Lindley Award Winners
The Lindley Award is presented each year to the top graduating senior in the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) who is deemed the most outstanding in scholarship and character. This is the highest award a student in CLASS can receive. Established in 1962 by distinguished alumnus Ernest K. Lindley, the award was created as a memorial to his parents Ernest Hiram and Elizabeth Kidder Lindley.
2023: Matty Murphy
2022: Trevor Woodward
2021: Kristina Cockerille
2020: Madeleine Curtright
2019: Ayomipo Kayode-Popoola
2018: Zachary Lien
2017: Tristen D. Beaudoin
2016: Ashley A. Kuznia
2015: Karlee A. Kirking
2014: John S. Nuhn
2013: Toluwani E. Adekunle
2012: Emily Kay Brookhart
2011: Cari Elizabeth Dighton
2011: Bonnie Rose Magnuson
2010: Elisa Briesmeister
2009: Melissa M. Firor
2008: Lynsie Clott
2007: Rose Keller
2006: Nancy Patterson
2005: Peter Stegner
2005: Paige Allen
2004: Jessica Lipschultz
2003: Heather Branstetter
2003: Ann Kero
2002: Kirsten Johnson
2002: Brandy Wiegers
2001: Jennifer Warnick
2000: James Cerven
1999: Jamie Michelle Waggoner
1998: Kama Sibbell White
1998: Eric Edward Nuxoll
1997: Luke Robert Henderson
1996: William Guy Weppner
1995: Lisa Marie Gravelle
1994: Blas Pedro Uberuaga
1993: Karena Jeanne Pals
1993: Cheyanna Lynn Jaffke
1992: Jennifer Christian Purvis
1991: Christina Hendricks
1990: Kirsten Rae Rosholt
1989: Phuoc Thong Tran
1989: Lori Ann Perrin
1988: Barbara Jo Lefler
1987: Gregory Joseph Eiselein
1986: Arne Edward Michalson
1985: Dwaine Anthony Tesnohlidek
1984: Bret Alan Dirks
1983: Terry Richard Corsberg
1982: Carol Jane Allen
1981: Stephanie Ann Kambitsch
1980: Kevin Douglas O'Brien
1980: James Edward Flynn, Jr.
1979: Molly Mannschreck
1979: Leah L. Andersen
1979: Deborah L. Gaylord
1978: Jean Everett Jewell
1977: Elizabeth Elaine Zakarison
1976: Douglas Madsen
1976: Barbara L. Schaefer
1975: William R. Cordwell
1975: Carol Iris Hill
1974: Brian Edward Koester
1973: Robert Leslie Veal
1972: Michael Wayne Mather
1971: Denver Ray James
1970: Jean Louise Nutile
1969: Timothy Scott Ellis
1968: Jon August Wellner
1967: James Andrew Carlson
1966: Boyd L. Earl
1965: Donna Jean Olson
1964: Janice R. Gisler
1963: Marvin D. Heileson
1962: Peter B. Kelly