Honorary Degree Recipients

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.