2001 Recipients

Mr. Dunham joined Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1965 as a salesman in Buffalo, N.Y. Having earned a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1969, he was transferred to Bethlehem, Pa., in 1971 where he served as salesman, product specialist, assistant manager and manager.

After another series of promotions, he was elected executive vice president and chief commercial officer in 1999, president and chief operating officer six months later, and in April, 2000, he became the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Bethlehem Steel.

Mr. Norman earned a master's degree from the Folklore Institute at Indiana University in 1974. A professor of creative writing in the University of Maryland's master of fine arts program since 1987, he is one of America's most versatile writers.

He has garnered a host of major national literary honors, including a Whiting Award and Lannan and Guggenheim fellowships. His work has been translated into 15 languages, and his first three novels, "The Northern Lights," "The Bird Artist" and "The Museum Guard," were finalists for the National Book Award.

Dr. Bultman also earned a doctorate in educational leadership from WMU in 1971 and received a bachelor's degree from Hope College in 1965. He began his career as a teacher and coach, and later an assistant principal in the Portage (Mich.) Public Schools.

In 1968, he joined Hope College's faculty. During the next 17 years, he also served as a department chair, a dean and a coach at Hope College. In 1985, he was named president of Northwestern College in Iowa and during his 14 year tenure the college flourished.

On July 1, 1999, he assumed the presidency of Hope College