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

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

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

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