Alumni Awards

The George Washington University graduates thousands of exceptional students every year who go on to change the world through their words and deeds. Here are a few ways that the university recognizes and celebrates these alumni accomplishments.

 

Monumental Alumni Award

2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the George Washington University. To honor this historic occasion, we are proud to introduce the Monumental Alumni Award, a special recognition of GW’s living alumni who have made an impact on the world through their work and service and who embody the ideals of the university.

Recipients of this award have made enduring contributions that offer inspiration and exemplify the potential of a degree from GW. The Monumental Alumni Award is the highest form of recognition given by the university to a GW graduate. (Nominations are currently closed.)

Meet GW's Monumental Alumni

Monumental Alumni Award

 

Spirit of GW Awards

The Spirit of GW Awards, formerly the GW Alumni Achievement Awards, recognizes the contributions and achievements of GW alumni and friends in each of the following categories: (Nominations are currently closed.)

  • Alumni Outstanding Service Award recognizes alumni who advance the mission of the university through dedicated volunteer efforts in support of its programs, thereby ensuring the university’s impact on our community and future generations of students.
  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award recognizes outstanding professional achievements of alumni.
  • GW Philanthropy Award recognizes the extraordinary, long-term support of an individual, couple, or organization that has had a significant and inspiring impact on GW.
  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award recognizes graduates of the last 10 years who have attained notable achievements in their field of endeavor. 

Alumni Awards

 

Elizabeth J. Somers Award

The Elizabeth J. Somers Alumnae Award honors the professional accomplishments of alumna of the Mount Vernon College, Mount Vernon Seminary, and/or the Women’s Leadership Program. The award is presented annually at the Women’s Leadership Conference each spring. (Nominations are currently closed.)

IMPACT Award

The IMPACT Award is the highest form of recognition bestowed on distinguished black alumni by the Office of Alumni Relations in partnership with the GWBAA Committee. The IMPACT Award celebrates three Black alumni who have demonstrated commitment to GW. Through professional endeavors and community engagement, IMPACT Award recipients have made indelible contributions to their alma mater, their local communities, and society at large. (Nominations are currently closed.)

 

 

Past Recipients

2019: Read story and watch videos

 

Recent Alumni Achievement Award
Sally A. Nuamah, CCAS BA ‘11

Alumni Outstanding Service Award
Barbara Ann Fleming, CCAS BS ’81, SEAS MS ‘85

GW Philanthropy Award
Mary Jean Lindner, GWSB ’51 and Tad Lindner, CCAS AA ’50, GWSB BA ’51, HON ‘94

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Mark R. Shenkman, GWSB MBA ‘67

(Previously Named Distinguished Alumni Service Awards)

* Denotes Jane Lingo Alumni Outstanding Service Award recipient

2018 Read story and watch the videos
Steve LaForte, ESIA BA ’86, LAW JD ’93
Steve Skancke, ESIA BA ’72, CCAS M.Phil. ’78, PhD ’81
Renee Lewis, SEAS MS ’90
Ashley Trick, CCAS BA ’15, MPA ’18*

2017 Read story and watch the video
Dean Coclin, SEAS BS'84
James Core, ESIA MA'96
Stuart Hashbarger, CCAS MA'93, PhD'94
Jean Johnson, CCAS PhD'93*
Mary Miller, GWSB MBA'78

2016 Read story and watch the video
Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., CCAS BA '94
Pascale Dumit, SEAS BS '03, MS '05, Cert. '05
Dr. Maxine Freund, GSEHD MA '73, EdD '81*
Richard J. Frisch, CCAS BA '78
Jay E. Katzen, CCAS BA '67, SMHS MD '72
Mark R. Shenkman, GWSB MBA '67

2015 Read story
Sylven Beck, GSEHD EdD '81*
Ken Chaletzky, GWSB BBA ’71
Allan From, GWSB BBA ’72
Laura Taddeucci Downs, CCAS BA ’92, GSEHD MA '95
Howard Tischler, SEAS MS ’80
Frank Wong, ESIA BA ’79

2014 Read story | Watch video
Will Alexander, SEAS BS '04, GWSB MBA '06
Bret Caldwell, CCAS BA '92, GSPM MA '96
Tammy Duckworth, ESIA '92
Harjinder Gill, MCV '99
David Nadler, ESIA '70
Lara Oboler, SMHS '95
Robert Snyder, GWSB '95*
William Ziegler, GWSB '81

2013 Read story | View photos
Brian Herrman, GWSB BBA ’77
Kathy Megyeri, GSEHD MA ’69, CCAS MA ’82
Richard Popiel, CCAS BA ’75, SMHS MD ’81 & GME ’83
Lilien F. Robinson, CCAS AA ’60, BA ’62 & MA ’65*
Michelle D. Rubin, ESIA BA ’91

2012 Read story | View photos | Watch video
Christopher L. Barley, SMHS MD ’93
Christine A. Coleman, CCAS BA ’91
Edward “Skip” W. Gnehm, ESIA BA ’66, MA ’68*
Jeremy K. Gosbee, CCAS BA ’98, GWSB MBA ’02
John B. Holmblad, SEAS MS ’80, Certificate ’02

2011 View photos
Gary J. Gabel, GSEHD EdD '94
Diana B. Henriques, ESIA BA '69
Howard B. Rubin, GWSB BBA '81
Jack Summer, SMHS GME '81*
Sean P. Walsh, SEAS BSME '76

2010 View photos | Watch video
Michael P. Akin, CCAS BA '03, GWSB MBA '07 *
J. Zoë Beckerman, LAW JD '05, GWSPH Cert '05
Mitchell E. Blaser, GWSB BBA '73
Weston D. Burnett, LAW JD '75, LLM '83
Dawn B. Duquès, GSEHD BA '69
Steven D. Frenkil, CCAS BA '74
David C. Karlgaard, SEAS DSc '74

2009 Read press release | View photos | Watch video
Rex Holloway, GWSPH MHSA '88
Peter Konwerski, CCAS BA '91, GSEHD MA '94, EdD '97*
Kerry Kuhn, CCAS BA '70, SMHS MD '73, GME '77
Gerald Rosen, LAW JD '79
Michael Shehadi, GWSB MBA '80
Ramona Stoltz, ESIA BA, 96

