Notable Alumni
2012
The Distinguished Service to Mount Marty College Award - Sister Candyce Chrystal
Sister Candyce is a 1973 graduate of Mount Marty College and has been a teacher and mentor for hundreds of students through the 20 years she has taught in the teacher education department at MMC. Students appreciate her sense of humor, her high expectations and her tough love as they develop into well-educated teachers. She has also served on the college's Board of Trustees and has been working with all college departments in attaining the Higher Learning Commission accreditation status for the college.
The Distinguished Service to Church and Community Award - Dan Specht
Specht was elected to the Yankton City Commission and served six years, two of them as mayor. He was key in the development of the XYZ Corporation, an economic development group in Yankton, and is a member of the Sertoma Club where he has been honored as Sertoman of the Year twice. He has served on the Yankton Catholic Community Gala Committee, the Sacred Heart Parish Council, Yankton Area Progressive Growth Board and the Federal Prison Camp Board. In addition, he has been involved with Lewis and Clark Board of Realtors and served as chairman of the MLS Board. Specht has also been involved with Meals on Wheels and is currently a board member for the Mount Marty College Board of Trustees.
Past Honors
| 2011 | Deidre Flaherty, Jon Swegarden |
| 2010 | Sister Aidan Bourke, Norm Kunselman, Marilyn Pates |
| 2008 | Sister Patricia Heirigs, Marvin Veasy, Francis G. Tramp, Dagen Valentine |
| 2007 | Sister Cynthia Binder, Phyllis Kneifl Getz, Janet Holzman Beattie, Corey Wittrock |
| 2006 | Mary Elizabeth Eisenman Carson, Rev. David Korth, Kayleen Tyrrell Lee, Dr. James Dufek, Nathan V. Johnson |
| 2005 | Mary Lois Hunhoff Gibson, S. Ramona Fallon, Dr. Janet Serie, Bernadette Standaert Obert, Doris Parisien Fiedler |
| 2004 | Christine Lang Pharr, Carol Kippes Pistulka, S. Marcine Quintus, Gene & Angela Holmes Elder |
| 2003 | Alice Jensen Hoesing, Shirley Skrdla Musich, S. Consuelo Chavez, Jason Pistulka |
| 2002 | Carol Schmitt Bennett-Dorsey, Myrna Brennick, Denise Proctor, Theresa Swier |
| 2001 | Frances Murray Flaherty, Suzanne Reisch Dufek, Marilyn Van Gerpen Ter Maat, S. Kara Payer |
| 2000 | George Munn, Marian Dendinger Pyper, Ruth Kornely, Tom Buckmiller |
| 1999 | Charles Stastny, Janet Holzman Beattie, Kelly Heller |
| 1998 | Rosaleen Doom Krames, Cheryl Commers Hanks, Kayleen Jorgensen Deacon, Scott Swier |
| 1997 | Lucille Kribell O'Connor, Kathryn O'Leary Higgins, Norma German Doyle, Dave Abbott |
| 1996 | Dr. Mary Shon, S. Jacquelyn Ernster, Alice Baumberger Gannon, Tim Dingman |
| 1995 | - Kent Lethcoe, Alice Jensen Hoesing, Kathleen Spitzenberger Roehl, Dorothy Stoll |
| 1994 | S. Marie Helen Werdel, Barbara Hickey Kramer, Christine Lang Pharr, Michelle Peak |
| 1993 | Thomas K. Harmon, Nancy Werner, Brigid Flanagan, David Allen Lyons |
| 1992 | Jolene Schwarz Sokol, David Knips, David Fletcher, Michael Klimisch |
| 1991 | Joan Rossiter Burney, S. Inez Welchert, S. Adrienne Kaufmann, Matthew Dvorak |
| 1990 | S. Mary Arthur Schramm, JoAnn Stransky Thistlewood, Mary Alice Lacey Feltham, Fran Davey Hassler |
| 1989 | S. Virgil Koch, Kay Johnson Deacon, Frances Biegelmeier Lowenstein, Sue Boyum Ressler |
| 1988 | Arliss Johnson, Joy Hentges Jenkins, S. Rosalie Sitzmann, Br. Nick Feyerisen |
| 1987 | Jess Wolf, Donna Meirose, S. Rosaria Kranz (deceased), John Glidden |
| 1986 | S. Roswitha Zavadil (deceased), S. Harriet Gobel, Kathleen Lahr Keller, Geri Weiland Loecker |
| 1985 | S. Rhoda Foecke (deceased), Norman Kunselman, Cecilia Rokusek, Gary Wagner, Katie O'Donnel Wagner, Terry Wensing, Pam Oberembt Wensing |
| 1984 | Adeline Andersen Morck (deceased), Connie Mentele Kass, Janice Joffer Thompson, Tim Glidden |
| 1983 | Paula Kertzman Tacke, Rev. Guy Gau, Mary Anne Post Rhomberg, Jeanne Pride Parker |
| 1982 | Bernard Hunhoff, Cleopha Fanslow Gumbinger, Viola Breen Bauder, James Dufek |
| 1981 | Ruth Landsberger Vickers, S. Kevin Irwin, S. Laurina Kaiser, Dan Wagner |
| 1980 | Francine Dold, Ceil Connelly (deceased), Gloria Tysl, Norman Kunselman |
| 1979 | Jeanette Dangel, Cecilia Rokusek |
| 1978 | S. Phyllis Hunhoff, Fred Ertz |
| 1977 | Kathleen Bouska, Dennis Fokken |
| 1976 | Florence Rossiter, Paula Kertzmann Tacke |
| 1975 | Rita Amberg Waldref |
| 1974 | S. Evangeline Anderson |
| 1973 | S. Julia Hunhoff |
| 1972 | S. Wilma Lyle |
