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Past Recipients

If you are looking for a list of impressive Hope graduates, look no further. These alumni have received awards presented by the Alumni Association and affinity groups.

Distinguished Alumni Award

Recipient Year
Jalaa' Abdelwahab ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2022
John Abe ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™79 1995
George E. Arwady ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™69 1984
Lynn Davis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™71 Austin 2018
Kathy Button ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™79 Beauregard 2000
Carol Bechtel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™81 2010
 Elizabeth Smith ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™31 Becker  1976
 Robert Bedingfield ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56  1996
 Connie Hinga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 Boersma  1978
 Max D. Boersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 1978 
 Vernon L. Boersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 1975 
Tim Brown ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 2022
Glenn Bruggers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 2000
Phyllis Voss ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 Bruggers 2000
Elton Bruins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 2020
James Bultman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 1995
Warren D. ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 Burgess 1994
Phyllis Brink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 Bursma 1987
Harvey J. Buter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1977
Mina Becker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™36 Buys 1972
J. Scott Carpenter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™87  2013
Sylvia T. Ceyer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 1993
James I. Cook ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1985
Lori Siegel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™85 Cook 2001
Jeffrey D. Cordes ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™80 1993
Eugene F. Damstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™28 1970
Willard G. DeGroot ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1972
Richard Decker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1998
Randall Dekker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1987
Robert N. DeYoung ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1999
Paul DeWeese ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™77 1994
Jack H. DeWitt ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™32 1974
Robert Donia ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2010
Harvey Doorenbos ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 1997
George C. Douma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™36 1999
Margaret Hospers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 Doorenbos 1997
John Dryfhout ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 1996
Geraldine Dykhuizen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1995
D. Ivan Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™35 1970
Linda Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2001
Sue Bruggink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 Edema 1991
Lois Ellert ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™36 1997
Marjorie Lucking ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 French 1984
Paul G. Fried ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 1984
Deb Heydenburg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™87 Fuller 2021
Helen Howard ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™54 Hanson 1994
Elmer E. Hartgerink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1988
Jack Hascup ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1984
James Hawkins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 1997
H. Sidney Heersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1991
William Heydorn ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 2011
Renze Hoeksema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1998
George J. Hoekstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1980
Harvey J. Hoekstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 1975
Peter Hoekstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™75 2001
Helen Taylor ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 Hofman 2006
J. Samuel Hofman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 2006
John Charles (J.C.) Huizenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73  2014
Eugene Jekel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1987
Warren Kane ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™57 1984
Meredith Arwady ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™00 Kahrl 2018
John L. Kemink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™71 1992
Gerrit J. Kemme ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1983
Roger Kempers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 2001
Everett Kleinjans ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 1976
Owen J. Koeppe ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 1979
Harvey Koop ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 1979
Mary Hemmes ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 Koop 1979
Donald Kroodsma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™68 2008
Frederick "Fritz" Kruithof ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™61 1999
Herman A. Kruizenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1981
Richard J. Kruizenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1984
Tim Laman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™83 2016
Elsie Parsons ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 Lamb 1984
J. Oliver ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 Lampen 1972
Calvin Langejans ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2004
Janet Lawrence ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™80 1997
Thelma Leenhouts ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2006
Harold F. Leestma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1976
Kenneth N. Leestma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1986
Lloyd J. Lemmen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 1990
Jennifer Liggett ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™80 1999
Louis E. Lotz ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™72 1992
Edwin Luidens ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™40 1978
Ruth Stegenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 Luidens 1978
Lara Plewka ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 MacGregor 2021
Mike Magan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™88 2017
Beth Marcus ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 1993
Gregg Mast ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74  2000
Jim McFarlin ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 2019
Wesley S. Michaelson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 1970 
Craig Morford ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™81 2020
Dirk Mouw ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™29 1983 
Bernard J. Mulder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™23 1982 
Donald G. Mulder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1971
John M. Mulder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 1971
Laura M. Mumford ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™71 1985
Samuel Ndimbo ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™69 2004
Bruce Neckers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 2002
Douglas Neckers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 2015
James Neckers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™23 1996
James Neevel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1987
Everett Nienhouse ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2012
Milton Nieuwsma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 2009
Lucille Brunsting ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 Noordhoff 1986
M. Samuel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 Noordhoff 1986
Eleanore Short ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 Norden 1992
Russell L. Norden ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 1992
Stephen M. Norden ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 1989
Thomas Nowotny ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™59 2016
Andrew G. Nyboer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1989
Yoshie Ogawa ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 1989
M. Eugene Osterhaven ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™37 1993
Dean Overman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 2010
Alfred M. Popma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™28 1981
William Poppink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™37 2002
Jerald Redeker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1987