2008 Read press release
Kamden Hoffmann, ESIA MA '02, GWSPH MPH '03
Candace G. Kaplan, CCAS BA '70
Amy Mazur, GSEHD BA '71, MA '74, EdD '77*
Alexia Morrison, LAW JD '72
Christopher Young, GWSB BBA '80, MAccy '83

2007 Read press release
Philip S. Amsterdam, CCAS, BA '62
Nelson Carbonell, Jr., SEAS, BS '85
Randolph Graves, Jr., SEAS, DSc '78
Helen S. Manning, GSEHD, MA '52
Alan Nadel, Esq., CCAS, BS '71, JD '76
Robert J. Pelosky, Jr., ESIA, MA '83

2006 Read press release
W. Scott Amey, SEAS MS '75
Robert G. Efrus, CCAS BA '80, TSPPA MPA '82
Jeffrey A. Flaks, SMHS MHS '96
Stuart S. Kassan, SMHS MD '72
Camille A. Stillwell, GSEHD MA '93, EdD '99

2005 Read press release
Jeffrey S. Akman, SMHS MD '81
Bruce J. Ammerman, SMHS MD '72
Gary Granoff, GWSB BBA '70, LAW JD '73
Arthur Mintz, GWSB BBA '66

2004 Read press release
Marilyn Gowing, CCAS PhD '81
Robert E. Kemelhor, SEAS BSME '49
Joseph A. Kiehl, ESIA BA '72, MA '86
William V. Quinn, GWSB MBA '92

2003
Stanley M. Grube, GWSPH  MBA '66
William S. King, GSEHD EdD '71
Eric S. Mendelsohn, CCAS AA '57, BS '59, SEAS, BS '67
Steven S. Ross, GWSB BBA '81

2002
David K. Moore, GWSB MBA '80
Raymond J. Oglethorpe, GWSB MSA '69
Robert L. Tull, CCAS AA '48, GWSB BA '49
Mary C. Young, GSEHD BS '65

2001
David Berz, CCAS BA '70, LAW JD '73
Sherry Kirschner Berz, CCAS BA '72, MA '73
Mark Hughes, CCAS BA '69, SEAS MS '77
Algeria Tate, GWSB MBA '84
Dennis Shepard, SMHS MD '63

2000
Rose Acker, GSEHD EdD '94
Nahid Khozeimeh, SEAS MS '76
Cyril Schulman CCAS AA '37, BS '38, SMHS MD '42
Helen Wolle, GSEHD MA '61, EdD '79

1999
Sharon G. Hadary, GWSB DBA '75
Howard Kea, SEAS ME '88
Eugene L. Lambert, CCAS AA '55, BA '57
Julie Martin Mangis, CCAS AA '83, BA '84
Harvey R. Wertlieb, CCAS AA '60, BA '61, GWSPH MBA '64

1998
John "Jack" Buckley, GWSPH MBA '69
Edward Chesnut, SEAS ME '88
Issa Khozeimeh, SEAS BS '67, MS '73, Certificate '84, DSc '94
John L. Ray, Esq., CCAS BA '70, LAW JD '73
Virginia Harward Teller, GSEHD MA '64, EdD '69

1997
Laura C. Apelbaum, LAW JD '84
Constance U. Battle, SMHS MD '87
Pastor Farinas, SEAS ME '72
Reginald C. Grier, GWSB MS '73, MPA '89, GSEHD EdD '79
Luther G. Jones Jr., CCAS BA '64
John R. Manning, SEAS BS '57, LAW JD '61
Edward N. Vest, GSEHD BA '59, MA '65, EdD '72
Detta Voesar, ESIA BA '68, MA '70

1996
Gladys L. Fishel, CCAS BA '54, MA '56, LAW JD '64
Clifford M. Kendall, GWSB MBA '65
Nicholas S. Lakas, CCAS AA '43, GWSB BA '46
Hon. Lawrence S. Margolis, LAW JD '61
John B. Umhau, CCAS AA '48, BA '49, SMHS MD '52

1994
Tomas A. Pagan, SEAS ME '85
William P. Smith Jr., GWSB BBA '53, MBA '61, GSEHD MA '70, EdD '97
Laura T. Violand, GSEHD MA '82, EdD '98

1993
Damon N. Cordom, CCAS AA '53, BA '54
Dorothy C. Donnelly, CCAS AA '60, BA '62, ESIA MA '67
C. Peter Rose, CCAS BA '74
John D. Scott Jr., SEAS BS '66, ME '81

1992
David M. Bates, CCAS AA '44, BA '46
Herman H. Hobbs, CCAS AA '51, BS '53, MS '55
Harvey S. Jacobs, GWSB BBA '80
Jay Mandelbaum, SEAS MS '74, DSc '82
A. Margaret Palmer, CCAS BA '62

1991
Robert Bialek, CCAS BA '49
James A. Coles, GSEHD EdD '75
Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye, GSEHD MA '72, EdD '82
John C. Pan, SMHS MD '70
William A. Parker, GWSB MBA '62
David L. Pryor, CCAS AA '66
Steven S. Ross, GWSB BBA '81

1990
S. Woodruff Bentley, CCAS BA '64
Joseph L. Brand, LAW JD '63
Richard W. Douglas, GWSB BBA '63
Joyce Hens Green, LAW JD '51
Helen C. P. Laney, CCAS BA '45
John B. Umhau, CCAS AA '48, BA '49, SMHS MD '52
Mary Carroll Wade, GWSB MA '48

1989
Patricia D. Gurne, LAW JD '69
Norris C. Hekimian, SEAS BS '49
John B. Holden Jr., LAW JD '68
Jack H. Olender, LAW LLM '61
George G. Olsen, LAW JD '75
David K. Moore, GWSB MBA '80
Stephen S. Pappas, CCAS BS '52, SMHS MD '56
Marianne Ruth Phelps, CCAS MPhil '73, DPhil '80
Dudley J. Schwartz, SEAS MS '73
Elaine G. Wolfire, GSEHD MA '79, EdD '88

1988
Milton J. Bailey, GSEHD MA '55, EdD '68
Burton S. Epstein, CCAS AA '54, BA '56, SMHS MD '57
Fern A. Goss, GSEHD, EdD '70
Reginald C. Grier, GWSB MS '73, MPA '89, GSEHD EdD '79
Alice V. McGillivray, CCAS BA '57
Frank N. Miller CCAS BS '43, SMHS MD '48
Jonathan S. Ventura, CCAS BA '81, ESIA MA '84
Ronald A. Willoner, LAW BL '60

