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OASFAA Awards
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Alex Murdoch Award
The Alex Murdoch Award was established in 1999 to honor Alex, Associate
Director of Financial Aid at University of Cincinnati, when he retired that
year. The honor, first announced at Winter Conference 1999 as a tribute
to Alex, is awarded annually to a member of OASFAA who has given outstanding
service to OASFAA and it's members. The recipient's convictions and loyalty
to OASFAA, have made it a better organization through their efforts and
many contributions.
2009 - Ted Hallenbeck, National City/PNC
2008 - Suzanne Fahrer, BGSU
2007 - Melony Ohalek, Sallie Mae Graduate & Professional Programs
2006 - Joan Dornette, Good Samaritan College of Nursing
2005 - Barbara Hughes, Baldwin-Wallace College
2004 - Doris I. Smith, North Central State College
2003 - Claudia Wenzel, John Carroll University
2002 - Cheryl Willard, Baldwin-Wallace College
2001 - Connie Williams, University of Cincinnati
2000 - Lawrence Matthews, Bluffton College
Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award was created in 1985. The award is reserved
for an OASFAA member who has provided devoted and unselfish service in furthering
the progress, aims and ideals of OASFAA , MASFAA and NASFAA supporting the
entire financial aid community.
2006 - Tally K. Hart, The Ohio State University
1985 - Marc L. Brenner, Ohio Diesel Technical
Institute
James W. White Award
The James W. White Award honors James White, Director of Financial Aid at
Oberlin College, when he retired in 1990. The award, first presented at
Spring Conference 1991, is given annually to a member of OASFAA who exemplifies
the dedication to students, to the aid community, and to the recipient's
local community-qualities that were so evident in Jim's career as a financial
aid professional.
2010 - Roger Eldridge, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
2009 - Stephanie Sutton, Lorain Community College
2008 - Gary Ulrich, Owens Community College-Findlay Campus
2007 - Debra Lee Divers, BGSU Firelands
2006 - Geraldine Parker-Thrower, Lakeland Community College
2005 - Gregory A. Guzmán, Lourdes College
2004 - Lawrence Matthews, Bluffton University
2003 - MorraLee Holzapfel, I Know I Can
2002 - Steve England, AES/PHEAA
2001 - Jerome Weiskittle, Franciscan University of Steubenville
2000 - Donald Chenelle, Case Western Reserve University
1999 - Arman Habegger, University of Findlay
1998 - Lisa K. Mitchell, Student Loan Funding
1997 - Ginny Biada, Baldwin-Wallace College
1996 - Alex Murdoch, University of Cincinnati
1995 - Wendell Schick, Ohio Northern University
1994 - Clark Reber, Lourdes College
1993 - Michele Nemes Meeker, The Ohio State University
1992 - William Bennett, Cleveland State Unviersity
1991 - Robert Hahn, University of Akron
Support Professional Award
The Support Professional Award, initiated in 1990, recognizes an individual
or team of support/clerical professionals reporting to an OASFAA member.
Nominations are submitted to the Support Professional Committee and the
award is made at Spring Conference. The recipient exemplifies a strong commitment
to the student, institution for which they work, and the financial aid profession.
2010 - Debra Clark, Central Ohio Technical College
2009 - Jennifer Healey, University of Dayton
2008 - Kim Kuhajda, Baldwin-Wallace College
2007 - Jenny Rumpler and Pat Tobis, Miami University
2006 - Tracy Febel, Lakeland Community College
2005 - Ann Cano (University of Dayton) Southwest
Region
2004 - Janet Crawford, Lee Ann Timmerman, Sherry Benjamin,
Kathy Sybert
(Ohio
Northern University) Northwest Region
2003 - Dottie Chapman (Bluffton College) Northwest Region
2002 - Tenley Peterson (University of Toledo) Northwest
Region
2001 - Annie Johnson (Ohio State University) Southeast
Region
2000 - Shannon Maag (Lima Technical College) Northwest
Region
1999 - Darlene Burns (Walsh University) Northeast Region
1998 - Stephanie Medley (Belmont Technical College) Southeast
Region
Bea Pettaway
(Medical College of Ohio) Northwest Region
Sandy Vilkowski
(Miami University) Southwest Region
1997 - Laura Witt (NE Ohio College of Medicine) Northeast
Region
JoAnn Evans,
Kathy Stripling, Carrie Lemle, Kevin Paskvan
(Owens
Community College) Northwest Region
Lola Hauss
(Capital University) Southeast Region
Debbie Back,
Linda Will, Marcia Mitchell, Anthony Boniella,
Evelyn Harris,
Patricia Rakestraw, Candace McGowan,
Rodney Gross,
Cheryl Griffin-Daugherty, Robin McLemore, Rutha Lacking
(Sinclair Community College) Southwest Region
1996 - Andrea Hines (Oberlin College) Northeast Region
Barb Noonan
and Kent McKenzie (University of Toledo) Northwest Region
Barbara Birk
(Capital University) Southeast Region
Kathi Richards
(Edison Community College) Southwest Region
1995 - Judy Cook (University of Findlay) Northwest Region
1994 - Melissa Chandler (Lakeland Community College)
Northeast Region
1993 - Carol Benedum, Meilani Cook, Marge Smith
(Stark Technical
College) Northeast Region
1992 - Janet Crawford (Ohio Northern University) Northwest
Region
Becky Heaton
(Mount Vernon Nazarene) Southeast Region
1991 - Sandy Miller (Ohio University) Southeast Region
1990 - Ruth Murphy (Marietta College) Southeast Region
Alan M. Donley Chair
in Need Analysis – Recognition
Highlights
2009 - James Engler, Franklin University
2008 - Greg Carlo, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
2007 - Pamela Hughes, Ohio Northern University
2006 - Carmen Sears-Edwards, Citibank
2005 - Kim Nash-Yore, Cuyahoga Community College
2004 - Scott Lehman, Hiram College
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