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Alumni Awards

The university recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of our alumni through various awards.

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:

   Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

The Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award is given to alumni who have attained prominence in their professional career that is reflective of the legacy of excellence at GW.

   GW Philanthropy Award

Recognizes the extraordinary, long-time support of $1 million or more by an individual, couple, or organization that has had a significant and inspiring impact on GW.

  Outstanding Service Award

Recognizes a graduate who has made significant and sustained contributions to GW through dedicated volunteer efforts that support the university’s programs and positively affect the GW community and future generations of students.

  Recent Alumni Achievement Award

Recognizes undergraduates and graduate students of the past 10 years and who have attained notable achievements. The recipient is identifiable as an emerging leader through their professional and/or community achievements.

 

Nominations for the 2024 Spirit of GW Awards are now closed.

Note: Nominations are solicited from within the university community from the Division of Development & Alumni Relations (DAR), university leadership, and GW faculty and staff. Recommendations are shared with the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations and the DAR Executive Leadership Council for final approval.

For additional information, contact Karen S. White at alumni@gwu.edu.

Spirit of GW Awards past recipients

2023 (Read story)

  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

    Joseph Wright, MD, GWSPH MPH '94

    Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH, is a distinguished healthcare and equity leader with a scholarly portfolio of over 130 scientific publications and 30 visiting professorships. Beyond his professional achievements, Dr. Wright dedicates time to several national advisory roles, including the Association of American Medical Colleges, the March of Dimes, and Safe Kids Worldwide. His commitment to creating a more just and equitable healthcare landscape has positioned him as a beacon of change in the medical community.

     

  • GW Award for Philanthropy

    Steven V. Roberts, PARENT ‘12

    Steven V. Roberts’ five-decade media career has included a 25-year tenure at the New York Times and the prestigious Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs position at George Washington University. Roberts and his wife, Cokie, established The Dorothy and Will Roberts Endowed Prize in Media and Public Affairs and The Cokie and Steven Roberts SMPA Student Support Fund. Mr. Roberts and his former student, Ted Segal, BA ‘03, jointly founded the Roberts & Segal Fund for Food Security.

     

  • Alumni Outstanding Service Award

    Christine Brown-Quinn, GWSB MBA '92

    Christine Brown-Quinn, is an international business executive, distinguished speaker, thought leader, and coach who shares her insights on various platforms including podcasts, blogs, articles, radio, and TV shows. Her impactful voice resonated in her Amazon best-selling book, "Unlock Your Career Success: Knowing the Unwritten Rules Changes Everything." She has served as a leader in the GW London alumni community and is a proud former President of The George Washington University’s Alumni Association.

     

  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award

    Nassirou Diallo, CCAS BA '18

    Nasser Diallo is a visionary leader known for his relentless dedication to equitable healthcare access. As the Founder and CEO of Clinic+O, Nasser developed technology-driven primary care solutions to provide quality care across West African communities. His commitment to leveraging pragmatic, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions to enhance health and well-being has garnered Diallo recognition as a distinguished member of the Obama Foundation Leaders Africa Program and a Harvard System Innovation Lab award.

     

2022 (Read story)

  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

    Aicha Evans, BS ’96

    Aicha Evans joined Zoox as the Chief Executive Officer in February 2019. In June 2020, Aicha led the acquisition of Zoox by Amazon. Zoox was founded in 2014 to develop a complete ecosystem for delivering autonomous mobility, from the core autonomous technology and vehicle design to an operating model and revolutionary product experience. Towards that end, Zoox is building a fleet of fully autonomous, battery electric, zero-emission vehicles that are purpose-built and optimized for ride sharing in cities. Based in Foster City, CA, Zoox employees are working to deliver safe, clean, and enjoyable mobility for the planet.

     

  • GW Award for Philanthropy

    A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

    In 1987, A. James Clark founded what is now the A. James & Alice B. ClarkFoundation, supporting more than 580 local organizations over 25 years. Before his passing in 2015, Mr. Clark requested that the foundation sunset within a decade, maximizing its impact by using today’s money to solve today’s problems. With that new direction, in 2016 the Foundation both scaled up its operations and developed specific strategic areas of focus.

     

  • Alumni Outstanding Service Award

    Aaron R. Kwittken, BA ’92

    Aaron R. Kwittken is the founder and CEO of PRophet, an A.I.-driven PR data-as-a-service platform backed by Stagwell Global. Prior to PRophet, Aaron foundedKWT Global in 2005, a highly acclaimed global PR and brand strategy firm with offices in New York, London, Chicago and Los Angeles, where he currently serves as Global Chairman of the agency. Aaron is an inaugural member of PRWeek’s first 40 Under 40 class, was named toPRWeek’sDashboard 25 inFebruary 2022, and was named a PRovoke Innovator in 2021.

