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Awards

Past Award Recipients

For Distinguished Contributions to the Performing Arts
Name Class Year Year of Award
Julius J. Epstein 1931 1973
Gene Kelly 1933 1973
Edward Binns 1937 1973
Don Taylor 1942 1973
Susan Browning 1962 1974
Carrie Fishbein Robbins 1964 1975
Samuel Gallu 1940 1975
Martin E. Brooks 1949 1976
James Jimirro 1958 1985
Mike Reid 1969 1987
Jeff Moss 1966 1987
Mike Rosenfeld 1956 1997
Louis Fryman 1957 2003
Robert Vukich 1969 2004
Stuart H. Chamberlain, Jr. 1965 2008
Ross Lehman 1978 2012
Donald Ned Startzel 1941 2014
Robert Buckler 1968 2014
For Distinguished Service to Penn State Thespians
Name Class Year Year of Award
John Henry Frizzell 1922 1973
Hummel Fishburn 1922 1973
Edward L. Keller 1925 1973
J. Ewing "Sock" Kennedy 1926 1973
Frank "Duke" Morris 1931 1973
Ray T. Fortunato 1947 1973
Ridge Riley 1932 1974
Kenneth L. Holderman 1931 1975
Grace Baer Holderman 1934 1975
George L. Donovan 1935 1975
Ruth Yeaton 1953 1979
Mel Klein 1967 1997
Carol S. Whittaker 1968 1997
Peter Kiefer 1956 2003
Margaret Lloyd 1984 2003
William E. McTurk 1948 2004
Gerald K. Henry Jr. 1991 2012
William A. Schwab 2001 2012
Frederick E. Leuschner 1950 2016
Guy Fissel 1977 2017
William E. McTurk Award for Lifetime Service to the Penn State Thespians
Name Class Year Year of Award
William E. McTurk 1948 2005
Andrew T. Kankey 2005g, 2008g 2011
Grace Baer Holderman 1934 2015
Fredrick (Fred) E. Leuschner 1950, 1951g 2023