Fulbrights
Doane College has an impressive tradition of Fulbright Scholarship recipients. Fulbright Scholarships are awarded each year to students, teachers, and scholars to study, teach and conduct research at international sites.
The Fulbright Program began in 1946. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world.
The following Doane graduates are listed with their majors and place of study:
1952 - John W. Bohi '52, history, Graz and Vienna, Austria
1952 - Glenna Buck Reynolds '52, English, Southampton, England
1953 - Donald Ziegler '50, history, Munich, Germany
1955 - Lillian Albrecht Dudley '55, music, Stuttgart, Germany
1961 - Janice Westover '61*, French, France
1967 - Edward G. Heilman '67, history, Munster, Germany
1968 - Gaylen Kapperman '67, math/German, Heidelberg, Germany
1972 - Patricia Williams '72, philosophy, Tubingen, Germany
1973 - Michael J. Reid '73, German history, Germany
1974 - Gregg H. Siewert '74, English teaching, France
1974 - Jill Smith Beed '74, history, Bonn, Germany
1975 - Gretchen Lerner Freeman '75, music, Cologne, Germany
1976 - Ellen Bredemeier Hollis '76, German, Kiel, West Germany
1978 - George Haskins '78, history, Univ. of Gottingen, Germany
1980 - David Blackmon '80, history, Heidelberg, West Germany
1981 - Laura Olsen '81*, biology/math, Univ. of Kiel, West Germany
1982 - John Juricek '82, history, Univ. Of Kiel, West Germany
1984 - Anne Seipold Schlegel '84, history, Freiburg, West Germany
1985 - Lance Lippold '85, international studies/English, Osnabruck, West Germany
1986 - Mary Schumacher Herbertz '86, natural science, Heidelberg, West Germany
1987 - Kay Bestol '87, history/secondary education, Univ. of Kiel, West Germany
1987 - John Quinn '87, chemistry, Heidelberg, West Germany
1988 - Kent Grote '88, economics, Bayreuth, West Germany
1989 - Kent Lewis '89, economics, Univ. of Mannheim, Germany
1989 - Leslie Working '89, history, Univ. of Bielefeld, Germany
1992 - MaLinda Henry '92, biology, Univ. of Gottingen, Germany
1992 - Nancy Berns '92, sociology, Hamburg, Germany
1994 - Katherine Jordan Erickson '95, political science, Germany
1995 - Heidi Kraus '95, German, Salzburg, Austria
1995 - Brandon Kostman '95, German and Spanish, Saxony, Germany
1996 - Heather Thompson '96, chemistry and German, Germany
1996 - Shawn Huelle '96, English and German, Germany
1997 - Jill Taylor Goertzen '97, biology and German, Kiel, Germany
1997 - Janell Anderson '97*, biology and French
1998 - Chad Egger, biology, France
1999 - Lee Wilbur '99, international studies, French and German, Korea (renewed 2000-01)
1999 - Kim Pavelka Bonifas '99, biology and German, Bonn, Germany
2000 - Paul Barta '00, political science and Spanish, Granada, Spain
2000 - Julie Mitchell '00, German and business administration, Freiburg, Germany
2000 - Jacqueline Seitz '00*, France
2001 - Adrienne Bambach '01, German and biology, Berlin, Germany
2002 - Jana Stangl '02, English and French, Toulon, France
2002 - Ginger Starks '02, German and history, Dresden, Germany
2003 - Megan Nicholson '03, German and French, Tubingen, Germany
2004 - Aaron Hall '04, German, political science and business administration, Potsdam, Germany
2004 - Kari Quammen '04, French and English, Marseillles, France
2006 - Kamleh Shaban '06, Islamic medicine, Jordan
2007 - Emily Jordening '07, German/Spanish, Germany
2008 - Mary Reimers '08, music,Germany
2009 - Audrey Brydl-Andrews '09, elementary/Spanish, Spain
2009 - Mike Guericke '09, chemistry/German, Germany
2009 - Rachel Rasmussen, '08, history/Spanish, Germany
2010 - Kara Maize, '09, English teaching assistant, Spain
2010 - Tyler Jackman, '09, English teaching assistantship grant, French Ministry of Education
2010 - Kristen Erthum, '10, English, Egypt
2011 - Malissie Boyer, '11, English teaching assistantship, Germany
2011 - Marcus Lyon, '11, research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
2012 - Aprill Bodlak '12, teaching adults English at teacher training institutes in Peru
2012 - Rachel Kluthe '12, assistant-teaching English in a secondary school in Madrid
* received scholarship but did not participate in program