Awards and Honors

AHS Distinguished Alumni Awards

Beginning this year, these awards will be given annuallly to recognize College of Applied Health Sciences alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers. The names of the 2007 recipients will be placed on a permanent display near the college office in Huff Hall. They were also recognized during the college's 50-year anniversary gala. See the award ceremony slideshow.

• C. Alvin Bowman, Ph.D. ’79
• Speech and Hearing Science
• President, Illinois State University
• Normal, Illinois
• Ann E. Cody, M.S. ‘92
• Recreation, Sport and Tourism
• Director of Public Policy
• BlazeSports America
• Washington, DC
• Rainer Martens, Ph.D. ’68
• Kinesiology
• Founder and President, Human Kinetics, Inc
• Champaign, Illinois
• Douglas A. Michels, B.S. ’78
• Community Health
• President and Chief Executive Officer
• OraSure Technologies, Inc.
• Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Harold Scharper Awards

Harold Scharper Award recipients will also be honored during the college’s 50th anniversary celebration. As a tribute to the first paraplegic to attend the University of Illinois, these campus-wide awards are presented by the Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services to recognize outstanding service and achievement. Awards are given to the following:

• Humanitarian/Service Award
• (presented posthumously)
• Clifford D. Crase, Jr.
• Editor/Publisher
• Paraplegia News
• Senior Editor
• Sports 'N Spokes
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Achievement Award
• Gerald W. Kortness, B.A. ’65
• Architecture
• President
• G.W. Kortness and Associates, Inc.
• Spooner, Wisconsin