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Simpson honors outstanding alumni

June 26, 2008

Simpson College will honor six of the college’s outstanding alumni during Alumni Weekend June 26-27. The awards will be given during the Alumni Recognition Luncheon June 26 at 11 a.m. in Great Hall.

The following awards will be given:

  • Alumni Achievement Award: Sam “Chic” Born ’67. Born is a civil mediator with The Mediation Group, LLC. He has been recognized numerous times as one of Indiana’s leading lawyers.
  • Alumni Achievement Award: John Norris ’81. President Barack Obama recently nominated Norris for a commissioner’s seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Currently, he serves as chief of staff for Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
  • Alumni Loyalty Award: Debra Moore ’81. Moore, executive officer with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, has served has the president of the Alumni Associate and as a member of the board of trustees.
  • Humanitarian Service Award: Dorothy Hodges Kennett ’59. Kennett founded Books for South Africa, a nonprofit organization that helps provide library access to children and young adults in rural South Africa.
  • Recent Alumni Loyalty Award: Dan Saar ’05. Saar is a law clerk for Judge Anuradha Vaitheswaran of the Iowa Court of Appeals. He has served Simpson as chapter advisor for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award: Andy Priestley ’00. Priestley is co-founder of DWebware and Camp Marketing Services.

 

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