     

  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award

    John G. Samuel, MBA ’14

    John G. Samuel is the Cofounder and CEO of Ablr, where he focuses on helping organizations be more inclusive by removing the barriers that have hindered people with disabilities from accessing education, retail, entertainment, and employment. John’s passion for his work is very personal as he is blind and wants to make sure the obstacles he has faced are removed for others. John has held leadership roles domestically and internationally. He built a $45 million business bringing internet access across Africa and afterward became an early member of Homestrings, a USAID backed crowdfunding platform, where he helped raise capital for startups in emerging markets.

     

2019 (Read story and watch videos)

  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award – Mark R. Shenkman, GWSB MBA ‘67
  • GW Award for Philanthropy – Mary Jean Lindner, GWSB ’51 and Tad Lindner, CCAS AA ’50, GWSB BA ’51, HON ‘94
  • Alumni Outstanding Service Award – Barbara Ann Fleming, CCAS BS ’81, SEAS MS ‘85
  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award – Sally A. Nuamah, CCAS BA ‘11

2022 (Read story)

  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

    Aicha Evans, BS ’96

    Aicha Evans joined Zoox as the Chief Executive Officer in February 2019. In June 2020, Aicha led the acquisition of Zoox by Amazon. Zoox was founded in 2014 to develop a complete ecosystem for delivering autonomous mobility, from the core autonomous technology and vehicle design to an operating model and revolutionary product experience. Towards that end, Zoox is building a fleet of fully autonomous, battery electric, zero-emission vehicles that are purpose-built and optimized for ride sharing in cities. Based in Foster City, CA, Zoox employees are working to deliver safe, clean, and enjoyable mobility for the planet.

     

  • GW Award for Philanthropy

    A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

    In 1987, A. James Clark founded what is now the A. James & Alice B. ClarkFoundation, supporting more than 580 local organizations over 25 years. Before his passing in 2015, Mr. Clark requested that the foundation sunset within a decade, maximizing its impact by using today’s money to solve today’s problems. With that new direction, in 2016 the Foundation both scaled up its operations and developed specific strategic areas of focus.

     

  • Alumni Outstanding Service Award

    Aaron R. Kwittken, BA ’92

    Aaron R. Kwittken is the founder and CEO of PRophet, an A.I.-driven PR data-as-a-service platform backed by Stagwell Global. Prior to PRophet, Aaron foundedKWT Global in 2005, a highly acclaimed global PR and brand strategy firm with offices in New York, London, Chicago and Los Angeles, where he currently serves as Global Chairman of the agency. Aaron is an inaugural member of PRWeek’s first 40 Under 40 class, was named toPRWeek’sDashboard 25 inFebruary 2022, and was named a PRovoke Innovator in 2021.

     

  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award

    John G. Samuel, MBA ’14

    John G. Samuel is the Cofounder and CEO of Ablr, where he focuses on helping organizations be more inclusive by removing the barriers that have hindered people with disabilities from accessing education, retail, entertainment, and employment. John’s passion for his work is very personal as he is blind and wants to make sure the obstacles he has faced are removed for others. John has held leadership roles domestically and internationally. He built a $45 million business bringing internet access across Africa and afterward became an early member of Homestrings, a USAID backed crowdfunding platform, where he helped raise capital for startups in emerging markets.

     

2019 (Read story and watch videos)

  • Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award – Mark R. Shenkman, GWSB MBA ‘67
  • GW Award for Philanthropy – Mary Jean Lindner, GWSB ’51 and Tad Lindner, CCAS AA ’50, GWSB BA ’51, HON ‘94
  • Alumni Outstanding Service Award – Barbara Ann Fleming, CCAS BS ’81, SEAS MS ‘85
  • Recent Alumni Achievement Award – Sally A. Nuamah, CCAS BA ‘11
Former Alumni Outstanding Service Awards past recipients

(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
Former Alumni Achievement Awards past recipients

* Denotes Recent Alumni Achievement Award recipient

2018 (Read story and watch videos)

  • 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*

2017 (Read story | Watch videos)

  • 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

2016 (Read story | Watch video)

  • 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

 

Recent Spirit of GW Awards Recipients

 

Kevin Brown, SEAS ME ’94

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

Mr. Kevin Brown is the Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Dell Technologies. A seasoned leader with over three decades of expertise in operations, technology, and procurement, Mr. Brown is at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence into a supply chain spanning 180 countries and 25 manufacturing sites. Under his leadership, Dell has been recognized as having one of the most efficient, sustainable, and innovative supply chains across industries worldwide. Before joining Dell, Mr. Brown spent a decade in leadership roles at Newport News Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, he is actively engaged in thought leadership and policy, serving on the National Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations and contributing to the National Advisory Council for the George Washington University School of Engineering. Mr. Brown’s dedication to service extends to roles on the Board of Directors for The Kroger Co., the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and the Howard University Center for Supply Chain Excellence. He has also served on the board of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

