The Fresno State Alumni Association honors Marvin Meyers and Maria Gutierrez and 12 outstanding alumni representing schools and programs around the campus at the Top Dog Alumni Awards Gala at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Save Mart Center. Meyers, a 1956 graduate, farmer, pioneering water conservationist and university benefactor, is the 2012 Top Dog Distinguished Alumnus Award winner. Gutierrez, a retired television executive and university friend working in the university’s new Center for Creativity and the Arts, is the Arthur Safstrom Service Award recipient. INFO: https://www.fresnostatenews.com/2012/06/almond-farmer-marvin-meyers-is-2012-distinguished-alumnus/.