Alumni
We are proud of the accomplished lives our Sciences alumni have built since graduating. Listed below are alumni who have received the College of Sciences Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for their contributions toward making our world a better place to live. We applaud them for their accomplishments.
1988
Neva and Philip Abelson
Neva (Martin) Abelson – BS 1934, Chemistry.
Developer of the test for Rh factor in blood.
Philip Abelson – BS 1933, Chemistry & MS 1935
Physics. Science magazine editor, president of Carnegie
Institute, “father of the nuclear
submarine,” National Science Academy Public
Welfare medalist.
1989
William Wiley – PhD 1965 Bacteriology. Vice
president for science and technology and director of
research, Battelle Memorial Institute; director,
Pacific Northwest Laboratory.
1990
Allan C. Wilson – MS 1957, Zoology, Pre-medical.
Professor, University of California, Berkeley,
developer of the “evolutionary molecular
clock” concept.
1992
Harold F. Winters – PhD 1963, Physics. IBM
research scientist, pioneer in plasma and surface
physics.
1993
John N. Abelson – BS 1960, Physics. Emeritus
George Beadle Professor, California Institute of
Technology.
1994
Donald W. Bushaw – BA 1949, Mathematics.
Professor of mathematics, Washington State University,
vice provost for instruction.
1995
Charles M. Weatherby, MD – BS 1974, Zoology,
Pre-medical. Physician, Businessman of the Year
awardee, president Pierce County Medical Society.
1997
James Allen Wells – PhD 1979, Biochemistry.
Founder, president, chief scientific officer, Sunesis,
member of National Academy of Sciences, 1999.
1998
Leo B. Bustad, MD – BS 1968, Zoology,
Pre-medical. Cardiologist.
1999
Stephen P.A. Fodor – BS 1978, Biology & MS
1982, Biochemistry. Co-founder, president, chief
executive officer, Affymetrix, DNA chip developer.
2000
Lloyd A. Osborn – BA 1959, Mathematics. Director
technology planning, The Boeing Company, Phantom Works.
2001
Donald D. Trunkey, MD – BS 1959, Zoology,
Pre-medical. Chair, Department of Surgery, Oregon
Health Sciences University, trauma surgeon.
2002
Gordon D. Hager, PhD 1973, Chemical Physics. Senior
scientist, U. S. Air Force.
2003
William Graber, B.A. Mathematics 1965. Senior vice
president and chief financial officer, McKesson
Corporation.
2004
Michael Bair – BS 1978, Physics, Vice
President/General Manager 787 Program, Boeing Company
2005
Not awarded
2006
Bruce Lance Gibbons – BS 1970, MS 1973, PhD 1975
Bacteriology, Chairman/Chief Technical Officer,
AcryMed, Portland, Oregon
You can also browse an alphabetical listing of all WSU Alumni Achievement Award Winners by following the link to the WSU Alumni Association.