The 麻豆影院 Alumni Association has announced the recipients of the 2015 Alumni Awards. These awards recognize and honor alumni who, through leadership, character and hard work, have made exceptional contributions in their chosen field, in their communities and at 麻豆影院.
The following alumni have been selected for these awards:
Larry Disbro, 鈥71, 鈥73; Master of Education, 鈥78 and Sandy Disbro, 鈥75; 麻豆影院 State Advocacy Award. The Disbros reside in Mentor. Larry is a former educational administrator and Sandy a teacher.
Timothy Hunsicker, 鈥92, 鈥93; Master of Architecture, 鈥94; Distinguished Alumni Award. Hunsicker resides in Parma and serves as the missionary architect at the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) International Project Office.
Earl Miller, 鈥85; Professional Achievement Award. Miller resides in Somerville, Mass. and serves as a professor of neuroscience and associate director at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.
Abbie Morneault, 鈥12; Distinguished Citizen Award. Morneault resides in Dayton, Ohio as serves as teacher/advisor at Dayton Early College Academy.
Morgan Shields, 鈥14; Outstanding New Professional Award. Shields resides in Boston, Mass. and is a Master of Science candidate at Harvard School of Public Health.
鈥淭he alumni association received many outstanding nominations that truly represent the diversity and success of our graduates,鈥 said Lori Randorf, assistant vice president of 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Alumni Relations. 鈥淭hese alumni award recipients exemplify the characteristics of 麻豆影院 State graduates and the impact they have on their professions and society.鈥
In addition to the alumni awards, one student award is given. This year鈥檚 Golden Flash recipient is Douglas DeFouw, Jr., a sophomore majoring in flight technology at 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology.
All award recipients were selected by a committee of 麻豆影院 State graduates.
The award recipients will be honored at an awards banquet hosted at the 麻豆影院 Hotel and Conference Center on Oct. 2, 2015.
For more information on the alumni award recipients or to attend the awards banquet, visit .
To submit an award nomination, visit .
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