1987
Jay L. Carlson, LAW JD '70
Eleanor Isbell De Angelis, GSEHD BS '39, MA '48
Nahid Khozeimeh, SEAS MS '76
Sally Miller, CCAS AA '47, BA '48
Yah-Chuan Wang, CCAS MA '32

1986
Dayton C. Cramer, GWSB MBA '69
Kathleen D. Crouch, GWSB MA '59
Richard T. Evans, CCAS AA '49, BA '51
Marshall C. Gardner, CCAS BS '43, MS '50, LAW JD '55
Mary O. Jones, SEAS MS '76
Wilhelmina S. Mason, GSEHD MA '70, EdD '85
Detta Voesar, ESIA BA '68, MA '70

1985
Faith C. Caldwell, ESIA BA '71
Clifford A. Dougherty, LAW JD '64
Morton G. Goldburg, LAW BL '29
Jack C. Goldstein, LAW JD '68
Dorothy E. Jenkins, GSEHD MA '66, EdD '78
William B. Kinney, GWSB MHSA '72
Jacob S. Levin, LAW JD '49
Ruth E. Myer, GWSB MA '46
Fred S. Souk, LAW JD '75
Janet Tatman, SMHS BS '78
Gary D. Williams, GWSB MS '75

1984
Douglas H. Carter Sr., GWSB MS '68
John L. Chaney, CCAS AA '50, BA '53, LAW BL '57
William H. Cooper, SMHS MD '49
Ann Marie Emmet, GWSB BBA '74
Alan Kay, CCAS AA '55, BA '57, LAW JD '59
Andrew A. Kerhulas, GWSB BS '73
Andrew M. Kolaitis, GWSB BBA '74, Certificate '83
Russell C. Lindner, LAW JD '80
Roye L. Lowry, CCAS AA '40, GWSB BA '41, MA '47
Thomas V. Lydon, ESIA BA '72
Eric S. Mendelsohn, CCAS AA '57, BS '59, SEAS BS '67
Malcolm O'Hagan, SEAS DEng '66
Ruth H. Osborn, GSEHD MA '46, EdD '63
Charles K. Schanker, GWSB BBA '66, LAW JD '69
Harvey D. Snyder, GSEHD EdD '78

1983
Aaron I. Alembikm, LAW JD '56
Edward W. Barth, GSEHD EdD '71
Robert C. Bennett, LAW BL '65
Elaine Bradshaw, GSEHD MA '64
Roland K. Bullard, ESIA BA '66, GWSB MBA '69
Lyndale H. George, GSEHD BS '48, MA '52, Certificate '61
Frances H. Goodwin, LAW JD '56
George E. Goodwin, LAW JD '55
William F. Huf, SEAS ME '60
Harold L. Martin, CCAS AA '62
Robert G. Perry, GWSB BS '70
William D. Steeves Jr., ESIA BA '75, MA '76, GSEHD EdD '84
David L. Woodrum, GWSPH MBA '66
George F. Wilsey Jr., LAW JD '58

1982
John G. Boswell, GSEHD BA '53, MA '56, EdD '63
Alvin C. Jensen,  GSEHD MA '60, EdD '67
Paul B. Malone III, GWSB MS '69, DBA '73
Edna E. Miller, GSEHD Certificate '61
John A. O'Shea Jr., GSEHD MA '73, EdD '78
Paul L. Pascal, LAW JD '65
Alma-Marie Smith, CCAS AA '54

1981
Pastor Farinas, SEAS ME '72
Samuel Kavruck, GSEHD EdD '54
Robert D. Rolander, LAW BL '53
Edward N. Vest, GSEHD BA '59, MA '65, EdD '72
Oscar A. Zabel, LAW JD '26
Allan Zellis, SMHS MD '41

1980
Ralph Barnett, GW General University '71
Gloria C. Becker, CCAS AA '70, MA '74
Paul Kuzio, SEAS BS '55
William M. Porter, GWSB MS '70
Dr. T. Arthur Smith, GWSB BA '49, ESIA MA '62, CCAS DPhil '73
Dr. Armand Weiss, GWSB DBA '71
Alexander W. Whitaker, LAW JD '72

1979
Richard J. Pronk, SEAS BS '58
Richard A. Ward, CCAS AA '60, GWSB BA '61, LAW JD '65
Frances L. Ware, CCAS AA '70

1977
Grover L. Angel, GSEHD MA '46, EdD '52
Edward O. Ansell, LAW JD '55

1976
Harvey H. Ammerman, CCAS AA '39, BS '39, SMHS MD '43
Alice A. Biselle, CCAS BA '22
Fred H. Daly, LAW JD '66
Matt Flato, SEAS BS '49
Warren Gould, CCAS AA '50, BA '51, MA '55
Hon. Lawrence S. Margolis, LAW JD '61
Elizabeth S. Ten Houten, CCAS AA '32, BA '35

1975
Edward O. Ansell, LAW JD '55
Ruth Cammack, CCAS BA '48
H. John Cantini Jr., CCAS AA '48, LAW JD '50
F. Elwood Davis, CCAS AA '38, LAW JD '43
Donald H. Glew Jr., SMHS MD '48
Raymond G. Hanken, CCAS AA '38, GSEHD BS '38, MA '52
John R. Manning, SEAS BS '57, LAW JD '61
Bruce S. Mencher, CCAS AA '55, BA '57, LAW JD '60
Elizabeth Middlemas, CCAS AA '32, BA '34, GSEHD MA '41
Thomas S. Smegal Jr., LAW JD '61

1973
A. George Cook III, CCAS BA '57
Marvin P. Footer, CCAS BA '38, SMHS MD '42
Sue B. Panzer, CCAS AA '39, BA '41
Hugh S. Wertz, SEAS BS '29, LAW JD '35
Edwin Lee White, CCAS BA '22, MS '25
Glen A. Wilkinson, LAW JD '38

1972
Jerome W. Canter, SMHS MD '55
Richard B. Castell, CCAS AA '31, BA '32, SMHS MD '35
Hazel S. Hanback, CCAS AA '38, BA '40
William H. Holt, SEAS BS '57, LAW BL '61
Betty Ann Thompson, CCAS AA '44, BA '46, LAW BL '48
Lewis H. Weiss, LAW JD '30

