The William M. Henderson Alumni Award
This is DKE's top alumni award, and is named for the Fraternity's beloved long-time Executive Director, Bill Henderson, Zeta Zeta '39. It is unique among major interfraternal awards in being presented not for work done at the top administrative level of the Fraternity but solely for exceptional service to an individual chapter of DKE, not necessarily the recipient's own. The award was established in 1975, and consists of an engraved silver cup which remains the property of the recipient.
Bill Henderson presents Henderson Award.
PAST WINNERS OF THE HENDERSON AWARD
1975: Albert J. Hettinger, Jr., Sigma Rho '16
Beverly Smith, Delta Pi '11
1976: John C. Drake, Lambda '24
1977: Norman P. Hager, Sigma Rho '38
1978: Milton R. Underwood, Gamma '28
1979: Robert M. Tuller, Theta Zeta '56
1980: Henry H. Michaels, Jr., Rho '31
1984: Homer B. Vernon, Psi Delta '73
1985: David K. Easlick, Jr., Omicron '69
1986: William M. Henderson, Zeta Zeta '39
1987: Mark B. Duffield, Omicron '25
1988: Lloyd O'Hara, Kappa '39
1989: Phineas Sprague, Theta '50
1990: Jefferson Davis Robinson, Lambda '50
1992: P. Albert Bienvenu, Zeta Zeta '70
1993: Carmen Davoli, Phi Gamma '62
1994: Robert T. Johnson, Zeta Zeta '57
1995: Robert J. Bilbrough, Jr. Psi Delta '78
1996: William Enefer, Phi Alpha '68
1997: John Krieger, Delta Chi '49
1998: John Newcomb, Delta Kappa '61
1999: William S. Hays, Psi '64/Kappa Epsilon (Hon)
2001: Donald A. Weadon, Jr., Delta Chi '67
2002: Thomas P. Halley, Mu '73
2003: James B. Young, Gamma Phi '55
2006: Robert R. Barkerding, Jr., Zeta Zeta '63
2007: John R. McNeil, Psi '79
2008: James D Bishop, Phi '56
DKE Leadership Award
This award, an engraved plaque, is presented annually to the undergraduate who is judged to be the best all-around Deke in the previous academic year on the basis of character, scholarship, and contribution to his school and to DKE.
The Henry H. Michaels, Jr. Alumni Service Award
Named for Mike Michaels, Rho '31, who truly is Mr. DKE International, this award is presented to an individual who has performed outstanding service to DKE International. The most recent recipient is Linscott Hanson, Omicron '59.