Harry Tuft ’57 has been inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. The Denver-based musician is best known for forming in 1962 the Denver Folklore Center, which became a focus for acoustic musicians and fans.

Granville Austin ’50 of Washington, D.C., has earned the 2011 Padmi Sri Award in literature and education from the government of India. Austin is the author of two books on the India constitution, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation and Working a Democratic Constitution: A History of the Indian Experience.

Heidi Crebo-Rediker ’90 has been named the first chief economist to the State Department. Crebo-Rediker, most recently the chief of international finance and economics for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of the State Department’s effort to boost American business overseas.

Douglas Noll ’73 has won the 2012 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for his pro bono project, Prison of Peace, which teaches female inmates peacemaking and mediation skills. Noll is a full-time mediator based in Clovis, California, and a founding board member of Mediators Beyond Borders and the president of the California Dispute Resolution Council.

David Magnus ’76, O.D., has been inducted into the Marquette University High School Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A three-time High School All-American swimmer, Magnus set the Wisconsin private school state record in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1970 before attending Dartmouth, where he was named an All-Ivy League Swimmer three times.

The College has honored Albert Cook Jr. ’62, John Mathias Jr. ’69, Curt Welling ’71, Tu’77, Ann Peters Duffy ’77, David Eichman ’82, Leigh Miller Garry ’84 and Susan Finegan ’85 with 2011-12 Dartmouth Alumni Awards, and Amy Henry ’97, Jeffrey Fine ’99 and Susi Kandel ’00 have earned Dartmouth Young Alumni Distinguished Service Awards for service to the College and their communities. Go to http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/awards for details on their citations.

Steve Oakes ’81 has earned the 2011 Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Award for best new book in English language teaching as co-author of Speakout (Pearson). Oakes, who has worked in the United Kingdom, Japan, United States and South Africa, has been the head of teacher training at International House in Budapest since 1997.

Arvo Mikkanen ’83 has earned the 2011 Exceptional Service Award from the National Association of Former United States Attorneys. Mikkanen is the president of the Oklahoma Indian Bar Association and has been an assistant U.S. attorney for more than 17 years in the Western District of Oklahoma, where he prosecutes criminal cases in its violent crime division.

Caroline Levy Limpert ’03 has been named to Details magazine’s 2012 “Social Mavericks” listing of the top 12 movers and shakers in social media. The cofounder of FITist was lauded for her efforts to replace the traditional gym with “a highly curated network” of fitness studios (80 and counting in New York City and Los Angeles) and experts.

Vanessa Green ’05, president and CEO of OnChip Power, has been named to Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” list in the energy category. Green, who launched the business while attending MIT, was noted for her work developing smaller, more efficient energy transformers for LEDs and consumer electronics.