Doane Builder Award | Doane University

The Doane Builder Award is presented to alumni (preferably graduates) who have distinguished themselves and Doane through outstanding achievement, professional accomplishments, community service and their relationship with the college. This is considered the highest award an alumnus of the college can receive. (generally given each year)

Award Date	Last Name	First Name	Maiden	Class Year	City	State
1958	Hanford	Gertrude	Hanford	1911
1958	Leavitt	Frederick		1895
1959	Avery	May Belle	Bennett	1891, 1887H
1959	Brown	Gertrude	Brown	1911S
1960	Craig	Alta May	Craig	1905
1960	Oleson	Loyd		1935
1961	Goodall	Clarice	McLeod	1914
1961	Pallett	James		1930
1962	Balzer	Alice	Bromwell	1924
1962	Dickinson	Elton		1912
1963	Dawes	Frank		1913
1963	Osterhout	Milo		1937
1964	Barstow	Louise	Barstow	1914
1964	Bauer	John		1904
1964	Clarke	Oscar		1939
1965	Noyce	Ralph		1915, 1911H
1965	Reeves	Harold		1940
1966	Curtis	Helen	Perry	1911, 1906H
1966	Franta	Allen		1941
1966	Harvey	Alice	Harvey	1916
1967	Lothrop	Edna	Cobb	1909
1967	Lothrop	John		1908
1967	Moore	Omar		1942
1968	Glass	Faye	Campbell	1943	Crete	NE
1968	Wertz	Florence	Noyce	1918, 1913H
1969	Conklin	William		1944	Mitchellville	MD
1969	Wheeler	Wayne		1944
1970	Aller	Dudley		1920
1970	Oswald	John		1943
1970	Tyler	Harry		1920
1971	Buck	Kathryn	Buck	1936
1971	Kolouch	Fred		1936
1971	Wiebe	Gerhart		1933
1972	Gottschalg	Melvin		1947
1972	Gregory	Annadora	Gregory	1915
1972	Platt	Louise	Kinney	1922
1972	Ross	Francis		1922
1973	Hawkins	Paul		1938
1973	Kellner	Clarence		1938
1973	Youngscap	Alice	Anderson	1923
1974	Gettinger	Paul		1949	Merom	IN
1974	Higginbotham	Edward		1924
1975	Alfred	Norris		1940
1975	Aron	Lucille	Beals	1927
1975	Aron	Thomas		1925
1975	Nuernberger	Wilfred		1950
1976	Blatter	Roger		1916
1976	Haylett	Ward		1926
1976	Triplett	Sarah	Triplett	1926
1977	Denney	James		1950
1977	Kraemer	Ruth	Kraemer	1927
1977	Laase	LeRoy		1927
1978	Rinne	James		1953
1978	Tarr	Betty	Suchanek	1948	David City	NE
1978	Tarr	Jack		1948
1978	Welch	Ronald		1928
1979	Campbell	Donald		1934
1979	Pallesen	Charles		1959	Lincoln	NE
1979	Pallesen	Lorraine	Sysel	1959	Lincoln	NE
1980	Dudley	Lillian	Albrecht	1955	Crete	NE
1980	Hannaford	Jack		1950
1980	Lauritsen	Walter		1930
1981	Graham	C.		1931
1981	Hawkes	Mary	Hawkes	1956	Brattleboro	VT
1981	Shoemaker	Honor	Richards	1939
1981	Smith	Donald		1931
1982	Klingler	Eugene		1957	Manhattan	KS
1982	Richards	Francis		1932
1983	Church	Irene	Mortensen	1933
1983	Rall	Reinhold		1933
1984	Bruning	James		1959	Athens	OH
1984	Cowan	Deborah	Janes	1959
1984	Hawlick	Garfield		1934
1985	Cassel	Jean	Cassel	1935
1985	Marvin	Robert		1935
1985	Miller	Rowena	Adams	1935	Crete	NE
1986	Booth	Audrey	Booth	1945	Chapel Hill	NC
1986	Collett	Alyce	Hokuf	1936
1987	Albrecht	Louis		1948
1987	Aldrich	Margaret	Aldrich	1931
1988	Bastian	James		1950
1988	Clarke	Samuel		1947
1988	Dredla	Alberta	Dredla	1926
1988	Mawhinney	Melvin		1938
1989	Huffman	Madison		1936
1989	Meyerle	Hilary		1939
1989	Moore	Carroll		1939
1990	Bell	Vernon		1950
1990	Cass	Marjorie	Cass	1930
1991	Sanderson	Bernice	Dredla	1935
1991	Johnson	Arnold		1941	Arvada	CO
1991	Lothrop	Alene	Kohl	1951	Crete	NE
