{"id":456,"date":"2012-05-15T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancini.brandonu.ca\/alumni-association\/?page_id=456"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:10:51","slug":"distinguished-service-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/alumni\/awards\/distinguished-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service is presented to Brandon University alumni who have made outstanding voluntary contributions to community service.<\/p>\n

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Nomination form (includes terms and nomination procedures): Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note that a complete nomination package must be submitted to the Alumni Relations by 4:30 pm on April 1<\/span>.*<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any questions, you may contact the Alumni Relations Office at 204-727-9697 or at alumni@brandonu.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Past Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service (formerly the Distinguished Service Award):
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

1978<\/strong>
\nN. Keith McKinnon, BA \u201835<\/p>\n

1979<\/strong>
\nGeorge E. Longphee, BSc \u201844
\nDr. Robert Beamish, BA \u201937, DSc \u201888<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong>
\nDonald R. Mackay, BA \u201839
\nRonald Bell, BA \u201851<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong>
\nNorman MacLeod, BA \u201848<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong>
\nPeggy Sharpe, BA \u201835<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong>
\nWestley Wong, BSc \u201844<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong>
\nAnnie M. McLachlan, BSc \u201817<\/p>\n

1988<\/strong>
\nLenore Dinsdale, BA \u201845<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong>
\nAdelene Evans, Grad. Dip. Piano \u201921, Post Grad. Dip. Piano ;24<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong>
\nThomas H. M. McLeod, BA \u201840<\/p>\n

1991<\/strong>
\nDr. Victor Sharpe, BA \u201839<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong>
\nBetty Gibson, BA \u201959, BEd \u201959, LL.D. \u201877<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong>
\nDr. Finley Campbell, BSc \u201950, MA \u201956, PhD. \u201958, FRSC, P. Geol.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong>
\nErnie Shaw, BSc \u201851<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong>
\nDr. C. Dennis Anderson, BSc \u201864<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>
\nGerald Brown, BA \u201963, BEd, MEd,\u00a0 MLIS<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>
\nGeorge Peary, BSc \u201961, BEd, MBA,<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>
\nJoy (Barton) Finlay, BA \u201854
\nCam Finlay, BSc \u201852<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>
\nRaymond Bailey, BSc ’44<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>
\nBen Ward, BSc \u201955, Pre. B.Ed. \u201856
\nDavid Perkins, BSc \u201982, BEd \u201984, M.Ed \u201895<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>
\nKeay Dobson-Golletz, BA \u201879<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong>
\nDeborah Wright-Nantel, BA \u201874<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\nDick McDonald, BA \u201960, BEd \u201867
\nVerda McDonald, BA \u201955, BPed \u201856<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong>
\nBruce MacDonald, BSc \u201970, BEd \u201871<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong>
\nBarbara (Robertson) Martin, Associate \u201865<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong>
\nGordon Williams, Associate ’65<\/p>\n

2021
\n<\/strong>Bryton Moen<\/a>, BA ’11<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\nLisa Ormann, BA \u201996<\/a>
\nLorraine Pompana, BA \u201983, MEd \u201907<\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong>
\nPatricia Bowslaugh, TTC ’60, BA ’71, BEd ’76
\nJean Lawson, ’78<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong>
\nMeryl Orth, BA ’75, BEd ’84, MEd ’05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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