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Honored Alumni Awards

For more than 70 years, the Honored Alumni Award has served as the highest honor bestowed upon Cal Poly alumni. Through their contributions to their professions, service to Cal Poly and impact in their communities and beyond, Honored Alumni represent the best of Learn by Doing.

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Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Basia and Troy Gillespie

both Business Administration, '85

 

2025 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Michael P. Groom


2024 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Alan Iftiniuk


2023 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Clinton and Connie Pearce

(Agricultural Business, '91) (Animal Science, '87)

Clinton and Connie Pearce are dedicated volunteers and supporters of Cal Poly across disciplines. They are especially supportive of the Cal Poly Rodeo team, of which they were both members as students, and volunteer their time to coach and mentor young rodeo athletes.

2022 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Kenric B. Stone

(Architecture, '80)

Stone is a committed supporter of Cal Poly, the Cal Poly Alumni Association and the California State University system. He represents and advocates for the university as a CSU Alumni Council member and past president and is a member of the Cal Poly Foundation Board of Directors.

2021 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Mary Crebassa

(Speech Communications, B.S., 1979)

Crebassa is the Vice President of Major Accounts at LTN Global, a worldwide leader in media technology solutions.

2020 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Katcho Achadjian

(Business Administration, B.S., 1976)

After immigrating to the US at age 19, Achadjian turned a day job at a Shell Station and a degree from Cal Poly into a career as a successful business owner and State Assemblyman.

2019 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Victor J. Glover, Jr.

(General Engineering, B.S., 1999)

Glover is an astronaut training for the first post-certification mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and a long duration mission aboard he International Space Station.

2018 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Randell Iwasaki

(Civil Engineering, B.S., 1982)

Iwasaki was responsible for the launch of the GoMentum station, an autonomous vehicle testing station, and is partnering with tech and automotive companies toward developing the next generation of transportation solutions.

2017 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

John A. Ronca Jr.

(Business Administration, B.S., 1975)

Ronca has served as chair of Cal Poly’s Athletic Directors Council since 2007. He is a member and secretary of the Cal Poly Foundation Board, and chair of the Governance Committee.

2016 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Gilbert H. Stork, Ph.D.

(Mathematics, B.S., '64 & Mathematics, M.S., '66)

Stork had a long career at Cuesta College, culminating in his appointment as the Superintendent/President in 2011. He was a member of the 1960 Cal Poly football team and was instrumental in the construction of the Mustang Memorial Plaza.

2015 Award Recipient Video

Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Jon N. Monett

(Industrial Engineering, B.S., '64)

Monett served in the U.S. Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency, and later founded the College of Engineering’s Quality of Life Plus Laboratory (QL+).

2014 Award Recipient Video