Historical Alumni Awards
JD Historical Alumni Awards
| YEAR | Alumni of the Year Award | Young Alumni of the Year Award | Honorary Alumni Award | Other Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Christina Jepson (’95) Jon M. Lear ('76) Phillip W. Lear ('75) | Sydney Sell (’19) Victoria Carrington (’23) | Edie Housley | Anne Milne (’76) Spirit of Quinney Award Leonor Perretta ('96) Outstanding Pro Bono Alumnus Award |
| 2025 | Richard Burbidge (’72) Arthur Berger (’93) | Kayla Quam (’15) Joseph E. Rupp (’16) | Justice Paige Petersen | Michelle Oldroyd ('00) Spirit of Quinney Award |
| 2024 | Jim R. Holbrook ('74) Roger Thompson ('67) | Gabriela Mena ('17) Laura Leon Rubiano ('16) | Judge Paul Warner | Kelley Gale ('79) Spirit of Quinney Award |
| 2023 | Stewart P. Ralphs (’90) Karin Fojtik (’93) | Scotti Hill (’18) Matthew Vanek (’13) | Taymour Semnani | Stephen F. Mecham (’83), Dean’s Award for Exceptional Service |
| 2022 | Gayle McKeachnie (’70) Tonia Hashimoto (’06) | Ruth Hackford-Peer (’13) Stephanie Pitcher (’15) | Justice John Pearce | |
| 2021 | ||||
| 2020 | Steven E. Clyde (’75) Kent B. Scott (’73) | Amy Fowler (’11) | Patrice Arent | |
| 2019 | Erik A. Christiansen (‘90) | Abby Dizon-Maughan (‘12) | Perrin R. Love | |
| 2018 | Judge Brooke Wells (’77) Judge David Campbell (’79) | Noella Sudbury (’09) | Ray Etcheverry | |
| 2017 | Peggy A. Tomsic (‘82) Judge Robert K. Hilder (‘84) | Christopher Wharton (‘09) Aida Neimarlija (‘08) | Justice Deno G. Himonas | |
| 2016 | Denise Dragoo Jackson Howard | Katherine “Kat” Judd Matthew Barraza | Ralph Mabey | |
| 2015 | Diana Hagan (’98) Cary D. Jones (’76) | Brian Rosander (’05) | The Honorable Dee V. Benson | |
| 2014 | Cecelia Espenoza (’82) Randy Dryer (’76) | Mathew Higbee (’05) | Sim Gill | |
| 2013 | Utah Law's Centennial Year | Celebrated a century of graduates | Alternate Visions Fund, Corporate Leadership Award | |
| 2012 | Deborah K. Dugan (’84) | Jonathan G. Pappasideris (’03) | ||
| 2011 | Jaron B. Norberg (’67) | Kendra L. Shirey (’02) | David W. Pershing | I.J. and Jeanné Wagner Foundation, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 2010 | David J. Schwendiman (’76) | Timothy K. Conde (’04) | Scott Burns | |
| 2009 | Alan L. Sullivan (’74) | Rita M. Cornish (’06) | J. Michael Mattsson | Cultural Vision Fund, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 2008 | George J. Petrow (’79) | Stephanie Wilkins Pugsley (’03) | Anthon S. Cannon | Chevron, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 2007 | Jonathan M. Ruga (’82) | Anneliese Cook Booher (’01) Troy L. Booher (’02) | Nancy Melich Alexander J. “Lex” Hemphill | C. Comstock Clayton Foundation, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 2006 | Jane A. Marquardt (’77) Patricia J. Winmill (’80) | Akiko Kawamura (’99) Zachary E. Peterson (’99) | Hon. David K. Winder | |
| 2005 | Jeffrey J. Jensen (’75) | Jacquelyn D. Rogers (’01) | Harold G. Christensen | |
| 2004 | Earl M. Wunderli (’59) | Marlene F. Gonzalez (’95) | Rick D. Nydegger | Herbert I. and Elsa B. Michael Foundation, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 2003 | Anne Milne (’76) | Elaina M. Maragakis (’97) | James B. Lee | |
| 2002 | Herbert C. Livsey (’69) | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney | ||
| 2001 | Gordon L. Roberts (’65) | Mary C. Gordon (’94) | Spencer F. Eccles | George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 2000 | Calvin L. Rampton (’39) | Augustus G. Chin (’95) | Dorothy K. Watkiss | |
| 1999 | M. Scott Woodland (’51) | Lisa A. Jones (’89) | Marie S. Lewis | |
| 1998 | Clayton J. Parr (’68) | Marji Hanson | Hon. Christine M. Durham | R. Harold Burton Foundation, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 1997 | Alonzo W. Watson, Jr. (’51) | Carolyn B. McHugh (’82) Diane H. Banks (’86) | Rita E. Forham | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation, Corporate Leadership Award |
| 1996 | Judith M. Billings (’77) | Karie Minaga-Miya (’88) | Kimball Parr Waddoups Brown & Gee, Corporate Leadership Award | |
| 1995 | ||||
| 1994 | Joseph Roesnblatt (’26) | Russell C. Fericks (’82) | Parsons Behle & Latimer, Corporate Leadership Award | |
| 1993 | Sidney G. Baucom (’53) | |||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1990 | Hon. Gordon R. Hall | Edward D. “Ned” Spurgeon | ||
| 1989 | ||||
| 1988 | Stephen B. Nebeker | |||
| 1987 | David K. Watkiss |