Honorary Membership may be granted to individuals who have provided outstanding service to PACRAO over the years. Typically, recipients have left the profession by retiring or by entering a different field of work. The Past President solicits nominations from the membership and forwards names to the Executive Board for consideration. The Executive Board decides on the annual recipient(s) to be honored at the annual meeting.

Honorary Members

Year Awarded

Name

Institution

Conference Location
2025 Julia Pomerenk University of Oregon Spokane
2024 Todd McCollum Retired Seattle
2023 Soraira Urquiza Los Angeles City College Portland
2023 Melissa Frey Chemeketa Community College Portland
2022 Not Awarded   San Diego
2021 Nora McLaughlin Reed College Tucson
2021 Stephen Shirrefs Stanford University Tucson
2020 Not Awarded   Virtual
2019 Kirk Koenig University of Oregon Scottsdale
2019 Rayanne Williams UC San Diego Scottsdale
2018 Michelle Sandlin AACRAO Consulting Sacramento
2017 Susan Eveland University of Oregon Spokane
2017 Dennis Geyer California State University, Sacramento Spokane
2016 Not Awarded   Las Vegas
2015 Not Awarded   Anaheim
2014 Not Awarded   Portland
2013 Not Awarded   Las Vegas
2012 Christine Kerlin Everett Community College, AACRAO Consulting San Diego
2011 Dannette Sullivan Seattle University/Universty of Washington-Bothel, Western Regional Director, NSC Seattle
2010 Virginia Johns University of California, Santa Barbara Calgary
2010 Archie Porter University of San Francisco Calgary
2009 LeRoy Rooker AACRAO Senior Fellow Newport Beach
2009 Sharon-Gay Smith Consortial Registrar  
2008 Robert Bontrager Oregon State University, AACRAO Consulting/SEM Director  
2008 Tina Toma University of California, Irvine  
2007 John Finney University of Puget Sound  
2006 W. Ronald Heath Simon Fraser University  
2006 Charles "Skip" Records University of Nevada, Reno  
2006 Robert Tufts Art Institute of Portland  
2005 Fred Dear University of Southern California  
2004 Not Awarded    
2002 Jim Buch University of Oregon  
2002 Masa Fujitani University of California, Irvine  
2002 Roger Johnson Mohave Community College  
2002 Not Awarded    
2002 Larry Shipley Umpqua Community College  
2001 Jeff Halverson University of Nevada, Las Vegas  
2001 Carole Jones National College of Naturopathic Medicine  
2001 Nancy Sprotte California State University-Chancellor's  Office  
2000 Saundra Springfield University of California, San Diego  
1999 Jeff Tanner Brigham Young University  
1998 Melanie Moore Bell Gonzaga University  
1998 Evelyn Glaser Occidental College  
1998 Mary Neary Morely California Institute of Technology  
1997 Not Awarded    
1996 Not Awarded    
1995 C. James Quann Washington State University  
1995 Matt Telin University of Idaho  
1994 Booker Watt, Jr. Highline Community College  
1993 Roger Anderson University of California, Davis  
1993 James Dunning University of California, Irvine  
1993 Sal Hickok University of California, San Diego  
1993 Marion McCarthy University of California, Riverside  
1993 Charles McKinney University of California, Santa Barbara  
1993 Roger Swanson California Polytechnic State University  
1992 Ronald Bowker University of California, San Diego  
1992 David Butler University of Arizona  
1992 Kenneth Finlay California Polytechnic State University  
1992 Ward Lasher Fresno City College  
1992 Cherie McGlynn Central Arizona College  
1991 Joseph Frazier Montana State University  
1991 William Gowler California State University, Fullerton  
1991 Robert Herschler University of California, Riverside  
1991 B. Eugene Omey Western Washington University  
1990 Wallace E.  Gibbs Oregon State University  
1990 Judith Hirsch California State University, Hayward  
1990 Mary Alice Lee Seattle University   
1990 Bob Spencer Brigham Young University  
1990 Robert Wilkin Lewis and Clark College  
1989 Ralph Bigelow California State University, Long Beach  
1989 Charles Adams Clackamas Community College  
1988 Mildred Scott California State University, Fullerton  
1988 Jack Shirley University of Nevada, Reno  
1987 Stan Berry Washington State University  
1987 Robert Board California State University, Fresno  
1986 Robert Williams California State University, Northridge  
1985 Masago Armstrong Pomona College  
1984 Not Awarded    
1983 Ruth Doi University of Hawaii, Manoa  
1983 Howard Shontz University of California, Berkeley  
1983 Herb Warne College of San Mateo  
1983 David Windsor University of Arizona  
1982 Harold Temmer University of California, San Diego  
1981 R. Dan Angell St. San Antonio College  
1980 David Arata University of Santa Clara  
1980 Catherine Emenaker Loyola Marymount University  
1980 Katharine Lowe Claremont McKenna College  
