The Founders Day Medal, first awarded in 2010, honors CSU’s best of the best for their contributions to the University and the world.
Founders Day, Feb. 11, celebrates the day CSU was established as Colorado’s land-grant institution in 1870. It highlights the values that have sustained the university, the people who shaped it and its enduring mission of service through teaching, research and engagement.
Albert Yates, 12th president of Colorado State University is the recipient of 2019 Founders Day Medal.
Previous winners included the Monfort family (2010); Peace Corps visionary Maurice Albertson (2011); philanthropist Pat Stryker (2012); CSU’s eighth President, William Morgan and his wife, Lilla; longtime professor Tom Sutherland and his wife, Jean ; decades-long friends of the University Bob and Joyce Everitt (2015); veterinary oncology pioneer Dr. Stephen Withrow (2016); alumnus and Tuskegee Airman John Mosley (2017), and alumnus and business icon Walter Scott, Jr. (2018).
Read more about these extraordinary men and women below.
CSU Founders Day Medal recipients
William and Lilla Morgan: Architects of modern-day CSU
Maurice Albertson: Peace Corps Co-founder, Professor Emeritus
Monfort family: Supporting Excellence at CSU
Tom Sutherland: CSU’s indomitable spirit
Bob and Joyce Everitt: Longtime CSU supporters and community leaders
John Mosley: Great figure in CSU history
Walter Scott, Jr. : Icon of engineering, supporter of students
Dr. Stephen Withrow: Founding director of Flint Animal Cancer Center
