The Alumnus/a of the Year Award, previously given as the Class of 1914 Award, is the most prestigious award given to a Wittenberg alumnus/a.
The award celebrates Wittenberg University alumni who have: attained a significant level of achievement in their chosen field, impacted their local communities with integrity and character, and demonstrated a continued commitment to Wittenberg. Achievement(s) need not be publicly renowned.
2025
- Johnny Pryor '99 (News Release)
2024
- Amber Gibbs '98 (News Release)
2023
- Tamara Miller Campbell '82 (News Release)
2022
- Nicole Fogarty '98 (News Release)
2021
- Chris Conti '98 (News Release)
2020
- Karlos Marshall '13 (News Release)
- Moses Mbeseha '13
2019
- Anup Patel '95 (News Release)
2018
- Alicia Hupp '82 (News Release)
2017
- David Boyle '69 (News Release)
2016
- Fred Mitchell '69 (News Release)
2015
- Wes Bates '70 (News Release)
2014
- Patricia Richmond Benne '68
2013
- Steven Buchenroth '70
2012
- Ingrid Sponberg Stafford '75
2011
- Richard Scott
2010
- Alan '69 and Pam Jackson Stewart '69
2009
- Scott '76 and Carol Pfeifer Strawn '75
2008
- William H. Steinbrink ’64
2007
- Lanty P. Smith ’64
2006
- Craig Olson ’74
2005
- Charles A. Brougher ’55
2004
- Dr. Timothy Kremchek ’81
2003
- Georgiana Sterns Albright ’40
2002
- Michael Senich ’72
2001
- J. Douglas Andrews ’64
2000
- Martha Michelfelder Scott ’50
1999
- F. William Hirt ’47
- Robert W. VanKleunen ’58
- Barbara Hein VanKleunen ’62
1998
- Lawrence E. McCoy ’57
1997
- Paul A. Burson ’43
- Mark S. Shaffer ’72
- E. Jennings Taylor ’76
1996
- Gordon W. Johnston 1973
- Carol Walthall Schmalenberger ’58
1995
- Martha Demerest Rodgers ’31
1994
- Robert E. Ness ’63
1993
- Donald R. Perkins
- Rev. Dr. Michael D. Wuchter ’68
1992
- Carl A. Baden ’28
- Robin L. Ratchford ’66
1991
- Beverly Whited McBride ’63
- Elizabeth E. Powelson
1990
- Kenneth G. Benne ’68
- Dr. Virginia Hibbett Lucas ’53
- Paul L. Weaver ’42
1989
- Dr. Richard P. Veler ’58
1988
- David L. Dillahunt
- Martha Feldkircher Hartje ’44
- Lenore Morris Kinnison ’59
1987
- David B. Albright ’40
1986
- Mildred Dubois Remsberg
- James S. Wilkerson ’42
1985
- Martha Lutz
- William H. Porter Jr. ’67
- Charles F. Rechel ’49
1984
- S. Will Hahn
- George R. Henkle ’33
1983
- Everett H. Bush
- F. Kenneth Dickerson ’51
- Betty Doughman Dillahunt ’46
1982
- Dr. John E. Fisher '40
- Robert O. Long '50
- Paul Stefanik ’32
1981
- Mary Lou Culp ’31
1980
- Dr. Robert J. Marshall ’41
1979
- Willard H. Borchers ’34
- Mary Lu Kissell Noonan ’35
- Ruth Hartzell Wray ’37
1978
- Herbert W. Dankert ’39
- Dr. William I. Goettman ’54
- Dr. Howard E. Maurer ’30
1977
- Donald J. Bishop
- Rev. Lawrence T. Rugh ’47
1976
- F. Davis Maurer
1975
- Hulda Sallee
1974
- Dr. William A. Kinnison ’54
- Dr. L. David Miller
1973
- Dr. Robert G. Remsberg ’31
- Rev. Dr. John H. Rilling ’27
1972
- Dr. Margaret Sittler Ermarth ’30
- Richard L. Kuss ’45
1971
- Ernest P. Scott
- Frank Dock ’11
- Carl T. Ultes Sr. ’03
1970
- Marion Lewis Renick ’26
- Kenneth L. Rush ’21
1969
- Margaret Kantzer ’26
- Ralph M. Krueger ’31
- Dr. Allan O. Pfnister
1968
- John B. Hamm
- Dr. Arthur L. Lutz
1967
- Howell R. Jones ’27
- Carl D. Werner ’22 ’66
- Thelma A. Dunn ’24
- John M. Larimer ’28
- Dr. John N. Stauffer ’65
- Dr. G. Vernon Kelley
- Harold T. Kinsey ’27
- Dr. Roland C. Matthies
1964
- Karl L. Landefeld ’36
- A. Edward Patmos
1963
- George J. Buchy ’29
- Homer McFadden ’30
1962
- Ruth Helsel
- Hilda S. Stoughton
1961
- Clarence A. Corwin ’22
- Harris E. Miller ’15
1960
- Bitner Browne ’35
1959
- William M. Edwards ’31
- D. Bruce Young ’09
1958
- Dr. John W. Barker III
- Lester S. Crowl ’27
1957
- Willard D. Allbeck ’22
- Louis H. Fitch
1956
- John D. Kuhns ’21
- Rev. Karl G. Lind ’16
- Harold Thomas
- Margaret Thomas
1955
- Carroll D. Gaver ’19
- Nettie Royer
1954
- James C. Olson ’30
- Dr. W. Emerson Reck ’26
1953
- Harry G. Gram ’01
- Earl Marshall ’07
1952
- Earl F. Morris ’30
- Clarence C. Stoughton
1951
- Paul F. Bloomhardt
- Dr. Stanley M. Hanley ’23
1950
- Otto Jensen
- Wendell C. Nystrom
1949
- Dr. Taito A. Kantonen ’33
- Dr. Harold H. Lentz ’32
1948
- Florence Hiller
- Benjamin H. Pershing ’12
1947
- Paul Anspach ’16
- William C. Beaver
1946
- N. Madison Cartmell ’14
- Elmer E. Flack ’16
1945
- Rose C. Cadwgan ’09
- Lloyd C. Douglas ’00
1944
- Hettie Hochdoerfer 1896
- Dorner L. Keyser ’04
1943
- Grace N. Hannaford
- Flora Prince 1892
1942
- Robert H. Hiller 1889
- Ross H. Stover ’12
1941
- Alvin E. Bell Sr. ’05
- Loyal H. Larimer 1894
1940
- John Philip Schneider 1896
- Charles B. Zimmerman ’11
1939
- Z. Barney Phillips 1895
- Edwin O. Weaver 1889
1938
- Charles G. Shatzer 1900
- John L. Zimmerman Sr. 1879
1937
- T. Bruce Birch
- Rees Edgar Tulloss 1906