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.
Do you know a WMU CHHS graduate who belongs in the Outstanding Alumni Academy?
Blindness and Low Vision Studies
John McMahon
—Class of 1985 | Inducted 2015
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John E Crews
—Class of 1977 | Inducted 2014
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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
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Israel Ali
—Class of 2003 | Inducted 2014
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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
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Jane Vernon
—Class of 2006 | Inducted 2014
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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
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Michael Shoemaker
—Class of 2012 | Inducted 2015
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Amy L Freeland
—Class of 2009 | Inducted 2014
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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
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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
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Elizabeth Skidmore
—Class of 1996 | Inducted 2016
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Frank Gainer
—Class of 1980 | Inducted 2015
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Cynthia M Bournazos
—Class of 1973 | Inducted 2014
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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
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COL Eric A Kennedy
—Class of 1996 | Inducted 2016
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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
William J Blacquiere
—Class of 1984 | Inducted 2017
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Pamela Blevins Kingery
—Class of 1977 | Inducted 2015
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Julie E Shroyer
—Class of 1987 | Inducted 2014
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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
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LT COL David R Arreola
—Class of 1985 | Inducted 2015
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Bradley A Finegood
—Class of 2005 | Inducted 2014
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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
Allen Montgomery
—Class of 1961 | Inducted 2018
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Becky Sutherland Cornett
—Class of '75, '80 | Inducted 2017
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Michael P Karnell
—Class of 1978 | Inducted 2015
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Gyl A Kasewurm
—Class of 1983 | Inducted 2014
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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