UC Davis Medal Content

Alumni Couple to Receive 2024 UC Davis Medal, University’s Highest Honor

Karen Michele Nikos — February 27, 2024 - 9:00am

The 2024 UC Davis Medal will be awarded to philanthropists Lois and Darryl Goss, who fell in love and eloped while students and have spent their lives giving back to the university.

Maria Manetti Shrem to Receive UC Davis Medal

Cody Kitaura — February 14, 2023 - 11:00am

University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May announced today (Feb. 14) he will award the 2023 UC Davis Medal, the university’s highest honor, to international arts patron and philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem.

UC Davis Medals for 2 Alumni Couples

Dave Jones — April 12, 2022 - 1:55pm

UC Davis Medals will be presented this spring to two alumni couples — Jacque and Wayne Bartholomew, and Pam Rohrich and Karl Gerdes — each pair having met as students and committing not only to each other but their alma mater.

UC Davis Medal Will Go to Bruce West

Dave Jones — February 07, 2020 - 10:25am

University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May announced today (Feb. 7) he will award the UC Davis Medal to alumnus Bruce West, chair of the UC Davis Foundation Board and a member of the Chancellor’s Board of Advisors.

The chancellor made the surprise announcement at a foundation board meeting this morning. “I’m pleased to say that the 2020 recipient of the UC Davis Medal is right here in the room,” May said as he turned to West.

Professor Emeritus Dick Dorf Awarded UC Davis Medal

Andy Fell — June 17, 2019 - 11:27am

Richard C. “Dick” Dorf, professor emeritus in the Graduate School of Management and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis, has been awarded the UC Davis Medal in recognition of his contributions ��Ƶ and to the fields of engineering, entrepreneurship and technology management.

Michael Chapman, John and Lois Crowe, and Gurdev Khush to Be Honored With UC Davis Medal

Amy M Quinton — May 01, 2018 - 10:20am

Michael W. Chapman, University of California, Davis, alumnus and chairman emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC Davis Medical Center, John and Lois Crowe, pioneering scientists and philanthropists, and Gurdev Khush, professor emeritus of plant sciences are the 2018 recipients of the UC Davis Medal, the highest honor the university bestows on individuals.

Richard and Evelyne Rominger to Receive UC Davis Medals

Patricia Bailey — May 23, 2016 - 10:00am

Alumni Richard and Evelyne Rominger have been named to receive the UC Davis Medal, the highest honor the university presents to an individual.