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In 1985, the Maplewood Alumni Association began designating one or more individuals as Alumnus of the Year at the annual Alumni Weekend.
Dr. Adrian R. M. Laurizen
Photo Courtesy: Mrs. Evelyn Lauritzen
Alumnus of the Year are as follows:
- 1985 Dr. Adrian R. M. Lauritzen (Class of 1925 and Faculty)
- 1986 Stemple Johnson (Class of 1932)
- 1987 Vernon Kenneth Burgeson (Class of 1937)
- 1988 Elizabeth Townsend (Class of 1919 and Faculty)
- 1988 Alice Jarnes Ellstrom (Class of 1937)
- 1989 Dean Christensen (Class of 1945)
- 1990 Ruth Rousch Love (Class of 1935)
- 1990 Evelyn Johnson Swanson (Class of 1958)
- 1991 Gwendolyn Husted (Class of 1960)
- 1992 Alice Larson Pettis (Class of 1950)
- 1993 Lyol Netteburg (Class of 1933)
- 1994 Evelyn Wangsnes Glass (Class of 1954)
- 1995 Jerome Bray (Class of 1951)
- 1995 Lois Daniels Bray (Class of 1952)
- 1996 Harriet Andersen Anderson (Class of 1954)
- 1997 George Nielsen (Class of 1937)
- 1998 Larry Christensen (Class of 1968) and
- 1998 Barb Naustdal Christensen (Class of 1971)
- 1999 Sharon Andersen Johnson (Class of 1958)
- 2000 Stan Trana (Class of 1956)
- 2001 Merland Kelstrom (Class of 1956)
- 2002 Don Burgeson (Class of 1945)
- 2002 Lu Nash Burgeson (Class of 1946)
- 2003 William Courtney (Class of 1937)
- 2003 Marjorie Thayer Courtney (Class of 1938)
- 2004 Robert Bergh (Class of 1954)
- 2005 Eldon Johnson (Class of 1956)
- 2006 D. Michael Haefner (Class of 1972)
- 2007 Dr. Elmer Martinson (Class of 1934)
- 2007 Loren Dickinson (Class of 1950)
- 2008 Evan Swanson (Faculty)
- 2009 Ken Ellstrom (Class of 1964 and Faculty)
- 2010 Darrell Haugen (Class of 1970)
- 2011 Sharon Fowler Wreed (Class of 1957)
- 2012 Hazel Garner Wright (Class of 1957)
- 2013 Floyd Swanson (Class of 1950)
- 2014 Diane Johnson Sorenson (Class of 1972)
- 2015 Kathy Joy Parker Parke (Class of 1973)
- 2016 Kimberly Anderson Wooster (Class of 1979 and Faculty)
- 2017 Bill Mitchell (Faculty)
- 2017 Verna Pegel Mitchell (Class of 1973)
- 2018 Marshall Bowers (Faculty – Principal)
- 2018 Lois Burghart Bowers (Class of 1971 and Faculty)
- 2019 Stanley G. Hardt (Faculty)
- 2019 Angie Hardt (Faculty)
- 2020 No Alumni Weekend (due to pandemic)
- 2021 Ryan Vernonne Heinbaugh (Class of 1996)
- 2021 Tammie Joan Haugen Heinbaugh (Class of 1996)
- 2022 Laura Anne Cummings (Class of 2003)