Distinguished Business Officer Award

Nomination Requirements

Purpose: To recognize outstanding achievement in the field of business and financial management in higher education.

Nomination Process: The Awards Council seeks annual nominations for this award from the membership. Nomination letters should include a brief vitae, address and telephone number of the nominee, as well as justification for the nomination and selection. A maximum of two awards may be recommended annually. Recipients are selected in the Spring with the presentation of the award to occur at the NACUBO Annual Meeting.

Selection Criteria: An individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of business and financial management in higher education, normally over a number of years, may be considered for this award. Membership in NACUBO is preferred but not considered a mandatory requirement. Service as an administrative, business, or financial officer for an institution of higher education is to be considered a normal but not mandatory requirement. Individuals serving in the following position(s) will not be eligible for the award until one year after they last served in the position(s):

Directors or Officers of the NACUBO Board of Directors
Individuals serving as Chair of the NACUBO Board
Presidents of regional associations and those in the chairs of ascendancy
Employees of NACUBO

Nature of Award: Details and benefits of receiving the award are as follows: crystal stone-alone award, suitable for display; awardees name to be added to a master plaque displayed within the NACUBO national office; honorary individual life membership in NACUBO, including a life subscription to the Business Officer magazine; waiver of annual meeting fees for award and spouse/guest for the awarding year only; transportation and hotel accommodations for three nights at the annual meeting for Awardees and their spouse/guest when the award is presented.

Promotion of Award: An annual publicity campaign to provide maximum visibility to the program, including coverage in Business Officer magazine.

2012 Award Recipients

Past Recipients

2011
Richard K. Smith - Earlham College
Karen Van Derhoof - County College of Morris

2010
Natalie "Nikki" Krawitz - University of Missouri System

2009
Ed MacKay - University System of New Hampshire
Yoke San Reynolds - University of Virginia

2008
David C. Bosserman - Oklahoma State University
Richard R. Spies - Brown University

2007
Robert K. Thompson - Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard P. West - The California State University

2006
Carol Campbell - Arizona State University Tempe Campus
Thomas Hawk - Community College of Philadelphia

2005
Mernoy E. Harrison, Jr. - Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix Campus
Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi - California State University, Northridge

2004
Ralph H. Beaudoin - The Catholic University of America
Steven W. Relyea - University of California, San Diego

2003
Joe Mullinix - University of California
John Palmucci - Loyola College

2002
Wendell Brase - University of California, Irvine
George Worsley - North Carolina State University

2001
Emerson H. Fly - The University of Tennessee
Minnis E. Ridenour - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2000
Jack C. Blanton - University of Kentucky, Lexington
C. Joseph Carter - Western Carolina University

1999
David A. Lieberman - University of Miami
James F. Sullivan - University of California, Davis

1998
Weldon E. Ihrig - University of Washington
John D. Mulholland - Indiana University

1997
Robert D. Flanigan, Jr. - Spelman College
David J. Lyons - The Rockefeller University

1996
Caspa L. Harris, Jr.

1995
John A. Falcone - SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome
Margaret M. Healy - Bryn Mawr College

1994
R. Eugene Smith - University of Memphis
Dennis F. Dougherty - University of Southern California

1993
Warren R. Madden - Iowa State University
James E. Morley, Jr. - Cornell University

1992
James F. Brinkerhoff - University of Michigan

1991
The Honorable Fred S. Vorsanger - University of Arkansas
H. Sedge Thomson - University of Washington

1990
W. Harold Read - University of Tennessee
Ray C. Hunt, Jr. - University of Virginia

1989
W. Harold M. Myers - Drexel University
Frederick R. Ford - Purdue University, Main Campus

1988
James W. Bryant - Ford Foundation
Roger D. Lowe - Wichita State University
Kenneth A. Dick - University of Idaho

1987
Mary M. Lai - Long Island University
Harold K. Logan - Tuskegee University
Robert W. Meyer - Ohio Wesleyan University

1986
Ernest M. Conrad - University of Washington
Anthony D. Lazzaro - University of Southern California
James J. Ritterskamp, Jr. - Vassar College

1985
James B. Clark - Howard University
Daniel D. Robinson - Peat Marwick Main & Co.

1984
Burnett A. Little - Southern University/Moton Institute
Wilbur K. Piermont - University of Michigan
Clarence Scheps - Tulane University