Merlin and Carolyn Hanson received the Bernard C. Radde Distinguished Service Award in 2006.

Theresa Orlaske-Rich is an attorney and human resource professional who has worked for General Motors Corporation since the mid-1980s.

Professor Richard L. Bishop is professor emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Gloria Ender is president of Freedom Finishing in Benton Harbor.

Neldine Edwards is executive director of We Can Make a Difference, a non-profit organization through which she delivers parenting and life skills t

Jim Krzyzewski received the Bernard C. Radde Distinguished Service Award in 2005.

Monte of Riverside is president and owner of Monte Package Company, a company that he has taken from being a local agricultural supplier to a natio

Roger Kullenberg of Kalamazoo is a journalist whose career has included being a reporter, editor, and assistant to the publisher.

Mary Goff has served on the St. Joseph City Commission since 1986. She was elected by the Commission as the first female mayor of St.

Anne Erman was awarded the Bernard C. Radde Distinguished Service Award in 2004.