Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup

In 1983, the Board of Trustees agreed to establish an award that would recognize Betas of achievement. In 1984, President Peter E. Van de Water, St. Lawrence ’58, and General Secretary B. Hume Morris, Centre ’68, developed the Oxford Cup. Brother Morris wrote the award ceremony known as the Oxford Cup Ritual and designed the cup, which is a smaller version of the Loving Cup presented to John Reily Knox, Miami 1839 and his wife on their golden wedding anniversary.

01 – Seth R. Brooks, St. Lawrence ’22* (August 16, 1984)
02 – Joseph P. Allen IV, DePauw ’59 (August 16, 1984)
03 – John Sherman Cooper, Centre ’22* (August 15, 1985)
04 – John N.W. Turner, British Columbia ’49 (February 3, 1986)
05 – Arch A. Moore, West Virginia ’51*(August 8, 1986)
06 – Stephen D. Bechtel Sr., California ’23* (April 28, 1987)
07 – Y. C. James Yen, Yale 1918* (August 19, 1987)
08 – Arthur S. Torrey, St. Lawrence ’24* (August 20, 1987)
09 – John R. Wooden, Purdue ’32* (November 17, 1987)
10 – Carl A. Kroch, Cornell ’35* (February 29, 1988)
11 – J.J. Robinette, Toronto ’26* (August 3, 1988)
12 – Donald S. Dawson, Missouri ’32* (April 1, 1989)
13 – Richard G. Lugar, Denison ’54 (August 8, 1989)
14 – Glen A. Holden, Oregon ’51 (August 4, 1990)
15 – Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi ’33* (October 17, 1991)
16 – Sam Walton, Missouri ’40* (January 1, 1991)
17 – John E. Dolibois, Miami ’42*(August 8, 1992)
18 – Harold S. Hook, Missouri ’53 (August 8, 1992)
19 – John J. Rhodes, Kansas State ’38* (August 4, 1993)
20 – Burton W. Folsom, Nebraska ’49* (August 4, 1994)
21 – Gupton A. Vogt, Westminster ’31* (October 29, 1994)
22 – H. Lauren Lewis, South Dakota ’37* (October 29, 1994)
23 – Michael J. Schmidt, Ohio ’71 (January 19, 1995)
24 – James G. Martin, Davidson ’57 (August 3, 1995)
25 – Lee B. Thompson Sr., Oklahoma ’25* (August 5, 1995)
26 – Franklin D. Murphy, Kansas ’36* (September 24, 1995)
27 – William H. (Bert) Bates, Missouri ’49 (January 25, 1996)
28 – Edward M. Brown, Miami ’31* (October 19, 1996)
29 – Edward B. Taylor, Davidson ’42* (November 19, 1996)
30 – Hugh E. Stephenson Jr., Missouri ’43* (August 8, 1997)
31 – Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., Colorado ’47 (October 20, 1997)
32 – Mark O. Hatfield, Willamette ’43* (April 30, 1998)
33 – Robert T. Howard, DePauw ’37* (July 23, 1998)
34 – Spencer F. Eccles, Utah ’56 (October 9, 1998)
35 – H.H. Stephenson Jr., Miami ’39* (November 21, 1998)
36 – Stanley R. Smith, Southern California ’69 (August 5, 1999)
37 – Frank A. Shrontz, Idaho ’53 (October 8, 1999)
38 – Kenneth L. Lay, Missouri ’64* (April 7, 2000)
39 – Neal R. Fosseen, Washington ’28* (May 17, 2000)
40 – Steven B. Sample, Illinois ’62* (May 17, 2000)
41 – B. Hume Morris, Centre ’68 (August 5, 2000)
42 – Weldon B. (Hoot) Gibson, Washington State ’38* (September 23, 2000)
43 – Owen S. Williams, Toronto ’50* (October 13, 2000)
44 – Bruce A. Nordstrom, Washington ’55 (October 20, 2000)
45 – Stanley R. Church, Washington State ’31* (February 28, 2001)
46 – Robert L. Cottrell, Miami ’54 (July 26, 2001)
47 – Joe M. Allbaugh, Oklahoma State ’74 (August 8, 2002)
48 – Richard O. Ristine, Wabash ’41* (October 5, 2002)
49 – Robert L. Schaupp, Lawrence ’51 (January 4, 2003)
50 – Warren R. Staley, Kansas State ’65 (November 1, 2003)
51 – Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr., Southern California ’62 (January 17, 2004)
52 – Edward P. Roski Jr., Southern California ’62 (January 17, 2004)
53 – Richard E. (Dick) Heckert, Miami ’44*(March 6, 2004)
54 – Charles S. Mechem Jr., Miami ’52 (March 6, 2004)
55 – Byron E. (Barney) Calame, Missouri ’61 (April 17, 2004)
56 – G. Kennedy Thompson, North Carolina ’73 (August 8, 2004)
57 – E.B. Wilson, St. Lawrence ’53 (October 20, 2004)
58 – John C. Reppert, Kansas State ’63 (November 6, 2004)
59 – John D. Backe, Miami ’54* (February 10, 2005)
60 – Russell E. Palmer, Michigan State ’56 (March 4, 2005)
61 – James A. Collins, UCLA ’50 (August 6, 2005)
62 – Hugh L. McColl Jr., North Carolina ’57 (February 17, 2007)
63 – Howard D. Fineman, Colgate ’70 (August 4, 2007)
64 – James L. Mann, Wichita State ’56 (November 10, 2007)
65 – John W. Warner Jr., Washington and Lee ’49 (April 15, 2008)
66 – Jerry R. Lucas, Ohio State ’62 (August 7, 2008)
67 – William A. Cook, Northwestern ’49* (August 9, 2008)
68 – William J. Bowerman, Oregon ’33* (April 25, 2009)
69 – C. William (Bill) Nelson, Florida/Yale ’65 (August 5, 2010)
70 – Donald L. Cromer, Washington State ’59 (September 18, 2010)
71 – William O. Douglas, Whitman ’20* (July 30, 2011)
72 – Donald E. Petersen, Washington ’46 (July 30, 2011)
73 – Donald G. (Don) Abbey, Penn State ’70 (July 30, 2011)
74 – David C. Mulford, Lawrence ’59 (October 29, 2011)
75 – John E. Warnock, Utah ’61 (March 24, 2012)
76 – Dale Mortensen, Willamette ’61* (August 2, 2012)
77 – Eric Javits, Columbia ’52 (April 27, 2013)
78 – Ray Mabus, Mississippi ’69 (August 1, 2013)
79 – Daniel M. Carney, Wichita State ’53 (November 15, 2014)
80 – Geoffrey S. Mason, Duke ’63 (August 8, 2015)
81 – DeLoss Dodds, Kansas State ’59 (August 6, 2016)
82 – Shahid Khan, Illinois ’70 (July 27, 2017)
83 – Walter J. Pories, Wesleyan ’59 (August 2, 2018)
84 – Philip E. Nelson, Purdue ’56 (September 22, 2018)
85 – Dow H. Finsterwald, Ohio ’52 (January 12, 2019)

*Deceased