UD grads receive outstanding
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| From left, Linda Brinton Harra '71; R. Thorpe Moeckel '79, president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors; and Donald J. Lowe Jr. '66 |
Two University of Delaware alumni received the Outstanding Alumni Award presented during halftime of the Homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 13.
The recipients were Linda Brinton Harra, a member of the Class of 1971, and Donald L. Lowe Jr., a member of the Class of 1966.
Harra was graduated from the College of Health and Nursing Sciences with a degree in nursing. She served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1994 through 2001, where she chaired the Nominating Committee and also served on the Awards, Outreach, Scholarship, Executive and Finance committees. She currently co-chairs the Campaign for Delaware Steering Committee for the College of Health and Nursing Sciences, is a member of the Delaware Diamonds Society, is active with the Nursing Visiting Committee and serves on the Kappa Delta Sorority Advisory Board. Harra and her husband, Robert, also 1971 Delaware graduate, live in Wilmington.
Lowe was graduated from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources with a degree in entomology and has served as a class representative. He also served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1993 through 1997. Lowe also has chaired the Awards Committee and served on the Outreach and Nominating committees. He also is a member of the Delaware Diamonds Society. He actively recruits students from the greater Virginia area to apply and attend the University through the Volunteer Admissions Support Team. Lowe and his wife, Carol, live in Falls Church, Va. Their son, David, is a freshman at the University this year.
The Outstanding Alumni Award has been presented annually to at least one alumna or alumnus since 1952. In the fall of 1950, the president of the Alumni Association, Phillip H. Marvel of the Class of 1921, appointed the first Awards Committee. The chair of the committee, Alex Taylor, recommended the creation of an award to honor those alumni “who have done outstanding work for or pertaining to the University of Delaware or the Alumni Association.” The selection of two graduates became a tradition in 1968. Since its inception, 83 alumni have received this award.
