Outstanding Alumni Academy

The Western Michigan University College of Health and Human Services has inducted more than 100 individuals into its Outstanding Alumni Academy. Inductees are graduates from the college who have met with success beyond WMU.

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Blindness and Low Vision Studies

John McMahon

—Class of 1985 | Inducted 2015

John E Crews

—Class of 1977 | Inducted 2014

Duane Geruschat

—Class of 1972 | Inducted 2012

Rod Haneline

—Class of 1991 | Inducted 2011

George Zimmerman

—Class of 1976 | Inducted 2010

Paul E Ponchillia

—Class of 1976 | Inducted 2009

Mary Beth Harrison

—Class of 1993 | Inducted 2009

Steven J LaGrow

—Class of 1976 | Inducted 2003

Nancy C Paskin

—Class of 1971 | Inducted 2003

Barbara J Hunt

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2002

William R Wiener

—Class of 1970 | Inducted 2002

Fuxiang Zhang

—Class of 1990 | Inducted 2002

Gerontology

Rosamond Robbert

—Class of 1981 | Inducted 2013

Ellen Page-Robin

—Honorary | Inducted 2012

Beatrice Fisher

—Class of 1981 | Inducted 2002

George Fisher

—Class of 1980 | Inducted 2002

Healthcare Services and Sciences

Martha Knuth

—Class of 2010 | Inducted 2016

Israel Ali

—Class of 2003 | Inducted 2014

Brad B Gordon

—Class of 1979 | Inducted 2013

Dorothy Bennet

—Class of 2002 | Inducted 2012

Lois Richmond

—Class of 1988 | Inducted 2011

Cheryl Knapp

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2010

William A Sanger

—Class of 1986 | Inducted 2009

Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness

Erin Remster

—Class of 2003 | Inducted 2015

Jane Vernon

—Class of 2006 | Inducted 2014

Melissa Spamer

—Class of 1999 | Inducted 2013

Charlene Brown

—Class of 1991 | Inducted 2012

Karen Horneffer-Ginter

—Honorary | Inducted 2011

Kay Caskey

—Class of 1988 | Inducted 2010

Laurie Young

—Class of 1988 | Inducted 2010

Cynthia Ann Murray

—Class of 1999 | Inducted 2009

Beverly Ann Love

—Class of 1990 | Inducted 2003

Maribeth Bolt

—Class of 1990 | Inducted 2002

Betty Lee Ongley

—Class of 1984 | Inducted 2002

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D. Program

Angelique Day

—Class of 2011 | Inducted 2017

Michael Shoemaker

—Class of 2012 | Inducted 2015

Amy L Freeland

—Class of 2009 | Inducted 2014

Stephanie A Combs

—Class of 2009 | Inducted 2013

Janice Long

—Class of 2008 | Inducted 2012

Barbara Cliff

—Class of 2007 | Inducted 2011

Nursing

Imelda Reyes

—Class of 1999 | Inducted 2014

Jennifer A Dentler

—Class of 1999 | Inducted 2013

Jacqueline Wylie

—Honorary | Inducted 2011

Andrea Kwasky

—Class of 1999 | Inducted 2010

Heather Tubbs Cooley

—Class of 2003 | Inducted 2010

Sharie Falan

—Class of 2000 | Inducted 2003

Occupational Therapy

Sandra (Sam) Lealofi

—Class of 1999 | Inducted 2017

Elizabeth Skidmore

—Class of 1996 | Inducted 2016

Frank Gainer

—Class of 1980 | Inducted 2015

Cynthia M Bournazos

—Class of 1973 | Inducted 2014

Margaret L Hunter

—Class of 1984 | Inducted 2013

Theodore I King, II

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2012

Casey Pawell

—Class of 2003 | Inducted 2012

Amy Wagenfeld

—Class of 1984 | Inducted 2012

Rebecca Meloy Hawkins

—Class of 2007 | Inducted 2011

Scott Smith

—Class of 1992 | Inducted 2010

Jane Case-Smith

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2009

Kathryn Marie Loukas

