Law Alumni Relations
Past Distinguished Recipients
DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS
1973: Hon. Phillip J. Roth ‘48
1974: Nels Peterson ‘39
1975: Keith Burns ‘58
1976: Wendell Gray ‘34
1977: no award given
1978: John D. Ryan ‘50
1979: Gen. Chester E. McCarty ‘29
1980: Hon. Jean L. Lewis ‘38
1981: Lester W. Spillane ‘37
1982: Hon. Ralph L. Holman ‘37
1983: Jack L. Kennedy ‘51
1984: Moe M. Tonkon ‘28
1985: Hon. Robert E. Jones ‘53
1986: Hon. Charles S. Crookham ‘51
1987: Lofton L. Tatum ‘42
1988: Hon. Betty Roberts ‘66
1989: Bernard Jolles ‘61
1990: Hon. Herbert M. Schwab ‘39
1991: Neva M. Elliott ‘35
1992: Hon. Mercedes F. Deiz ‘59
1993: Hon. Julie E. Frantz ‘75
1994: Joyce Ann Harpole ‘79
1995: Walter J. Cosgrave ‘47
1996: Duane Vergeer ‘35
1997: Charles P. A. Paulson ‘58
1998: Hon. Garr M. King ‘63
1999: Garry L. Kahn ‘62
2000: Hon. Anna J. Brown ‘80
2001: Hon. Roosevelt Robinson ‘76
2002: Mark G. Tratos ‘79
2003: Congressman Earl Blumenauer ‘76
2004: Thomas C. Sand ‘77
2005: Katherine Huff O’Neil ‘77
2006: Hon. Henry Kantor ‘79
2007: Stella Manabe ‘92
2008: M. Christie (Chris) Helmer ‘74
2009: Matthew P. Bergman ‘89
2010: Hon. Jack Landau ‘80
2012: Charles S. Tauman ‘77
Nancy S. Tauman ‘78
DISTINGUISHED HONORARY GRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS
1982: Stephen Kanter
1983: Fred D. Fagg III
Alice Gantenbein Kerbel
Elizabeth J. Lasselle
Thomas E. Tongue
1984: William Swindells, Sr.
Dorothy L. Cornelius
1985: Richardson W. Nahstoll
Edmund O. Belsheim
1986: Robert S. Miller
1987: Hon. Owen M. Panner
1988: Hon. Clifford B. Olsen
1989: Sidney I. Lezak
1990: Hon. Richard L. Unis
1991: George D. Rives
1992: Ronald K. Ragen
1993: B. Ann Kendrick
1994: Hon. Edwin Peterson
1995: Norman J. Wiener
1996: Clifford N. Carlsen, Jr.
1997: Barnes H. Ellis
1998: M. Carr Ferguson
1999: Monte Bricker
2000: Edwin A. Harnden
2001: Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham
Dennis J. Whittlesey
2002: Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum
2003: Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.
2004: U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
2005: Hon. Alex O. Bryner
David S. Case
Russell L. Winner
2006: Paul E. Bragdon
2007: Paul Casey
2008: John and Susan Bates
2009: Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain
2010: Kay Kitagawa
Andrew Johnson-Laird
2011: Hon. Adrienne C. Nelson
RISING STAR AWARD RECIPIENTS
2008: Trung Tu ‘00
Contact Us
The Law Alumni Relations Office is located in The Gantenbein Building of Lewis & Clark Law School.
email lawalum@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-6607
fax 503-768-6671
Assistant Dean of Alumni Relations
Robin Jerke
Events Specialist
Linda J. Lopeman
Departmental Specialist
Kari Valente
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