The Pacific 校友 Association honored four alumni and a former provost for their professional accomplishments, public service and longstanding commitment to 正规博彩十大网站 at the 61st annual Distinguished 校友 Awards dinner on January 25, 2020.

The Distinguished 校友 Awards recognize individuals whose outstanding achievements and services to humanity have brought credit to Pacific, 根据协会的说法. 今年的获奖者是约翰·C. Beyer ’62, Dean Butler ’79, 亚瑟R. 科尔曼小. ’81, Scott 利吉特 ’71 and former provost 菲尔。其中,.

杰出大学服务: this award honors alumni whose contributions to, 和努力代表, Pacific are worthy of special recognition.

约翰·C. 1962年拜尔，太平洋学院

Beyer spent nearly 45 years as a consultant, economist and expert witness at the international economics consulting firm Nathan Associates, where he also served as CEO for 30 years. After graduating Pacific, Beyer spent years investing in its students and professors. He created the Beyer Chair in Economics, the Nathan Scholars Experiential Learning Endowment and the John Beyer Endowed Fellowship in 2015. 可悲的是, 拜尔死于一月. 16, 20岁的萨曼莎·约翰斯顿, a Nathan Scholar and one of Beyer’s mentees, 接受以他的名义颁发的奖项. 拜尔是个有远见的人, 莎米拉·金说, chair of the economics department and coordinator of the Nathan Scholars program. He wanted Pacific students to think beyond the confines of economic policy, 不仅在美国国内适用.S.而且在全球范围内.

总统奖: 该奖项旨在表彰校友, nominated by the association president, who have given special service to the Pacific 校友 Association.

Dean Butler ’79, College of the Pacific

Butler’s professional experience includes more than three decades working as an actor on stage and screen, and as a producer for his company, 匹克摩尔企业, 公司., through which he has produced more than five years of Distinguished 校友 Awards videos for Pacific. Butler is known for his five-year role as Almanzo Wilder in the Little House on the Prairie and the feature film “Desert Hearts.” Butler is currently a producer for NBC's Golf Channel, where he has produced over 70 episodes of the award-winning interview series "Feherty.”

杰出的公共服务: this award honors alumni who have made exceptional professional contributions to society through civic or other public service while employed by a non-profit organization or governmental agency.

亚瑟R. 科尔曼小. 81年,音乐

Coleman was named the "California Teacher of the Year" in 2004 after teaching at Hamilton Middle School for 23 years. 在他的指导下, the middle school’s music department won many awards on the local and state level. In 2003, he was chosen as the San Joaquin Teacher of the Year and was selected by Phi Delta Kappa as the Teacher of the Year in 2004. The Stockton Teachers Association named him Outstanding Teacher of the Year In 1995.

Distinguished Professional Service: this award honors alumni who have achieved notable success in their professional field. 

斯科特·利格特，71年，音乐专业

利吉特, an Emmy Award-winning music and audio producer, has spent more than 50 years as a musician, 作曲家, 安排人和执行人. In 1997, he founded Media City Sound in Studio City. 他还创立了LNL Partners, a cinematic graphic novel company, 和夏特纳宇宙有限责任公司, an entertainment content development and production company. 利吉特 has performed with notable artists including Frank Sinatra, 大卫·鲍伊, 莎拉·沃恩, 鲍勃·马利, 迪恩马丁, 范·莫里森和其他许多人. 作为一个音乐制作人, he has worked with the Griffith Observatory, 美国的问候, 阿伦·索尔金, 霍华德斯特恩, 罗伯特。古利特, Chelsea Handler’s shows on Netflix, NFL的超级碗, and has produced hundreds of TV commercials and promos.

荣誉校友奖: This award recognizes individuals who through their leadership, personal involvement and support have contributed significantly to the advancement of Pacific.

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Gilbertson served at Pacific’s first provost starting in 1996. He oversaw educational and re搜索 programs, 图书馆服务, 信息技术, 招生, financial aid and continuing education until his retirement in 2010. Prior to Pacific, he was the dean at Valparaiso University in Indiana. 在太平洋, Gilbertson led collaborative partnerships in China, 东非, Latin America and the Middle East. He is credited for Pacific's rise on the U.S. 新闻 & World Report's list of top 100 national schools, increases in 招生 and student selectivity, growth in the number of academic programs, an expansion in the number of graduate and professional programs, and a substantial increase in the quality of the professors who have been attracted to work at Pacific. In 2016, Gilbertson published a comprehensive history of the university titled "Pacific on the Rise: The Story of California's First University.”