1971
Oswald S. Colclough, LAW BL '35
Howard O. Johnson, GSEHD MA '48, EdD '50
Sidney A. Levine, SMHS MD '41
Nancy Thompson, LAW BL '42
George Trainor, CCAS AA '50, BA '53
Edward A. Wareham III, SEAS BS '53

1970
John R. Busick, CCAS AA '36, BA '36
L.H. (Jack) Dishman, LAW JD '25, CCAS BA '31
Jack Kleh, CCAS BA '42, SMHS MD '44
William J. Rochelle, CCAS AA '37, BA '38, LAW JD '40
Elma Williams, CCAS AA '50, BA '54

1969
L. Jackson Embrey, CCAS BA '37, LAW LLM '49, BL '49
Charles E. Bish, LAW BL '30, GSEHD MA '37, EdD '42
Jerome Epstein, CCAS MA '48, SMHS MD '53
Philbrick McCoy, LAW BL '22, LLM '23
Jack Morton, CCAS AA '35, BA '36
William F. Ryan Jr., LAW BL '20, LLM '21
Emilie Margaret White, CCAS BA '07, MA '10

1968
Everett H. Bellows, CCAS AA '37, BA '39, MA '41
Charles S. Coakley, M.D., SMHS MD '37
Justin L. Edgerton, CCAS BA '29, LAW JD '31
Mary Murray Kochka, CCAS BA '18, GSEHD MA '31
Laz Sommer, GW General University '30
Helen S. Stone, CCAS MA '49, DPhil '54

1967
Joel Barlow, LAW JD '35
Reginald Barta, CCAS AA '57, GWSB BA '58, MA '65
Margaret Davis, CCAS AA '35, BA '37, MA '41
J. Frank Doubleday, GWSB MA '55
Serge Gambal, GWSB BA '52
T.A. Lindner, CCAS AA '50, GWSB BA '51
Dr. Howard Ticktin, CCAS BA '50
Harold Young, SMHS MD '54

1966
Jane Stauffer Bernot, GSEHD AA '44, BS '45
Donald W. Cole, GWSB MBA '57
Mary M. Connelly, LAW BL '22
Milton Mermerstein, CCAS BA '30, LAW JD '31
Dr. George Speck, M.D., SMHS MD '41
Robert L. Tull, CCAS AA '48, GWSB BA '49

1965
Mrs. Camille Jacob Craig, CCAS AA '41, GSEHD BS '42, MA '52
William J. Ellenberger, SEAS BS '30, '34
Dr. Angelo M. May, M.D., SMHS MD '37
Edward Potts, LAW BL '52
Vernon Romney, LAW BL '53
James Dallas Shirley, CCAS AA '35, GSEHD BS '36, MA '45
Pablo M. Silva, LAW JD '24
Paterno C. Villanueva, CCAS BA '25, MA '27

1964
Edgar Robey Baker, CCAS AA '39, BA '41
Dr. Alfred E. Brigulio, CCAS AA '33, SMHS MD '36

1963
Francis G. Addison III, LAW BL '52
Dr. Alec Horwitz, CCAS BA '20, SMHS MD '23
Dr. Maurice T. Gromet, CCAS BA '31, SMHS MD '34
Dr. John Purpura, SMHS MD '31
Mrs. Daniel J. Anderson
Max Tendler, CCAS BA '29, LAW BL '31

1962
Dr. Daniel L. Borden, SMHS MD '12, CCAS BS '16, MA '17
Hugh H. Clegg, LAW BL '26
Dr. Robert H. Harmon, SMHS MD '29
Samuel Herrick, LAW BL '01, LLM '02, MPL '17
Elmer L. Kayser, GSEHD BA '17, CCAS MA '18
Frederick P. H. Siddons, LAW BL '23
Stanley J. Tracy, LAW JD '25
Frank H. Weitzel, CCAS BA '31, LAW BL '35
Alexander Wetmore, CCAS MS '16, DPhil '20, DSc '32

1961
Dr. Frederick Y. Donn, SMHS MD '41
Dr. Roy B. Eastin, CCAS AA '39, BA '42, MA '45
Elsie E. Green, CCAS BA '14, MA '28
Dayton M. Harrington, LAW BL '42
Dr. H. S. Hoffman, CCAS BA '21, SMHS MD '24
Mrs. Charles W. Ihle
Dr. Donald H. Leeper Jr., SMHS Md '38
C. Jules Rose, CCAS AA '40, BA '42, LAW JD '49
Mrs. William P. Smith Jr., GWSB BBA '53, MBA '61, GSEHD MA '70, EdD '97
James C. Van Story Jr., CCAS AA '47, BA '48, MA '49

1960
Mary Dow, CCAS BA '60
Charles S. Rhyne, LAW, JD '37
Mildred S. Fenner, GSEHD MA '38, EdD '42
Vernon Lee Brown, CCAS BA '27
Marcelle L. Lane, CCAS BA '28, MA '34

1959
Otto W. Schoenfelder, GWSB BA '33, LAW BL '42

* Denotes Recent Alumni Achievement Award recipient

Nelson A. Carbonell, Jr., SEAS BS ’85
Joshua D’Angelo, SMHS DPT ’13*
Mischel Kwon, SEAS CERT ’04
Ronald Peterson, GWSPH MHSA ’74
Jake Sherman, CCAS BA ’08*
 

Dana Bash, CCAS BA ’93
Davina Durgana, ESIA BA ‘10*
Mindy Finn, GSPM MPS 10*
Anwar Gargash, CCAS BA ’81, MA ’84
Jayne Plank, GWSB BA ’54
Michael Punke, ESIA BA ‘86
Rodolfo Rodriguez, SEAS MS ’69
Robert Siegel, SMHS MD ‘77

Corinne E. Ball, J.D. ’78
André (Andy) J. Nahmias, M.D. ’57
Baroness Joanna Shields, M.B.A. ’87
Daniel H. Weiss, B.A. ’79
Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, M.D. ’88
Hussain Nadim, B.A. ’10

