Washburn University School of Law Alumni Awards

2025
The Hon. Evelyn Wilson, ’85

2024
Thomas A. Adrian, bba ’66, jd ’69

2023
The Hon. J. Thomas Marten, ba ’73, jd ’76, h ’18

2022
Wendell “Bud” Cowan, ’74

2021
Lucky DeFries, ’78

2020
Michael Lennen, ’74

2019
Jim Slattery, ba ’70, jd ’75

2018
No award given

2017
Stephen Cavanaugh, ’80

2016
Lynette Petty, ’87

2015
The Hon. Nancy L. Moritz, ’85

2014
No award given

2013
The Hon. C. William “Bill” Ossmann, ’77

2012
Carol Gilliam Green, ’81 
David E. Pierce, ’77

2011
Paul Hoferer, ’75

2010
The Hon. Marla J. Luckert, ’80

2009
William D. “Bill” Bunten, ’56

2008
D. Duke Dupre, ’73

2007
Bernard Bianchino, ’74

2006
H. Allan Caldwell, ’73

2005
James R. Roth, ’66

2004
David L. Ryan, ’66

2003
Delano E. Lewis, ’63

2002
The Hon. Christel Marquardt, ’74

2001
Lynn R. Johnson, ’70

2000
The Hon. Sam A. Crow, ’52

1999
William Kurtis, ’66

1998
W. Terrence Kilroy, ’77

1997
The Hon. E. Newton Vickers, ’50
Gerald L. Michaud, ’51

1996
Wayne T. Stratton, ’58

1995
Harold Herd, ’42

1994
Richard Hite, ’53

1993
Glenn Archer, ’46

1992
Ronald K. Richey, ’51

1991
Herbert A. Marshall, ’43
Patrick F. Kelly, ’53

1990
No award given

1989
Richard Hrdlicka, ’55

1988
Bob Abbott, ’60

1987
Raymond L. Spring, ’59
Dale E. Saffels, ’49

1986
Linda Elrod, ’71

1985
Jim Barnett, ’59

1984
Mike Barbara, ’53

1983
Joe Morris, ’47

1982
Gerald L. Goodell, ’58

1981
Robert Dole, ’52

1980
Warren Shaw, ’31

1979
Perry Owsley, ’38

1978
Howard Harper, ’40

1977
Jerome Harman, ’35

1976
Meyer Ueoka, ’49

1975
Alex Fromme, ’39

1974
J.C. Tillotson, ’32

1973
Jack Wertz, ’47

1972
Jay Kyle, ’38

1971
Roy Bartlett, ’49

1970
D.A. Hindman, ’27
John Shamberg, ’49

1969
Donald Moyers, ’34
Stanley Garrity, ’27

1968
Earl Hatcher, ’23

1967
Alex Hotchkiss, ’27
George Templar, ’27
Harold Fatzer, ’33

1966
Phil Lewis, ’35

1965
Lester Goodell, ’25

1964
Delmas Hill, ’29
Howard Jones, ’28

1963
Marie Russell, ’25

This award is no longer given and was replaced in 2008 by the Lifetime Achievement Award.

2007
Richard C. Hite, ’53

2006
The Hon. Kay McFarland, ’64

2005
Justice Robert L. Gernon, ’69

2025
The Hon. Kenneth Gale, ’80

2024
Natalie G. Haag, ’85
The Hon. C. William ‘Bill’ Ossmann, ’77

2023 
The Hon. Steven Hornbaker, ba ’70, jd ’73
Marcia (Harley) Johnston, ba ’71, jd ’74

2022
The Hon. Dan Biles, ’78
The Hon. Stephen D. Hill, ’75

2021 
John K. Kleinheksel, ’72
The Hon. Linda Parks, ’83
The Hon. Nancy Parrish, ’84
David Pierce, ’77

2020 
John F. Bergner, ’82
The Hon. Eric Melgren, ’85

2019
John Frieden, ’67
Art Glassman, ba ’59, jd ’65
Terry Mann, ’86

2018
Professor Linda Elrod, ba ’69, jd ’72
Jim Sloan, ba ’50, jd ’52, h ’09
Linda Graves,  ’78

2017
Bob Hartsook, ’79
Jessie Junette Nye, 1912 (Posthumous)
John Kemp, jd ’74, h’03

2016
Earl Hatcher, jd ’23, h ’69 (posthumous)
The Hon. J. Thomas Marten, ba ’73, jd ’76
Frank Ross, Jr., ’78

2015
Kay Arvin, ’51
Winton M. Hinkle, ’68
The Hon. Alexander A. Hotchkiss, ’27

2014
No award given

2013
Nola Tedesco Foulston, ’77
Dr. Max M. Halley, ’66
Mark V. Heitz, ’77
Congressman Dennis W. Moore, ’70
Ronald E. Wurtz, ’73

