Reserve your license plate!
Reserve your WU Ichabod
license plate!

Join Online Today !

Quick Links
Take Our Online Alumni Survey ! WU Home Page WU Athletics Home Page WU Events Calendar

Association
About Us
Alumni Board of Directors
Alumni Association Staff
Bradbury Thompson Center
Contact Us

Membership
Benefits
Online Application
Why be a member?

Events/Programs
Calendar
After Hours
Alumni Fellows
Alumni Gatherings
Alumni Weekend
Awards
Career Services
Event Photo Album
Homecoming
Lodging
Reunions
Sports
Travel
Wake Up with Washburn

Communications
Magazine
Newswire
Ichabod Insider
Alumni Survey

Pride
Credit Card
e-Postcard
History
Noteworthy Alumni
Photos
Songs
Wallpaper for Computers

How do I ...
Copy of Transcript/Diploma
Submit Class Note
Update Alumni Record

Links
Washburn Home
Athletics
Endowment Association
Greeks
Student Alumni Assn.
Washburn Bookstore
 
Alumni Association Home Page


Awards

A nominating committee selected by the Washburn Alumni Association Board of Directors meets in November of each year to slate candidates for the Distinguished Service Award, Monroe Award and GOLD Award. Upon approval by the Board, the award recipients will be presented their awards during Alumni Weekend.

The Board welcomes your suggestions for names of alumni who should be considered for specific awards. Names must be submitted by October 31 of this calendar year in order to be considered for awards given at our upcoming Alumni Weekend.

Submit Name Button


Distinguished Service Award

This award is given to recognize outstanding alumni who have made personal and professional contributions to society. Nominees for the award should have demonstrated exemplary support to the Washburn Alumni Association and the Association community, been of service to mankind, distinguished themselves in their career, and/or brought honor to Washburn University through their accomplishments.

View list of past recipients

2008 Recipients:

Nancy Paul
Nancy (Merillat) Paul, bba ’76
Topeka, Kan.
Nancy serves as financial officer and secretary/treasurer of H.T. Paul Co. Inc. She served 2003-07 on the Washburn Board of Regents, is a Washburn Endowment Association trustee and a member of Nonoso. She is also a member of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Construction Financial Management Association and served on the boards of Topeka Performing Arts Center and Top of the Tower. With her husband, Howard Paul, she is a member of the Lincoln Society, supporting the Dr. Jerry and Susan Farley Chair in Leadership and the School of Business.

Steve Kitchen
Steve Kitchen, bba ’70 and honoray doctorate ’05
Collinsville, Texas
Steve retired in 1998 as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Western Resources, now Westar. He also served on many corporate boards, including Kansas Gas and Electric, Central National Bank and Oneok. In 1993, Washburn honored him as an Alumni Fellow, and in 2001, he was elected chairman of the Washburn Endowment Association board of trustees, where he has served since 1996. With his wife, Brenda (Thomsen) Kitchen, he is a member of the Lincoln Society and supports the Steve and Brenda Kitchen Scholarship Fund for Single Mothers.



Monroe Award

This is awarded to a woman selected by the alumni board of directors, who has distinguished herself as a teacher, instructor, administrator, or benefactor at the University and has given service to the community and/or her chosen profession. The award is named after suffragist, lawyer and publisher Lilla Day Monroe.

View list of past recipients

2008 Recipient:
Doris McKernan
Doris (Yockey) McKernan, b ed ’59, and aa ’89
Emporia, Kan.
Doris is a former secretary/treasurer of Bluestem Broadcasting Co. Inc. and a former track and field official. A member of the Washburn Athletic Hall of Fame, she served on the athletic director search and gender equity committees and served 1990-93 on the Washburn Alumni Association board. She is a past president of Emporia’s American Diabetes Association and was a member of the planning committee of the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. With her husband, Edward McKernan, she is a member of the Lincoln Society and supports women’s softball through the Conway & Grace Yockey Memorial Scholarship.


Ritchie Award

This is awarded to a man selected by the alumni board of directors, who has distinguished himself as a teacher, instructor, administrator, or benefactor at the University and has given service to the community and/or his chosen profession. The award is named after Col. John Ritchie, who donated the land on which Washburn is built.

View list of past recipients

2008 Recipient:
Tom Wright
Tom Wright, jd ’64 and ba ’81
Topeka, Kan.
Tom is chair of the Kansas Corporation Commission and president-elect of the Kansas Bar Association, where he served 1998-2005 on the Board of Governors. He is a former chair of the Governor’s Gaming Committee and of the Consolidation Commission of Topeka-Shawnee County and served 1992-98 on the civil justice reform advisory group of the Federal Court and 1995-03 on the Kansas Supreme Court nominating committee. He served 1982-88 on the Washburn Board of Regents and taught many years in the Washburn School of Law and an adjunct instructor. With his wife, he also supports the Thomas E. and Carole Wright Scholarship.


GOLD Award

This award honors Graduates Of the Last Decade who demonstrate leadership in career or civic endeavors and loyalty to Washburn University. The GOLD award is one of the highest honors that Washburn University bestows on its young alumni.

View list of past recipients

2008 Recipient:
Armond Enclarde
Armond Enclarde, ba '05
Lawrence, Kan.

Armond is urban scouting executive for the Jayhawk Area Council of the Boy Scouts, where he is ranked No. 7 in the Mid-West Region and was recognized as a Quality District, Chief Winners Circle (2005-07), Above and Beyond (2005-07) and Top Fifty in the Region (2006-07). He works with inner-city boys in the Topeka area, conducts after school and summer programs and spearheads the Breaking Barriers program at the Topeka Correctional Facility. As a student, he helped found what is now Washburn Black Student Union. He organizes Washburn's annual Merit Badge Day, University of Scouting and serves as a mentor for Washburn students.


Ruth Garvey Fink Award

This award recognizes individuals who have furthered the mission of the Bradbury Thompson Center in supporting Washburn University. It was through the vision, determination, organization and generosity of Ruth Garvey Fink that the Center actually came into being and the family of Bradbury Thompson provides this annual award in her honor.

View list of past recipients

2008 Recipient:
Rick Friedstrom
Rick Friedstrom, ba ’73
Topeka, Kan.
Rick is an agent with New York Life Insurance Co. He is also the immediate past chairman of the Library Foundation board of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, a past president of Shawnee County Historical Society, a past president of Alpha Delta Alumni Association, treasurer and a past president of MacVicar Education al Foundation and a member of the 2000 class of Leadership Kansas. He served on the Alumni Association board, was president of the board in 1995 and served on the search committee for Washburn’s 14th president. He is a Washburn Endowment Association trustee, where he served 1998-07 on the development committee.

 

 


[ WU Home ] [ People ] [ Calendars ] [ SiteMap ]
© 2000-2008 Washburn University, 1700 SW College Ave, Topeka, Kansas 66621 (785) 670-1010
Contact webmaster@washburn.edu with questions or comments.
Accessibility | Important Policies