2015 Read story |  View photos | Watch video
Richard D. Heideman, LAW JD ’72
Christyl C. Johnson, SEAS Ph.D. ’12
Jay S. Kaplan, SEAS BS ‘08, MS '09*
Elad I. Levy, SMHS MD ’97
Gregory H. Williams, LAW JD ‘71, CCAS MPHIL ‘77, PhD ’82

2014 Read story | View photos | Watch video
Major Alan Burgess, USAF, MSC (Ret.) GWSPH MA '74
Adam Conner, CCAS/SMPA BA '06*
Lawrence R. Deyton, SMHS MD '85
Gerardo I. Lopez, GWSB BBA '80
Mark Plotkin, CCAS BA '69
Neil Portnow, CCAS BA '71

2013 Read story |  View photos | Watch video
Victoria Clarke, CCAS BA ’82
Ariel Hollinshead, CCAS MA ’55, CCAS PHD ’57
Tara Jeanne O’Toole, MED MD ’81
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, GWSB MBA ’87
Junaid Shams, SPHHS BS ’08*

2012 Read story | View photos |  Watch video
Bobby R. Burchfield LAW JD '79
Kathleen M. Dumais, MVC BA '80
Simon S. Lee, SEAS MS '05
Paul D. Miller, CCAS MS'66, SMHS MD '70
Matthew Tosiello, GSEHD MED '08*
Raúl Yzaguirre, GWSB BS '70

2011 View photos |  Watch video
Roslyn M. Brock, SPHHS MHSA '89
Bruce Sewell, LAW JD '86
Leonard Wartofsky, CCAS BS '59, MS '61, SMHS MD '64, SPHHS MPH '95
Mary Margaret Whipple, CCAS MA '69 
Sherri Rose, CCAS BS '05*

2010 View photos | Watch video
Michael J. Avenatti, LAW JD '00*
Gregory G. Garre, LAW JD '91
Lori B. Garver, ESIA MA '89
Rose Gottemoeller, ESIA MA '81
Vanessa Maltin, CCAS BA '05*
Asghar Mostafa, SEAS BS '82
Ellen M. Zane, CCAS BA '73

2009 View photos | Watch video 
Paul Antony, SMHS MD '96, MPH '96
Andrew Brown, ESIA BA '06, CCAS MPA '08*
Vincent C. Gray, CCAS BA '64
Elizabeth McCartney, GSEHD MA '06*
Christina M. Puchalski, SMHS MD '94, GME '97

2008 Read press release | View photos
Scott Amey, SEAS MS '75
Craig DeAtley, SMHS BS '75
Clifford Kendall, GWSB MBA '65 Presidential Alumni Award
Julie S. Lee, SEAS MS '05*
Rodolfo Perecin Mareno, ESIA BA '05*
John Safer, CCAS AA '42, BA '47
Kerry Washington, CCAS BA '98*

2007 Read press release 
Anousheh Ansari, SEAS MS '92
Linnea Axman, SPHHS DrPH '03 *
Martin Burt, ESIA MA '83
Scott Cowen, GWSB MBA '72, DBA '75
Richard Knop, LAW JD '69
Martin F. Pera, CCAS PhD '79
Paul Roth, SMHS MD '76

2006 Read press release 
Thad Allen, MPA '86
Michael B. Enzi, BBA '66
Jordan M. Hadelman, MA in HCA '78
Barbara Joan Pariente, JD '73
Harold C. Pillsbury III, BA '70, MD '72
Frederick (Fritz) J. Scheuren, MA '71, PhD '72

2005 Read press release 
Robert Ames Alden, CCAS AA '62, BA '65, MA '68
Walter M. Bortz III, GSEHD EdD '98
Diana B. Henriques, ESIA BA '69
James F. Humphreys, JD '79
Pradman Kaul, SEAS BS '67
Floyd D. Loop, SMHS MD '62
Christine E. Seidman, MD '78
George W. Wellde Jr., MBA '76

2004 Read press release 
James C. Cacheris, JD '60
Nancy B. Jackson, BS '79
Allyn E. Kilsheimer, BS '63
Jung-Sook Kim, EdD '88

2003
Penelope Starrat Duffy, MA '74
Mark V. Hughes, BA '69, MS '77
Marisa Rose Lino, MA '72
Charles K. Watt, MA '73, DSc '86 

2002
Ruth C. Burg, BS '45, JD '50
Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD '71
William A. Owens, MBA '76
Elliott C. Roberts Sr., MBA '64
Ya-Qin Zhang, DSc '89
James W. Ziglar, BA '68, JD '72 

2001
Frederick L. Brown, MBA '66
Dee J. Kelly, JD '54
Virginia R. Kirkbride, EdD '59
Joseph W. Prueher, MS '73
Ronald J. Zlatoper, MS '70 

2000
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, BA '68, JD '71
Jack Morton, AB '36
David I. J. Wang, BS '51 

1999
Donna M. Christian-Christensen, MD '70
Abby Joseph Cohen, MA '76
Edward M. Liddy, MBA '72
Mary L. Schapiro, JD '80 

1998
Judith Chirlin, BA '69
David B. Falk, JD '75
Charles C. Krulak, MS '73
Ruth Helm Osborn, MA '46, EdD '63
Mansfield F. W. Smith, MD '56 

1997
Archer L. Durham, MS '75
Alan Kay, BA '57, JD '59
Patrick J. Martin, MA '66, DSc '72
Floretta Dukes McKenzie, EdD '85
John Wallace McMeel, AB '49, MD '53
Nakyun Shin, MA '84, EdS '91 

1996
Ann W. Brown, BA '59
Robert M. Davidson, JD '67
Gerald S. Lazarus, MD '63
J. Phillip London, DBA '71 
David A. Longanecker, MA '71
Charles R. Sitter, BA '54
Clifford B. Stearns, BS '63 

1995
Nancy Brennan, MA '75
Russell E. Carlisle, JD '55
Merrill A. McPeak, MS '74
Margaret M. Richardson, JD '68
Clarence B. Rogers Jr., MBA '62 

1994
William P. Barr, JD '77
Lydia Simone Bond, EdD '84
Pete L. Manos, MCS '62
Herbert Weissbach, MS '55, PhD '57
Louise C. Wilmot, MA '78 

