George F. Patterson Jr. Outstanding Alumnus Award
The George F. Patterson Award is Acacia's second-most prestigious individual award and is given annually in honor of Brother Patterson's many years of service to Acacia and the Interfraternity movement. It recognizes Acacia alumni whose contributions to the fraternity are both sustained and outstanding.
1980 George F. Patterson Jr., Cincinnati
1981 Delmer M. Goode, Minnesota
1982 Oliver N. Bruck, Texas
1984 Leonard E. Wood, Kansas State
1985 Lester N. Liebel, Washington State
1986 Roy M. Miller, Washington
1987 G.K. Nelson, Penn State
1988 Arthur D Lautzenheiser, Indiana
1989 Joseph F. Reed, Long Beach
1990 C. Lenton Sartain Jr., Louisiana State
1991 Irving M. Field, Missouri
1992 David J. Allen, Indiana
1993 H. Keith Sawyers, Iowa State
1994 L. Craig Fulmer, Indiana
1995 Duncan McPherson, California
1996 William A. Utic, Cornell
1997 Richard E. Ford, Indiana
1998 John F. Hoffner, Purdue
1999 Donald W. Solanas Jr., Louisiana State
2000 Jed W. Morris, Washington State
2000 James H. Ferguson, Indiana
2001 Mark R. Guidry, Louisiana State
2002 Darold W. Larson, Washington State
2003 Marvin Rothhaar, Ohio State
2004 Gerald C. Cook, Shippensburg
2005 Dewayne E. Ullsperger, Nebraska
2006 Robert E. Roberson, Illinois Wesleyan
2007 Kevin R. Cheesebrough, Penn State
2008 Leonard W. Kearney, Oregon State
2009 Larry E. Schroeder, Georgia
2010 Keith M. Bushey, Indiana
2011 Ronald T. Hopkins, Syracuse
2012 Melvin W. Rapp, Illinois
2013 Harold D. Zarr Jr., Iowa State
2014 William M. Riley Jr., Kansas State
2015 Stewart Burger, Cornell
2016 Jeffrey H. Jordan, Ohio State
2017 Robert G. Travnicek, Kansas/Northwestern
2018 Christ Drossos, Indiana
2019 Amos D. Meyers, Shippensburg
2020 James H. Davis, Iowa State
2023 John F. Beering, Purdue
2024 Brian R. Durst, Wisconsin