecham
Honorary: Robert Hinckley Jr.

1995

Sterling D. Colton
D. Brent Scott
Scott S. Parker
John E. Warnock
Honorary: James W. Christopher

1994

Sally Rich Burbidge
Kenneth P. Burbidge Jr.
E. Gordon Gee
Calvin S. Hatch
Russell G. Redenbaugh
Honorary: Wallace Brooke, M.D.

1993

Eddie F. Brown
Barbara A Lewis
Rob Wellington Quigley
Floyd C. “Tally” Stevens
Honorary: Elizabeth R. Hayes

1992

Robert D. Hales
M. Ray Kingston
Stephen B. Nebeker
Helen Bowring Ure
Honorary: J. D. Williams

1991

Alan C. Ashton
Burtis R. Evans, M.D.
Ruth Hardy Funk
Kay R. Whitmore
Honorary: Cliff Snyder Sr., M.D.

1990

Rodney H. Brady
George S. Dibble
John B. Goddard
Phyllis B. Marriott
George G. Seifert
Honorary: Val A. Browning

1989

Bruce L. Christensen
E.R. Dumke, Jr.
Ruth R. Draper Crockatt
L. George Veasy, M.D.
Honorary: Sidney J. Green

1988

John Crawford, Jr.
Spencer F. Eccles
Tom C. Korologos
Dorothy Snow
Honorary: Aziz S. Atiya

1987

Richard P. Ensign
Virginia P. Kelson
Robert C. Muir
Roy W. Simmons
Honorary: Thomas D. Dee II

1986

Blanche E. Freed
David E. Salisbury
Richard L. Warner
Richard B. Wirthlin
Honorary: Dolores Doré Eccles
Honorary: W. Hughes Brockbank

1985

JoAnn Freed
Wilbert L. Gore
Donald B. Holbrook
Sen Nishiyama
Honorary: Reed W. Brinton

1984

Myrtle Austin
Esther R. Landa
John H. Naisbitt
Paul G. Stringham, M.D.
Honorary: Warren E. Pugh

1983

Harry L. Guss
J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Helen Z. Papanikolas
Sterling W. Sill
George Winder
Honorary: Mrs. Walter E. Cosgriff

1982

Nolan K. Bushnell
Charles E. Dibble
Hays Gorey
Simon Ramo
Honorary: Lela M. Ence
Honorary: Robert L. Rice

1981

Charles H. Bradford
Edward W. Clyde
William R. Gould
Emma Lou W. Thayne
Honorary: Nathan E. Tanner

1980

Edward I. Hashimoto, M.D.
James D. Moyle
Alexander Schreiner
Valois A. Zarr
Honorary: Elmo R. Morgan

1979

Bernard P. Brockbank
R. Adams Cowley, M.D.
Kendall D. Garff
Max B. Lewis
Honorary: Edna W. Dumke

1978

Marvin J. Ashton
Olive W. Burt
Robert L. Chambers
Bryon A. Hunter
Honorary: Edward M. Naughton

1977

Rear Adm. Maxine Conder
Theran M. Davis
Marion B. Lipman
Rulon W. Rawson, M.D.
Honorary: George S. Eccles

1976

Wallace F. Bennett
Alene O. Dalton
Mike M. Masaoka
Neal A. Maxwell
Honorary: Max Wintrobe, M.D.

1975

Ramona W. Cannon
David L. Freed
B.Z. Kastler
Peter Pitchness
Honorary: Fullmer H. Latter

1974

Paul W. Hodson
Florence S. Jacobsen
Arthur F. Kelly
Robert N. Sears
Honorary: Willam Christensen

1973

Keene Curtis
Glendon E. Johnson
James O. Mason, M.D.
Richard A. Van Winkle
Honorary: John W. Gallivan

1972

Kenneth B. Castleton
Theron S. Parmelee
DeWitt J. Paul
Marion G. Romney
Honorary: Robert H. Hinckley

1971

Lowell L. Bennion
Virginia F. Cutler
David W. Evans
Gordon B. Hinckley
Honorary: James E. Hogle

1970

Mary E. Caffey
John G. Hall
Gerald G. Probst
John M. Wallace
Honorary: Harold O. Molitor
Special Distinguished Alumnus Award: David O. McKay

1969

G. Homer Durham
Richard L. Evans
Mitchell Melich
Obert C. Tanner
Honorary: Maurice Abravanel

1968

Wendell J. Ashton
Allen V. Astin
C. Dean Dinwoodey
Joseph Rosenblatt
Honorary: L. S. Skaggs, Jr.

1967

Larry F. Wilson
Rocco C. Siciliano
Belle S. Spafford
Russell M. Nelson, M.D.
Harold H. Bennett
E. Parry Thomas

1966

Franklin S. Forsberg
Joseph Jensen
Thomas S. Monson
C. Dean Olson
Calvin L. Rampton

1965

C. Jay Parkinson
C. Lowell Lees
Harold Orlob
Gail Plummer

1964

Homer R. Warner, M.D.
Robert D. Bradford
Dale L. Morgan
Emily Brinton Sims

1963

Grant Johannesen
V. Fae Thomas
Wallace Stegner
G. Stanley McAllister

1962

Ardella Bitner Tibby
Leon L. Watters
Alex G. Oblad
Helen Spencer Williams

1961

Phyllis McGinley
William T. Gossett
Henry Eyring

1960

Ralph V. Chamberlin
E.L. “Dick” Romney
Lt. Gen. Robert M. Cannon

1959

No Banquet Held

1958

Lila Eccles Brimhall
William R. Calderwood
Frank L. Christensen
Merlo J. Pusey
Junior Edwards Rich, M.D.

1957

Honorary: A. Ray Olpin

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