1993
Henry C. Duques, BBA '65, MBA '69
Stephen J. Korcheck, BS '54, MA '66, EdD '70
John Madden, MD '37
Carolynn Reid-Wallace, PhD '81
John M. Shalikashvili, MS '70
Neil B. Shulman, BS '67 

1992
Teddy G. Allen, MAE '74
Edward W. Gnehm, BA '66, MA '68
Thomas E. Meaney, MD '53
Patricia A. E. Rodgers, BA '75, MA '84
John W. Snow, JD '67 

1991
Luther W. Brady Jr., AA '44, BA '46, MD '48
Elmer T. Brooks, MSA '73
Sidney O. Dewberry, BCE '51
Earle H. Harbison Jr., JD '57
Richard F. Wallis, AA '44, BS '45, MS '48 

1990
Elsie M. Carper, AA '40, BA '41
Donald O. Castell, BA '58, MD '60
Edward F. Mitchell, MEA '61
J. Clay Smith Jr., LLM '70, SJD '77
Kenneth W. Starr, BA '68 

1989
Chikara T. Higashi, DBA '82
Elizabeth A. Lerman, MAE '82
Frank E. Peterson, BA '67, MIA '73
Colin L. Powell, MBA '71
Walter R. Stokes, LLB '24, MD '28 

1988
Robert P. Casey, JD '56
Emilio A. Fernandez, MEA '76
Sandra C. Holley, AA '63, BA '65, MA '66, HUM '89, DPS '89
Ronald G. Kuntzman, MS '57, PhD '62
John P. Whalen, JD '77 

1987
Emilie A. Black, BS '42, MD '45
Walter J. Frost III, MBA '66
Bruce S. Mencher, AA '55, BA '57, JD '60
Jeanne P. Miles, BA '31
Charles B. Reed, BSP '63, MAE '64, EdD '70 

1986
Ralph A. Alpher, BS '43, MS '45, PhD '48
Robert A. Altman, JD '71
Michael D. Barnes, JD '72
Mary H. Futrell, MAE '68, DPS '84
Frederick D. Gregory, MSA '77 

1985
A. Huda T. Farouki, BEE '66, MEA '74
Edward J. Feeney, MAE '58, EdD '71
Lewis H. Kuller, MD '59
Lawrence S. Margolis, JD '61 

1984
Henry G. Cisneros, DPA '76, LLD '84
Vincent L. De Quattro, MD '60
Charles A. Gabriel, MEA '64
William R. Howard, AA '50, BA '54, LLB '56
Roxie S. Laybourne, MA '50 

1983
Jacob Burns, LLB '24, LLD '70
Anthony Cardinale, MAE '58, EdD '66
Mary S. Coleman, JD '39
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., MD '61, DSc '84
Ming Hsu, AA '47, BA '49
John W. Vessey Jr., WSB '66 

1982
Murray Berdick, BSE '42
Roscoe L. Egger Jr., LLB '50
Charles T. Manatt, JD '62
Edward C. Meyer, MIA '67
Eileen J. Shanahan, AA '42, BA '44 

1981
John W. Dixon, BA '49
Lloyd Fletcher, JD '39
Thomas B. Hayward, MS '67
Harry R. Hughes, LLB '52
J. Dallas Shirley, AA '35, BSP '36, MAE '45 

1980
Marvin A. Jolson, BEE '49
E. William Lavery, MA '59
Malcolm E. O'Hagan, DEN '66
LeGrand G. Van Uitert, AA '48, BS '49 

1979
Stephen R. Graubard, BA '45
Gunther K. Kessler, AA '51, BS '53
Alphonse E. Leemans, AA '37, BSP '37
E. Clarence Rice Jr., MD '16
Jonas R. Robitscher, JD '48, MD '55 

1978
L. Stanley Crane, BSE '38
Robert G. Dixon Jr., JD '56
Richard S. Hunter, BA '37
Arthur R. Miele, MBA '67
Frank Proschan, MA '48 

1977
Thomas A. Clingan Jr., JD '63
William H. Cooper, MD '49
Solomon Kullback, PhD '34
Doris Margolis, AA '56, BA '58
John P. Walsh, EdD '58 

1976
Norris C. Hekimian, BEE '49
Spencer B. Reid, MD '46
David W. Richmond, JD '37
Marjorie R. Townsend, BEE '51
Michael Yachnis, MSE '56, MEA '62, DS '68 

1975
Robert C. Brasted, AA '37, BS '38, MA '39
William E. Casselman II, JD '68
Von Russel Eshleman, BEE '49
Harry A. Feldman, BA '35, MD '39
Joyce H. Green, JD '51 

1974
Paul F. Hannah, JD '33
Michael G. Kammen, AA '56, BA '58
John B. Moloney, MS '53, PhD '59
Abraham Pollin, BA '44
Miriam T. Rooney, JD '42 

1973
Dee Brown, BAL '37
Geoffrey F. Chew, AA '43, BS '44
Thomas S. Jackson, BA '33, LLB '35
Irene Parsons, MS '65
Lorenz E. Zimmerman, AA '42, BA '43, MD '45 

1972
Harry L. Carrico, AA '38, JD '42, LLD '47
Mark H. Lepper, BA '37, MD '41
Mildred S. Reid, MAE '38, EdD '42
Hans H. Strupp, BA '45, MA '47, PhD '54 

1971
Jimilu Mason, AA '52, BA '53
Harden McConnell, AA '46, BS '47
Milton E. Mermelstein, BA '30, JD '31
Richard E. Palmer, BA '44, MD '44
Arnold J. Auerbach, AA '40, BSP '40, MA '41
Frederic E. Davison, MA '63
Harold H. Greene, AA '49, JD '52, LLD '85
Gilbert Gude, MA '58
Sam M. Lambert, EdD '55 

1970
Everett H. Bellows, BA '39, MA '41
Zelda D. Fichandler, AA '43, MA '50, DH '75
Francis R. Kirkham, BA '30, JD '31
Francis P. Scott, BA '34 

1969
Leighton E. Cluff, MD '49
Joseph B. Danzansky, BA '35, LLB '36
Benjamin H. DeMott, AA '48, BA '49
Winifred G. Thompson, BAE '50
Harold A. Wheeler, BS '25, DSc '72 

1968
David Amram, AA '50, BA '52
Julius Axelrod, PhD '55
Frederick C. Belen, LLB '42
Burnita S. Mathews, LLB '19, LLM '20, MPL '20
Joseph S. Wright, LLB '37 

