*              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