UMaine Alumni Association Announces 2008 Alumni Award Recipients
Contact: Bob Potts, Alumni Programs & Marketing, (207) 581-1149 / 1 (800) 934-2586
ORONO, ME – The University of Maine Alumni Association (UMAA)has announced the recipients of its 2008 Alumni Awards. They are as follows:
Alumni Career Award (UMAA’s highest honor): Dorothea Butler Marsden ’50, Deland, Florida
(Children’s educator, researcher and creator of educational assessment programs utilized by educators nationwide).
Bernard Lown ’42 Humanitarian Award (in recognition of graduates who distinguish themselves in humanitarian service): Arthur D. Serota ’66, Washington, DC (Director of United Movement to End Child Soldiering, based in Uganda).
Fogler Legacy Award (presented to families with multi-generation graduates of the University of Maine): Foster Family; Patriarch: Walter Herbert Foster, Sr., Class of 1905.
Pine Tree Emblem Alumni Service Award (alumni service award given in recognition and appreciation of outstanding service in promoting alumni work): Nancy Morse Dysart ’60, Carmel, Maine
Black Bear Award (presented in appreciation of outstanding service to the University of Maine):
– Donald A. Grant ’56, ’69G, Orono, ME
– Thomas P. Hosmer ’58, Concord, MA
– Thomas P. Laskey ’53, Woodstock, CT
– Raymond P. Jacques ’85, Peabody, MA
Block “M” Award (alumni activities award, to recognize goodwill for the University through work in local organizations, class activities and the Alumni Association):
– Arnie A. Davis ’49, Washburn, ME
– Richard ’50 & Flora Fairfield ’50, Barrington, RI
– Robert F. McKown ’58, Wayland, MA
– Lawrence R. Schiner ’61, ’62G, Bluffton, SC
Hilda Sterling ’55 Class Correspondent Award (presented annually to an alumnus/a for exemplary service to the class as class correspondent): Barbara Fowles Allen ’63, Marcellas, New York.
All honorees will be recognized at the Alumni Association Awards Breakfast, Sunday, June 1st at Wells Conference Center, University of Maine, during Reunion Weekend 2008.