Jerry W. Fielder Memorial Award

This award honors a UC Davis graduate in recognition of service to the Cal Aggie Alumni Association, the UC Davis Foundation and the university. The award was established in 1973 to perpetuate the lifelong interests of one of the university’s most esteemed and supportive alumni, Jerry W. Fielder ’39 (1915–1972). Specific criteria used during the selection process include 1) service to UC Davis, 2) service to the Cal Aggie Alumni Association and 3) service to the UC Davis Foundation.

The 2008 Jerry Fielder Memorial Award recipient is Alan R. Hoefer '55

Hoefer, a retired investment banker, will be awarded the Jerry W. Fielder Memorial Award for extraordinary service to CAAA, the UC Davis Foundation and the university. He has served as partner or corporate finance officer at, among other businesses, Smith Barney and Dean Witter. Hoefer, who was founder and president of the San Francisco-based securities firm Hoefer & Arnett Inc., served on the UC Davis Foundation from 1984 to 1990. In 1986, Hoefer conceived and underwrote the initial funding for the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, the campus's largest single teaching prize for professors. He was also the first major donor to the Center for the Arts Campaign, which raised funds to build the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Previous recipients:

2007 Rex Hime '69, J.D. '72
2005 Norm Weil '73, J.D. '76
2004 Meg Stallard '68 and Tom Stallard '68, J.D. '75
2003 Karl Gerdes
2002 Robert E. Murphy
2001 J. Rodney Davis
2000 Charlie J. Soderquist
1999 Carol J. Sconyers & Hal W. Sconyers
1998 William F. Allewelt, Jr.
1997 Lester Heringer
1996 Wayne A. Bartholomew
1995 Harold E. Kendall
1994 Eugene Boone
1993 Orville E. Thompson
1992 Ronald A. Enomoto
1991 Gary M. Cusumano
1990 Jacque Bartholomew
1989 James M. 'Scud' Marshall
1988 Richard M. Ortega & Howard B. Shontz
1987 Robert W. Munyon
1986 Will W. Lester
1985 Lois W. Weeth
1984 Marion F. Minger & Walter W. Minger
1983 John P. Underhill
1982 John L. Hardie
1981 Gene E. Pendergast, Jr.
1980 Ralph H. Moss
1979 Warren D. Mooney
1978 Richard E. Rominger
1977 Herbert E. Barker
1976 Carl L. Garrison
1975 Waldo W. Weeth
1974 Dean C. DeCarli
1973 Bert L. Smith

CAAA Awards Nomination Form