UC Law Distinguished Alumni Awards Luncheon
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Friday, May 22, 2026
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Nippert Pavilion West
2700 Bearcat Way
Cincinnati, OH
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1980 HON. DAVID PORTER ’34
1981 HON. TIMOTHY S. HOGAN
C.R. “BOB” BEIRNE ’32 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
1982 HON. THEODORE M. BERRY ’31
LOUIS NIPPERT ’28
1983 WILLIAM J. KEATING ’50
HON. WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON ’43
1984 HON. OLIVE L. HOLMES ’43
PROF. RICHARD E. SPEIDEL ’57
1985 HON. GEORGE H. PALMER ’49
HON. JOHN W. PECK ’38
1986 AMBASSADOR RICHARD D. KEARNEY ’38
1987 JOHN W. HUDSON ’30
HON. JOSEPH P. KINNEARY ’35
1988 MARTHA H. PERIN ’48
JOHN J. GETGEY ’60 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
1989 CHARLES A. CORRY ’59
ROBERT G. STACHLER ’57
1990 STANLEY M. CHESLEY ’60
HENRY W. HOBSON, JR. ’48
1991 DR. H. ELSIE AUSTIN ’30
JOHN L. MUETHING ’48
1992 HON. WILLIAM O. BERTELSMAN ’61
JOHN S. STITH ’64
1993 DONALD P. KLEKAMP ’57
HARRY H. SANTEN ’57
1994 PROF. SAMUEL S. WILSON ’61
THOMAS C. SPRAUL ’50 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
1995 BRUCE I. PETRIE, SR. ’50
HON. CARL B. RUBIN ’44
1996 LLOYD H. O’HARA ’42
HON. JOHN W. KEEFE ’39
1997 HON. JOHN D. HOLSCHUH ’51
HON. RAYMOND E. SHANNON ’48
1998 PROF. ROBERT L. FELIX ’59
HON. DONALD C. WINTERSHEIMER ’59
1999 PROF. KENNETH L. APLIN ’59
HON. THOMAS C. NURRE, ’57
2000 FAY DANNER DUPUIS ’69
MILTON J. SCHLOSS, SR. ’37
2001 MARIANNA BROWN BETTMAN ’77
DOLORIS F. LEARMONTH ’78
2002 WILLIAM R. MARTIN ’76
BARBARA G. WATTS ’78
2003 JOHN D. ALTENBURG, JR. ’73
WILBERT L. ZIEGLER ’56
2004 NICHOLAS L. WHITE ’56
LEO J. BRESLIN ’53 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
2005 MICHAEL H. NEUMARK ’70
COLOMBE M. NICHOLAS ’68
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 1880 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
2006 HON. WILLIAM M. BARKER ’67
MELANY STINSON NEWBY ’74
2007 JOHN P. WILLIAMS, JR. ’66
ANN MARIE TRACEY ’75
PROF. STANLEY E. HARPER, JR. ’48
2008 HON. RANDALL J. NEWSOME ‘75
PATRICIA MANN SMITSON ‘77
FREDERICK H. BRAUN ’56 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
2009 HON. SANDRA S. BECKWITH ’68
HON. MARK P. PAINTER ’73
JOHN F. PEYTON, JR. ’69 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
2010 NORMAN I. BARRON ’60 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
ANTHONY C. COLLINSWORTH ’91
WILLIAM P. MORELLI ’78
2011 GEORGE FABE ’81
LOUIS F. GILLIGAN ’68
COL. LEVATOR NORSWORTHY, JR. ’73
2012 DANIEL P. CARMICHAEL ’68
HON. CHERYL D. GRANT ’73
JAMES C. KENNEDY ’76
2013 DANIEL J. BUCKLEY ’74
HON. DENNIS S. HELMICK ’72
JAMES L. JOHNSON ’80
2014 BARBARA J. HOWARD ’79
SHARON J. ZEALEY ’84
2015 KATHLEEN M. BRINKMAN ’75
HON. ROBERT H. GORMAN ’60
DAVID P. KAMP ’81
2016 HON. MICHAEL R. BARRETT ’77
KEN K. PATEL ’90
CAROLYN A. TAGGART ’78
2017 JAMES B. HELMER, Jr. ’75
GARY P. KREIDER ’64
HON. BETH A. MYERS ’82
2018 KEVIN r. FLYNN ’83, ’87
HON. THOMAS M. ROSE ’73
SUSAN B. ZAUNBRECHER ’90
2019 WILLIAM J. KEATING, JR. ’79 (POSTHUMOUSLY)
JAMES L. O’CONNELL ’58
HON. HEATHER RUSSELL ’83
2020-2021 NATE LAMPLEY ‘88
KAREN LITKOVITZ ‘84
STEVE WOLNITZEK ‘74
2022 KATHERINE B. BLACKBURN ’89
GARY A. GARFIELD ’81
HON. ALICE O. MCCOLLUM ’72
2023 GERALD A. KAFKA ’75
SCOTT A. KANE ’97
SUSAN STREET WHALEY ’99
2024 HON. STEPHEN J. MARKMAN ’74
TED T. MARTIN ’82
TARA M. ROSNELL ’91
SARAH D. TOPY ’12 (YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD)
2025 BARBARA J. BRONSON ’73
THOMAS L. CUNI '75
ZAHKI D. DAVIS, Esq.’19
PAUL V. MUETHING ’77
Sponsorship Opportunities
- Prominent display of your company’s logo:
-On event web site
-In email marketing materials
-Featured in printed program - Name recognition during program
- Twenty company seats at reserved tables(s)
- Prominent display of your company’s logo:
-On event web site
-Featured in printed program - Company name included in email marketing materials
- Name recognition during program
- Ten company seats at reserved tables(s)
- Company name included in the following matierals:
-Event web site
-Email marketing
-Printed program - Name recognition during program
- Ten company seats at reserved tables(s)
Shelley Johnson
Senior Director, Alumni Engagement, College of Law