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UMN Outstanding Achievement Award recipients

The following College of Biological Sciences alumni received Outstanding Achievement Awards from the University of Minnesota. The award, the highest given to alumni, recognizes exceptional achievement in a professional field.

  • Cheryl Quinn, 2022
  • Zhanjiang Liu, 2021
  • Robert Desnick, 2019
  • Merle Olson, 2004
  • Douglas DeMaster, 2003
  • Pearl Bergad, 2003
  • Carol Pletcher, 2003
  • Julie Kirihara, 2002
  • Bernice Folz, 2002
  • Franklin Prendergast, 2002
  • Ruth Shuman, 2002
  • Shirley Tucker, 1999
  • Thomas Reid,1998
  • James Hogle, 1997
  • Susan Berget, 1996
  • Irwin Goldstein, 1996
  • Gustav Swanson, 1989
  • Bernard Phinney, 1987
  • Richard Gray, Sr., 1976
  • Myron Brakke, 1977
  • Frank Putnam, 1974
  • Elizabeth Cavert Miller, 1973
  • Max Lauffer, 1964
  • Clyde Bailey, 1962
  • Harold Paul Morris, 1970
  • George Burr, 1955

UMAA Alumni Service Award recipients

Alumni Service Award

Volunteer of the Year

  • Kris Bettin
  • David Eckholm

CBS Alumni Achievement Award recipients

  • Jim Fitzpatrick, 2023
  • Gregory Pazour, 2023
  • Forum Kamdar, 2022
  • Zhanjiang (John) Liu, 2021
  • Darby Nelson, 2021
  • Sarah Pallas, 2020
  • Steve Jacobsen, 2019
  • Angela Trepanier, 2018
  • Robert Desnick, 2018
  • Kip Thacker, 2016

CBS Emerging Leader Award recipients

  • Kevin Dorn, 2023
  • Xinci Tan, 2023
  • Ihab Mikati, 2022
  • Mindi DePaola, 2021
  • Sarah Knutie, 2021
  • Priya Kamdar, 2020
  • Sarah Weatherman, 2019
  • Kimberly VanderWaal, 2018
  • Aliredha Walji, 2016

CBS Alumni Service Award recipients

  • John Twomey, 2023
  • Mohamed Yakub, 2022
  • Joshua Leonard, 2021
  • Geri Nelson, 2021
  • Mary Kemen, 2020