Iner Sheld-Ritchie Presidential Award Recipients

In 2004 the Alumni Association created a new award category to recognize individuals who embody the mission and vision of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine Alumni Association.

The Iner Sheld-Ritchie Presidential Award is granted to individuals of exemplary character and commitment to the vision and mission of the Alumni Association. Award recipients embody aspects of the educational, communication, healthcare, philanthropic, research, artistic, and fraternal goals of the Alumni Association. Individuals are natural visionaries who have unique abilities to transition dreams into reality, while rising above what is to reach new levels of creativity and innovation. Individuals demonstrate an understanding of the uniqueness of the School of Medicine of Loma Linda University and capture and enrich the heritage of its Alumni Association. Recipients have reached beyond the limits and safety of tradition to soar to a global view of what should be, while remembering and honoring our history.

Iner Sheld-Ritchie Presidential Award Recipients

2004 Recipient: S. Wesley Kime '53-A

2005 Recipient: Merlin F. Thomas '57

2006 Recipient: Rodney E. Willard '56

2007 Recipients: Raymond Herber '57, Edwin H. Krick '61, Robert E. Soderblom '63

2008 Recipient: Richard Weismeyer

2009 Recipient: Don Roth

2010 Recipients: Weldon D. Schumacher '62 and Henry K. Yeo '68

2011 Recipient: Dennis E. Park '07-hon

2012 Recipient: Hugh Watkins '62