Zia Award

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The Zia Award shall be made to New Mexico residents with a UNM degree who have distinguished themselves in any one or more of the following categories: philanthropic endeavors, public office, service to the University, community and volunteer activities, business or professional fields, or who have made a contribution to education.

Previous Honorees

2007
Monica Armenta
Steve Bacchus (posthumous)
Sandra Begay-Campbell
Brian Burnett
Leonard DeLayo
Chuck Wellborn

2006
Jane Shuler Gray
Dick Knipfing
Janice Lucero
Tommy Roberts
Marty Wilson
Judith Nakamura

2005
Jim Belshaw
Briggs Cheney
Michelle Coons
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Lynda Morgan Lovejoy
Waneta Tuttle

2004
George Brooks
Veronica Garcia
Thomas Kelley
Karen Pharris
Jacki Pieracci Riggs
Duffy Swan

2003
Gary Golden
Yolanda King
James B. Lewis
Petra Jimenez Maes
Mary T. Torres
Robert Wertheim

2002
Alex Doyle Beach
Fred Begay
Breda Bova
Tom Chavez
Ramon Huerta
William Federici

2001
Randolph "Dolph" Barnhouse
Laura Hueter Bass
Sam J. Butler
Michael J. Glennon
Angela J. Jewell
J. Howard Mock

2000
Jose Abeyta
Jackie Baca
Maria Griego-Raby
Arthur Meledres
Thomas B Ryan
Louis Weller

1999
Margaret Hopcraft Dike
Nasario Garcia
Debbie Ullrich-Johnson
Michael S. Sanchez
Myrna Smyer
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.

1998
George Friberg
John A. Garcia
Robert Ghattas
Van Gilbert
Frances & John Hernandez
Doris Rhodes

1997
Bruce A. Black
Arthur Blumenfeld
Ruth Frazier
F. Chris Garcia
Martha Liebert
Seledon C. Martinez

1996
Gwen Speer Clouthier
Don Perkins
Richard Ransom
Maria Estela de Rios
Butch Worthington
Judy Zanotti

1995
John T. Ackerman
Charlie Carrillo
James P. Miller, Sr.
Teresa C. Moulds
Robin Otten
Glojean Todacheene

1994
Adrian Bustamante
Tom Cooper
Cleta Downey
Pete Gibson
John Heaton
Rick Johnson