Harold Scharper Achievement Award Recipients
Previous Harold Scharper Achievement Award Recipients (since 2007)
See the DRES Harold Scharper Award Recipients from 1950-2006 here.
2007
The Harold Scarper Awards become part of the Distinguished Alumni Awards program in the College of Applied Health Sciences.
Harold Scharper Achievement Award
Gerald W. Kortness, B.A. ‘65
President, G. W. Kortness and Associates, Inc., Spooner, WI
Harold Scharper Humanitarian Award
Clifford D. Crase, Jr. (deceased)
Editor/Publisher Paraplegia News; Senior Editor Sports ‘N Spokes, Phoenix, AZ
2008
Harold Scharper Achievement Award
Steven M. Herbst, B.S. ‘88
Business Analyst Manager, Allstate Insurance, Northbrook, IL
Harold Scharper Humanitarian Award
Richard W. Kommers, A.B. ‘69, J.D. ‘73
Retired Advisor to the Counsel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, MD
2009
Harold Scharper Achievement Award
Dr. James A. Kutsch, Jr., Ph.D. ‘76
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Seeing Eye, Inc., Morristown, NJ
Harold Scharper Humanitarian Award
Martin I. Morse, B.S. ‘84, M.S. ‘87
Olympic and Paralympic Coach, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2010
Harold Scharper Achievement Award
Carl Suter, A.B. ‘77
Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, Bethesda, MD
Harold Scharper Humanitarian Award
Thomas R. Brown, B.M.E. ‘71, M.S. ‘72
Director, National Veterans Wheelchair Games, San Antonio, TX
2011
Harold Scharper Achievement Award
Yusef A. Dale, B.S. ‘93, J.D. ‘96
Federal Prosecutor, US Attorney’s Office, Chicago, IL
Harold Scharper Humanitarian Award
James W. Gallo, B.S. ‘84
Managing Partner, Gallo Associates, LLC, Schaumburg, IL
2012
The Harold Scharper Achievement Award and Harold Scharper Humanitarian Award merged into one award.
Tiana Tozer, M.A. '93
Professional Speaker and Humanitarian Aid Worker, Portland, OR
2013
Parviz Parhami, B.S. '74; M.S. '76; Ph.D. '79
Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Scientific Applications and Research Associates, Cypress, CA
2014
Mark Goldhaber, J.D. '77
Founder and Principal, Goldhaber Policy Services, LLC, Raleigh, NC
2015
Kareem Dale, B.S. '95, M.B.A. '99, J.D. '99
Director and Senior Counsel, Discover Financial Services, Deerfield, IL
2016
Brad Hedrick, Ph.D. '84
Director Emeritus, Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2017
Jean Driscoll, B.A. '91, M.S. '93
Senior Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Champaign, IL
2018
Kevin A. Fritz, B.S. '10
Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Illinois
2019
Dr. Patricia Barett Malik, M.S. '82; Ph.D. '88, Director (retired), Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, Champaign, Illinois