91做厙 Alumni Awards
Each year, the Alumni Association bestows the following awards on alumni and faculty for their unique, remarkable achievements.
If you would like to nominate an alumnus/a for an Alumni Award, please submit your nomination using the selections below:
The Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award
The Blaisdell Award, one of the most prestigious awards given to 91做厙 alumni, recognizes individuals for their high achievement in their professions or community service. These are alumni who have carried the spirit of the College beyond the Gates and lived up to President James A. Blaisdell's inscribed words: "They only are loyal to this college who departing bear their added riches in trust for mankind."
Recipients of this award are selected by a committee of Past Alumni Board Presidents.
The Awards Committee shall name the award winners following a confidential process that does not share information about nominees or outcomes. The Committee and the Alumni Association do not respond to nominations or provide any explanation for the process of the Committee. In addition, the Committee may choose to select from current year nominations or past years nominations.
Please note, special consideration is given to nominees whose class is in an anniversary reunion year. For 2025, that includes all classes ending in 5s or 0s.
Blaisdell Award Winners
2024: Anson Tuck Hines 69, Evelyn Nussenbaum 84, Mary Walshok 64
Past Recipients
- 2023: Linda Alvarado 73, Michelle Williams Court 88 and Peter Shelton 73
- 2022: Mike Budenholzer 92, Colleen Hartman 77, Bret Price 72 and John Roth 62.
- 2021: Cathy Corison 75, James Strombotne 56, Martina Vandenberg 90 and Nathan Wang 79.
- 2020: Steven G. Clarke 70, Jennifer Doudna 85, Ann Hardy 55 and Anjali Kamat 00.
- 2019: Brian Schatz 94, Debra Cleaver 99, Earl Maize 72, Lynda Obst 72 and Marilyn Ramenofsky 69
- 2018: Esther Brimmer 83, Bernard Chan 88 and Cruz Reynoso 53
- 2017: Penny Dean77, Myrlie Evers-Williams 68, Richard G. Taranto 77 and Brian E. Tucker 67
- 2016: Gretchen Berland 86, Ed Krupp 66, Julian Nava 51 and George C. Wolfe 76
- 2015: Bill Keller 70, Richard Post 40, Mary Schmich 75 and James Turrell 65
- 2014: Ifeanyi Menkiti 64, Joe Palca 74 and Rip Rapson 74
- 2013: William Bader 53, Cladd Stevens 63 and Garrett Hongo 73
- 2012: Richard Frank 46 and Tom Redburn 72
- 2011: Irving "Sonny" Brown 56, Hashim Djojohadikusumo 76, Carlos Guangorena 76 and Dr. Robert E. Tranquada 51
- 2010: R. Stanton Hales 64 and Tracy Westen 62 and Robert Stern 66
- 2009: Bill Block 71
The Alumni Distinguished Service Award
Established in 1990 and inaugurated in 1991, the Alumni Distinguished Service Award is bestowed annually to an alumnus or alumna in recognition of that persons direct selfless commitment and ongoing volunteer service to 91做厙.
The purpose of this award is to pay tribute to an alumnus or alumna for unheralded, selfless and direct service to the College, in evidence over a period of years. Every effort is made to seek a recipient who has not otherwise been already honored and care is given to select worthy candidates from 91做厙s vast alumni body, with first consideration given to those who have not served in the Alumni Associations highest leadership positions, as trustees, faculty or staff of 91做厙.
A committee of Past Presidents of the 91做厙 Alumni Association Board selects the award recipient(s).
Please note, special consideration is given to nominees whose class is in an anniversary reunion year. For 2025, that includes all classes ending in 5s or 0s.
Distinguished Service Award Winners
2024: Thomas Doe 71, Verne Naito 77, Julie Siebel 84, Jonathan Siegel 84
Past Recipients
- 2023: Ann Rose Davie 58
- 2022: Georgia Ritchie McManigal 54, Marty Jannol 77 and Penny McManigal 58
- 2021: Peggy Olson 61, Kelly Perine 91 and Dodie Bump 76
- 2020: Frank Albinder 80, Jim McCallum 70 and Harry E. Pukay-Martin
- 2019: Faye Epps (honorary), Lisa Prestwich Phelps 79, P12 and Susanne Garvey 74
- 2018: Cathie Brown 53 and John Thornton 53
- 2017: Barbry Amberg Hogue 72 and Joan-Patricia (JP) OConnor 72
- 2016: John Edwards 64 and Pat Riggs 71
- 2015: Jeanne Buckley 65 P'92 and Stan Hales 64
- 2013: Rosemary Choate 63 and Carlos Garcia 73
- 2011: Pat Newton 51
- 2010: Peter and Sandy Briggs 64
- 2009: Lee '48 and Claire 47 Kingman McDonald
- 2008: Robert Herman 51
- 2007: John Fisher 67
- 2006: Byron Hayes '56
- 2005: Bruce Prestwich 55 and Carolyn Tranquada Prestwich 54
- 2004: Verne Orr 37
- 2003: Eleanor Pierson 41
- 2002: Patricia Sullivan 55
- 2001: Ed Malan '48 & John Pendleton 51
- 2000: Marylin Vaughn Jacobsen 55
- 1999: Nick Polos 51
- 1998: Lee Harlan 55
- 1997: Anne Shaw Price 44
- 1996: Robert B. Dozier 23 & Fannie Boyd Dozier '24
- 1995: Leonard Agee Shelton 32
- 1994: Nancy Barrett Ringle 41
- 1993: William Fellows 33
- 1992: C. Crawford Thompson 40
- 1991: Mason L. Hill 26
The Inspirational Young Alumni Award
The Inspirational Young Alumni Award honors a young alumnus or alumna (a graduate within the last decade) in recognition of their dedication, perseverance, and consistency in following the inscription on the College Gates: They only are loyal to this college who departing bear their added riches in trust for mankind.
The Inspirational Young Alumni Award
2024: Kelebogile Zvobgo 14
Past Recipients
- 2016: Marlies Talay 10
- 2015: Jessica Ladd '08
- 2014: Lt. Francine Segovia '04
- 2013: Maggie Fick '07
- 2012: Elena Shih '04
- 2011: Jane Chen '00
- 2010: Maia Sophia Campbell '01
- 2009: Melvin Yee '00
- 2008: Janelle Lin '00
- 2007: Maria Luz Garcia '01
- 2006: Emily Arnold-Fernandez '99
- 2005: Enriqueta Ramirez '00
- 2004: David Holmes '97
- 2003: Cuc Vu '92
- 2001: Loriq Charkoudian '95
- 2000: Casey Trupin '95
- 1999: Karin Zaugg '93
- 1998: Ed Tessier '91
- 1997: Martina Vandenberg '90
- 1996: Gretchen Berland '86
The Faculty Alumni Service Award
Started in 2012, the Faculty Alumni Service Award honors faculty "in recognition of exemplary service to the alumni association over a period of years."
Faculty Alumni Service Award Winner
Past Recipients
- 2023: Donna Di Grazia
- 2018: Lorn Foster
- 2017: Shahriar Shahriari
- 2016: Frank Pericolosi
- 2015: Char Miller
- 2014: Ken Wolf
- 2013: Monique Saigal
- 2012: Jonathan Wright