The Family of Albert and Shirley Small

GW Award for Philanthropy

Albert H. Small was a third-generation Washingtonian, successful real estate developer, philanthropist, and a Monumental Alumnus of George Washington University. His extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts, inspired by his service in the Navy in World War II, became the foundation of The Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies at the GW Museum and The Textile Museum in 2011. In recognition of his contributions to GW, Mr. Small was granted the President’s Medal in 2011 and an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree in 2016. In 2019, he established the Albert H. Small Normandy Institute at the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, which honors soldiers who died on D-Day by providing high school students with an immersive learning experience in Normandy, France. Since their father’s passing in 2021, the Small siblings have continued the family’s enthusiastic support of activities at the GW Museum and the Normandy Institute. Along with their impressive professional paths, Mr. Albert “Sonny” H. Small, Jr., Mr. James “Jimmy” Small, CCAS BA ’84 and Mrs. Susan Small Savitsky have maintained a shared ethos of generosity through the Albert & Shirley Small Family Foundation and numerous other charitable ventures.

Dale Carlson-Bebout, GWSB MBA ‘90

Alumni Outstanding Service Award

Ms. Dale Carlson-Bebout has had a distinguished career across the technology and nonprofit sectors. As a Senior Executive at Hewlett Packard, she oversaw North America’s Customer Relationships and was recognized as an HP Top Tier Leader. During her tenure, she was also named Corporate Executive for the “Closing the Digital Divide” initiative, which garnered recognition in the Harvard Business Review and by the Smithsonian-Computer World Honors. Transitioning to the nonprofit sector, Ms. Carlson-Bebout has headed organizations focused on poverty reduction, health equity, cancer research, and workforce development. She has collaborated with the Ford Foundation, the Family and Work Institute, and the National League of Cities, where her team was recognized for effective healthcare outreach to underserved families. Her contributions to economic development on behalf of low-income workers were also acknowledged by President Barack Obama’s White House Forum for Employer Engagement and Workforce Development. She is a member of the George Washington University Board of Advisors for the Dean of the Business School and actively supports the GW Women in Business Undergraduate Student Organization. Her numerous contributions on the Dean’s Board have enhanced student engagement and helped shape the curriculum for Business Analytics and Leadership Development.

Zinhle Essamuah, CCAS BA ’15, Cert. ‘16, MA ’17

Recent Alumni Achievement Award

Ms. Zinhle Essamuah is an Emmy-nominated journalist and filmmaker, currently co-anchor of NBC News Daily and a correspondent for NBC News, reporting across NBC News NOW, MSNBC, Nightly News, and TODAY. Ms. Essamuah’s investigative reporting has driven real-world change including influencing Louisiana’s governor to limit solitary confinement in juvenile facilities and inspiring a viewer to pay off a tenant’s home after her report on fake landlord scams in Detroit. In 2022, she led NBC’s coverage of the Jackson water crisis in Mississippi, which culminated in the NBC documentary Boiling Point. She’s also broken ground with her nuanced reporting on disparities in healthcare, including the U.S. Black maternal health crisis and hair relaxer lawsuits. Her impactful work has earned her an NABJ Award, ONA Award and a third-place finish for the Collier Prize. As a first-generation American with roots in the African diaspora, Ms. Essamuah has a deep understanding of cross-cultural communication. She is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of journalists and has taught as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs.

 

Elizabeth J. Somers Award

The Elizabeth J. Somers Alumnae Award honors the professional accomplishments of alumnae 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.

Elizabeth J. Somers Award past recipients

2022 

  • Allison Cohen, MVC ‘80
  • Samah McGona Sisay, ESIA ‘15

2021 

  • Meghan Shea, CCAS ‘04, ‘07 MFA
  • Nazenin Ansari, MVC ‘80

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

2022 

  • Allison Cohen, MVC ‘80
  • Samah McGona Sisay, ESIA ‘15

2021 

  • Meghan Shea, CCAS ‘04, ‘07 MFA
  • Nazenin Ansari, MVC ‘80

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

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 GW Black Alumni Association (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.

IMPACT Awards past recipients

2022

  • Dominic Hawkins, BA '12
  • Heather Howard Hamilton, BBA '06
  • Dr. Wendy Ellis, DrPH '19

2019

  • Warren Brown, MPH '98, JD '98
  • Christine Darden, DSc '83
  • Richard Fowler, BA '08 

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