Past Recipients of Boys Town National Alumni Association Awards

* Awarded in 2022 due to COVID Pandemic and cancellation of 2021 Reunion
Father Flanagan Distinguished Alumnus (Est. 1977)
1977 Sam Breci, '41 1978 Howard E. Mahaney, D'41 1979 Harold Popp, '47 1980 Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, '47
1981 Chester Odom 1987 Cy Tworek (Non-Alumnus) 1989 Robert Keeder, '63 1991 Andrew J. "Andy" Olivo, '66
1993 Bryan Burgess, '53 1995 Thomas Finn, '47 1997 Edwin Novotny, '43 1999 George Pfeifer, '44
2001 Rev. Dr. Max Rittgers, '56 2003 Ronald C. Fisher, D'57 & Joseph Renteria, '35 2005 Raul Parra, '64 2007 Harlan Vogt, '46
2009 Robert Curtin, '58 2011 Lawrence Mulligan, '61 2013 Father Clifford Stevens, '44 2015 Ambrose M. Rodriguez, '58
2017 Judge William Maddux, '53 2019 Melvin Hamilton, '65 2021* Daniel Chesire, '65 2023 Colin E. "Ed" Brady, '60
2025   2027   2029   2031  

Outstanding Young Alumnus Award (Est. 2015)

2015 Dan Fry, D'06 2017 TSgt. Mary Carter, '03 2019 Zackard Blanchard, '05 2021* Sommer Lemley, '12 2023
     None Awarded              
2025   2027   2029   20231   2033  

President's Award (2017 was Inaugural Award)

2017 Edward Flanagan, '81                    2019  Ron Fisher, D'57                       2021 Mike Trevino, '58                              2023
   Ramon Esparza, '50                 
2025   2027   2029   2031  

Alumni Service Award (Est. 1987)

1987 No Recipient 1989 Al Witcofski, '28 1991 Larry Kennedy, '37
1993 Reggie Welles, '57 1995 Edwin Novotny, '43 1997 Jo Marshall (Auxiliary)
1999 Knobby Meysenburg (Alumni Director) 2001 Ken Kawami (Former Staff Member) 2003 Robert G. Nelson, '53
2005 Sharon Nelson (Canonization Advisory Group) 2007 Daniel Banz, '57, John Corrigan, 68, Stanley Struble, '68 2009 George L. Buckler, '64
2011 George Pfeifer, '44 2013 Michael A. Trevino, '58 2015 Daniel Banz, '58, Michael Skaff, '61
2017 Gene Horan, '57, Bo Rhudy, '60, Jason Suibielski, '81 2019 W. Mike Smith, '67 2021* George Edwards, '71, Johnny Sullivan, '85
2023 Raul Parra, '64, Phil Dauterive, D'70 2025   2027  

Alumni Appreciation Award (Est. 1987)

1987 Kenny Morris, '49 1989 Jerri Novotny (Auxiliary/Asst. Treasurer) 1991 Patricia Kuhn (Auxiliary)
1993 Kathy Kerns (Auxiliary) 1995 Florence Mitchell (Auxiliary) 1997 Doris Breci, Adelaide Szynskie (Auxiliary)
1999 Patricia Kuhn (Auxiliary) 2001 Msgr. Peter Dunne (Former Staff/BTNAA Chaplain 2003 Sue Ann Burgess (Auxiliary)
2005 Father Val J. Peter (Executive Director Emeritus) 2007 Pierre Bossant (Retired Staff) 2009 Jerri Novotny (Assistant Treasurer & Volunteer)
2009 Special One Time Award - Jerri Novotny 2011 Ralph Wright (Former staff/Alumni Choir Director) 2013 Gail Page (Admin. Assistant, Alumni Office)
2015 Carol Atherton, Annette Bilek, Pat McKenzie (Volunteers) 2017 Carol Trevino and Lisa Abare (BTNAA Auxiliary) 2019 Ruby Fisher, BT Maintenance, BTNAA Auxilary
2021* Boys Town Police Department 2023
The Boys Town Food Service Department
2025
  

Hall of History Inductees (Prior to 1995 - Dates Unknown)

