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Carl H. Lindner College of Business

Past Recipients

The annual Cincinnati Business Achievement Awards are presented by the UC Carl H. Lindner College of Business Alumni Board of Governors. The awards ceremony is Cincinnati's longest standing event recognizing achievement in business and service to the community. Past recipients include:

Carl H. Lindner Award for Outstanding Business Achievement

The Carl H. Lindner Award for Outstanding Business Achievement is given to Lindner College of Business graduates who best demonstrates outstanding achievement in the field of business as represented by the recipient's entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to business and community, and achievement of the highest level of success within one's profession.

2011   Stuart G. Hoffman, PhD ('73, '75)
2010   Carl H. Lindner III ('75)
          S. Craig Lindner ('77)
2009   Robert Fealy ('73)
2008   Fred Habegger ('63)
2007   Tom Humes ('71, '77)
2006   Paul Polman ('79)
2005   Jerry Leamon (‘72)
2004   Tony Shipley (‘75)
2003   Steven Wilson (‘68)
2002   Myron Ullman, III (‘69)
2001   Otto Budig, Jr. (‘56)
2000   Richard Thornburgh (‘74)

1999   John Barrett (‘71, ‘11 )
1998   Richard Molen (‘62)
1997   Elroy Bourgraf (‘54)
1996   Michael Paxton (‘69, ‘70)
1994   Samuel Cassidy ('62)
1993   Harold Lambert ('56)
1992   Jeffrey Wyler ('65, ‘11)
1991   Michael D. Rose ('65)
1990   Jackson Randolph ('58, '68)
1989   William Keating ('50)
1988   Ronald Walker ('61)
1987* Theodore Emmerich ('50, '63)
1985   William Parchman ('42)

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is given on the basis of an individual's contribution to the Lindner College of Business, the University of Cincinnati as a whole, and/or the Cincinnati community.

2011    Bill Keating Jr. ('76, '76, '79), Ellen G. van der Horst
2010    John F. Cassidy
2009    Margaret Valentine, Michael Valentine
2008    Michael J. Paxton ('69, '70)
2007    Tim Johnson, PhD
2006    Carol Sanger
2005    Joan Herschede
2004    Sandra Heimann
2003    George Schaefer, Jr.
2002    Robert Wehling
2001    Kent Friel (‘59, ‘65)
2000    Barbara Stonebraker ('78)
1999    Cynthia Booth, Rob Braun
1998    Robert Buck (‘70)

1997    Richard Brenan (‘67, ‘68) 
1996    Jack Brown, David Phillips
1995    Harold Addison ('60)
1994    Jaqueline Neumann ('71, '75), Thomas Petry
1993    James Bushman ('67), Jerome Montopoli ('65),
           Jayne Spain
1992    Joseph Stern
1991    West Shell, Milton Schloss ('65)
1990    David Lance ('56)
1989    Robert Boeh ('51), Thomas Humes ('71)
1988    John Goering ('56, '60)
1987*  Donald Seibert, Ralph Bursiek
1985    Norwood Geis, Jack Strubbe

Business Partnership Award**

The Business Partnership Award is given to a company that has provided substantial support to the Lindner College of Business. The recipient company is recognized for its significant, innovative and ongoing investment in sustaining exceptional college programs and providing growth opportunities for business students and graduates.

2011    Cintas Corporation
2010    Ernst & Young
2009    Deloitte
2008    American Financial Group
2007    Procter & Gamble
2006†  GE - Aviation

* Banquet not held in 1986 due to dedication of Lindner Hall in fall of 1986.

**Formerly the Cooperative Education Partnership Award.

† Inaugural Cooperative Education Partnership Award to honor the centennial year of the inception of the co-op program.