1967
William J. Driver, LLB '52, MS '65
Julian Goodman, BA '48
Leon Jacobs, MA '38, PhD '47
Robert M. Page, MA '33
Cynthia C. Wedel, PhD '57 

1966
Harold K. Bradford, LLB '42
Meta N. Cohn, BA '17, MA '23
James L. Goddard, MD '49 

1965
William G. White, BS '36
Glen A. Wilkinson, JD '38
John J. Wilson, LLB '21, LLD '78
John T. Wilson, AA '40, BA '41
James O. Wright, JD '38 

1965
Donald W. Nyrop, LLB '39
Marguerite Rawalt, BA '33, JD '33, LLM '36
Arthur V. Snell, LLB '05
Ernest W. Stephens, BA '22, JD '23
Isaac M. Stewart, JD '28
Stanley J. Tracy, JD '25
Emilie M. White, BA '07, MA '10 

1965
L. Eldon James, JD '37
Leon Jaworski, LLM '26
Catherine B. Kelly, JD '51
David A. McCandless Jr., LLB '31, LLM '36
Philbrick McCoy, LLB '22, LLM '23, LLD '57
Louis B. Nichols, JD '34
Bernard I. Nordlinger, BA '29, JD '33 

1965
Donald C. Cook, JD '39, LLM '40
F. Elwood Davis, AA '38, JD '43
Oliver Gasch, LLB '32
Jonathon C. Gibson, LLB '23
Patricia R. Harris, JD '60
Louis M. Hopping, BA '24, JD '27
Joseph D. Hughes, JD '34 

1965
Robert Ash, LLB '18
Joel Barlow, JD '35
Daniel W. Bell, LLB '23
Francis M. Bird, LLM '25
George A. Butler, LLB '25
Sheldon S. Cohen, AA '48, BA '50, JD '52
Oswald S. Colclough, LLB '35, DSc '61 

1964
John F. Dulles, LLB '12
Allen W. Dulles, LLB '26, LLD '59
William W. McPeak, BA '34
Veryl G. Schult, MA '38 

1963
Charles L. Critchfield, BS '34, MA '36, PhD '39
Antonio Gonzalez-Revilla, Jr., MD '36
David M. Kennedy, LLB '35, BA '37
Frank E. Moss, JD '37
Elizabeth T. Parker, MA '30 MD '32 

1962
Eva B. Adams, LLM '52
Edgar R. Baker, AA '39, BA '41
Orville E. May, BA '24, MA '26, PhD '29
James L. Snyder, MD '33
Hillory A. Tolson, BA '24, MA '27, LLM '31 

1961
Helena Z. Benitez, MA '39
Thelma Hunt, BA '24, MA '25, PhD '27, MD '35
Daniel K. Inouye, JD '52
Walter T. McCarthy, LLB '23
Benjamin C. Willis, BA '22, DPS '64 

1960
Vance Brand, BA '27, LLB '29
W. Cameron Burton, LLB '21
Irving S. Cooper, BA '43, MD '45
F. Royce Franzoni Jr., AA '34, BS '36
Elva C. Wells, BA '20, MA '38 

1959
Arthur S. Flemming, LLB '33
Anna R. Hawkes, BA '12, MA '24
Charles S. Rhyne, LLB '37, DCL '58 

1958
Helen M. Dyer, MD '29, PhD '35
Laurence B. Hays, LLB '22 

1957
Florence S. Berryman, BA '24
William S. Derrick, AA '38, BA '40, MD '42
George S. Hastings, BA '21, LLB '27 

1956
James V. Bennett, LLB '26
Lucile M. Herrick, MA '38, EdD '42
Alfred C. Richmond, JD '38
Frank H. Weitzel, BA '31, LLB '35 

1955
W. Paul Briggs, Phar. G '27, BS '28
Joseph H. Roe, PhD '23
Anna K. Wiley, BS '97 

1954
Helen T. Durkee, BA '33, MA '39
Kenneth R. Iverson, LLB '34
James M. Mitchell, BA '32, MA '33 

1953
Elsie E. Green, BA '14, MA '28
Bertram Groesbeck Jr., MD '17 

1952
Mary M. Connelly, LLB '22
Luis P. Nervo, LLB '29
Ernest L. Wilkinson, LLB '26 

1951
Carlos N. Brin, MD '16
Elizabeth K. Draper, BA and BDip '24, AM '33
John R. Mason, BA '23, MA '25 

1950
Harry F. Dowling, MD '31
Robert E. Freer, BA '31
Vivian V. Simpson, BA '25, JD '27 

1949
Robert H. Harmon, MD '29
Edith M. Haydon, BA '27
Robert D. Murphy, LLB '20, LLM '28
Syngman Rhee, BA '07, LLD '54 

1948
Mildred M. Coughlin, MA '22
Donald D. Shepard, LLB '18
William C. Thom, BS '04
William C. Van Vleck, BA '08, LLB '11, LLD '48 

1947
Philias H. Girouard, BS '26
Sterling V. Mead, DDS '14
Helen C. Newman, LLB '25, LLM '27, MD '35
Martha B. Pate, MA '35
Rudolph E. Schoenfeld, BA '15
Clyde A. Tolson, BA '25, LLB '27 

1946
Special award made to alumni who served in the Armed Forces of our country during World War II.

1945
Catherine C. Coblentz, BA '30
Ewin L. Davis, LLB '99
Alexander Wetmore, MS '16, PhD '20, DSc '32 

1944 
J. William Fulbright, LLB '34, LLD '59
Robert L. Haycock, BA and TD '11, MA '12
Richard M. Hewitt, MD '24
William S. James, BS '17
Ruth O'Brien, LLB '31 

1943
Mary A. Brown-Grover, BA '24, LLB '32, SJD '42
David E. Finley, LLB '13, LLD '60
Bernard Mayo, BA '24, MA '25
H. Arthur Schoenfeld, BA '07, MA '09
Frank L. Yates, LLB '22 

1942
Watson Davis, BS '18, DSc '59
Harold F. Enlows, LLB '15
Nevil M. Hopkins, BS '99, MS '00, PhD '02 
Luther H. Reichelderfer, MD '99, LLD '32
Alexander W. Weddell, LLB '23
Elizabeth W. Wilson, BA '17 

