Academic & Professional Distinction

The ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTION AWARD is named in honor of Paul V. Stryker, a teacher at Elder for over 40 years. It is awarded to a member of the Elder community whose professional achievements foster superior performance in his peers as well as the men of Elder.
Our past recipients include the following:

1993 Chuck Knepfle '64
1994 George A. Schaefer '63
1995 Rev. Bob Hasselhoff
1996 L. Rick Roedersheimer '67
1997-98 Robert A. Murphy, Jr. '63
1999 Joe Pedoto '60
2000 Ernie Ciambarella '65
2001 Gil Hageman '64
2002 Frank Tepe '56
2003 Rick Kohler '63
2004 Don Schmitt '49
2005 Butch Hubert '59
2006 Max Hofmeyer '50
2007 Tony Dattilo '63
2007 Tom Streicher '71
2008 Dennis Janson '68
2008 Ginger Louis
2009 John "Satch" Coletta '73
2009 Pat Dinkelacker '72
2010 Jack Adam '57
2010 Ned Lautenbach '62
2011 Mike Cappel '65
2011 Dan Hilvert '64
2012 Tom Davoran '56
2013 Bill Hemmer '83
2014 Tom Mason
2015 Jim Jansing '74
2015 John Ploehs '68
2016 Edmund Adams '56
2017 Sam Beltsos
2018 Lou Terhar '67
2019 Ken Stecher '64
2020 Dr. Mike Jennings '74
2021 Brian Kelley '79
2022 Brian Weisker '90
2023 Mike Finley '79
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