Distinguished Alumni
Celebrating Alumni Success
In the spirit of celebrating the accomplishments of College of DuPage students, the Distinguished Alumni Awards honor COD alumni for their outstanding achievements.
The 2023 Distinguished Awards were held on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at a ceremony at College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Rob Jannusch
'98 Associate In Arts
'99 Associate in Science
'99 Associate in General Studies
2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
2017 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
2016 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Matthew Bonnan
'93 Earth Science
Jimmy Ray Elliott
'77 Journalism
Linda C. Feltman
'72 Business and Languages
Hashem Helmi
'83 Computer Science
Janice Dacanay Miller
'80 Nursing
Andrew Ouderkirk
'78 Chemistry
Laz Perez
'88 Criminal Justice
Mark Pfefferman
'83 Journalism
Jeffrey Ross
Photography
Dr. Roy Karl Werner
'92 Biology
Outstanding Recent Grad Margaret Yancey
'06 Journalism
2015 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Marco Benassi
'83 Speech
Jolene Kremer
'78 Journalism
George Macht
'70 Culinary
Heather Miller
'02 Nursing
Mariam Pare
'99 Arts
Edward Raspiller
'88 Business
Tony Venezia
'72 Animation
Eileen Ward
'75 Humanities
2014 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Dr. Kim L. Armour
Class of 1984
Dennis Barsema
Class of 1975
Robyn Coffin
Class of 1997
Buna Dahal
Class of 1996
Bryan T. Green
Class of 1989
Amy Beth Kirsten
Class of 1992
Lauren Morgan
Class of 1984
Gus Vonderheide
Class of 1982
1987 - 1996 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Patricia Wager
Class of 1987
Shirley Hoffman
Class of 1988
Patricia Stockner
Class of 1989
Adele Lessmeister
Class of 1990
Dorothy Squitieri
Class of 1991
James Belushi
Class of 1992
John Murnane
Class of 1993
John Stefanelli
Class of 1994
Eileen Lyons
Class of 1995
Theresa Bowen-Weyrich
Class of 1996