Twenty-five alumni from Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences were honored at the college’s inaugural Hall of Fame ceremony on Sept. 11, 2015, at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center.

Twenty-four alumni from each of the college's departments were presented with the college’s Distinguished Alumni award, which recognizes alumni who attain distinctive success in their field or profession and perform outstanding service to their community. Of the 24 Distinguished Alumni, three were also inducted into the College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

2015 CAS Hall of Fame awardees:

• Ziva Branstetter, B.S. Journalism, ‘88
• Edwin Chappabitty, B.S. Zoology, ‘67
• Bradford Gray, M.S. Sociology, ‘66

2015 CAS Distinguished Alumni:

• Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schwertfeger, Aerospace Studies, ‘67
• Paul Corrigan, BFA Art (Graphic Design), ‘91
• Susan Barber, M.S. Botany, ‘75
• Carl Kerfoot, B.S. Chemistry, ‘49
• Jill Moore, B.S. Communication Sciences and Disorders, ‘74
• Timothy Carver, B.S. Computer Science, ‘94
• Dilin Liu, Ph.D. English, ‘92
• Randy Couture, B.A. Foreign Languages (German), ‘92
• David Waits, M.S. Geography, ‘88
• Mike Gaskins, B.S. Geology, ‘80
• Steven Karr, Ph.D. History, ‘01
• Alfred Lichtenburg, B.S./M.S. Mathematics, ‘71/’72
• Mary Jane Wooten, B.S. Microbiology, ‘72
• Alonzo Poindexter, Military Studies, ‘63
• Barry Epperley, B.A./M.S. Music, ‘66/’69
• John Kempf, B.A. Philosophy, ‘73
• Bahadden Jassemnejad, Ph.D. Physics, ‘86
• Julia Brown, B.A. Political Science, ‘72
• Terry Cline, M.S./Ph.D. Psychology, ‘85/’92
• Leroy Folks, M.S. Statistics, ‘55
• Sarah Hoyt, B.S. Theatre, ‘66

One alumni was awarded the college’s 2015 Rising Star award, which recognizes an alumnus or alumna who has graduated from an Artsand Sciences program in the past 10 years and whose life and achievements demonstrate the promise of future leadership and bring distinction to the college.

• Kendall Gipson, B.S./M.S. Communication Sciences and Disorders, ‘05/’07

The OSU College of Artsand Sciences recognizes its Hall of Fame, Distinguished Alumni and Rising Star awardees annually. For more information about the 2015 Hall of Fame dinner visit ashonors.okstate.edu or view the Flickr album.