Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award
Nathan M. Pusey Young Alumni Achievement Award
George B. Walter '36 Service to Society Award
Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D'18 Outstanding Service to Lawrence Award
Arthur D. Ullian '61
Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award
Arthur D. Ullian '61, Newton, Massachusetts, graduated from Lawrence with a B.A. degree
with honors in economics and did graduate work at the London School of Economics. A
highly successful real-estate developer and manager, his Boston Land Development
Company specialized in assisted and market-rate multi-family housing. After a bicycle
accident in 1991 left him paralyzed from the chest down and with only limited use of
his hands and arms, he entered into his "second career," advocating for increased federal
support for biomedical research. As president of the National Council of Spinal Cord
Injury Association, founder of the National Coalition to End Neurological Disorders, and
a former chair of the Task Force on Science, Health Care, and the Economy, he is a
frequent witness before congressional committees and is highly respected for the scope
and quality of his research, writing, and testimony. In 1995, he was appointed to an
advisory panel of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a unit
of the National Institutes of Health and the Public Health Service, and he will serve
through 2007 on the advisory committee to the director of the National Institutes of
Health. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Rutgers
University in 2004
Catherine A. Statz '96
Nathan M. Pusey Young Alumni Achievement Award
Catherine Statz '96, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is education director for the Wisconsin
Farmers Union, where she coordinates cooperative-education programs for Farmers Union
members, their children, and the general public. While growing up on a dairy farm, she
was active in the Farmers Union's youth and summer camp programs and, while a student
at Lawrence, worked for the National Farmers Union and the WFU as a summer-camp staff
person. In 1996, she graduated from Lawrence with a B.A. in English and a B.Mus. in
voice performance and was encouraged by her voice professor, Patrice Michaels, to pursue
further study and a career in vocal music. However, her commitment to the values of a
cooperative lifestyle led her, in 1997, to employment with the Wisconsin Farmers Union.
She attended the National Cooperative Business Association's Future Co-op Leaders
Program in Washington, D.C.; participates in the New Visions, New Ventures discussion
group in the Twin Cities; and is a member of the Association of Cooperative Educators.
In 1999, she received the William Hlusko Memorial Award to Young Cooperative Educators
from the ACE and, in 2003, received a grant from the Cooperative Foundation to assist in
development of the Building Cooperative Futures youth forum. Active musically in her
region, she currently serves as president of the Chippewa Falls Repertory Theatre.
Jose Hernandez Ugalde '96
George B. Walter, '36, Service to Society Award
Jose Hernandez Ugalde '96, Costa Rica country director for Cross-Cultural Solutions, an
international agency offering individual and small-group volunteer opportunities in
ten countries, is responsible for establishing and maintaining two sites, one at San
Carlos, his hometown, and another at Cartago. He came to Lawrence as a Spanish department
language assistant and graduated with an English major in 1996, having been active in
many campus organizations, including Beta Theta Pi fraternity. As a graduate student at
the University of Costa Rica, he was employed in the university's international programs
department. He has also worked with the Foreign Service Foundation for Peace and Democracy,
where he specialized in conflict resolution and the elimination of child labor, and served
as director of public relations and as a protocol officer for the United Nations
Conference on the Environment. He has taught courses on civic education and democracy
as a visiting faculty member at the Close-Up Foundation in Washington, D.C. His current
interests focus around eliminating child abuse and bringing the arts into his
community, and he is a liaison in San Carlos for the Costa Rican National Theatre Company.
Margaret Banta Humleker '41
Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D'18 Outstanding Service Award
Margaret Banta Humleker '41, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, served on the Lawrence University
Board of Trustees for 23 years and was elected an emerita trustee in 2004. An alumna
whose total commitment to Lawrence has been long-evident, she has been class secretary
for the Class of 1941 for 33 years. A prime mover in the life of her class, she ably
served in such capacities as reunion gift committee member and reunion steering
committee member (and chair). For Lawrence, she has been hostess of regional and reunion
events without number. In 1997, she represented the college as delegate to the
inauguration of a new president at Marion College. A member of one of the most distinguished
Lawrence families, she can count her parents, two sons, and a granddaughter as alumni,
in addition to many other relatives.
Kathleen Karst Larson '60
Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D'18 Outstanding Service Award
Kathleen Karst Larson '60, McAllen, Texas, is being honored not simply for her long-standing
leadership as class secretary for the Class of 1960 but also for her dependability as a
volunteer who has been willing to do anything Lawrence needs her to do. A former member
of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, while serving on the board's communications
committee, she was instrumental in the creation of LENs, the alumni e-newsletter, among
other key projects. She has served the Class of 1960 as its class secretary for 42 years
and also has been a member of its reunion steering committees on numerous occasions,
including this year's 45th-anniversary cluster reunion. A long-time leader in Lawrence
alumni affairs, she currently serves as a career contact and has been an admissions
volunteer.
Peter G. Kelly '87
Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D'18 Outstanding Service Award
Peter G. Kelly '87, West Newton, Massachusetts, has achieved the Alumni Association's
highest service award at the youngest possible age, on the occasion of his
20th-anniversary cluster reunion. At every possible opportunity, he has taken lead
volunteer roles in alumni activities and service to Lawrence, often in the area of alumni
development. He also has been an admissions volunteer and currently is a career contact.
In addition to serving as co-chair of his 10th reunion gift committee and a member of
this year's committee, he has been an active and effective member of both the Viking
Gift Committee for young alumni and the Ambassadors Peer Solicitation Committee for
alumni 10 to 25 years out of college. A former member of the Alumni Association Board of
Directors, he served on its executive committee for three years. He has also distinguished
himself as one of the college's key volunteers in the Boston area, helping with events
and career contacts there.
