
The Alumni Association, School of Medicine of Loma Linda University is a nonprofit organization composed of both alumni and affiliate members, organized to support the School, to promote excellence in world-wide health care, and to serve its members.
Alumnus of the Year and Honored AlumniAccording to the Alumni Association bylaws, the following factors should be considered in choosing Honored Alumni: contributions to medical education, medical missionary pursuits in any geographical areas of the world (both self-supporting and church-sponsored), medical research, community service, government service, military service, active commitment to the goals and objectives of the Seventh-day Adventist church, continuing active support of the goals and objectives of the School of Medicine of Loma Linda University, active participation in the appropriate national and international medical and surgical societies, and commiment to and support of the Alumni Association, School of Medicine of Loma Linda University. When selecting the Alumnus of the Year, all criteria for choosing the Honored Alumni apply. Additionally, however, the candidate will have made a major contribution or accomplishment in the field of medicine or to the humanities in the immediate past which brings credit to his or her profession, his or her school, and his or her church. Since 1947, the Alumni Association has given out Alumnus of the Year and Honored Alumni awards at its annual banquet. Below is a list of recipients for each year. (A "†" symbol means the alumnus is deceased.)
Alumnus of the Year † Wilton L. Halverson ’29 Honored Alumni † Daniel D. Comstock ’06 Alumnus of the Year † Walter E. Macpherson ’24 Honored Alumni † Florence A. Keller ’00 Alumnus of the Year † Roy B. Parsons Sr. ’29 Honored Alumni † Benton N. Colver ’04 Alumnus of the Year † Floyd L. Wergeland ’32 Honored Alumni † George K. Abbott ’03 Alumnus of the Year † Cyril B. Courville ’25 Honored Alumni † Rowland H. Harris ’01 Alumnus of the Year † Roger W. Barnes ’22 Honored Alumni † Henry H. Harrower ’07 Alumnus of the Year † Harold H. Boyd ’32 Honored Alumni † Leslie D. Trott ’15 Alumnus of the Year † George H. Rue Sr ’24 Honored Alumni † Charles W. Harrison ’15 Alumnus of the Year † Alfred R. Roos ’18 Honored Alumni † Roy Manning Clarke ’07-aff Alumnus of the Year † H. James Hara ’18 Honored Alumni † James W. Erkenbeck ’99 Alumnus of the Year † Donald E. Griggs ’24 Honored Alumni † George A. Nelson ’24 Alumnus of the Year † Fred B. Moor ’20 Honored Alumni † Wellesley P. Magan ’18 Alumnus of the Year † William F. Quinn ’31 Honored Alumni † Henry G. Hadley ’17 Alumnus of the Year † Paul D. Foster ’33 Honored Alumni † Elisabeth Larsson ’32 Alumnus of the Year † Orlyn B. Pratt ’24 Honored Alumni † Arthur H. Grauman ’25 No Alumnus of the Year Honored Alumni † R. Theodore Bergman ’30 Alumnus of the Year † Elisabeth J. Hiscox ’27 Honored Alumni Sherman A. Nagel, Jr. ’40 Alumnus of the Year † George T. Harding, III ’28 Honored Alumni † Charles W. Harrison ’15 Alumnus of the Year † Laurence A. Senseman ’37 Honored Alumni † Geneva K. Beatty ’37 Alumnus of the Year † Ralph F. Waddell ’36 Honored Alumni John E. Affeldt ’44-A Alumnus of the Year † Harry W. Miller ’02 Honored Alumni † Gustave H. Hoehn ’45 Alumnus of the Year † Edward H. Hon ’50 Honored Alumni † Kenneth H. Abbott ’36 Alumnus of the Year † Forrest E. Leffingwell ’33 Honored Alumni † Theodore R. Flaiz ’38 Alumnus of the Year † E. Harold Shryock ’34 Honored Alumni † Marion C. Barnard ’44-A Alumnus of the Year † Melvin P. Judkins ’47 Honored Alumni Samuel L. DeShay ’59 Alumnus of the Year † Roy O. Yeatts ’34 Honored Alumni C. Joan Coggin ’53-A Alumnus of the Year Lawrence D. Longo ’54 Honored Alumni D. Warren Harrison ’46 Alumnus of the Year Mervyn G. Hardinge ’42 Honored Alumni † J. Earl Gardner ’19 Alumnus of the Year David B. Hinshaw Sr. ’47 Honored Alumni † Robert M. McLennan ’42 Alumnus of the Year † Olavi J. Rouhe ’34 Honored Alumni † Molleurus Couperus ’34 Alumnus of the Year † Jack W. Provonsha ’53-A Honored Alumni † Jack A. Guy ’50 Alumnus of the Year † Vernon L. Nickel ’44-A Honored Alumni † Frances Keller Harding ’29 Alumnus of the Year † Harrison S. Evans ’36 Honored Alumni † Carrol S. Small ’34 Alumnus of the Year † Jacob Janzen ’31 Honored Alumni † Albert F. Brown ’33 Alumni of the Year † Carrol S. Small ’34 Honored Alumni † Clarence Donaldson ’44-B 1983 Alumnus of the Year † Ruth J. Temple ’18 Honored Alumni † Hertha Ehlers ’34 Alumnus of the Year † Walter L. Stilson ’34 Honored Alumni † Jean W. Babcock ’29 Alumnus of the Year G. Gordon Hadley ’44-B Honored Alumni † Alonzo J. Neufeld ’35 Alumnus of the Year Leonard L. Bailey ’69 Honored Alumni Raymond B. Crawford ’49 Alumnus of the Year † Varner J. Johns Jr. ’45 Honored Alumni Brian S. Bull ’61 Alumnus of the Year Edwin H. Krick ’61 Honored Alumni † Bruce W. Branson ’50 Alumnus of the Year Gilbert M. Burnham ’68 Honored Alumni Wilton H. Bunch ’60 Alumnus of the Year † Abraham T. Lu ’44-aff Honored Alumni J. Wayne McFarland ’39 Alumnus of the Year Morton M. Woolley ’51 Honored Alumni † Beverly J. Gregorius ’47 Alumnus of the Year Joseph F. Homann ’67 Honored Alumni Raymond Herber ’57 Alumnus of the Year Frank W. Jobe ’56 Honored Alumni Roy V. Jutzy ’52 Alumnus of the Year John W. Mace ’64 Honored Alumni Richard H. Hart ’70 Alumnus of the Year James M. Slater ’63 Honored Alumni David J. Baylink ’57 Alumnus of the Year B. Lyn Behrens ’63-aff Honored Alumni † Gerhardt L. Dybdahl ’41 Alumnus of the Year C. Joan Coggin ’53-A Honored Alumni Howard V. Gimbel ’60 Alumnus of the Year † John E. Peterson ’39 Honored Alumni Frank S. Damazo, Jr ’48 Alumnus of the Year † Bernard D. Briggs ’40 Honored Alumni Galen H. Coffin ’49 Alumnus of the Year Louis L. Smith ’49 Honored Alumni James G. Haughton ’50 Alumnus of the Year Findlay E. Russell ’51 Honored Alumni Max B. Brailliar ’51 Alumnus of the Year Roy V. Jutzy ’52 Honored Alumni Keith E. Georgeson ’69 Alumnus of the Year Gail V. Anderson ’53-B Honored Alumni Rebekah Wang-Cheng ’78-B Alumnus of the Year George T. Harding IV ’53-B Honored Alumni Hughenna L. Gauntlett ’51 Alumnus of the Year Ralph J. Thompson, Jr. ’51 Honored Alumni † Peggy J. Fritzsche ’66 Alumnus of the Year Ellsworth E. Wareham ’42 Honored Alumni Ladon W. Homer ’65 Alumnus of the Year Virchel E. Wood ’60 Honored Alumni Duane M. Cady ’59 Alumnus of the Year † Peggy J. Fritzsche ’66 Honored Alumni Jeffrey D. Cao ’71 Alumnus of the Year Brian Bull ’61 Honored Alumni Robert L. Marsh ’44-B Alumnus of the Year J. Wayne McFarland ’39 Honored Alumni Burton A. Briggs ’66 2011 Alumnus of the Year David J. Baylink '57 Honored Alumni Linda H. Ferry '79-B 2012 Alumnus of the Year Richard H. Hart '70 Honored Alumni Janesta E. Janzen ’62 |