Honory Degree Recipient | Date of Award | Degree Awarded | Profession at time degree was awarded |
Timothy McManimon | May 1998 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree |
President, Well Fargo Bank (Owatonna) |
Nancy VanderWaerdt | May 1999 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Business owner (Albert Lea) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Dan Dorman | May 2000 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Business owner (Albert Lea), state representative, and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Roger Boughton | May 2000 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Retired Vice President of Academic Affairs, Riverland Community College and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Elliot Dubinsky | May 2001 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Business owner (Austin) and Riverland Community College Foundation benefactor |
Allan Larson | May 2002 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Owner, Larson Contracting Inc. (Austin) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Jim Wendorff | May 2003 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Vice President of Human Resources, Viracon (Owatonna) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Jeffrey Kritzer | May 2005 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Attorney, Hormel Foods Inc. (Austin) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Steve Waldhoff | May 2007 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Chief Administrative Officer, Albert Lea Medical Center (Albert Lea) |
Gauher “Mo” Mohammad | May 2009 | Honorary Doctor of Education | Vice President, Doherty Staffing Solutions (Owatonna) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
Richard L. Knowlton | May 2011 | Honorary Doctor of Education | Chair of The Hormel Foundation and former President/CEO of Hormel Foods, Inc. (Austin) |
Terrance N. Dilley | May 2013 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | Riverland Community College Instructor and Faculty Emeritus |
Bonnie Besse Rietz | May 2015 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | Bonnie Bessie Rietz currently serves on the Riverland community College Foundation Board of Directors, The Hormel Foundation Board of Directors (vice-chair), and the Blandin Foundation Board of Trustees. |