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.

CHHS faculty members and alumni may nominate individuals for the honor by speaking with the acting chair or director of your unit.

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