Central College bestowed special honors on three of its own during its annual commencement ceremony Saturday. Adam C. Gregg, Central class of 2006, received a Distinguished Alumnus Award for his work as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Iowa. Gregg double-majored in political science and history, interned with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Congress and the United Kingdom Parliament, played four years of Dutch football and graduated first in his class. Catherine B. Elwell, a participant in Central’s Paris Study Abroad Program in 1971 and 1972, received an Honorary Alumna Award. She had a 35-year career in the International Monetary Fund and participated in 30-plus mission trips to most French-speaking African nations, serving on teams that helped some of the world’s most vulnerable nations deal with such seismic global events as the mid-1970 oil crisis, the debt crisis of the 1980s, the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the former Soviet Union. Steven C. Van Wyk, Central Class of 1981, received an honorary doctorate of public service for his leadership in leading a business team in New York’s World Trade Center through the 9/11 terrorist attack. He also was the college’s 2019 commencement speaker. Van Wyk, a Pella native, graduated with a double major in business management and accounting and now is executive vice president and head of technology and innovation for The PNC Financial Services Group.