Established in 1974, Outstanding Service Awards honor faculty, staff, alumni or friends who have shown long, outstanding service to the alumni association and/or university. With this year’s honorees, the list of recipients grows to 123 individuals.
The award was renamed the Jim Leslie Outstanding Service Award in 2022 in honor of Jim Leslie, President of the Alumni Association from 1973-2006.
Viv Ewing, Jerry Cederblom, Ph.D., Bridget Weide Brooks, Jon Brooks
Jon and Bridget (Weide) Brooks are best known as “MavPuck.” They have operated a fan site for Omaha Hockey since 2000 to help share their love of Maverick hockey. They are season ticket holders and have attended every UNO home game since the program began on Oct. 17, 1997. The hockey program was announced just a few days after the duo graduated from UNO with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and public relations in Spring 1996. Jon and Bridget started their business, Image Building Communications, while seniors at UNO. They were honored as UNO Communications Department Rising Star Alumni Award recipients and were members of the inaugural class of the UNO Young Alumni Academy in 2010. Jon and Bridget are ambassadors for the annual Wear Black, Give Back giving day for the university.
Jerry Cederblom, Ph.D., serves UNO as faculty coordinator for the Thompson Learning Community and as a professor of philosophy. He is a previous chair of the Goodrich Scholarship Program, which he helped found in 1972. As chair of the University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching he helped initiate a program of teaching circles and helped promote the integration of critical thinking and active learning into college teaching. As chair of the University Committee on retention, he helped initiate First-Year Experience Sections of introductory courses. He received UNO’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 1991 and the Chancellor’s Medal in 2000. He is co-author of three books: “Justice and Punishment”, “Ethics at Work” and “Critical Reasoning.” In 2007-2008 he helped design and launch the Thompson Learning Community which, like the Goodrich Program, provides scholarships to students with financial need. These programs help students connect with each other and with the university in ways that encourage their success academically and in their careers. Through his work in the Goodrich Program, the Thompson Learning Community, and as a faculty member, Cederblom has sought to enhance the educational experience of UNO students from all backgrounds for 52 years.
1974: Ellen Gast, John Jeter, Maury Shadle
1975: Betty Ellsworth Davis, Harold Keefover, Charlie Mancuso
1976: Connie Claussen, Bob Schropp, Robert Spire
1977: Margaret Killian, Gary Sallquist, Richard Tompsett
1978: Terry Forsberg, John Furstenberg, Olga Strimple
1979: J. Darrell Clemmer, June Gautier, Mark Gautier
1980: Don Pflasterer, Rusty Schwartze
1981: Gordon Severa, Ted Ridgway
1982: Margaret Fischer, Al Thomsen
1983: Marylu Gouttierre, Lyle Remde
1984: Margaret Fitch, Steve Seline
1985: Tim Fitzgerald, Michael Nelsen
1986: Paul Borge, John Pleskac
1987: Chris Kara, Helen Martin, Charles Radda
1988: Leon Kerkman, Pauline Lundgren, George Pardee
1989: Mark Jefferson, Larry Peterson, Lee Sapp
1990: John Blacketer, Kermit Hansen, Les Valentine
1991: Leroy Denton, Norene Denton, Daniel Dienstbier, Herbert Freeman
1992: Shari Hofschire, Mike Jones, Larry Trussell
1993: Warren Benson, Michael De Freece, Paul Kennedy, Larry Stoney
1994: Neil Morgensen, Ron Sagehorn, Jim Veiga
1995: Doug Durbin, Jan McClymond
1996: Bret Anderson, Ingra Anderson, Harold Kosowsky, Dave Sokol
1997: Ed Hanna, Don Leahy, A. Richard Nattrass
1998: J. Terrence Haney, Gerald Karlin, Michael L. Kohler
1999: Gary Repair, Bob Runyon, Michele Sperle, Wendell Quist
2000: Bob Danenhauer, Lois Nattrass, Jack Newton, Jean Phillips, Ron Troester
2001: Kathleen Olson, Jim Semerad, Rosemary Skrupa
2002: Gary Anderson, Bruce Bisson, Ruth Manning
2003: Jim Leslie, Mike Markey, George Sinos, Kevin Vanourney, Don Winters
2004: Richard Hancock, Paul Kosel, Kevin Naylor
2005: Stephen Bodner, Jim Czyz, John Wilson
2006: Adrian Minks
2007: Mike Kudlacz, Harold Sage
2008: Garrett Anderson, Chuck Holderness, Deborah McLarney
2009: Cookie Katskee, Rod Oberle, Brandeis Catering Staff
2010: Mark Grieb, Dan Koraleski
2012: Kevin Munro
2013: Anthony Flott, Laura Kapustka
2015: Thomas Gouttierre, Andy Rikli
2016: David Craft
2017: Jan Christensen, John Christensen, Sarah Waldman
2018: Scott Durbin, B.J. Reed, Christine Reed
2022: Chris Denney, Al Hansen, Laurie Ruge
2023: Brian T. Allison, Lacey Merica, Scott Vlasek
2024: Bridget Weide Brooks, Jon Brooks, Jerry Cederblom, Ph.D.
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