The Allan W. Purdy Distinguished Service Award is the highest award MASFAA bestows on an individual. Individuals selected to receive the award must have made outstanding contributions to the financial aid profession and MASFAA’s goals. Their career in the profession and within higher education itself must demonstrate service to fellow professionals, students, and others served by the professional aid administrator. The key criteria for this award are based on significant contributions over a period of time and are not typically given for a single contribution. The recipient must hold regular or associate membership in MASFAA. Past recipients are listed below.
2022 | Sue Swisher |
2021 | Val Meyers |
2019 | Paula Luff |
2018 | Aaron Steffens |
2017 | Lori Vedder |
2016 | Richard Shipman |
2015 | Susan Fischer |
2014 | Keith Williams |
2013 | Arnold Woods |
2012 | Ginny Biada |
2011 | Mary Jo Smith |
2010 | Vickie Crupper |
2009 | Dan Mann |
2008 | Lois Mulbrook |
2007 | A. Dallas Martin |
2006 | William Bushaw |
2005 | Frank Loncorich |
2004 | Kenneth Fridsma |
2003 | Virginia Muenster |
2002 | Joyce Hall |
2001 | Susan Ladd |
2000 | R. Todd Morriss |
1999 | Sheryl T. Spivey |
1998 | Pamela Fowler |
1997 | John Parker |
1996 | Pam Britton |
1995 | Natala Hart |
1994 | Orlo Austin |
1993 | Linda L. Maxwell |
1992 | Robert Berger |
1991 | Paul Aasen |
1990 | William Bennett |
1989 | Harvey Grotrian |
1988 | Judith Florian |
1987 | John E. Moore |
1986 | Richard Battig |
1985 | Marc L. Brenner |
1984 | Rhonda Norsetter |
1983 | Mary Haldane |
1982 | Wallace Douma |
1981 | James White |
1980 | Paul Chrisman |
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1979 | Donald Holec |
1978 | Richard Johnson |
1977 | Neil Bolyard |
1976 | Norman Beck |
1975 | Rodney Harrison |
1974 | Henry Dykema |
1973 | Edson Sample |
1972 | Leo Gilchrist |
1971 | Walter North |
1970 | Allan Purdy |