Life Member and Honor Roll
Approved by a vote of the CSEA annual conference delegates, Life Membership and Honor Roll placement are awarded to CSEA activists in recognition of extraordinary service to CSEA. Life membership is awarded only to current or former members. Honor Roll membership is sometimes extended to nonmembers.
Life Members (Active)
Listed in order of award
Nadine Franklin, 1982
Nancy Brasmer, 1984
Bill Regis, 1987
Betty Cleveland, 1991
Dawn Bronsema, 1992
Karen Gardner, 2004
Clyde Rivers, 2005
Sue Eustice, 2007
Rob Feckner, 2009
Sophia Wages, 2010
Allan D. Clark, 2013
Ferral Hubbard, 2016
Tanna Thomas, 2016
Carla Held, 2021
Ben Valdepeña, 2021
Life Members (Deceased)
Listed in order of award
John C. Swift
H. M. (Herb) Chellis, 1935
George Luhrsen, 1935
H. H. (Herb) Price, 1936
Edward Haire, 1937
A. K. Evans, 1938
Alfred Buck, 1940
Cecil Prior, 1940
Frank Thomas, 1940
William T. Brown, 1940
William Francis, 1941
C. L. Green, 1944
Robert Trimlett, 1945
L.C. Sutliff, 1947
Ed E. Black, 1948
George Hackett, 1948
Otto Palombo, 1949
Richard G. Watts, 1950
Lloyd C. Hoyt, 1951
Emma D. Hoffman, 1952
Mike Brazil, 1952
Boynton T. Hays, 1953
F. H. O’Brien, 1954
William H. Zinn, 1954
Lloyd W. Hitchman, 1955
Charles J. Kramer, 1956
Samuel W. Anthes, 1957
Clarence Lawrence, 1959
Irene B. Riggle, 1959
M. Ruth Whitcomb, 1959
G. Dale Keirn, 1959
F. A. Stewart, 1960
Raymond Gilstrap, 1961
Wallace Campbell, 1961
Harold Prough, 1961
Carlos Durham, 1962
Louis T. Norwood, 1962
Roy Keys, 1962
Elnora E. Hoyt, 1963
Lewis G. McCall, 1963
Clinton R. Mortenson, 1964
Anne C . Brown, 1964
Sigrid Teach, 1965
Walter Mengs, 1966
Betty McKinley, 1966
Jesse Goodwin, 1967
Myrtle L. Salcido, 1967
Evelyn S. Bennett, 1968
Lois Cox Christensen, 1968
Vern Hemingway, 1968
Dan J. Pilione, 1971
G. Donald Bernard, 1972
George Batzianis, 1972
Marcell Guest, 1973
Jack G. Willard, 1974
Dorothy Bjork, 1976
C. Ken Brown, 1977
Bill D. Ellis, 1977
Glenn R. Lemley, 1977
George Durham, 1978
Elious Levy, 1978
Ina Pellizzer, 1978
Joe Poree, 1979
Jane Gerber, 1980
Eleanor Howard, 1980
Beth Kenney, 1980
Bill Parker, 1980
Kurato Shimada, 1980
Pat Smith, 1980
Herman Klingenberg, 1983
Clarence Hettervik, 1985
Jane Dowell, 1990
Leona Hatt, 1990
William P. Schwartz, 1990
Alice Jordan, 1994
Barbara Rao, 1997
Bill Turner, 1999
Skip Hart, 2002
Merry Kay Ezell, 2003
Carol Jones, 2008
Blanche Bispo, 2011
Catherine Hluza, 2011
Jan Rhoads, 2012
Ron Duva, 2012
Jennie Batiste, 2015
Donna D’Arcy, 2017**
**Awarded posthumously
Honor Roll Members (Active)
Listed in order of award
Dawn Bronsema, 1985
Jack O’Connell, 1988*
Terry Drought, 1994
Dayton Smith, 2000
Sue Eustice, 2001
Eileen Robinson, 2002
Gray Davis, 2004*
Sophia Wages, 2005
Mariam Stout, 2007
Faye Lane, 2008
John Coffee, 2012
Wanda Malone, 2012
Patrecia Bollin, 2013
Roy Hartnell, 2013
Larry Forshaw, 2014
Hortensia Benner, 2015
Sandy Dabney, 2015
Nancy McCall, 2015
Teri Minoux, 2016
Jim Vinion, 2016
Roxie Allen, 2017
Jeanne Foster, 2017
Arlina Montez, 2017
Rowena Smith, 2017
Jody Bell, 2018
Martha Penry, 2018
Isa Wiechmann, 2019
Marc Gonzalez, 2021
Linda Elliot, 2021
Lora Lee, 2021
Jane Bausa, 2021
Dale Sorenson, 2024
*Not a classified employee or member of CSEA
Honor Roll Members (Deceased)
Listed in order of award
Ray Leavitt, 1945
Mike Brazil, 1946
John Velotta, 1947
Howard Leard, 1948
M. Ruth Whitcomb, 1949
Lois Cox Christensen, 1953
Laura Hilton Davenport, 1953
William G. Paden, 1953
Irene B. Riggle, 1953
Frank R. Soderlun, 1954
Frank P. Burch, 1955
Betty McKinley, 1956
Howard Rittenhouse, 1956
Robert G. Barnes, 1957
Everett F. Brown, 1960
R. E. Cleland, 1962
Vernon Hemingway, 1965
Ralph J. Davis, 1967
Ruth E. Dye, 1967
Dorothy Bjork, 1967
Alfred Pierce, 1968
Doris Plummer, 1969
Jane Dowell, 1970
George Paden, 1971
Ted Smith, 1971
Marjorie Haines, 1975
Willeen Hasler, 1975
Beth Kenney, 1976
John L. Woodie, 1976
Ina Pellizzer, 1977
Ethel G. Humphrey, 1982
Richard C. Bartlett, 1983*
Eva Chase, 1983
Blanche Bispo, 1984
Lonnie Faraca, 1984
Betty Thornton, 1986
Velma Stephens, 1987
Kayo Burriesci, 1988
Skip Hart, 1988
Wally Blice, 1990*
William P. Schwartz, 1990
Muriel Lightfoot, 1991
Edward Ryburn, 1996*
Bill Turner, 1999
Jean McElroy, 1997
Catherine Hluza, 2002
Earl Walker, 2007
Donny Carroll, 2009
Joe Rao, 2010
Maxine Shepard, 2011
Grace Schwartz, 2014
Norma Pyle, 2016
Sandy Silva, 2018
Jan Tomisaka, 2018
Chuck Walker Sr., 2021
Bambi Mayfield, 2023**
*Not a classified employee or member of CSEA
**Awarded posthumously