—Class of 1985 | Inducted 2003

Normajean Bennett

—Class of 1955 | Inducted 2002

Lyla Mae Spelbring

—Class of 1959 | Inducted 2002

Lela Llorens

WMU Distinguished Alumna - 1987
—Class of 1953

Physician Assistant

Antonio Gianelli

—Class of 1997 | Inducted 2018

COL Eric A Kennedy

—Class of 1996 | Inducted 2016

Susan Hicks

—Class of 1981 | Inducted 2012

Nicole Bradford

—Class of 2003 | Inducted 2010

Barbara Ann Grinwis

—Class of 1991 | Inducted 2009

William Birch

—Honorary | Inducted 2003

Michael Davis

—Class of 1974 | Inducted 2003

Dennis R DeRosia

—Class of 1976 | Inducted 2002

Charles De Vreugd

—Class of 1977 | Inducted 2002

James B Hammond

—Class of 1975 | Inducted 2002

Alta Marie Hodges

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2002

Social Work

Shacara Burrel

—Class of 2019 | Inducted 2024

William J Blacquiere

—Class of 1984 | Inducted 2017

Pamela Blevins Kingery

—Class of 1977 | Inducted 2015

Julie E Shroyer

—Class of 1987 | Inducted 2014

Carrie Pickett-Erway

—Class of '95, '99 | Inducted 2013

Dale Hein

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2012

Peter Battani

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2011

Jill Hess

—Class of 1987 | Inducted 2010

Randall J Wolbert

—Class of 1990 | Inducted 2009

Craig W LeCroy

—Class of 1980 | Inducted 2003

Natalie Webb

—Class of 1973 | Inducted 2003

Julia A Guevara

—Class of 1985 | Inducted 2002

Ann Marston

—Class of 1982 | Inducted 2002

Jeffrey Patton

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2002

Deloris Jordan Phillips

—Class of 1972 | Inducted 2002

Brian J Rosecrance

—Class of 1981 | Inducted 2002

Diana R Sieger

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2002

Dennis S Sturtevant

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2002

Sherry E Thomas-Cloud

—Class of 1990 | Inducted 2002

Specialty Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Lori Ryland

—Class of 2000 | Inducted 2017

LT COL David R Arreola

—Class of 1985 | Inducted 2015

Bradley A Finegood

—Class of 2005 | Inducted 2014

David L Russell

—Class of 1980 | Inducted 2013

Gregory Blevins

—Class of 1975 | Inducted 2012

James Kendrick

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2011

Nadine Pelling

—Class of 1995 | Inducted 2010

Robert G Perra

—Class of 1979 | Inducted 2009

Alan Lewandowski

—Class of 1979 | Inducted 2003

Robert J Ackerman

—Class of 1975 | Inducted 2002

Thomas J Pasco

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2002

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Dr. Brandi Newkirk-Turner

—Class of 2004 | Inducted 2024

Allen Montgomery

—Class of 1961 | Inducted 2018

Becky Sutherland Cornett

—Class of '75, '80 | Inducted 2017

Michael P Karnell

—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2015

Gyl A Kasewurm

—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2014

Michael J Flahive

—Class of '71, '73 | Inducted 2013

Candis M Warner

—Class of 1970 | Inducted 2013

Jackson Roush

—Class of 1975 | Inducted 2012

Mary Ida Hunt

—Class of '40, '65 | Inducted 2011

Donna Oas

—Class of 1966 | Inducted 2011

Frank Robinson

—Class of 1942 | Inducted 2011

Karen Seelig

—Class of 1964 | Inducted 2011

Earl "Gip" Seaver

—Class of 1970 | Inducted 2010

David R Beukelman

—Class of 1965 | Inducted 2003

Barry Guitar

—Class of 1967 | Inducted 2003

Kathrine Butler

—Class of 1953 | Inducted 2002