2012
The Hon. J. Patrick Brazil, ’62
The Hon. Dale E. Saffels, ’49
The Hon. Edward R. Sloan, 1906
The Hon. William A. Smith, ’14
The Hon. H. George Templar, ’27

2011
Samuel E. Cary, 1910
The Hon. Sam A. Crow, ’52
Brian J. Moline, ’66
Martha S. Yerkes-Robinson, ’40

2010
Donald O. Concannon, ’52
The Hon. John Edwards Conway, ’63
The Hon. Homer Hoch, 1909
The Hon. Raymond J. Reynolds, ’29

2009
The Hon. James P. Buchele, ’66
Philip L. Burton, ’48
William A. “Bill” Buzick, ’50
Andrew “Jack” Focht, ’60
Gerald “Jerry” Goodell, ’58
Samuel C. Jackson, ’54
Richard Brooke McEntire, ’34
Margaret McGurnaghan, ’27
The Hon. Loren R. Miller, ’28
Mary M. “Billie” Parr, ’47
Dr. Bill Roy Sr., ’70

2008
Elizabeth S. “Beth” Bowers, ’48
The Hon. Paul Brady, ’56
Harold Fatzer, ’33
Mark Garlinghouse, ’39
Edna Hopkins, ’18
The Hon. Patrick Kelly, ’53
The Hon. Joseph W. Morris, ’47
Charles Scott, ’48
John Scott, ’47
John E. Shamberg, ’37
Raymond L. Spring, ’59
Dorothy Davidson Tyner, ’41

2007
John Dawson, 1906
Clifford Hope Sr., ’17
Marie Russell, ’25
Delmas Hill, ’29
Richard Donnelly, ’38
Jack Campbell, ’40
Jerry Michaud, ’51
Senator Robert J. Dole, ’52
Sherman Parks, ’55
Delano Lewis, ’63
The Hon. Kay McFarland, ’64
William H. Kurtis, ’66

2025
The Kuckelman Family

2024
The Berkley Family
The Scott Family

2023
The McEntire Family

2022
The Michaud Family

2021
The Parks Family

2019
The Spigarelli Family

2025
John Francis
Alex Glashausser

2024
Melissa P. Masoner, PhD
Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Tilson Conklin Rogers, ba ’69

2023 
Professor Michael Kaye
The Hon. Sarah Warner

2022
Glenda Cafer

2021
Bethany Roberts

2020
Karla Whitaker

2019
The Hon. Amy Hanley

2018
Professor L. Ali Khan

2017
Dean Thomas J. Romig

2016
Cynthia Heath
The Hon. Edward Larson

2015
David J. Rebein

2014
No award given

2013
Professor Gregory J. Pease

2012
Elizabeth A. “Betty” Fischer

2011
Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius

2010
John E. Christensen

2009
Sheila Reynolds

2008
Nancy G. Maxwell

2007
William Rich

2006
Dennis R. Honabach

2005
Dr. Jerry Farley

2004
Myrl L. Duncan

2003
The Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha

2002
Dean Allen Easley

2001
Martha M. “Marty” Snyder

2000
The Hon. Wesley E. Brown

1999
Bruce Levine

1998
Louis E. Mosiman

1997
James M. Concannon

1996
No award given

1995
Charles Koch

1994
Banks McDowell

1993 
The Hon. Mary Briscoe

1992
Barbara King Wilson

1991
James M. Concannon

1990
No award given

1989
Robert E. Edmonds

1988
The Hon. Terry Bullock

1987
Jean B. Reeves

1986
David S. Dale

1985
The Hon. James MacNish

1984
Dr. John L. Green, Jr.

1983
The Hon. Richard Rogers

1982
Keith Sebelius

1981
Carl Monk

1980
Richard Foth

1979
The Hon. Frank Theis

1978
Alfred G. Schroeder

1977
Spencer Gard

1976
No award given

1974
John Fontron
Robert Fowls
James Ahrens

1973
Arthur Stanley

1972
J. Richards Hunter

1971
Christine Johnson
Robert Price

1970 
John Howe
Hugh Wedell

1969
Gerry Barker
John Henderson

1968 Oscar Stauffer

1967
Walter Thiele

1966
Edward Robinson

1965
David Prager

1964
William Treadway
Dr. Karl Menninger

1963
Schuyler Jackson
Walter Huxman

2025
Candice Farha, ’15
Megan Townsley, ’15

2024
Kaitlin E. Alegria, ba ’12, jd ’15, ma ’21

2023 
Julie Covel, ’13
Angel Romero, ba ’10, jd ’13

2022
Whitney Casement, ba ’09, jd ’12
Joslyn Kusiak, ’12

2021
Jennifer Cocking, ’12
LeTiffany Obozele, ’12

2020
Kursten Phelps, ’10

2019
Danielle Hall, ba ’06, jd ’09

2018
Jessica Dorsey, ’08
Christy Campbell, ’08

2017
Mark Dupree, ’07