2008 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Honored

Timothy Blair
Ph.D. '75, Elementary and Early Childhood Education-Reading
Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning Principles, University of Central Florida
Nominator: Dr. Lisa Dieker, University of Central Florida

Judith Davidson
Ph.D. '95, Curriculum and Instruction, Associate
Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Nominator: Dr. Lillie Albert, Boston College

Daniel Donder
Ph.D. '86, Special Education, School Administration
Principal Riverside University High School, Milwaukee Public Schools
Nominator: Marleen Pugach, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Peter Johnston
Ph.D. '81, Educational Psychology-Reading
Professor, Department of Reading, State University of New York at Albany
Nominator: Dr. Janet Gaffney, University of Illinois

Lyn Jones
M.Ed. '80, Higher Education Administration
B.S. '76, Secondary Education- English, Social Studies
President and CEO, United Way of Champaign County
Nominator: Dr. Robert Kleinsasser, Arizona State University

James Royer
Ph.D. '70, Educational Psychology, M.A. '69, Educational Psychology,
Professor Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts
Nominator: Donald Cunningham, Indiana University

Beginning Educator Award Winner, 2008

Mallory Morris
B.S. '06, Elementary Education- Psychology emphasis
7th Grade Language Arts Teacher, Jefferson Middle School
Nominator: Dr. Susan Zola, Principal, Jefferson Middle School