James Riekse, Sr. ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™41 2000
A. Paul Schaap ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2006
Ronald Schipper ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1994
Joel E. Schoon-Tanis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™89  2013
Robert H. Schuller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1970
Sylvio Scorza ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 1989
Marilyn J. Scudder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 1988
Lawrence Schut ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2003
Daryl L. Siedentop ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 1990
Larry Siedentop ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™57 2007
Gerald Sittser ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™72 2009
Evelyn Van Dam ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 Smallegan 1982
Jon Soderstrom ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™76 2011
Watson N. Spoelstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™32 1990
Richard E. Smalley ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 2005
Harvey Staal ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 1991
Henry J. Steffens ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1981
Vernon Sterk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 1995
Carla Vande Bunte ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 Sterk 1995
A. Dale Stoppels ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1982
Marian Anderson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™31 Stryker 1974
Eugene Sutton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™76 2003
Ruth Ziemann ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 Sweetser 2008
Howard G. Teusink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™35 1979
Norman Thompson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 2004
Barabara Timmer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™69 2003
Barbara Folensbee ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 Timmer 1980
J. Norman Timmer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™38 1980
Johnnie Tuitel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™88 2003
Frederick E. Vandenberg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1975
Alvin W. Vanderbush ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™29 1974
Delbert Vander Haar ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 1998
Gertrude Maassen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 Vander Haar 1998
Guy A. VanderJagt ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1973
John C. vanDerVelde ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1985
Randall VandeWater ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1986
Isla Pruim ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™24 VanEenenaam 1974
Charles VanEngen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™70 1998
Eloise Hinkamp ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 VanHeest 2004
Gerard VanHeest ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 2004
Bruce L. VanVoorst 1970
Glenn ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 and Jackie Nyboer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 Van Wieren 2012
Jeannette Veldman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1971
Jerold Veldman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 2015
Lois Tornga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 Veldman 2015
Lucille VanderWerf ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™23 Veneklasen 1970
Douglas Van Wieren ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™88 2019
Carl VerBeek ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™59 2007
John H. Versteeg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 1984
Harrison Visscher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 1991
Marjorie Dykema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 Visscher 2002
Mary Zweizig ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 Visscher 1991
Maurice B. Visscher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™22 1980
Robert Visscher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 2002
Charles Votaw ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 1997
May Korteling ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 Votaw 1997
Wayne Vriesman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™59 1995
William Waggoner ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2005
Marie Verduin ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™34 Walvoord 1975
Donald Walchenbach ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 1973
Elaine Bielefeld ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 Walchenbach 1973
Ling Chi Wang ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™61 2005
T. Elliott Weier ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1978
Janet Baird ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 Weisiger 1977
Richard F. Welch ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 1973
Kenneth J. Weller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1971
Wendell Wierenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™70 2017
John K. Winter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1992
William G. Winter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1992
Dwight P. Yntema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1977
Annette Kingsland ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™86 Ziegler  2014
Ten Under Ten Award
Recipient Year
Sara Duhr ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 Bazydlo 2022
Natalie Brown ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™17 2021
Stephanie Bogema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020
Eden Collins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2022
Joshua Coooper ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™17 2022
James DelBene ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2021
Hillary Delhagen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2019
Charlyn Pelter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™15 DeWitt 2020
Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2019
Divya Dhaliwal ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2021
Palmer D'Orazio ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™16 2021
Meagan Elinski ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2020
Sarah Watkins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 Fabian 2018
Larissa Fall ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2021
Jordan Fuller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020
Tom Gable ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2020
Lindsey Ferguson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 Hanson 2019
Allix Hutchison ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™17 2022
Anysie Ishimwe ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™16 2021
Alecia Ivery ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2022
Annalise Klein ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2020
Xander Krieg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2018
Jonas Lawson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2018
Nicholas Leonard ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2022
Adam Maley ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2019
Emery Max ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2021
Christine Washington ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 Michel 2019
Maggie Mohr ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2018
Isabel Morris ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™15 2022
Karly Murphy ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2021
Quinn Nystrom ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 2018
Samantha Poon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2022
Izzy Rhodes ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2018
Travis Reith ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2018
Chaz Shelton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2018
Brandon Siakel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2021
Molly Skawski ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™15 2021
Peter Stoepker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020
Marco Tori ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2022
Diego Romero ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2019
Rachel Bakken ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 Romero 2019
Andreana Rosnik ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2019
Carl Scholten ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2018
Luis Silva ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020
Katherine Stritzke ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 Simons 2018
Eric Vachon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2020
Alexandra Vroom ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™19 2022
Amy Fisher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 Weibley 2020
Allison Garza ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 Wicker 2019
Meritorious Service Award

