About the Distinguished Achievement Medal
The Distinguished Achievement Medal is reserved for the alumna or alumnus who has reached the pinnacle in a field of endeavor. The medal was awarded for the first time in 1985, and for the final time in 2020. After 2021, the Distinguished Achievement Medal was merged with the Bishop Award and is now called the Bishop Distinguished Medal.
Past Recipients
| 2020 |
Steven Reineke ’93 |
| 2019 |
Sharon Mills Draper M.A. ’73 |
| 2017 |
Lynn Good ’81 |
| 2016 |
Mike "Doc" Emrick M.A. ’69 |
| 2015 |
Ron Harper '86 |
| 2013 |
Myron “Mike” Macechko ’65
Michael Oxley ’66 |
| 2012 |
Robert Essner ’69 |
| 2011 |
Richard Wilson '81 |
| 2009 |
Diane Perlmutter ‘67 |
| 2008 |
Mike Armstrong '61 |
| 2007 |
Roger Howe '57 |
| 2006 |
Matthew Yuricich '50 |
| 2005 |
Richard T. Farmer '56 |
| 2004 |
Marilyn Hughes Gaston '60
Medicine |
| 2001 |
Wayne R. Embry '58
Professional Basketball |
| 2000 |
General Joseph W. Ralston '65
Military |
| 1999 |
Carol Clark Johnson '50
Professional Golf |
| 1998 |
Robert O. Greer, Jr. '65
Medicine |
| 1997 |
Charles S. Mechem, Jr. '52
Business and Civic Leadership |
| 1996 |
Richard L. Tolliver '67
Social Science |
| 1995 |
William M. Isacc '66
Business and Finance |
| 1994 |
Rita Frances Dove '73
Poetry and Literature |
| 1993 |
John G. Smale '49
Business |
| 1992 |
John E. Dolibois '42
Higher Education and Diplomacy |
| 1991 |
Wilbur C. "Weeb" Ewbank '28
Professional Football
Ernest H. Volwiler '14
Business and Chemistry |
| 1990 |
Joan Metcalf Schaefer '43
Higher Education and Student Affairs
Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler '51
Higher Education and Intercollegiate Athletics |
| 1989 |
Arthur H. Robinson '36
Cartography
Robert C. Atchley '61
Gerontology |
| 1988 |
Ira H. Berkow '63
Journalism |
| 1987 |
Mildred Murstein Seltzer '42
Humanity |
| 1986 |
James T. Demetrion '52
Fine Arts |
| 1985 |
Donald H. Trautlein '50
Business |