Tony Oddo, '18 Father Henry Sutti, '25 Thomas C. White, '32 Larry Kennedy, '37 Robert Paradise, '38 Father Leo Kuhn, '38 Joseph Pline, '39
John Novotny, '40 Don Roybal, '40 Dr. Frank Carlotta, DDS, '40 John Novotny, '40 John Gutowski, '41 Father Benedict Martin, '42 Charles A. Ling, '43
Charles Mitchell, '43 Louis Roberts, '43 Joseph Rohlinger, '43 William Persick, '45 Thomas J. Finn, '47 Joseph Ortega, '47 Harold Popp, '47
Lloyd M. "Pete" Bucher, '47 Robert Mitchell, '49 Rueben Hernandez, '51 William D. Maddux, '53 Eugene Horan, '57 George L. Buckler, '64 Marty Critchley, '78

Hall of History Inductees (After 1995)

1996 Father John Farrald, '40 Sam Breci, '41 Jake Williams, '49 Elmer Marshall, '51  
1997 Msgr. Joseph Ariano, '41 Michael Jackson, '66 Frank "Moe" Szynskie, '47    
1999 George Pfeifer, '44 James Congrove, '64 Edwin Novotny, '43    
2001 Rev. Dr. Max Rittgers, '56 Joseph Renteria, '35 Fred Estavane, '51    
2003 John Mollison, '64 Patrick Render, '62 Joseph Wherry, '66    
2005 James Mitchell, '47 Tony Jaramillo, '53 Larry Mulligan, '61 Frank Kerns, '48  
2007 Vernon Baker, '37 Bryan Burgess, '53 August "Buddy" Hogan, D'57 Harlan Vogt, '46  
2009 Martin Kuhn, '39 Robert Maddux, '56 John Sterner, '57 Mike Trevino, '58 James Acklin, '68
2011 Robert Nelson, '53 Robert Curtin, '58 Colin "Ed" Brady, '60 Albert "Bo" Rhudy, '60 William Kyles, '67
2013 Raul Parra, '64 Mark Tilden, '85 Richard Render, '59 Bruce Dolan, '68  
2015 Victor Honermann, '57 Daniel Chesire, '65 Melvin Hamilton, '65 William M. "Mike" Smith, '67 Stanley L. Struble, '68
2017 Robert Keeder, '63 Andrew "Andy" Olivo, '66 Reginald Walton, '67 Posthumous    
2019 Robert Schmit, '69 Wm. Kriss Andrews, '70 William Bryant, '74    
2021* Dr. William Thomas, '69 Posthumous Samuel Vargas, '65      
2023 Ronald Langford, D'66 Rodney Whitehall, '72 Barney Hill, '72 Steven Wolf, '80  
2025          

National Honorary President (Est. 1951)

1951-52 

No Recipient 1952-53 Spencer Tracy 1954-55 Patrick J. Norton
1955-57 Frank L. Whitbeck 1957-59 G.S. "Bill" Williamson 1959-61 Bert Murphy
1961-63 Theodore G. Miller 1963-65 Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt 1965-66 Kenneth W. Corcoran
1967-69 J. Edgar Hoover 1969-71 Morris Jacobs 1971-73 Maurice H. "Skip" Palrang
1973-75 Maurice H. "Skip" Palrang 1975-77 Clarence M. "Mitt" Stoffel 1977-79 Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt
1979-81 William Ojile 1981-83 Msgr. Peter Dunne 1983-85 Sisters Mary Electa & Mary Agnes
1985-87 Nancy Reagan (Could not accept due to protocol) 1987-89 Congressman Hal J. Daub 1989-91 Lester Dreifuerst
1991-93 No Recipient 1993-95 No Recipient 1995-97 Lawrence E. "Butch" Murray
1997-99 Chester J. Plewa 1999-01 Dr. Pat McGinnis 2001-03 Father Aloysius J. McMahon
2003-05 Stan Kurtz 2005-07 John Martin Griffin (From Ireland) 2007-09 Bob Stoffel
2009-11 Frank Hart (Dec. in Early 2010) 2011-13 Thomas J. Lynch 2013-15 Robert Hayes
2015-17 Dwite Pedersen 2017-19 Norbert "Knobby" Meysenburg (Dec. 1/6/18) 2019-21 Pierre Bossant
2021-23* Dan Schneiss 2023-25 Dr. Bob Pick, Ph.D. 2025-27