1941
Hugh H. Clegg, LLB '26
Conway P. Coe, LLB '23
William T. Davis, MD '01
Samuel L. Hilton, Phar D '88
Elmer L. Kayser, BA and TD '17, MA '18, LLD '48
Lella W. Patch, BA '21 

1940
Helen R. Carloss, LLB '23
Wilbur J. Carr, LLM '99, LLD '25
Ida M. Lind, BA and BDip in Ed '24
William J. Mallory, MD '03, MA '14
Theodore W. Noyes, MA '77, LLB '82, LLM '83, LLD '17
Edwin A. Schmitt, BS '34 

1939
Charles R. Arundell, LLB '08
Karl M. Block, BA '06
Ella A. Enlows, BA '15, MS '16, PhD '23
J. Edgar Hoover, LLB '16, LLM '17, LLD '35
Fritz Von Briesen, LLM '01, DCL '02 

1938
Alfred Clum, LLB '83, LLM '85
Jessie F. Evans, BA and TD '13, EdD '32
Malcolm C. Gibbs, Phar D '02
Alfred G. Karger, ATT '20
F. Howard Seely, BS '88
Leon Tobriner, LLB '77, LLM '78
Walter E. Wiles, LLB '24, LLM '25, BA '25 

1937
May P. Bradshaw, BA '09, MA '13
Harry C. Davis, BA '78, MA '81, LHD '94
Frank A. Hornaday, BS '07, MD '10, MS '20
Sarah T. Hughes, LLB '22
Paca Oblerin, LLB '03, LLM '04, MDip '05, DCL '11
James M. Proctor, LLB '04, LLD '33
H. Gordon Strong, LLB '90, LLM '94

2019
Elizabeth Orlando, MVC ‘87
Harjinder Gill, MVC ‘99
 
2017
Li Zheng, ESIA ‘13
Patricia Ortman, Faculty
 
2016
Rachelle S. Heller, Faculty
Kimberly Humphries, MVC '91
 
2015
Jane Cocke Black, MVC '65
Otis L. Graham, Faculty
 
2014
Mrs. Joy Weiss Cohen, MVC '56
Dr. Behnaz Z. Quigley, Faculty

2013
Phillipa Malmgren, MVC
Susan Tolchin, Faculty

2012
Cynthia Steele Vance, MVC ‘79
Bobbie Greene Kilburg, Academic Affairs

2011
K.T. Dexter Archer, MVC ’74
Jane Highsaw, Faculty

2010
Ginny Millner, MVS ’59
Jonnie Guerra, Faculty
 
2009
Memphis Holland, MVC ’88
Alice Galper, Faculty
Edith Davis Barnes, MVS ’57, MVC ’59
Anne Emery, Librarian
 
2008
Joanne Holbrook Patton, MVS '48
Jean Folkerts, Faculty
 
2007

Edith Davis Barnes, MVS '57, MVS '59
Anne Emery, Librarian

2006
Anne Berkley Smith, MVS ’56
Nancy Blossom, Faculty
 
2005
Nancy Gottlieb Daunton, MVS ’60
Mary Buckley, EJS Women's Leadership Program Director and Associate Professor of Dance
 
2004
Nancy Robbins Zintak, MVC ’82
Nancy White, Ph.D., Faculty
 
2003
Sally Hurlbut, MVC ’58
Marjorie Gutheim, Faculty
 
2002
Nicole Long
Jane Highsaw, Faculty
Maria Carroll, Faculty
Julia Heflin, Faculty
 
1999
Barbara Jean Martin Long, MVC BA ’81
Cissy Baker, MVC BA ’78
Betsy Blake, Faculty
 
1998
Virginia Davis Young, MVC AA ’66
Nina Mikhalevsky, Faculty

2017
Monise Brown, LAW JD '04
LTC Steven Coffee, GSPM MA '08
Tausi Suedi GWSPH, MPH '05
 
2016
Dr. Debra Bright Harris, GSEHD EdD ‘10 
John Lewis, Jr., LAW JD ’90 
Rodney C. Pratt, LAW JD ‘01 
 
Emerging Impact Recognition:
Imani Ross, CCAS ‘19
Mark Edouard, SMHS ‘17
 
2015
Will Alexander, SEAS BS '04, GWSB MBA '06
The Honorable Lee F. Satterfield, LAW JD '83
Dr. Lindsay Marsh Warren, CCAS BA '98, SMHS MD '02
 
Emerging Impact Recognition:
Avonda Fogan, ESIA BA '16
Nathan Hastings-Spaine, GWSB BBA '16
Jonathan J. Nkangabwa, CCAS BA '16
 
2014
Darrell Burrell, GSEHD Certificate '06
Denise Coley, CCAS BA '73
Venessa Perry, GWSPH MPH '99

2013
Rear Admiral Fernandez L. Ponds, GWSB MS '03
Dr. Pierre N. D. Vigilance, CCAS BS '91
Brian A. Williams, Esq., LAW JD '02
 
Emerging Impact Recognition:
Arielle Ford, CCAS BA '14
Corey Gregory, GWSB BBA '14
Asianna Joyce, CCAS BA '14 

2012
Tyrone R. Aiken, GWSB MS '02
Tina A. Arrington, CCAS BA '93
Kyle Farmbry, ESIA BA '92, GWSB MPA '94, PhD '99

2011
McClain Elizabeth Bryant, LAW JD '07
David Burt, GWSB BBA '01, MS '03
Omar Woodard, ESIA BA '05, CCAS MPA '07

2010
Dr. Daniel B. Fagbuyi, CCAS BS '95, SMHS MD '99
Vincent C. Gray, CCAS BA ‘64
Joseph R. Rogers, Jr., CCAS BA ‘99

2009
Helen Cannaday Saulny, GSEHD MA '88
Relinda Loiusy, LAW LLM '95
Bonika Renee Wilson, GSEHD MA '05

2008
Jeanette Michael, LAW JD '75
Dr. Jeff Gardere, CCAS PhD '84
Judge Darrin Gayles, LAW JD '93
Distinguished Recognition: Kerry Washington, CCAS BA '98

2006
Lamar Thorpe, CCAS BA '07, MA '09
Abby Charles, CCAS BS '04, GWSPH MPH '06
Monica Monroe, LAW JD '98