1991	Lothrop	Franklin		1951
1992	Leigh	Richard		1952	Rome	GA
1992	Mayer	Arthur		1942
1992	Mayer	Elizabeth	Welty	1941	Phoenix	AZ
1992	Reeves	Lloyd		1952	Crete	NE
1993	McGrath	Charlotte	Balzer	1943
1993	McGrath	James		1943	Redmond	WA
1993	Sinkula	William		1952	Cincinnati	OH
1994	Dukes	Margaret	Malony	1939
1994	Nyrop	Donald		1934
1994	Tarr	Donald		1954
1995	Fogle	Dorothy	Brandy	1940
1995	Klosterman	John		1958	David City	NE
1995	Yost	John		1945
1996	Boutwell	Luther		1936
1996	Dudley	Richard		1956	Crete	NE
1996	Hawkins	Jean	McVicker	1941	Rockville	MD
1997	Bell	George		1950	Bloomington	IN
1997	Daniels	Marion		1947	Machias	ME
1997	English	Fanita	Blumberg	1942	San Mateo	CA
1998	Hopkins	Shirley	Van Kirk	1948
1998	Mastera	James		1987L, 1996A	Lincoln	NE
1998	Sack	Eleanor	MacKenzie	1948	Crete	NE
1999	Petersen	Allison	Daniel	1978	Walton	NE
1999	Taylor	Frank		1949	Littleton	CO
1999	Taylor	Marion	Olsen	1949	Littleton	CO
2000	Richoux	Henry		1947, V12
2001	Barker	Charlene	Wasserbauer	1960	Littleton	CO
2001	Barker	Jack		1961	Littleton	CO
2001	Haack	Annetta	Morton	1950	Rio Verde	AZ
2001	Haack	Robert		1951	Rio Verde	AZ
2001	Richoux	Patricia	Platt	1949	Port Townsend	WA
2002	Best	Anne	Dedrick	1962	Aurora	CO
2002	Best	Raymond		1961	Aurora	CO
2002	Olsen	Ruth	Ross	1953	Mequon	WI
2002	Olsen	Walter		1952
2003	Mekota	John		1943	Crete	NE
2003	Plessman	Vernelle	Niemann	1943	Lincoln	NE
2003	Tidball	John		1943	Lincoln	NE
2004	Sibert	Frank			Kearney	NE
2004	Sibert	Shirley	Whitaker	1949	Kearney	NE
2004	Slate	Arch		1950, V5	Carlsbad	NM
2004	Slate	Neldea	Shoup	1949	Carlsbad	NM
2005	Brown	Frederic		1959	Crete	NE
2006	Khouri	Debra	Solomon	1971	Oriental	NC
2006	Khouri	Ibrahim		1970	Oriental	NC
2006	Takami	Toshihiro		1956	Tochigi-Ken
2007	Kalal	Ellen	Marek	1952	Boulder	CO
2007	Marek	Donald		1951	West Des Moines	IA
2007	Marek	Leo		1949
2007	Marek	Sharon			West Des Moines	IA
2007	Yokel	Doris			Friend	NE
2007	Yokel	Wayne		1953	Friend	NE
2008	Sloan	Dale		1946, V12	Springfield	IL
2008	Ziegler	Donald		1950
2008	Ziegler	Glennys	Tyser	1950	Crete	NE
2009	Chapman	Joseph		1952	Blair	NE
2009	Chapman	Nancy	Miller	1958	Blair	NE
2009	Fridrich	Kenneth		1959	Tucson	AZ
2010	Kahle	Gerald		1951	Holiday Island	AR
2010	Kahle	Vivian	Nerud	1951	Holiday Island	AR
2010	Osterhout	Martha	Miller	1960
2011	Hood	Janet	Heilman	1965	Normal	IL
2011	Hood	Wallace		1964	Normal	IL
2012	Barker	Verlyn		1952	Denver	CO
2013	Vasak	Helen	Sysel	1958	Santa Monica	CA
2013	Vasak	Richard		1957	Santa Monica	CA
2014	Cisler	Terry		1967	Janesville	WI
2015	Polk	Robert		1952	Philadelphia	PA
2016	Mahar	Patricia	Mazanec	1967	Howey in the Hills	FL
2017	Rasmussen	Steven		1996A	Franklin	TN
2017	Rasmussen	Minna	VanBockern	1980	Franklin	TN
2018	Osterhout	Paul		1968	Burnet	TX
2018	Osterhout	Joanna	Peterson	1971	Burnet	TX
2019	Sheffield	Bruce		1969	Raymond	NE
2019	Sheffield	Margaret			Raymond	NE
2021	Beans	Patrick		1979	Lincoln	NE
2021	Beans	Ellen	Holstein	1980	Lincoln	NE
2022	Cahill	Ann	Songster	1972	Saint Louis	MO
2022	Cahill	Jack		1971	Saint Louis	MO
2023	Krantz	Michael		1983	awarded posthumously
2023	Cole	Barbara		1963	Mount Pleasant	SC

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