* Who’s Who in America (Marquis)
* Who’s Who in the Midwest (Marquis)
* Who’s Who in North America
* Who is Publishing in the Sciences
* Directory of Environmental Sociologists
* National Faculty Handbook
* Outstanding Young American
* Who’s Who in Nebraska
* National Gerontological Directory
* Personalities of the West and Midwest
* International Registry of Profiles
* Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans
* Personalities in America
* International American
* Who’s Who in Community Service
* Men of Achievement
* Associate fellow for President Kennedy Foundation Library
* Five Thousand Personalities of the World
* International Leaders in Achievement
* Community Leaders of America
* Personalities of the Americas
* World Biographical Directory
* International Who’s Who of Intellectuals
* 1988 Governor of Iowa award as Outstanding Volunteer of the Year (Iowa Commission for the Blind)
* Fellow International Biographical Association
* Fellow American Biographical Association
* 1993
Outstanding Teacher at Kirkwood Community College
* 1997
International Biographical Directory
* 1997
Outstanding 2000 of the Twentieth Century
* 1997 “The
Kirkwood Difference” Award
* Directory of
American Scholars
Undergrad Honors
* Graduate 1961
Omaha Benson High School, Omaha, Nebraska
* National Honor Roll
* Participant to the United nations Pilgrimage for Youth (White House, Congress, Soviet Embassy, UN Security Council)
* ROTC 4 Years, Honors Courses in History and Literature
* Vice President of the Junior Class, Vice President of the Senior Class, Pi Kappa, Alpha
* Outstanding Student 1962, 1963, 1964
* Omicron Delta Kappa Senior Men’s Honorary
* American Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp, 1962-1964
Additional Academic Honors
BA / MA hours
* Hastings College, 1961
* South Dakota State University, 1971, 1974-1975
* University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1972
* University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1976
BA/MA/MIBA
Scholarships
* National Defense Fund 1967-1968
* American Lutheran Church 1971, 1974, 1976
Professional
Organizations
* American Sociological Association
* The Midwest Sociological Association
* The Iowa Sociological Association
* The Midwest Criminal Justice Association
* American Association for Collegiate Independent Study
Community
Organizations
* Liaison to Faces (Personal Crisis) Mental Health, 1977
* Transcriber for the Iowa Commission for the Blind, 1979-1989
* Planning Board for ENCOR (Mental Retardation)
* Friend of the Church of the Larger Fellowship Unitarian-Universalist, 1970 to date
* Member of the Unitarian-Universalist Christian Fellowship
* Foster Parents of Iowa 1983-1985
* Member of American Association of Independent Studies, 1994
* American Association of Retired People, 1994
* Mended Hearts