Distinguished alumni

Outstanding Achievement Award Winners

The following College of Biological Sciences (CBS) alumni received Outstanding Achievement Awards from the University of Minnesota. The award, the highest given to alumni, recognizes exceptional achievement in a professional field.

• Bernice Folz, (Ph.D. in Biology, 1973) 2002
• Franklin Prendergast (Ph.D. in Biochemistry, 1977) 2002
• Ruth Shuman (M.S. and Ph.D. in Genetics, 1985) 2002
• Shirley Tucker (B.A. 1949, M.S. 1951 in botany), 1999
• Thomas S. Reid (Ph.D. in biochemistry, 1942), 1998
• James Hogle, (B.S. in biochemistry, 1972), 1997
• Susan Berget (Ph.D. in Biochemistry, 1974), 1996
• Irwin J. Goldstein (Ph.D., 1956), 1996
• Gustav Swanson, 1989
• Bernard O. Phinney (B.S. 1940; Ph.D. 1946), 1987
• Richard Gray, Sr., 1976
• Myron Brakke, 1977
• Frank Putnam, 1974
• Elizabeth Cavert Miller, 1973
• Max A. Lauffer, 1964
• Clyde H. Bailey, 1962
• Harold Paul Morris (Ph.D. in biochemistry, 1930), 1970
• George O. Burr (Ph.D. in biochemistry and chemistry, 1924), 1955

Honorary degree recipients

The following were sponsored by CBS for University of Minnesota honorary doctor of sciences degrees.

• Rebecca Goldburg, Hon.D.Laws, 2002
• Margaret Davis, Hon.D. Sc., 2002
• Eville Gorham, Hon.D.Sc. 1999
• Paul D. Boyer, Hon.D.Sc. 1996
• Herbert E. Wright, Jr., Hon.D.Sc. 1996
• Dan Janzen, Hon.D.Sc. 1996
• Edward Lewis, Hon.D.Sc. 1993