About NAFSA
Life Membership Recipients
Life Membership is awarded each year to senior NAFSA members to recognize their achievements in advancing the goals of the association and of international education and exchange.
David Larson
David Larsen was the executive director of the Center for Education Abroad at Arcadia University for over 20 years. During his tenure, Arcadia’s Center for Education Abroad has grown into one of the country’s largest and most respected campus-based providers of study abroad programs. David served as a member of the NAFSA Board of Directors (2005-2007), where he chaired the Development Committee. He serves on the Inter-Associational Task Force on Health and Safety in Study Abroad, and was chair of SECUSSA’s Health and Safety Committee for several years. David has contributed to countless workshops, sessions, and publications.
Jerry Wilcox has worked in the field of international educational exchange for over 37 years: at Cornell University from 1971-1998 and from 1988-2008 as director of the international office at the University of Texas at Austin. Since joining NAFSA in 1971, Jerry has served in several volunteer leadership positions, including president of NAFSA in 1994-95, chair of CAFSS (Council for Foreign Students and Scholars), chair of the Professional Development Committee, chair of the former Government Regulations Advisory Committee, and chair of the NAFSA CEO selection committee, among many others.
2008 Recipients
Dixon Johnson
Dixon Johnson served as the executive director of the Office of International Services at the University of Southern California for over 20 years. He has consulted on international education issues on numerous U.S. campuses and for the State Department, and worked directly with foreign governments in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Dixon was president of NAFSA 1981-1982, prior to which he was chair of CAFSS (Council of Advisers to Foreign Students and Scholars) in 1977-78. Dixon also served on the Region VII team as the CAFSS representative. (Dixon Johnson was not able to attend the annual conference.)David Larson
David Larsen was the executive director of the Center for Education Abroad at Arcadia University for over 20 years. During his tenure, Arcadia’s Center for Education Abroad has grown into one of the country’s largest and most respected campus-based providers of study abroad programs. David served as a member of the NAFSA Board of Directors (2005-2007), where he chaired the Development Committee. He serves on the Inter-Associational Task Force on Health and Safety in Study Abroad, and was chair of SECUSSA’s Health and Safety Committee for several years. David has contributed to countless workshops, sessions, and publications. Jerry Wilcox
Jerry Wilcox has worked in the field of international educational exchange for over 37 years: at Cornell University from 1971-1998 and from 1988-2008 as director of the international office at the University of Texas at Austin. Since joining NAFSA in 1971, Jerry has served in several volunteer leadership positions, including president of NAFSA in 1994-95, chair of CAFSS (Council for Foreign Students and Scholars), chair of the Professional Development Committee, chair of the former Government Regulations Advisory Committee, and chair of the NAFSA CEO selection committee, among many others.Previous Recipients
- J. Russell Lindquist, California State University-Long Beach
- James F. Lynch Jr., Pennsylvania State University
- E. Nell Magee, Nashville, TN
- Alan M. Margolis, Consultant in Higher Education
- Harriet Marsh, Tucson, AZ
- Mary Cay Martin, University of Chicago
- Josef A. Mestenhauser, University of Minnesota
- Forrest G. Moore, Roseville, MN
- June C. Naughton, University of Hawaii-Manoa
- Joe W. Neal, Austin, TX
- Donald Nelson, Miami University-Oxford
- Ruth H. Purkaple, Denver, CO
- Richard Reiff, University of Georgia
- Tom Roberts, Butler University
- Kenneth Rogers, Indiana University-Bloomington
- Mary Rogerson, Columbia, SC
- Inez Sepmeyer, Los Angeles, CA
- Clara Simerville, Oregon State University
- Cliff Sjogren, Cadillac, MI
- Mickey Slind, IFSA- Butler University
- William H. Smart, Oregon State University
- Eugene H. Smith, Bozeman, MT
- Paula Spier, Brewster, MA
- Joann B. Stedman, Stedman Associates
- Jennifer Stephens, Essex, MA
- Leo J. Sweeney, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Gail Szenes, New York University
- Lee Thompson, Boulder, CO
- Mary A. Thompson, New York, NY
- Mary Tinkham, Harvard University
- Joyce Valdes, Houston, TX
- J. Paul Ward, Albany, NY
- Henry D. Weaver, Goshen, IN
- David B. Williams, Asheville, NC
- Joseph F. Williams, SUNY-Buffalo
- Geoffrey R. Wood, Geoffrey Wood International Education Consulting, Inc.
- A. Lee Zeigler, San Francisco, CA
- Stirling Huntley, Pasadena, CA
- Sanford C. Jameson, Bethesda, MD
- Robert B. Kaplan, Port Angeles, WA
- Robert Klinger, Ann Arbor, MI
- Nancy J. Kopka, Grosse Point, MI
- Diana Lopez, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Linda Heaney, Linden Educational Services
- Harvey Stein, University of Chicago
- Nancy Stubbs, University of Colorado – Boulder
- Caroline Aldrich-Langen, Chico, CA
- William H. Alloway, University of California-Santa Barbara
- Gary Althen, University of Iowa
- Marvin Baron, Walnut Creek, CA
- Ralph P. Barrett, Elta
- Brian A. Bates, Global Credential Evaluators, Inc.
- Alex Bedrosian, Basking Ridge, NJ
- August G. Benson, Lisle, IL
- Stan Berry, Pullman, WA
- Hazel Boltwood, Southfiled, MI
- Alice Bonzi Lawler, Beavercreek, OR
- M. Archer Brown, NAFSA
- D'Ann Burke, University of Houston
- Jack D. Burke, University of Houston
- Thomas Carey, University of St. Thomas
- Eugene R. Chamberlain, Hingham, MA
- Phyllis Cotten, Wheat Ridge, CO
- Garland H. Davies, Westerly, RI
- James M. Davis, San Diego, CA
- Jean Delaney, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Edward Devlin, AACRAO
- Richard D. Downie, Newberry, FL
- Marvin Durham, Philomath, OR
- Kathleen M. Ellinghaus, University of Colorado
- Charles W. Gay, U.S.C.
- Kath-Ann Gerhardt, University of California-Davis
- Johanne M. Glass, Ann Arbor, MI
- Jean S. Griswold, Colorado State University
- G. James Haas, Edwardsville, IL
- David Horner, Michigan State University
