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2009
- Distinguished Alumni Award Winners
- Philanthropist Award Winners
- Alumni Service Award Winners
- Honorary Alumni Award Winners
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award Winners
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The following individuals have been selected by the MSU Alumni Association Awards Committee to receive the Michigan State University Distinguished Alumni Award, Philanthropist Award, Alumni Service Award, Honorary Alumni Award and the Distinguished Young Alumni Award, to be presented at the Grand Awards Ceremony on October 15, 2009. (Degrees listed were awarded by Michigan State University).
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
Spencer Abraham
Chairman and CEO,
The Abraham Group, LLC
McLean, Virginia
B.A. Social Science '74
Anton Armstrong
Conductor, St. Olaf Choir
Professor of Music,
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
PhD Music '87
Steve Nellis
Principal Officer of Nellis & Associates
and NOA Homes
Irving, Texas
B.S. Agriculture '82
Michael VanRooyen
Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Physician/Faculty
Wayland, Massachusetts
B.S. Lyman Briggs '84
PHILANTHROPIST AWARD
The Demmer Family
John & his late wife Marnie Demmer
Bill & Linda Demmer
Ed & Laura Demmer
Marguerite (Peg) Demmer Breuer & Bradford
Demmer Corporation
Bill B.S. Engineering '70
Peg B.A. Education '73
Drayton McLane, Jr.
Chairman, McLane Group
CEO, Houston Astros
Temple, Texas
M.S. Business '59
ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
Lynn Bechtel
General Motors, University
Relations Team Coordinator
Vehicle Engineer
West Bloomfield, Michigan
B.S. Engineering '91
William Fitzpatrick
Vice President, Organizational
Effectiveness, Change Management
Employee Engagement, Shell Global
Downstream, Shell Oil Company
Spring, Texas
M.S. Labor & Industrial Relations '75
Michelle Scott
Registered Nurse &
CEO of Voices for Health
Newport Beach, California
B.S.N. Nursing '95
B.A. Spanish '95
M.A. Sociology '04
Michael VanGessel
President and CEO
Commercial & Institutional Construction
Grand Rapids, Michigan
B.S. Agriculture '89
Michael KasavanaProfessor of National Automatic
Merchandising Association, MSU
Williamston, Michigan
DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD
Gerald DeJean, II
Researcher, Electrical Engineering
Microsoft Corporation
Adjunct Faculty, Georgia Institute of Technology
Redmond, Washington
B.S. Engineering '00
