Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Accomplishment

Darrel L. Hammon '80

was born in Hamilton, Mont. and is the third of seven children.  His family later moved to southeast Idaho, where he attended public schools in Lewisville and Menan.  Hammon graduated from Rigby High School.  After high school he served a full-time mission to the Chile Concepcion and Osorno Missions.

Hammon attended Ricks College in 1978.  He later earned undergraduate degrees from Boise State University and the University of Idaho.  Hammon earned a master's in English Education from Boise State University and his PhD from the University of Idaho.

His professional career as an educator began as the Chairperson of the English Department at Mountain Home Junior High School.  Dr. Hammon later served as the coordinator and manager of the Adult Basic Education Division at Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC).  While at EITC he was also the Acting Dean of Instruction. 

Hammon later moved to Lewiston, Idaho where he was the Associate Vice-President for Extended Programs at Lewis-Clark State College.  For the past five years he has been the President of Miles Community College in Miles City, Mont.  In July 2006 he assumed his new role as President of Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo.  Hammon and his wife, Joanne Boltz, are the parents of two daughters.