1980 Theodore Sharp California State University, Northridge  
1979 John E. A.  Parnell University of British Columbia  
1979 Harold Soeters Sonoma State  
1979 E. June Warren San Diego State University  
1979 R. A. "Buzz" Yocum Willamette University  
1978 Elmer Hans Wagner University of the Pacific  
1978 Edward White, Awarded posthumously University of Hawaii, Community College System  
1977 Leo Christian El  Camino College  
1977 Vincent Glenn Rio Hondo Junior College  
1977 Frank Young University of Idaho  
1976 J. Spencer Carlson University of Oregon  
1976 Ruth Haney California State University, Long Beach  
1976 Linda Johnson California Luthern College  
1976 Inez Sepmeyer University of California, Los Angeles  
1976 Agnes Strom College of the Sequoias  
1975 Clarence Bergland California State University, Long Beach  
1975 Claude Simpson Washington State University  
1974 Carolyn Ayars Occidental College  
1974 Clifford Constance University of Oregon  
1974 Frank Gurll University of California, Riverside  
1974 Louise Hallberg Santa Rosa Junior College   
1974 M. Edward Wagner Cerritos College  
1974 Helen Wilderman Portland State College  
1973 William Dillon University of San Francisco  
1973 Harvey Hall Stanford University  
1973 Orrin Jackson Brigham Young University  
1973 Paul Scherer University of California, Santa Barbara  
1973 Gertrude Sommerville City College of San Francisco  
1972 William Puckett University of California, Los Angeles  
1972 Merele Quait, Awarded posthumously Merritt College  
1972 Alfred Thomas Arizona State University  
1972 John Weldon California Institute of Technology  
1971 Douglas McClane Whitman College  
1970 Not Awarded    
1969 Not Awarded    
1968 Not Awarded    
1967 Melvin Anderson San Diego City College  
1967 Ellen Deering College of the Pacific  
1967 Beatrice Holcomb Immaculate Heart College  
1966 Florence Brady Occidental College  
1966 Mary Jane Learnard City College of San Francisco  
1965 Frank Barnard Washington State College  
1964 Howard Patmore University of Southern California  
1964 Mabel Wintson Southern Oregon College of Education  
1963 Edgar Lazier University of California, Los Angeles  
1963 Arthur Sammis University of California, Hastings College of Law  
1963 Carmelita Stanley University of California, Los Angeles  
1963 Ethelyn Toner University of Washington  
1962 Donald DuSault University of Idaho  
1962 Margaret Scott Reed College  
1961 Adam Diehl Los Angeles City College  
1961 Grace Donnan College of Marin  
1961 Howard Impecoven Portland State College  
1961 Anna Capellan Nunn Idaho State University  
1961 D. Thomas Ordemann Oregon State University  
1960 Jane Miller Abraham Santa Barbara State College  
1960 John Anderson Pasadena City College  
1960 Robert Burns College of the Pacific  
1960 Martha Burrill San Mateo College  
1960 Genevieve Humiston Cerritos College  
1960 Margaret Maple Pomona College  
1959 Not Awarded    
1958 Viola Palmer San Jose State College  
1958 William Pomeroy University of California, Los Angeles  
1958 Herman Sheffield University of Southern California  
1957 Myrtle McKittrick Humboldt State College  
1957 Joe West San Jose State College  
1957 Charles Wood University of British Columbia  
1956 Not Awarded    
1955 Michael Brickley Sacramento Junior College  
1955 Roy Lieuallen Oregon College of Education  
1955 John Russell Menlo College  
1955 Benjamin Swartz Los Angeles City College  
1955 H. Donald Winbigler Stanford University  
1954 Florence Vance San Francisco State  College  
1953 Not Awarded    
1952 J. Paul Mohr San Francisco Junior College  
1952 William Norris Lewis and Clark College  
1952 Jeanette Rhodes University of Nevada  
1952 Hugh Willett University of Southern California  
1951 Not Awarded    
1950 Not Awarded    
1949 Not Awarded    
1948 Not Awarded    
1947 Not Awarded    
1946 Eva Blackwell Oregon State University  
1946 Theron Clark University of Southern California  
1946 E. B. Lemon Oregon State Agricultural College  
1946 J. Pearce Mitchell Stanford University  
1946 Ella Olesen University of Idaho  
1946 Earl Pallett University of Oregon  
1946 Guy West Chico State College  
1945 Not Awarded    
1944 Not Awarded    
1943 Not Awarded    
1942 Not Awarded    
1941, Approximate year of award Doris Dozier Mills College  
1940 C. E. Corbin College of the Pacific  
1940 Clara Crumpton San Francisco State College  
1939 Not Awarded    
1938 Not Awarded    
1937 Not Awarded    
1936 O. L. Elliott Leland Stanford Junior University  
1936 Charles Fitts Pomona College  
1936 Edwin Stevens University of Washington  
1936 Harry Clark Van Buskirk California Institute of Technology  
1936 Emma Wilson Chico State Teachers College