In a custom dating back to 1936, leaders of student organizations from across campus annually select a Homecoming Dedicatee—an NAU faculty or staff member for at least 10 years who students feel has demonstrated exceptional service to the university and interest in its students.
Members of the student club Chain Gang uphold the tradition of notifying the Dedicatee by presenting them with a homecoming button bearing the honoree’s photograph.
2019 Brandon Cruickshank
2018 Bruce Fox
2017 Judy Manor
2016 Kevin Gemoets
2015 David Brumbaugh
2014 Joseph Anderson
2013 David Pierotti
2012 Gretchen Wesbrock
2011 Mary Bowers
2010 Georgia Totress
2009 Glenn and Tracie Hansen
2008 Beverly Amer
2007 Deborah Harris
2006 Margaret Morley
2005 Wayne Hildebrandt
2004 John Tracy
2003 Syl Allred
2002 John Wettaw
2001 Val Avery
2000 Louise Brown
1999 Chuck Barnes
1998 Rich Payne
1997 Joe and Dianne Lingerfelt
1996 Darrel English
1995 Art Farmer
1995 Cindy Anderson
1994 Rick Brandel
1993 Leo Haberlack
1992 Chuck Milam
1991 Sam Borozan
1990 John Monsma
1989 Ruth Cooper
1989 Billie Heinrichs
1988 Sam Wheeler
1987 Arnold Steffensen
1986 Eugene Hughes
1986 Caroline Hughes
1985 Frank Besnette
1984 Neil Potter
1983 Gary Buckley
1982 Pat B. Curry
1981 Herbert Gregg
1980 Charles O. Minor
1979 Augustus Cotera
1978 Craig Sidles
1977 James Rominger
1976 Mel Kinney
1975 Robert Crozier
1974 Margaret Pipes
1973 James “Tuffy” Rice
1972 Charles Fauset
1971 Virgil Gillenwater
1970 Max Baseman
1969 Ken Derifield
1968 Althea Ragsdale
1967 Hilda Dushek
1966 Minnie Roseberry
1965 Win Hensley
1964 Lewis J. McDonald
1963 Ralph Holly
1962 Margaret Carrigan
1961 Charles Meister
1960 J. Lawrence and Lucy Walkup
1959 J. Harvey Butchart
1958 Martin G. Fronske
1957 Elden and Ruth Ardrey
1956 Joseph C. Rolle
1955 Aaron McCreary
1954 L.J. Botleman
1953 Tom O. Bellwood
1952 Chester F. Deaver
1951 Lora Maxwell
1950 Melvin Hutchinson
1949 Lacey A. Eastburn
1948 Agnes Allen
1947 William Tinsley
1946 Hanley Homecoming
1941 “Lady B” Mary Beckwith
1938 Mary G. Boyer
1936 Hanley Day