Recipient Year
James Boelkins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66  2013
Connie Hinga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 Boersma 2011
Ronald Boeve ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 1994
Sonja Boeve 1994
Gordon Brewer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1996
Elton Bruins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 2009
Ronald Deenik ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 1995
Robert N. DeYoung ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 2014
Lamont Dirkse ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 1994
Ruth DeGraaf ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 Dirkse 1994
Eva Dean Folkert ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™83 2022
Richard Huff ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 2004
Norman "Bunko" Japinga 1997
Mary Lammers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 Kempker 1993
Albert McGeehan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2009
Jacob Nyenhuis 2001
Robert Pocock ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™77 1995
Roger Rietberg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1998
Robert Ritsema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™57 1999
Tom Renner ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2012
Vernon Schipper ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 1997
Kathleen Stratton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™78 1995
Barbara Dee Folensbee ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 Timmer 2012
Robert VanDis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1995
F. Phillip Van Eyl ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 1993
Gordon Van Wylen 1998
Margaret DeWitt Van Wylen 1998
Helen Thompson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 Voogd 1994
Henry Voogd ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™41 1994
Young Alumni Award

Recipient Year
JalaaÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™ Abdelwahab ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2010
Meredith Arwady ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™00 2007
Jeffrey Bates ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2009
Daniel Capps ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2012
John Conlon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2010
Sarah Sanderson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™03 Doyle 2017
Josiah Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™02 2017
Timothy Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2011
Jodi M. Kurtze ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™01 2007
Emilie Dykstra Goris ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 2016
Maxine Gray ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™04 2014
Seth ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 and Stephanie ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 Kaper-Dale 2012
Kristina A. Kyles ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™04 2008
Jeremy Latchaw ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™00 2015
Jonathan Moerdyk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2016
Luke Pinkerton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2010
Matt Scogin ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™02 2014
Todd Soderquist ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2011
Matt Van Der Wende ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™05 2015
Hope for Humanity Award

Recipient Year
Kurt Avery ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 2019
R. Jack Baas ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 2003
James W. Baar ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 1998
Kathy Button ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™79 Beauregard 2012
Vern Boersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 2004
Ron Boeve ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 2006
Gordon Brewer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 2001
James ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 and Martie Tucker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 Bultman 2011
Ekdal Buys ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™37 1994
Russell DeVette ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 2007
Robert N. DeYoung ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1995
Mary Dykema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 1992
Elinor Jordan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™04 2020
Jack Klunder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 1997
Herm Laug ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™29 1990
George Moger ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™78 1991
Dick Nieusma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 2000
Ross Nykamp ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™78 1993
Rick Reece ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™82 2017
Tom Renner ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2014
Jon Mark Schoon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 2005
Michele Sterk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™91 2023
Vern Sterk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 2018
William R. Vanderbilt ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™61 1999
Kara VanderKamp ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™95 2024
Robert Van Dis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 2002
Jaci VanHeest ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™84 2009
Glenn Van Wieren ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 2010
Kenneth J. Weller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 2008
Karla Hoesch ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 Wolters  2010